We stayed at Litton Lakes this weekend and have nothing but wonderful things to say. Right from the get go we were given the warmest welcome (even with my naughty dog jumping from the car after a long car journey and running around crazy) she gave us a quick run through the site - café opening hours/do's and don'ts/toilets/water.
I noticed signs to mention dogs must be kept on leads etc however lady advised that all good is well and dogs are encouraged to use the lakes and can even use the hired paddleboards when purchased from them which was super handy and reassuring to know as this is what I was most looking forward to!
We arrived early with our friends arriving later in the day, on the website it says they cannot guarantee pitches, however they actively told us to occupy the pitch next to us with to ensure we could camp together.
The toilets were basic but more than enough for a weekend camping and i never had to wait in line to use the toilet or shower block despite reading a few other reviews - the toilet light was still out but once you knew it was there, its easily avoidable by using your torch you more than likely walked across the field with.
We got a feeling that the site was occupied by regulars as when we arrived, three(?) other campers from different points of the site actively came over to us to greet our dogs and just a general welcome which we honestly really apricated. This gave us some sort of reassurance that should we have faced any sort of trouble on site (dog getting off the lead/forgotten some sort of camp gear) that people would be nice enough to lend a helping hand.
The lake itself was lovely, all different depths and was very nicely kept which made it easy to access and nice for the dog to go swimming and cool off. The Geese were not bothered by either us or the dogs which is a nice feeling as you know that they are not feeling stressed out by anyone's presence.
Whilst there isnt actually a shop on site, there is one just down the road and is about 10 mins max drive so super handy to have on hand.
The café isn't open early doors but 10am is perfectly fine to start your day, its very clean and super cute inside - i thought it was very well priced.
The campsite was very quiet at night despite most people sitting outside with fires and most people with a radio on. The site as a whole was very accommodating. we camped next to the play field which we thought wed take a gamble on and hope not being woke up by kids at 8am kicking the call into the goal nets on site but this honestly was just never a problem for us.
When we arrived, there were two fire pits already on our site, we didnt use them as we didnt pay the fire pits and we didnt want to take advantage in case they had been left over from the campers before us. However we were told that if we had the wood we are more than welcome to use the pits which was so nice of them as other campsites you usually have a pay quite a steep fee plus the wood on top.
The walk to both the pub and beach were super easy, good direction and walk. we Stopped off at two very dog friendly pubs which were divine - the club house - on west bexington beach and the crown inn which we would recommend both entirely. It was around a 12km circular walk from the campsite to the beach with a ever so slight detour on the way back to visit The Crown Inn.
We stayed with our friends, we are both common campers and we have both actively said that we would recommend Litton Lakes to other friends and family and we are already looking at a weekend to head back next year!
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