We spend a week at this site, Monday to Friday. It was our first visit. The site itself is fully up to my expected club standards, very neat and tidy and the shower block is excellent. Very clean and great facilities especially the spacious showers. Never used the laundry or pot washing but both looked well equipped. Only met the warden on arrival but was very helpful. My only comment about the site was there is a bit a road noise but nothing to put you off and you do get a bit of noise from the young offenders institution depending on the direction of the wind. But again nothing to be concerned about. We did walk into Barnard Castle from the site, the path is a bit hairy at times as it is very narrow at the start and traffic is wizzing past. So if you have a dog or children just take extra care. Apart from that its a nice walk, a bit hilly in places but nothing we couldn't manage. The town itself is very nice with lots of small shops and cafes, pubs etc. Unfortunately the weather wasn't very kind to us, but we did enjoy a day out a Beamish and a trip over to the Wensleydale Cheese Shop in Hawes. On Wednesday, we made use of the visiting Fish and Chip van and have to say they were lovely. So all in all a lovely site in an excellent location for touring round with the option to walk into town should you choose to do so. If we wanted to visit that area again I wouldn't hesitate to stay there.