York Rowntree Park Club Campsite

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Rowntree park top site

Recently back from this wonderful site. Now we know why it has taken years to be able to book a pitch! Excellent site in a great location, easy walk into York city centre, with all it's attractions. Another easy walk along the river and into Rowntree park. Out of the rear gate to a parade of shops including a small Sainsbury's supermarket and a highiy recommended 'Fishermans Wife's fish and chip shop with cafe! Good facilities and very friendly efficient warden's. We can highly recommend this site

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Cestrian

Motorhomer from Shropshire

Reviewed on 19/03/2019 13:43

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A midweek return visit

This is our third visit to this site, delayed because of Environment Agency works on flood monitoring which we heard about a couple of weeks before arrival. We organised an alternative night elsewhere and arrived lunchtime on the Monday. The wardens were brilliant in getting onsite immediately to avoid a long queue with all vans arriving at an empty site. Despite a flood threat with the possibly of having to evacuate we did not need to because river levels kept below the bank. This is an excellent site and access to the town is easy. It's a brisk 20 minute walk to the railway museum and about the same to the Minster so it is conveniently placed. Regretfully its popularity means that trying to book a whole week is virtually impossible. Midweek is the best bet. Also site costs are always high for us because we have a grown up (and ill) daughter who always comes with us. Rejigging the handbook to show pitch fee and one adult reflects the sensitivity of the Club towards the ever increasing prices. There are not many solo tourers so I think the handbook would be more realistic reverting back to pitch plus two adults and in many places pitch plus two adults and two children. And also the highes price you will pay not lowest. Now that would show up true costs espiecally now that pricing has been removed from the handbook for each pricing band. We shall try to come back for a week. Here's hoping!

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PortlandBill

Campervanner from Northumberland

Reviewed on 17/03/2019 08:13

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Great site to explore York

We have stayed on this site in our motorhome twice in 2 months. The site is only a 10 minute walk away to explore all the attractions in York. We love the Shambles and the Shambles Market and all the unusual alleys to wander down. Great restaurants, cafes for eating out. The site is next to the River Ouse with a lovely walk from the site taking in the Millennium Bridge. We found the site facilities to be lovely and clean and the wardens were welcoming and friendly. Ideal site for motorhomers who just want to park up and walk into the city centre.

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GBackhouse

Campervanner from West Yorkshire

Reviewed on 06/03/2019 21:52

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Never again

This was the most difficult site we have had to find. Once we finally found it it was a shock to see reception, toilets and showers etc built up high! The site is next to the river and near the centre of York but looked ominous. A very busy site, it was half term, but not many loos/showers for the size of the site. There is a lot of building work going on next to this site, several storey high apartments which will look down onto people staying there. I so onetime on the cleanliness of the facilities as despite there being ramp access as well as stairs to reach them they always seemed to be people queuing I couldn’t cress them. Pitches were not very large and they felt closed in. All in all, despite close proximity to major attractions in York this is not a site we will be revisiting.

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Theclampitts

from North Yorkshire

Reviewed on 05/03/2019 22:49

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Good base for York tourist attractions

If you are looking for a short break to visit the tourist attractions in central York this site makes a good base. You can leave the car and walk/cycle for miles. It is rather like camping in a glorified car park, however people looking for a more rural setting will, hopefully have the sense to look elsewhere. Trying to get out of the centre of York to venture further afield takes forever. And if you are thinking of going east on the A64, be prepared for long delays. Manoeuvring a caravan onto some of the pitches can be challenging. (Not all caravanners choose to have motor movers fitted). The fact that many of the pitches do not follow the more common practise of parking cars on the opposite side of the van to the awning adds to the problems. Units backing onto each other are, at least separated by a low hedge. However, sitting outside, staring at the back of a motor home less than 3m away is not everyone’s cup of tea. Booking a pitch can also also a problem. Like many ‘popular’ sites, weekends are booked up months in advance so anyone looking for a longer stay has little chance of success. At the time of writing there were no weekend pitches available at all. If you do decide to come here pick your arrival time and day carefully. Departures have to be no later than 11.15 to try to avoid congestion on the narrow approach road. But if too many vans arrive at the same time and anyone is trying to go in the opposite direction (there is a public car park next to the site), it’s chaos

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Jean231

Reviewed on 05/03/2019 10:50

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Excellent site

We visited this site for the second time in less than 3 months which is unusual for us. We find the site to be an excellent location as motorhomers. We could walk to the city and all the tourist attractions with ease. It is also easy to drive out from, although with the road works on the ring road, we should have driven direct to the A64 via the A19 when we drove to Eden Camp. There are lots of places to visit in the city, all were open even in early February. There are also many places to suit all budgets to eat and drink at. The site is very well kept. The facilities were always spotless and we never queued for a shower!! The building work did not cause any disturbance to us.

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Lorrie

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Reviewed on 11/02/2019 16:37

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Warm Welcome Great Location

Everything up to the high standard we have come to expect from the club. A great location for visiting York - just a few minutes walk into the city centre. Not much space between pitches so seems a little more cramped than other club sites, but you are in a city after all and I guess like us most people will be off site enjoying the local attractions most of the time. There seems to be no dog walking area so we enjoyed the spectacle of a nearby member calmly using our pitch in front of our door as her dog toilet! She did pick up but not the point. Could I suggest that the key drop off box is down by the gate rather than up by reception to facilitate quicker departure? Howver, all in all a great place an will visit again if we can get in of course.

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vac

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Reviewed on 30/01/2019 12:39

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Another great stay

I have reviewed this site many times before. It’s a great site for visiting York. Easy walk into town with all the fabulous shops and pubs. We were there for Christmas and New Year so had a long stay of 16 nights, can’t fault the site. Wardens were very friendly and even though site was busy they were on top of everything including extra bin runs on Christmas Day.

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Sioban

Reviewed on 15/01/2019 14:55

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Xmas Holiday Period Break

We were patient and lucky enough to get a full week reserved at Rowantree Site over the Xmas period at the last minute, and as we travelled from Aberdeenshire Scotland to say we thoroughly enjoyed the stay. The weather even at this time of the year was favourable for all caravaners. This site is well looked after, kept clean, with pleasant wardens. The location suited us down to a tee, city centre browsing, walks and cycling to your heart content. Venturing further afield, you have the Designer Outlet Store, Retail Parks and plentiful shops within the centre itself. Even walked the York Wall. It’s a pity we had to go home again.

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PapaT

Motorhomer from Aberdeenshire

Reviewed on 03/01/2019 20:20

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Excellent Site for visiting the center of York

We stayed at the site for 3 nights and found it to be in a brilliant location to get to the center of York and visiting the city. The site was very clean and tidy throughout.Although the site is in the center of York it was quite despite the building work next door. It was well sign posted and easy to find. Would recommend this site for people visiting York.

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Zena Ivin

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Reviewed on 11/12/2018 19:52

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