Visitor Reviews - Great Birchwood Country Park
Great Birchwood Country Park 
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Lytham Road
Lytham St Annes
Nr Preston
Blackpool
Lancashire (Browse area)
PR4 1TE See Map
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Tel: 01772 633162
Pitches: 100
Open: Open All Year Round
Rating: 
5/10 from 27 Reviews
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Nixx |
9 reviews from this member |
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We stayed over the August Bank Holiday in a tent, with friends in their caravan, and their daughter and her friends in another tent.
Not so good bits:
Our friends arrived first and on booking in had to listen to the moans and groans of the person checking them in, apparantly annoyed that someone had allowed us to book tents and caravans together. When we arrived later, we were told to ring our frinds to find out where they were, as the receptionist had 'no idea'. We saw little of the owner(s) during the stay; a man came and asked us to make sure we moved our car (we were still unpacking!) even though most other campers kept theirs on the field next to their tents.
The site is generally shabby, tatty, very untidy and grubby. It needs a good clean, a landscape and a few licks of paint. It has a large section which seems to be residential, mostly used by people into the whole country and western thing. The site was busy with visitors there just for the club and events going on there, so lots of comings and goings. I think the site is mostly about the clubouse events and the residents than other campers, to be fair. There is a car boot sale on the car park every Sunday morning.
The site was very busy, with caravans being placed very close together. The caravan bits felt very cramped. Tents were close together but not on top of each other.
The fields for tents were very, very boggy. There's an unfenced pond in the middle of the camping bit which would make me a bit wary if I was there with small kids. There's no dedicated dog walking area.
There are toilets and showers attached to the clubhouse and a newer block more centrally placed. I didn't see either block being cleaned during the weekend, although the newer block was the cleaner of the two. The showers in there are free and good and hot. There was no soap in the dispenser by the sinks over the whole weekend. There are two pot washes - one under cover and one not. The cover - a bit like a bus stop shelter - was filthy with muck and cobwebs, but the water was hot and plentiful.
We didn't go into the clubhouse during our stay, but there was entertainment every night and two afternoons. The evening entertainment went on til around midnight but wasn't overly noisy.
Good points, then.
Great for kids - they could roam the site and played all day.
Very laid back. No mithering from anyone, and the other campers were all very friendly.
Security very visible and actually living in a cabin on site. The security guy came and said hello on his rounds with his dogs at night.
The children's play area looked good, and was at one end of the site, so you could choose to camp well away from it if you chose. Nice to see lots of kids playing outdoors instead of stuck on xboxes and moaning about being bored.
Campfires allowed!
Quieten down time was 1am. That's not to say the site was rowdy - far from it, but it meant we four could sit around our fires and talk until the early hours without fear of disturbing anyone. I guess the clubhouse being open late means that people will be up and about, and there will be some noise anyway, so to ask campers to be quiet after, say, 11pm, would be a bit hypocritical.
Location - close to shops for supplies (by car). Cycle rides which are well signposted. Lytham and St Anne's close by (both great places), and Blackpool a bit further.
Oh - £17. 50 per night including hook up seemed fine, but we were pitched too far from a hook up and had to borrow an extension from our friends. Lucky they had one, as the site passed us around when we enquired about borrowing one.
So, generally ok if you camp in a part that's away from the clubouse and the grotty bits, great for kida and well located. I may go back because of the campfires and its location, IF I read that it's had a cleanup.
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| Date of Visit: July 2012 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Sam and Jay |
2 reviews from this member |
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We went here with our family (2 adu and 3 children). I don't think this site is very family friendly, there was a deep pond right next to the park which has seen better days.
The toilets were the best and in the new shower block the showers were falling apart.
The bar was a country and western bar, for which non-campers were coming and going all day and night, the music went on very late into the morning and you have to pay £5 per adult to go in.
When we did go in the bar on sunday afternoon for my step dads 50th, they shut the bar by 7 saying they'd had a busy weekend. The bar staff weren't very friendly or helpful.
This site is more of a residential site, not very safe and secure for us
Sorry to say we will not be returning back.
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Beetrootbetty |
3 reviews from this member |
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Ok, so it’s not the most aesthetically pleasing site and maybe the facilities are not as pristine as they could be, but, if you have a sense of humour you will have a great time!
Friday night we ate in the restaurant, it was quiet, maybe only another 6 or so diners, but the food was very good. The waitress and in fact all the staff were lovely. A few regulars were in line dancing and they happily taught us a few moves. Saturday there was a band playing and the bar was packed. Again we had a great night and were made to feel very welcome by the regulars.
We had a thoroughly enjoyable weekend and would most definitely return for another hoedown.
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| Date of Visit: April 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: LianeJ |
2 reviews from this member |
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We have just returned from a 3 night stay over the Easter period in our caravan, 2 adults and 2 dogs, awning and electric hook-up.
My main problem was our electric hook-up. On a electric stand for 3 hook-ups, they stuck an adaptor on and placed a further 3 hook-ups, totaling 6. The site couldn't handle this and we constantly had power failures. This went on for 24 hours. When another camper went to complain, he came back shrugging his shoulders, saying he had got no-where, and had been told to 'flick the trip switch back' each time. After a further hour of constant power failure, I went to complain. The response I got was that it was the problem of other campers using TV's, heaters etc, and there was nothing they would do about it. I was then told that I could have a refund and leave, but this was not possible as they had let too many caravans onto the site, and we were literally jammed in, we couldn't have left if we wanted to!
Caravan after caravan kept arriving, and these were placed on bits of waste land, or two caravans to a pitch (half on the concrete, half of the van on the pebbles). We were stacked in like Caravans are on a sales pitch.
Lastly, the facilities, or lack of them. For the ladies on the site, we had one shower and three toilets, not good when you consider the number of people on the site. They had tried to rectify this problem by placing three unisex portacabins outside. To say that these would not have been out of place at a festival tells you everything you need to know about these cold showers.
I will however end on a positive note. The meals in the club are amazing, and excellent value for money. We would actually go back for something to eat, just not stay, and if you like Country and Western music, the entertainment is fantastic. Slight downside is, after paying to stay on the site, then purchasing a meal, we were then required to pay £5 each for the privilege of staying in the club. Should this fee not just have been for people coming in off the street???
This site has so much potential, it really wouldn't take much effort to bring it up to the standards that people expect.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Alisonadams |
1 review from this member |
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When arriving on site we managed to get our party of 12 adults and 5 children all pitched together in the woods.
On arrival our first impression was that the site was run down, especially the toilet and shower facilities.
Although not well presented the floors were cleaned on a regular basis. Pegging the tent down was hard work as there were rocks under the grass here, there and everywhere.
However the woods did shelter us from the rain and winds that we had on boths night. As there was a few of us we made our own entertainment as did other partys around and about.
I would not go back to this just as a family however if there was a big group of us again would give it another go.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Faithmya1 |
3 reviews from this member |
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Firstly can't fault this site for people making you feel welcome
The sites needs a lot of work and on first impression looks quite scruffy and not set out well. I didn't think much to the toilet and shower facilities it is in much need of a modern block.
Although on first impression the prices sound quite cheap £12. 50 plus £3. 00 for electric hook up but that's only including two adults.
On the second night a lady came round to collect the money ( as no one was in the office when we arrived ). I was then informed that it was actually £17. 50 per night + £3. 00 electrics hook up and £2. 50 for an extra adult which made it £23. 00 per night as my tent was 7m ( 21ft )which was explained when I contacted the site and the biggest tent for the £12. 50 per night was 10ft (3. 5m) by 10ft. Not a big area for modern day tents and the fact that they only charges £12. 50 for a caravan under 21ft how is that fair
Although we had good fun as it was a girly weekend I wouldn't pay £23. 00 per night for this site as the facilities on offer don't warrant that price and I wouldn't take my children here as they allow noise till 1pm in the morning which was great for us but I wouldn't have been impressed if I had had the children with me.
We had great fun in the bar area with the line dancing as I said before where made to feel very welcome.
The site could benefit from a shop for those little essentials as you do have to drive to the nearest shop.
They do seem to be trying to update things here but I wouldn't call it a family site.
Had a great laugh but wouldn't rush back. Really couldn't fault the staff at all though
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