Makins Lakes

A 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.

N'a pas 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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A aimé Beautiful scenery. Good facilities. Helpful staff

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A aimé This place was a convenient location to meet up with friends. We were allowed to pitch up together despite our different bookings.
At the time, we had clean toilets and shower blocks. Nice touch that the water block was warm.
The bin areas were clear and clean.
Perfect for larger groups as pitches are spaces.

N'a pas aimé Not everyone was happy to read the sign and close the door on the water block; perhaps a self-closing door would easily solve the problem and save energy, too.
No clear boundaries to the pitches, which later on in the evening resulted in asking a group of children to stop running around, as we had a sensitive dog with us. We understand it is not an adult-only site; however, this has interrupted our peace.
The downside to the large pitches is that larger groups naturally get noisy.
M69 is close by and, depending on the wind, it is noticeable. (take earplugs)

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A aimé Firstly the roads up to the site and the site entrance are fantastic. Nice feel for security with very nice strong entrance gates. Pitch size was perfect and to have the water tap so close on each pitch was brilliant no long walks to fill up water barrels. Bins and toilet facilities nice a close and to a high standard, clean and tidy.

N'a pas aimé Only thing that could have made the stay better would be a later departure time. Getting organised and packed away for 10am woth 3 kids was difficult and a rush.

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Thank you for your recent review!
It's always worth asking on your arrival if for a later checkout as we may be able to accommodate it :)

A aimé Plenty of space to pitch up, choose your own pitch, great for kids

N'a pas aimé Ground was solid, we broke a mallet trying to put up our tent - then struggled to pull the pegs out when leaving.
Toilets could do with checking more regularly, no hand wash available

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A aimé - welcoming staff on arrival
- friendly and helpful staff who suggested our non-EHU friends could pitch their tent on our EHU pitch if their tent fitted.
- lakes are pretty
- location was convenient for us
- toilet block was clean and in good condition
- great pizza truck on Friday night

N'a pas aimé - road noise from M69, it runs very close by. It was windy on our stay which will have increased noise carried into the site
- confusing rules on big signs vs actual rules - i.e. “gas BBQs only” - yet the site hire out fire pits, a “dog exercise field” that doesn’t really exist - the ‘sort-of-field’ is a long walk off site, “no dogs allowed around the lakes” - but they are allowed after 6pm.
- pitches on the touring field have no boundaries and people walk through your pitch. Resulting in unsupervised kids running feral and screaming as they run through.
- an EHU issue was reported and not fixed for over 24 hours.
- the relaxed attitude to pitching and lack of boundaries means that there are some very big groups pitching together.
- quiet hours (10pm) not properly observed although the noisy group near us did go quiet at 11pm.

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A aimé Lovely lake views and very spacious.

N'a pas aimé A little noisy from road.

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A aimé Open large pitches, fully serviced and clean modern toilets and showers also great cafe on site.

N'a pas aimé Noise from road and fisherman early morning

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A aimé Nice clean site very peaceful and staff excellent pitches leval and big ideal for us as only 20 minutes away from home.

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A aimé 😊

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