Brakehill Lodge Farm

Welcoming hosts, clean facilities, sheltered location off the beaten track. Thank you!

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A lovely warm welcome when we arrived. Allowed to choose our pitch - only 2 out of the 4 being used when we arrived. Quiet, rural and Clean. A small site, the old barn has been converted into the communal areas with showers, toilets, kitchen wash up area. It also has a pool table, dart board, a couple of sofas and lovely large table and chairs area. It’s very rustic and basic but we liked that. Our children were safe to be able to go to the barn without us, which we won’t let them do on a busy/big site. Chickens and turkeys walking around freely, and the sounds of animals and farmers was a lovely change from our normal traffic and sirens noises at home.

There are only two toilets and two showers, if the site was at full capacity (6 tent pitches and 3 bell tents(glamping)) I could imagine that to be a problem. It wasn’t a problem for us, we never had to wait for either.
Maybe I was doing something wrong, but I could only get cold water from the wash basins (hot water in showers and kitchen sink though).

The relaxing location, friendly owners, loved the geese, chickens and Turkey.

Nothing to dislike

We had a lovely stay at Brakehill Lodge Farm. The campsite is small and peaceful. The facilities are very clean - the shower, kitchen area and games space were brilliant. Clare and Alex were very welcoming and helpful. Would highly recommend.

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Lovely location if you're after a quiet family camping trip.

The facilities are basic and just two toilets and showers, but that was more than adequate for our stay as we occupied 4 of the 6 tent pitches, and the facilities are shared with those staying in the bell tents.

Claire was kind enough to book us the full use of the tent field which made a huge difference, and was very welcome. It would have felt overcrowded if we were staying with other families that we didn't know as the tent pitches are quite close together, but given the full use of the field and security of the location it was lovely to be able to let the children run around and explore a bit. They were able to see the chickens and the ducks which amused them most days.

The barn hosts additional gaming tables (pool, football) and offers shelter if we wanted to go indoors for a break from the rain, very spacious allowing the children a bit of freedom.

Fire pits are available for hire, and logs can be purchased at a local garage.

You can also purchase eggs and other home made toiletries from the site.

The barn and hosted amenities are quirky but this is a nice feature of the location.

Would have felt overcrowded if the tent field was fully occupied with families that we didn't know. The facilities often ran out of hand towels and toilet roll, just a little closer checks on those would have helped.

Everything!!! We stayed for one night in one of the Bell tents and it was everything we had hoped for! Clare was very friendly, the tent had everything we needed from logs for the fire, charcoal for the bbq, towels, kettle with tea, water, crockery! There is a pool table, badminton rackets, the views are lovely and it's such a beautiful setting. You could buy fresh eggs and local honey! We will definitely be back!

Nothing!!

All of it! The owners were lovely, even helping us out when we found we’d forgotten our tent poles. The site is small with a mix of safari tents which our friends used and pitches with electrical hook-up. The rescue chickens and the sunsets were lovely, and there was plenty of indoor space to play pool, table football, darts and even badminton when it rained. Showers lovely, spotless, indoor washing up sink and comfy sofas for the adults when it rained.

Wanted to stay longer.

Loved our stay - this is a really thoughtfully run campsite. When the weather was awful, our teenagers loved the indoor pool table, table football, darts while the adults sat in the kitchen, chatting. The owners are lovely and helped us out when we realised we'd forgotten our tent poles. It's a small, peaceful site, facilities squeaky-clean, and there are some gorgeous rescue-chickens to add to the bliss. Would love to have stayed longer. Not much wifi but that was a bonus! Sunsets were gorgeous, esp from the elevated sunset bench.

Nothing

All the facilities that made our stay more comfortable. Facilities were always clean. Friendly service. Had the whole field to ourselves.

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The quietness of the site. The hosts were friendly. Showers were lovely! Lovely are for dog walking.

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