We are frequent visitors to Rowntree Park and have just had an enjoyable one week stay - the sun shone! Since they have cut down most of the trees within the site boundary Rowntree Park is much better and appears much more open. As anyone who has been to the site previously will know that the place became one big site instead of two smaller ones some time ago and this works very well. Still only a ten minute walk into York its location is great and normally a very quiet and peaceful to holiday. However anyone intending to stay at Rowntree Park should be aware that they are currently building a 93 bedroom, 4 storey hotel, right next door and I mean right next door. At the moment there is a great deal of noise especially at 8 o'clock in the morning when work begins. Presently they are just up to the first floor level which, by the looks of it, will have the garage below. The noise from diggers, machines and general disruption is something anyone visiting will have to put up with until the beginning of next year when the hotel will, apparently, be completed. Please also be aware that large lorries are using the same narrow access road to the caravan site to gain entry to, and exit from the building site and you can expect to be held up whilst this traffic does three point turns guided by building site employees. If you know Rowntree Park the building work is right next to the newer part of caravan site so that is where you can expect the most noise there but unfortunately you will hear building work wherever you are on the caravan site and, as normal with building sites, there is also a degree of dirt and dust to be expected. Rowntree Park is a great caravan park - it is probably the best site location wise of any caravan site in York and, if you can put up with what's going on next door you will still have a wonderful time. I'm not sure what its is going to be like, especially access wise, and noise level wise, once the hotel is completed but one thing is for certain - will return to find out (but not for some time).