Still Gems out there

There sure are, mine was £6 a night with full facilities............water tap and toilet empty point, that's all we need. The grass was a little soft at the beginning of April so used hard standing, the fishing lake car park. Cycle path at the lane end, plenty of walks for dogs. C&MC site 8 mile down the road £28 a night

Agree with you there, Fisherman. Our last trip, Feb-April, of 52 nights worked out at exactly £13 pn, 9 CLs and 1 non-facility comm. site, all with EHU some with toilets. 

Looks good Chris. Are you going to let us into the secret of which CL it is?

Pointless putting comments on here without identifying the Gems.

We're at present on another little gem....Moss Thorn, No.296.....H/S, EHU, toilet and easy access, on the doorstep of the Lake District, all for £10 pn!!

I've just booked our first trip of the year to Lough House Sweethope. Didn't have much detail on the CC entry but found their website and it looks wonderful. Middle of nowhere, right by the water. There are toilets and showers at the fishery and each hardstanding has its own ehh and water. £13 per night. Hoping it will be as good as it looks, we lost one of our dogs last week so will be nice to get away somewhere new.

Sorry to hear about your dog athel, very sad to lose a four legged friend. 

We are on another gem, up on North York Moors at Lockton, we have 100 metres either side and to front of us, so very private, lots of space, reliable free wifi, great dog walking out of gate, surrounded by glorious countryside and things to see and do, steam Railway half a mile away. Pub is a half mile stroll, serves great food. All for £12 per night. Bliss!

Could you please put in the Cl numbers when  posting. Makes finding them on line and in the book easier. We need to keep these  Gems going as they are a rare species.

Ashfield Caravan Site, Lockton. Under Pickering, North Yorks. Sorry haven't got handbook with us at moment.

Regarding the Lough House Sweethope site. We stayed in 201 ans there were no showers/toilet. I can't see reference to them on their website either.

This is the review we did that seems to have been "lost" in the recent website revamp. Originally posted on UKCampsites :-

We stayed at Sweethope Lough for 4 nights in mid September 2012.

As the previous reviewer has stated, the site is fairly isolated but it is well set up with long terraced hardstandings, electric hookup and a dedicated water point to each pitch. No awnings are permitted, probably due to the narrow pitches and the boggy nature of the grass dividing strips between pitches. Views across the lakes from the pitch are stunning whatever the weather.

There are short walks around the two site lakes although, during our visit, the fishery & boating businesses were closed, so it was very quiet. Great Wanney Crags are close by where you may encounter some ”crag rats” attempting some quirkily names climbs such as Nosey Parker, Broken Wing & Willing to Sin! Some of the footpaths in this particular area were a bit of a quagmire giving us wet trousers, socks & boots!

The nearest shops appeared to be the hotel/filling station at Knowesgate on the A696 crossroads which is probably 3.5 miles away.

We didn’t get to see the site manager at all, so we left our site fees in the fishery “returns” box at the entrance building.

PilgrimPhil