Ferry Meadows Club Campsite
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Excellent booking in process - very busy but wardens kept the queue moving & booking in slick & organised. We pitched on the side with the playground as our youngest is 7. Grass pitch, spacious but not very private - issue with kids running through the pitch, even after dusk & also adults walking through our pitch, inconsiderately using it as a cut through. Very noisy neighbours one night due to their visitors - when will people realise that when in an awning, the noise is not contained? Noise disturbance until midnight. At the beginning of our stay (we stayed 29th May until 3rd June) bins not emptied enough & black bin bags were strewn in the bin area. Shower block closest to our pitch (219) was busy but you didn't have to queue or wait for a shower but hot water was lacking in the ladies, my better half advises men's were hot but slow running. Men's & Ladies need a major refurb. Shower wall boards are rotten to the core, patched up in multiple places with filler - you could touch the boards anywhere & they're spongey - harbouring bacteria, unhygienic (separate complaint to head office about this, wholly unacceptable when so much has been spent on rebranding & facilities are left in this condition - where are the club's priorities?) Playground & ball "cage" excellent. Excellent cycle paths locally, easy 3.5 mile route into Peterborough. Country park beautiful - location of this site faultless.
Brilliant location brilliant site
Brilliant wardens who keep everything clean and tidy.
No faults at all for Ferry Meadows and given the size of this site the wardens kept it looking very tidy indeed.
We were given a choice to pitch on the East side with the large play area (across the road from reception) or the West side and decided we liked this side the best as its quieter.
Pitches are usual high standard and are a mix of mostly hard standing and some grass on the West and seem to be mainly grass on the East
No issues in reversing into the pitch as plenty of room. Beware the members that move the pitch marker posts! I reversed up to mine and one of the wardens told me it was in the wrong place but I was quite happy to move the unit over to put this right.
Toilet facilities spot on despite site being full never had to wait for a shower and loads of hot water. Always very clean and in good repair
Tv reception. There are link up points on the power distribution boards you can connect to as signal here is poor. Take a long lead! You can also obtain same from the well stocked shop.
Wifi - escaping the rat race for a week so wasn't intending to use but from our pitch the coverage was very patchy.
Mobile coverage. My EE became NN nothing nowhere. Very poor signal. Walk outside to the road and you can make a call. Three also poor. O2 worked well tho.
These are minor issues and shouldn't detract from staying here
Have to say that the nearby Nene Valley Railway is excellent as is the parkland behind the site. Hardly used the car in our 7 night stay. Walked everywhere !
We will definitely return here again.
One of the best sites/area
Excellent site. On arrival it was very busy but the wardens kept the queue moving. We were advised to pitch on the west side as we wanted a hard standing and only 2 adults and this was ideal for us. Toilet block/dishwashing facilities were spotless and the wardens even put a pot of hand cream for use as well. Warden did approach us as we had incorrectly parked but as we still had enough room between us and next door we didn't have to move. It would have been a pain to move but the wardens do have rules that needs to be kept. We won't be making the same mistake again. Wardens seem cheery enough and always seemed busy. Brilliant to be so close to the country park and cycling was a real treat as we could also use the country lanes and everywhere was flat. Peterborough is within walking/cycling distance - about 3.5 miles along the cycle path. Taxi is £9 from Peterborough to site, didn't use the bus but I think they were quite frequent. Will definitely return but in the summer months. Fish and chips on site 3 times a week but unfortunately didn't have the chance to sample. Ice cream van every evening.
cleopatra123
Reviewed on 03/06/2017 16:40
One of our favourite sites
We spent 2 quiet relaxing weeks here and as usual we enjoyed our stay,if I wanted to be pernickety I would suggest more than one rake/brush in the showers ,when people have finished showering it would be good if they cleaned the floor behind them but there were no tools to do so. Also as this was supposedly a gold rated wifi site. I paid £25 for Internet which was frequently unavailable, we did mention this to the warden in the office but was only answered with a shrug of the shoulders so be warned do not pay more than 1 day if you need wifi and see what the response is first, if you cannot pick up e-mails then you will not achieve much else...all that said and done we will certainly return and enjoy the well kept site.
Fabulous site unfortunately experience damped by noise of Jets flying relentlessly overhead
We have been visiting this site for over 20 years. Perfect for families and travelling with dogs.
The site was spotless, as always, and the surrounding area beautiful.
It was very disappointing to experience the low flying aircraft on some days from 7am to 7pm very 10 -15 minutes - with the power of the jet engines being felt through the caravan floor!
We have not experienced this before and would think twice about visiting again.
janetterusson
Reviewed on 18/05/2017 17:02
Great location
Great site great for kids and dogs ,wardens very helpful ,shadey and sunny pitches on hard standing or grass. Did witness a football going out of the playing area and hit a caravan ,either the fencing could be a little higher or a silly pitch to pitch up on. Also we did get a visit from squirrels during the late hours in the awning attacking our rubbishy bin.not really a problem. Magic long weekend.
aball005
Reviewed on 15/05/2017 14:30
One of our favourites
We've been to Ferry meadows a few times now and it never disappoints, Its fairly local for us and is ideal for a relaxing weekend. If you like walking or cycling or have dogs to exercise you wont be disappointed, there are miles of pathways around the lakes and beyond. Children are well catered for with the new play area and there's a steam train just up the road with golfing and fishing all on your doorstep. The site is well laid out with a pitch for everyone's taste, the wardens are friendly and helpful, we will return again as its one of our favourites.
Kids playground mecca
A great set up for kids, in the new play area and ball court.
Plenty of pitches away from the area as well, if you don't like the noise.
With a 2 YO, we parked next to it all and had 2 days of the Bank Holiday weekend, with Abbey and all the other kids, having great fun.
Its nice to walk out to the park and around the river as well.
Great set of wardens, working hard always.
site tidyness April 20th 2017
This is normally a very well kept site but this visit was disappointing.We understand that there was a shortage of wardens and the four there during our visit had only just been called in.The grass had not been cut and there was lots of tree debris on some of the pitches.The wardens were doing their best to rectify the situation but they had an uphill job to get back to normal standards.It really looked like previous wardens had let things go.This is a large site and i would question if 4 people could cope.
yekims
Reviewed on 30/04/2017 11:45
Our first visit of the season
This was our first visit of the season to one of our favourite sites and was slightly disappointed. I appreciate that the site was busy due to the motorhome show.
There seemed to be a lack of direction from wardens, there were holdups waiting for staff to open barriers, Although the white peg policy is explained we saw many examples of the policy not being followed and wardens were not correcting errant units. In fact this was the first visit where we had not had interaction with wardens who are normally friendly and helpful.
The shower block on the east side, the shower panels had sustained water damage to the joints so they had been repaired with blue resin and looked a mess. Expect better from our next visit.
robandruth2
Reviewed on 29/04/2017 20:39