Brownlow arms

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  J

  ·1 month ago

  “Had a fantastic stay here, I arrived on my own and was quickly showed to my pitch by the lovely owner, my pitch was right infront of the live band who were amazing. I didn’t have food but heard good things. I made friends with quite a few people and had a lovely night. Good for children as there’s slides and a rope swing. I’m already planning to come back soon and also next year in summer it was one of the best sites I’ve stayed on.”

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  Luke Wood

  ·2 months ago

  “Great place, top food, staff are happy and friendly and the atmosphere was brilliant. Live singer on when we stopped last night (Sat) and I believe there's a love act on every Saturday. Decent prices too 😀”

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  David Sneath

  ·2 months ago

  “The pub, while a little run down is a fairly charming old school country pub with decent food and, mainly friendly staff. However, we've been looking forward to camping here for a while, apparently being a small site opposite the pub and adjacent to the river Trent. Firstly, it's not quite on the Trent. The river is only a couple of minutes walk away but not visible from the site. Now a fact important to know about this place which is completely out of the control of the owners. The smell. My god, the smell. A gut-churning, fetid stench that pervades your van/tent/clothes/brain without relent. Now it was very hot and the wind was clearly in the wrong direction but this is an apparently well-documented and often complained about issue in the area caused by JG Pears, a nearby animal by-product plant. And that's exactly what the place smells like - a mountain of rotting animal corpses. There's no escape from it. For that reason alone, we will probably never consider returning. Now for the positives. The pub staff were very friendly and helpful and we were served with a pleasant, if not slightly ordinary pub lunch and the beer was very good and reasonably priced. Who we believe to be the landlord was extremely helpful on our arrival, as was one of the bar staff. However, unfortunately the same can't be said of who we believe to be the landlady. On returning to the bar to ask the helpful girl a question, I was met from behind with a stern 'I THINK YOU NEED TO BE SPEAKING TO ME!' Ok, fine. Thanks, headmistress. A simple enquiry into the pitch options was answered with all the reasons why we have to accept being put in the middle, under trees, next to the entrance, rather than the quiet spot we'd been hoping for. The main reason apparently being that we'd only booked for one night. How very rude of us. It wasn't this so much, but the attitude of the woman. She spoke to me like I'd turned up to boil her cats. Hardly a warm welcome. And certainly no sign of flexibility albeit being fully booked, which we gracefully accepted. Must just mention the loos/showers: Serviceable and reasonably clean (until they'd been used for a day by the less respectful camping contingent) but in dire need of renovation. The icing on the cake though, after the tear-inducing stench and less than friendly disposition of our hostess was the lack of anything approaching peace or quiet. Constant screaming of kids and unoiled park swings, footballs being kicked relentlessly into our pitch, drunken youths, raucous parents and probably worst of all, the tuneless bellowings for several hours - until well after 10pm - of the local 'entertainment'. A man so devoid of musical talent that we're sure even his mother would advise against public performance relentlessly assaulted our ears in a club-singer-come-one-man-band-drum-thumping style at maximum volume to the point of us almost considering packing up. If it weren't for what we'd already drunk in an attempt to numb our senses from the surroundings, that's what we'd have done. After club singer man had managed to destroy most of pop culture's most enduring pieces and the adoring crowd had drunk themselves unconscious, we too managed a half decent night's sleep surprisingly, by means of sealing any vents and breathing through dampened fabrics. In all, a great shame because we'd been looking forward to trying the site for months - always being fully booked for some reason on previous attempts. Presumably by the fetor and din accepting demographic that seem to frequent the place. The site has great potential (aside from there being little chance of relocating either the corpse factory, or the myriad high tension pylons nearby) so it's a great shame. But a thank you to the majority of staff who were lovely. Best part for us? The exit. Sorry!”

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  Angeladawn Jones

  ·2 months ago

  “Didn't have food as we were camping but what we saw looked really nice and the portions were good, the bar staff were very friendly , the camp site was clean as was the facility's for the campers , lovely relaxing site ,great walks along the River Trent and our friends say the fishing in the local lakes were good as well”

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  B F

  ·3 months ago

  “Absolutely beautiful experience tonight - 4 of us all rated our plates as 5/5. Amazing fish n chips, freshly cooked, lovely chicken burger. Service was brilliant too. The signer was fab - Fat Tabby . All round great, will be back soon.”

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  Amelia Ruth

  ·5 months ago

  “Stayed for bank holiday and was shocked at the toilets and showers. Only ran cold or steaming hot no in between and the light sensors going off every ten mins so you have to leave the shower to open the door to set them back off.. had a cold shower in the dark with my phone torch on. The floors were filthy, no staff seen in there at all, the bins were over flowing and for 4 hours Saturday the sluice pipes were being pumped out to the tank the smell was awful, also anytime someone emptied they’re own toilet and lifted the lid the smell was indescribable. It really needs a face lift and cleaners or staff to sort the facilities.”

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  Louise Radford

  ·5 months ago

  “Went there to watch a band that we know so didn't have food but plenty of empty plates so assume all is good. There is a campsite opposite the pub entrance and we saw static caravan area behind. Location is quite rural but I can imagine it being popular on warm sunny days. Staff were all very friendly and choice of beers, alcohol was very good.”

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  stuart chambers

  ·9 months ago

  “Spent the evening at The Brownlow Arms and the hospitality was amazing, Kaz & Gaz made us feel very welcome, Saturday is 2 for £25 steak night and it didn’t disappoint . The food was amazing and we shall return soon , all the customers are very friendly and we took a lovely walk along the Erewash.”

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  russell cauwood

  ·9 months ago

  “Warm and welcoming staff, friendly atmosphere.Food was amazing. We popped in for Sunday dinner because when i visited on the previous day, the food looked and smelled amazing. It was cooked perfect, quality and quantity was 10/10. We would highly recommend.”

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  Tim Hollingworth

  ·1 year ago

  “Had a lovely time at the Brownlow Arms. I was most impressed by the creative bar, that was crafted from an old rowing boat. Good tasty beer and great outdoor area. We sat under an enormous willow tree. Looks like there is an outdoor staging area, so we made a not to come back one evening when there could be live music.”