Paid an extra £50 to fish on Major Bill Specimen lake to catch some carp but caught mainly cat fish! Dad fished the Tench pool and only caught Bream. No wi fi or phone signal which was a hinderance. A couple of the lakes are over run with water Lillies so heavier tackle is needed otherwise you get snapped off. All in all not great but accommodation was ok, clean and tidy. We did feel that we’d paid enough for a week (£900) without being charged extra for carp pond 🤷‍♀️

We went in early July 2023 as a party of 3 blokes aged 45,62 and 88,mainly for the fishing and a chaps vacation. The management team were brilluant in answering numerous pre trip email enquiries quickly and that was very much appreciated given that this was a new venue for us. We stayed in a single storey 3 bed unit in a terrace of 4 located close to the Pub and tackle shop and pre ordered a supermarket grocery delivery which Tesco brought right to our door bang on time. It was nice and quiet, with a terrace containing a pub style bench which suited us with lovely views down the valley. The accomodation was clean, tidy and comfortable with the only niggles being the lack of a freezer and nothing with which to sharpen the one blunt kitchen knife supplied. Otherwise , the kitchen was quite adequately equipped for our needs. Given we had my Dad with us aged 88,it was very handy to be able to drive and park a vehicle right next to the lakes, although it could be a bit of a squeeze parking if arriving on the chosen lake late in the morning. The Tackle shop was a very pleasant surprise having a huge range of goodies, with knowledgeable staff and every sort of bait you could want including live baits such as worms, casters and maggots and pretty much everything else from tins of corn to meat to boilies in sizes from 8mm and up, in a wide range of sweet and savoury flavours, along with wafters, floaters , pellets, groundbait mixes, flavourings, glugs and everything else. All of this, as well as the tackle and clothing on sale, was at more or less internet prices which was great and didnt leave us feeling ripped off at all, unlike other venues we've tried in the past. We fished every lake except major bill between us and all caught a good number of various species including tench to 4lb, carp to 12lb, bream to 4lb and countless silvers and crucians. On one day two of us had 68 carp between us on 15mm krill boilies soaked in krill flavouring but you can catch on anything if you have any idea what you're doing. We ate in the on site pub a few times which we all thought provided excellent food and service and good value for money, I have reviewed that separately. Overall, a great time had by all in lovely surroundings and very good value for money indeed. Highly recommended!!

There is absolutely no way of communicating with anybody unless you are in the restaurant. It's ridiculous you cannot make a simple phone from anywhere else on the complex or from the accommodation. Very frustrated not being able to have this basic need. Everything else OK apart from basic accommodation no shower no towels and a very hard uncomfortable bed. Please upgrade your facilities.

This was a very peaceful and tranquil place and great for fishing I am sure, if that is your bag. The staff on arrival and in the restaurant we very helpful and friendly and the food was excellent. The accommodation was very clean but rather dated. But most extraordinarily there were NO towels, tea towels, etc provided. Also no washing up liquid or wiping cloths etc . This is most peculiar for fairly expensive self catering accommodation. We were unable to washup at all, luckily only stayed for 2 nights. There was NO information in the booking documents about no towels and when I asked, some towels were provided but with the statement ' we do not provide towels' . Surely towels are as important as sheets in modern accommodation !! Beware.