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They are quite old reviews though most of them. A quick look on Google Earth showed up the huge electricity sub station Nellie mentioned, a motorcycle training venue, and a huge factory right across the road. Doesn’t indicate peace and quiet immediately. I would go with reviews from others like Nellie, as I know we share likes and dislikes in the main. 

Bit further from Hull centre, and across Humber, but there’s a super CL called Alkborough Farm at Alkborough. Probably an hour from Hull centre. Mind you, it relies on taking MH into Hull to park up.

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If you are looking for a CL take a good look at CAMC page, photos, reviews.  A lot of CLs also have their own website and facebook page, which will have a lot more information on.  

It should be remembered that reviews are that members opinion, of the site when they visited, everyone is different.

 As a CL owner reviews are very important to tell potential visitors a bit more about the site, however sometimes there are 2 sides to a story, and it should be remembered CL owners are unable to respond to reviews on the CAMC website.  

There are also a number of facebook groups where you can find recommendations and reviews. 

However, if you have any specific questions please contact the CL owner.  Please bear in mind CL owners often have other jobs, commitments and can’t answer all calls/reply to emails immediately, personally I always try to reply to any enquires the same day.

 

 

Oh yes, some Club Sites are very expensive. Until, as we found when we went to Rose Theatre in York. We would never have thought of paying over £30 per night for a site, but then we though....we have the MH already, won’t get any kind of accommodation in York less than 400 metres from theatre with no parking charges for under £80-90 per night, so I booked us in at YRP and despite only living three quarters of an hour away, we had a very very enjoyable city centre break, even taking our dogs who had a ball in the Park next door. So for us, it was great value for money. If Bristol was closer, would be tempted to do same there as well.

As for choosing a CL, narrow down what your needs are exactly, then start the hunt. For a new to us one, we look at reviews on here, photos if there are any, Google Earth, OS maps, reviews elsewhere such as UKcampsites, even Trip Advisor, Etc.... All will give you a fairly decent idea, particularly if I see a particular members name by review, as some of us CL users do chat to each other😁 We like to talk to CL owners as well if possible, either phone or email if we need to drill down anything we can’t find out, such as a decent dog walk close by, is local pub still open etc..... We are easily pleased, don’t need much in way of facilities, can cope on grass unless it’s been really wet, so we usually find some delightfully none busy, good priced bargains. But the more you need, expect to pay a bit more, even in some instances as much as some Club Sites. But there are some very decently priced CLs out there offering a great deal. 

It’s a shame that there’s no private message system on here to share CL details. If you take a look on Caravanchat website, this has lots of different sites with photos for whole of UK areas, and an Overseas section. Hope this helps😁

CL owners can and do respond to reviews, mpig, owners often thank reviewers or use the medium to put the record straight. 

We did two theatre visits on our recent trip north, I made sure we could get a pitch at the same time as booking the tickets. I paid premium pitch prices as we wanted to be close to the theatres. If we had a car with us it might have given us more scope. For most sites of whatever type I look at google earth if I don't know the area. I've had experience of CLs which take a long time to respond, I've hung on till I make contact but if time was short I'd swiftly move on to one that did respond. Other than that one person's perfect CL is another one's none starter. You just have to decide for yourself.

The only way to find out if reviews can be trusted is through experience. It's the same with restaurants and plays etc. You gradually remember those reviewers names whose opinion is close to your own.

There are several active CT members whose opinion I would be happy to take and some reviewers that do not participate in the forum but whose names crop up regularly on the review section in individual CL details. Over time I know which ones to trust and which ones to avoid.

It's time consuming gradually building up a list of trustworthy reviewers.

Mind you if we only took things at face value we would accept that every single CAMC site was a 5* one.

That huge factory is a Swift 😂.

It is true there is a huge caravan storage facility next to the substation and I believe the site also does storage however its location to go into Hull and Beverley is good with a train station a short walk away.  Not one I would choose to stay at though.  

We also like Alkborough, one of our local haunts- in fact we’re there again in a couple of weeks. I think it’s called College Farm though if you need to look it up.  

As for choosing a CL, narrow down what your needs are exactly, then start the hunt. For a new to us one, we look at reviews on here, photos if there are any, Google Earth, OS maps, reviews elsewhere such as UKcampsites, even Trip Advisor, Etc.... All will give you a fairly decent idea, particularly if I see a particular members name by review, as some of us CL users do chat to each other😁 We like to talk to CL owners as well if possible, either phone or email if we need to drill down anything we can’t find out, such as a decent dog walk close by, is local pub still open etc..... We are easily pleased, don’t need much in way of facilities, can cope on grass unless it’s been really wet, so we usually find some delightfully none busy, good priced bargains. But the more you need, expect to pay a bit more, even in some instances as much as some Club Sites. But there are some very decently priced CLs out there offering a great deal.

There are several active CT members whose opinion I would be happy to take and some reviewers that do not participate in the forum but whose names crop up regularly on the review section in individual CL details. Over time I know which ones to trust and which ones to avoid.

WTG the following extractions above are a great indication of how I select a CL. Also I try and stick to the more recent reviews, as sites can change a lot over a couple of years, and I make a note in my SD of those recommended on CT by regular CL users. We have very seldom been disappointed when follow these recommendations ....perhaps we're just easy to please.