Our Friends ran that site some years ago and things were the same then,it was a time when the site was much more wooded than now,and pitching of outfits had to be done,but the majority  of "parents?" did not want to be near the play area ,as in their words

"we do not want to be near the play area as we want some peace the children can find their own way to that, or find something to do without us needing to be involved"and these days it is probably worse,when we stay there we Know the quieter pitches

ps its a lovely site away from the school holidays and w/ends

Hi JVB66

Thanks for your reply. 

As we work all week, weekends are mostly the only time we get to get away. 

We have moved on and the stress levels have dropped to complete calm. Lol

regards Monty Mohawk

I’ve just been there this weekend, got to say it was the noisiest visit so far and other weekends have been bad. Kids riding bikes and sliding them on the gravel near the toilet. I was nearly run over this time, kid on a bike no lights nearly hit me as I was crossing to go to the toilet block,this was at 9.45 at night. Surely the wardens need to be walking round at night to keep down the noise from the kids screaming and dogs left outside barking. I always park away from kids area, but it seems to be getting worse wherever you are on site. 🙁

We were there for 5 nights as part of a tour last year. We deliberately avoided the weekend by arriving Sunday and leaving Friday.