Sutton Vale Country Park

Lovely clean caravan, and lovely friendly staff.

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holiday alone with my husband

the swimming pool was shut (we were informed about a week before our holiday) the barriers never worked to let us back on to the camp site, so we had to hoot everytime and once got stuck out there for ages because the bar shut at 1900hrs so no one was there when we got back at 1930hrs. it was in the middle of no where so going out for the eveing was out of the question. not very good wont be returning.

Excellent place

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was a lovely place but had to cut short the trip because of the weather but cant be helped. was a bit disappointed the meals had stopped because of end of season on the site but went to the plough which i believe is attached and had amazing meals. will be coming back with family next year. the toilets and showers were kept clean at all times and the washing up room too.

the showers were a bit of a pain near the tent pitches with having to keep press the button every few seconds to keep it going and wasn't very warm either.

Pool, price, location

Bar and pool need a bit of decorating

We stayed at Sutton Vale Country Park for 2 nights over the last weekend before the children were due to return to school. The Campsite was welcoming and the food as the pub on site was very good. There was a small park for the children to play and a a large field where the tents were pitched. We throughly enjoyed our stay. The toilets were always clean and smelled of cleaning products, the staff couldn't be more helpful and we were very comfortable and self safe on this site.

Before we arrived the staff had registered the number plate of the car which meant that the barrier at the front of the site opened as we approached to leave and enter the site. So no checking in or out, coded gates or being back before the gate was locked! I had never seen this before and thought this was a great ides! Pretty good!

There is wifi available in the pub but not on the rest of the site, which is to be expected. This site is located 10 minute drive from the closest supermarket, castles and coast which all have free parking if you're a member of the English Heratige.

My daughter thoroughly enjoyed herself playing with the other children on site, playing and flying her kite with them till after dark! We definitely felt safe here.

We chose to book this because of the indoor swimming pool, when we checked in we were told that the pool was closed as they were waiting test results. This was disappointing however we was told that if we were to go swimming at the local pool then our tickets would be refunded.

The field were the tents were be to pitched was a good size, however, all the people who were checking on where put on pitches next to each other, meaning we were down onside of the pitch whilst the rest of the pitch was empty, leaving a space between each tent would have been appreciated as there was not many of us on the site.

The general maintenance of the pitch could have been better, there was cigarette butts all over parts of the pitch but this is not the land owners fault. The showers and toilets were in mobile units but were always clean and did the trick. A stool for the children in the bathrooms would be handy! and some oil on the squeaky doors!

I believe this site in probably overpriced, especially as we booked for the pool which wasn't available anyway but had everything else we was looking for.

The scenery and the space

Nothing

The campsite was a large field with a good view and the children seemed to love the space to play.
The pool was never too full to enable me to swim lengths, most of the time there was only five people in it.
The club house was friendly, family orientated and open from 10am in the morning offering groceries, food, entertainment, ice cream etc..
It is set in lovely country side with foot paths to great views of the surrounding areas and the sea. There is also plenty of wildlife; I saw a red kite, a humming bird moth, owl and plenty of rabbits.
The other campers were mostly locals who came back year after year. The only people aware of this little gem.

There was no welcome pack so I had no idea of the entertainment and missed a very well reported act. As with other services like the opening times of the pool and where every thing was situated, I had to ask about in the club house.

Set up of camp filed.

Dirty toilets and crying young children all night.

Beautiful location, surrounded by tress and open fields. Away from busy roads. Toilets and showers cleaned regularly.

Not much to do on the site apart from the swimming pool and a long walk to the nearest pub. The bar (with children's bingo!) was out of the 1980's but drinks were reasonably priced. The site was very noisy our first night due to people drinking and playing music ALL night. This is the sort of thing the site owners should be on to - no excessive noise after 10pm - and someone on site enforcing it. The pitches were in one large field with no trees or bushes seperating pitched to give a sense of privacy.