Naburn Lock Caravan Site, York

Like many others I read reviews to this site prior to booking and upon my arrival and stay I was bitterly disappointed. We actually left five days early because of the bad points listed below and I would never go again.

Good points.

Spacious pitches. Clean toilet block…… most of the time, a bit ugly as built with breezeblocks etc and crumbling paint in shower areas.

Easy to move van around site.

Good dog walking area.

Bad points

The price quoted via the eventual email was not the price we were charged, she said she made a mistake and charged us the higher price.

You will be asked to leave if your dog escapes lead (understandable) but the owner strolls around with her loose Jack Russell which I observed attempting to enter one caravan awning and relieving himself against it.

They allow children in the adult only areas even when plenty of room, this caused two of us to leave at the same time. Nothing against children, have two of my own but I travelled 300+ miles to this particular site because it had an adult’s only area for peace and quite as I managed to leave my children at home. On complaining the owner removed one set but when the second lot turned up he simply talked to them and let them stay. There is a sign into the adult only area but some people simply choose to ignore this because they do not mind the noise of their own children but do not want it from others. We had no idea how many others would be allowed to stay so we left.

Do not try to book via email, takes two weeks plus to get a reply. It may be easy to book via the phone but I emailed several sites for comparison and more information, which was not forth coming.

Some adult only areas are near to a main road.

You cannot see lock or river from the caravan site, it’s only a short walk but the site web site led me to believe it was visible for a nice view.

Would I go again, most definitely not. There are plenty of lovely sites that actually stick to their own rules and I will be visiting one of them next trip.