Farm and Fell

Would recommend

Nice friendly staff, great location but needs more showers and toilets. There was mud and sheep mess everywhere but otherwise a great break. Would recommend, thanks!

Like wild camping

This was more like wild camping. Information on the site was not what was expected. There were 2 showers for the full site and port-a-loos. We thought the facilities were very poor. We understand that rain will impact, however the fields were so muddy you could not get the car on the fields. You would have expected for camping that there would be some gravel or lay outs to take cars in these conditions. There was nothing. If you got stuck, a tractor had to pull you out of the mud. The views were fabulous though.

Site's response

Thank you Julie, There are opinions and facts, I welcome your opinion, but I must correct you on facts. There were 200 camping pitches occupied on the weekend that you visited (August Bank Holiday). It had rained for 2 weeks prior and heavily for the 3 days prior to your visit. We advertise a grass campsite - you booked a grass camping pitch. In these circumstances, I don't think it's reasonable to make mud the fault of the campsite. Regarding gravel, the views and landscape that you kindly describe as "fabulous" are within a national park. They exist because we haven't concreted the landscape or covered it in gravel (in fact - the local planning authority don't allow it). Thank you for noticing that we pulled 16 cars/campers (out of 200) out that got stuck. May I add that we did so at no cost. Regarding toilets, you didn't mention that there is a toilet block in the yard with 4 porcelain flushing toilets and 3 urinals with sinks and running water for hand washing. You also received a welcome pack prior to arrival that explained your freedom to select a pitch that met your needs within 30 acres and that you chose to put yourself in a busy field with nice views - but the trade-off was that you had a 200 metre walk to the toilet block. Sincerely, Brian.

Hardworking farm site

A great site, if you aren't expecting permanent campsite features. I have mixed feelings about the campsite - the kids had the best time and it was lovely letting them be free: ride on toys provided to play for free, bouncy castle on a morning, hay jumping, and learning about and getting hands on experience with the animals (ferrets, calves, pigs and chickens). The bar area and live music is great if that's your thing (cheap cans, hot food / drink available and free live entertainment). However, I feel a little mis-sold. I think the site would be better not to advertise that toileting facilities would be 1 per 10 people, as I'm certain this wasn't the case, and there was no hot running water for dishes (when it says washing up area, there is, but it's cold water and I don't count that personally with young kids). There are two showers available at set times meaning it's busy and isn't included in the cost. As a result of those few things, I do feel pricing is a little on the high side. That being said, we thoroughly enjoyed our outdoor space, we didn't feel anyone was on top of us. When toilets became unclean, a quick note to the owner to let them know meant it could be dealt with (and was promptly). We often find it's harder to find a site that's dog friendly, kid friendly and allows fires (on top of that there's no need to buy onsite wood, but wood is brought round to buy to make it super easy). The grass was saturated on arrival and vehicles did get stuck, a lot of that was down to the drivers - lighten the load, pick a route etc. This could be offset by providing wheelbarrows and a "parking lot" but that may put more people off - and you can't please everyone! Set your expectations, bring plenty of baby wipes and hand sanitizer.