Cracking simple site.
4th visit to this site. love the simplicity of it. Ideal for a quiet weekend away. Great wardens too. We'll be back.
Stamford Club Campsite
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a very good base, and great bread nearby!!
Visited May 2016. Approach is via a narrow and poorly surfaced potholed road, with frequent passing places, shared by the forest visitor centre. However, red kites circle as you enter the site, a well sheltered, well kept site with a choice of grass or hard standings in a standard campsite ‘horseshoe’ layout. Some background road noise most of the time here.No facility block, but lovely wardens, and a well stocked basic little shop, lacking only in daily papers. An information hut is here, but a lot of information was found to be well (years) out of date. Trees surround the site, and birds aplenty- bring your nut feeders!. There is good access to the forestry trails, cafe and bike hire centre. Quite a good place to cycle from, a small and lovely road leads off from the entrance road, out to Rutland water and a lot of good rolling hills. The woodland packed gravel roads are fairly uninteresting, but would provide a great place to safely teach children to cycle.There are more interesting off road/woodland routes also here. The main A43 however is a fast and busy lorry route. Nearby are Barnsdale, Burley House, Rockingham Castle, Deene Park and others. Lovers of REAL bread should visit the proper old fashioned bakery in Kings Cliffe (2 miles ish. via the cycle\walk route in the woods, bakery opposite post office, open am. only). All in all a good base to explore a very interesting area, with good cycling possibilities.
dolphinGB
Reviewed on 15/06/2016 14:12
Fantastic
Stayed here at the weekend, lovely peaceful site. Warden are extremely friend the best wardens I have come across in a club site always pleased to see you.. Well worth a visit.
Love this site
Another visit to this site. Always well kept and the wardens are always friendly and helpful. I really wish the Caravan Club would look at opening this site all year round.
Overnight
I only stayed overnight en-route. Arrived late and went early but the wardens were very pleasant, helpful and accommodating. The site was neat, tidy and well laid out. The local area looked beautiful and we will hopefully return if we are in the area.
DandJ2015
Reviewed on 02/06/2016 07:20
Shattered Peace
A super spot for walkers, cyclists and nature lovers. The site is well presented and has reasonably easy access. We stayed on a busy weekend but it was still very tranquil until the warden decided to mow the grass around us. He would have known by his bookings that our friends on the next pitch were due to leave within the next two hours, so why, when we were sitting outside enjoying the sun he felt it imperative to cut the grass right around us when there was plenty more on the site to do, I don't know!!
Peace & quiet
This is our local site, only 15 mins from our caravan storage compound. so we visit here every year. It is peaceful and very pretty in the spring. Always neat & tidy. Lots of walks in the woods, with a cycling centre, coffee shop and adventure play area next door. We still call it 'Top Lodge', and as a previous member said, it is in Northamptonshire, and not Lincolnshire. Stamford is about 8 miles away. Sorry to be pedantic.
Spring visit
The site has certainly improved since our last visit and now look well. The mix of grass and H/S pitches should suit all taste and the proximity to the forest is great for dog owners. Although there are no views directly from the site one can soon be out on footpaths across open fields. There are no shops close by and the nearest pubs are about 2 mls away. The nearest supermarkets are at Stamford, Morrisons & Lidl, and Corby, Asda & Aldi. The town of Stamford is well worth a visit as is Burghley House. There are a number of footpaths leading from the site and for the cyclist there are off-road trails in the adjacent forest and at Wakeley Great Wood about 1 ml away. There's also good walk & ride around Rutland Water not too far away, where one might spot the Ospreys if one is fortunate. A great value site especially during the off season with it's mid-week discount. We will certainly be coming back again out of high season.
A Real friendly welcome
We visited this site for the May bank holiday and arrived about 19:40 to be welcomed by what can only be described as the friendliest team on the network. I sometimes cringe as all the rules and regulations are read out to me on other sites even though I have been a member on and off for the past 25 years. Not st Stamford. On arrival we got the last pitch available for our motorhome, however the Warden informed us that a number of units were due to leave the following morning and we could chose another pitch and just let them know. If only more site staff could adopt this wonderful attitude we would use the club more than we currently do. Well done! We will return.
A great four nights!
Another visit to this site and not disappointed.
This is a great location with lots to see and do in the area.
The site is always very clean and kept well by the brilliant wardens. They are a credit to the caravan club.
Pauline & Barry Kirke.
