Chapel Lane Club Campsite

Rated 4 of 5

Rated 2 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 4 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 4 of 5

Location

Rated 3 of 5

Good for families

Site needs to work out its identity

One thing no-one has mentioned is the traffic noise from the nearby main road. It's significant and disturbed me. Apart from that a strange site. No travellers that I was aware of but serried ranks of undisguised units in storage, a non-awning area like an orphaned stretch of aircraft runway, and a small single facilities block (the other being closed). It doesn't feel like a holiday site. The club should work out what it wants here. Is it a storage facility? A travellers' site? A holiday site? Maybe completely screen off the storage, shrink the site to a core away from the traffic, do away with seasonal pitches altogether. The potential is there. The facilities were very clean, the wardens friendly; I had a nice walk in the sunshine around the golf course. Didn't need to access Birmingham but others report it's good.

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alwaysannoyed

Reviewed on 19/09/2024 20:02

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Rated 4 of 5

Rated 5 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 4 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 5 of 5

Location

Rated 5 of 5

Good for families

Very Convenient for Us

The site is well located for South Birmingham and near to where many of our family and friends live making it a great base. Good facilities although only 1 toilet block was open, glad we were pitched close to it.

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ClubMember04CAE3CC67

Campervanner

Reviewed on 13/09/2024 17:02

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Rated 4 of 5

Rated 5 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 2 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 5 of 5

Location

Rated 1 of 5

Good for families

Could do with some TLC

This site is useful to visit various places in and around the midlands, the bus service is very good connecting to train stations. The site is looking very tired and could do with a good tidy up. Weeds all over the pitches and beginning to look a little unkempt, however, the wardens who checked us in were very nice, friendly and helpful. There is only one toilet block open, which wasn’t a problem for us as we were nearby but must be inconvenient for people on the other side of the site, I’m at a loss as to why it’s closed, maybe to cut down on cleaning.

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KarenKing

Reviewed on 13/09/2024 06:52

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Rated 4 of 5

Rated 5 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 5 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 5 of 5

Location

Rated 4 of 5

Good for families

Unusual but useful.

This is a very large site with a lot of hard standing. We prefer grass and so booked a grass pitch which suited us well. Only one toilet block was open and that seemed little used so no problem except we had "Shower Anxiety" and set an alarm every morning as there was no alternative during the inconvenient "Cleaning Hour" 10 till 11am. Great place to stay for visiting Seven Valley Railway, Black Country Museum, Birmingham Botanical Gardens and the Transport Museum right next door to the site. Rather "flat" feel to the site, most people keeping themselves to themselves in self contained units, few children despite being the summer holidays. That may suit some people so not a criticism but we were quite relieved when some more sociable people moved in next door. We had none of the noise issues other reviews mentioned. Yes it is a shlep to empty the bins, we don't like to drop it off on the way out as there is nowhere to wash your hands after. This is not a site to book for a holiday in my opinion but great as a place to stay with a purpose in mind.

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Paschoud

Reviewed on 24/08/2024 19:15

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Rated 4 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 3 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 5 of 5

Location

Rated 4 of 5

Good for families

Think twice about visiting this site again

We have stayed at this site 5 times now and have been generally pleased; however this time we had some issues. Good access for Birmingham and the NEC. Firstly only one of the two toilet block open, which would have been more of a problem if the site had been busy (it was very quite for a week in August, never seen it like this). Secondly and my biggest issue was the fact that all of the waste bins had been removed and they now have large bins near the entrance (a bit like how the Caravan and camping club do it). this is most inconvenient and even if you take stuff to the bins on the way off site, these bins are located so you ned to drive around the site to exit after ditching the rubbish. not too sure of this scheme. of course the good old explanation that this is good for the environment was used. Not a thought for the members. If this is the way the Caravan club is going we will have to consider our membership next year.

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Paul Messitt

Reviewed on 09/08/2024 13:51

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Rated 4 of 5

Rated 5 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 4 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 5 of 5

Location

Rated 5 of 5

Good for families

No problems. Friendly, quiet and clean.

Having read previous reviews we were apprehensive about going to this site however we had no problems from start to end. Check in was friendly. We chose a pitch at the back right of the site. It was quiet whilst we were there. The toilets were clean. Lovely location. No problems!

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ClubMember849EE29311

Campervanner

Reviewed on 02/08/2024 20:03

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Rated 4 of 5

Rated 3 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 1 of 5

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Rated 3 of 5

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Rated 2 of 5

Good for families

A little disapointed

Have stayed at this site in the passed and have never had any issues. But this time the site seems to be a little run down and tired. Yes there were travellers on site but this had no bearing on general look and maintenance of the site . Grass in some areas was not cut and looked untidy, Weeds on pitches , welcome sign had become delaminated , only one toilet block open, and the one open had only 3 showers ( had to wait 2 mornings to get a shower. The ceiling in the gents was black and mouldy poss due to extractors not working. Not sure if its a lack of effort or the club not spending money on general maintenance. Its a shame because the site is close to our family , ideal for visiting B, Ham and the surrounding area and is close to the motorway network. A site we enjoyed but not anymore.

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Grumpy007

Reviewed on 27/07/2024 13:42

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Rated 4 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 5 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 5 of 5

Location

Rated 3 of 5

Good for families

Great Staff & Location

I read other reviews after arriving. We received a great friendly welcome and cant compliment the staff enough. Great instruction and communication from staff on site pitch and facilities. Yes some folks there looked more 'permanent' but as us kept ourselves to ourselves. Two nights we stopped over and enjoyed it. Again friendly staff excellent clean facilities and if in the area would use again.

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ClubMemberED484BD252

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 24/07/2024 21:45

3 reviews

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Rated 4 of 5

Rated 1 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 3 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 4 of 5

Location

Rated 1 of 5

Good for families

Major Issue

We stayed at this site in June as a two night stopover as we travelled up country. I had noted on reviews mention of travellers using it but hoped this wouldn't be a problem. We did see upon arrival that there were indeed a group on site. We had no issues during the day but on our first night there was a brief period when loud music was being played-thankfully this did not last too long. However on our second night from about 1am to gone 3am there was serious disturbance with vehicle movements and extremely loud music. Sleep was impossible and I can only liken it to be in the middle of 'rave'. I assumed, incorrectly, that the wardens would at least make some attempt to deal with the problem-they did not. In the morning I along with others spoke to one of the wardens. He told me that they would not turn out at night to deal with such issues as they finished at eight-he did however confirm the source of the disturbance was the travellers. He indicated that there were ongoing issues at the site with them so as you can imagine we will not be using this site again. In my 16years as a member of the club I have never experienced such a negative issue as this. I have of course emailed the club.

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Adrian22

Reviewed on 05/07/2024 18:29

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Rated 4 of 5

Rated 1 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 2 of 5

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Rated 2 of 5

Location

Rated 2 of 5

Good for families

Not for us

Stayed here one night and would have moved on had we not already had a long journey. As previous reviewers mentioned this is not like any other Club sites we have stayed on. The middle is a jumped up car park, storage facilities and many empty pitches apart from at least 10 units containing travelling families. During our stay they filled 3 paddling pools, moved their sun loungers to the middle of the main access road to enjoy the sun and one woman was even standing on her roof cleaning it. Children were roaming about unattended apart from woman bawling at each other between units. No peace and quiet here until after 10 o’clock night. It seems this is commonplace on the site as Caravan Club allow this. We will not return and unless the CAMC apply the same standards here as they do on the rest of their sites think it will only get worse.

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AG14

Caravanner

Reviewed on 02/07/2024 14:56

4 reviews

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