Southport Club Campsite

Rated 4 of 5

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Etiquette

Etiquette-a noun, the customary code of Polite behaviour in society or among members of a group or profession. Having used this site in the distant passed I enjoyed a week here in summer 2014 and again in April 2015. Here we are at night 6 of another week here. You will gather then we love the openess of the new field, please don't crowd this area with more trees as the norm on other sites. Remember they grow in time. The main reason for making this entry is the inconsiderate way that folks using the site just don't care about their neighbours by cutting over their space or pitch. This seems to be the new norm here and on several occasions their was more than one car on pitches. There is an overflow car park for extra cars to prevent increased fire risk. The rules are made and should be adhered to or the wardens really need to tighten up on keeping the regulations. If we don't then we are no more than a branch of the Lax caravan and camping club.

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Thehairysporran

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Reviewed on 17/07/2015 20:42

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lovely site

Lovely site,good pitches ,handy for shops and sea front.great park and esplanade for dog walks. The only downside to this site is the wifi which is non existent ,I paid £10 for seven days and could not get a signal I think I managed to get on the internet for one day for travel directions.

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christineanne

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Reviewed on 11/07/2015 15:08

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The new part of the site needs to mature with some tree planting.

Stopped off here for three nights mid-June on our way back North. The esplanade sounds that it should be attractive but it is a rather bleak road. We had a serviced pitch in the newer southern area of the site which compared with the rest of the site is still a bit bleak. There were areas of long grass where we were looking for evidence of tree planting but we could not see any. The toilet block (TB2) was immaculate but was surrounded by a maze of controlling fences. I rolled over these a few times to avoid a longer walk as did several others. With public footpaths crossing the site security is a bit of concern especially as the warden had posted notices about increased cycle thefts. Some site photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/g0cqk/sets/72157654810741748 - - - - - Some of Southport is a kind of slightly up market Blackpool but Lord Street is a class above and definitely worth a long stroll. Two of us spent money shopping while one of us took photographs!!!. https://www.flickr.com/photos/g0cqk/sets/72157655208731842 We visited Kings Gardens on Sunday which is an excellent example of a traditional Victorian style park.

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pathfinderne

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Reviewed on 07/07/2015 20:32

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Lovely site and location

Just returned from a weekend break to southport caravan club site. Fantastic site clean new and big pitches. Really close to beach and shops. The only negative to this site is that there is no facility for late arrivals. We set off on Friday 26th June and unfortunately there had been a road accident on the M6 which caused several hours of delays. The sat nav was indicating we would arrive at around seven thirty but the traffic was still really heavy stop and start. I telephoned the site to explain that we maybe late and was advised that they had no facility for late arrivals and basically if we were not there by eight o'clock then we would have to find somewhere else !!!! Not at all helpful. We spent the rest of the journey anxious as we were too far to turn back but not knowing if we would make it on time and then would have to turn around and go home was quite stressful. We did however make it with ten minutes to spare. This was the only negative thing I can say about the site staff not that helpful in these circumstances. Other than this would definitely recommend the site and will return hopefully when there are no traffic delays

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Grahandr3

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Reviewed on 29/06/2015 14:59

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Ok!

My first impression of this site is not good! We arrived slightly late at 8.10pm, heavy traffic delayed our arrival. I pressed the bell on the office door, and a Warden appeared. "we don't accept anyone after 8pm" was her comments. She had in her hand, our confirmation of booking and a gate key! I did apologise, had I stopped to phone we would have been even later! The site is ok, pitched very close together, so could hear the opera from a van opposite. My one major concern was that the toilet block doors have to opened by a key. Whilst walking past on 2 occasions I had to help senior ladies to open the door with the key and turn the handle at the same time. I would suggest that a different system would be more appropriate. The facilites were very clean. Plenty of rabbits around.

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Mindarie

Reviewed on 25/06/2015 15:03

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Marmite site

You either love or hate this site. We visited previously before the new part opened and had a lovely break. This time, we were in the new part of the site. It's barren, open to the constant wind and the noise of boy racers tearing around the roundabout. Plus site security is somewhat lacking in that corner too, it's very easy to walk round the flattened fence and in to site. TV signal was very poor on our pitch, we were disappointed to find the club had not spent the relatively small extra cost to put in booster points, when this is a known problem. Finally the hard standings, either loose gravel that won't hold a peg, or so solid you can't get the pegs in, and showing signs of reverting to grass, it was growing on all the pitches we looked at. One final point, on the approach from Formby the first glimpse of the site looks like a travellers site, not the impression intended I'm sure, but with no trees or shrubs how it looks.

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DerekAndSusan

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Reviewed on 24/06/2015 18:56

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Great site, lovely wardens

My wife, 3 children and I stayed here May 2015, this was our second visit. The site is very clean and modern, it's location is fantastic and southport has lots to offer families. I would like to make special mention of the wardens, on setting up the caravan I noted the flush not working on the toilet, I had no idea as to the cause, by chance I mentioned it in passing to a lady warden, whose name I really should have asked, her advice was the pump gets blocked and gave me instructions what to do, hey presto, it worked. This, in my opinion, is what goes to make C.C sites, we're returning in August, Thank you wardens.

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Bibster

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Reviewed on 22/06/2015 16:14

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Ideal

Every thing you need and more. The new part of the site is as yet a little exposed and can get a bit windy. But that's caravaning.

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2 old codgers

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Reviewed on 15/06/2015 21:59

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2 nights on a service pitch

We used this as a stopover on our way south and reserved one of the service pitches. The site is great; close to the town and adjacent to a large park. The service pitch was close to the entrance in a small group of similar pitches. It was the early May bank holiday but the site never felt crowded, unlike Southport on the Monday which was heaving!

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HappyWanderers

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Reviewed on 08/06/2015 09:42

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First time here but not the last

Its a large site, some 171 pitches and is essentially divided into 3 areas. There are 2 very good shower blocks, exceptionally clean and up to Caravan Club standards. very easy to walk into the town centre via the footpaths out of the site and across the park. Morrisons very near if required (5 minute walk). In the visitors book there were a few complaints about the lack of greenery and to a lesser extent a lack of privacy - well all I can say is that Shrubs need a couple of seasons to mature and with the recent building works, its not surprising. Wardens were fine, we didn't see much of them, nor did we need to

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PB1205

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Reviewed on 03/06/2015 16:52

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