Longfield Farm

Liked Low fuss get on with it type site with Alpaca and Emu grazing in adjacent fields

Disliked Bins overflowing with rubbish spilling on to the floor. Cats climbing into my tent and begging whilst preparing food.
Neighbours farm having a large uncontrolled fire blowing ash and smoke over camping kit whilst government issued fire alerts. Fire brigade attended but fire not extinguished

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From the manager: Thank you for your feedback.

We are sorry that the overflowing bins affected your stay. We are currently looking into providing larger bins and ways of managing campers’ waste more effectively. Unfortunately, the bins are regularly used for much more than normal household camping waste, with broken equipment, boxes and other bulky items being left in them. This quickly fills the available space and is something we are increasingly having to deal with. Unfortunately, a lack of consideration from some campers makes this particularly difficult to manage.

Regarding the cats, I completely agree that cats climbing into tents and begging while food is being prepared is unacceptable. Unfortunately, they are not our cats, and we actively discourage campers from engaging with or feeding them. However, some campers enjoy having the cats around and actively encourage them, which makes it extremely difficult to keep them away from the camping areas. We will continue to discourage this behaviour where we can.

Regarding the fire at the neighbouring farm, this was a controlled fire and was attended by the fire brigade. Unfortunately, we cannot be held responsible for activities taking place on neighbouring land. While we appreciate that smoke and ash blowing across your camping equipment was unpleasant, the fire was outside our control and was dealt with by the appropriate authorities.

We do take genuine feedback seriously and are continually looking at ways to improve the site. However, there are certain things outside our control, and we also rely on campers showing a reasonable level of respect and consideration for the site and other guests

Liked A great location, very central to so many beautiful spots at a great price, you really can't argue! The facilities are basic which the cost reflects, but lovely flat field, electric hook ups and beautiful surroundings, really pleased to have found this place and everything we needed.

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Liked The tap next to the hook up for each pitch, the farm cats were friendly and came for cuddles, large grass pitch, located between bakewell and Burton and near loads of brilliant days out.

Disliked No hot water to wash up
Cockerells were no stop all day and night
Bins overflowing and not emptied

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Liked Loved the area we cycled the Monsal trail from here the start was 5 miles away perfect

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Liked What a stunning setting, wonderful greeting by Rachel who couldn’t have been more helpful! Will definitely book again, a perfect simple site with everything you need and what wonderful views! We had a lovely time thank you!

Disliked Nothing at all

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Liked Very peaceful, excellent for visiting surrounding areas

Disliked Nothing disliked

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Liked Location, toilet and shower (very basic)

Disliked No organisation of where people pitched, some very close to each other which can lead to noise disturbance and also be a fire hazard.
Toilet and shower a useful addition but no way of cleaning after use left shower tray covered in grass and leaves.
I appreciate this sit is run as part of a charitable trust but some closer attraction to the pitching of Tents and cleaning of facilities would I believe encourage more repeat visits.

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From the manager: Thank you for your feedback.

Firstly, just to correct one point — we are not a charitable trust. I’m not sure where that information has come from, but it is completely incorrect.

We do have numbered pitches, and guests are expected to use their allocated pitch sensibly and considerately. We are a small campsite, and it simply isn’t practical or financially viable to have a warden walking around the site monitoring where every person puts their tent or how they behave.

We provide the pitches and the facilities; what we cannot provide is common sense.

If guests choose to pitch too close to others, make excessive noise or ignore basic consideration for their neighbours, that is unfortunately down to the individuals involved. We cannot be expected to supervise adults throughout their stay.

The same applies to the toilet and shower facilities. Yes, we provide them and yes, we expect them to be kept clean. But if somebody walks into a shower covered in grass and leaves and then leaves the mess behind, that is a guest responsibility, not a failure of the campsite. We cannot realistically clean the shower after every single person uses it.

We are always happy to take genuine constructive criticism on board and improve things where improvements are reasonably possible. However, there also has to be a degree of responsibility from the people staying here.

We are a small, independently run campsite — not a fully staffed holiday park with wardens and cleaners following guests around. We rely on people behaving responsibly, respecting other campers and leaving shared facilities as they would expect to find them.

We’re sorry that your experience wasn’t what you hoped for, but some of the issues raised are ultimately caused by the behaviour and lack of consideration of individual guests, rather than the lack of facilities or organisation on our part.

We appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback and will continue to do what we reasonably can to make the site enjoyable for everyone

Liked Left to do it our own way ..... good big pitches lots of space ....... loved it .
Only 3 loos and a shower but very clean and a small site so no big queues

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Liked Not being to restricted where you pitch your tent Andrew was very helpful and checked we were all right a couple of times throughout the stay witch was nice as we have to young lads and it was there first camping experience.

Disliked Nothing

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Liked Nice peaceful area, 2 beautiful friendly cats

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