Our first visit to Derbyshire and the Peak District and we couldn’t have picked a better site to start our visit. A lovely welcome awaited us and with the departure of 73 units this day, we had a huge choice of pitches - all with the fairly new doubke-post pitch markers. As others have mentioned, all the pitches are among the lovely pine trees of the area - but mustn’t forget that pitching under trees in the rain is not be recommended! The site is exceptionally well maintained with possibly the cleanest washroom facilities I’ve seen. Especially liked the little baskets provided for your chemical waste cassette lids and tops etc - this also saves the site staff having to retrieve said objects from the pipes! There is a super 7.5 mile circular walk/cycle-track round the reservoir, just 200 yards or so along a footpath from the site entrance - so avoiding the fast road- but be warned, the track had done steepish hills that were even a challenge for E-bikes! The bus service which can be hailed from outside the entrance is excellent serving Ashbourne and Matlock among other places - but another exceptional gem is the community bus service - which will collect you from and drop you back at the site reception for £2.50 each way (or free after 9:30 using your bus pass) all it takes a a phone call and they’ll give you available times and days. Used this to get to and from Dovedale - brilliant! Spent four nights here and loved it!