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Thanks for the feedback - well we're booked now, all we want is somewhere quiet (oops)  to walk or cycle, but if the roads are steep that may be hard work!  We are pretty new to camping, started last year with several weekends and then two weeks in France - we are hooked, the hardest thing- so far - is to find suitable sites.  We would have gone this weekend but need to attend family celebrations, fortunately we live in Cannock Chase, so lots of nice walks and cycle trails!

I have visited Nantcol Waterfalls but not camped there.  I can certainly agree with what lily67 said about the approach road.  If you're towing anything at all, then I'd advise you to choose your arrival and departure time very carefully.

The campsite looks idyllic but you need to be very self sufficient.  There are almost no facilities.  Each time I've been there, I've heard somebody running a generator.

It can be quite drizzly up there.  We go to Shell Island a lot and can see up to where Nantcol falls are.  Even when the weather is clear on the coast, that hill is often shrouded in mist.

One thing to mention is the insects.  Close to the campsite there are lots of mozzies due to the water and the trees.  Farther up the falls I got a nasty bite from something a bit like a horsefly but it had a green and orange colouring,  My leg swelled up and the area was hot and sore for a month.  So use repellant!

Sorry to pile on the negatives when you say you have booked.  I'm not saying to cancel - just go well prepared.  On the positive side, my friend from Penkridge went camping there for several years on the trot.  She said her kids were out from dawn till dusk messing about in the stream which opens out to a wide pool with an island just beside the campsite.  Every time I've been there the kids have had loads of fun on the rope swings, dam building, sailing boats, etc...  If you can get your hands on an inflatable dinghy they'll be sorted.

Ailish