Chatsworth House Club site. Always full ????

Never managed to get in at Chatsworth to include a weekend as we both work and have a long way to travel. Baltic Wharf is much the same, no weekends now until 21st Dec which we have now just booked. Rowntree is another one, no chance. There are several sites out there where you have to book very early almost as soon as the new years bookings go live (early December) or you have to make do elsewhere. I still believe the system should have a cut-off point to which people are able to make advanced-bookings though not sure if this will make a difference!!?? We can always hope.

I visited Chatsworth last summer, and really enjoyed the stay- so convenient for the Peak District, and great to be able to walk across the park to visit the house.

Each July we bring the caravan over from Northern Ireland for our months holiday and we often stay at Chatsworth. We book from Monday to Friday without any difficulty. On arrival we ask the Warden if we can stay over the weekend if there is a cancellation and in four of the last five years we have been lucky. Our circular tour includes Hargill House, Beechwood Grange, Ferry Meadows, Chatsworth, Bolton Abbey and Low Park Wood or Troutbeck Head. Roll on July. One gripe, the ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan costs an arm and a leg.

Henry S

stayed on this site for a long weekend , really enjoyed our stay went in the house and walked through the grounds in the evening would reccomend it.

We had no difficulty in booking at Chatsworth last December 2011 to take advantage of the Christmas Decorations at Chatsworth House. Fabulous event and the meal was well worth the extra cost. Also very friendly and helpful wardens who go the extra mile for their visitors. Would like to visit this site again some time.

Several times we have tried to book sites online only to be told no joy.   Immediately then phoned the wardens direct to be told plenty of room.   The last time was Februay 2012 site at Castleton.  Think there must be a gremlin "online". Never take its word for gospel always go direct.  

Yes we had the notion as you .Many times we had treid to book this site but it was always full ,although to be fair we only treid at Bank Hol .Last year we decided to try and book the site for my wifes birhday in lat September and lo and behold we got a pitch. We enjoyed our stay its a pleasant site and the access to Chatsworth is a bonus.Just shows if do do not succeed the first time try again

We are going this weekend for the first time ! Any tips for good walks with the kids from the site ???

Postal bookings before online bookings?  Doesn't that beat all! Tried for years to visit Rowntree. NO JOY. Even stayed up a couple of years ago to catch the deadline. I tried this year to book Edinburgh at just after 9.00am on the day bookings opened. What a waste of time, and even when I enquired as to why, I got a wet blanket excuse trying to say I was too late. I think this is all very wrong and we should have a level playing field, with no back doors,

Write your comments here... I agree there should be a level playing field, we have tried to book sites online only to find them full - on phoning the site vacancies were available!  Some years ago I tried to book a popular site in France early on the first day of booking only to find one of our chosen weeks already full - on querying this I was told that people had reserved in advance - I suggested that either there should be no reserving of sites in advance of opening day or this facility should be publicised in the mag for all to use.  I got a mealymouthed reply, hopefully things are better these days but I'm not banking on it.  (We have never managed to get on Chatsworth or Rowntree despite trying)

We used to book by post every year because we both work full time and do not have access to a computer during the day, however last year we were told by the cravan club that postal votes were being phased out and would no longer be accepted so we had to wait until evening before we could even try and get onto sites like Chatsworth and York so no matter which way it is done there is never a level playing field. We believe the only fair way is to take a reasonable deposit but the caravan club do not appear to agree so retired or people who do not work in the week and can go during the week are at an advantage to people who can only go at weekends. Roll on retirement or better still take a deposit so that there are not so many cancellations.