Lady Margaret's Park Club Campsite

Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 5 of 5

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Worst showers, ever on a club site

Although spotlessly clean these were the worst showers we have ever experienced on a club site in over 27 years of membership. None existent pressure and on one occasion no hot water at all rendered them unusable. Totally unacceptable for the club to waste money on rebranding but leaving facilities in this condition. A refund should have been made. Rant over. Wardens working very hard to bring this lovely site back up to an acceptable condition but it has to be said " you can't polish a coconut " Wonderful location with good walks in both directions along the canal and to Chirk Castle. Chirk is a little delight having excellent butcher, green grocer and bakery, also a trout farm a mile or so away. Will return when the site has had a refit.

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no1engineer

Reviewed on 17/04/2017 16:43

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lovely site and the most pleasant wardens in the Caravan Club

This site is lovely, excellent location and beautifully maintained. As mentioned in the title, the wardens are by far the most pleasant, welcoming and helpful we've encountered (lifetime of caravanning, met many many wardens) The only minus point is the showers - little or no water pressure and showers always cold no matter what time of day we tried to use them, morning noon and night. They should just cut their losses and shut the block because it's a negative they don't need as the site, location and everything else is five star. Chirk castle on the doorstep, lovely days out to be had in the castle and particularly the gardens, the site is also walking distance from the station, trains to Chester and further into Wales. Eating out on the doorstep also good, Thai noodle bar and Indian both good.

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TheShreks

Reviewed on 17/04/2017 15:50

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All Fur coat and no ********?

New signs and logos resplendent on arrival, including The Wardens' Team with their new 'T' shirts. No expense spared on the corporate 'fur coat'? As usual a very warm welcome from the staff on duty. This really is a green and pleasant site. Chirk Castle (NT) is within easy walking distance as is the small town, with pub, Post Office, cafe, Co-op. Chirk Station is just down the road giving access to Shrewsbury and beyond. A canal side cycle path can take you some 11 miles to Trevor via the famous aqueduct. It's all good - and then there is the toilet block! See all the earlier reviews. It must be an original and long overdue for a refurb? There was no hot water in the block for the second night of our stay. Yes, we have on-board facilities but the point is that we have paid for access to showers etc. Club sites are no longer a cheap option and Members can expect to have an element of 'quality' for their money, can't they? Okay, the Warden did his best, an engineer was on site all evening to fix the boiler but by all accounts this was not the first time. Come on East Grinstead! This is a popular, busy site. Please spend more of our money on 'knickers' and less on 'fur coats'!

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2bees

Reviewed on 17/04/2017 12:11

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Appalling shower block.

Recently stayed on site 10/4/2017. Wardens excellent, site good with exception of shower block which was awful. Tiny cubicles, no water pressure. Worst block I have visited on network and I have been to most. Do not think I shall go there again.

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tipper46

Reviewed on 16/04/2017 23:46

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APPALLING SHOWERS

Arrived on site Tuesday 11th May 2017 first impressions very good reception from the wardens excellent however when trying to use the main block showers at 6-30am all that came through was a dribble. When speaking to other members at this time i established that the showers had been very intermittent for the week previous and still had not been fixed.This is not up to club standards and as a retired warden in my opinion this should have been resolved within no more than 24 hours of the first members complaint.

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iceclimber

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Reviewed on 16/04/2017 19:38

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welsh motorhomers

just like to reiterate what has already been said about the site, fabulous location, easy to get to, brilliant, friendly wardens, every where spotless, play area should be sorted in time for school holidays, SHOWERS want sorting yesterday because they let down an excellent site and I think the wardens deserve better support than to be placed in the firing line for this club failure

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bridgetles

Reviewed on 16/04/2017 14:46

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Appalling showers

What a beautiful site, fantastic location for walking from and many more breathtaking walks within short car journeys. However, the site was full and the showers were on total meltdown. No water coming out of shower head or you get a flimsy flow, wet & shampoo your hair and the water goes off! Your now starkers, with shampoo sliding down your face desperate for the water to come back on....... You just have to wait and hope someone somewhere switches theirs off so yours will work. It didn't matter which cubicle I chose they were all the same, also both Gents & Ladies were the same. I feel like we should have a partial refund, as the anxiety caused was NOT what I wanted from my short break......quite the opposite! There's a dog friendly pub in town called The Hand which you can walk to it also caters to Gluten Free.

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WobbleboxR

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Reviewed on 12/04/2017 20:35

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Beautiful site with great wardens - appaling showers!

This site is in the most picturesque and peaceful setting you could wish for. We received a warm welcome from the friendly wardens who obviously work very hard to maintain this beautiful site. What a terrible shame the showers are probably the worst functioning on any camp site I have stayed on. All be it spotlessly clean they are completely out of date and very difficult, if not impossible to use, with only tepid water with very poor flow at best. Luckily our stay was for only one night, any more than that would have been difficult. I'm afraid we'll not be going back for a second visit until they're upgraded.

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Reviewed on 12/04/2017 15:21

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Very good alert from one thing

The site is ideally located for visiting both Chirk Castle and Erddig both NT properties. There is very little in Chirk as regards shops only one small supermarket and a cash point. Access to The Chirk viaduct and the other one nearer to Wrexham, Pontcysyllte are well with visiting with easy parking at both for cars and motorhomes. The latter viaduct you need a head for heights!! Chirk tunnel with easy access from the site is worth a walk through just to say you've been. Don't forget to take a torch as it's very dark and narrow on the tow path. Coming back to my title the only thing that gave it a negative feel were both the ladies and gents showers that as far as flow in the gents was very poor and my wife tried 3 different ones in the ladies before she found a good one.

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Welshman

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Reviewed on 11/04/2017 22:22

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Almost a brilliant site

Lady Margaret's Park is such a pretty site in a beautiful location, with so much to do on the doorstep. We're a family of five and we've just returned from a three night stay in amazing April weather. We can thoroughly recommend the the nine mile return cycle ride along the canal to Trevor, suitable for all ages and levels of fitness... Also worth doing is the 30 minute walk along the canal in the other direction to the Poachers PH, with a good choice of food available. We can also give a positive verdict on Chirk Castle and its beautiful gardens next door. We do have a couple of negative points we feel we should point out. Please note this is no reflection on the wardens who were very friendly and obviously hard working. One is a point made by many others - the shower block is tired and dated and though was always clean, really needs some work done on it to bring it up to the level we've come to expect from the Caravan and Motorhome Club. The other relates to the lack of play area. The website and sites directory clearly state there is a play area but it appears to have been dismantled due to it not being safe. According to the wardens, there is no timescale on if and when a new one will be built. Our children, like others on the site, made their own entertainment, mainly by building dens, but when we were paying £34.00 a night, and not yet in peak season, we feel the there should be one. The site attracts many families and the central part of the site would be ideal for one to be located. It would also encourage children to congregate more in one part of the site, thus making everyone happy! We don't like to be negative because we loved the site and will certainly return. However, it's good to point out the issues but not to take anything away from the parks natural charm.

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WillandSara

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Reviewed on 10/04/2017 17:24

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