This is our 4th visit to Chatsworth Park. We went Sunday to Sunday, from past experience you cant get on the park till 1pm, as one way in/out. Leave at 12 noon. Warm welcome from Wardens, we were behind a fair few other caravans which must have turned up before 1pm, but they still wont let you on site till 1pm, and rightly so. After booking in it's a matter of finding a pitch which is free. We managed to find a nice spot, big end pitch, plenty of room for car, caravan awning and grass to the side & back of van on the toilet block row. Please remember, this site has a lot of trees, not many pitches are tree free, but as it was October, you don't expect hot sunny weather where you can catch the rays. Shower block the usual std for caravan club. You choose your pitch then tell wardens who will give you gate key for access to Chatsworth Estate where you have lots of walking paths. You can now also ride your pedal bike on the estates paths, not the grass areas. We love this site. While we were there, there was actual tree felling one day which was noisy for a couple of hours, in fact I wish there was more, some of the trees are huge, so a few feet chopped off the top would not harm, but this would not deter us from visiting again. We will be back in 2016, trying a different month, been in May, Oct, twice in November, it's good to see the estate at different times of year. You also get discount to the house & garden if you show your receipt at the ticket office, it was £14 this year (£20) normal adult price without receipt, which enables you to visit the house & gardens, and is well worth the visit if you have never been, especially in the summer months as the gardens are lovely. There is lots of walks around the estate too.
