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Stopped in a wishbone pod at ord house country park in Northumberland and had a fantastic time. Toilets very clean, staff very friendly especially vivinne the domestic cleaner. Meals in the pub are gorgeous especially the 2 steaks for twenty pounds WOOW!
Everything was to a very high standard and they definitely deserve the 'the best green park award'
The play park is really good and the kids loved the soft play in the pub.
The walk around the park is absolutely beautiful as well.
Sadly arrived here on Friday afternoon, booked in, went to spot, it's not level you need a jack and breeze blocks to level. The electric kept tripping out. Showers are clean but dated. Our pitch was dark on the evening time. There was no reception for tv or satellite due to surrounding trees and buildings. The club house is fine but it's an hours wait for frozen food. The site is nice however avoid pitches. E. And F unless you carry high lift jacks. We will not return to this site because at £25 per night I would have expected a lot more. And there is no discount for mentioning UKCampsite. Co. Uk
Booking in was a bit of a stramash as we arrived at changeover time for the day and night shift (5pm) and it all seemed a bit disorganised. We were shown to our pitch and provided with one toilet key and barrier pass for a £10 deposit
We had booked fairly well in advance so I was a bit appalled to find the quality of our pitch. I've NEVER been shown to a pitch before where a big wad in the middle was basically bare earth, with the grass being completely dead from overuse. Fortunately it was fairly dry so the mud issue did not affect us. We had to pitch our tent sideways on, and it was on a fair slope, so we spent our two nights rolling downhill a bit and had to put wedges under our tables and cooking stove.
Also we had been placed right next to the toilet block, which had a huge light, which didn't seem to ever go off. On the first morning I was woken by a lot of banging and clattering just after 6am (as was my 6 year old son) and it turned out that that's their usual time for cleaning all the toilet block. I did ask the girl if it was usually done at that time and she informed me that it was, and when I mentioned that the racket had woken the bairn she was very apologetic and promised to be quieter the next morning, which she was (but it still woke me, but fortunately not the kids)
We had a BBQ the first night, in our fire pit, and the kids did their usual trundling about in the surrounding woodland picking up deadwood and sticks off the ground so we could have a fire. Granted, because the twigs were a bit damp and there was dried leaves on some of it, it was a bit smoky, but we were a bit appalled by the reaction. One of the staff showed up and demanded to know where we had got the wood, accused us TWICE of cutting wood from the trees even though we categorically told him we had picked up deadwood only and pointed out all the leaves on the bits we had were well and truly already dead. He then demanded we put it all back and started grabbing at stuff, at which I told him to stop, we would do it. Apparently fires are not allowed (we could find nothing in their paperwork regarding this), and we always use a firepit so we do not damage grass (not that we could have damaged the grass as we had placed it on the muddy bit anyway!) We remained calm and polite throughout, which is more than we could have said for the staff member, who was rather aggressive, and could easily have caused an argument.
There are ample taps for drinking water, plenty of bins, washing up facilities, and the toilet and shower space is generous and very clean. Having only one key for the four of us was a total pain.
Overall, camping at this site is definitely an afterthought. They seem to have done away with most of their pitches in favour of the wishbones (which our friends had) and the rest of it is caravans. It looks like there are only 3 tent pitches left and I suspect they will be replaced by wishbones by the end of 2014!
It is a beautiful site, perfectly clean, with excellent facilities. The playpark is fantastic, they have crazy golf for £1 which the kids liked. Also a ball pitch in between the camping and glamping section. The shop was well stocked with allsorts of bits and we changed our gas bottle there for a reasonable £16. Barring the grumpy bloke about the fire all the rest of the staff were pleasant and helpful.
I'd not recommend it for camping, but I think it would probably be wonderfull in a caravan
Not much I can say about Ord House that hasn't already been covered. We stayed for 10 nights in Aug during the school holidays so the site was very busy. It's a mixture of all sorts i. E statics, cabins, touring pitches but we'd specifically asked to be in the Walled Garden/Orchard area, which screens you off to an extent from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the site (not sure I'd like to be outwith the walled area, but that's personal preference).
The facilities are what you'd expect from a large holiday site and the toilet blocks were clean and spacious, there's large clubhouse/restaurant and a fantastic play area for the kids (so good even I wanted a play on it). Our pitch had full EHU, waste & water but I'm not sure if the ones outside the orchard do.
Berwick is a nice town, retaining some of it's charm due to the walls, but also looks a little shabby at times (it could be so much nicer with a bit of investment). There's also plenty to do in the surrounding area if you want to visit the Northumberland coast or the Scottish border towns, and there's more castles and abbeys in the area than you could find time to visit.
If you want to eat out then the on-site restaurant is fine but you won't be disappointed if you the extra effort of a 5 min walk to The Salmon Inn.
We are just back today after a 6 night stay at the brilliant Ord House with our touring caravan. We were lucky to have a serviced pitch in the area of the park called the Orchard - if you are booking then it is worth asking if a pitch there is available - lovely secluded and spacious pitches with a great grassy area at the back for use by the vans - a real sheltered sun trap, we caught the sun right up until about 8pm and could sit out on our chairs on the grassy area. If you've got children (our 2 aged 11 and 13 were with us) then this area is perfect; secluded but near enough to the park. Some of the other pitches for tourers on the site looked a wee bit cramped and haphazard.
Here are the things that really make this site special:
Beautiful grounds: well maintained, brilliant for bike rides, a great walk for dogs or humans around the perimeter of this park. Fantastic playpark for the kids including giant table tennis, crazy golf etc. Bring your own bats, golf clubs etc if you can.
Great location: just outside Berwick Upon Tweed, 2 min drive from a Tesco, 5 min from Morrisons, 10 mins from Asda. Great base for touring and visiting this particular area of Northumberland. We went to Alnwick Castle, Bambrough, Holy Isle, etc and enjoyed it all (Alnwick is VERY expensive in our opinion though - an eye watering £65 for 2 adults and 2 children to enter the Castle and the Gardens).
Nice wee bar with pool, soft play area etc on site, not too busy and reasonable prices for the drinks - food is ok, nothing special, if you want a really nice bar meal try the Salmon Inn about 10 minute walk away from the site into East Ord, booking essential but lovely food.
Couple of things that could be improved upon to make this site totally amazing:
Loos and showers are a real hike from the Orchard area and are a bit dated although very clean - never had to queue for a shower and the water was always hot - showers are the old push button type (grr, my personal hate)but they were adequate. You pay a £10 returnable deposit for 1 loo key which is a bit of a scutter - sharing 1 loo key between 4 is a nuisance. I think that they should just do away with the keys for the loos and showers, there are barriers to the park to stop random people coming in and I've seen the 'open door' option work so well at loads of other sites so not sure why they still insist on locked loos and showers - a bit of a palaver. One really good thing about the loos and showers is that they did not close for an hour or so every day for cleaning, the cleaner was in and out at regular intervals during the day. Found this to be really a good idea. They could do with a bit of an upgrade though and are a wee bit dated.
All in all a fantastic site though, despite the wee niggles we have already booked to go back there next summer on the same pitch, so I guess that speaks for itself. Totally recommended.
Brilliant brilliant brilliant. Kids had a Great time, toilets/showers very clean. We all thoroughly enjoyed our stay here highly recommended. I fact the children keep asking when they can go back I think it was the huge playpark that made it for them hours of endless fun! We will definitely returning. Wardens always visible even late t night patrolling stopping any unwanted behaviour. Sandpit and big recreational field. Even though the site is large it didn't appear congested.
Just back from what can only be described as 'a fantastic site'! Strange to mention the toilet block first but these are the cleanest touring park toilets ever, the only criticism if you like are the fact that they are the old push button type and the temperature is dial set individually so you have to watch that the dial is not set super hot/cold or you could be in for a shock!
There is a quite large field for football (could easily be cut in half to provide a pool which would benefit this site no end) and a children's adventure play area that is well maintained both of which the wardens empty of children at a reasonable time. There is also a 9 hole crazy golf and table tennis table to use for a small fee.
The on site shop is mainly for accessories but does a small selection of food also, forgetting to mention that the reception staff are a friendly bunch too. The club serves a fantastic array of food and all reasonably priced the only complaint I heard was some man not having veg with his steak but it does not say veg comes with the steak so read the menu before you order, most things appear to be available as extras anyway.
There is a soft play area for youngsters and a games room for families and for real ale drinkers there are 3 real ales available (though down in Berwick there is a pub on bridge street called the barrels which is a real ale heaven). Tesco is a 20 min walk away ant the town is 40 min stroll (check out the great wall take away and they deliver to site for £2). Just down the road is The Swallow which is a charming pub but pricey on food but plenty of local ales and a children's play area to the side of pub make it worth a visit.
Plenty of things to do within a 20 mile radius but unfortunately you do need a car to get around so if you do not mind the driving this is an ideal site (all except the pool)!
Fifth time here and the standard remains as we found on our first visit, absolutely excellent!
Toilet blocks are always immaculate and diligently cleaned. The dog walk around the perimeter is first class and the site is a great base for visiting Northumberland and the Borders, we don't use the club but facilities there look fine.
The nearby Cocklawburn Beach is a great favourite of ours, no facilities but miles of great beach and interesting rock formations
Highly recommend this site, we've stayed here 3 times now and enjoyed each visit. Our children are both under 5 and the park and play areas are great for their ages. The meals in the bar area are fine, but very reasonably priced. The site itself is lovely, touring area well spaced and we have met some nice people on site. We even looked into booking a seasonal pitch for the winter here. Will be returning this year.
Stayed on this site on the run up to, and after the new year. Really nice site. Great bar and children's play area and food served (Not doggy friendly), but there is a little pub 5 mins walk where dogs are welcome.
The site itself is great for just about everybody. Great dog walk, playground for youngsters and nice bar. Amenities spot on. Price ok. Staff friendly and helpful.
Local area is good, very handy for berwick and spittal, we walked there, 2 miles approx
Extremely clean site which is more geared towards static caravans and seasonal pitches. We were pitched in the 'orchard' area which was nice and enclosed which was fine as there were only a couple of tourers on, if the site was full I wouldn't be so keen on the area. Was quite a walk to the toilet/showers, which were immaculate. Nice pleasant quite a long dog walk. Nice dog friendly pub just a few minutes walk from the site. Bar on site but did not try as no dogs are allowed. Quite a walk into Berwick. Not much near site apart from the pub mentioned earlier. Staff pleasant and helpful. Cleanest toilet facilities ever but marked them down for the distance to them
This is the third 'Best of British' site we have stayed at this year. Picked this one as the other two were both excellent. This site is well placed to visit local attractions. Chain Bridge Honey Farm, Heatherslaw Railway, Ford, Etal, Bamburgh, Lindisfarne are all worth a visit.
The site is ideal for kids. We asked for a pitch close to the play park, and were given a pitch near by. It was also in one of the more open parts's of the site, area 'C'. However the site was very quite with many of the tourers permanently sited but unoccupied at the time we visited.
Toilets and showers were immaculate. The shop is well stocked with camping equipment but a bit sparse on groceries. However there is a small corner shop outside the main gate and a Tesco's 2 minutes drive away.
The only real complaints are the cost. £27. 50 a night for a caravan/porch awning with two adults and a child is a bit steep. Especially as that wasn't for a fully serviced pitch and we only had EHU and secondly, it was a bit of a trek to get water. However we did get to stay on the pitch beyond the mid day departure time for a few hours without being charged, which was nice.
Very close to the A1 so would make a good stop off site for cross border campers. Good TV reception too and child friendly.
Just returned from a lovely weekend at Ord House which was recommended to us.
We are a couple who love peace and tranquillity on our weekends and this site fits the bill. However, it is important to note that we are located within the Orchard, which is a secluded part of the site within a walled garden, with little hedges in between units for extra privacy. FAB Touch.
The site is geared up for families as well, with what looked like a fab play area, with children also able to ride their little bikes and scooters safely. Whilst my children are grown up I do like to think that sites cater for families and this one certainly does without it being obtrusive. Children need to have fun and enjoy holidays and I guess this is where they can come. There is a massive adventure play ground with tree houses etc. I didn't really take much notice but there were kids playing who seemed to be having fun.
We visited on what seemed a quiet part of the season, and after a week of torrential rain many people probably didn't relish caravanning.
I can imagine it being a very busy tight in the height of the season.
Anyway, we hit lucky as the sun shone during our visit so we were able to walk, quite comfortably and enjoy a stroll into Berwick which took about half an hour. There are buses from outside the site and a reasonable tesco down the road where the buses are more frequent I believe. Nice little shops in Berwick although its a shame as there were some empty shop units as well. Lots of shops and cafes were dog friendly.
AMENITIES
DOG WALK - fabuolous for owners of caravans and dog owners. The walk is like walking though woods and an orchard right round the site. This is a fab idea as you don't have to walk past anyones caravan to reach it, you can get to it from any point on the site. There are plenty of dog bins at frequent points around So all in all you don't have to bother people who are not dog lovers and you don't have to be bothered by dogs if your not a dog lover. We are and we loved it.
TOILETS /SHOWERS
Although a little dated in that the shower is a push button and situated quite high on the wall so not so powerful, the water was always hot, the showers are in a separate room from the loos so always smell fresh and are extremely clean. The toilets are immaculate too, warm, hot water for handwashing, baby changing bench etc and I believe there is a family room so this means that if you have children you don't feel you are intruding on people who are not so keen on being bothered by children in the facilities. There was always a radio on which is a nice touch, sorry to the people who have to listen to me singing whilst in the shower!
There is a washing up area too which is inside and very clean and warm.
There are a few water points around the site - we were on a service pitch so this wasn't a problem for us.
Previous reviews mention the tv signal - we have satellite dish and had no problem getting signal and were among trees.
Camping shop on site - very well stocked with absolutely everything you would ever need if you run out of anything, reasonably priced.
Tourist information room which is well stocked with up to date info PLUS, for those dog walkers among us, free poop scoops.
Reception was closed when we arrived but the night warden service was extremely efficient and the security on the site second to none.
We didn't go into the pub as we like our own company but it looked nice.
Reception was open early on a morning and staff were very helpful.
Ord House is a very large caravan and camping site with lots of static caravans.
The facilities were very good and the park was very big, but we found that lots of teenagers were bouncing on the climbing fames and swings which are designed for younger children while we were there.
The caravans where we were placed were very close together so it was lucky we didn't have an awning or we would have had even less space, we had to drive on the grass to get to our caravan as it was pitched in between caravans and trees at the back so we had a bit of a struggle getting in and out.
The position of the site is great, within walking distance into Berwick-upon-Tweed and the surrounding area is beautiful, with Edinburgh only about 55 miles away. There are lots of lovely beaches nearby such as Spittal and Scremington.
We booked this site because our kids wanted a site with a playground. The playground was excellent and kept the kids entertained.
Toilets/showers were always clean, well done to those cleaners! and there was always hot water.
We were in a tent and now, due to the glamping pods (which are tiny sheds with beds), there are only 3 tent pitches which are well worn and stuck behind the toilet block.
I think they should either add more tent pitches or not have any at all because the very limited places to pitch did mean the ground directly outside the tent was either yellow grass or mud when it rained.
We did have electric hookup which we didn't use.
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No Tents 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
Holiday Homes 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 
Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
Evening Entertainment 
Fishing <1 mile 
Wild Swimming <1 mile 
Indoor Pool <1 mile 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
Cycle Hire <1 mile 
Golf <1 mile 
No Tennis 
Beach <1 mile 
Watersports <1 mile 
Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Stopped in a wishbone pod at ord house country park in Northumberland and had a fantastic time. Toilets very clean, staff very friendly especially vivinne the domestic cleaner. Meals in the pub are gorgeous especially the 2 steaks for twenty pounds WOOW!
