Pontins Southport (sun holiday)

emmlouie

I went to Southport Pontins in october half term last year.

On check in the queue was huge, also not clear on signage as anyone on Sun holiday had to get their keys from the fun factory rather than reception, I queued at reception for a while before finding out needed to be in another room.

The chalet was basic but it was clean. You will probably need a multi socket extension with you- the kettle, toaster and microwave all had to share one socket point.

You will need to buy a card for the electricity meter but check the amount on there before buying one (£5 each). I bought one, then got to chalet to find £2.xx on there left from previous family which lasted us the whole monday-friday break. I left the £5 card in there for the next family as did not think would get a refund.

We went self-catering and would definitely reccommend that option, we saw at meal times there were large queues for the food. The on-site chippy was very reasonably priced and was quiet when we went in.

We did not go in the swimmimg pool so can't comment on that. The soft play and adventure golf were free, golf just had to leave chalet key as security. Had to pay £2 per activity for the children for the inflatables and water boats, was more expensive for go-karts but can't remember how much.

About 5-10 minute drive into Southport on retail park there was a kfc, mcds, pizza place, cinema. We drove to Blackpool for one day out. We did drive to Pleasureland in Southport but drove away without going in, they wanted £5 for the car park (there is another car park across road for £2.50 for the day), entrance i think was £20 each and could only pay by cash, they said had no card facilities. It also looked quite small for the money.

Kids absolutely loved it and want to go back.