Beamish Holiday Park Reviews Summary

Facilities

Pros:

• "Amazing showers with underfloor heating in the facilities."
• "The site was very clean and tidy."
• "Good campsite. Clean, warm and modern facilities for camping. Hookup was great."
• "The ladies toilets although dated, are clean and warm. the gents are warm and clean also."
• "Nice shower and toilet block though."
• "Toilet / shower block clean and look pretty new."
• "The toilet block is well looked after and looks nice."

Cons:

• "The old ones that’s in use are not very well kept, the shower floor tiles all loose and just need revamping."
• "Only 3 toilets on upper site, left one with a leaking pipe at back."
• "Poor facilities handles falling off etc."
• "The toilets are fairly new but gents had sink full of water for more than 24 hours."
• "Toilets and showers very dated and no locks on toilet doors."
• "SHOCKING!!! 2 toilets and 1 closes early so a ten minute walk to the other at night."
• "The site had good size toilet and shower facilities pity they weren't kept clean."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff were also nice."
• "Staff very friendly and chatty."
• "Lovely site with Lovely owners who love to join in on the karaoke at the clubhouse."
• "Would like to thank the receptionist who offered to post our straighteners to us after we left them on site. Brilliant customer service 😀"
• "The staff seem to be helpful."
• "All the staff we saw were friendly and helpful."
• "The staff are very friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Neighbors next door where very loud past 11 at night."
• "The only thing that disappointed was the slightly aggressive bar staff in the club house who were fairly rude."
• "The service on arrival was not that welcoming."
• "Staff attitude Appaling."
• "Apart from the lovely woman behind the bar, the rest of the staff included the manager need some training on how to deal with PAYING CUSTOMERS!!!"
• "Found the staff to be rather rude as we were arriving late."
• "Staff were a bit off when we arrived."

Site Layout and Maintenance

Pros:

• "The static side of the site as it is clean and tidy and well maintained."
• "Clean site, lovely new bar and shop."
• "All facilities cleaned thoroughly."
• "Site was very clean!!"
• "Well organised, top facilities and welcoming site."
• "The park was immaculate facilities were also very good."
• "We have the perfect place at Bobbies Shaftos- beautiful location with fabulous views and really well maintained."

Cons:

• "The pitches are incredibly narrow and some don’t have spaces for cars to park next to the caravan."
• "Overflowing bins just added to the problems on this site."
• "Park is not designed well for touring caravans."
• "Static areas are good but the seasonal tourers areas are shabby and the tourers hardstanding areas are on a slope."
• "Place looked unloved broken fences and old statics needs some tlc."
• "The tent pitches are the smallest afterthought of any campsite I have ever experienced."
• "The site is quite small for number of pitches they have."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Large plot with EHU on the almost empty touring part of the site was 24quid plus."
• "2 pints £7.30 bargain!!"
• "A pint is £4 a pint."
• "Everying was very resonably priced, and as the sun rose the site was set in beautful contryside."
• "Stay for 2 nights and get a voucher for 25% off entry to the Beamish museum."
• "Couple of minutes drive from beamish and offered 25% discount from Bobby Shafto 👌👍."
• "Brilliant location for visiting Beamish open air museum and the Northumberland coast."

Cons:

• "Expensive for a poor site on a hillside."
• "Paid over £1000 for two tourer caravan pitches for 13 nights and would have expected much better for our money."
• "Expensive for very dated facilities. £29 per night."
• "For family of 4 with a dog it’s cheaper to get a hotel."
• "Considering the price charged for a pitch it was unbelievably small with gravel to pitch your awning which was impossible without hard standing pegs."
• "I found the 25p charge for showers a bit excessive considering the pitch cost is that of a premium site with pool and far better facilities."
• "They put extras on the price of which we were quoted not worth what they charge whatsoever."