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We have visited the Duke on numerous occasions, but have not been since the new landlord has taken on the pub and site.
Before we visited recently, we were aware from their website that work was being undertaken, what we didn’t realise or appreciate was how much work is being done!
Those of you who have been before will remember the large field that a majority of campers used. At the time of our visit (end of April), work was well on the way with the service road and hard standings. The new loo block’s foundations appeared to be in place, as is new drainage.
We were fortunate to be given a guided tour around the site by Keith the landlord, who went through the plans for planting trees and low level lighting etc.
I believe the main work is due to be complete by the end of May (depending on the weather). Although a building site at the moment, the site is going to be attractive and lot drier underfoot compared to some previous visits!
The field to the immediate rear of the pub (where we were pitched), is in the future going to be reserved for events/rallies.
We used our own facilities as the current shower/loos do desperately need replacing.
Able to get a TV signal through free view, mobile (O2) also fine.
The pub itself is in the process of having a makeover at the moment and one thing we were hoping for before we arrived was continuity in the atmosphere in the pub. We needn’t have worried; there was a lovely fire, easy listening background music and a very nice welcome.
We ate in the pub both nights and as in the past the food is wonderful, with lovely home made chips! There is a nice selection to choose from including beer battered fish, steak and ale pie, steaks to mention a few.
All-in-all, despite the work going on, we really enjoyed our stay and look forward to a return visit later in the year to see how the site has improved.
Just for reference, we visited Bakewell for its annual food festival; recommend for next year!
We spent only one night here. When we arrived it turned out the hard standing for our motorhome was the pub car park! My partner had been told the site was under construction so we knew we would be surrounded by jcbs etc. But understood this, however was horrified that there was no where to get water from. The 'facilities' were 2 toilets and one shower, all were filthy, there was no hot water or toilet rolls.
The pub served food which seemed very pricey for a campsite but the landlord seemed nice enough and the pub was pleasant to sit and have a drink rather than sit in the car park.
And when we returned home and checked the prices we had been overcharged for the overnight car park stay. Really disappointed and sadly don't think we will return anytime soon.
There isn't any shops or activities local but nicely positioned as a base to view the peak district.
I want to reiterate the facts that whatamess submitted. The cost of the pitch up was 15. 00 a night incl electric. We stayed on a pub car park. The toilet and shower blocks were in need of demolition. A lot of work is needed to have this site up to standard. The pub is in nice surrounding but the prices are not ideal especially if you have large families as it would prove costly
For the price I expected more and a more child friendly welcome. Our children got rather bored with this facility. The shower and toilets are a shared facility at the moment. Wasn't happy. Service was poor.
I stayed at the Duke of York for New Year with some friends in 5 motorhomes. The pub has changed hands since we stayed there last New Year and the new Landlords have big plans for the campsite and hope to have the new site, to include 30 hardstandings and a brand new heated toilet/shower/utility block opened by March 2013. At the moment, though, the “facilities” are still abysmal. The pitch fees had gone up and we paid £15 a night, including electricity, which we felt was quite a lot for what we got - a pitch on the car park, a temporary electric hookup and a disgusting toilet and a horrible shower for which they charged £1.
The pub is very comfortable and dog friendly and serves food from 12 noon to 8 pm daily. However, the food, which had been reasonably priced and excellent last year, had now gone up by about £5 for a main course and was, in our opinion, not very good. My friend had a pudding which had to be returned as it tasted uncooked and I had garlic mushrooms, which, although quite tasty, was on what appeared to be a part-baked bread roll and cost over £5. There are also no snacks to have at lunchtime except baguettes and baked potatoes. We overheard complaints from other people about the food as well.
There was a £10 entrance fee on New Year’s Eve which included a hot buffet. The food at the buffet, which had been put out over spirit burners more than an hour beforehand, was mediocre and bland and overcooked and was all meat based, despite the fact that I had been told there would be a vegetarian dish. I therefore had a choice of salad and three potato dishes.
We were all going to get together in the pub for a drink on our last night but found that the pub had unexpectedly closed during the afternoon. I rang and was told it would be opened for us at 8 pm but that no food would be served. We went across just after 8 but the pub was still shut and we eventually took our own drinks into one of the motorhomes at about 8. 30 when we got fed up with waiting.
On a positive side, the pub is well placed for walkers, the Tissington Trail is across the field opposite, and there is a bus service (albeit about 2-hourly) to Ashbourne and Buxton.
Unfortunately we won’t be returning to the Duke of York despite the plans for the new campsite. It look very good but I think the food is going to let the pub down. It is also not going to be helped by closing with no notice.
Having said all that, the new Landlords and their staff are very nice, very friendly and welcoming and I really do hope they make a go of it.
Unfortunately I don't feel I can give more than 4 stars for this site as it is at the moment.
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Date of Visit: September 2012
Unit: Other
Reviewer: New Management
The current Landlord at The Duke of York will be leaving on 21st September 2012.
Please watch this site for updates as they occur, The caravan & campsite are due to be fully redeveloped and completed by the end of March 2013.
We will be open for business during the development of the site which will provide a much safer and secure experience.
The new Landlords Keith & Chris would like to extend a warm welcome to all previous visitors to the site and will be offering discounts to those previous visitors who have had to endure such dreadful facilities.
As you appreciate things don't happen over night however you will see positive changes almost instantly.
Sadly it was the last weekend for the landlord. All I can say is ok the facilities are very basic and dated, but other things make this a great place to stay like the area and the fantastic views from the campsite.
The best thing was the warm and friendly welcome we got from him and his team and they will be sadly missed, so lets hope the new landlords are as friendly, as for me that is a big part of the visit I've enjoyed over the last 3 years.
Good luck to them and we look forward to seeing what the new landlords do to improve the campsite.
We recently spent 4 nights on this site. Yes, the views are delightful, yes, the food in the pub is fine, yes, it only costs £10pn but this is all balanced out with facilities that can only be described as horrible at best (how expensive is a plastic loo seat to replace the split one in the gents?), and ehu stations that are distinctly Heath-Robinson without the charm, but with the alarming sense of danger that comes with having to allow water to drain out of the plug before you are able to use it.
The chemical disposal point overflowed on the Saturday night and a few hours later was drained out and could be used again. But the fact that the washing up area was a few feet away from the cdp seemed decidedly dodgy - why not make sure the cess pit is regularly emptied to avoid this happening?
As has been mentioned before, the field can get a bit boggy and wet - this is part and parcel of being in the beautiful Peak District NP so I have no complaints about that but the entrances to both field areas were quagmires so why not fork out for a lorryload of hardcore and make these entrances more passable?
Surrounding area-wise, Buxton is a cracking market town with masses of shops and places to eat. Bakewell a little more tourist-y but pretty nonetheless.
The views and countryside are lovely and the site is situated in a handy position for getting to any of the major towns. This means that there is a fair bit of traffic noise but that comes with the fact that this is a roadside PH - you should maybe take it into account if you're looking for absolute peace and quiet; the road was a lot quieter at night.
The site could have so much going for it for the sake of a little TLC and elbow grease. As it stands, we can't recommend it unless you have your own facilities and a sense of adventure where electricity is concerned.
Yes the views were great and I know we’ve had lots of wet weather but I’m sorry this does not excuse the state of the site it was terrible the entrances to the fields were deeply rutted and very boggy.
The grass was almost a foot high, the electrics when you found them were appalling. We went with friends two vans on the hook up we were directed to, these kept tripping out the owner just said it was what we had on in our vans (chance would be a fine thing), luckily we were the only ones in this field at this time so we then tried several other hooks ups - same again but every time we opened a socket water poured out eventually found a pair that worked (great). But the whole system leaves a lot to be desired all on extension leads wrapped in bin liners just laying in the grass.
As for the facilities two toilets and one shower, they were filthy smelly, didn’t look like they had ever been cleaned, yes they were rustic and suited the surroundings and at a £1 for a shower you would come out feeling dirtier than when you went in. The other half of the toilet block was cordoned off because it was derelict and falling down. The site supposedly caters for 60 odd units ie 120 people at least, this is woefully inadequate although a note in toilet block window does say if fully occupied, the pub door is open from eight am this is not so, you were lucky to find it open at ten, on our last morning it was still locked at ten thirty.
When we tried to empty our own toilets( glad we had our own facilities) we could not believe the chemical emptying point, once you found it was overgrown and over flowing this is right next to the washing up point.
On a brighter note we did eat in the pub on our arrival the food was fine, this was the one and only time. We choose this site because of the pub and the info on the web site when we booked back in March, how disappointed are we I think you can tell!
Just had a week here. Very nice location with tremendous views, including a lovely sunset over the dales. Toilet and shower are a bit basic, with £1 for 5 minute shower. Pub toilets are advertised as available from 8am but someone forgot to unbolt the door most mornings!
For £10 a night, including EHU, it's as much as one can wish. The pub is cosy with some good meals from the bar, or in the restaurant.
The field is level for most, although there are several different fields, only one with hook up, I believe. It did get boggy, but then 72 hours continuous rain will do that to any field site.
Site is very central for walking, with plenty of choice from the site, two miles to cycle hire centre, should you wish. Lots of other attractions in Derbyshire, within a short drive.
Maybe had the sun shined our view would have been different but we had 48hrs of continuous rain and the site with its slope, uncut grass and narrow muddy access points, especially to the lower field, made getting the van off impossible. Without the kind assistance of our neighbour and his 4x4 we would have been stuck as there was no assistance available from the site.
The rain was not the sites fault but the condition of the site was. If we had been able to relax during our four night stay knowing that we would be able to exit the site we would have had a much more enjoyable stay.
All that said the view from the pitch was beautiful and the food and atmosphere in the Pub very pleasant. For such a cheap price we did not expect to use the facilities and stayed self contained, which we were grateful for as they were at best basic.
We are fairly new to caravanning and are learning quickly from each visit, the latest lesson being to cater more for the two kids. The weather put the 'dampner' on any playing on site but in any event there is no play facilities. We need to look at more established sites in future for both the children and to cater for those caravanners with 2wd.
Peak District however was great despite the weather. We walked Dovedale and Lathkill Dale, both beautiful and very close to the site.
Very disappointed. Firstly grass and weeds very long, therefore always had wet feet, and was difficult to put awning up. Toilets were very basic, and run down.
Electric in field we were in was just like an extension lead, very dangerous. There was just a very, very, muddy track into field, of which people were getting stuck in.
On our departure day we could not get off site because of track, on asking the owner to help us off with his four by four, he just said his car was broke and just shut pub door on us with out even offering any advice (great customer service). Luckily a fellow camper came to our rescue, I would like to say a big thank you to him.
I realise the site was only £10, but we have been on many sites at this price, and can be recommended.
It is such a shame as views, and location were fantastic.
After reading the reviews for this campsite we decided to book it for the bank holiday weekend. The price of £10 per night sounded very reasonable for a EHU pitch.
We had booked two pitches, one for us and one for my in laws. My in laws arrived first and were directed to the corner of one of the three fields. When we arrived we were asked to park at a right angle to their caravan, but this meant we were basically parked in front of their caravan, obscuring their view and meaning our view was towards the pub. It was a shame because the views we should of have were lovely.
The grass was long and we had to stamp it down in order to get our awnings up. It really could have done with being mowed and the weeds and nettles strimmed. We felt that the caravans were being packed in to get more units in to each field. There were wires strewn across the field we were in from the field in front, so that the other caravans could hook up. We didn't feel this was very safe.
The toilet block consisted of one male and one female toilet. These were cleaned each morning, however were in very poor condition, situated in a run down building, half of which had collapsed - this was fenced off with a Danger sign. There was one shower for the whole site - I went to use this on the first morning but came back out again. It was filthy and required £1 to operate. There is a Elsan point and a sink (open to the elements).
The pub itself was nice. We had a meal and few drinks and enjoyed our evening. However, when we went to bed each night another camper played loud music in to the early hours. There weren't any site rules in relation to noise or anything else, so it made it difficult to do anything about this.
Sorry but this site was not for us - yes it's cheap at £10 per night but I think there were too many things that let it down - I would rather pay a bit more and feel like I had my own pitch, a decent view and facilities that I could use.
Also be prepared for the fact that the site can get very muddy if you have a lot of rain. Some struggled to get off the site, even without their caravan hitched up to their cars.
We decided to have a weekend away in our caravan at The duke Of York public house and camp site at Pomeroy. We chose this site as we only live 20 mins away and the price with electric hook up was only £10 per night which we thought was very reasonable. We also chose this site because of its location which is ideal for the Tissington Trail and Hulme End to walk the Manifold Valley.
This was our first visit to this site and upon the friday evening we were shown to the fields where we could site our caravan and where all the amenities were. We set up in the far field up against the fence and had the benefit of mains. We had splendid views of the countryside, looking right across the fields.
Our only criticism of the site was that as it rained very heavy in the night and the site became very muddy through the gates of the field, that the grass could have done with a mow as it was quite long and that the toilet and shower block were very basic, saying all that we had a great weekend.
Although we didn't venture to the pub it looked very busy all weekend. We would definitely stay here again to either walk the Tissington Trail or Manifold Valley.
Still costs only £10 per night for a caravan including electric hook up. Pub has good food with large spacious campsite behind. Two fields with electric and two further fields without.
Midday check in and check out suits us very well, and the landlord of the Duke of York is very friendly and accommodating. Site was a little bit wet and muddy on arrival with plenty of people pitching in to help each other out when stuck.
Nice relaxed atmosphere too. Site dried out as soon as the sun made an appearance! Reasonably windy as site has little shelter. A 'lively' time was had while building awnings. Cracking views are a nice trade off though.
Loo's and single shower still a bit past their best, (£1 per shower, and I take two coins with me as I find one doesn't last long enough) but considering that the site was unexpectedly busy for the time of year they were kept very clean and there was always toilet roll. Loo's in the pub also available from 8am until closing, so no real need to queue.
As an example of the kind of service received from the owner, friends camping next to us went to use the shower and found that the light was not working. They called in to the pub to report the issue. A screwdriver wielding landlord dealt with the problem within minutes and normal service was resumed! Can't say fairer than that as far as I'm concerned and it nicely illustrates the excellent and friendly reception you can expect here.
Buxton and all it's facilities are only a few miles away, and the High Peak and Tissington trails we visited are also close by.
I shall certainly return and I'm sure it'll be soon!
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Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No 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 
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 On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
No Fishing 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
No Golf 
No Tennis 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <5 miles
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
We have visited the Duke on numerous occasions, but have not been since the new landlord has taken on the pub and site. 
