Makins Lakes

Aimé We've stayed twice now, only for one night each time. The campsite it's self is a field so not much to say there, it's exactly as we expected it to be. The fishing lakes are great, we managed to catch on both visits. The shop is stocked with a hood variety of items, and great tackle shop.

Non aimé Unfortunately I was less impressed with the toilet situation, if you go non electric you will have a bit of a walk to go to the toilet, which is a bit of annoying especially when you need to go early hours of the morning. There's 5/6 toilets in the ladies and some showers but that's it for the whole campsite. This last visit I wasn't too impressed with the state of them and lack of toilet roll. My partner too hasn't been too impressed with the mens toilets as only two toilets availed again for the whole campsite. Really do need another toilet block preferably in the non electric field.

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Aimé There’s a lot of things to do in the campsite and around, such as the golf range, walks, fishing etc.
The pitching of the tents is easy enough. It’s a first come first serve and not designated spots.

Non aimé As per some other reviews, the toilet and shower facilities are gross and not cleaned nearly enough. The men’s washrooms were completely blocked and the smell was noticeable if standing outside the facility. The washing up area is also not the nicest and again not cleaned well.
You can buy water from the reception but non of the taps around the campsite were working so we had to get it from the washing up station, which isn’t the nicest taste. The lady manning the reception wasn’t very accommodating in telling us where the loos, water etc. was. We had to ask several questions to get any answers.

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Aimé absolutely brilliant facilities and fishing defiantly coming again

Non aimé nothing not much else they could do to make it better

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Aimé Really enjoyed our stay here.

We were very close to the showers/toilets. There are only 2 showers but it was available whenever i needed it.

Lots of lakes to fish on, which you are allocated on the day.

Close to another fishery called Burton Farm Cafe where you could go wild swimming and take your own paddle board.

The workers were very friendly and stopped to have a chat and give information about the local area.

Non aimé Near a very busy motorway so can be quite noisy at night.

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Aimé Plenty of room on a big, motorcycle friendly camping field - could park the bikes next to the tents.
Loved being able to have a fire-pit, the shop sells wood and fire-pits can be hired.
Lovely friendly people and a nice little reception and shop which sells a selection of useful bits and pieces that you might need (such as more wine!).
Toilet / Shower blocks were clean and warm with the best showers we've ever found on a campsite! Nice big cubicle with both rain shower head and hose fittings and plenty of hot water at a decent pressure :-)
Good to have the Cafe on site for a great good value cooked breakfast.

Non aimé Only two showers and two toilet cubicles which meant a bit of a queue at times.
M69 close by so just fyi there can be a bit of background traffic noise.

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Aimé Nice wide pitches, great shower & toilet block facilities. Easy check in and arrival. Great site.

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Aimé Lakes

Non aimé Motorway noise. Uneven stoney pitch. Bent loads of pegs. No pitch allocation

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Aimé Everything

Non aimé Nothing

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Aimé Loved it - thank you so much. We had three pitches on the non-electric field.
Yes the motorway was noisy, but we could see on the map it was next to the M69 before we booked. This didn’t spoil the lovely location.

Toilets were a bit of a walk but ALWAYS clean on every occasion.

Non aimé Tap for water didn’t work on the camping field so we had to keep using a tap on the electric field.

Cafe was closed on the two days we visited 🥲.

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Aimé Beautiful scenery. Good facilities. Helpful staff

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