Walesby Forest Reviews Summary

Pitch and Space

Pros:

• "The spacious pitches and variety in activities available."
• "The pitch size was good and the size of the campsite overall was excellent."
• "Plenty of space on the pitches and was level."
• "Really spacious pitches and lovely walks with the dog."
• "Spacious pitches. Amazing natural grounds, lots of small safe woodland for children to play in."
• "Good size pitch with lots of space to play."
• "The space given to pitches is great."

Cons:

• "Massive site with loads of room but bunched together instead of spread out."
• "The pitches weren't labelled correctly and were hard to find."
• "If we were any further away, I'd have been annoyed walking to and from the bins / toilets as they are far away from the pitches."
• "Electric Hookup is £10 per day, very expensive!"
• "The prices for children at £10 per child per night I don't think is fair."
• "Looking at other campsites, it was quite expensive for a pitch plus electric hook up."
• "Expensive £50+ a night!!!"

Toilet and Shower Facilities

Pros:

• "Nice hot showers."
• "The site is really we kept and the showers were nice and hot and clean."
• "Toilets were always clean."
• "Shower blocks aren’t up to much but are clean and water is hot."
• "Toilets were spotless and had multiple facilities to accommodate different needs."
• "Toilets were kept very clean and well stocked."
• "Toilet and shower blocks were clean and regularly topped up with toilet roll."

Cons:

• "The toilets and shower blocks, the toilets were too few and far between. They were also really dirty."
• "They are really outdated, not cleaned regularly and there are only sealed windows which means there's no air flow after people have showered."
• "Toilet floors not cleaned regularly enough."
• "The showers were poor, they need an update, they were luke warm and there was limited power which made it difficult to wash hair."
• "The toilet and showers were often dirty, lacked toilet roll, no lights and no bins for hand towels or sanitary products."
• "The toilet block for our field was definitely past it’s best and was always dirty."
• "The toilets were the worst I’ve seen on any campsite."

Activities and Entertainment

Pros:

• "The activities were amazing. Adults and children had so much fun."
• "The activities were excellent value for money and the staff were friendly and helpful."
• "The activities available were plentiful (e.g air riffles, climbing tower, cinema night, water sports such as cannooing and body boarding and a camp fire which our youngest absolutely loved!)"
• "Countless activities for kids (climbing, shooting, canoes, abseiling etc) for £17 all day unlimited."
• "Activities (we did rifle shooting, tomohawks, crate stack, climbing, laser quest, cave maze, bread making, swimming) were great fun, well organised and brilliant value."
• "The activities were great and the staff were all very helpful."
• "Activities were fantastic and very well run."

Cons:

• "You’re looking at waiting 30-60 minutes just to do a 5-10 minute activity."
• "The leap of faith activities could do with having two staff and two harness as the wait times were that long my son didn’t get a go."
• "No activities suitable for younger children."
• "Activities only certain ones open so limits what you want to do."
• "Activities were dated and I was a little concerned on some health and safety."
• "The queues were so big that we didn't even get to do all the activities."
• "The activities which we paid a lot of money for were closed half of the day."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Good site. With really great facilities. Spacious pitches. Fun, friendly, enthusiastic staff, clean toilets and showers."
• "Really enjoyed the stay and pleasant staff members."
• "All the staff we spoke to were so lovely and helpful."
• "Staff were friendly, well trained and had lots of energy."
• "The supervising instructors were really friendly and professional."
• "Staff were helpful and friendly."
• "Staff could not be more friendly."

Cons:

• "Some staff rude and disinterested."
• "The staff were helpful but didn't really know what was going on."
• "The staff in the bar were not very helpful at all."
• "Employees in the bar/restaurant were stressed and making mistakes."
• "All staff operating air rifle shooting activity were very rude."
• "Girl on crutches in supervising low ropes, very very rude to kids."
• "There was one rude male that I believe works on the front desk."