Mayfield Park

Just returned today from Mayfield Park. Although not quite what I expected though. Granted, the pitches are well set out with gravel on most of the caravan ones and grass at the side but lots of them are sloping and make it hard to straighten your van up, in fact the caravans on seasonal pitches are a good foot in the air on breezeblocks!

The welcome from the lady in reception was also a bit miserable and I wasn't told where the toilets or water points etc were apart from what number to pitch on and to make sure I stuck to the rule of scanning your pass at the barrier both in and out every time. The shop/office was also quite messy with papers all over the desk, a few items of food on a shelf and not that welcoming either.

Last night there was noise from people in tents until 2am (they had pitched in the field behind the caravan pitches) which I found unacceptable as the park had no rules on noise - they had plenty of other rules about payment and cancellation fees though!! This, coupled with the constant and loud noise from the A417/9 which was only a few yards away, made it a very long and tiring night.

The toilet block has been refurbished/extended and was to an acceptable standard and the pitch fee was about average for a site of this standard.

On our way out the incline is very steep onto the fast running road alongside and pulling out means you scratch the underside and back of your van so beware and drive carefully if you visit this site!

Overall, the site was OK, it tends to cater for the year-round park homes which there are lots and for people who have pitched tourers for the full season. I doubt we will return as there are plenty of other sites to try close by which offer the same if not better value for money and hopefully a bit of a friendler warden!

WE STAYED ON THIS SITE FOR 9 NIGHTS AND THOROUGHLY ENJOYED OUR STAY THE SITE IS VERY WELL KEPT AND TIDY,WHAT WE LIKED WAS THE TOILETS ARE CLEANED AT LEAST TWICE A DAY PITCHES ARE EXELLENT AND TIDY,THE WARDENS ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND HELPFULL AND THE ON SITE MEALS ARE VERY GOOD WHEN WE GO BACK TO THAT AREA WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO GO BACK THANKS FOR A GREAT STAY MR FALL.

park response (4 Dec 2006)

Many thanks Fall Family. We look forward to your next visit. Adrian, Jan, Peter & June.