Let's get some perspective here. The site is built on reclaimed land from an old working pit and they have done a great job of the reclamation. The process of reclamation will take a good deal longer before the trees fully grow. Although it is claimed as a 'park' it can't match the scale and size of (say) a Chatsworth - but then again many don't. It looked a bit scruffy this weekend. The site layout shows that the designers had a blank canvas in determining the layout and, in time, the trees will grow and hide some of the nearby eyesores. There is a lot on information on the ecology of the site and the area to the CAMC site has a lake and a hiking trail. So far so good. The facilities are some of the best I have seen on any site and centrally located. The site is kept clean and tidy. So back to the reclamation - there are Industrial Estates right next door to the site. Not perhaps the most appealing welcome, Add to that the 33Kv pylons running overhead (but not over the CAMC site itself), there is a distinct air of post-industrial chic about this place. The nearest pub serves cheap beer (i'm told) and allows dogs but does not serve food. Didn't look appealing from the outside. The nearest one that serves food doesn't allow dogs (fair enough). There is little in the town to attract you in and certainly no pleasant walks aside from the one around the lake or on the trail. As as stop-off from the M1 this set works well, very close indeed but the surroundings to this site and the lack of anything decent to walk to (recreation trails apart) means that, for us, we will not return here.