Blackshaw Moor Club Campsite

Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

Second visit in two months

This site is handy to meet up with my parents so have visited at regular intervals. Site facilities are very well maintained and the staff are friendly. The only drawback is the road noise from the A53 if pitched at the low end of the site next to the road. Otherwise, a lovely site.

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Jeffrey134

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Reviewed on 26/08/2021 20:24

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Great site, shame about the road noise

Lovely site, with pitches on three levels, plus several little groups of pitches. Be aware all pitches are hardstanding. The wardens are lovely, so friendly and welcoming. It was our 3 year old's birthday while we were there and they put a message for him on the board and sang him happy birthday! The facilities are as you expect from a club site. Two toilet blocks, which is ample for the size of site, we never had to wait. So useful to have a toddler bathroom to bath the little ones. Good little dog walk. Lots of information posts around the park explain the history of the site. Great little play area for the kids. Our only issue was the noise. We are in a trailer tent so perhaps more vulnerable to noise. The road can be heard all day, well into the evening, though quiet in the middle of the night. We were by no means close to the road, about two thirds of the way up the site, and it was still bothersome. Also, there is a dirt bike track that runs along the top of the site, which is active in the afternoon and early evening - not a great soundtrack to your dinner!

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LibbyMTT

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Reviewed on 23/08/2021 07:51

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2nd visit

The campsite and the facilities are great. As previous reviews you do have to be careful when choosing your pitch as you can hear the road noise which is surprising really. We have stayed before in the spring, unfortunately you can’t guarantee the weather so our visit this time was very wet and windy. However this wouldn’t put us off booking again.

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DollyDimple

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Reviewed on 22/08/2021 12:52

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Rated 4 of 5

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Peaceful if you can get away from the road

I'm not one to make a fuss about the position of sites, if you look beforehand you know its on a road, so obviously if you have to pitch next to it there will be noise. You can always move. The rest of the site is very peaceful and very clean and neat as you would imagine with a CAMC site. Large pitches, some with hedges in between for privacy. Some pitches are not terribly level so remember your ramps. There is a great dog walk around the edge of the site, and at the back there is a good little park with lots of pitches around it so you can keep an eye on the little ones. Lots of people visit the site, an ice-cream van, a fresh fish & poultry guy, a curry van and a pizza van! Not bad! The pavement in both directions from the site is narrow, but its a short stroll to the pub which is also a spa, so could be worth a visit in the rain. If you turn down the road by the pub you end up at Titteswell Reservoir which is a lovely place to walk whether you have a dog or not. Its a bit narrow but you can park the motorhome in the carpark and there is a cafe and a huge park for the kids. Great day out. The Roaches is a right turn out of the site and is well worth the effort as the views are fantastic. You can also drive and park at the foot of the climb and again there is a fab little cafe. We also drove to Churnet Valley Railway which is about 15 mins away, there's lots of parking, the steam train is great fun and there is a canal just up the road with a very popular cafe and pub and you can walk as far as you like in a very tranquil wooded area. All in all this site is a hidden jem, its the summer holidays for heavens sake and you really wouldn't have known it - perfect - just a shame about the weather!!!

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jackiew99

Reviewed on 01/08/2021 09:23

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Rated 4 of 5

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Welcoming site.

This was our first visit to Blackshaw Moor and only our second to a Club Site. We loved the warm and personal welcome and the help and advice of the warden about finding a pitch. We arrived to have a choice of only 2 pitches, but were able to move the following day to one that suited us better. We loved the little personal touches, the floral arrangements, the information plaques about the site's history, the pizza van that turned up on Thursday and saved us having to cook, and the facilities were spotless. The site feels surprisingly peaceful considering the proximity of the road. The only disappointing thing for us was that we could not put up our dog garden/windbreak arrangement. We'd read that steel ground pegs are needed but thought our steel tipped poles would be adequate. They weren't. If you want to put up a windbreak or dog garden, you need a self supporting one here. We walked to Hen Cloud on a very hot day. Had it been cooler we'd have explored further, but it's well worth the walk. We also walked to the reservoir, the walks around it are lovely, but it's a long slog down there and back on foot, on a hot day. Did I mention the heat? The weather was amazing! Lots to do and see in the area, We had a lovely stay.

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Reviewed on 23/07/2021 10:40

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A lovely, clean, spacious site

We had a lovely stay. The site is easy to find, being on the main road between Buxton and Leek, and we were warmly welcomed. As instructed we looked around and saw that all the pitches seemed spacious so allowing a feeling of privacy whichever pitch was chosen. We had a choice of the available pitches but unfortunately these were pretty much all near the entrance and the road - something that may have been more of a concern for us as we live in a quiet area. That said, the traffic noise wasn't excessive and calmed down at night. The facilities are superb. A simple Covid/hygiene protocol ensures toilet/washing facilities don't get overcrowded and you'd never know they were communal as they were so clean. There's several water/grey water/waste points around the site, plus a couple of chemical waste points. Around 3 sides there's a track aimed for dog owners but pleasant for those without pooches too. Walking around the site is pleasurable as there's pictures showing what was previously on the site from WW2, as well as small novelty scenes. It all made the stay so much more than just any old site. There's plenty of supermarkets and other shopping in Leek, and the 3 Horsehoes pub (10 mins walk) serves very good food. Tittesworth reservoir (managed by Severn Trent) offers a nice place for gentle walks, picnic and play area and a cafe/restaurant facility. All well maintained and run.

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Reviewed on 15/07/2021 19:50

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New wardens

Well been cumin here for years but the new wardens have really turned this site a round especially in these hard times this site has got its happiness back we’ll done and see you soon

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Derek T28

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Reviewed on 04/07/2021 21:51

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Attention to detail

Blackshaw Moor was just as you would expect from The Caravan Club but the wardens have made it so much more. Every walk around the site produced something new and I loved the dedication and attention to detail. A pretty site with terraced level pitches and a super dog walk. As you can tell we loved it!

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Julian Keeble

Caravanner

Reviewed on 01/07/2021 15:20

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Lovely but bit out of the way

This was the main site for our first motorhoming holiday. We were a little disappointed with the location as nothing was as nearby as it was with the previous two sites except for The Three Horseshoes Inn at which we had an amazing evening meal, delicious food and great service. The pub garden has lovely views. We walked to Leek and got a taxi back as it was a Sunday so the bus service was at best limited, which is understandable. Tittesworth Water looked lovely. We took the motorhome out for the day and visited the Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath and Bakewell, all well worth a visit. When we first picked a pitch it was at the top of the site but we immediately heard and smelt the motorbikes in the field so we moved a row down. From there we could hear the traffic on the main road but it didn't disturb us at night. Overall nothing wrong with the site just not the location we had imagined, which is I guess a lack of research on our part. The highlight of our stay was the delicious freshly made pizzas by Fitz on the Saturday evening.

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Reviewed on 27/06/2021 20:20

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Top0 for walking and sight-seeing

I have just had 3 weeks on site. Everything very clean and well presented. Super helpful staff. Buxton is 6 miles away and Leek 3. There are loads of opportunities to walk from the site. Tittesworth and Rudyard Reservoirs are both within walking distance via well demarked and directed footpaths as are The Roaches. All are well worth seeing. Leek is a busy little market town with plenty of places to eat, drink and shop. Two local pubs worth finding are:- 1) The :Lazy Trout at Meerbrook (30 minutes walk) and 2) The blue Mugge on Osborne Street at Leek (1 hours walk away but handy for a ride back on the bus). Bus to Leek or Buxton and returns every two and a half hours (full timetable in reception). If you intend to do any walking I would suggest you purchase one or both Yellow Maps that are on sale in reception for under a fiver. All of the paths and bridleways are shown. Nice day out in Buxton and some other interesting local villages and things to see (An internet search or a chat to some Leek locals will find these). Have a look at the plaque opposite reception and the associated information boards around the site to discover the history of this site and its use back to WW2. Occasionally there is road noise at the very 'bottom'of the suite near to the main road or the very 'top-' where there is a Motorbike trials training area. This only operates once or twice a week during daylight hours and is not intrusive. Nice PIZZA oven on site Thursdays and Saturdays.

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EamonnD

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Reviewed on 27/06/2021 16:57

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