Blackshaw Moor Club Campsite

Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 3 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

Well placed for walking and cycling - but Club needs to get it's act together...

Well placed for walking and cycling routes. And we did a lot of walking. Got told off for arriving before 1pm, even though I produced my email confirmation which clearly said arrive 12-2pm. Club needs to get its act together. Wardens were under pressure. The amenity block restrictions worked for us, mainly because most campers were covid-scared, and used their own facilities. Lot of road noise, and the usual yapping dogs. But only five minutes walk to the excellent Three Horse Shoes. Get the impression Club is trying to save money, even though they haven't passed on all the VAT reduction, as grounds maintenance not up to the usual high standard, due to cut in staff... But overall enjoyed our stay!

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Mothman

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Reviewed on 16/08/2020 08:47

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

Fantastic location and brilliant wardens

Excellent site for walking. Did the Tittesworth full circular, the fantastic Roaches and Luds Church and cycled The Manifold Track. The local pub had a very scenic garden overlooking the roaches and good food. The road is noisy so take a pitch at the back of the site. The wardens are so friendly and helpful. We loved our 3 night stay

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Old Mother

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Reviewed on 14/08/2020 17:34

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 5 of 5

Good for families

Good walking areas nearby

Our first trip out this year to ensure everything in our van was up and running. We arrived at the site just before 1.00 as requested ( can’t understand why others thought it was still 12.00) We felt extremely safe booking in using the toilets etc like the majority on site we mainly used our on board facilities. However I did think only 2 ladies and 2 gents at a time in only one toilet block was rather low. I think both blocks should be open with the same restrictions applied. Saying this I was amazed to find that when the open toilet block was being cleaned there was no service toilet available! Due to the fact that the cleaning took place before 12.00 it meant that when you were packed up and ready to leave you couldn’t use either your own facilities or the sites - I think this should be addressed. Other than above we enjoyed our stay and the wardens were friendly keeping everything very clean. We shall cartainly return and look forward to many more lovely walks in the area.

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RalphtheRed

Reviewed on 07/08/2020 09:45

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Good for families

Excellent site

I just read some seemingly very unfair reviews of this site, so felt I had to leave one. On arriving at the site we had an issue with our jockey wheel clamp, 2 very helpful wardens immediately came to help and provided us with a new clamp. The check in was easy and fine and the site was immaculately kept. There were only 2 allowed in the toilet blocks at a time which worked fine during our long weekend and it’s hardly a site issue blame the pandemic, I never waited more than a few minutes for the blocks. All facilities very clean and well maintained, nice area some lovely walks nearby, would definitely return.

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MikeH77

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Reviewed on 06/08/2020 17:06

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Rated 2 of 5

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Rated 3 of 5

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Rated 2 of 5

Good for families

Could be a nice site but currently it's not!

We stayed for 2 nights in July, it was our 3rd stay in a CC site post-lockdown so we knew what to expect, or so we thought. We arrived at 12.45 as my emails had conflicting information on check in time (12pm & 1pm) and I couldn't get through to the site to confirm. We joined a queue of 10 or so motorhomes and caravans and the warden made the point of asking if we knew what time it was as we were early. He didn't say anything to anyone else in the queue so we felt somewhat picked on. The check in was done via a window that was ajar with a 2 inch gap at the bottom so it was impossible to hear what was being said and I had to keep asking the staff to repeat themselves. The toilet block is dated, although the showers are hot and powerful. As mentioned by other reviewers, only 2 toilets were open for a site of 87 pitches which was fully booked. The note on the 2nd toilet block said it was because of increased cleaning time but they are operating a 25% toilet block capacity so how can they not have time to clean the 2nd block?! Sounds a bit like an excuse. The queues for the toilets were terrible and having no on-board facilities, we found this very stressful. The location of the site is okay, very close to the main road but there is a nice pub 5 minute walk away. You can walk to the Roaches from site which we did, it is a lovely walk. I would advise against walking to Tittesworth Reservoir and would drive instead as the walk is on a fast bendy road with no pavement and with a dog it is extremely dangerous. There's not much greenery on site which is a shame, I'm not sure I'd stay again but it was a good location for walking to the Roaches which we enjoyed.

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Evelinabrook

Reviewed on 04/08/2020 03:21

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 5 of 5

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Good for families

Good area site lacking rules

Stayed here 9 nights in July. Wardens really friendly booking in through an open window a bit strange though. Like the previous reviewer site is very barren in places best pitches are where the traffic noise is the worse. I also agree not sure why only one toilet block open but I don’t agree that the toilets were dirty very clean I thought. Rules on site a bit lax kids on bikes riding on pavements, through other pitches, bloke with tv on very loud outside his van on a table until 10pm no one could sit out for the noise from it, not sites fault but a warden was walking about near it never said anything. Wrist band worked well, but other users thought it was ok to nip in to the loo if the 2 allowed in were in the shower that again is not the wardens fault bad manners on the people who thought this was ok. However not be staying again ever!!

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shifter

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Reviewed on 03/08/2020 15:10

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Rated 4 of 5

Rated 1 of 5

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Rated 1 of 5

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Rated 1 of 5

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Rated 1 of 5

Good for families

Like staying in a grey car park and grossly undercatered on facilities

Shame - this site has virtually no grass. Our 'pitch' was in a grey area of hard standing. Nowhere pleasant to sit, literally like pitching in a car park. As for the facilities - someone has massively misunderstood the covid rules and leaving just 2 loos for the whole site (one of which was out of order!) and shutting them for two hours a day (!) is just downright unacceptable. We were in Charmouth the week before and all the facilities were available, as they should be. No price reduction in light of the lack of facilities is daylight robbery. The shower block is very dated and grubby in any case. The whole place needs a revamp. They shut the water off with no warning one day as well. Looks like the Site Inspector hasn't paid this one a visit for a while. Avoid avoid.

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BetsyLou

Reviewed on 03/08/2020 12:01

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 5 of 5

Good for families

Another nice stay......but...

We stayed here for the 3rd time and once again enjoyed the site. Apart from being a nice site in itself, it is a good base for visiting the local area. My only criticism concerns the arrangements for complying with the Coronavirus requirements. As mentioned by a previous reviewer, the upper toilet block was closed; only two people were allowed in the entire lower toilet/shower block at any time, which meant that if two people were showering, no one could use the loos! I also noticed that there were no additional hand sanitisers round the site, (apart from one by the office). This contrasts with our visit to Fakenham Racecourse the previous week, where they had all facilities open and lots of sanitisers around the place. Obviously the wardens were simply doing what the Club had deemed appropriate, but if you are going to reduce the facilities by half and then reduce the number who can actually use the remaining facilities as well, it is going to have an impact. I note that there was no price reduction!

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andybe

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Reviewed on 02/08/2020 11:15

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 5 of 5

Good for families

Great local site

This is fast becoming one of our favourite site close to home yet feels a million miles away. This is a lovely site set againt the back drop of the Roaches and the Peak District its a must for walkers. The site is well run and check in is easy obviously precautions are in place due to Covid-19 no visitors are allowed on site and the shop on site is not open however Leek is a 5 minute drive with a large Lidl and Aldi in town. My only recommendation would be to open the top shower/toilet block the site was full the weekend we stayed and ques were forming for toilets etc or have one block for showers as this takes longer and one block for toilets other than that we will be visiting again

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Alidaz25

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Reviewed on 29/07/2020 10:46

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Good for families

October Half Term away

A wet October half term away in the Peak District. The site was very clean and a lot of space between pitches. We were on number 70. Although there wasn't many Children about our boys managed to have a great time. The Wardens were possibly the most helpful and welcoming we have meet to date. A great base for Monsel and Tissington Trail's, Dove Dale and the local reservoir's for walks and bike rides. Great recommendation on the italian in town Prima Piano possibly one of best meals out in ages. Enjoyed the area and site so much we've booked again for next year, as there is lots to see and do.

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KD Grundy

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Reviewed on 26/10/2019 15:25

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