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Just want to ask if anyone on here as been to the Quay West Site in Newquay, Wales.  If you have, what are your views?

just looked on the camp site search this site is listed but the reviews are old 2005

not heard to many have good word to say about Haven

David

not been to that one, but been to 2 in n. yorks - blue dolphin and primrose valley, both were good, caravans were brilliant. we're not keen on the onsite entertainment anyway but it was ok for 4 days, went out all day everyday

hil

Thanks for all your replies!  We're going cos my daughter has requested it as she has been a couple of times with her friend and has enjoyed it!

Quay west earned me £75................................thats how much Haven paid me coz we had a bad holiday....

Problems were a) caravans stored on the artifical pitches, b) owners allowing dogs to wander off leads (will expected consequences) and c) the (rather small) pool was freezing because it had been out of use for a few days.

Shops and food/bar are as you might expect at these kind of places but some local shops have nice thing and not too expensive.

ON THE GOOD SIDE....Its a nice walk down into New Quay itself either along the road (careful of places with no footpath) or better still along the beach as long as you judge to tides right.  Although only small, the beach in NQ itself was very clean and best of all there was nothing better than sitting on the jetty wall watching the dolphins play in the bay.  I took dd out on the survey boat for an afternoon and had good time but better still was one of the little boat trips that virtually went through the middle of a pod.

Mike J

Hi Mike,

Did you stay in a static caravan and if you did what was that like?

Hi Diane

We stayed a week there in July 2006. The beach is fabulous although the walk to it was quite steep. The caravan we had was clean and comfortable. Bar prices were IMHO horrific (2 pints & a Red Bull £7.50).  Hence we only did the club house on the last day and found the entertainment good (2 ex-members of the Russian State Circus doing strong man act/ Gymnastics). Facilities were limited to an indoor pool that was small but well staffed, The "Splash Zone" was again small and the "Golf" was a small, over priced crazy golf course. "Rory's Fun Land" turned out to be a climbing frame and some chargeable trampolines.

In Summary though we had a great week, primarily as the weather was good and we spent every day on the beach.

Hope this helps but if I can tell you any more please don't hesitate to ask.

Dave

Quote: Originally posted by [rgmw]largie on 16/1/2008

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Hi Diane

We stayed a week there in July 2006. The beach is fabulous although the walk to it was quite steep. The caravan we had was clean and comfortable. Bar prices were IMHO horrific (2 pints & a Red Bull £7.50).  Hence we only did the club house on the last day and found the entertainment good (2 ex-members of the Russian State Circus doing strong man act/ Gymnastics). Facilities were limited to an indoor pool that was small but well staffed, The "Splash Zone" was again small and the "Golf" was a small, over priced crazy golf course. "Rory's Fun Land" turned out to be a climbing frame and some chargeable trampolines.

In Summary though we had a great week, primarily as the weather was good and we spent every day on the beach.

Hope this helps but if I can tell you any more please don't hesitate to ask.

Dave

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Thanks

Quote: Originally posted by diane0112 on 16/1/2008

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Hi Mike,

Did you stay in a static caravan and if you did what was that like?

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Hi Diane.  Yep we stayed in a static and got an offer on s gold level caravan.  The van itself was great.  The onyl problems were with the park as mentioned before.  The town itself is lovely.  Kids want to go back soemtime just for beach and dolphins so weve looked a coupel of tiems of going camping in the area for long weekend.

Mike J

Quote: Originally posted by MikeJ on 17/1/2008

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Quote: Originally posted by diane0112 on 16/1/2008

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Hi Mike,

Did you stay in a static caravan and if you did what was that like?

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Hi Diane.  Yep we stayed in a static and got an offer on s gold level caravan.  The van itself was great.  The onyl problems were with the park as mentioned before.  The town itself is lovely.  Kids want to go back soemtime just for beach and dolphins so weve looked a coupel of tiems of going camping in the area for long weekend.

Mike J

 

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When we are at Greenacres last August, we ate a couple of times in the bar - prices on a par with the likes of Brewers Fayre, and a similar range/standard.   I think that I  paid about £1.25 for a glass of bitter.
We didn't bother with drinks when we went to watch the shows, as the prices in the Showbar tend to be higher.