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We stayed on this site on probably the busiest week of the year. Cromer carnival week. We had a lovely week and would highly recommend the site.
The facilities are good for the size of the site, plenty of toilets and showers, the showers were hot and clean but, really annoyingly, are the push button sort.
The pitches are quite un-level in places but the wardens are happy to provide ample bricks etc to help out. The pitches are large and well spaced which is good considering the number of huge tents on site. There are lots of children and lots of bikes but that's to be expected on a family friendly site.
We found the wardens all to be helpful and friendly. There is a small children's playground and a ball play area. The approach road was fine, it is long, windy and narrow but as long as you don't meet a caravan coming up as you're going down you shouldn't have any problem.
There are dog walks out onto the heath from the site, two of them lead down to the beach, one takes about 45 minutes and is fairly level and easy to negotiate, the other is steep but much quicker, approx 20 minutes.
There is a fish n chip van that comes to site on saturdays and a paper round every morning.
All in all, a very good child friendly but busy site.
We stayed for a week in August with two children. The access to the site is down a woodland track which is very bumpy. Our VW is not lowered so we were OK, but you would struggle in a 'slammed' vehicle.
We normally stay on sites that are more camping than caravanning and this was the opposite. I would say more vans than tents. It's very spacious and very neat.
There are two toilet/shower/washing up blocks, both of which are very spacious. The main one has a laundry room too which even has an iron and ironing board. The toilet blocks are closed at different times of the day so if one is closed you just have to walk a bit further.
There is a good sized children's play area with a few pieces of play equipment, plus sandpit and plenty of open space. The shop has everything you might have forgotten.
Overall it is a very impressive site.
We visited the beach at West Runton a couple of times and once walked from there to Cromer - saving on the parking fees. It's £2 a day in West Runton and £5 in Cromer.
The indoor leisure pool at Sheringham is good for a rainy day. We enjoyed the steam train from Holt to Sheringham too. Plenty to do in the area.
The site was very peaceful and felt very safe. The only slight criticism I'd have is that the shower block was quite smelly, with open drains with grids over.
It was immaculate most of the time, though, so I guess it's just the design. I had to queue for the shower almost every time too, so maybe they could do with a few more. Ditto the washing-up sinks.
We visited this site for 10 nights, probably at one of the busiest times.
The site staff were friendly and helpful on arrival and throughout our stay. There was plenty of space between pitches and there were never any problems with noise. Many of the pitches are steeply sloped, we were pitched on the lower area of the site and this was relatively level and good for tents.
Some pitches we noted were under large trees and never saw the sun. These seemed to only be used when the site was really busy but worth noting and avoiding these.
The facilities were very well maintained and despite there being problems during our stay, resulting in the temporary forced closure of one of the blocks, we never experienced excessive waits for any of the facilities.
There are good short walks from the site to West Runton, East Runton and Cromer which provided nice evening strolls and the opportunity to avoid car parking. (Although we found parking to be reasonably priced wherever we visited in the area)
The road (track) to the site was not a problem with plenty of passing places and we never had any problems even when confronted by a convoy of caravans leaving.
If your sat nav is like mine you will have to ignore it when you get within a mile as it takes you round in big circle probably because the site is accessed by a narrow dirt track of about 800 metres through woodland - not great if you meet vehicles exiting.
Once there - great site. As usual with this club very friendly helpful staff.
Very pretty site with good walks to West Runton ( 1 good pub and couple of shops. Beach has rocky pools) and East Runton (2 ordinary pubs - no food and one shop but with great sandy beach).
Also site next to common where you can take dogs for quick walk to admire great views over the two villages and sea beyond - great on sunny evening. Facilities spot on - some of the best we have found.
Arrived on this site as a last minute booking on a Sunday afternoon, no problems at all, staff were very friendly and showed us where we could pitch.
Although the site was really full it was still very quiet.
Shower blocks immaculate, showers are free, hairdryers are 20p but last for ages.
Plenty of walks straight from campsite, we also cycled mainly off road to Sheringham and Cromer both about 2-3 miles. Sheringham was lovely the train station was like stepping back in time with the steam engine that takes you to Holt with coastal views. Didn't try any eating places as we bbq'ed outside the tent weather was fantastic. Norfolk Broads about 40 miles away.
Would return to this site
Only a couple of small gripes, maybe could do with another hairdryer in shower block and charge to freeze ice packs is a bit steep at £1 per icepack, if you need 4 a day as we did could prove a bit expensive after 3 nights
What a smashing site. The access road is narrow with passing places, and we timed our arrival to avoid the rush! It is near to NT parkland and woodland, with lovely walks (most with stunning sea views) we and the dog all enjoyed.
The site had a mixture of grass and hardstanding pitches - we had a very sloping grass pitch (our jockey wheel was on 3 bricks!)but staff were superb and let us into a shed with an amazing assortment of bricks, pallets and chipboard to get ourselves as level as we could.
The staff were very helpful, chatty, cheerful and polite. The two loo blocks were very clean - push button showers but plenty of them and the water was always hot.
The playground was good with a sandpit and swings - some of the kiddywinks using it weren't very pleasant and site staff were aware of this and did what they could to intervene. Site reception has a very basic shop with all the things one tends to forget.
West Runton village has a good general store type shop, a camping shop, a good butcher and a really nice pub. The beach is great - easily accessible, nice and sandy and dogs are allowed. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, and will definitely be back.
Second visit to this site and again not disappointed.
Lovely site with the best toilet/shower block I've seen in a long time, always immaculate and you can always get in a shower whatever time you go!
We spent a whole week here and there is plenty to do with walks to the beach straight from the campsite. Staff very friendly and helpful.
One gripe this time though was that we got a lovely pitch but on the second weekend they did tend to start packing them in around us and we began to feel a bit restricted and overlooked.
You don't expect this with the camping and caravan club and the 6metre rule between units I think was forgotten about.
Apart from this though an excellent site, highly recommended and we will visit again.
We stayed at this site for a weekend ( 2 adults & 2 children) at the end of July in our tent and had a lovely time.
The site is very pretty, the facilities are excellent and there are lovely walks on the doorstep. There is a good choice of beaches close by and on Saturday night a chip van comes on site and freshly cooks fish and chips etc.
The site is peaceful and has a relaxed atmosphere. There is a very small playground.
As others have said the lane into the site is steep and bumpy, it was fine pulling a trailer, however we personally would not bring our large twin axle caravan onto the site because of the difficult access.
My gripe:
Due to the size of our tent (6*7 metres) we do not fit on a standard size pitch at C&CC so booked a jumbo pitch – this is a standard grass pitch without hookup. It wasn’t until after I had paid my deposit that I realised that this was over £43 per night – and we are members! I thought the pitch would be really spacious given the cost, however although we got a choice of pitches (only one was suitable) we got the impression that they were just trying to fit us in somewhere.
Would we return? I really like the site however we wouldn’t bring the caravan here due to the difficult access and the cost for the jumbo tent pitch was too much, so unless we change tents we will be unlikely to return, which is a real shame.
Second visit to the site, and the good news is that the site was as good as the 1st time - My family party of six, stayed for 5 nights, on a flat perimeter grass pitch near the play area. The site was full on a couple of the nights, yet the facilities were clean and plentiful as ever.
Great part of the country.
20 mins walk to the beach at East Runton.
Short drive to beach at West runton.
Great old fashioned seaside towns of Cromer and Sherringham are 10 mins drive away.
Will be back to the area, but may try the Caravan Club site with (swimming pool) down the road next time !
As previously mentioned, access is down a longish gravel lane, but by no means as bad as I was expecting, slightly pot-holed but plenty of passing places.
Very clean facilities, never had to queue for a shower despite being there during a bank holiday.
Site was busy but did not feel overly-cramped.
Site is generally very secluded and quiet, despite some noise in the evenings over the bank holiday weekend, the 11pm curfew kicked in efficiently and was very peaceful after that.
Loads to do in the area - something for everyone.
Found some good restaurants in Cromer - The Old Rock Shop Bistro and Garden Street Grill. Near to site was Roman Camp pub/restaurant - good food but dreadfully slow service.
On the whole West Runton is highly recommended and we would have no hesitation in revisiting.
We visited as newbie campers trying out camping to see how we got on with it.
When we arrived we were offered a number of pitches and chose one quite close to reception, about 80m from the wash block. The site got very busy over the spring bank weekend but there still was enough space for separation.
The wash blocks were spotlessly clean, with hot water for showers all day long. Some of the showers had a small changing area enclosed within the outer door, which was useful with young kids.
We thought that the small kids play area would be too small for our kids but they had a great time. The eldest (14 years) played football for about 4 hours / day with other kids. The other 2 (age 10 and 5) were in the small play area, sand pit and doing other stuff including going to the small shop.
We felt that the site is small and safe enough to allow our younger children quite a bit of freedom and they wandered off to play quite a bit.
All staff I came into contact with were friendly and helpful, the site manager was always around either grass cutting, checking wash blocks or talking with campers.
Quiet hours were pretty well observed apart from a couple of idiots - but that's going to happen everywhere I guess.
There was a good mix of tents, caravans and motor-homes of all sizes.
We visited this site last year for a short, 2 night break and were not at all disappointed.
When we got there (after driving down a very narrow bumpy lane that was so hidden away, we drove past it the first time. A nightmare for caravans I should imagine), we were greeted by some very friendly staff. They quickly showed us to a choice of pitches (very unusual to be able to chose one for yourself) and within an hour or so, we were all set up.
The grass was all very green and kept neat and tidy and the pitches all seemed to be very flat. There was also plenty of electric hook ups to choose from.
We went for a walk around the site, as we always do when we first arrive, and were very taken with how lovely and well maintained it was. The toilet facilities were some of the best I've ever seen (award winning apparently). Each cubicle was nice a big and had a bench and pegs to put your things on. There were also separate sink cubicles with mirror lights for beautifying yourself! They always seemed spotless and smelt very clean.
There was a small but well stocked shop, a children's play area and a fish and chip van visited the site once a week.
The site was very quiet the whole time we were there and you didn’t hear a peep in the evenings. This may be due to the fact that we visited in the school term and early on in the year but it felt very tranquil and I can’t imagine it ever would be a noisy site.
West Runton itself is a very short walk away and there is also a lovely walk to Cromer but that was a bit further. Great I should imagine for people who have dogs.
We found that the only thing it lacked was things to do around the local area. I would certainly visit again but only for another short break as I could imagine getting quite board if we were there for a week or so.
Our first ever Caravan trip after converting from Tenting (do enough of that these days with Scout/Cubs!)
The 'road' to the site is bendy and bumpy but don let that put you off take it slow! Our 4x4 Pajero eat it up but I did worry about the van.
Despite entering Holgate Lane down to the site at 13:45 followed by two other units, I still met with a unit coming up the track. Don't know if he was a later departer(supposed to be off by 12noon?) or he'd turned round? Whichever, fortunately I met him at one of the 'wider' parts of the track, he pulled over to the side and I passed him without touching, if only by inches!
Found the welcome very friendly indeed, not rude at all compared to some reviewers. Alan was most helpful and got us onto a 'sunny pitch' by driving over the gas and into the space without any reversing, a great boon for a 'van virgin'
This did mean a steep slope though on the opposite side of the site to the entrance and also a wind funnel, which sadly led to the demise of our awning poles whilst we were out.
Some very kind people dismantled our awning to stop damage to the 'van. If those gents read this can I say thank you as the person next door said 'two men' did the kind deed but did not know which units they came from?
If the comment from someone of 'helped them but they won't speak to us' was directed at us, sorry, but you didn't identify yourself so that we could say thanks and offer you a drink. You did at least get your pole back that you taped to ours to attempt to save it, a knock at the door could have let us say thanks
If was directed at other people who had help putting up their awning in the high winds then, sorry!
Only one toilet block was open as 1 closed for 'essential maintenance'. As one block is closed 1030-12noon, the facilities are the best I've ever seen or used! Fantastic shower cubicles so much room
Fantastic site, once you get past the 'lane'
Although the kids have returned to school, none the less, the site was fantastically peaceful and quiet. The stars at night - great view
The Village Inn @ West Runton great for Sunday Lunch although £3.20 fro a pint of Kronenbourg.Steeeeeeeeep
Dunstable Arms @ Sheringham also good meals. Didn't try site visitor Fish 'n' Chips - seemed popular though
This was my second site of my two week holiday and was absolutely brilliant, nestled deep in a beautiful wood it was everything you could possibly want.
Good points:- Spotless facilities, beautiful grass site, shop catering for the essentials. Excellent walking available and pubs with great food and beer not too far away either in either West or East Runton
This is a Camping club site and was so impressed I decided to re-join.
Bad points:- access road a bit risky but as I have a campervan there were no problems, two caravans meeting together could be interesting I suspect. Pitches are a bit tight and it was absolutely full so the 6 metre space rule was being enforced a little less lightly than normal I suspect (but still no problem with facilities), wardens are perhaps a bit less friendlier than other sites but very efficient.
Yes would definitely go back to this one.
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
No 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 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
No Shop 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
No Fishing 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
No Golf 
No Tennis 
Beach <1 mile 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
No Dog Walk 
We stayed on this site on probably the busiest week of the year. Cromer carnival week. We had a lovely week and would highly recommend the site. 
