Waleswood Caravan & Camping Park Reviews Summary

Facilities

Pros:

• "Well laid out spacious site with modern spotlessly clean facilities."
• "Facilities are well kept, clean."
• "Lovely clean facilities and kind staff."
• "Fantastic shower and toilet facilities."
• "Facilities immaculate with fully serviced pitches including tv antenna."
• "Abundant toilets and showers, all spotlessly clean."
• "This site has the best toilet facilities of any site I have been to. Big family bathrooms, one even has a bath. They were spotless as well."
• "Large gravel pitches with water and waste."

Cons:

• "Brilliant facilities but the site desperately needs tidying up."
• "The shop was very poorly stocked."
• "The pitches are full of weeds and nettles and very overgrown."
• "No dogs bins even though they charge separately for dogs per night."
• "Also no actual paper maps of the site - not everyone has a printer."
• "Cleaning at the outside dish washing area would be nice."
• "The coffee machine was cleaned and closed down at 6.30 pm although the cafe doesn't close officially until 8.00 pm."
• "Hot food is not served after 4.00 pm."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff are helpful and rightfully proud of their site."
• "Staff were always very keen to help and so friendly."
• "The staff are very friendly and accommodating."
• "Friendly and helpful staff."
• "Staff very friendly and approachable who work hard to ensure your stay is memorable."
• "Staff are very friendly & helpful."
• "All staff very happy to help in anyway."
• "The staff here are also very friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Refused same day booking for 1 night when we arrived at the site with our camper van."
• "Staff apart from the evening security that was very nasty to my son accusing him of something he hadn't done."
• "ignored at reception, really noisy families especially in tent area and near dog walk."
• "They could do with a full time gardener to cut the grass and deal with weeds as we were there for 2 weeks and they never cut it once."
• "NO dogs allowed in the bar area which is very sparse and cafeteria style."
• "Great staff apart from the evening security that was very nasty to my son accusing him of something he hadn't done."
• "Onside wardens should remove them."
• "People are allowed to swim in it if they pay £15 for the aqua park."

Location and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Stunning view across the valley and access to the country park down a gravel path."
• "Fully serviced pitches and ideal for trips out and about."
• "Big pitches very friendly service including a licensed cafe that serve a few snacks."
• "Large pitches. Good toilet and showers. Close to Rothervalley for walks."
• "Pitch size and location next to Rother Valley Country Park is good."
• "Fabulous caravan and camping site, set above the lakes at the Rother Valley Country park."
• "Short walk, down past the tent area to Rothervalley country park."
• "Short nice walk down to Rothervalley and amazing views."

Cons:

• "Getting onto pitches can be a bit tight but worth the effort."
• "Fields at back have sheep or cows and a short (but steep) walk to Rother Valley."
• "Although the site is clean and spacious with lovely views the shop was very poorly stocked."
• "The hill is fairly steep, but really well placed benches ease the way back up."
• "It's a 15 min walk to the lake but fairly steep coming back."
• "The walk down to Rother Valley Country park it's OK if you are reasonably fit."
• "The campsite has a design fault on the electrics which is a massive inconvenience to all staying here."
• "Gravel pitches so vehicle must be used to complete action."

Amenities and Activities

Pros:

• "Fish n chip van on Friday night's and pizza van on Saturdays."
• "The site has a nice coffee shop which is also licensed."
• "Great for dog walks, it seems under advertised as I only found this place by recommendation."
• "There is a decent play area for the small ones."
• "Good location for xc mountain biking drier months."
• "Walking distance of Gulliver's world."
• "The WIFI was also amazing, managed to get the chrome cast working on the tv for streaming Netflix."
• "I would return when children were in school term only because my dog was very nervous of all the noise."

Cons:

• "Quite noisy this visit, too many kids, scooters and screaming parents."
• "Lots of children cycling/scooting around the paths not so good."
• "Third time we have stayed at Waleswood. Site not as tidy as previously with some litter about."
• "You better been here when there are no school holidays or indecent people."
• "It's so quiet the kids were loving playing on scooters around the roads."
• "I was disappointed at the amount of dog owners that would walk there dogs round the site and not pick up after there dogs."
• "More signage ref speed limit needed can see accident happening."
• "The site has a design fault on the electrics which is a massive inconvenience to all staying here."