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Our third trip here and enjoyed it just as much as the other times, the facilities are first class and the whole site clean and tidy. Peace and tranquillity are the things you get here. The noisiest thing is the ducks letting you know they want some scraps as they visit each van every morning. As already stated by others it’s perfect for visiting the city with a bus stop outside the camp, or the park and ride situated around the corner.
We have just returned from a 5 night stay at this caravan park.
We were greeted by the friendly owner and given all the details we needed, we had a nice size pitch and as previous stated great showers.
We decided to visit York by car big mistake £11.50 for a all day ticket, we think this is outrageous!
Go to the National Railway Museum (don't go on the Mallard simulator ride £8.00 wasted) its free to get in and cheaper to park £9. Oo all day and then you can walk (10 mins) into York.
The York Wheel is great and so is the Minster, lovely shops to stroll around.
We went to Bridlington, a nice little town we had a walk along the front, Filey is more picturesque and Scarborough bigger and busier, the day we went it was foggy and the sea was still as a pond I never seen that before, the fog horn kept going and made seem really eerie.
We also went to Eden Camp again a great day out, its takes you through the Second World War and lots of other stuff well worth a visit.
Anyway back to the camp site, I have one niggle and its the road noise, I had asked to be as far away from the road as possible as a previous review mentioned the road noise and yes, we were put as far away from the camp site road as possible but this road is not the problem.
I understand that we are only 3 miles from York and on the ring road but the road noise for me was too much even with ear plugs.
It did not quieten down until around 2am and was noisy again at 5am, if we had stayed in the summer time it would have been horrible to sit outside and hear this. Perhaps its ok in a caravan but campers be warned.
It really is a shame and its a price you have to pay for the close proximity to York but its a price I wouldn't pay again.
Arrived Friday August 23rd for 8 nights in our tent.
Greeted at reception, given all the info we needed and directed to our pitch.
Our pitch (20) was huge, facing the lake and within thirty yards of the toilet block. There is electric, water and digital TV available to most pitches via a shared box in the middle of four pitches. Our pitch was surrounded by a small hedge on three sides to provide a little privacy. Did I mention the pitch was huge!
The toilet block is different to anything I've seen. There are male and female toilets, each with toilets, sinks and a couple of showers, as you'd find at most sites. But there are also eight large private rooms that contain a shower, toilet and sink with a hairdryer and underfloor heating. There is also a disabled access shower room, as well as a laundry room containing two sinks and a washer/dryer.
The bus stops right outside and runs around every thirty minutes, and at £3 return into York it's great value.
There's a Toby Carvery not far, well worth a visit, decent quality food at very decent prices. Monks Cross retail park isn't far either and will fill in a couple of hours while you wander around the shops. It's a cracking base to explore York and beyond.
The niggles:
Fishing - very very poor. I fished four days and caught nothing worth talking about for the first three. On day four I had two decent Roach and a very decent Rudd, with a nice size Tench being the highlight. Not a sniff of a Carp all week. If I hadn't seen two come out earlier in the week I wouldn't have believed there were any in there. Everyone struggled, as mentioned there were only two Carp taken out in the eight days we stayed. I know it's called Fishing, not Catching, but it was really frustrating, we've visited sites with lakes that don't charge to fish. And they've fished much much better.
The showers - How hot? I know most people like a hot shower but it was far far too hot for me and with no way of changing the temp I struggled all week.
The price - I thought £26 for bank holiday (all 4 days) and £24 for high season was a little on the pricey side. We visit a large site every year in Lincolnshire. The toilet block may not have individual rooms but is very modern and clean, the pitches may not all be fully serviced but with four large well stocked fishing lakes plus a brand new restaurant/bar with lake views, it balances out and it's only £16 per night.
All in all, we thought the site was great, we had a great week and met some great people, but I'm just not sure if the niggles would/wouldn't tip the scales and put us off returning.
We Spent 5 nights here and found the campsite ideal for exploring York as it was only a couple of miles away from the Monks Cross park and ride. The site has excellent shower rooms that are extraordinarily large. The pitches are flat and well marked out with small hedgerows on three sides. I couldn't really find a downside to the site, television reception was very good and was it me or has their water got some magical quality that produces a remarkable cup of tea everytime?
Lovely site and very well run. Excellent pitch sizes which provided plenty of privacy even for a large tent. The pitch was well serviced with electric hookup.
The shower rooms were very well sized, plenty of room to change in after your shower. There were plenty of them and a few extra in both the male and female toilet blocks. I never queued for a shower and they were spotlessly clean. I would highly recommend this site. It was an adult only site. Very friendly ducks on the site with a nice little lake.
We stayed here for our main holiday, and what a site!
We arrived a little early, but was greeted and told if the pitch was still occupied we could pull up and wait.
The pitch was perfect, this was the first time we had used fully serviced and it was great, we made sure we turned the caravan round for the view across the lake from our seating area.
We were very impressed with the shower ROOMS! they were larger than our own bathroom at home!
The bus stop is just outside the entrance, and we used this for at least 3 days of our stay to get into York. We purchased a York pass, which gave us entitlement to go into ALL the main attractions for 3 days at a reduced rate! Would recommend, purchase on line from tourist information or in York! Well worth it, we saved over £50 Each.
We would love to go back to this site, but have an extensive list of other areas we want to stay, but we would highly recommend this site to anyone.
There was only 1 slight issue, mop buckets for the shower rooms were supplied but the water seemed to be dirty all the time, I did mention this and hope that the water in these are checked and changed more often.
A delightful weekend at this site. A lovely quiet site with very large hedged pitches with water and hook ups very close. Toilet/shower facilities are first class. There is a dog exercise area and long walks nearby. I particularly like the flowers and lavender plants which give a lovely feel. You are not on top of others which adds to the rural feel. Buses run every 30 mins from entrance into York centre. Staff are very helpful. This is my favourite York site and we will definitely come back.
Wonderful shower rooms. Eight of them. They are 5x3m with shower, WC and basin. There are also separate toilets for men and women with two showers in each and all immaculate.
The bus to York stops outside every 30 mins (15 mins to York).
All pitches are large, some grass and some hardstanding plus grass. There is a motorhome water and waste disposal point. All the staff are very friendly and you can use their WiFi free though you do have to be close to the office.
There is a Toby carvery a short distance away which we didn't use but we heard that it was up to their usual standards.
There is a small pond which I fished with mixed results but the weather was very hot.
I will certainly use this site again when next we go to York
My Wife and I stayed here for 3 nights it was our first visit, and so far this is by far the best campsite we have stayed just wish we could have stayed all week. All The facilities are first class, fishing is great, the owners and staff are very helpful, the site is very clean and tidy, loads of shops at Monks Cross, including a Big Sainsbury's and Asda.
Roll on summer 2014 cos we will definitely be booking for a week.
Positives are the site is quiet, clean, safe and perfect for a visit to York. This was our first time on an adult only site and it was great abandoning the kids for the weekend. The site has excellent facilities, superb showers and changing facilities, my only gripe is you cannot tell if a shower room is occupied but that’s a small thing, as these rooms are brilliantly large.
The pitches are very large and flat. My only issue was the dog walking facilities, we tried in vain to fine a local field for the dog to exercise his legs, and this proved to be more difficult than I anticipated. York is a wonderful city and this is a perfect site to explore it.
Firstly let me say that the facilities on this site are second to none - huge individual shower rooms with toilet and sink - fantastic. The location to York is also great - only 2 miles to the centre of York with a bus service running right outside the site.
Now for the negatives - But only if you are going in a tent.
The site website states that ALL pitches are multi-serviced with EHU, TV point & water and are approx 13m wide by 20m deep with hedges to 3 sides, however, when we arrived we discovered that there was a new area that the owner has created for tents that is not separated into individual pitches and caters for approx. 5 tents. There is also no TV point or water for these pitches but the owner still charges the same amount as for the multi-serviced individual pitches! Our tent is 7m by 3.9m and only just fitted onto the allocated area and then only because I shortened the guy ropes (width ways being the problem). To be honest, had we not arrived late in the evening I would not have accepted the situation but because of our late arrival we decided we had little choice but to pitch were allocated.
I did complain the following morning and the lady on reception wrote our complaint into a log book for the attention of the owner as she explained that she only covers reception occasionally. The owner never even bothered to come and see us and then when we were leaving the following day I again reinstated my complaint and the lady again told me that this had been noted into the log book. This is a complete rip-off for tent owners as we did not get what was stated on the website and treated as a second class citizens. We had taken our TV and could not use, we had no access to water and I could not find a drinking water stand pipe anywhere else on site (probably because the other individual pitches had there own) and was fortunate to have a nice caravan neighbour who let me access his stand pipe!
I would also like to point out that there is constant road noise all through the night as you are so close to a main road which the bus runs to York, which is probably ok in a caravan but really noticeable in a tent.
Having said all that we did like the site and had we been allocated an individual pitch (which we had paid for) we would have probably rated the site 9 out of 10 but I hate being ripped off and misled.
My advice if you are going in a tent is to contact them to ensure you have been allocated an individual pitch or alternatively try another site - there are loads around York all with great reviews on ukcs.
This being the first adult-only site I have stayed in, I didn't know what to expect. However, it was very quiet and spotlessly clean. Shower rooms were enormous - to be honest, they were a little too big as they could easily have made 2 shower rooms out of each one with plenty of room to spare. A little bit further out of York than we were expecting. Was disappointed with our check-in: when we asked the lady at the desk about bus times, she didn't know; when we asked her where to nearest bus stop was, she didn't know; when we asked her where the nearest shops were, she didn't know; to be honest, no matter what we asked her, she didn't seem to know, so we felt that we had absolutely no information to be starting out with. That sort of unhelpfulness is. Well. Unhelpful! I would stay there again but there is a camp site nearer the centre of York and I would try there first!
Just 5nights on this site and we could not fault it in anyway whatever. The pitches are of good size and the shower block is great. Plenty of hot water. We went into York everyday on the Bus £3 return each after 9am. Last bus back being just before midnight. The buses run every half hour. Plenty to do in York. If you do go to York look for a Pub called Thomas's of York, very good value for money on the food. We will be returning to this site, next time we have decided that we are going to take my Mum. So we look forward to seeing you again soon.
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
Fully Serviced Pitches 
Adults Only 
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 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
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 <5 miles 
Wild Swimming <5 miles 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
Outdoor Pool <5 miles 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
Golf <1 mile 
Tennis <5 miles 
No Beach 
Watersports <5 miles 
Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Lakeside Pitches 
Public Transport On Site
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Our third trip here and enjoyed it just as much as the other times, the facilities are first class and the whole site clean and tidy. Peace and tranquillity are the things you get here. The noisiest thing is the ducks letting you know they want some scraps as they visit each van every morning. As already stated by others it’s perfect for visiting the city with a bus stop outside the camp, or the park and ride situated around the corner. 
