Burrs Country Park Club Campsite
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The Positives for me.
The location, it's been great to access the North West from this location.
The site Monday to Friday is pretty quiet.
The steam trains going by are nice.
The Negatives.
The grass cutting seams to never end, even on sunday there was hours and hours of noise and its still not been completed haha. I know it needs to be done but seams to take forever ?
The service point in the "serviced Pitches" area have no bins. You pay a premium for a pitch like this and you have to walk a long way to empty the bins.
The Wind, Now i know it's the UK, but the wind on the site seams to be really bad. Even further down the site. I was really concerend about the awning and caravan in general.
The access road is a little aincent and I dont think it did much good to the caravan.
I also don't know why the first access barrier is down during normal hours? For people like me that travels alone its a bit of a faff every time i go out to come back in and swipe the card on the LHS. The second is also a bit close to swipe the card while in the car.
I'll be back as its a great access for the NW. But the annoying things from my experiance ruin what would be a greater site.
Another great stay at Burrs Country Park
An excellent site, spacious pitches and not too tightly packed. Good kicking off spot for visiting north Manchester area, and also easy to get into the centre of Manchester on the tram. Great to see the steam trains on the East Lancashire Railway. The country park has some lovely walks and an excellent pub and cafe. Even though the site was more or less full it was nice and peaceful, with birdsong, and an owl hooting at night.
Excellent again
Another great stay at Burrs. Facilities were clean and well looked after as always. Site clean and well laid out. Plenty of space between pitches and lots of green space. Great place to watch and catch the steam trains on the East Lancs Railway.
Helpful and Friendly staff
The Site manager, Ellie. was very helpful when I had to call as we had a problem with our outfit before setting off. She called me back and said that she was able to amend our booking (for a charge - fair enough it was on the day) so we didn't have to shorten our stay.
When we arrived on Thursday it was quiet. There were lots of pitches to choose from. Come Friday there was a huge influx of motorhomes with a few caravans and the site became full for the weekend. However it still remained quiet and peaceful. We very much like that the site layout isn't in rows. There are curves and areas off the main ring.
Although you travel through an urban area to get there the site is on the edge of the countryside. There are walks from the site along the river and further afield. You can also walk into Bury to visit the famous market.
Watching the steam and diesel locomotives with their carriages chug by brought back chikdhood memories. Have to have a ride on the train when we come back.
The friendly, helpful team are one of the reasons to return to the site.
Footslog
Reviewed on 11/03/2024 13:59
Worth the Visit
Even though we live less than 10 miles from the site, we've stayed here on several occasions: mainly as a try-out for a new campervan/motorhome. Having stayed here in October 2021 and January 2024, we enjoyed our latest visit and have decided we'll be using it more often and it is well located for us to explore the local area.
This time, with our new motorhome, we decided on a 2-night stay and even with several years experience behind us, we still had a few teething problems but easily sorted. Although we stayed our of season, we found the peace and quiet great but with the ELR on the doorstep, we'd recommend using this to explore the area when it reopens.
For us, as we've two dogs, we enjoy the walking, and ventured into Bury via a riverside walk.
Additionally, on our leaving date, we had a breakfast at the café just outside the site and would heartily recommend that too
All in all, a good break and planning a return soon
Shame about the weather
This is a spacious and well maintained site with good access to local walks and cycle rides as well as plenty of scope if you are prepared travel a bit further. Unfortunately our stay was cut short because of awful weather. However, we will be back at some point in the future to pick up where we left off.
Cold and frosty but a warm welcome!
This is our third visit this year, it has so much to offer… a pub, cafe and parkland on its doorstep, all of which are dog friendly. There’s also a lovely garden centre within a 10 min drive. The site staff are friendly too. We will be back!
Well located. Friendly Staff
Although we're not too far away, it's well worth using this site for visits to Manchester and Bury Market. On the edge of town but only a short (30 minute) walk to the centre of Bury. The showers were great, the staff welcoming and the site well laid out. And if you don't want to cook there's even a pub just outside the gate!
Lovely and friendly site
We use Burrs Park as our go to site as it is local but doesn’t feel like you are close to a town. Wardens are lovely, facilities are always clean and tidy and steam trains are an unusual feature to a site. Good for dog walking in the adjoining park, dog walk area on site isn’t great as it has no lights and people seem to think it is fine not to clean up after using it. This is not the sites problem but just other visitors being lazy.
Wardens do a great job of keeping the site clean and tidy.
Overall good site
Stayed here a few times before. Great overall site. Go on the train, it’s great…not always cheaper using the CAMC discount, so check the website first. The guy who checked us in seemed to be having a bad day, he wasn’t impressed as we forgot to bring in our membership number (oops….long journey beforehand, so we were a bit tired), sorry but we all make mistakes.