A very peaceful, clean and well organised site ... But don't arrive early!!
Visited here in April 2016. We chose it because it is handy for the east coast resorts. Stayed for five nights.
The site is quite large and well laid out. We arrived at 11:15 and were told we could not get in before 12 as it was really busy.It wasn't, it was a Wednesday. Told we could go in at 11:40 which we did. The site was showing as fully booked for the coming weekend but there was plenty of hard standing pitches available.
This is a nice site with great facilities which are a little dated but still very good and kept spotlessly clean. The dog walk is excellent with links direct to lovely local walks.
A walk into the village is ten minutes via road or the path out of the dog walk. There is a chippy, Spar, petrol station, pharmacy and pub in East/West Ayton. They are in effect the same village separated by a river.
I would recommend Ye Olde Forge Inn which is at the bottom of the road which leads up to the site. Great staff, food and ale and its dog friendly.
We used the site as a base for the coastal towns and it is good for this. The bus is £2.50 an adult to Scarborough and hourly. Kids half price. However a taxi with Nippy Taxis to Scarborough is only £6.60 each way so we used them after the first bus trip.
Didnt try the chippy in the village but others on the site said it was excellent.
TV reception via the sites plug in system is very good except for BBC. We got about 80 TV channels.
One brilliant thing the site has is a dog shower which was invaluable for our mutt who loves the mud and the river on Forge Valley.
It is clear that the wardens take great pride in this lovely site.We will be back ...
Also I am now a Wetherspoons convert ...... The Lord Rosebery in Scarborough is very good value and a very nice pub.
