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York Rowntree Park Club Campsite

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Managed to get a long weekend at short notice here for Christmas shopping and sight seeing. The main reason to stay here is location, 10 minutes walk into the City with all the sights close at hand. Site is very noisy at night due to the location but that is to be expected. If only the club could introduce French Style MH Aires here to make use of all the gravel and concrete, could easily treble the number of rigs on site. Not the nicest of sites visually but you don't visit here for open fields do you... WiFi was very disappointing especially as the site is in the middle of a major City, needs to either be upgraded or ripped out as it is currently useless to say the least.
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MichaelT

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Reviewed on 13/12/2017 21:09

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Rude wardens

I got on site on Saturday 912 2017 at 11.46 I know it's 12.00 o'clock arrive time but traffic was quite anyway the warden came out of the office told me to get off site until 12.00 0 clock this warden has got a serious attitude problem so I drove off site and parked up outside the campsite only to watch a bloke drive in with is carvan and park up and wait until 12.00 he was not told to get off site like me I think the warden does not like my vw t5 camper-van good site but the carvan club need to sort out the wardens before they loose business on the this site shame very good site for visiting York JUST (NEEDS GOOD WARDENS)
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Al triumph

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Reviewed on 12/12/2017 19:17

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The Friendliest Wardens We Have Come Across

Arrived 1st December at 12.15 and met at the barrier by the most friendliest wardens we have ever come across. In order to expedite a smooth arrival we were asked if we could find a pitch and then call back at the office between 1.00 and 5.00 which allowed plenty of time to put on the kettle and have a sandwich prior to calling in at the office to pay before going into York to start the Christmas shopping. Whilst we were there all of the wardens were extremely pleasant and always had a smile. The toilet facilities on site were always spotless and warm. We were able to secure a pitch for December 2018 and look forward to returning then. There was a small amount of noise from the site of the new hotel which opens up in 2018 but this didn't spoil our trip.

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GrandpaGraham

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Reviewed on 07/12/2017 19:03

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Rude wardens

Very rude wardens We couldn’t pay when we arrived so had to come back from York at tea time to pay or we were told we would get thrown of if we didn’t come back and pay RUDE we wanted to make the most of the afternoon and evening not come back just to pay. The weekend was ruined by there attitude towards us felt so uncomfortable and a lot of others we spoke to on site to had had the same experience !!
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RichAnn

Reviewed on 07/12/2017 10:43

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Its all about the location

We've just returned from a short holiday at Rowntree Park. This site is all about the location, if you go out the main gate & turn left you are a 10 minute walk to York with its myriad of restaurants, bars & shops, plus all of the history that York has to offer. If you turn right out of the main gate then within 2 minutes you are in Rowntree Park which is a great park with a dog walking area, childrens play area & flower beds to enjoy. If you go out the "back pedestrian gate" then you are 2 minutes from a high street with cafes, bars & traditional bakers, green grocers & butchers. In this area there is a great fish & chip shop called the "fisherman's wife". There is also a Dominos pizza opposite the chippy. The actual club site is a little more than a large car park with pitches & a toilet block, this sounds demeaning but its not meant to be, the Club have obviously sacrificed green areas, dog walks etc to get as many pitches as possible to meet demand for this very popular site. All the wardens are friendly and helpful, one in particular was very helpful I don't know if I'm allowed to name her but i will say she had a Geordie accent. The toilet block is the usual club standard of being clean and warm. Two negatives is the lack of serviced pitches & the location of the MH service point. But each pitch does have a TV point on the bollard which is good. Overall Rowntree Park is a great club site & what it lacks is more than made up for in what it offers. We will definitely return.
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fatbelly

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Reviewed on 02/12/2017 18:56

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Few days away.

Always worth a visit anytime of the year.Plenty of keys on wall behind wardens when paying,only to be told 14 new arrivals over the last hour hadn't come back to the office to collect keys.so choice of 3 pitches.Motorhome point not ideally placed. Toilet block warmish most of the time,lots leaves by service points,yes I know its winter,but a bit slippy in places. New hotel being built next door might be a bit noisy over then next year. City very busy.Looking forward to spring visit.
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Paula Watkins

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Reviewed on 30/11/2017 08:33

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Long Wait

Have finally visited Rowntree in November after waiting approximately 4 years and it was very enjoyable. December 6 is coming round again and no doubt I will not be able to get on again for next year. I have a 8.7m motorhome with a site limit of 8.5m I will have to wait to book through the site and by Thursday or maybe Friday there will be very few vacancies so I do not expect to get on. As a side issue I am a little surprised that there is a limit of 8.5m on site when there are many pitches which would comfortably accommodate my vehicle. Reading other reviews there are some members like me who have struggled to get on site and others who have been many times to the site. I do feel that there may be some who understandably try to make Rowntree their second home whilst others struggle to secure a pitch at all. To allay my concerns about booking here and e.g. Baltic Wharf it should be easy to restrict members to maybe have, say, a maximum of 3 bookings at any one time for any individual site. I think this would be much fairer to everyone concerned it could also do away with the need to open booking on a particular day in December booking could be available for a rolling 18 month period. We really enjoyed the site and were only a little disappointed by the recycling facilities on site I am not sure if I have seen anything like this on any other Club Site.
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JOHNROB

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Reviewed on 19/11/2017 19:27

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Disappointing

Visited the site on Sunday the 12 November 2017 on spur of the moment just wanted to get away for a couple of nights. Site was fantastic and so is the location been a few times but hard to get booked over the phone or online. When we arrived we didn't seem very welcome and felt like a burden she then went to window to see what I was driving but she could have looked on computer. She said we could only stay 1 night as the second was fully booked. On the day we were leaving I asked staff if there was any cancellations I got an abrupt no. As we left the site I counted 21 empty pitches and that's what I could see surely 21 vans were not coming on in 1 day especially on a school day. I have never experienced this before while I have been there I'm very dissapointed that the site is now for the exclusive and does not seem fare just because I have a campervan I still pay the same money.
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coolkauk

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Reviewed on 14/11/2017 18:19

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Favourite site

The site is very popular (and rightly so) so it's not easy to book but it's well worth it. We've visited several times but were particularly impressed with the arrivals process this time, very slick. Fantastic location with an easy walk into town and a good base for day trips elsewhere. We will be back!
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Reviewed on 08/11/2017 20:15

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