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Lovely, family friendly site. Helpful wardens and residents. Yes there is a deposit scheme for the toilet and laundry rooms and though a bit dated they serve their purpose and were clean and warm.
We didn't really use the playground area as the weather wasn't at its best but the children loved the open space to play and the fact we were allowed a campfire in the evenings.
Two of our party paid to fish in the lake and had no complaints about prices or fish. Transport into Southport is close by but a bit on the dear side.
Our only complaint was the little shop on site was not opened at all while we were there, apparently late May is not classed as high season.
A very reasonable priced site which we will visit again
Well if there is a caravan site category 'The Bronx' this would be. I would say a great site for a large group of adults who want to get together and let rip with no restriction but not too good for a family with small children. It gives the impression of a a site that was nice in the 50's that has since never had any real maintenance. It does seem to attract a very rough and rowdy crowd. The play area had all the needed facilities but was spoilt by the antics of unsupervised older children. The access to the slide was a ramp that ran straight under a zip wire. At one point a dog was running loose on the play park. The shabby crazy golf was not monitored properly and again other children were using it as a general play area, fortunately no dog at this point! I leant against a part of the fence which collapsed behind me due to the wood being rotten a further example of a long standing lack of maintenance of the park facilities.
The camping/caravan areas could be lovely as they are in semi wooded areas. There are hook ups but only 6 volt. However the grass is kept in a very rough and ready condition and there seems to be no limits on how people behave. One group had a chainsaw and were cutting off parts of trees for the very large unenclosed campfire (lots of groups had large open fires). No noise curfew as a result the chainsaw family decided to put their loud music on at 10. 00pm which was great for my trying to sleep 5 year old. Did not fancy asking a group with a chainsaw and alcohol flowing to turn it down though!
In keeping with the park tradition the one block of unmodernised toilets were left in awful condition by the users, I did not even bother looking at the showers as fortunately we were only there 2 nights to meet friends.
All in all I would say if a large group want to get together and have a good time with no restrictions ideal, but for a relaxing break with small children not ideal.
Very hard to leave a review about this place while adhering to the review tips! Where to begin. Website looks amazing and very expensive yet were surprised at the £12 rate without electric. We booked 3 nights and upon arrival, we were directed to the tenting section. We nearly turned around and fled! The website is NOT a true representation of this place at all. Facilities only operative at certain times and you CANNOT hire jet skis or MX bikes - it's a take your own and pay system. Anyhow, the whole place just looked untidy and ill maintained. We decided that as we hadn't yet paid (card facility wasn't available until next day) that we'd stay the night and see. I was right, everything - and I mean EVERYTHING was filthy and / or worn out. There are lots of seasonal vans (Hobby, Tabbart, Buccaneer and similar - draw your own conclusions. ) which were old, filthy and many damaged. Awnings were disgracefully dirty. Makeshift fence and decking (pallet wood and even laminate floor!) didn't help the overall look. The 'Phoenixville' Country and Western vans were EVEN WORSE than this, crammed in like a travellers' site nose to tail. That said, we had a nice, basic stay that night for our £12 in the woods (we did of course pay the next day). The kid's playground was okay (you must supervise) and the (strange) bar served nice Guiness at a good price. Staff were friendly. My wife and son had a horse ride session - again, staff great. Then came Friday and the weekend. OMG. The site became over-run with less than desirables. I'm no snob, but unless you're as rough as a badger's backside, steer clear. Upon returning from horse riding, someone pitched their caravan (complete with massive skull and crossbow stickers covering the windows) with its tail corner nearly touching our sun shade pole so that was to be our outlook from our deck chairs - he sat smirking and grinning between gulps of lager when we returned. He didn't look like a guy you could reason with, so we relocated. As the night progressed, it got worse. It got packed out chavvy families and groups of lads running their engines with sports exhausts so they could play loud music until all hours. After 3 hours of this I phoned the warden and in all fairness he had a word with them at 8pm. Half an hour later, and it was just as bad - and NO wardens left on site. This continued ALL through the night, with him revving the engine to max revs even at 3am. Dogs barked and howled ALL night. People drank and screamed abuse at each other ALL night until sunlight - then they carried on. A drunken, screaming female bashed on our motorhome at 2. 30am - thankfully no damage done. Camp fires burned ALL night (we observed laminate flooring, treated decking wood, plastic waste products AND freshly bulled down branches from trees being burned). The smell was noxious - unbearable. We watched people drinking Fosters for breakfast on Saturday morning! NOT an environment I wanted my son exposed to. We left. If you wonder where Frank from Shameless takes his holidays, it's probably here! If your just like him, you'll love this place! Had to rate overall 3 stars because we did enjoy some aspects and met some nice people and staff seemed alright enough, though you're on your own when the zombies play out at night!
Well I have been here a few times before this, and can see the problems that people have had especially with the 'Frank Gallaghers' etc.
The thing is, it is a semi residential site and that is where they probably make most of their money.
Facilities could and should be improved on this site, but I despair of some of the idiotic comments regarding the site and the people who use it.
Comment of the decade though goes to Vicks21 who's review included the statement 'The bar is full of people whose main priority is to drink'. Well I never, people going into a BAR to DRINK of all things, tut tut.
Well I wish they could explain to me the plethora of other activities you could do in a BAR. I honestly give in, it's Hyacinth Bucket syndrome.
This site is ok, yes a bit rough and ready at the moment, but fine for the non pretentious among us.
Upon arriving on site I was disappointed, nothing was clearly sign posted so finding your way to book in was not easy. Eventually found the warden to check us in and he told us to go an find a space in the woods, choose anywhere we liked as midweek it is not too busy.
Upon arriving in the woods, I had asked my husband to not un-hitch the caravan and to turn around and leave he persuaded me to stay the night as it was a little late to be looking for somewhere else to stay and I can honestly say I am so glad we stayed - We had a fantastic 2 nights stay.
The kids loved the playground in fact we couldn't get them to come off, there were pony rides for £1 and crazy golf £1 (we didn't play). The woods ended up being a great experience for the kids who loved the adventure, we even got to make a campfire which they were overjoyed at. There were tree swings everywhere which my girls loved.
A £10 deposit is required for the toilet key and the showers are operated with tokens available from reception, when we arrived (Wednesday) the toilets were filthy and this forced us to use the van toilet as none of my family would use the toilets, when I went to complain I was told that Wednesday was the cleaners day off, I went Thursday to check and they were very clean & stayed that way until we left.
We met some lovely people in the next van whom we will meet up with again when we most surely return to this campsite.
If you have children don't take light clothes; jeans and dark leggings / shorts are best & be prepared to take sand & mud (if weather bad) home with you.
Looking at the reviews I could very easily have been put off this site. On arrival the office wasn't obvious but friendly staff guided us there.
There are two areas to camp, you have the woods or the family field next to the jet ski lake, we went in the woods even though with a family they advise to go in the field (as it is quieter), but except for the first night we thought it was fine, noise levels were not that bad - the kids certainly didn't lose any sleep.
The jet skis don't kick up til 10 a. M. And stop around 5 pm, so they don't disturb you at all, in fact they are quite awesome to watch. If you feel you want to have a go they hire them out and also do rides on them.
There are a couple of pub/bars, shop, a golf course, riding school. You really can do a lot here. The play area had my 3 and 7 year olds entertained for hours.
We picked probably the best weekend of the year to go weather wise and though the site was packed it was brilliant.
The toilet/shower block is a bit dated, but clean and we never had to queue up once.
All in all I will be going there again, a friendly site with loads for the kids (and adults) to do.
We visited this site over the bank holiday weekend, despite the 5 weeks of rain prior to our arrival, we found dry ground.
The facilities are basic but clean and well maintained. I was with my 2 boys aged 5 & 7 and didn't see them for most of the weekend, they were off in the playground and playing in the woods and river next to our pitch.
There is a well stocked shop on site and not over priced at all, they sell all the basics and more and staff we encountered were very friendly and welcoming.
The only minus was that the lights did not work in the toilet blocks at night BUT there was a light in the disabled toilet, it really wouldn't take much for them to install a sensor or timed light system.
Showers were also often cold, again a heat on demand rather than old style hot water cylinder would fix this too.
There are lots of extras you can pay to take part in, including donkey rides, paintball, etc and there is also a pub on site
Overall a great weekend of camping and would definitely go back there
If you are thinking of visiting this site I would ignore the negative reviews left last year in 2010. My husband and myself have a baby and a 5 year old and we loved the site and absolutely had a fantastic time.
The owners and staff are nothing but helpful, extremely friendly and bent over backwards to make our stay enjoyable. The toilets and shower block are cleaned twice a day.
Our 5 year old loved the children's play area, it kept him entertained for hours, fantastic for children and safe with sand on the floor.
My husband enjoyed the fishing on site and our 2 dogs enjoyed some long walks in the fields and around the lake-sides.
All in all there is something for everyone, it is a family site. There is entertainment in the pubs and numerous outdoor activities.
We're glad we ignored the negative reviews and gave this site a go, we are looking forward to returning this weekend for our next break.
I felt I had to leave a review on the leisure lakes as looking through there didn't seem to be one good review. We went there with friends for the weekend as our children visit with their bikes and are always on to us to stay there. We had read the reviews so were wary as to what to expect.
Yes I agree some of the vans are there are past their sell by date and the showers do need updating. The reception staff were really friendly and the man showed us to our pitch and again was helpful and friendly. The site itself just needs a bit of love and care and would be absolutely lovely.
There is plenty of room for tents and vans. Our children aged 12 and 13 absolutely loved it there are some ramps for them to use on their bmx's which kept them happy most of the day. A cafe on site and bar.
Jet skis use one of the lakes which are great to watch. The other lake is for fishing £6 per rod. My partner used the lake and said it is one of the best lakes we have visited and caught all day.
All in all we had a brilliant weekend there and will return again. We had no problems with loud music etc it was nice to be able to pitch where we wanted and have the chiminea lit and not feel like we were being watched.
All I can say is yes it isnt a camping and caravanning first class site but it you want a fun weekend go there
Went to visit this site last weekend, got there, look around, drove out, didn't even turn my engine off, never mind unhook the caravan!
It's such a shame because on paper it has everything, Golf, Motor Cross, Lakes, kids park and it's on a massive scale, in reality, it needs a good few quid spending on it, everything is scruffy, even the barrier to the place is snapped in half! all the roads are just dirt tracks with big potholes (not good for our car or van), I didn't see one member of staff
There seems to be two areas to pitch up, one down at the other end by the motor Cross which is basically a gravel car park with kids on small motor bikes with no helmets whizzing round and the other more populated area is nearer to the entrance.
We drove round the front area and it would seem that almost every van was a Hobby or a long German twin axle type van. Almost all of them had big awnings up but they were well weathered and had been up for months. A lot of them had multi-coloured wind brakes up and some even had decking and fencing too! As we drove round the residents of the vans were sat outside drinking beer, in big crowds and all turned to look at us :( felt really uncomfortable.
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Is Leisure Lakes Caravan Park child friendly? YES, it accepts children & has a playground View all facilities
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
No Laundry 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
Evening Entertainment 
Fishing On Site 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
Golf On Site 
No Tennis 
Beach On Site 
Watersports On Site 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
No Dog Walk 
Lovely, family friendly site. Helpful wardens and residents. Yes there is a deposit scheme for the toilet and laundry rooms and though a bit dated they serve their purpose and were clean and warm. 
