Stanwix Park Holiday Centre

On arrival there is a car park at the front of the site but no suitable area set aside for touring units to wait while registering.

Reception is clean and efficient, with an adjacent well stocked shop and a good selection of tourist information brochures.

The swimming pool is very pleasant but the changing facilities are limited with only 5 or 6 cubicles and one large disabled persons toilet which was often used as a family changing room.

The toilet blocks were clean, warm and spacious. The launderette was also clean and spacious with plenty of washing machines and driers.

Our primary dissatisfaction was with, what in our opinion is, considerable overcrowding on the touring van / camping sites.

Caravaners allocated pitches behind the front row were unable to get their vans onto or off their allocated pitches without asking people at the front to move their cars, windbreaks or guy ropes.

We have a large twin axle van and had it not been for the motor mover then we would not have been able to reverse onto our pitch without asking the people opposite to move their car and possibly windbreak as well.

Access to the park is clearly signposted but satnav’s tend to route vehicles along narrow lanes with sharp bends and passing places. This is fine for solo vehicles but not really appropriate for drivers of outfits who should head through Silloth.

If you are looking for family orientated 'holiday camp' atmosphere with good facilities and entertainment but don't mind a crowded touring pitch then Stanwix is ideal. If you want space, quiet and a dog friendly site then this is not really for you.
Stanwix Park Holiday Centre, Silloth, Cumbria

Spent 4 days at this park in the middle of September. The place is very clean and the amenities are excellent. All pitches have their own electric/water/drainage points. The toilet/shower block is clean and looks to have been upgraded recently (only problem here is there is no drinking water to clean teeth). This site has an outdoor swimming pool (closed at this time but looks as though it would be fun in the summer) and also a very good indoor pool (with jacuzzi/sauna/steam room). The Sunset Inn is a large bar on the ground floor of the main building which is used by familes as this is the only bar that children can go into. Foxy Fox seems to keep all the youngsters happy. On the upper floor there is the Dunes Bar which hosts live entertainment at night and is adults only. There is also another adults only lounge bar on the upper floor for a quiter time. Also there is a snooker room.
On the ground floor there is the Garden Cafe which serves food until about 9pm (which is the only place where you can eat on the site), however the food is plentiful and reasonably priced. A well equipped gym is also on this floor. All this is under one roof and can only be accessed by the use of an access pass. This pass is included in the cost of your stay.
A decent sized shop is also located in this building but no pass required to get into.
This site is up there with the best of them. The only disappointment I had was that although I had to pay to have my Labrador with me, there was no dog walking area on the site. This had to be done out of the site on the main road.
There is a chip shop just outside of the site (about 200 yards to the left) is open between 1600 and 2030 daily.
Am already going back for a long weekend at the end of this month. Would recommend this site to families and couples alike.
Stanwix Park Holiday Centre, Siloth, Cumbria

this park was very well equipt, clean and well laid out.. All pitches had their own water connections and drainage points, pitches also well spaced out giving plenty of room for an awning.. Campers kitchen a nice touch for those in tents. Shower block clean my only problem was no cold water in toilet/shower blocks to clean teeth. Other wise a nice place to visit I will be going again some time soon