Buxton Club Campsite
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We really enjoyed our stay here, the pitches are large and well spaced out. The showers and toilets were immaculate when we were there. The warden I met was very friendly and helpful. Contrary to other comments we found the site very dog friendly, there is plenty of opportunity to walk your dog off site, walk through the gate and you have 2 choices left or right both allow an off lead walk. The country park and Solomon's temple are both great for a brisk walk and Pooles cavern, a 20 min walk through the country park woods was very interesting and dog friendly with added advantage of having a very good cafe that served a great breakfast. We found Buxton like most towns in the UK these days, tired and struggling, so sad.
We ate at Lucianos and would not recommend and at the Olive tree which we would, both in town. You need to pack essentials as no shop is really within walking distance.
In summary, well kept site good for walking and for dogs, great get away for a long weekend.
Fantastic site
Stayed here 21-25 March 2024. Had all seasons in one day Saturday!! Though this site never disappoints, with its lovely albeit wooded inclined walk into Buxton via Pooles Cavern ( nice cafe). Had lovely Sunday roast in town at Milton’s Tap ( halfway down Main Street) very dog friendly inside too!
Site was extremely well kept as always, and a great friendly welcome from all…
Love this site….
Great for visiting Buxton
We don’t drive off site and spent 4 nights here (3 complete days). Arrival day was too wet to do anything. Over the 3 days we explored Buxton extensively on foot with short & long routes from the site and walked around the local country park. We will use this site again but probably only for 3 nights with 2 days in Buxton, which is very nice as is the site and surrounding country park. We didn’t use our bikes as there didn’t appear to be good routes from the site. There are buses from Buxton which we also didn’t use.
Very pleasant site close to Buxton
Very pleasant site with plenty of fully serviced pitches and a good sized toilet block.
Our pitch was reasonably level and a decent size. The tv booster system worked well and we were getting 5G coverage on EE and a decent phone signal.
Buxton is an interesting town to visit and we can recommend Bakewell on a Monday morning with it's good quality market.
Unless you are a keen walker (we are past it!) a car is essential.
Great for Walkers
First time here, stayed 3 nights. Site is sheltered being in an ex quarry, the facilities were modern and always clean, and for the best part most pitches were reasonably flat. Wardens were friendly and helpful on arrival and throughout our stay, and the site shop sold bread and milk to tie you over before having to go to shops (plus some lovely cakes and cheese). Only downside from our point of view was the central bin area at the site entry, much preferred bins at the service points. Some great walks around the site if you don’t mind some hills. Went to Buxton, a lovely town with its late Victorian architecture, 8 pubs and lots of cafes plus some good independent shops. Also went to High Peak Bookstore and Cafe, worth a visit if only for the refreshments. Certainly would return, but you will need to like walking or have a car to take you off site
Great location
Great setting and a distance away from the road. All the normal benefits of a Club site, plus very tasty Bakewell puddings sold in reception. Our mobile network worked some of the time and internet was fine when logged into the Club Wi-Fi. Very pleasant walk down into Buxton from campsite with interesting information stops and carvings along the way. We used the taxi company recommended by reception to get us back, the taxi arrived promptly and was very convenient and comfortable, a great alternative to a steep walk! BTW we like the Biffa rubbish and recycling bins being by the exit, convenient and tidy.
Lovely and peaceful stay in the heart of the Peaks.
Lovely site with firendly staff and beautiful sorroundings. Perfect stay for couples and families who`s main focus is walks and being outdoors. Site is quiet long and narrow so there might be a little walk required to get to the facilites and bins, but we did not mind and got our steps in! There is a very patchy mobile network access in some spots on the site, but there is an excellent WI-Fi coverage, so it did not bother us at all.If you love walking, Solomn`s Temple is just a short walk from the site and plenty of other walks near by. It took as 12 minutes to drive to car park near Chrome Hill`s circular, so everything is in close distance to the site. As an added bonus there is pizza available on site on Fridays and fish and chips on Saturdays (cash only). Buxton town is just a short-ish walk from the camping site through the picturesque fields. Staff was very helpful and friendly. If I would have to summarise our stay in one sentence, I would say that Buxton Caravan Site is a hidden gem in the heart of the Peaks and you should give it a go and visit at the next given opportunity.
What a beautiful location
Traveling through the UK for 8 weeks, so I can easily compare camping sites.
We are also member of the significantly cheaper Camping & Caravanning Club.
I can be brief:
Wardens: excellent
Pitches: good
Sanitary facilities: fine
Wifi: poor - non-existent
Price: expensive
TV reception: good
Water points: good
Waste location: inconvenient
Dog walk: excellent
Perfect
We stayed for 2 nights at the start of September. First time at a caravan and motorhome club site. The location is stunning. The site was immaculate. Really friendly and helpful wardens. A 30 minute walk takes you into town.
A fantastic place for a peaceful weekend. We will return!
Stay let down by a few things
We have stayed here before a really enjoyed it,however this time a few things let it down.We arrived at site at just after 1pm we took time off work to arrive when site opens to ensure we find a nicely positioned pitch,we were greeted by a friendly warden.
We drove to where we wanted to be pitched up near the showers water points etc,only to find 6 of the best positioned pitches had been coned off which we thought very odd,we managed to find another suitable pitch although it wasn’t entirely flat so took some time to get level.We saw a warden walking past and enquired why they had coned off the best pitches she said that people had requested to be near the shower/toilets so they were reserved,we were not aware this was an option now on CAMC or else we would have done the same not bothered arriving on time and not taken time off work I always understood it was first come first served,also these are not the disabled pitches which of course I would have no problem with being reserved.
Another issue is the bins have been taken away from service point and placed centrally outside the entrance so if your at the far end of the site it is a bit of a treak to take your rubbish surely this discourages people from taking rubbish bags as they use them .
On the sunday I waited for the showers to be cleaned and went in at 12.05 straight after they opened they didn’t look as if they had been cleaned and if so not very well, there was toilet paper on the floor and the first shower I went in had a clump of hair on the floor.
All in all quite disappointed in CAMC we always use your sites as the standards have always been excellent,however the prices keep going up and the standards seem to be slipping.