Clumber Park Club Campsite

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Wet, wet, wet!

Sadly during our 3 night stay it rained for most of the time, so we don't feel we saw Clumber Park at its best. There is no internet or mobile phone signal unless you drive a couple of miles off the site. Also remember to bring/buy a TV booster cable as we couldn't any get TV without one, they do sell them at the shop if needed (where we bought ours). On the plus side the facilities were spotless, and the fish and chip van and pizza van (both very good) were an unexpected bonus. Not sure we would stay here again due to the lack of phone/internet signal.

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kessex

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Reviewed on 27/08/2018 16:54

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What rule book?!!!

My wife and I have arrived at Clumber Park for the first time on 25.08.18 and wish we hadn’t bothered hoards of kids running around the van and through the pitch and riding bikes through the pitch it’s a bloo** nightmare. The parents are just ignoring the disturbance there offspring are creating its like being on a commercial site!!! The toilet blocks are being used as playgrounds the noise is horrendous the kids have no idea how to flush a toilet. Just as well were here for only two nights. We’re not old fuddy duddies we have stayed at child popular sites many times like Hillhead and have 3 young grandchildren who we often take away but have never experienced any thing like this, the rule book has been ripped up completely. The pitches are worn out and the WiFi is slower than dial- up just as well it’s being upgraded soon. Roll on Monday - we move on. Sunday evening, - just told a gang of kids to clear away from my Motorhome - why? - they were throwing sticks within a few feet of my Motorhome and car. Avoid this site if you respect your vehicles, privacy, and abide by the clubs rules. I suspect some of the problems could be that the site allows non members.

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MontyMohawk

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Reviewed on 26/08/2018 21:04

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Friendly helpful wardens and fabulous walks

Stayed for 5 nights on my own with the dogs this August before the bank holiday. Plenty of pitches to choose from, although nearer the bank holiday it did get busy. Very peaceful, I wasn't pitched too close to the play area so the kids didn't bother. It is a great site for kids of all ages as the play area is one of the best I've seen. During the day it is peaceful enough for the children to ride their bikes along the roads around the site. In fact my own nephew learnt to ride his bike here a couple of years ago, and the girl in the caravan adjacent to me learnt to ride her bike this time. Made me wonder how many children have learnt to ride their bikes here over the years. Such a lovely safe place to learn. I've read some negative reviews about the shower blocks, but honestly, apart from the wall tiles and laminate on the cubicle partitions and doors not being the current colours, it is absolutely fine. There are plenty of toilets, sinks and showers. I've read some negative reviews about the warden's attitudes, but honestly, they were all happy and welcoming. I had a problem with my caravan and all the wardens did their best to help me, they were really good. The site is located within the park itself, so there are fabulous walks to be discovered and the dogs can be off their leads. There was a mobile Pizza van and Fish & Chip van visiting the site which made a nice change. Fish and Chips £6.50. I visited the Walled Garden and the Greenhouse (National Trust) and really enjoyed stepping back in time and walking through the greenhouse, worth a visit. I will definitely visit Clumber Park site again.

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clarebrookes

Reviewed on 26/08/2018 10:09

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Oh BUT

We have been visiting Clumber for many years now and the site I believe is getting tired and needs some TLC It is a very busy site with lots of children and dogs so some barking some peeing around pitches.the rule walk round and not over some ones pitch has really disappeared My main grievance on my last visit was not the wardens or site but Fish and chip van which it seems every one on site uses and consequently after approx 1 hr in the q waiting for service only heard the conversation "Looks like we will run out of stuff reduce the portion size" upon receipt of our reduced Portion the cost was ridiculous and surely we paid the same as the first people in the line. really felt we were ripped off. Wardens really try hard but Fridays are manic and those that come later rush round site looking for space I thought there was a 5 mph requirement very few adhere to that.

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Fatboy14

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Reviewed on 22/08/2018 14:44

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Lovely stopover

We stayed here for one night on two occasions recently. It is a lovely, spacious site, much better than a number of CC sites that are like car parks. It is beautifully landscaped & surrounded by the Clumber park woods. We stayed here for several holidays years ago, but see that toilet blocks have been extended well since then. The toilet blocks were very clean. It is true some of the tiling could be renewed, but anyone who thinks they are in need of a refurb should visit either the Wirral site or Godrevy. Clumber toilet blocks are like the Ritz compared with those two! Booking in was very efficient & professional. Although our children are grown up, they would have loved the play area here as well as the space to play. We could hear children playing, but that was nice. We must come for longer and visit the NT park & revisit Cresswell Crags.

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TomSue

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Reviewed on 20/08/2018 10:19

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Rude Warden

We have just returned from a fabulous weekend on this site with friends but it didn't start this way. Now I may have been speeding according to the warden with his radar gun but was it really necessary to jump out the hedges running, shouting and screaming waving his arms around like a demented gorilla! He shouted at me in front of other people and treated me like a petulant child which was not necessary. I was wrong speeding but I really thought I was about to hit something with this idiots ranting and raving. I didn't have a word because I didn't want to spoil the start of our weekend but if he doesn't wind his neck in he is going to get himself in serious bother somewhere along the line. We will be back because it is convenient for us and we like it there. I do think it's quite expensive compared to other sites though and not having decent wifi in this day and age really isn't acceptable especially as the club also appears to be making a big thing of it. This is even more important at this particular site as there is no phone signal in the area. I do apologise to the other wardens as they were all reasonably polite with the exception of one who knows who he is.

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dvstrw

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Reviewed on 19/08/2018 18:40

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Has potential, lots of work needed

On arrival efficient wardens (couldn't go as far as saying they were actually welcoming) "can we have your membership card" and little else. "Find a pitch there aren't many left, can't tell you where the free ones might be don't know who's parking where." Pitches are actually quite good. Small play area for children which they seem happy with. Busy at weekends as you'd expect. However, had we known that there was ZERO PHONE SIGNAL and NO NETWORK for phones whatsoever we would not have booked, and therefore won't be returning. We came here because of the proximity to our local area, and the need to be at the end of a phone if needed. On a previous visit a few years ago it wasn't so abysmal. If you need to be in touch with anyone by phone or internet this isn't the site to choose. You have to go away from the site and up the road to get any signal. O presume that ypu can pay the rate for on sitr wifo but having read the revisews on this we didn't want to easy more money. Site very expensive already in comparison with other club sites this month. In brief, wardens having a major disagreement and four of them turning up to shout at members on the pitch opposite ours wasn't a great start to our holiday, showers and facilities are old and in need of some work and a good clean (they close for an hour and a half each morning but they clearly need more than this, they weren't clean even then). Great location in itself, good for bike rides. One warden quite helpful. There's a bike garage/lock up if you have your own locks, a good idea. This site has great potential but has some way to go to reach it.

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TheShreks

Reviewed on 16/08/2018 19:54

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Rated 4 of 5

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NIce site, needs some tlc

We spent over a week here in beautiful weather. The Clumber Park area is impressive, probably one of the grandest entrances to a site, through a 200 year old archway and driving down the longest double avenue of lime trees in Europe. Our welcome onto the site was fine. There were plenty of pitches to choose from. Not having any children with us the warden advised us that we would probably not want to go near the playpark area - how right she was! We pitched a good way away from it and the noise even from our pitch was loud and went on late at night. (I love to hear children happily playing but why do they need to regularly emit high-pitched screaming??) On the subject of children playing, playing is one thing but being allowed by parents to go off unsupervised around the site running round others' pitches and riding bikes at speed the wrong way is not acceptable. So, the site itself. It's a large site with, obviously, many trees. Some pitches get little or no sun but with a bit of careful sun-checking, there are also plenty of pitches that do get the sun. A mix of hard standing and grass pitches. The hard standings did look quite messy with lots of the stones going across the roadways but also very much in need of tidying up from the weeds and grass encroaching into the stones. There are 2 washblocks both of which felt 'tired'. True they get a lot of use (and not everyone leaves the facilities clean after them). Fittings are very worn eg wash basin plugholes have no chrome left on them so look rusty, screw fittings in showers rusting, hairdryers didn't fully work on the different heat settings or nozzles were loose. The shower temperatures fluctuated widely regularly going from cold to scolding hot. All the time we were there the sign said that the wifi was either very poor or not working at all - very glad I didn't pay the £10 fee for the week. (On one occasion when a visitor did pay the £2:50 for a day, despite the 'not working' notice, it was working but very slowly. There are plenty to places to go to from the site. Clumber Park National Trust grounds are lovely to walk around and the history of the site is really interesting. If you're a cyclist there are numerous cycle tracks around the Park. Lincoln is under an hour's drive and well worth a visit. The Thursday Flea Market at Chesterfield was really busy. In summary, this is a lovely area but the site was in need of some much needed care and attention, especially as for 2 adults the cost is over £30 per night.

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tootieflootie

Reviewed on 10/08/2018 21:30

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Nice site, busy at the weekends

We spent 5 nights at Clumber Park at the beginning of August. We arrived on a Friday around 4pm and the site was already very busy, especially around the playground area, this was fine for us as we were happy to head to the other side of the site. The site did seem to clear on the Sunday/Monday while we were there making the weekdays on the site a little quieter. If you are looking for a quiet pitch I would suggest heading away from the play area it can remain busy into the late evening and with children in our van a quieter area means a more reasonable bedtime for everyone and less arguments about there still being other children allowed to play! There is a Fish and Chip Van that visits the site on a Friday and a Pizza Van on a Saturday (I think this comes another day as well but cannot be totally sure). We didn’t have a Pizza so cannot comment on them but the Fish and Chips were lovely. Plenty of chips and the fish was lovely. The site is lovely and the staff helpful and welcoming. Our children did the tourer explorer treasure hunt around the site, which they thoroughly enjoyed. The site facilities were lovely and clean but looking a little tired but this is a very busy site so I would imagine this happens very quickly and didnt stop us using them. While we visited there was a power cut and also some problems with the sewerage system following some impressive storms. The wardens did a fantastic job of getting it all back working again. The WiFi is not great and with no phone signal on the site either for us it made some of our planning for the days out a little frustrating. It did get better during the week when the site was a little less busy however it was still very slow and at time totally unusable. While we were there we visited the National Trust side of Clumber Park. We walked over and found it a lovely place to visit with the kids. The play area kept them entertained, they were also offering some seasonal events such as the Summer of Sport which had the kids doing events and for a £1 donation they got a medal (all kids love a medal), and "50 things to do before you are 11 3/4" unfortunately we didn’t get the opportunity to have a go at this but it looked like a lot of fun with den building, making mud pies etc. All of this was lead by someone at the park and was free. We also took a longer drive and went to Wollaton Hall, it is only an hours drive away but has a lovely Natural History Museum, nice walks around the park, some nice gardens and a large children’s play area. You pay for parking but entry to Wollaton Hall itself is Free. We had a lovely time at this site and we will definitely be visiting again in the future.

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Wallaby117

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Reviewed on 07/08/2018 14:50

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Excellent long weekend

we arrived to a polite efficient and check in we found a pitch overlooking the children's play area so we could keep an eye on the grandchildren. when i went back to inform the warden on the desk of the pitch number i told her i could not find a point to plug the electric hook up cable in, she got on the radio to another warden who was there when i arrived back at the pitch, he found someone had plugged into the wrong point and it was sorted in no time to everyone's satisfaction. There had been a storm the day before we arrived and a lightning strike damaged the sewage treatment plant but the wardens arranged for tankers to pump out the waste twice a day and kept the toilets running as normal. There was a power cut to the camp and surrounding area for a couple of hours the wardens gave as much information as they had. The site was well kept all the facilities were clean and pleasant. the location is spectacular with fabulous walks and cycle rides on the door step. we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and Clumber park has become on of our favorites cant wait to return. Thanks to all the wardens for making our stay so special

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Reviewed on 01/08/2018 19:40

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