Rowan Park Club Campsite
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This is the first caravan club site that I have ever taken the time to send an email to the club to complain.
We decided to book this site after being sent an email in July showing they had availability. I understand why now.
The site has many more grass pitches than hard standing. We didn't want a grass pitch so drove round to look for available hard standing. We found one reversed our caravan into it started in-hooking then the warden appeared to tell us we couldn't use that pitch it should of been coned off as there was a motor home now checking in & wanted that pitch!! So we hooked back up drove round again absolutely NO hard standing pitches on the side of the site that wasn't right next to the busy road!! We chose a pitch 3 or 4 down from our original choice on the same side positioned next to the very busy main road.
On our 1st night we endured boy racers screech in their vehicles next to us, lorries, horns it was like sleeping on a busy round about. After not much sleep I got ear plugs for night 2 didn't make a huge difference the road noise could still be heard. On night 2 or 3 there was a young man in late teens cycling around the site he looked very out of place & kept looking around he cycled twice past our caravan whilst my husband was out getting water it was starting to get dark. He approached my husband asking if he had a mobile phone!! So not very secure.
The showers were warm & clean. Although the 1st thing I noticed going up to the shower block was how filthy the outside window frames & sills were. This dosnt give a great impression I've never seen this before at a CC site.
Needless to say we left one day early absolutely exhausted due to not sleeping properly.
I emailed the caravan club who said they will change the information to say "some road noise at times"!! SOME at TIMES!
Spoilt by Road Noise
Site in an excellent location spoilt mostly by being so close to a very busy road that the local "boy racers" use as a race track late at night.
Unfortunately there are also a lot of seasonal pitches on site which seem to be negelected by the caravan owners. These look unsightly with long grass around the caravans and make so many pitches unavailable to visitoing users in what is a poplar area with few sites. Site itself is good and well cared for by the friendly wardens. Hard standings a bit short in number, but grass pitches are well laid out and not in straight lines whch makes a nice change.
Very enjoyable stay
This was our first time away in our van, so we didn't know a lot about anything on the van.
The staff were suberb. They were willing to answer our questions, give us help and even came over to the van to show us how to turn on the gas. Brilliant and thankyou for all your help.
Also the site and facilities were spotlessly clean. Excellent.
If all the sites we visit are as good as this one we will bevery happy.
Margaret Lago
Reviewed on 25/08/2016 17:38
First time caravaners
Many thanks to the site management team for their help and support on our first ever trip away in our caravan, 19th-21st August (although only living 10 miles away) with your support it felt like we where miles away from home. Your site facilities certainly show how much care and effort you put in to make any stay a pleasent one. Thanks Tony and Margaret.??
Margaret Lago
Reviewed on 24/08/2016 20:53
fantastic
Lovely restful place, ideal for a bit of retail therapy , lots of places to eat within walking distance. ideal if you have dogs as there is a fantastic brook behind the site to walk dogs.
I must say the two guys in the reception were fantastic, very helpful and friendly. sorry guys cant remember your names but both were fellow Northerners. well done guys we will be back soon.
Only thing i would say is please can we have a bigger play park.
very clean site and friendly
Very clean site showers and toilets love friendly and lovely peace and quiet
Masey family
Lovely clean site, close to amenities . Shower block was excellent with showers and toilets kept very clean. I will definitely go again
Short stop over, close to the coast
We didn't read any reviews before arriving here, but having now read a few I can agree with the traffic noise. If your used to it, it so disappears from your ears, and we were right next to the road.
A small site but plenty of space on most pitches. Large washrooms kept spotlessly clean as are most sites.
Plenty of shops, take always nearby and the beach is only 2 miles away.
I will be back next year.
Very nice site, let down by the noise on the A29!
We stayed here the other weekend, and the site is very nice, not too large, lovely clean bathrooms, flat, spacious pitches, and the 2 chaps at Reception were extremely pleasant and chatty! The MAJOR downside is the A29 running alongside the site! Some people may sleep through traffic noise - my hubby and I did not! It is only a short stretch of road, between 2 roundabouts, but cars seemed to race along, even in the wee small hours! We were in pitch 23, right next to the road - if you went over the other side of the site, I expect it would be a lot quieter. You are right opposite a Lidls, Halfords, McDonalds, KFC, etc - plus Tesco and Sainsburys along the road towards Bognor. Just a shame about the darn traffic!