Great Yarmouth Racecourse Club Campsite

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Characterless

The site is characterless, bland and lacks personality. Lighting at night is poor and only bollards providing lighting. Waste bins are in your face as you drive around the site, and need to be more discreet and out of view. Pitches are too close together, with little room for vehicles moving around between units. Foliage was growing from the guttering on the toilet block suggesting a lack of maintenance. There is no dog walking facility on site, yet the site allows dogs on, and we could see dog fouling on the site on vacant pitches. Yes it was picked up, but a site without designated dog walking facilities shouldn't allow dogs on it in my opinion. Toilets were very clean and well looked after and the showers were free with plenty of hot water. Location is great for race goers, and close to Great Yarmouth centre with frequent bus services about 150 metres to the nearest bus stop. Nearby we found 'The Avenue' pub with a great selection of food and drink at good prices, and an excellent Chinese takeaway who deliver to the site gates 'Tasty China'. Excellent location to discover the Norfolk Broads. Overall a great position, but with very basic facilities, and needing some character injecting into it, and control over the dog situation and maintenance of the site.

Graham1405

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Reviewed on 22/09/2016 17:20

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Good choice.

Very clean toilets and facilities, wardens very polite and helpful, low maintenance site well maintained, usual little people on bikes and things, but a good time was had by all. 

boytyler

Reviewed on 17/09/2016 20:13

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Early September Break

Very good site with improved/expanded shower facilities since last visit a few years ago. All facilities very spotless and well maintained. We and the dog enjoyed the few minutes walk to the sand dunes and beach, as well as the walk into the town for shops and markets etc. The wardens were pleasent and very helpful and always seemed to have time to speak to everyone. The site was busy but still well kept. Excellent site and we will certainly visit again.

JohnB

Reviewed on 14/09/2016 20:25

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Bank Holiday

Stayed Bank holiday Monday to the following Saturday. Didn't have children so parked well away from the play area. Some road noise but on the whole a very pleasant stay. Wardens friendly and helpful. If you are hoping to be there on a race day check with the course as it can say on the web site that there are spaces available but the wardens know different.

Sharon Bailey

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Reviewed on 10/09/2016 12:38

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Very clean toilet and shower facilities.Polite and helpful staff.Ideal site for families.Quiet and peaceful and near to seafront and town centre

davesteevens

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Reviewed on 09/09/2016 23:00

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Use this site everytime we visit our relations in Great Yarmouth. Always a warm welcome from the staff and always efficient. Bonus to have small shop in reception for the basic provisions and the local walks for our dog on the beach nearby are fantastic. Toilet blocks are very clean and the showers are of a good size and hot, again another bonus after a long drive. 

Elmoo

Reviewed on 02/09/2016 16:47

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Visit 16/8-23/8/2016

In a great location and with helpful wardens, this is a nice site. A few things to bear in mind is that the grass racecourse is regularly cut and watered so your vehicle might show signs of the consequent debris scattered around. A nice fish and chip van visits the site every Tuesday and Friday but service is very disorganised and slow. One main toilet block which is regularly cleaned and offers privacy cubicles and sufficient room. Very accommodating for longer units. I have a 34' American RV and found no problem at all. Overall, a nice experience.

Jasonjr44

Reviewed on 28/08/2016 09:08

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Lovely site yo visit. If you have dogs there's a long stretch of sand dunes where you can take them for a walk, ours loved it. We saw a seal every morning around 10:30 hrs which was fab. We walked into Great Yarmouth most days, it reminds me of Blackpool. Around the site there are other beaches you can visit such as Caister or Cromer which are both beautiful. A short drive away you can stock up on food from a Tesco which was bigger than I thought it would be. The scooter convention i thought was great and the noise didn't bother us and we bopped along to the music drinking wine/beer. Oh don't forget to take a trip on the Broads.

Bevi

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Reviewed on 27/08/2016 18:39

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Friendly and clean site

We stayed here for a long weekend with our grandsons. The wardens were very friendly and the showers, toilets etc were spotless. My only gripe is that the one and only toilet block is closed for cleaning between 10.30am and 12pm. The reception is also closed during this time. We chose to leave the site at 11.30am but couldn't get access to the one service toilet for the boys before leaving and also couldn't get them a little something from the shop for the journey home. By 12pm there was a queue waiting to come onto the site but reception was still closed and this held up the leavers. This is only a little moan and maybe something that caravan club sites could consider..... when embarking on a long journey home with children and the caravan has been packed away and hitched up, the site facilities would be very useful.

Cookiecatz

Reviewed on 24/08/2016 23:24

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Consider asking about functions at the racecourse before booking.

We stayed here whilst there was a Scooter Rally on at the racecourse. The noise from the function disturbed several people with many frustrated and I believe some left... The initial afternoon bands were very 'Punk' in nature and therefore a select few may have appreciated it. Saturday's entertainment finished relatively early... Showers and toilets were clean and tidy and the Wardens were pleasant and helpful. The pitches are all grass and some are quite tight with a feeling of being a little squashed in. Superb for access to beach walks and the resort itself is relatively close. Dogs were quite prevalent in case you have an issue with that. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would definitely return, would just ask some questions before making the booking...

clive235

Reviewed on 23/08/2016 21:20

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