Shamba Holiday Park

Tyckte om Nothing

Tyckte inte om Everything, pool was green, didn’t even use the toilets due to the sewage smell, had to be moved pitches due to not enough space, water supply and electric hook up not a foot apart and the place was swarming with travellers who think it’s ago to allow the children to ride electric bikes around the pool! Horrendous

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Tyckte om Location - close to Bournemouth and lovely, dog-friendly surrounding beaches. The wardens were friendly and approachable which is the only positive that we can give the site.

Tyckte inte om Dirty, unmaintained toilets. The ladies toilets in particular often had no toilet paper with used sanitary products not being disposed of as the bins were full. The sanitary products were even thrown in the sinks which is disgusting for all users in the bathroom. Loud music being played by campers well past midnight despite there being clear rules for no music past 10:30pm. The dog area was like a wasteland and not at all user friendly next to the waste disposal area.

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Tyckte om Washing up area was good.
Wardens were friendly.

Tyckte inte om Toilet and shower block didnt seem very old but it was dirty. We were there 3 nights and it wasn't cleaned in that time. There was a swimming costume left on the hand dryer the whole time we were there.
Often, there was no toilet roll.
Sanitary bins were over flowing.
Outside bin area was overflowing and smelt really bad in the heat.
Pool smaller than expected and run down. Play area also needed a re-vamp.
Pitches close together with no privacy and Saturday night it was really noisy with loud music and shouting from other campers, didn't seem to be enforced by staff.
I know you can't monitor this at booking but a lot of the people staying here were not pleasant, lots of swearing and shouting.

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Tyckte om We got a very quiet pitch in the corner of the campsite (20) which was great. The clubhouse is very reasonably priced. Very helpful staff.

Tyckte inte om A couple of fights broke on the first night when we arrived, which is no one’s fault but didn’t send the right message.
The phone line was down and we couldn’t reach anyone at all on the day of arrival (phone, email, Facebook).
The pool didn’t look super clear and clean.

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Tyckte om Leaving

Tyckte inte om Arriving.

A fight started within 30 mins of arriving next door to our pitch.
2 ambulances a visit from the police and an arrest later we got some sleep at approx 5 am.
Would love to say it was our bad luck but looking round I have a feeling this might not be uncommon.

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Tyckte om There was nothing to like

Tyckte inte om Everything - the people, the facilities, the physical fights, domestic arguments at 2am, karaoke at 4am. Lack of staff

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Tyckte om Staff were really friendly and and pool was welcome on a really hot day.

Tyckte inte om The shower block is a little tired and needs upgrading. Also there is no separation between the pitches. While the club house is ok, there was no entertainment and no real atmosphere.

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Tyckte om A very nice and welcoming warden who worked very hard in very difficult and busy august circumstances.
Shower blocks good, clean and inspected.
A very generous pitch size

Tyckte inte om hardstanding as requested where largish stones only suitable for motorhomes and not a surface I would pitch an awning, however the warden was brilliant in letting us chose a grass pitch
No restriction on entry, cars were arriving after hours pitching small tents near friends and leaving the following morning, on several evenings youngsters slept in cars.
Several caravanners we believed were travellers, a fight/argument occured at 1.30 in the morning.

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Tyckte om Pool

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Tyckte om The pitch sizes was true for the largest pitch.

Gary the Warden is the best thing about the site. Super friendly, helpful and amazing with the kids.

The pool was large, well kept and clean.

The Club was open Thursday until 9pm and Fri/Sat until 10pm.

Tyckte inte om During my stay there were 2 fights 9:30pm & 01:00am at the same pitch and 2 ambulances.
This type of behaviour makes the site feel unsafe.

The playpark is awful.

The Club has a tatty room for kids to play that was dirty and worn.

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