Delamere Forest Camping and Caravanning Club Site Reviews Summary

Location & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Gorgeous location with footpaths right from the door into Delamere forest."
• "Brilliant location for forest walks right next to a railway station with direct service to Chester."
• "Great site next to the forest and train to Chester or Manchester. Walks directly from the site."
• "It's located within walking distance of the forest visitors centre and the railway centre."
• "Excellent rail links less than 5 minutes walk from site."
• "The site is right next door to the forest with lots of good walks."
• "With a gate in the corner of the site you can walk right into the edge of the forest."

Cons:

• "Main road can be a bit noisy at night if you get a pitch on the East side of the site."
• "Also the noise from the nearby road and train line was unbearable."
• "Major road about 50 metres away, very noisy when relaxing outside."
• "A little bit noisy from the road and the nearby train track; depending on your pitch."
• "The traffic noise from the main road, the noise from the planes going into Liverpool airport and the trains was too much for me."
• "Site is adjacent to a B road and a railway. Trains run from 5:30am to 11:00pm."
• "However, the gates have an 11pm curfew which almost ruined our stay."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "The staff are nice and friendly."
• "Staff could not have been more helpful."
• "The staff where very friendly and helpful."
• "Staff were friendly and helpful."
• "Pleasant owners who show you to your pitch."
• "Staff here are an absolute asset to the site couldn't be more helpful."
• "Staff friendly and polite throughout our stay, and the site itself well maintained."

Cons:

• "Sadly I had a poor experience here."
• "Staff very unfriendly and rude."
• "When it came for us to depart there seemed to be literally zero staff on at that time."
• "Although found the staff on arrival most unwelcoming and felt like a child being scolded."
• "Staff were abrupt & unfriendly."
• "The lady in the office is very officious and abrupt, no please or thank you."
• "Staff claimed he'd staggered there from Liverpool, 25 miles away, and were very rude and uncaring about situation."

Facilities & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The site is spotless and facilities kept to a high standard."
• "The shower blocks are extremely clean, all facilities to hand."
• "The facilities were spotless and the disabled facilities were an added bonus."
• "Facilities are clean, and neat, with push button showers, dish washing area, and a laundry."
• "Lovely well kept site on forest edge."
• "Toilets and showers are clean and well maintained."
• "Clean facilities (toilets and shower block, dishwashing area and laundry facilities)."

Cons:

• "The pitches would have been a mud bath if it had rained."
• "Toilets dirty male side believe they were starting refurbishments on the Monday but no excuses for not cleaning."
• "Facilities limited for size of site and very expensive for members and non members."
• "Easter weekend - loads of families on site - only 4 toilets & 2 showers in each block."
• "The facilities are ok there were only 3 toilets open (2 were locked!) whilst I was there and it was half term so quite busy."
• "The toilet block is in need of a urgent re-vamp and extension."
• "Toilet walls were mouldy, damp with cobwebs and spiders, cubicle doors missing locks, shower seals and tile grout mouldy."

Overall Experience

Pros:

• "Will definitely be returning."
• "Would recommend."
• "Our favourite campsite."
• "Really enjoyed staying here, nice site with excellent access to the forest etc."
• "Overall I would highly recommend a holiday here, it's peaceful and relaxing."
• "Will definitely return."
• "Really pleased with this choice of site, made all the better by the very nice onsite team who were a pleasure to chat to."

Cons:

• "Will not be visiting again or renewing membership!"
• "Definitely won't be back!"
• "Sadly it's now not as well maintained as it was."
• "Would I come again NO unless they upgrade."
• "Noisy site preventing us from being able to get to sleep for some time."
• "Unfortunately 2 different campervans were playing their music full blast on outside speakers."
• "Would have been 5 but for 1 thing. So at the discretion of the camp manager toilet brushes are not provided. Leading to dirty toilets."