Teesdale Barnard Castle Club Campsite

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A gem of a site

First time visitor to this site while travelling in our motorhome. This site & the wardens are a credit to the club - so well maintained & a truly loved one. The location is excellent & the short off road walk into Barnard Castle was excellent, where you can find everything you need to make a happy holiday. Recommend the town walk which takes in all historical parts of Barney. ALSO must mention the sites dog meadow - wow, we loved this & an early morning visit revealed so many birds & wild life - thanks for a lovely stay (stayed June 2019 3 nights)

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mazzledazzle

Reviewed on 16/06/2019 07:32

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Great site and wardens, shame about some of the guests

What a fantastic site and set of wardens we have at Barnard Castle. Karen and Kevin, you are a credit to the club. We have visited Teesdale Barnard Castle a number of times and have always enjoyed staying at the site. On a more general note, one thing which we are beginning to notice more and more at the Caravan Club sites which we stay at is the lack of courtesy from a number of the guests staying at the sites. We have noticed other reviews for sites which make a similar comment about people walking across your gravel pitch and looking into the van while you are sitting quietly trying to relax and enjoy some private time. This happened recently when we stayed at Barnard Castle around Bank Holiday time on numerous occasions and not the same people each time - people found our van location to be a great shortcut route obviously. We love dogs although don't have one ourselves at the moment, but we even had people allowing their dogs to mess on our pitch (they did pick it up) but it just seems so rude and inconsiderate to us. This is not just a problem at Barnard Castle and has happened when we have stopped at other sites recently and we are wondering if this is just becoming the norm. Personally, my wife and I always make every effort to walk around pitches, grassed areas etc in order to respect other guests privacy, we just feel that it is courteous to do so. So Caravan Club, are there any rules around invading the privacy of other peoples pitches? And re: the dogs, come on dog owners, isn't that what the dog walks are for? Also, we had one person in a van near us playing music very load until 23.40 at night - again, not the Caravan Clubs fault but we come away in our van to get away to a bit of peace and quiet. Apart from these general negative comments, the site is great and we would recommend that anyone should stay there, either for a short stop over or for a longer break to explore the area.

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North East Truckers

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Reviewed on 08/06/2019 07:41

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Good site

We enjoyed our stay here and found the staff to be helpful and friendly. The site facilities are very good and are kept very presentable. Would like to come again.

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THODAV

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Reviewed on 03/06/2019 10:29

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Going the extra mile

I booked onto this site for a couple of weeks leading up to the bank holiday. I can second the points that have already been made about cleanliness and the faciulities. my review is of the staff. a few days before i was due to leave I suffered a fall whilst walking local tracks. this resulted in half a day at the walk in centre and I was left very sore and somewhat incapacitated. The staff could not have been more helpful. Despite the bank holiday they 'found; space for me to stay on for another few nights in order to recouperate and enjoy a graceful departure. Even though i suffered this fall i would thoroughly recommend this site for anyone wishing to expolore the area on foot. there are short and long distance walks very nearby and there is a bus service which serves the main routes and villages very well.

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EamonnD

Caravanner from West Yorkshire

Reviewed on 30/05/2019 13:55

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Enjoyable stay

Stayed here for the first time over the bank holiday weekend. Warm welcome from the wardens on arrival who took the time to explain the site, walks and surrounding areas. We were told that the pitch we had chosen we had the option to go in forward to overlook the woodland rather than the caravan opposite, which we chose to do. This was very pleasant on an eve when it became too chilly to sit outside, we could enjoy the evening without the need to close the blinds. The site itself was full but didn’t feel busy and the toilets and facilities were spotless. The walk through the woodland into Barnard Castle was very nice and a visit to the castle itself is recommended. The meadows dog walk is one of the best on site walks we have come across and is a rival to the one at Hawes. There is some road noise, but we didn’t find it intrusive at all, and we mostly heard bird song. We are looking forward to our next visit in September.

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Hugstervan

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Reviewed on 30/05/2019 11:07

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10 Nights 18 May 2019

This was stop 7 on our multi-stop tour from Lincolnshire to Scotland (and back) with 10 nights here after a two and a half hour drive down a wet and murky A1 from Berwick Seaview. A very nice way to end our return from Scotland and a lovely place to stay. The rain had stopped on our arrival and we received a nice warm welcome from wardens Karen and Kevin who highlighted the remaining spare pitches on a site plan for us, very helpful. This is a lovely well kept modern site with an immaculate toilet/shower block. Lots of interesting places to visit in the area including Hawes, Richmond and High Force falls but our most memorable day out was at Beamish Museum which gives a big discount to club members, a place that requires a full day to explore. We had a very nice Sunday carvery at Thorpe Farm by the A66 and don't miss out on the fish and chip van that visits the site Wednesday and Saturday, it's excellent. We tried to extend our stay but although the webpage showed free it reverted to not available when submitted. I went to see the wardens and Karen fixed it for me. Thank you Karen, much appreciated. I was advised that if you have problems with a booking while on-site it is always best to ask the wardens. At night there is lighting to help you find your way around but it is discreet so look upwards and experience the fantastic presentation of the constellations. With minimum light pollution it's awesome. Well, it is when it isn't cloudy. . . The only negative here was from people who used our pitch as a short cut rather than walk round and I don't just mean on the grass between pitches but actually crunching along the gravel past the van. On our last day a lady walking a dog came through and even looked in at us through the window while we were having breakfast! Summary: In a great location just outside the town this is an immaculate site with spacious pitches and modern facilities. I definitely recommend it but try for a pitch with a hedge behind or take windbreakers to keep out the wanderers. Next stop: Home, to open bills and start up the Shredder!

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Bartonians

Caravanner from Lincolnshire

Reviewed on 30/05/2019 00:49

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The best site ever

Teesdale Barnard Castle site is such a wonderful site, it is impeccably clean with the best shower and WC block I have ever used. The showers are really hot with excellent power, the block itself is always warm and a pleasure to use. The location is central for everywhere boosting some great attractions, also great for walkers, dog owners and the walk into town is good if you wish to walk? The site entrance and exit is very organised. The current site wardens are very helpful and accommodating and keep an immaculate site at all times the standard is very high and never slips. Myself and my husband are regular visitors and the experience is wonderful, thank you Tessdale site.

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Craiglea2007

Reviewed on 13/05/2019 22:26

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Nice site

A nice site with easy access to A66 and North Pennines. Drying room was very useful after thunderstorm!

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Harpleyboy 1953

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Reviewed on 29/04/2019 20:52

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Perfect Location for Touring the North East

This site is a hidden gem. Although there is a little road noise we found it barely noticeable. It is ideal for visiting local attractions and larger cities alike, with good access to major roads. Barnard Castle as a town is quaint and to coin a phrase "unspoilt by progress". It has an obvious charm about it. the local townsfolk greet each other as they pass on the footpaths' nd almost everyone was welcoming to us. Dogs were welcomed in some but not all tea-rooms. A large Morrisons lurks just off the Main Street. The site itself is clean and laid out well. The amount of gravel on our hardstanding was excessive and without a MM it would have meant we could not have pitched at all. In the end I ran the jockey over field grip-mats. Toilet block was clean and was not closed too long for cleaning. Water and waste points were fine. The dog field was a useful addition - big enough to properly exercise our dog - and with several dog-waste bins. The exit barrier seems to open if you drove at it and did not need a token to be raised. Walking , or cycling is the only way to really see some parts of B/Castle. Immediately next to the lower pedestrian gate is a start of a woodland walk that goes down to the stream. Turning left takes you along it to the Silver Bridge that leads into another nature reserve, or uphill into the town itself. We found the staff to be very friendly from greeting to leaving. The experience was enjoyable and we hopefully will return there. Highly recommended site and highly recommended venue.

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Gizm0trek

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Reviewed on 26/04/2019 10:03

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A return visit

£135 for three adults (our daughter is grown up) for three nights is, we think, very expensive considering it wasn't the week either side of Easter. Our expectations are therefore higher considering we are paying premium rates. This time the heating was working properly in the loos but water pressure in the showers was variable from too strong to weak. The internet was, frankly, rubbish. It was frustrating, time consuming and ultimately difficult to use the Internet. Speeds were so slow as not to register on my Speedtest app. The site was nowhere full. The exit barrier was only working intermittently and we had to queue to leave as it was cranked up by the warden. The positives continue to be the enjoyable walk into Barnard Castle and it is a good town to visit. The facilities are kept immaculately. I think the Caravan Club has fallen into the hands of accountants and commercially minded advisers so we have Yurts, pods and hire agreements for eye wateringly expensive American vans, an unnecessary and expensive makeover and rebranding exercise which I can't find anybody wanted and fees which have been increased to be in line with private sites. The club has lost its focus on relatively simple sites with clean facilities with reasonable costs for holidays. It's a pity. We stayed on a CL after leaving here. £22/night. Great value. And it had loos and a shower.

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PortlandBill

Campervanner from Northumberland

Reviewed on 25/04/2019 16:24

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