York Beechwood Grange Club Campsite

Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

A lovely safe and happy site

My wife and I have been members of the Caravan Club for many years most of time we have are grandchildren with us when stopping on club sites, we have read reviews of people criticizing the Caravan club for being very strict and regimented where children are concerned we have experienced this on some sites but never at Beech Wood Grange. We have been bringing our grandchildren to Beech Wood for the last 10 years a lovey safe and happy site the wardens are most understanding especially Pat & Trevor who have grandchildren of their own a lovey warm and friendly couple, but on a recent visit to the site we encountered wardens that where less than understanding and not as friendly, we were later told by friends who had be on the site with us that the couple we had encountered where helping on the site we hope that is the case it would be a shame to spoil the site by overzealous wardens .

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ike65

Motorhomer from Tyne & Wear

Reviewed on 07/08/2016 21:39

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

Peak time of year

The site only had a choice of 3 pitches left and a corner one was perfect for us. Glad we had leveling ramps with us. Lots of children on bikes and scooters and a super fenced play area. Site quiet nice and early. Dog walk clean, well kept and fenced. We had good TV reception. Wifi hopeless. Dogs not permitted on lane in and out but there would be no place to go with them anyway as the site is near main roads. The morning traffic was well backed up so don't expect to get away swiftly.

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silvernomad

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Reviewed on 07/08/2016 18:37

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Rated 4 of 5

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Excellent site for families

A wonderful site exceptionally maintained by the wardens. A large dog walk area, an adventure playground for children and a large playground with football pitch. It was a great pleasure to see children playing all sorts of games in this area till late in the evening. It was also great to see children enjoying themselves without the need of a phone. Maybe I'm just old fashioned. Park & Ride into the city is a short drive away. The Railway Museum is worth a visit for those interested. Definitely recommended as a family friendly site.

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Silver Roamers

Motorhomer from Dorset

Reviewed on 07/08/2016 17:34

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Hidden Gem

This was our first visit to the site and we will be returning to this hidden gem. Hidden in that as previous reviews have said better signage is needed on the roundabout. A gem of a site, well run by very pleasant wardens who work very hard to keep the whole site clean and tidy. There are lots of wonderful place to go and visit, we had a fantastic day at Fountains Abbey, the Railway museum and we even made the trip up to Whitby.

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TJ12

Caravanner from West Midlands

Reviewed on 02/08/2016 13:17

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Will be back

Arrived at the site and received a warm welcome from reception. Sat Nav is no good for this site when you get within 0.5 miles Use google maps This site is worth every penny with lovely pitches.Well maintained site and facilities. Site is great for visiting all of north yorkshire and only an hour from Whitby. Dog walk is spot on.

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bernie157

Caravanner from Lincolnshire

Reviewed on 01/08/2016 14:54

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Good for families

Nice Stay near York

Overall quite pleased with site and only have one complaint in that the sign directing people to the site is not positioned very well as cars and other vehicles obstruct the sign when they are at the exit from site waiting for lights to change. We missed it twice and went down two different roads until I decided to turn back. My suggestion is to relocate the sign to the opposite side of the road where it will not become obstructed by vehicles waiting to exit site access road. Great site location for the Park & Ride into York and also the major shopping centres - in reality we need not have brought food and drinks with us as it was all available nearby. As it was the first week of the school holidays there were lots of children on bikes and running around the roads on site. Obviously at a young age they are not aware of potential problems with traffic and hence we had to drive extra carefully to make sure we didn't knock any of them off their bikes. Don't have a problem with this but please parents tell your kids to be aware of moving traffic. There were a couple of minor issues in that warden didn't tell us that to exit the automatic barrier to pull right over to the right side for the automatic barrier sensor to activate .....first time we were standing for about two minutes waiting so went to reception and were told to pull over to right....a minor issue really! I agree with another review in that the road speed ramps are a bit OTT. All in a pleasant stay.

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kevinb34fg

Caravanner from Tyne & Wear

Reviewed on 01/08/2016 10:34

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Good for families

FABULOUS WARDENS What can I say????

We stayed for two nights in preparation for B.B.C.Radio York broadcasting the breakfast show live from our van on Friday 29th July. It goes without saying that the site is everything we have come to expect from a Club Site.It is true that the amenities block is slightly dated and probably scheduled for a revamp but is kept in fine condition notwithstanding. The wardens Trevor and Pat were outstanding. How many site wardens would be happy and cheerful when rising before 5-00 to admit the broadcast team?? NOTHING WAS TOO MUCH EFFORT FOR TREVOR AND PAT. THEY ARE A CREDIT TO THE CLUB AND SHOULD BE DUE FOR A VERY LARGE MEDAL. Thank you both for making our unusual stay so enjoyable,and even finding other site users to be interviewed live on air.

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fairportfan

Caravanner from North Yorkshire

Reviewed on 31/07/2016 17:39

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Good for families

Weekend at the races

Had a lovely weekend at this site. The facilities are very clean and well maintained. The staff are more than helpful and went out of their way to accommodate us. Whilst the site isn't a walkable distance into York, there are some good taxi services that offer a discount to this site.

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Jill Townend

Caravanner

Reviewed on 27/07/2016 17:37

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Good for families

Good base

We stayed for a week whilst visiting York early July 2016. The site is well layed out depending where you are can be a bit of a wallk to the toilet block. It is a fair way from the nearest bus stop though, over a busy road junction as well. We do not have an issue with that but some might. The site staff are really frendly and are willing to help, I had first hand experience of this when we developed a problem with our Tow car. There are some pitches near the entrance/exit that are bordered by hedges, they do look huge! Bigger than the average pitch definately. They do ask that you do not have a BBQ there as the stable buildings are of close proximity, and are wooden construction. The Toilet block is clean and off center of the site. Dated: could do with a upgrade. Do not like the speed bumps at the entrance, i personally think that one way tip grid would be better, to slow you down when approaching the stable entrance, lots of grooves in the hump would testify to its height and possible damage to units. Really good for shopping with a mile or so large Shopping Centres, my wife loved all that, my wallet didn't . I would go back again in fact might next year. One last point when you are getting near to the site keep a good look out for the site sign its not that big.

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AIKIDOMO

Reviewed on 26/07/2016 14:29

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

No substitute for Rowntree Park

During warm weather farmyard smells and flies are a nuisance. Farmyard noise also an issue. At 2 miles park and ride is too far to walk so motorhome owners need to pack up and drive. Due to restrictions dogs can only enter/leave the site in a vehicle. This is partly offset by an excellent dog walk area. Great play area for kids.

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JackSmith

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 26/07/2016 10:03

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