Name: Gurnard Pines Holiday Village
Address: Cockleton Lane, Cowes, Cowes, Cowes, PO31 8QE, United Kingdom
Rating: 6

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Iron and board

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Gurnard Beach

Thorness Bay Beach

Southampton Airport

Bournemouth Airport

Gurnard Pines Holiday Village

Cowes

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limited-time

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treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

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mountain-view

ocean-front

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oceanside

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park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

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river-view

sea-front

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annex

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

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breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

We came here for the Sunday roast. It's brilliant. The food was delicious. I had the nut roast, being vegetarian, and it's the best I've had. Mum and girls had lamb or turkey. The meat was so moist and tender. Lots of veggies to help yourself to, and so reasonably priced too. I really recommend it. 

Olivia (14) says "the food was really hot and comforting and the services was really nice". 

Charlotte (11) says "food was really good and we were served quickly". 

Amelie (11) says "I'm speechless because of how good it is. I recommend it". 

Mutti (72) says "it was wonderful". 

Yummy Sunday roast

Our first impression as we approached Gurnard Pines was, OMG what have we done.  The site looks very neglected.  However, once we had located our privately owned holiday lodge we were a little cheered once we went inside.  The inside was much better than the outside and was clean and well equipped.  However, Gurnard Pines itself has no facilities.  There are independent facilities on site, ie tennis courts at £7 an hour and an indoor swimming pool at £2.50 an hour for children, £4.50 adult.  There is also a gym and soft play area. All of which are at extra cost.  There is no outdoor swimming pool or outdoor play area for children.  There is evidence of where an outdoor swimming pool and play area once was, but it appeared totally neglected.  There is a woodland walk, rather overgrown and a lake within the woodland.  The lake is hardly visible and is inaccessible and overgrown, rather sad that it is also so neglected.  I’m sure once, long ago, Gurnard Pines was a very desirable place to stay.  However, it is quiet and more suited to older folk rather than young families.  Not sure if we would return though, my daughter and her young daughters would not wish to return.

Sweet Chestnuts, Gurnard Pines

We didn't use the facilities of the holiday park apart from walking through lovely little woods, but the cottage we hired was great and had all the avenue we needed. The park is in a good location to visit the Isle of Wight and it's many attractions. I would definitely stay here again :)

Hired little cottage for week on the island

When we first arrived and drove into the site I thought we had made a terrible mistake. It is not a holiday park and hasn’t been one for a long time. It looks more like a big council estate and 90% of the chalets are owned and lived in all year by the residents. The on site pool and the shop are closed permanently and have been for a while and the bar is closing next week so there are no onsite facilities as advertised. We also couldn’t find the 50 acres of private woodland that are mentioned and when we asked the guy in the bar he didn’t know what we were talking about. The beach is about a 20 min walk and it is down a big hill (which you obvs have to walk back up) we walked it in the evening and it was a nice walk though. 

Having said all this and sounding very negative, we did have a lovely stay as we were just using the chalet as a base so didn’t really want any of the facilities, I’m just mentioning them here for the benefit of future bookers as I feel the advertising is incorrect and very misleading. The chalet itself was clean when we arrived and had everything we needed. The Wi-Fi worked which is a big deal with the kids so they were happy! The kitchen is well equipped, the beds were comfy and the shower was powerful and a nice temperature. There was a large grass area outside our chalet which was great as our children could play out safely away from the roads and they rode their scooters on what used to be an outside pool/patio area next to the main building.  They also made friends with some of the resident children which was nice for them. 

If all you want is a base for exploring the island then gurnard pines is good  but if you are looking for anything extra that comes with a holiday park then I would stay elsewhere. 

Nice stay but not as advertised

Fine as a base but the place is dead,

For a base it's a perfectly average, on site shop, bar (but not open late).. Might even be slighty ok. 

We stayed in a friend's chalet so cannot comment on the state of any they the site let's.. 

I want to rate thid as poor but there is a bar, shop, indoor play area and gym.. So I'll give it average as long as you are not expecting a "holiday camp"

Poor the place is dead

We holidayed for a week in a chalet at Gurnard Pines in August 2020. We were relying on using the pool and facilities when the weather wasn't great, however they're only allowed to be used by registered owners of cabins and chalets on site, not visiting holiday-makers since Covid-19 restrictions came into place. 
It was a pretty disappointing experience. 
The site is also a little run down.
All that aside, the site residents were friendly.

Facilities are for owners

I along with 150+ people attended a Christmas function with a Carvery and entertainment as part of a business group Festive function Dec 2019. 
Our food was a hot carvery self service.  Well a rudimentary school boy catering error was made by serving Hot food onto stone cold plates.   When the event organiser serving the carvery was questioned regarding cold plates.  A very weak exuse was given.
Quote "people cannot hold warm/hot plates" 🤔  lol  🤣
A very limp excuse, and uneducated answer to a valid question ! 
The food was only of adequate standard.  Overall the supposed hot ? Carvery experience spoilt my evening for my wife and others in our booking. 
I will not return to dine with Gurnard Pines Events.  3 out of 10 only. 😡


Gurnsrd Pines Christmas events 

NOT AS DESCRIBED - BE CAREFUL- POORLY RUN - DAMP - NO FACILITIES AS STATED

I rented the property from Gurnard Pines Sales and Lettings in August.

At the beginning the property was ok, poorly fitted out but liveable. However from the end of October the property starred to become very damp with the weather and this is the outcome and this is not the only property like this.

After dealing with Natasha we were promised on the 17th of November someone would be out to fix the problem. Now the 25 of January and nothing has been done.

After speaking with the letting agents I have been informed " you're an adult you should have moved out ".

I also requested a months rent and my deposit back for the property and Natasha didn't see this as fair and has been making her own deductions as she sees fit.

NOT AS DESCRIBED - ROOF LEAKING 2 MONTHS - TERRIBLE STAFF

Arrived to what looked like an overspill from a council estate. Awful  . Outdoor pool filled in with shingle and indoor pool been closed since April. No on site restaurant as stated on the Hoseasons /Cottages.com website . The chalet needed a deep clean badly. Rat bait boxes around the chalet next door . See photos 

Absolutely dreadful

Gurnard Pines
Accommodation small but well equipped. It could have been cleaned to a higher standard. There were cobwebs around the kitchen light fitting and the TV was quite dusty. I don’t want to nitpick but just give constructive criticism. 
I think the biggest issue was the site itself. I had read the reviews about it being rundown but it was much worse than expected. 
The facilities that you see Gym,Swimming pool etc do not belong to the site, but a membership package,However you can pay to use them but they are of a poor standard.
It’s all looking very tired, scruffy and outdated. In my opinion, the whole site  needs to be demolished and started again. These days, people require higher standards than the site is currently offering! If you don’t want to embarrass yourself avoid at all cost!!

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