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Our second 'staycation' at Poolsbrook we live in Mansfield. I was quite surprised at certain recent negative comments by other members. We spent four night/five days there early June 2016 and were lucky they were all sunny and warm! We were pitched alongside the footpath at the edge of the woods and didn't notice much noise from users of the country park or traffic noise on nearby M1. Those woods may act as a sound break and also picking a site away from the site's entrance would probably help avoid traffic noise. I didn't use WiFi but a leaflet explained it's rated a 'bronze' site with very limited speed - another member had commented about slow speed.
TV reception using our caravan's factory-fitted aerial was fine, as it had been last time when sited in the open, central area near the shower block. I tried the booster outlet on the service bollard and found the same, good reception. That free booster service should work fine for modern TVs but does an extension coax cable, available at the office I think. The shower block's cleaning times didn't cause us any inconvenience but that's a personal issue and similar cleaning/closing times may be common on the club's site network. My wife thought the 'disabled' toilet was open during main room cleaning so at least a toilet and wash basin was available. Like another member I did see one dumpster overflowing so perhaps more frequent emptying needs to be arranged. On a positive note, Bolsover Castle and Hardwick Halls (restored main house and the other a ruins, NT and EH respectively) are within easy reach and my wife and I found them fascinating. On the four warm, fine days Pools Brook Country Park was a pleasant place to walk and 10 minutes away by car is Hollingwood Hub from which there are lovely walks alongside the Chesterfield Canal. Staveley is functional rather than pretty but has a sports centre, pubs and food plus Morrisons for shopping. Further afield Chesterfield's Crooked Spire and town centre are worth visiting along with, of course, scenic Derbyshire and even our club's Chatsworth site alongside beautiful Chatsworth House, a great place to stay if you book well ahead!
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