Solway Holiday Park

Gostou Thursday night was wonderful the place is lovely and it was calm and relaxing. Then came Friday night with a load of new people who didn't seem to grasp how to socially behave! Was a shame and it ruined our stay so went home a day early. The facilities are nice and clean and the staff we did interact with were nice.

Não gostou The prices of fish and chips 🙈 £11.50 for fish and chips!!
If camping it's not manned 24/7 so if there are issues you have to make a call.

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Gostou Lovely and quiet . Clean toilet blocks . Beautiful town and. Scenery

Não gostou Over price food especially the fish and chips . Was in old fat and horrible .
Lack of signage on arrival for the touring pitch’s
Lack of other option on this silvery as we had a young child an older child and were a middle aged couple!

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Gostou The touring manager at the site was very helpful and polite. The toilet facilities, showers and washing up facilities were of good quality and cleaned regularly. The activities on site were good (we went swimming, took part in superhero training, did sand art, archery, hired peddle go karts and went to the Cove Crew show). It was nice to have electric hook up.

Não gostou Though the toilet facilities were of good quality and cleaned regularly, they were often left unclean by those who used them. There were lots of children who were left to roam the site without adult supervision who behaved in a very antisocial manner. The site was very noisy from 7pm till the 11pm curfew (and often continued to be noisy after that too). You could here children and adults swearing loud karaoke singing and lots of adults were drinking alcohol too. Our children could not get to sleep and were often anxious about what was going on outside of the tent. This made the evening squire stressful.

There was nowhere to change gas cannisters or to freeze ice packs for our cool boxes. This meant we had to go into Carlisle to buy extra equipment.

Seaguls would often fly over and defecate on the tent and cars.

Our daughter has milk intolerance and the shop on site did not sell any milk alternatives (ie oat milk/soya milk).

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Gostou Really friendly really clean it’s a massive camp. Got lots of activities to do. Beautiful scenery loads of trails to go on if you like kayaking canoeing go to the lakes not long to travel to them entertainments really good pottery classes for the kids swimming pool would go again, definitely

Não gostou None

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Gostou Like the site, plenty of choice for food.

Felt like you were in a forest.

The facilities were clean.

Não gostou Staff weren’t very friendly except for the lady cleaning the tent facilities.

The pitch area got boggy in the rain.

The bar area small and amongst the arcades.

Not allowed to

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Gostou Lovely pitch friendly staff excellent location and amenities

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Gostou Really liked the facilities and the entertainment for the children is absolutely brilliant!

Não gostou We only stayed the one night and I couldn’t fault anything

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Gostou The atmosphere and all amenities were great. Plenty to do on the site, you would never go bored! Prices aren't too steep, well worth trying the pizza van and the fish&chip shop!

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Gostou We were greeted warmly on arrival despite arriving quite late—around 8:30pm on Friday evening. The late reception staff were really friendly and helpful, which made for a great first impression. The campervan area with electric hook-up was easy to access, and we had no issues getting set up.

Although we didn’t go swimming ourselves, we did pop into the swimming area and were really impressed by how polite and friendly the staff were. They were very accommodating and seemed happy to help, which gave a great impression of the leisure facilities. It’s always reassuring when staff go out of their way to be approachable, especially around children.

There were plenty of activities available for kids, which was a big plus. The “What’s On” board had loads of events listed for both daytime and evening throughout the week—something for all ages and families. It’s clear that the site puts effort into providing entertainment and keeping children engaged, which is a huge bonus for families. We also really enjoyed the pizza van on Saturday night—the pizzas were freshly made and really tasty. The arcade area looked great too, with modern machines and a freshly refurbished look. The facilities overall have a lot of potential and offer plenty to do onsite.

Não gostou Unfortunately, the overall cleanliness of the site really let it down. The shower blocks were particularly poor—both the men’s and women’s had muddy floors inside the actual shower cubicles, and this didn’t improve across the weekend. It made us reluctant to use the showers more than once and gave the impression they weren’t being cleaned regularly.

The lack of cleaning was also noticeable in the clubhouse and surrounding areas. We sat outside at the picnic tables near reception on Saturday evening and noticed nobody came to clear the tables or collect glasses the whole time we were there. Tables were full of empty glasses and rubbish, and the bins were overflowing. This was consistent throughout the evening and really took away from what could’ve been a lovely atmosphere.

Inside the clubhouse, we had the same issue—tables were left uncleared for long periods. We had to move from one table to another because the first was covered in leftover food and glasses, and even then, the mess wasn’t cleaned up for a while. Downstairs in the arcade, despite the lovely decor and new machines, all the tables were sticky, covered in rubbish, and clearly hadn’t been wiped down. At one point, my hair actually got stuck to a sticky patch on the wall behind a high table. It just seemed like there weren’t enough staff around to stay on top of the cleaning, which was disappointing given how good the facilities themselves were.

That said, it was an extremely hot weekend and we booked very last-minute, so it’s possible the site was just busier than usual and they weren’t fully prepared for the number of guests. Hopefully this was just an off weekend and not the usual standard.

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Gostou Big spacious site. Lots to do,

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