Chatsworth House Club site. Always full ????

We gave up trying to get book onto the popular sites for weekends and holidays in the main season before we retired.  We used CLs and rallies instead, hardly ever found them full and had some fantastic holidays.  Last year we finished work and managed to get on the Chatsworth site for 4 days but not over the week end. Still it was very enjoyable and will try again soon.    

Like many of you I have tried several times to book at Chat. but with no luck. This year, we are traveling up to the Lakes and Yorkshire Dales and I thought I would give it another try as a stopover on the way up north. Imagine my surprise when I got a pitch on the Sunday night. So surprised,infact, I booked TWO nights so that we could see the house and gardens. As a matter of interest, there is a programme coming on TV shortly all about the Chatsworth estate so may be well worth watching to give some ideas on what to look at when visiting Chatsworth House.

It is a great site when you get in - we were advise by another member to keep ringing the site and not to rely on the online booking as things change all the time so the availability doesn't always show due to the time delay online- same for Castleton too. Just popular site in wonderful areas!

Why not go mid week? There are lots of midweek slots available at Chatsworth still (as at mid May)!

We have just got back from Chatsworth house.  We booked well in advance because we always had a problem with it been ful When booking onlinel.  A couple next to us had phoned the site just a couple of days before and were able to get in.  It seems that it is always worth phoning the site just to make sure.  It is a brilliant site, we had four days there and would have loved to have stayed longer if we had the time.  The wardens were frinedly and help full.  We will be going back again.

We have just got back from Chatsworth house.  We booked well in advance because we always had a problem with it been ful When booking onlinel.  A couple next to us had phoned the site just a couple of days before and were able to get in.  It seems that it is always worth phoning the site just to make sure.  It is a brilliant site, we had four days there and would have loved to have stayed longer if we had the time.  The wardens were frinedly and help full.  We will be going back again.

Had a lovely week at incleborofields - mid June - peaceful. Site beautifully kept just a pity the managers were coping with the serial closure of the facilities due to the original updating/refurb work not being right first time.  Went over to Seacroft Cromer for a look see - the reception staff were very helpful but the 'clubhouse' was disappointing. Walking in we saw 4 people sitting around a table, one of them wearing a life guard tshirt so we asked for a drink/information - he was disinterested and unwelcoming  though we had said we were new. A second couple came in and we had to point out the same man to them as he again did not look up and ask if anyone needed anything. All very off putting - the second couple said they were glad they had only booked one night.  Think we will stick to incleborofields! 

been to Chatsworth many times over the last 20yrs,but have never seen the pitches in such a poor condition.Grass and weeds growing in all the hard standing.At one time the wardens would rake each pitch as it became vacant(not the present wardens) and as they did the walk around if there was as much as a blade of grass visible on a pitch this was removed.Everything else is in pristine condition,and the wardens are very friendly and helpful.

Has anyone else done what we have twice - taken van off site at 12 noon Sunday and, with permission, parked it at the house on the long drive below to allow us to extend the day fully.  Emphasise how strict the wardens at Chatsworth are about leaving and arrival times to avoid chaos.  The eveing do's at the farm shop in December are wonderful too - bit procey but behind the scenes and lots and lots of goodies to buy in the run up to Xmas.

I'm sat in my awning on the site at Chatsworth right now, and it's delightful. I find the Internet booking system is superb as it is a live system. This means that as pitches become available through cancellations, they become instantly available on the net. I have grabbed many such pitches. It's well worth checking.