We stayed for 4 nights, booked onto a hardstanding pitch (HP) with no awning. As soon as you arrive the onging building work hits you as it's by the entrance. We were shown on the map where the pitches we could use were, some located right in front of said building work, so that was a no no. The other seven pitches were at the farthest part of the site on quite a slope.We were shocked that such a vast site of almost 200 HP pitches that only 14 were 'no awning' ones. The top 2 were taken by units that were obviously stored so we opted for one in the middle. This area was so unkempt, it was obvious the grass hadn't been cut in ages and was full of weeds, there were loads of broken branches and twigs and the debris from pruning of the trees all around us. We had to remove several branches from the gravel before we could park. Due to the location of the pitch marker it was obvious we would't get any sun as we were in our own shadow all day! If pitch marker had been on the opposite corner that problem would be solved. Despite our best efforts with our levellers we were on quite a slope, the gravel was quite pitted in places-this reinforced our opinion that these pitches had not had any maintenance done for quite a long time. The amount of broken branches and twigs lying around could be a danger for young children if there were to take a tumble on the grass, serious injury waiting to happen! We really felt like we were in No Man's Land, the poor relations as we surveyed the neat, pristine pitches around us with their mown grass-all very nice. Added to this we had the noise from another building site adjacent to us, a new housing estate; so you could assume that noise will be going on for next year at least. The constant rumble of diggers, JCBs beeping backwards and forwards all day was awful. There was no indication of this potential disturbance when we booked.
As you'd expect the facilities were good and very clean, the staff we encountred were all friendly. However we feel this site is just too big, it's bland and characterless. Not a flower in site, not even a daffodil!
There is an excellent bus service which stops right outside the site every 20 minutes to Scarborough with connections to Whitby & Bridlington...which we did most days to get away from the builders and our awful pitch.
It's going to take this site several years before it becomes even remotely attractive. If you are thinking of going here, our advice would be book a pitch with awning, even if you haven't got one, otherwise you be dumped in the back of beyond like we were. Will not be visiting this site again.
