Presthaven Sands
Gronant
Prestatyn
The site sits in Gronant between the railway line to it's east and the Beach to it's West, which has a Nature conservancy award. The rail line is to Llandudno and Anglesey from Chester so lots of traffic mostly passenger but the few freight that do pass through really make the caravan shake and the beach on he West is a long way from the edge of the dunes
Only a tiny part of this HUGE site is laid out for tourers (less than 40 pitches)
The most part are new hardstandings with a small area (8 pitches) of grass “standard” pitches with electric (16amp). Hardstandings of which four have water and drain, laid out between large wooden pitch dividers (they look the same size as telegraph poles). The standard (Basic) pitches have no markers or dividers. There are two water / Waste points for the rest of the site these have the, what seem to be Haven standard, push on taps which switch off immediately you let go of it – not great when you want to fill a 40L Aquaroll. ALL pitches – it is impossible to park at the side of your caravan in fact we were pitched next to a continental Hobby (on seasonal) and our awnings almost touched, we were not impressed and the guy next door even less so! but think how much HE was spending to be pitched all year.
Weather – not the usual report but the prevailing wind appears to be from the sea which is just a couple of sand dunes or three away to the West and considering our visit was May this wind was freezing cold and strong. We had used the lightweight sunshade awning which we removed after 1 night as the sail effect of the awning was so strong the van was lifting at times.
The site facilities were standard Haven all together – 650 + metres away from the touring pitches, although there is a pub and shop at the touring end but as we visited in low season ( MAY ???) the shop only opened for 2 hours a day and the pub only at weekends. The result – a DRIVE down over the 19 speed bumps to the main attraction area with the bars (only one open) pizza shop, Burger King, swimming pool, amusement arcade, three funfair rides, and sports areas and supermarket .
The site was ideal for kids with huge amounts of cash to spend though as usual standard Haven style you accessed the entertainment through the amusement arcade. The complex has two rooms for shows but in low season only one is open and as the site was almost full it got rather cramped and of course being Haven you had to sit through Bingo and the Rory the Tiger and Bradley the Bear, kid’s entertainment together with their friend Anxious the Elephant . Oh Joy of Joys NOT even the boys were amused especially with the “prizes” on offer in the competitions which of course all cost even more money. It was interesting to see the number of folk crowded just outside the doors smoking, sometimes so many you couldn’t get in for them. Bar prices showed the fact, it was a captive audience at £3 a pint or £9.58 for a four pint jug.
Security was Haven standard flash a Haven card to get in the complex or drive in the gates – even one from Hafan Y Mor from last year worked so what price security anyway.
Fishing
Well the beach was so far away and was a flood beach, it was a haven for wildlife
but even down at Talacre fishing would be of the mobile sort and you would definitely
need to have a companion with you and both wear chest waders as the tide flooded
at around 25-
We went to Llandudno Pier for a more safe style of fishing especially with high tides being around Midday. The pier now cost £3 to fish in the day until 6pm (instead of £1.25 for 4 hours) and more after 6pm for private access. Compared to the last time we fished there now you can only fish the small concrete platform off the end of the pier. The fishing shop is still there though now no longer run by Paddy. The only fish caught by the guys there including me were Spotted Dogfish.
Graham Wilson.
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