Great Yarmouth Racecourse Club Campsite

Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

Two night stopover.

Nice site within walking distance of beach and River Bure Park. Immaculate and plentiful facilities. The surface is rather uneven, so take a torch as most of the bollards are unlit and it is almost a dark-skies area! When they are watering the race-course the machine is quite nosy- tractor engine/pump running and the giant hose-reel is like a power hammer, however it’s probably a fairly infrequent process, we were unlucky.

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Pete Taylor

Reviewed on 08/09/2023 09:51

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Perfect for all

Perfect location for the races, beach, and town. There’s a bus or land train stop close by for easy access into the town. Peaceful, even on the morning before the races. Plenty of toilets and showers, nice flat pitch, and a friendly welcome and check-in; we really enjoyed our stay; thank you!

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Campervanner

Reviewed on 25/08/2023 09:21

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Good for families

What has happened to this site?

We have brought our children and then grandchildren to this site for many years and always loved it. This year,in August, the site has lots of empty pitches and very few children for our grandchildren to play with. We thought this strange but perhaps due to cost of living issues. We spent a lot of time off site so didn't realise the actual problem for a few days, when we were subjected to the most horrendous noise untill 11.30 pm. The racecourse is watered at least once a day, not by towing a sprinkler round the course but by parking a running tractor, which then tows the sprinkler. The towing device makes a noise similar to hammering an anvil at 1 second intervals. Impossible to even think let alone sleep. Resigned to having to put up with the noise, which is nothing to do with the site wardens We thought we would go out as much as possible. However, when using the male toilet block the next morning I found someone had voided their bowels on the floor of the toilet cubicle. We will not be visiting again, though the wardens are lovely. The site is unusable.

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Tanglewood

Caravanner from Norfolk

Reviewed on 12/08/2023 16:24

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Oh Dear…….

So we arrived 10 minutes early so waited until nearly 1pm before approaching the site office, there was no closed sign and there was someone in the office so I went in, well what a greeting “We are closed” the lady abruptly informed me, it was 3 minutes to 1pm. She then informed me that “1pm is 1pm”. So I waited outside quietly fuming. The site is ok, the ground is very rough and not pretty. Lois and showers are good. 7.30pm we found out there is a car race track up the road and the noise was horrendous until 10.30pm, couldn’t sit outside and even in the van with doors and windows closed it was very noisy, you can’t walk your dogs on the race track and we were told only 2 metres long lead. Then to top it off the race track staff were out at 8.00am strumming around all the fence posts around the track, then out came the site lawn mower, only good thing about this place was the location near the beach. Will not be going back

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Motorhomer

Reviewed on 08/08/2023 17:15

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Lovely site

Lovely site, with clean facilities. Had a little issue with the cable when we arrived, apparently joining hook up cables is not allowed - first we've heard of it and we've used a lot of C&MH sites. Thankfully we had another cable that was long enough. Very long walk into the main town area but plenty of buses a short walk from the site to take you there. Typical seaside town, but have to recommend the Mermaid Bar within the Prom Hotel - food was fantastic. Disappointed that you were not allowed to walk your dog on the racecourse, Warwick Racecourse allow this. This however didn't stop us adding another night onto our visit. We were fortunate that there was Ladies Day at the Races on the Wednesday night and we could see the races from our pitch. We also had Scott Mills DJ on for a couple of hours afterwards. Might not suit everyone but it was lovely sitting outside the moho listening to the music. Would recommend and would go back.

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Suzancruise

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Reviewed on 26/07/2023 09:39

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Staff

staff nice and friendly one member got attitude problem noticed by members Location great Came last year in June had no problem Friendly people on site Beach quite near dog friendly too

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basslin

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Reviewed on 12/07/2023 10:55

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Good Site

Very warm friendly welcome from staff. We booked an extra 2 nights.Facilities were kept clean. We was there on a race day, which was exciting to watch. Beaches are fab. Bus stop outside the site to Great Yarmouth only less then 2 miles. Proper sea side town with donkey rides on the beach. Site was very quite while we were there. My real criticism is that on our last day, while using the women facilities to shower. A lady was in the block with her Dog!! IS THIS ALLOWED? Never experienced this before on ANY club site. Left a polite note to wardens when we posted key back so they were aware.

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Reviewed on 08/07/2023 11:02

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Don’t arrive early you get told off !

We arrived at 12.56 after travelling many miles we pulled up after finding our way. We just turned off the engine when the male site warden told us we had arrived too early (4 minutes!) having travelled 200 miles plus if we did it again would turn us around, report us to head office and take our number plate. His tone was that of. Headmaster speaking to his pupils ! I was fuming ! A polite greeting would have been nice. Site itself, usual standards of the club , lots of dogs being walked off leads , some consideration for the horses, as it is a race course! However, not every guest staying knows the difference between black waste and clean water. My husband caught a man using the clean tape to wash out his toilet container! When challenged he said I only want some water. Absolutely disgusting. I won’t return to this site

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Motorhomer

Reviewed on 15/06/2023 16:18

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Not as good as normal unfortunately...

Well not sure what happened we use site quite regularly but this time it was so quiet for time of year? Never been to a site camc or other when someone's not going round on a lawnmower? I know grass is pretty dead but still needs tidying up didn't look great... racecourse has told site no dogs on any part of their area, you used to be able to use green area as you come in but no more. So have to go completely off site or walk around site... which people were doing, lm ok with that when its quiet but sure some wont like it? So is the site going to make a small dog walk area? Didn't see much of wardens but they were friendly when did... just hope we're not loosing this site??

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NASHGILL

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Reviewed on 06/06/2023 12:49

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Want to staybon

We are booked to move on otherwise we would be staying here! Can’t fault the site, staff or location. Racing was a good experience, course staff very friendly, buses outside site, beach down the road. The facilities on site were a pleasure to use.

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Aubryuk

Reviewed on 25/05/2023 09:57

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