Pontins Southport, Merseyside, England

Hotel Information

User Rating:
4 / 10
(133 User Reviews)

Hotel Description:

Southport Beach offers breath-taking views of the coastline, while Ainsdale Beach has recently been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag Award. The Centre itself offers everything you need for a fun-packed family holiday, with a host of entertainment and activities for all ages. There's no end of games and supervised activities for the kids to enjoy, they can even learn circus skills!
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Pontins Southport Holiday Reviews

Pontins Southport Reviews

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" What a load of rubbish "

We arrived at pontins at approx 4pm good friday, the time we were told to check in by...only to find they were packin up and told we had to be quick to get our key...when we pulled up it looked like alcatraz....a 1950s prison camp! we got to our... read more

Advice: Southport is nice

Activities: the beach

Good for: Beach 

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  • User Rating:
    1 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Apr 2009
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" filthy "

hepatitis C jab is a nessesity if you book putlins southport. dirty, filthy dirty. matress was threadbare, old, and stained of which some were blood stains, the carpet was worse. the room was dated the seats and sofa bed was broken and unusable. the... read more

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  • User Rating:
    1 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Apr 2009
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" Awful!!! "

We stayed here after booking a Sun newspaper break for myself, my husband and our daughter.
From the moment we arrived I was appalled at the attitude of staff. The staff on recpetion were extremely rude and just gave us the informtion and didn't... read more

Advice: Liverpool was lovely. Clean and easy to find your way around.

Activities: Albert Docks had fantastic views.

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  • User Rating:
    1 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Apr 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Sun Newspaper

" PONTINS - SOUTHPORT "

We upgraded to a Classic apartment after I had read reviews, I would hate to think what the Budget apartment was like!
Reception area very uninviting and dirty, wanted to go home the moment I arrived but the kids were looking forward to it and I... read more

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  • User Rating:
    1 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Oct 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:UK Holiday in The Sun

" GOOD BUT WATCH THE FOOD "

I wrote a holiday review for Pontins in July this year and I gave it 10 out of 10.
I have only given it an 8 this time due to the fact that my husband got food poisoning.
Arrived at the site at about 1.30pm on the friday. Couldn't check in... read more

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  • User Rating:
    8 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Oct 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" Good Experience "

We also considered cancelling after visiting these reviews the night before! Booked 4 nights as a quick last minute cheap break to keep the children (aged 5 & 6) busy over the half term. Arrived at Pontins in the rain and was greeted at the gate... read more

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  • User Rating:
    5 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Oct 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" you get what you pay for "

After reading various bad reports about Pontins at southport I was very dubious about what we would get. We went on a 'Sun' holiday and upgraded to Club. If I paid £300 the full price I would have been very disappointed. Our 'luxury' appartment was... read more

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  • User Rating:
    7 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Oct 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:sun paper

" Horrible "

We have always had a break (after our main holiday & before Christmas) and have often been on The Sun £9.50 breaks before. We have always been delighted with our accomodation before, so imagine our horror when w arrived at Pontins Southport. We... read more

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  • User Rating:
    1 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Oct 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" Horrible "

We have always had a break (after our main holiday & before Christmas) and have often been on The Sun £9.50 breaks before. We have always been delighted with our accomodation before, so imagine our horror when w arrived at Pontins Southport. We... read more

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  • User Rating:
    1 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Oct 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:The Sun

" Tired and Scruffy Southport Pontins "

I have been on Sun Holidays many times, and have been quite satisfied with everything about them, so I had no qualms about booking a break at Pontins Southport. However, after I read bad reviews on this and other sites, I was reassured by Pontins that... read more

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  • User Rating:
    1 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Other-

" This holiday camp is in serious need... "

This holiday camp is in serious need of a face lift, the rooms were disgusting and we felt like we were in a pre fab from the 50's. we chose this accomadation as we wanted to visit blackpool (which was fab). We needed a holiday centre so that my... read more

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  • User Rating:
    1 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Jul 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" This holiday camp is in serious need... "

This holiday camp is in serious need of a face lift, the rooms were disgusting and we felt like we were in a pre fab from the 50's. we chose this accomadation as we wanted to visit blackpool (which was fab). We needed a holiday centre so that my... read more

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  • User Rating:
    1 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Jul 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" Just returned from a week end break... "

Just returned from a week end break at Pontins Southport. Never, Never again.
The chalets dated back to the sixties/seventies. The room smelt of stale fags and the carpet had so many stains on it, that it was hard to detect the original colour of... read more

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  • User Rating:
    4 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" We spent the week beginning 15th Sept... "

We spent the week beginning 15th Sept - 19th Sept and have nothing but good comments, me and my friend came with out two little girls who were both 2 and a half and they absolutely loved it, yeah fair enough it could do with a good clean in some areas... read more

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  • User Rating:
    8 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Pontins

" I really don't know what some people... "

I really don't know what some people on here expect when they book a cheap as chips holiday to a Holiday Park that had it's heyday 30 years ago!
We had a fantastic time at Pontins, our 3 year old daughter loved every minute of it. Our chalet,... read more

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  • User Rating:
    7 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently
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