Holiday Park
When reading the reviews on this website for this Caravan Site, I’m not quite sure if they’re referring to the same site we’ve recently just spent a week visiting? Also, judging by some of the comments by other fellow club members that we were pitched next to, they’ll probably agree. The site itself is a lovely and well kept site with good sized and clean pitches. The site is right next to the entrance to the Pembrey Country Park with its woodland walks and miles of open sandy beaches with various activities on the Park to entertain children. The Site Wardens are helpful, the shop ok and the milkman and baker calling round each morning were a nice touch which the whole family enjoyed. However, we were expecting to spend our weeks holiday at the usual type of Caravan Club Site that we enjoy and not this type of commercial ‘Holiday Park’. We knew it was peak holiday season when we booked but didn’t expect….. continual dogs barking, dog mess left on the road outside our pitch – once with no sign of dog owner and once when our neighbour had to actively encourage the owner to clean it up before they tried walking off. We didn’t expect ball games close to our caravan on several occasions or groups of children cycling round on bikes without a care for the speed limits, the one way road system, the barriers or cars or footpaths or us! We didn’t expect the limited number of toilets and showers that were available and we certainly didn’t expect to find the unacceptable level of cleanliness in the toilets block. Each day the facilities were cleaned thoroughly but each day they soon became filthy to a point where we didn’t actually want to use them. Surely, as a Club, we can’t expect the Wardens to have to clean up such mess on a daily basis? As for the local area, we were disappointed to find so little to do locally. The beaches were good, the local castle was fun but there was little to keep our family entertained without driving miles. We even struggled to find a pub or restaurant that looked inviting to try ¬– a first holiday for us without spending on food or drink out! Not even one pint or coffee!!! Pembrey Park was good for walking around but by the end of the week we found visiting uncomfortable. Maybe this was due to the Police helicopter hovering over one evening looking for a man believed to be carrying a firearm…. or perhaps it was due to thieves targeting a ‘pop-up’ caravan site on the Park… or perhaps visitors to the Country Park being able to enter the Club Caravan Site without question which we also witnessed. Perhaps we had mistimed our visit, but one thing for sure. We won’t be returning.
Cygnet1
Reviewed on 19/08/2015 21:37
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