Billing Aquadrome

What happened to this place? It used to be awesome but now it just feels like they’re trying to hard to impress when they didn’t need to.
I used to love coming camping here when I was younger and would take between 2 and 6 weekend trips every year between Easter and September. I had some of my best Holiday’s here.
I would spent the daytime playing in one of the many parks, in the outdoor pool or floating on the River in my Dinghy. Then the evenings head out to the funfair where I would pay 50p for unlimited rides on the giant slide running up the stairs with my mat until it felt like my legs would fall off and then spend ages watching the ladies make hot fresh Doughnuts before then having eating contests with my friends (who could eat a whole Donut without licking their lips?).
But now it’s completely different. the peddle boats available for all ages on Willow Lake are now replaced with Jet Ski’s which of course are height limited, all of the parks are looking a lot more sparse than they used to (done away with almost everything classed as ‘dangerous’ through fear of law suit?) the Funfair just isn’t what it used to be and the outdoor pool is gone. Instead there is this huge monstrosity that is ”The Venue’ with indoor pool, arcade machines and a snooty restaurant.
Maybe I’m just getting old and do not understand the need for everything to be modernized but in my eyes you come to Billing for camping and that means cooking on a gas burner for Breakfast /​Dinner, taking walks around the beautiful grounds and generally getting back to basics.
That being said they do still have to Go Karts here which always had the loudest sound system you could hear it halfway over the park (not now though) and the Car Show is still an annual event.

Its outdated and a waste of money i have stayed once and it just like mapplins from hi di hi.

been here a few times on last visit paid 2 camp 4 weekend drove round {all tents, caravans packed in like sardines} decided nt 2 bother and left will never go back toilets and showers nt very pleasant, amusement park aimed more at the younger generation.

Well, after reading the other reviews, I think we were very lucky! We went there as part of The Sun holidays deals, so didn’t have particularly high hopes but it was actually really good!
This place is well-​located just to the south of Northampton and 10 mins or so from the M1. There are plenty of civilized places in the vicinity to visit, so you’re not stuck in the rear-​end of nowhere like many UK holiday resorts.
We stayed in one of their rental static caravans, and to be honest apart from the caravan itself we didn’t actually go to any other parts of the aquadrome (what exactly is an aquadrome anyway?!). So my 5* rating IS BASED SOLELY ON THE CARAVAN ACCOMMODATION!
The vans are apparently all brand new, and ours was lovely. It had decent heating in all rooms, the kitchen was new and modern with microwave & fridge freezer and there was a TV/​DVD. The main bedroom was relatively spacious and there was generous storage space. The bathroom was bigger than that in a Barratt home and the shower was decent enough. Spotlessly clean so all-​in-​all, perfect really.
Staff were friendly at the reception/​security gate, and from what we saw of the park on the drive in and out it all looked quite pleasant. Not disputing the other reviews at all, but if you’re looking for a cheap weekend break in a caravan you could do a helluva lot worse than go here.
By the waydon’t be fooled into thinking that an aquadrome is a water park! My 4yr old was devestated to find out there was no swimming pool.

Billing aquadrome is a large campsite in Northamptonshire. It is set on very large grounds and offers pitches for tents caravans and motor homes, with plenty of areas especially for electric hook up requirements. The electric hook up pitches is very large and it is ideal if you have a bigger sized multi pod tent as we have. We have enjoyed some really relaxing weekends here but unfortunately their shower and toilet blocks let them down. For such a big place that has so much to offer it would be perfect if you knew you could at least shower in a clean area, this is not possible at billing, the showers do not work properly, and they are badly maintained and need cleaning. Due to this we are sad to say we won’t visit there anymore, when you are camping for a few days a shower is very important. The rest of the place is fantastic and I would fully recommend if the showers and toilet block was not required.

I went there in July and camped for two nights because all the hotels were booked.
The experience was not very pleasant, but on the plus side, there was a new toilet and shower block that was quite clean.
We had breakfast in the morning, we were not expecting much and were not disappointed.
The strange thing was: we had to wallk past the amusements in the evening on our way back, and they had one of those high-​pitch (like mosquito noise) generating gismo that deter teenagers. Odd, we thought, when surely it is teenagers that they would want to attract
We had no intention of staying anyway.

camped here in may 2008.
camping field was covered in goose droppings the size of a small dog
toilets & showers poor
fairground limited but ok for under 10’s
crazy golf good but overpriced
understands it gets very busy when there’s a rally on (land rover, mini, american cars etc)

My experience of Billing Aquadrome is a pleasant weekend we spent there with friends in our caravans many years ago.
Unfortunately there were storms overnight, no big deal in a ‘van but for some reason the water control system broke down, the whole flood-​plain flooded and we woke up to see a foot deep lake surrounding us!
After carring my wife to the car, she wasn’t keen on the possibility of worms touching her feet whilst wading, we followed the bin bags, marking water logged the road, we went home :)
Campers nearer the river were less fortunate.

I used to live near Billing Aquadrome and never understood why so many people rave about it! It’s dirty & smelly & outdated!