Rated 4 of 5

Rated 5 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 3 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 4 of 5

Location

Rated 3 of 5

Good for families

Mixed feelings - cramped and. it good value and one warden very miserable

There are some very good aspects about this site which we have been to a few times before, but now we have been to other non club sites this one isn’t rating as highly and our last visit wasn’t great. The plus side it’s lovely being so close to Chatsworth and the village is nice. The down sides are ..... You can’t arrive til after 1pm which is fine but the club create their own problems. People sometimes arrive a few mins early eg you can’t always get a journey down to the nearest minute. We knew not to come til after 1 and we didn’t arrive til just after 1. We had only come from Castleton and had to vacate by midday so had to try and find a lay by to sit in, easier said than done but we did it. A motorhome pulled in behind us and left the lay by a few mins before us so he probably arrived about 1255. When we arrived at the site, the road was gridlocked and chaotic. The site don’t drop the barrier which is close to the road u til 1pm, so it creates congestion on the road in. There is a driveway a mile long so why not at least have the chain barrier a bit further along the drive??? So as to get traffic off the village road. When we arrived a nice man met us halfway down the drive and he lets people down one at a time, No problem. Then when we got to the reception area another man decided to have a go at us and lambast us by saying he’d seen us at the junction as there’s a CCTV camera and was not pleasant. Then we got to the pitch which was cramped and the grass was virtually non existent at the back of the motorhome eg about a foot deep max and it looked like it hadn’t been cut for weeks. We felt like we were in a car park which for the price we paid was not good. it was a service pitch but not nice. We only had a choice of two pitches on arrival so had to put up with it. There are many better sites in the area that are more spacious welcoming. I don’t think we’ll be returning in a hurry.
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moulesy replied on 31/05/2019 17:22

Posted on 31/05/2019 17:22

We have stayed at Chatsworth a number of times and after our first visit I think we've got it cracked now. Arrive on a Tuesday at about 2pm.  No queues, the weekenders have gone and so you have a good choice of pitches with no hold up! Have to say, though, that we haven't and wouldn't stay there at peak times! smile 

replied on 07/06/2019 23:25

Posted on 07/06/2019 23:25

We stayed at Chatsworth a few years ago now.   We were met by a "jobsworth" when we arrived at the parking area outside reception, not a good start!   Have just booked for a couple of nights next year, but find that for every helpful friendly warden, there's another one that who likes to be awkward.    We had this with a female warden at Castleton years ago, we must have got her on a bad day.    Why do they forget it's the members that pay their wages?

We agree with there being a problem with people turning up early and causing chaos on the entrance road.   Could it be down to them wanting maximum time on site given the high prices charged at Chatsworth?