Carsington Water Club Campsite

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Worth a try!

We've just returned from this site today. Having only stayed on one caravan club site before (Sutton on sea) I can definitely say this is head and shoulders above. The toilet block is modern, very clean and a joy to have a shower in. The grounds itself are kept wonderful. What I would say is a lot of the pitches are not level so expect to do some work levelling up!. The walk to Carsington water visitor centre took around 20 minutes. The area is stunning. I would return again

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ukrichyrich15

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Reviewed on 07/06/2015 19:01

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Great site for dogs

If you have a dog don't miss this site. There is a great dog walk and you will be two minutes brisk walk from Carsington water itself which is excellent for the dogs. Only drawback is its a fair way to any eating out places. If you walk round Carsington (about 8 miles) don't miss the Miners Arms which is just off the main path (signposted). One of the nicest sites we have stayed on beautifully maintained by the friendly staff.

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Dave Gillis

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Reviewed on 17/05/2015 14:44

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Lovely site

Just returned from an excellent stay site well maintained facilities spotless wardens very friendly couldn't find fault with the pitches great for walking from site around the waters we will be back x

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tilmol

Reviewed on 16/05/2015 16:19

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Nice but weren't blown away

Facilities spotless and clean...with music too. Pitches disappointing...some have had make over...all the rest need the same treatment. Paying a premium you expect consistent standards....not bad overall but not wowed!

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Mollyp

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Reviewed on 04/05/2015 23:08

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Good base for the southern Peak District.

A well laid out site with many pitches in a fan style layout that gave the impression of more space between each unit. Staff friendly and all the facilities were spotless when I used them at various parts of the day. Great location for launching walking, cycling, birdwatching, water sports days out. Good play areas for the children. Only minus nowhere within walking distance to eat out.

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David and Sian

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Reviewed on 04/05/2015 19:27

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lovely

Pitch......very good new all weather, BUT very muddy where the grass should have been, not quite finished still rubble around the pitch....ie pitch 14 and others around, hopefully grass will be replanted soon. Toilets....very clean, warm. Wardens...very polite and helpful Dog walk....woof woof excellent. Other woodland walks around site are very nice. Very peaceful during the week, will go again.

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upson1

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Reviewed on 01/05/2015 16:25

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Lovely, peaceful site

We came home yesterday after a week at this site. Lovely site, beautifully maintained with friendly, helpful wardens and some of the best and cleanest loos and showers we have seen. We also saw where some foolish people had driven over the grass areas - and absolutely ruined them. The wardens were working so hard to repair and restore them for the weekend. It isn't necessary as the access roads are very adequate. Fantastic location overlooking Carsington Water. We hired bikes from the visitors centre and had a great morning whizzing round the lake (electric bikes!). Severn Trent water can be proud of how they have turned this area into such an attractive facility. Close to Dovedale, Matlock and Bakewell and not far from Buxton. Great walking in the area - the Tissington trail has wonderful views across the countryside. And Tissington village well worth a visit. Best fish and chips from market square in Ashbourne, but struggled to find local beers in the pubs - how strange. As said before, remember the site is amidst pine trees and on a hill and some areas are sunnier or windier than others; we were on pitch 4 which is very quiet, quite shady but does have excellent wifi access. Woke up each morning deafened by bird song and a woodpecker drumming away like mad. Also made friends with the visiting ducks who waited outside our awning for their breakfast each morning. We had a fabulous time. Thank you to the hard working wardens and the very nice fellow caravanners we met.

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Rotor47

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Reviewed on 28/04/2015 21:49

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Close to carsington water lovley place to visit

Stayed here for four nights great place quiet not far from the water , toilets new spotless , well worth a visit

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janerob

Reviewed on 27/04/2015 07:19

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Awesome site, best we have used

Back from our first visit to the site and it is the best we have been to. First class toilets and showers with radio 2 playing. :-) couldn't fault anything at all. Fantastic dog walk too with great views of the reservoir. Well done to the wardens.......

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Lorraine and David

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Reviewed on 26/04/2015 18:55

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Some very poor all weather pitches

We stayed recently. It had been raining the previous day and was raining the morning we arrived. Whist it is evident that some work has been done to put new all weather pitches in, some of the cul-de-sacs were awful. The one we had to go on was a quagmire, the mud literally running over the stones. Not impressed at all. To make matters worse quite a number of members ignoring signs not to go on the grass pitches which were obviously not in use just drove their car and caravan onto them to try and turn around. One clot got stuck and had to be hauled off by another members Landrover. He seemed to think it was funny. Not funny for us when to make matters worse the warden duly cordoned the whole lot off using foul rusty metal stakes with horrible plastic tape which made a horrible noise in the wind......he put the tape right in front of our awning where we were actually sitting at the time and seemed to think my wife had been the cause of several deep ruts which were going to need repair. He was less than pleasant to her when my wife complained. Not good. We have been going to Carsington on and off over the years, but it feels tired now and needs a lot more work in my opinion to bring it up to standard.

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desimondo

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Reviewed on 20/04/2015 23:02

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