Little Oak Camping Reviews

Mostly good!

Had a great time, but maybe some regulation as to when to quieten down in the evening would be a good idea. A large group turned up late on the Friday evening, 3 mums and a bunch of kids and basically didn't care about other parents trying to get their kids to sleep. Kids screaming, adults all being loud over dinner, car doors slamming, inflating air beds at 10pm, that kind of thing. Seems louder than normal when trying to sleep in a tent. The noise then went on much later, so our kids were all shattered the day after, which is not fun. If the campsite had some signs up or some guidelines upon arrival, then maybe would have helped.

Site's response

Daniel I am so sorry that you were disturbed by noise. We ask everyone to quieten down by 11 on the information we send and its in our site rules. When large groups book, we make sure they know this is a family site and ask them not to book if they are going to be rowdy. In this instance they all made separate booking so we weren't able to head them off at the pass, so to speak. My husband would have been round at least once during the evening and again at 11 to ask them to quieten down. It's a difficult line to navigate, people accuse us of being the fun police just as as well as telling us it was too noisy. We have neighbours who don't want to be disturbed as well so we generally err on the side of quiet, but we don't always get it right and I am sorry if we didn't on this occasion.

Small and friendly

Friendly owners, lovely annexe field. Great location for walking into Retford on the byway. Only downsides was that the portaloos had no loo roll all weekend and were very smelly. Two small showers and two small loos, adequate but not very spacious when you have to go in with a small child.

Site's response

I am so sorry to hear that you had problems with the portable toilets. I will speak to the staff involved. We deliberately keep the numbers of people on the site small so that there are enough loos to go round, which is why the site feels so spacious, so I am really sorry that the toilets were not useable on the Annexe and will make sure this doesn't happen again.

Lovely stay

Lovely little campsite with all you need. Host was welcoming and helpful. Lovely few days away without the kids.

One night in the campsite

The hidden gem nearby the city centre in Retford.

Amazing 2 nights!

We stayed 2 nights and the owners were amazing and super friendly. Always there to help whenever you needed it. PS, the cat was a bonus!

Great

Relaxing, friendly and clean. Would recommend it to anyone.

Excellent hosts, peaceful site

Easy to find with the directions from the website. The annex field was well maintained and the portable toilets were spotless.

Break to see Robin Hood....he's good, didn't see him :(

Great place, we stayed in a large tent within the annexe area. Good for dogs (in the annex area) seemed like the other area was a dog free zone, but don't quote me. 2 portaloos in the annexe area, BUT, access to 2 proper WCs and 2 showers. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, relaxed atmosphere & chilled. 30 mins by car or so from Sherwood Forest. The hosts were accommodating and helpful/present. Fully recommend.

Enjoyable short break away

The Romany caravan was cosy and well equipped. Lovely peaceful and clean campsite. Owner friendly. Had a lovely short break away.

Lovely, quiet campsite

A lovely campsite, quiet and hidden in the countryside. Perfect for relaxing and star gazing. Great location- small drive from the town centre and great attractions like Sherwood Forest. The owners were friendly and accommodating. Fire pits are dotted around the campsite and you can buy enough wood for a night's fire from the owners. Perfect for us.