Knaresborough
Had a two night stay, the bistro was excellent, had drinks in the garden on our first night and ate in the bistro on our second night, food was brilliant, lovely friendly setting.
Knaresborough Club Campsite
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Hungry
Stopped here for 1 night in August and was looking forward to being able to make use of the "bar,restaraunt and take away food available on site" as described in the Club handbook. Having driven a couple of hundred miles, imagine the dissapoint to be told, "it's Tuesday, the restaraunt is closed, they all work very hard so you can't begruge them a day off". Shutting facilities in the height of the season in August ??, never mind the pub down the road was good, full of friendly locals and the food was great.
Great 5 day break
Stayed from Friday to Tuesday. Had an excellent break apart from torrential storms for two nights. Stayed on grass which got a little boggy, but rain was exceptionally heavy. Nice meal and drinks in the bistro and lots of places to visit. A walk along the river at Ripon was worth a visit if you like a riverside pub with visiting kingfishers. I would definitely come here again. Noise from the farm was a nuisance, but this is clearly shown on the website.
Misrepresented
Sadly, my first poor review. We were advised grass was firm, vehicles never get stuck - managed to move after parking eventually - using tracks!
Moved to a supposedly better location, the "slight farm noise" turned out to be a continually droning generator, very noisy, had to move again. Noise is all day long until 2200hrs.
Have to agree with other reviewers, it's not a play area, it's an isolated slide! Our 4 year old grand daughter remained unimpressed.
The dog walk - a track running alongside the site, shared with - yes you've got it, the farm vehicles, so muddy potholes, not pleasant at all.
Wardens were friendly, but never mentioned the noise at all.
This site is poorly misrepresented by the Caravan Club, surprising for them. We cancelled our stay after one night and moved to a better site. After 15 years with the club, this was our first bad experience, so statistically we've been very lucky, but I just felt if you are choosing a site, better to have an informed decision.
Great little site
Just spent a week on this great little site,we had to go on grass for the first night but the stand in warden told me i could move the next day,so we moved.There was a little noise from the near by farm but we expected this as its been going on for a number of years.Not a site for children,the play area is poor but at 73 this didnt affect me
Lovely site but not for families
We chose this site for its location we have always loved Knaresborough. On arrival (after 1pm as instructed) we were told to find a pitch with a white peg and told this was very important, we drove around the site 3 times and the only pitch we could find with a white peg was on a very small grassed area. Our caravan is 23ft long and there was no way it was big enough along with the awning and car. So we drove back around again and was told to go on another grassed area with a blue peg?! Which was by the Wardens 'house' which is obviously a last resort. The hardstanding pitches did look lovely and spacious but unfortunately the site had overbooked for those. When we were finally pitched and set up we decided to take our 3 year old to the 'playarea' this consisted of a piece of grass with a slide on it and some monkey bars that looked like they had been there for 25 years without a lick of paint. She seemed happy enough but I can`t understand how this can be allowed to be advertised as a playarea for children, dissapointing for a caravan club site. I also saw the wardens telling children not to ride their scooters etc so I definately got the feeling this was not really for families. We had booked into the bistro but when we arrived decided against it. The warden is very strict and straight talking, good in some ways I suppose but not others. I could understand if some people took offence to this. They also close the toilets and showers mid morning which is the time when everyone wants to use them which seems like a really odd time to do it. Other than the site we love Knaresborough and the surrounding area. We ended up leaving a night early even though we had paid for it, I doubt we would return.
Pleasant site
We stayed on the site for 2 nights. When we arrived the site was crowded (we normally travel out of school holidays) but expected it to be busy. We were told to drive around and find a pitch. This took us quite a while as hardly any were available. We had to set up on a grass pitch, and the only space suitable for our motorhome was in a small area for 5 outfits. We parked and started looking for the electric hook-up, which surprisingly was across the other side of the area from where we pitched (the only available pitch) and our cable wouldn't reach). Had to borrow one from the assistant warden, who told us that our cable wasn't long enough, have to add we have never had that problem before. The site was in a very good position, close enough to walk into Knaresborough which is a lovely little town.
frangisk
Reviewed on 24/08/2015 12:40
Lovely location.
This was our third visit to this site ,from November last year!
So ,as you can gather ,we love it!
Very friendly staff and helpful ,welcome you ,to a very peaceful site,with the bunnies as an extra!
Very cute,turn the tv off and watch them instead!
Great for walking into Knarsborough ,via the gorge and not far from Harrogate.
We have'nt visited the Bistro yet ,but we love the Guy Fawkes inn.
Only two downers ,caused by members ,dog poo not cleared up ,on the grass and caravan waiting to arrive at 11.30 am ,as we were leaving!!
1 PM ARRIVAL TIME!!
There was a queue one day!!at 12.30!!
Its in the handbook and your confirmation.
We only just managed to get past ,as we left.
We will return again soon,thanks for a great stay.
Chrissyann
Reviewed on 19/08/2015 11:48
Lovely site.
We had a 5 night break here recently and couldn't fault it. Bus stop right outside into Knaresborough, about every 2 hours, so not that frequent, although along the road, through the Gorge there is a lovely walk along the river into town. Knaresborough itself has everything you need, shops, pubs, restaurants, etc and you can take a rowing boat out on the river. Trains will take you to York, or Leeds at a reasonable rate (buy your ticket on the train itself and ask for a `duo ticket` where you get the second ticket at half price!) The site itself is well laid out, the pitches are spacious and everything is clean and tidy. But please, Caravan Club, get rid of those stupid stools in the showers - they are too low to sit on and slide about all over the place! Maybe less privacy cubicles and more showers would be ideal. As to the farm noise, at the time of our visit, I believe the tractor was trying to get the harvest in before the heavy rain but it didn't bother us at all. All in all a lovely site, and we would certainly go again!
Weirdfish
Reviewed on 18/08/2015 11:41
Bar and Bistro
What a delightful site with wonderful staff and spotless facilities. The site is ideally placed for visiting numerous places and attractions in the area. It is easy to find, well laid out and very well organised. The Bar and Bistro are a great idea and it is a shame more club sites don't have such facilities. The beer and the food were first class and good value for money. There was no noise and everything was spot on.
There are very limited facilities in the children's play are for anyone with children but that did not affect us. There was plenty of children on site and they did not seem to have a problem.
My only criticism is that we pitched near to the lane that runs down the side of the site and this was very busy with farm traffic but this was probably just the time of year. The tractors and vehicles do seem to go at a pace and make quite a bit of noise and dust. Something that cannot be avoided I guess.
Another thing I noticed was delivery vans and wagons delivering to the site do not seem to take any notice of the ramps and the 5 mph limit - they should be told and this is not just a problem on this site.
All in all a great site and we will definitely visit again when we return to North Yorkshire.
