We've stayed here multiple times, and we enjoy the unique location on Spike Island with The Avon to the front of the site, and Baltic Wharf to the rear. My partners son lives in Bristol, so the site has proved very convenient for us. However, the cost now of staying on CAMC sites is getting very expensive. Our 3 x nights in May cost us £145 ........just over £48 per night. It gets more expensive over the Summer months, obviously. Don't get me wrong, we're not suddenly going to stop attending because of the expense - we're lucky, we can afford it, but I think a lot of people will not be attending the Club sites as much. At the end of the day, the facilities are basic, though very clean. I just wonder, if and when the cost of electricity & gas eventually reduces (one can hope), then will the Club reduces their expensive fees accordingly?
We booked in advance, a boat trip, from Baltic Wharf to Avonmouth. I've always wanted to do this, if only to go through the locks out of the Wharf, and into the Avon. It was an amazing trip. Our boat was was followed through the lock system by the replica galleon, The Matthew. We waited around in the Wharf, until the first bridge (Junction Swing Bridge) opened, and allowed entry into the Cumberland Basin. Then we had to wait around the Basin until the second Swing Bridge opened, The Plimsol Swing Bridge (Brunel Way), and that was a great experience to behold, with the road alarms going off then witnessing the traffic coming to a halt. Quite a crowd gathered to witness The Matthew sail through into the lock, with our boat. Once in the lock, and the gates closed behind you, the rate at which the water was pumped out was phenomenal. Then, when at the same level as the Avon, the front gates opened, and we were off up the Avon, on our way to Avonmouth. A trip that lasted around 3.1/2 hours, with great commentary along the way, all for £23. Fantastic value. You must try this trip at least once !
As already been stated on here, the wardens at Baltic Wharf are lovely, helpful & hard working.
Just a tip when selecting your pitch, if you select a pitch next door to the Sailing Club, it will get noisy of a weekend, as they are active very early !
We will be back of course, and hopefully the site will stay open beyond 2023. You wonder, with the way the economy has gone, with the cost of everything spiralling up, whether the Council has delayed the building of apartments on the Club site because of increased costs ? And, as someone pointed out on here, there are quite a few apartments already up for sale.
