Guide To Shardlow Marina

Nice park next to a marina new clean shower block pub with nice food and music dog friendly

The park was great and the staff were very friendly. Unfortunately while we were there a fight broke out in the campsite pub which made it not possible for us to go the next evening with our kids. The toilet had fecies running up to it from several meters away up to and in the male toilets and was not cleaned up all day a long with 3 of the toilets being blocked which was also not cleaned all day. The shower only trickled water and cost an extra £2 to use per person.

As stated all the staff were great and the facilities looked amazing. Unfortunately upkeep was very unsanitary probably the worst we have seen most likely due to being understaffed is our only guess. The fighting obviously can happen however with children it’s not what you want your kids around. We left early and only stayed one night and won’t be returning because of all the above which ashame as it has all the catching of a great park.

We stayed here for 2 nights in July in a hired motorhome to meet up with some friends who lived nearby Not a bad site, gets busy at weekends, not the best kept site but toilets were very clean,waste disposal but nowhere to empty grey waste if in motorhomes, also think the showers should be free if already paying to stay on site although they were only £2 for 10 minutes with a token from the shop or guy in the hut on site so not a big expense, nice pub on site, reasonable priced, great food and lovely warm pork scratchings served at bar. Read a few reviews about the guy booking you in being obnoxious and rude etc when checking in, he was absolutely fine and pleasant with us, so don’t judge the this site based on other people’s personal opinions, everyone has worse days than others,

Though about giving it less but the site itself was quite nicely kept. We stayed for 3 nights as it was close to Donnington race circuit and Ragdale Hall, both of which we were visiting. Hardly slept which was down to noisy campers singing and shouting at 12.30am. Kids running around yelling until well after midnight. Their own park rules state noise to be kept to a minimum after 10pm and absolute quiet after 11pm. This wasn’t adhered to or enforced. There was a bloke across from us who was too lazy to walk to the toilet took his car at 5am, slamming doors as he went. The rubbish bins were overflowing and were stinking. It’s a huge site yet there is no grey water drive over? Then on the last night our fobs wouldn’t work, we had booked an extra night and it hadn’t been added. Luckily the warden let us borrow his. This could be a good site as its in a nice area but they need to enforce their ‘very strict’ (according to them) rules.

I like this park. It has a good little pub and does food from Thursday through Sunday. It’s fairly clean and reasonably well maintained. There’s lots of other pubs around and within walking distance. We stayed for Download, as we always do, and although it gets busy, it’s never rowdy. Please be aware, that when it’s busy, the showers may not be that good. Lots of water points and an elsan point that works well. Lovely marina with ducks and swans that wander the park. There’s a bus stop at the end of the entry lane, 5 minutes walk, with 24 hour buses to the airport and Donnington park and to Derby too. Bus fares are capped at £3.00 so you can park and leave your car. If you want curry, then get the bus to Castle Donnington village as they have some superb curry houses. There’s a Chinese within a 2 minute bus ride, 5 minutes drive or a 25 minutes walk. Great location although you can hear the motorway as it’s near the M1 and A50 but don’t let it put you off. It’s a good park