Philpin Farm

Location, peaceful, clean shower/toilet block.
Very reasonably priced pitches.
Option to order breakfast/packed lunch in advance.

Advertised with free wi-fi, but only available in the communal barn which isn't open 24 hrs.
Would prefer site with parking next to pitch, had to make several trips back and forth to car when setting up/taking down.

Great showers, views, quiet site.

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friendly staff, great barn to use on an evening, snack bar and cafe on a weekend.
good toilets and showers

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Clean facilities. Snacks available and free Wi-fi

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Facilities excellent

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View, cleanliness of amenities, cafe

Nothing!

This was our first time camping and we chose this campsite as it was close to some activities we had booked such as ingleton waterfall trail and white scar cave. The site only had two other tents on the site when we stayed. Both husband and wife work on site on the farm and made sure we knew about all the facilities on site. To my shock they had an indoor shower and toilet block with two of each inside, as well as more toilets in the barn next door. The showers were very spacious with lockable doors and was perfect after a long day walking. There is free WiFi in the bar with seating it is strong enough to stream Netflix but very slow if you want to download something to watch later. There is a vending machine in the barn too providing some cold drinks and snacks. The site also offers cooked breakfast and sandwiches at an extra cost that has to be ordered the night before. The full English is a very reasonable price of £6 we didn’t have it as we brought breakfast with us but if you didn’t at least you can have a nice meal at a sit down table.

The site looks upon an amazing view of a local mountain possibly one of the peaks as we was told the trail was nearby, along with lots of sheep to watch too.

Overall great site with great facilities at a very cheap price would highly recommend and would use again if we came back

Didn’t dislike anything really enjoyed our stay

It's our second stay this month. Lovely comfortable site, pretty location, super clean and very friendly welcome. Will be back!

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Lovely campsite, friendly owners and clean facilities. Breakfast available to order. Free wifi. Would recommend

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The showers worked great and were spacious--plenty of room to put your things to keep them dry. I like the big showers. Good choice! Restrooms were clean and comfortable. The lockers to keep phones and devices safe: BRILLIANT! I wish every campground had that.

Even though it rained a bit, the pitches didn't get damp or mucky.

We arrived when the snack bar was closed, but they were kind enough to make us sandwiches, and there were some vending machines so we had something to eat!

It was nice to have the barn, a common area out of the rain/cold where we could sit and have a cup of tea.

It wasn't the campsite's fault, but the pub at the end of the drive was closed, so when we arrived in late afternoon (we were walking from another town), there wasn't much to eat. Like a lot of campsites we visited on the Dales Way, this one was geared a bit more toward those who arrived in cars (nice, ample parking) or were able to self-cater. Since we were walking and had to leave early, we needed to depart before the snack bar was open, so we arrived too late for an afternoon meal and left too early for a morning meal.

A local cab driver charged us a premium to go to the Station Inn 2 miles down the road. The walk to that pub, the only place for miles around to eat, was along a busy road and was not really walkable in evening/nighttime hours. Again, this was not the fault of the campsite owners, but it did affect our stay.

Given all this, we thought it was less of a "leave the car at home" place, though we were glad to be nearer to a train station than we'd been at other campsites on the Dales Way.

Would come again, but would check on the Hill Inn down the road first, and bring a car if possible.