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Stayed for two nights over our wedding anniversary weekend but wish it could have been longer. This site is a credit to Lincoln Council, well run, pleasant wardens, large pitches and only £15. 10 per night for our caravan with 2 people and EHU, and its only £17-30 in the summer.
It was lovely and quiet, showers, etc are spotless. There is a large park with lakes to wander round witch our little dog loved. Also has a great cafe on site that does THE best breakfast I have had in a long time for only £5-25!
Lincoln itself was a great with shops only a few mins away. We will go back in the summer and explore the waterfront area.
Had a great weekend away here. (Not far from home so we could test the caravan before the summer). We know the park quite well and were drawn here because of the proximity of Lincoln. The city centre is only a 40 minute walk away. As it's run by the city council, it is very clean and well looked after. We were greeted on arrival and walked to our pitch. The entire park is busy with dog walkers and people who like nature, but they aren't allowed to wander through where the caravans are. We weren't interested in walking round the park, because we've been plenty of times on days out to Lincoln, but we do know that it is massive and if you have the time, you could easily spend the day ambling around. Will definitely use the site in the future for trips to the city when we want to stay really late and even for the Christmas market (which is awesome by the way!)
An excellent site, very convenient for visiting Lincoln. We stayed here for two nights on our way on a lengthy journey to the Outer Hebrides.
The site is situated in Hartsholme Park, an SSI with many footpaths to explore. A real credit to Lincoln Council. Excellent interpretation signs throughout and a Visitors Centre giving background information and organizing activities for children. There is a small cafe in the park (2 mins from campsite) and we were able to take food (chips!) back to our van to complement our lunch.
First the facilities: very clean and comfortable, across the footpath from the site: for men: two showers and two loos, similar arrangement for ladies (combination lock entry). If the site was busy, there might be a queue but we found it adequate. No internet but OK mobile signal. Washing up area is very good.
Buses run every 10 minutes or so to Lincoln (slightly less in the evening). The bus station is next to the market area and the Coop. A visit to the cathedral is a must- join a roof tour if available and look out for the Lincoln Imp and the ‘syncopated’ vaulting. Also visit the Christopher Wren Reading room with its original Venerable Bede manuscripts among others. On our visit we could only look in through the door.
The real asset here is the Site Warden who was most helpful and informative. In particular her guide to finding your way to Lincoln was excellent. It is a difficult time for councils to maintain such facilities, being encouraged to outsource at any opportunity. Don’t do it here! You have something special in the Park which is widely used by the community. On our visit we saw numerous couples, families and others walking the footpaths. Congratulations for maintaining such an excellent and intriguing resource.
We had no security problems reported elsewhere. Clearly in an open park area such as this sensible precautions need to be taken.
Having stayed two nights at this campsite, I was really impressed with the location of the park and its facilities. However the biggest thing that lets the campsite down is the lack of security.
The second night we stopped there, we were woken up by the sound of a lot of shouting and bawling. , from a group of drunken yobs who were setting off fire extinguishers.
The following morning, we discovered our motorhome covered in white powder.
If the campsite had a warden on site. We would return, but until this is addressed we would not feel comfortable staying there again.
A pleasant, clean and well maintained site awaited us on our arrival. The wardens were friendly and helpful and the Country park is a lovely surrounding for this site. The playpark was not too near, not too far, there is a cafe just outside the campers field and it was quiet at night, they even had a warden patrolling. HOWEVER. The campsite is not very secure, locals wander through the campsite at their leisure despite signage saying campers only. Our pitch was no. 11 and thanks to an over hanging branch, the numerous woodpigeons used our tent as their personal toilet. The further in the camp you go, the further away the toilets are which with 3 kids was not great. Tents and caravans/campervans were all mixed together which I found a bit odd but the biggest bug bear of the trip was the lack of facilities for infants. Day one. Showered baby in female block but there was nowhere to place him to put his nappy or clothes on. Dad had to hang around the door to take baby back to tent in nothing but a towel. Day 2. The same. Day 3. Thought I'd use the big clothes washing sink in utility room only to find there was no plugs. Bathed baby in dish sink, dried and dressed on draining board. Day 4. Bathed baby in sink again and baby managed to turn hot water on himself because taps have paddle handles. Thankfully water was warm so no damage but that is the last of using the sink. Day 5. Bought trug and bathed baby in that for the rest of our stay. All it would take is a changing table in the block. The cafe has one and the radar key is available for a deposit but there is nowhere to wash baby in disabled toilet so same problem.
Last but not least, mosquitos. Huge mutant mosquitos at that. Because there is lakes nearby there is mosquitos. I used repellent but still got munched on 6 or 7 times.
So, if you don't have an infant and don't mind mosquitos and are having a short stay, the place is pretty darn good, if you do, may not be the place for you.
What can be added to the previous comments. Yes, this campsite is 1st class, I used its facilities over a weekend and into the following week. During the weekend it did tend to get a bit crowded, as would be expected, especially as we experienced reasonable weather.
The Toilet/Washing up facilities are very well maintained, and a very short walk from the main camping field.
The site is set in acres of woodland, which is very well frequented by the local population and that is where I found the problem lay. Anybody and everybody has access to the camping field, although there are notices up on the gate saying it is strictly for campers only, the notice was ignored and members of the public entered, there is no security or restriction on their doing so, and wandered around the campsite at their leisure. The site is lacking physical restriction on entry and egress, a combination lock on the gate, as fitted to the shower blocks, would help to safeguard the units when the owners were not present, and a gate to restrict pedestrian access would also assist.
The moaning now done, the site is magical, just a short bus ride outside the city of Lincoln with all that it has to offer, it is very well maintained by the attentive Site Wardens, there is a Cafe just across the road, within the Country Park itself.
I shall certainly return, but would rest more easily with some security installed. There are no entertainments for children on the site but a large swing park and ball games field is only a hop, skip and a jump away.
Stayed for two nights but wish it could have been longer. This site is a credit to Lincoln Council, well run, pleasant wardens, large pitches and only £14. 70 per night for our motor-home with 2 people and EHU, and I don't think it gets a lot dearer than that in the summer.
It reminds me a little of the Municipal Sites in France, where you get good, basic facilities without paying a premium.
It was lovely and quiet with a large park with lakes to wander round.
We caught the service buses just outside the site to go into Lincoln. Lincoln itself was a delight, though the walk up to the cathedral and castle was torture. We would love to go back when the sight-seeing buses are running and to explore the waterfront area.
My only criticism would be the lack of wi-fi, so handy when exploring an area, but like a previous review, I understand the council are working on this.
Just returned from a fantastic few days here. I must say that this site is fantastic, the showers and toilets are spotless. It is very easy to find and the whole site is beautiful. We were a couple with a dog and the surroundings were perfect for us. I must just add that we ate at cafe at the entrance to the campsite and I must recommend the breakfast! Yummy! There is a very nice chippy about 5 mins walk away near the shops. It is in a perfect position for getting into Lincoln itself, the bus runs past the Park.
Stayed here twice this month, lovely site very close to lincoln town centre, but you could be in the middle of nowhere, it feels like that as the country park is so nice & quiet. You get no sound from the housing estate that surrounds it so it has a really secluded feel.
We don't live too far from here and only stayed 2 nights both times, we took no food with us to give the wife a break from cooking and washing up, so the on site cafe for a most filling breakfast for £5, 25, (2 of everything) lincoln city for lunch in a taxi (zoned fares so £4. 80 to anywhere! and worked out cheaper than the bus if going to the cathedral area) then evening meal at the crown and arrows, about a 15 min walk.
Crown and arrow is a hungry horse pub (part of the greene king chain) and specialises in large platefuls of really good food and a good selection of real ales, lagers & wine at excellent prices. Thursday night is free dessert night, we had 2 steak meals, and 2 gigantic desserts, 3 pints of speckled hen and 3 large glasses of wine, the bill was £28. 00, needed the walk back lol.
But yes, everything about the site is great as mentioned by others, the walks through the woodlands and lakes of the park are amazing too. And the most amazing (and very loud) dawn chorus was worth being woken at 4-15 a. M. (light sleeper me).
All in all, we highly reccomend this site for a city visit that is like being in the country.
We have marked the site 8 out fof 10 for facilities as we do like to have wi-fi to check weather/days out etc. I understand that the council are talking about putting this in soon.
But price is good. Caravan, ehu, but no awning £14. 70 per night and free showers
Just got back from a wet week here, and had a wonderful time. The lady warden had phoned us the morning we left and said don't come because they were waterlogged but we had already left! Whoops! So when we arrived we caused a bit of a stir, but they accommodated us and we were dry in our tent all week.
A lovely site in the country park, next to a huge housing estate, but you wouldn't really know it unless you looked up at the bright pink skyscraper that overlooks the site!
Facilities immaculate, showers very hot, (be warned) and close enough to the city to walk, but a bus stop just a few yards down the road.
Had the site to ourselves (bar a caravan and a small tent, but as we couldn't see them from our tent window they didn't count) for a lot of the week, but was heaving by Friday.
Recommend this site if you like a walk in the woods of an evening and a visit to the city in the daytime.
We visit this council controlled site every year in order to visit family in Lincoln.
The site is very well maintained with special disabled pitches for people like me. The site is located by the side of Hartsholme Country Park, so within a few steps you are in beautiful woodlands with lakes and special adventure areas for the kids. Opposite the reception office is a well organised cafe and above reception is the ranger station with interesting displays of the local wildlife. In the spring they even have cameras in nesting boxes.
Just outside the main gate you can catch a bus into the Beautiful City Of Lincoln which is dominated by the famous cathedral which is the biggest in Europe and over a 1000 years old.
Sadly this site is not open during the winter months so we can't use it to visit family at Christmas, but it is open for 4 days in December for the world famous Lincoln Christmas Market; again the biggest in Europe.
The toilets and showers are very clean and tidy with a coded entry system.
Stopped here Mon-Wed to break journey up on way from Alnwick Northumberland. Both the lady on the phone and warden were very helpful with everything. Site is well maintained with regular litter picking. The site is on a country park with loads of walks in woods/park/lakes/children's park, there is a cafe open 9-4pm that does cooked food.
Cycled into Lincoln on Tuesday, easy flat 20 minute route, made it longer on way back to visit the 'Pyewipe Inn' on the Fossdyke canal bank, situated in-between Skellingthorpe and Lincoln, very near to the A46.
Co-op supermarket and chip shop out of site and few 100yards to the right, although we had the worst fish and chips ever from here on the Monday night!
Would stop here again without hesitation. £19. 30 for caravan, ehu, awning, 2 adults, 1 child.
I ended up phoning, as web-based system seemed not to be working properly, found warden helpful and pleasant. More relaxed attitude to deposits, when chatting to warden this does not seem to have been abused. Cheaper than the Club and Private sites we have used.
The neat field with reasonable spacing was well screened from the extensive country park with its lakes. This is an enjoyable place to go for a stroll. Café close by, but didn’t use it.
Facilities clean and although slightly separated from the field were actually closer than on some sites we have stayed on.
We used bus to visit Lincoln Friday night and on the Saturday. We were impressed by the variety of things in Lincoln and will visit again some time.
We rang up to book at the last minute as we were visiting friends and fancied a day in Lincoln. The lady on the phone was very pleasant and took our details.
We found the site easily, it is signposted and the instructions on here were very accurate. The reception lady was very pleasant, told us how to drive to the best place to park our van in Lincoln, which is only a few minutes drive.
The site is near the entrance to the country park, the field has its own gate which you open and close yourself. The buildings are outside the gate, appear to be an old mews with park ranger offices. The campsite sanitary block is behind the office and has a code for the doors, as the park is open to the public.
There are some public toilets opposite the office which are open from 9. 00am to 4. 00pm, so could be used by campers if the campsite ones are busy. There is a cafe too, opens at 9. 00, we didn't eat there but the menu is extensive, and quite cheap.
The campsite block has separate facilities for men and women, there were 3 toilets, 2 showers and 2 basins in the ladies, it was warm and extremely clean, obviously had the vintage style of the buildings. Utility room had 2 washing up and 2 clothes washing sinks.
The camping field was surrounded by high hedges, had lovely short grass and marked pitches. There was a non-EHU tent area at the far end. The site was very clean, a man came round in the morning checking for and picking up any litter.
The country park was lovely and peaceful, lots of paths where you could walk or cycle round the wildfowl lakes. A popular place for people walking dogs. Plenty of grassy areas for picnics and play.
We enjoyed this quiet site, and would use it again as the price was moderate.
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
No Hardstandings 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
Rallies Welcome 
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 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <1 mile 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
Cycle Hire <1 mile 
Golf <5 miles 
Tennis <1 mile 
No Beach 
Watersports <5 miles 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Stayed for two nights over our wedding anniversary weekend but wish it could have been longer. This site is a credit to Lincoln Council, well run, pleasant wardens, large pitches and only £15. 10 per night for our caravan with 2 people and EHU, and its only £17-30 in the summer. 
