Ferry Meadows Club Campsite

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Good for families

Fantastic location.

We only stayed for one night on our way down to Kent but wish we had stayed longer as it was fabulous. The site itself was very clean and well maintained and the staff were extremely friendly and helpful. The icing on the cake was the huge parkland that was only 100yds from the site. We will definitely be visiting again but it will be for much longer.

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hamish19

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Reviewed on 29/08/2018 22:20

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Open pitches an issue

Had a lovely stay at Ferry Meadows . Wardens work hard to maintain the high standards expected for a C&MHC site . The facilities and Nene Park are second to none. My only gripes are that some of the water/waste access points are not situated with defined access paths and I was appalled at the number of adults and children who cut across our hard standing to take rubbish etc . We had loads of children who thought nothing of chasing each other across our pitch, squeezing through a gap between the awning and outside table whilst we were eating (!) and running down the side of the Caravan . Maybe it is time for the Club to consider planting boundary hedges at the back of pitches to stop this cutting through! Ultimately, of course, parents need to step up and teach some basic camping etiquette to their children and teach by example . Maybe camping etiquette could be included on the club site leaflets ?

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HT11

Caravanner

Reviewed on 27/08/2018 21:51

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 5 of 5

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Rated 5 of 5

Good for families

First visit, great family site, will definitely return!

We stayed at this site for 5 nights from 15th August with our 5 year old and really enjoyed it. The site and facilities are very clean and well maintained. All of the staff we encountered were happy & helpful and gave us some very useful tips given our newness to the camping experience! Our daughter loved the playground and we were fortunate not to have any issues in there even when our daughter took some bigger kids to task about their riding their bikes over the astro-turfed tunnel! We did, however, witness the warden very firmly challenge a group of children about their bad language which reassured me given the age of our daughter. The park on which the campsite is located is fantastic, huge flat recreational area on which you can play ball games, fly a kite or just relax, numerous walks and 3 different play areas all of which our daughter loved! A fish & chip van visits the site every Wednesday, Friday & Saturday evenings which was a welcome provision the day we arrived being a little later than we had planned! The only reason for 4 stars for facilities is because a larger dishwashing area would be beneficial. As it is quite a large site, with only 4 sinks, we frequently had to queue for a sink to become available. This however is a very minor point and did not detract from a very enjoyable stay. Thanks Ferry Meadows, we’ll see you again soon!

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Zawadi

Reviewed on 26/08/2018 15:15

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Lovely Site

This is our local site and we really like it, easy to get to, lots to do when you get there. It is a big site and can get crowded and noisy in the school holidays but it can also be peaceful. Once you get there you don't need a car, Nene Valley railway, Ferry Meadows, pitch and putt, golf, restaurant all in walking distance plus all the usual facilities a city can offer by car. Great for children and families.

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Debbie Evans

Caravanner

Reviewed on 22/08/2018 15:35

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Good for families

3rd visit this year

Really like this site as right next door to the Nene Valley Park. 3rd visit this summer last week with my other half and 2 year old daughter. Only real issues this visit is that people are still not observing the 5mph speed limit even with kids and dogs around. Also witnessed motor-home driving round the wrong way of the one way system to beat someone else to the pitch they wanted! Usually have no problem on this site but it did seem to be a lot of out of control children on this visit-both myself and my partner witnessed in the playground (whilst pushing our daughter on the swings) other kids bullying other often smaller kids, quite a lot of fighting between them and also quite a lot of swearing! Partner did ask one boy to stop swearing in front of our two year old and just received a mouth full back from the kid! Despite all this we will be back-just not in school holidays!

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SianL

Caravanner

Reviewed on 13/08/2018 17:31

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Enjoyable stay

Just stayed at Ferry Meadows with my family for five days for my mum's 80th birthday. As a family we had two caravans and a tent on the site. We had a lovely stay and having the country park on the doorstep was the icing on the cake. I did feel that the cost of the tent pitch was very expensive £25 per night for two on a grass pitch with no electric. Other than this the site was great. Very clean, friendly and helpful wardens and excellent facilities. Will definitely visit again - but probably not with a tent!

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DTB030958

Reviewed on 13/08/2018 09:25

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Good for families

First and last time here

Clean site, but very expensive for what you get and on site staff are far from friendly to the point of being rude and thoroughly enjoy coming round and pointing out you are a few inches out on where you should be parked. Also we stayed Friday and Saturday evening for a peaceful weekend, only to be woken at 8 am each morning by the noisiest tractor ( even the driver had ear defenders) just to come and collect the rubbish. I applaud the efforts to keep the site clean, but not at the expense of waking people. Surely 1 or 2 hours later wouldn’t have hurt. Will certainly not be returning here, although Nene Valley Park is beautiful and we will return there, but in our car!!

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DavinaS

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 12/08/2018 11:57

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First Visit Not Sure If We Will Return

First of the site is lovely, the facilities were clean and well kept as you would expect on a club site and the wardens we had dealings with were polite and friendly. Having Nene Park next door to the site is brilliant too, as it has loads of nice walks/cycle routes. there are three different play areas, water sports center and cycle hire so loads without having to go far. what ruined it for us were the feral children who left to run riot and cause mayhem around the site. the one reason we tend to stick to club sites is that it gives our children a safe place to play, make friends and some freedom but at the same time we can keep an eye on them. within the first hour of being on-site my son was flung of the roundabout then another jumped on him and starting hitting him for no reason. when my wife went to intervene the child tried to say he fell on our son when we had clearly see it all happen. the following day another boy pushed him down the astro-turf hill cutting his face and bloodying his nose. the same boy then went on to throw another childs bike across the park when the boy who's bike it was asked him to get off it. it ended up where there was three different sets of parents/grandparents who constantly had to supervise the play area. it may have been we just lucked out when visited and that the site is normally a good site for young children. No one seemed to pay any attention to the speed limit and drove around the site like Silverstone. i think it was also telling that the site was at most only 75% full in the middle of the summer holidays, especially when this site boasts the largest play area of all the club sites.

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Acro1985

Reviewed on 09/08/2018 13:41

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Good for families

The most disgusting staff ever encountered

We booked this site for a stop over on our way to France. We set off with time to reach the site at 8pm at the latest, our sat nav then updated and add 30 minutes due to an accident. We rang straight away to inform the site of this, the woman then began stripping my wife down verbally asking where the crash was, we did not know and she did not believe us, very upsetting as we were doing the good and right thing. It got worse once we arrived at 20:30hrs. A male warden eventually came to the gate and told me he had been listening to the radio and no mention of crashes had been on so I asked if he was calling me a liar, he then asked where it was! I told him in between Bishop Auckland and Durham, north bound, he then said “ but you were going south” at this point I was more than a little angry and informed him due to “rubber necking” the road was at a standstill. I gave him my membership card which he snatched and informed me he was keeping! All electric point bar one did not work and we went all night on battery, we posted £30 of the £33 through the door and left at 07:00hrs. Worst customer service ever, disgusting people and no electricity and he took my membership card off me, stay well clear of these idiots. Daniel Gill.

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beckydan

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Reviewed on 01/08/2018 13:14

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

Good for families

Our annual visit to Ferry Meadows

Just had our annual visit to Ferry Meadows which we enjoyed very much. We got a shock at how empty the site was compared to last year but this was to our advantage. Had some lovely walks in the park and our granddaughters tried out paddle boarding on the lake. Lakeside cafe give 10% off the bill for caravan members but just check as sometimes the staff forget to take the discount off, even if you mention it numerous times. We don’t eat the fish and chips on site as we tried them the first time we visited the site and they tasted awful, so we purchase fish and chips off site. Will be back next year.

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charlie25

Caravanner from North Yorkshire

Reviewed on 27/07/2018 20:48

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