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Have stayed at Bath Chew Valley a couple of times whilst visiting family in the area, and the set up always impresses me. From its excellent maintained grounds and flat pitches, its process of taking caravans onto the site and cars staying in the car park, and offering a hire car for customers at a reasonable rate.
As per previous reviews, the sites individual bathroom facilities are very good and always clean, and each time we've stayed the site is lovey and quiet.
Its not cheap to stay, especially in Off Season October, so it would be great if all pitches had access to the aerial booster, not just the serviced pitches, or even make the WIFI free
The site has some lovely walks/ rides around Chew Valley lake and beyond, and is well connected with a bus to Bristol a 10m walk back to the main road. The Red Bull pub is a lovely traditional no frills pub which serves food (which we didn't try as were off site), and there is a shop almost opposite it.
The wardens were welcoming and very helpful, especially in terms of accommodating an unplanned early arrival.
There will be other sites much cheaper than Bath Chew Valley, but probably nowhere near as nice
This was our second stay at Bath Chew Valley whilst visiting family in the area. As per previous reviews, the sites bathroom facilities are very good and always clean.
The site is quiet, flat and has well manicured lawns, shrubs and trees.
You do pay a premium for this setting and facilities, so it would be great if all pitches had access to the aerial booster, not just the services pitches as the TV and 4g signals are very poor ( thank goodness for the upgrade). You can buy wifi which works well.
Tried a few different places for lunch, The White Row near Frome, and The castle of Comfort pub in East Harptree, both excellent.
The wardens were welcoming and very helpful, from pitches to WiFi setup. via mobile
The site is a suitably impressive adult only site. Very quiet whilst we were there, very good and clean toilet and shower facilities, and well manicured lawns and level pitches.
Some novel points being, no cars next to caravans, caravans towed to on pitch by wardens, and a car for hire.
Within walking distance of some great cafes and restaurants on the Chew Valley lakeside (Salt and Malt, Woodford Lodge) and also pubs incl the Red Bull. The TV & phone signal are both poor, whilst the wifi is good at a daily charge.
What I did find surprising is that only the fully serviced elec points had the option to connect to an external aerial point, whilst hardstanding only pitches didn't.
Knowing the TV signal to be poor and bearing in mind the cost per night, I found it surprising that site owners have not put external aerial points on every elec point at every pitch.
We visited here for a short weekend break. The good points are the site is very clean and tidy, all the facilities are well looked after.
If you are in a caravan they park it for you, probably because the site is fairly compact. Cars are parked at the front of the site but still near the caravans and motorhomes themselves.
The upside of this is that there is little on site traffic only for arrival and departure.
The showers and toilets are all unisex and kept very clean, they are a little dated though. No mop is provided to mop/squeegee up after a shower, so we did find some wet floors. There is a good dog walk for a dog comfort break on site.
Nearby is a pub called the Red Lion, which we only drank in, so cannot comment on the food.
There are other options of food and drink at Chew Stoke and Chew Magna. The lake nearby has a restaurant called Salt & Malt, which serves takeaway fish and chips, the restaurant serves food but isn't dog friendly. Walking form the site to the lake is fairly easy. If you have a motorhome there is little else as the bus service is very limited.
Overall we found this a marmite type site, where we couldn't find anything wrong, but it didn't wow us either. Some people probably love it.
We stayed here for 7 nights in Sept '22. It's a very pretty, verdant and well trimmed site, with 45 gravel pitches of varying sizes, of which the vast majority (40?) are fully serviced with fresh water, grey waste, EHU and TV points. Our pitch actually sloped off by about 9" towards the back, however our E&P made short work of that.
From the limited interaction we had with them, the staff whom we encountered appeared very helpful/pleasant, and the environment certainly felt healthy & secure. As other reviews have mentioned, there is occasional overflight noise from the nearby Bristol Airport, although by no means frequent or unduly prominent.
The provided bank of shared washing facilities are numerous (10 individually accessed mini-suites containing shower, sink & WC), and given the generous ratio to pitches (many of whom will doubtless elect to use their onboard facilities) there was never any need to wait for availability. Whilst clean, we felt the rooms a little dated (lots of chocolate brown/navy decor going on, maybe just personal taste?) plus we prefer solid shower doors to shower curtain type. Overall we've likely seen en-suites implemented somewhat slicker elsewhere.
We experienced a few intermittent challenges with our grey waste on-pitch drain (puddled at the corner of the pitch on several occasions), which we put down to the frequent rain during our stay - and guessed that the site's proximity to the large Chew Valley Lake likely makes for a relatively high water table. On the plus side, this also makes for well-watered lawns throughout.
The practice of the Site's mini-tractor siting your unhitched unit upon arrival across the park, while you follow dutifully behind upon arrival/departure is admittedly a little quirky, although not unwelcome, and the mandatory parking of all cars in the central Carpark away from vans, once unpacked - actually works well to minimise traffic across the site (barring Mohos, naturally).
Summary: a pretty, tranquil and well run site, in a largely rural small village location. Would we return? Probably not - but simply as it was rather too rural for our tastes, and we rarely return to the same place twice in any case. It's definitely worth a visit for any seeking proximity to Bristol, Bath & Wells for a few days and Year Round opening is also a plus. 8/10.
Connectivity footnote: Between us, we run Giffgaff (O2), Lebara (Vodafone) and Smarty (3) SIMs, and of these, only the 3 Network was able to provide a stable data signal for our Router here. via mobile
A peaceful, immaculately kept site in a lovely area.
The Lake is nearby and a great visit, particularly if you have a dog. The dog walk on site is quite small, but the surrounding area has plenty of picturesque walks to make up for it.
Not far from Bath, which is lovely and also visited the East Somerset Railway which was a nice couple of hours out. The cafe there is excellent.
Facilities are good - each cubicle has own shower, sink and toilet, so really private and they're clean and well maintained, just a little dated.
The staff were friendly and knowledgeable about the area. When you arrive, the staff hook-up your tourer to a little tractor and pitch it for you - we were a little apprehensive about someone else doing it for us, but they obviously are experienced and was a great service - when you leave, they take the caravan to the exit for you to hook up to the car as well.
Overall, a great site and we will definitely be returning.
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
Holiday Homes for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
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 
Motorbikers Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
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 <1 mile 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
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 <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Electric Car Charging Point
Immaculate site. Peaceful. 
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