Chapel Lane Club Campsite

Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

Wouldn't stay again

A lot of road noise, noise from children. Lots of work vans, looks like people using it as place to live and noise early in mornings with men going to work in their vans. Buses unreliable,train 30 minutes walk, on strike at our time of staying, staff neglected to inform us of this. Very expensive rates lead us to regretting our choice of site, wanted to leave a day early but no refund would be given.

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Sue n Rob

Reviewed on 23/08/2022 12:34

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Good for families

Campervans beware if you’re planning to use this as a base to visit Birmingham

I phoned the site to check what public transport into Birmingham was like as I already knew that taking a campervan into the city was a sensible option. Lovely lady but was informed that transport to Birmingham was “great” with both buses and train options available. Booked immediately and given that information didn’t struggle to load bikes onto back of van. Got to site and the same lady checked me in. When I asked for a timetable for buses/trains was told not to bother with buses “as they’re not reliable” and that both train stations were over 1.5 miles away. Dragging two teens into Birmingham was hard, dragging them back loaded with stuff including milk/water/dinner was hell. My frustration is that I’d phoned ahead. As a site its lovely, very quiet and incredibly clean. However aside from a takeaway Indian/Chinese there is no local supermarket nearby after 4.00pm, which would have been fine if I’d realised. Agreed this might be my fault, but my perspective was marred by the idea of easy transport into town. In terms of family friendly I didn’t see a play area, but since I have teens I wasn’t looking. Equally there was absolutely nothing for them to do. I know that we’re not the Caravan Club’s target audience but I do feel all sites should be encouraging the younger generation a little more. Wifi was lousy, but equally not helped by the fact that I couldn’t log onto the site’s wifi, despite already having an account. This was not the staff’s fault. In terms of the staff, aside from the misinformation about transport they couldn’t have been more welcoming. Kudos to them all. DONT rely on the shop for anything more than sweets, cake and fizzy drinks. Certainly no veg, nor emergency meals and most frustratingly (after a hard drive there) no wine/alcohol. Also as I’ve said above, nowhere within miles to go and get said stuff in a campervan as the staff where unsure whether there would be suitable parking. If you’re kid free and in a caravan with a car that you can drive into the city or merely staying for a stopover then this campsite is amazing.

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PWills

Caravanner

Reviewed on 18/07/2022 20:53

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Excellent site

A well-cared for, spacious site, with sun and shade to suit everyone. A pleasant, relaxed continental atmosphere.Wardens friendly and efficient, washblocks clean with ample facilities. We only stayed two nights but will visit again and stay longer.

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Staffiemum

Reviewed on 18/07/2022 13:33

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 5 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

Good for families

Great overnight stay

Easy to find, short distance from M42 and apart from a little traffic noise it's very quiet and peaceful. Friendly and helpful check in, well kept site, big hard standing pitches. Usual facilities on site and well up to standard. Very clean. Perhaps it has improved recently but other reviews complaining about the site not justified on our visit. Would be very happy to stay again, and for longer.

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Reviewed on 14/06/2022 15:49

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 3 of 5

Good for families

1st visit this year

Easy access from the motorway and a very useful stopover. Friendly wardens on arrival offering advice to find a suitable pitch. Site was looking better than our last visit in October '21 with blue sky and fresh green trees and shrubs. Pitches could use a bit or smartening up, edges need trimming and weeding. Toilet blocks are rather dated but very clean and warm. Did manage to get chair out in the sun but only visiting for a couple of days en route to Scotland.

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BxG

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 28/05/2022 23:00

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Read some poor reviews and can't agree

Second visit to this site, the first being in January. Found everything clean and functional. Staff were lovely. This is a great site and ideally located for many activities. We will certainly be returning many more times

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Reviewed on 24/04/2022 18:27

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Great site

This was the first time that we had stayed on a large CAMC site. When we made the booking, we were worried about the negative comments, but our experience was really good and if we need to be near Birmingham again, this will be our choice. It was a pleasant experience. Well done to the staff on site who work hard to keep things neat and tidy

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TrevSussex

Motorhomer from Devon

Reviewed on 22/04/2022 22:15

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5*

I have read some of the reviews that were less than positive and I do not agree. We found the site to be spotless, clean, quiet and friendly. I would have no hesitation in rebooking, I did not hear any road noise. My personal plus point, the showers are not push button/timed and the temperature is not fixed. 5*

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Motorhomer

Reviewed on 20/03/2022 18:09

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 3 of 5

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Rated 3 of 5

Good for families

Could be better.brisk

Brisk warden at check in.couldnt be bothered to say 1 toilet block closed.assume with 6 names by reception they still didn't want to clean 2 blocks.neither ladies or gents could be described as warm any time we went in. Whole site looks uncared for and tatty,yes I realise it winter but could look a lot better. Its handy for motorways etc.break journies is only reason to stay. Staff could learn a lot from wardens at baltic wharf.bristol on how to run a site.

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Paula Watkins

Motorhomer from Nottinghamshire

Reviewed on 14/03/2022 06:56

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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 4 of 5

Good for families

First visit

This is our first visit to this site. The site is full due to Crufts. I wanted to review our experience as it differs from previous reviews. There is a hum from local roads but you do get that with sites local to main towns. Nothing that kept us awake. The site is open to non members. There is one builders van but no where near the past reviewers experiences. There’s more top end vehicles than not. The site is not at it’s best but winter has just left us and summer is coming. All facilities are what you would expect from a CAMC site. All in all a good visit. We did twitch when we read previous reviews but we worried unnecessarily.

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chopchop

Reviewed on 11/03/2022 18:49

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