For 3 years now we have stayed at Waterfront County Park for bonfire night. The first year was excellent, great fire, guy, display, food etc. We enjoyed it so much we tried to get in the following year but left it too late. We went again last year and enjoyed it and so booked immediately for this year but what a disappointment it turned out to be. The firework display was poor and the food/drink was "slimmed down" from previous years, plus the electricity tripped out many times. The whole site was without supply for quite a while on Saturday morning, we were in darkness for about 90 minutes Saturday evening and whilst we were lucky and had our section re-connected, our friend (a female on her own, without battery because it had been stolen from a previous site) was without power for what seemed like an eternity, only for it to trip again Sunday morning. The whole weekend was a big disappointment.
If anybody had an excellent experience, could you let me know which site you stayed on (Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Nottingham areas) so we can think of booking early for next year. Thanks, Denise.
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Golden Valley (Codnor / Ripley, Derbyshire) put on the most amazing firework display and I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending it to anyone.
Woodland Waters at Ancaster was really good - there was a barbeque with reasonably priced food, music outside the bar/restaurant, and the firework display was fab. We will definately be booking for next year !
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just got back from 2 fantastic weekends at callow top great ( sorry brilliant hallowean ) and a really good fireworks weekend will be going back again next year for both weekends
Hi, yes we were at waterfront this year after reading previous reviews of fantastic fireworks etc and have to agree what a let down the weekend was. With 5 children, 4 of which are 5 and under the electric was a major issue. The fireworks were what you would expect from your back garden and we found the regular visitors rather clicky. At a loss as where to go next year, don't want 4 dissapointed children and a baby again!
We had a fantastic weekend at Torksey Scout Camp (nr Gainsborough, Lincs) courtesy of South Yorkshire DA.
Cockersbadger, your friend would need a new battery as no hook up on this rally.
The weekend was 3 nights for £16, plus £2.40 per person if you wanted a supper on the Friday and Saturday night in the hall. The kids helped build the bonfire on Saturday morning and there was a guy making competition. The firework display was fantastic. The evenings in the hall included bingo, quiz and disco. Fantastic value.
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We don't camp at this time of year (newbies under canvas lol) however, can I recommend that you come down the country at least once to Bridgwater Carnival. Bloody fantastic! Our 1st time this year and we enjoyed it so much, 3 hrs of floats, two miles long, it was like Blackpool on acid he he! Plus you get the beautiful Somerset as well
HTH
Janie xxx
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a little bit further and there's Rawcliffe hall,great eccleston up past blackpool, they have an organised display and one hell of a fire, they have the area cordened off in one of the big fields,plenty of marshals and even music to go along with the fireworks though i haven't a clue how they get them both to match each other!!
they open up the old barns to serve food in there and the clubhouse's brilliant with one of the northwests best kids entertainer, who's hilariouse and knows every kids names on first meeting them and all the way thro his show , then after its for adults but we allways go back to the van but hear its very good.
you can pitch your van on one of the unoccupied static areas or up on a well drained grass verge that was busy with visiting caravans this year, though the site is mainly aimed at the more mature client, there are plenty of visiting children who are made to feel entirely welcome but they have a few rules to keep them under controll and these rules are stuck to. we are in our 30's and go to stay with mum in here static and its a lovely quiet site that allows dogs and even cats and has the village of gt eccleston very near with a lovely bakery,butchers,spar,PO and a doctors you are allowed to go to if you 'live' there.
Amazing family weekend with old steam engines, classic car displays, market stalls, and full catering and bar. And camping on site - Save £25 by booking in advance.
Topic: Was your Bonfire Night a success?
