Lovely place to stay in a beautiful area. Everything was nice and clean and well set out.My only downside ( and it may be a bit picky ) was that neither the bar or cafe served food. The staff however pointed us in the right direction for places that served excellent food.We would definitely recommend here for a visit.
There is a nice pub on the site (just drinks) in an old stone building with old wooden beams. This is the same building that has the reception and a small cafe where you can get coffee. We stayed in "The Shire" area which was up a gravel track. Parking was poor here and the tent pitches were but ideal. You cannot park your car next to your tent as in other areas because the pitches are up grassy embankments. The toilet and shower block here is small and just adequate but not very clean. Not great to have to take a shower right directly next to toilet cubicles. Instead, I made the 5 minute walk to the bigger toilet/shower block which was also just adequate. The site is located right next to the Tissington Trail which is a cycle and foot path on an old railway line. It's possible to access by going under the nearby railway bridge and up onto the raised path. Otherwise, go to nearby parking areas such for level access (and toilets or refreshments).
Second visit to Rivendale Holiday Park. The site is situated in a old quarry, the pitches are all different shapes and sizes. Our pitch was quite long but was a bit tight with the awning, our other awning would have been to big for the pitch.The toilet block could do with be updated as shower doors looking tatty at the bottom.If you like walking or cycling it's a ideal location as you have the Tissington Trail just out side the entrance.We will visit this site again.
Visited to stay in one of the wooden camping yurts. The site is nice and neat and clean, and there's a fenced in playing area for the kids. However, the CAMERAS IN THE SHOWERS really put me off. They can see everything from right outside the shower cubicle, so unless you want to get dressed in the soggy remnants of your shower, you have no choice but to step out into the hallway where the cameras are eyeballing. I don't care how many signs there are to tell me that nobody will look at the film unless there's an issue that requires it, I doubt very much that the staff at this campsite have had the necessary training to either store that sensitive data in the correct way, or handle the access to it according to law. Apart from that fact, the showers were clean and had everything you could need. Another annoyance with this place was that when I booked I asked if I could reserve a bag of logs for the wood burner, but was told I couldn't, but would be able to buy them in the park shop when I arrived. On arrival however, there were no bags of logs left and so we had to settle for small blocks of wood chip which didn't last long before burning away. Imagine my annoyance when we had a peek through the window of one of the other empty yurts to see a large bag of logs sitting in front of the burner, waiting for the guests of that yurt to arrive. The yurt itself was nice and sturdy, and the wood burner gave a good warmth even though there was snow outside.The toilet was a long walk from the yurt, and there were no lights down the dirt road back into the actual campsite which felt a bit creepy in the pitch black.
Hired a "camping pod". Very clean, enough space for an inflatable bed, and had a small, but effective heater, and a small lamp. Toilets/showers were clean and well looked after. The only drawback was that the bar was only open for a few hours, and they weren't serving food. Would think that they'd make more money and attract more people by providing everything on site. There again, if you're camping, that might not be needed. There is a pub around two miles up the road, that does reasonable food, so that's what we did. The surroundings would have been stunning, but unfortunately there was heavy fog, so we missed out on that.Would stay again, and I highly recommend the "pods"
Rivendale Holiday Park is an Australian Campground based in Buxton, New South Wales. Rivendale Holiday Park is located at Buxton Rd, Alsop en le Dale, Ashbourne DE6 1QU, UK, Buxton, New South Wales DE6 1QU, Australia.
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