Baltic Wharf closure extended till January

It’s only booked for new year if you want one of the few awning pitches. Non awning are still available. We stopped there 9 / 10th strange they didn’t mention it. Although I doubt we will get around to going again and unfortunately that will be our last visit.☹️ As it’s staying open till January perhaps they will get some of the out of action facilities fixed, which judging from the reviews have been like that since the end of August.

My thoughts too Steve, about the facilities, people will be making their final last visits all over again but not good value in these circumstances. We've made our final visit awhile back. Sad to see it's demise in this way.

My last visit was before 1986 

Stayed there last week. Obviously suffering from some under investment but facilities are far from poor. I’d happily stay again at under £30 per night.

Can anyone tell me if there are any sites open in October! Or are they just booked up ? 

There are likely a lot of weekends booked on some sites. It depends on area of country and how many nights

Some things about that trip sit in my mind. We stopped off at the site on the way home. As we travelled back I realised I had a problem with car water pump. I had my wife watching the temperature gauge for the last hour home. We got home and as I relaxed driving on the last 50 metres I passed a wagon, caught his door mirror and shattered it. I stopped and walked back to apologised and make recompense. He laughed and said to forget it as he had a spare glass and more still at home. I gave him  large bottle of Whitbread Pale Ale. When I had reversed caravan into place and parked car I opened the bonnet. I tool hold of a fan blade and pulled back on it it was like pulling beer at a pump. Every time I pulled back water streamed out.

In Derbyshire alone, Buxton, Carsington, Poolsbrook and the Firs all have good availability, although not so much at weekends. Not much further away, Clumber park, which was going to have closed for refurbishment is open for another month and is available to book for any date in October.

I agree the facilities are OK. It would just be nice if all of them were available for those who want to use them. Whilst I accept they are not going to want to spend megabucks, a bit of plumbing work isn’t going to break the bank. The cost currently is over £30 a night for two, it’s just that the government are subsidising us and it certainly will be over October half term / Christmas peaks,  when that subsidy is much reduced.

I like BW, OH does not.

I treat it as an aire that has a (underinvested) shower block...which makes £30 a night blooming expensive...offset somewhat by the location. Having said that, many continental aires are in the heart of popular cities and can be free to use... but are not run by a commercial organisation.

OH thinks it's a dump...a car park pretending to be a CC site and charging the usual rates for using it...

so, we both think it's convenient for Bristol but, being a club 'site', it's never going to be a cheap visit.

the jury's out as to whether we will return before the closure.