We chose Meadow Bank Farm to visit family and friends on a return to our home town. It was chosen on the merits of location, reviews and the 2nd place award for CL of the year 2017. On arrival we were told we weren’t even booked in (despite having paid in full a month earlier). Whilst we appreciate that the site is undergoing major development the conditions on site are very poor. The lane running up to the site is extremely muddy and each time you get out of your car to open the gates you transfer that mud to your car. The hard standing pitch is still under construction and very messy, we needed towels in the doorway of the van to remove shoes on at all times. Around the hard standing was so muddy that wellingtons were needed all the time. Another big failure was the electric hook up. We had to abandon the electric kettle as it kicked out the electric each time. It was also impossible to use a hairdryer as that kicked it out too. Over the last 20 years we have visited probably hundreds of club sites and CLs and can honestly say this is the worst one we have ever visited. Maybe this is a nice site in the summer, if it’s dry!! it certainly is in a lovely area (despite being next door to a fairground winter storage site with fairground rides visible from the site. We truly feel that it should never be a year round site unless a lot of work is put in to improve the access conditions. Having booked and paid for 7 nights we left after only 3 Nights.

Response from the CL Owners:

Due to exceptional rainfall in the autumn and early winter of 2016 we recognise that the pitches and access road have had problems with mud and water. Following a negative review received regarding our site we have worked hard over the Christmas period to improve the driveway access to the site and to the hard standings. We now have 3 hard standings accessible from a resurfaced driveway and a fourth one is on the way.  

So we do hope that this reassures both regular and new visitors alike that despite the adverse weather conditions Meadow Bank farm can be enjoyed in the winter as well as the summer!