Cayton Village
I know not all of you get the regular emails from the Club but I thought I would post a link to the refurbishment of Cayton Village near Scarborough. There are a couple of videos as well. See Link here. We enjoyed our stay there last year although we had some misgivings. However the upgrade looks to address most of those issues.
David
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At a cost i understand of over £7 million it would need to be really special ,it will need that sort of money spent on the Bridport site (this year?) And site staff pulling their hair out trying to get some basic repairs and upgrades to their sites
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The area around Scarborough is lovely, but we know of far nicer places to stay. It’s a site that has no interest to us, much like the one at Bridlington. Probably be a firm favourite with families though, so maybe Club looking at future proofing.
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it appears that a lot of money had to be spent on it to bring it up to standard. I assume it will have SP so I'll probably go there.
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In a way that is the problem with the site before refurbishment, nearly every hardstanding pitch was serviced! Having said that I think there will be probably be a greater number of serviced pitches depending on how much they change the layout. It seems the Laurels area is going to stay more or less as it was, except for a new toilet block, so I can't see them taking services out But you never know!
I think this will become a very popular site with members. For us, we like to leave the motorhome on site, there is a half hourly bus service from outside the gate. There are a couple of places in the village where you can get a meal and there are also local shops so almost everything you need. Those that prefer smaller, quieter sites won't like the size, which is massive I accept.
David
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I do wonder whether it is money well spent. It's not as if the club is badly represented in the area.
I would have preferred to see a few ordinary sites getting the upgrades they need with the club replacing those non facility sites that have been lost. These sites that do not need toilet blocks wouldn't have to be huge and would be popular with a lot of their core membership. We've always found them to be reasonably well used by the membership.
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I can't say we liked it there, it was a convenient short stay for us but with two big static sites alongside I would imagine the club will put in some similar units otherwise it's a big site to fill. There are more attractive villages and sites in the area.
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We stayed at Bridlington site after cayton bay was purchased and others in the club including staff were puzzled by the acquisition unless it was thought there is a problem at he Scarborough site and it was an "insurance "for the future?
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I imagine the opportunity to buy sites in the UK come along fairly infrequently. We have used both Bridlington and Cayton Village and from a location point of view prefer the latter. Scarborough is so much nicer than Bridlington and much larger. Another issue is that so many current Club sites are leased and as we know the Club won't invest members money unless they can be sure they will get a return on investment. I suspect the majority of Club owned sites have already has some investment.
David
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Alan
I am not quite sure I understand the point you are making?
David
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it matters not where a mh is pitched, each of these places is easily accessible from the other....amazingly, Ive just managed to get mine to Valencia from the UK
it may just be that a MHer might pitch at one of thise two sites for a couple of days and explore locally and then move to the other for another couple of days, rather than pitching at one for five days and doing more retracing of steps in a car.
i think David was just saying that, if choosing to only stay/visit one of the two, Scarborough was nicer than Bridlington in his opinion...
always good to have info...
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The only problematical one now is visiting Bempton Cliffs. No bus service and they do not allow MH's the size of ours to park. Otherwise bus services are good from both Brid and Scarborough. In fact even when we visited with our caravan we preferred to use the bus and train to visit places along the coast.
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I've not stopped at Cayton but I have been by it on the bus; it looked a bit busy and commercial to my eye, but you can never tell until you stay there.
Personally I am much happier at Bridlington. Many more options for the motor homer in my view by cycle, foot, bus or train (the sea front, Flamborough, Bridlington itself, the old town, model village, Sewerby village and hall, shops, coastal walks, etc.) I agree that Scarborough is a better place but that too is easily reached from Bridlington. Plus the "new" section of the Bridlington site is very much to my taste - spacious open and bright.
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Not forgetting Danes Dyke, another good explore & ride out(coast & country)👍🏻
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We will have to wait to see what Cayton Village is like once the refurbishment is finished. It is and will remain a large site which won't suit those who prefer less large sites. Having said that Bridlington can't be called a small site with 149 pitches! When speaking about sites we all rely on not only on our personal experiences but also our own capabilities. So whilst cycling and long walks might be able to be enjoyed by some for others those activities might be more restricted. Without doubt the Bridlington site is a much nicer site than the pre refurbishment Cayton VIllage but that may change when its finished and I suspect, putting to one side the relative size of the two sites, they will be very similar in quality and appearance. Our experience was that Cayton was a bit more convenient for our needs than Bridlington.
David
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We use a nice CL three quarters of a mile from RSPB Bempton. Probably too basic for most folks, but it’s usually popular, with MH’s as well. Has two HS areas. No facilities, but good for dogs, easy (uphill) stroll to cliffs. Train line is couple of hundred metres away, goes from Hull up to Scarborough I think, with stops elsewhere including Brid. Have they turned your MH away Steve? We use car park regular with our MH, and we have seen coaches in there, so a bit puzzling? It does of course get busy at breeding season.
Anyone thinking of Brid area, but needing very good facilities, try this one. Grass, but never cuts up, sandy base. https://www.thorpehall.co.uk/#About
Lovely area, easy ride into Brid. We like the area around Bridlington, but not the town. Scarborough town is much nicer, but challenging in terms of the hills! I know, I have pushed my Dad, and now my Mum up and down most of them!😁
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I had a look at the rspb web site about parking at Bempton Cliffs, they say there is limited space for larger vehicles and they can't guarantee spaces for large motorhomes that may need two spaces to park (there is an overnight parking ban for M/Hs.) LINK
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When we went to Cayton we walked to the beach which took about 20 mins. We went to the northern access point and found there is a sudden end to the road due to erosion so you need to be quite agile to climb off the end of the road and go onto the beach. The southern approach is easier! The cliff erosions are quite severe so take care, I was hoping to do a bit of fossil searching but had to give that a miss.
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We booked at this site last year was awful. The first pitch was 10amp with no disabled toilet The laurels had a disabled toilet but was more expensive also had 16amp but the pitch was so narrow you couldn't erect the awning. Stayed 2 days and left vowing never to go back.
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