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The Plassey Leisure Park
Eyton
Wrexham
LL13 0SP
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Author: Karen
This is the only review by this author |
Last Visit: May 2003 |
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This review is rather old. Treat it with care.
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over two thirds of people who voted thought this review was accurate
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The Plassey is located in Eyton, just outside Wrexham. On first arrival it appears to be a touring park stuck in the middle of nowhere. However, up the driveway is an experience to be had. On the right is The Plassey Craft Centre, to the left The Plassey Touring Park. The wardens are very pleasant and helpful and you are taken to your pitch by a man in a golf cart, (which was spotless). The amenity builings are all in log style and set off the park nicely. The toilet/shower blocks are absolutely spotless and it is easy to see why they won best loo of the year award 2003. The covered dishwashing facilities are superb with unlimited free hot water, as is the case with the showers. There are numerous fields for pitching and the surroundings are pleasant. Located around the park are small "gardens" which are fenced off and have various names, for example I saw a Wild Flower Garden and Butterfly Garden.
Reassuring was the location of fire points throughout the park with fire buckets and hoses that apeared well maintained.
Facilities of the park include a covered badminton area, table tennis area, (bats available for hire from reception), an arcades room, children's playground, sauna room, licensed bar, shop, (which was well stocked with all basic provisions, books and magazines), a heated indoor swimming pool and a lauderette.
Attractions of the park included a lake where there was various ducks and geese. There was also a map available of the park which included a marked out walk of the entire park. There is also a golf course. The main attraction of the park is the adjoining craft centre which has various shops, including a brewery in which they sold some very nice cider!
I have to say that for the price you pay, the facilities and the service you get are well worth the money.
This park has been on my "must visit list" for months now, and finally I have been where it has exceeded all my expectations. Definitely one I will be visiting again.
P.S. They give free "Plassey" car stickers out too!!!
©Copyright Karen and Nick Porter
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Author: Mike Greenfield
Total 3 reviews (list)
generally considered accurate |
Last Visit: May 2003 |
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This review is rather old. Treat it with care.
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over three quarters of people who voted thought this review was accurate
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This is a nice quiet site just south of Wrexham situated within what is called the Plassey Leisure Park.
The site itself is large, mainly on level but very uneven ground with a large amount of seasonal pitches. A very clean site with what appeared to be inadequate facilities for a site this large and fully booked for the week. But time was to prove me wrong, I only had to wait a short time at the new toilet block once for a shower. Pitches were not numbered but marked by small concrete blocks in the grass. This meant it was a first come take your pick situation. This was no problem as most of the caravan field was the same, you just had slightly more to walk to either the shop or toilets (in different directions). There was also an older toilet block under the "Club House", which was small but ok as long as everyone didn’t go in at once. Prices in the club were very good and I actually paid less for a pint of lager than I do at my local. A couple of restaurants were situated within the park and I was told they were very good although I didn’t sample them.
The site is bordered to one side by an 18 hole golf course and has several fishing ponds which were free to campers.
New all weather pitches were available and very attractive, some were still under construction with areas tiled in red brick rather than the usual concrete.
Good Points
- Clean level site with ample playing space in the middle.
- Excellent modern toilet facilities, heated out of season.
- Table tennis free to campers and under cover
- Badminton Court again free and under cover but open to one side so if the wind is in the wrong direction playing is difficult.
- Nice little club house with reasonable prices, not often found on sites these days.
- Way marked walks from the site, 7 miles, 5 miles or 3 miles.
- Plenty of seasonal pitches in nicely laid out area’s.
- Pitches of fair size but not marked unless you have a luxury pitch.
- A nice play area for the younger children
Bad Points There have to be some unfortunately.
- Pitches got very wet and seem to hold the water when it rains.
- Charged extra for both awnings and pup tents
- A holiday supplement. Charged for the week. Not sure what this was for.
- A map for the way marked walks was "sold" at reception. We found the 7 mile one difficult to follow but didn’t get lost.
- No Footballs allowed any where on the site. Unless it was a soft spongy one.
- No bikes allowed on the site
If you didn’t have a table tennis bat or badminton racket you could "hire" them from reception.
©Copyright Mike Greenfield and Nick Porter
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Author: Sue Bot
Total 2 reviews (list)
generally considered accurate, tending to pessimistic |
Last Visit: September 2003 |
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This review is rather old. Treat it with care.
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over two thirds of people who voted thought this review was pessimistic
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All the coments above are true, but we thought the pitches were very close together, and when we got there it had been raining and you could not put the awning up as every pitch was very wet and muddy.
Managed to get on slabs after we had been there a few days. They were grass seeding the pitches. If they had a no-ground-sheet rule they would not have had that problem.
Overall a nice site, but a little on the expensive side.
©Copyright Sue Bot and Nick Porter
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Author: A O'Neill
This is the only review by this author |
Last Visit: February 2004 |
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This review is rather old. Treat it with care.
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Excellent site. As lone female traveller it was a good base plenty to do but secure site. The owners will also charge your mobile phone up for you - how good is that?
Great place, highly recommended
©Copyright A O'Neill and Nick Porter
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Author: Yan
This is the only review by this author |
Last Visit: September 2005 |
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The Plassey is hard to describe. As mentioned previously, the pitches are close together and the site very claustrophobic at weekends, even in September. Footballs skateboards and bikes are banned on site, so the older kids descend onto the kiddies play area and make life difficult for the younger ones. A range of sporting activity is available on site from badminton to table tennis, diversions that could only distract six or so older kids from the play area at any given time. The "free fishing" was poor - three stagnant pools containing an occasional tiny perch or roach.
On the positive side, the loos were very clean and the site was generally well manicured. Hook-ups appeared to be universal. There was also a diverse range of retail outlets on-site including a brewery (that was permanently closed during my week-long stay). The whole place has an air of inescapable orderliness about it, rather like the village in "The Prisoner" TV series. I half expected a large balloon to appear out of the ground to engulf me whenever I walked across to the loos. I must have been missing something - it's a very popular site. Perhaps it's just not my cup of tea.
©Copyright Yan and Nick Porter
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Author: Mandy
This is the only review by this author |
Last Visit: May 2006 |
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nearly all of people who voted thought this review was pessimistic
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I can't dispute most of the comments above. However whilst wardens/owners are polite there is a real 'snobbishness' regarding tents! We visit every year with the primary reason of attending Bangor on Dee racecourse. We all have families and (even though I am biased) very well behaved children however every year on arrival we are made to feel slightly like second class citizens and are told before we have even pitched the tents that we need to keep the noise down!
On the positive side however the site is very well maintained, the loos and showers spotless, the shop well stocked - and my husband tells me that the bar is nice and very reasonably priced.
©Copyright Mandy and Nick Porter
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Author: Anon
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Last Visit: August 2008 |
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I have just returned from this site with my family. We have two boys aged 11 and 9, they loved it here as there was plenty to do for them even if the weather was bad ( which it was). However, my husband and I were slightly disappointed with the site. Our main reason for visiting this site was because it had fishing pools so my husband and the boys could go fishing as and when but the pools were disgraceful. They have obviously not been looked after at all and look lifeless and poor even to the novice fisherman. We were quite surprised by this as the rest of the site is kept immaculate. The showers and toilets were spotless although there aren't many showers compared to the number of caravans and tents that are packed in there. Overall, nice campsite for a weekend but no longer.
©Copyright Anon and Nick Porter
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