Carsington Water Club Campsite

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Good for families

A beautiful site. Perfect for relaxing

After travelling for 10 days through the country from south to North, visiting some amazing places and spending Easter with the family, we needed a few days rest on our return trip home. On arrival we were warmly greeted. We chose pitch 22 that looked over Carsington Reservoir, of which gave an amazing view from the site and was a pleasure to look out onto. There are lots of walks all well signposted. The site itself is pure heaven for relaxing. The facilities were by far the best that we have ever used in a CAMHC site. There is a lovely coffee/ cake pop up on a Friday and Saturday and a fish & chip van once a week. A very big shout out to the lovely staff. We will definitely be returning.

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dingles 23

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Reviewed on 24/04/2022 10:56

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Rated 4 of 5

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Need attention

Just got home from Carsington the site was full and when we arrived the queue was on the main road so they decided to let a few caravans in all at once it was like wacky races and when you find a hard standing pitch majority of them are mud so instead of spending money on service pitches why not re do all of them so the mud is not in my caravan

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dwalters

Caravanner

Reviewed on 22/04/2022 18:16

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Perfect stay

Lovely site amongst pine trees. Wardens keep it in very good condition. Hot showers. Thanks to wardens for allocating us a pitch near shower block as am currently using crutches. Vendor who visits on Friday and Saturday mornings makes wonderful pancakes and coffee for breakfast. Carsington Water with visitor centre and nature areas about 2 km from site well worth a visit.

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Annie22

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Reviewed on 22/04/2022 10:23

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Good for families

Site rules being ignored ruined our stay

We arrived at 1pm and just managed to join the back of the queue up the lane to the site. It took half an hour to eventually get to reception. Warden that met us was very friendly, and also a friendly face in reception. Site has 1 narrow road going through and pitches are small areas to left, at the top end or along the road edge on right. After locating a pitch trying to get down to motorhome service point was a tight squeeze with the narrow road blocked by incoming vehicles. It is a pretty site nestling in the trees but there is only the 1 toilet block which was spotless. Our pitch sat on a bend and electric bollard was other side of a grassed area behind us. Sadly this area was used as a thoroughfare. We had other members not just using the grass as a shortcut but were ignoring our electric cable. It was walked on, small ride on toys were ridden over it, and even a mobility vehicle was driven across it. Then we had the children racing across it on their bicycles. Shouting as they sped alongside our awning to take the short cut and across the electric cable. From the info we found no buses run Sunday or bank holidays and the connect bus has to be booked in advance so as we were only there over Easter weekend we only ventured to the reservoir or walked the dogs around the perimeter walks. Food vendors were available Friday, Saturday and Wednesday evenings Also Friday/Saturday am for coffee and light snacks, though we didnt use any as we had no cash on us and nearest cashpoint was 7 miles away. In general I would say the site is best suited to caravaners or those that tow a vehicle should you want to get out and about or even bikes if you dont have dogs to consider. It is a nice site, the wardens were lovely but it is not a site I would recommend.

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Crazy Caz

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Reviewed on 19/04/2022 11:39

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Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

Second visit

Pleasant site, good location for walking, cycling, dogs and children. First weekend of season, great to have takeaways on site both Friday and Saturday. Wi-Fi poor and too many trees for our satellite to work but didn’t bother us.

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LBJEB

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Reviewed on 14/03/2022 02:24

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Brilliant place to stay

Stayed here for a week and thoroughly enjoyed the cycling and the ease of catching public transport The site was looked after very well and the toilets and showers were immaculate. Could not recommend this site highly enough. Will definitely return.

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Crowlander

Caravanner

Reviewed on 28/10/2021 18:12

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Lovely spot, hope to return next year.

The site is beautiful, surrounded by tall pines, next to a large reservoir and the pitches are well designed and spaced out. The management has sensible rules about behavior to help everyone enjoy their stay but our stay was at the end of the season so the site was not overly full anyway. Facilities are great and kept well clean. The walk around the reservoir was good (despite a cold wind) and the site has its own dog walk round the outside with a view over the reservoir from one side. Would have been good to have a place to allow the dog to have a run. However, we went out for the day so we could do that and we also had to find 4G for a video call, but site is already undergoing improvements to help enhance their network. Overall, great stay and we will go back.

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Reviewed on 26/10/2021 23:30

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"Neighbours from hell"

It seems from the reviews that this is a recurring theme at this otherwise lovely site. We found out the hard way. Suggest that if a motorhome arrives and the occupants have very loud voices and are then joined by similar - move pitch quick....another clue is the union flag on a pole.

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Blackheart

Caravanner

Reviewed on 24/10/2021 12:57

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We Love it here

Just returned from a long weekend here. It is our local site and we love it. Everyone is so welcoming and the site is so well kept it is a pleasure to visit. Plenty of walks from the site itself as well as Carsington Water visitors centre nearby to. Good old fashioned pub at Kirk Ireton as well. Ashbourne is nearby as well. We’ll be back very soon.

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MrsWolf

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Reviewed on 22/10/2021 21:01

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Good for families

Third Time Lucky

This was a last minute change of booking to a site near to our home as we'd worked out that we had enough fuel to get to Carsington and back when all the petrol stations around us were closed. The site was full enough to be interesting, but not packed out and so it was very quiet and peaceful. The location and facilities are excellent. The bus service "Carsington Connection" is running and we saw a number of people use it. Our previous two visits to Carsington were spolied by "the neighbours from hell" hence the title Third Time Lucky.

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Motorhome174

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 06/10/2021 07:12

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