The Salutation Inn

Liked The pitch itself. Tidy, clean and away from the numerous dodgy looking static holiday caravans and the smell of weed emanating from the first caravan.

Disliked The reception caravan. I’m really sorry but it’s not a pleasant welcome to the site to be invited into the ‘reception’ which is someone’s caravan which subsequently smells really bad…it was awful, to sign in. This could easily have been done out side.
Now I took the negative reviews (numerous) about the toilets with a pinch of salt hoping to be proven wrong, but I wasn’t. Men’s toilets-two urinals. Both smelt bad and not clean. The flushing toilet. Flushed and had some cleaning product hanging off the rim that worked when flushed, but there was what I can only describe as baked on excrement around the rim. No toilet roll. No paper towels or hand drying facility.
Two showers. One went from scolding hot to cold but would not regulate. The other worked thank goodness but height was too short (I’m not that tall).
Overall, the toilet and shower block was disgusting and dirty. I’ve been to many weekend music festivals and the toilets and showers there were cleaner. Basics….if people are camping you at least hope to have half decent clean and hygienic facilities.

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Liked Location is convenient for several places. The campsite side is quite well maintained. Friendly owners.
Oh it's a bit weird place. It's like a cliche council estate you see on the English comedy. There are people clearly living on this site permanently. All very friendly but the vibe is weird. Hard to explain. It's not a bad thing I suppose. It's an ok value for money.

Disliked Toilet facilities needs help. There wasn't any toilet paper and the two nights we stayed there I don't think they were cleaned once. There are two ladies cubical and one men's. I don't think it's enough for the site. Those toilets should be cleaned at least twice a day.

What I also didn't realise is that it's right next to main road and it's very noisy. People should know this before booking.

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Liked The owners were helpful, chatty and Callum came past a few times doing jobs asking if everything was OK.

The area is beautiful and close to everything we needed.

We stayed for 2 nights but would have stayed longer as the pitch was a good size, plenty of room between them and so many more things to explore.

There were a couple of families over the other side who my daughter enjoyed getting to know. She found things to entertain herself.

There was a bit of traffic from the road but nothing that really bothered us.

Lovely hot water in the shower. We just took our own toilet roll and handwash when we went. I have seen worse toilet facilities, yes they could do with updating, but everything worked as it should. Water point was easily accessed too.

The residents who were there even helped me jump start my car when My battery decided it didn't want to work haha...

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Liked Beautiful area and views - other campsite nearby that are lovely.

Disliked I’ve stayed at many campsites, I’m not looking for luxurious facilities, however this one I drove in and drove right back out of.
Toilet and shower block are filthy and static caravans look very run down.
No soap in the toilets (which weren’t cleaned recently as toilet smelt strongly of urine) and I went to pick up a bottle of what I thought was hand soap which was in fact a yellowing bottle of feminine hygiene wash 🤢
The reception caravan was also very poorly kept and dirty. We simply drove off and there are campsites for similar prices nearby that are lovely.
It’s a real shame because the area and views are beautiful.

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Liked Pitched are big.

Disliked The facilities weren't sufficient: toilets and showers were dirty and the washing-up sink doesn't have water so other campers did their dishes in the sinks of the toilets.

A lot of noice in the evening en morning from traffic.

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Liked We’ve just left after a week of camping at the salutation inn, Callum and his lovely wife run the site and they literally can’t do enough for you. Callum is out from first thing in the morning till late at night and is always more than happy to help with anything they are both lovely people 😊The campsite is a quiet area with beautiful views and is a very good base camp to get to everywhere around you. We will definitely be back 😊

Disliked The owners need to upgrade the toilet & shower block as quite old and dated and maybe add a small park for the kids to play although our kids found plenty to do 😊 there’s quite a lot of bad reviews on here but that is down to the Owners to upgrade it a little and not down to the manager Callum or his wife who are doing a great job running the site with what they have😊

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Liked Location, hard standing pitch & level, peaceful

Disliked Shower / toilet facilities very outdated & not clean. No washing up area

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Liked Callum was really friendly and helpful with excellent customer service and good knowledge of surrounding areas and wildlife. The site is a perfect location for a base camp to explore the vast stunning area. Ideal place for walkers and wildlife spotters.
Beautiful sunset and sunrise views from the campsite.
Booked up for 1 night (last minute decision).... The area, the walks and the wildlife were so impressive we really wanted stay another night, Callum was kind enough to fit us in at such short notice

There is a great walk from the campsite to the local village where you can get food at The Mason Arms

When it gets dark on the campsite ... listen out for the owls in the feilds and woods nearby

Disliked No dislikes

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Liked The owners are lovely. The pitch was a generous size. The facilities were clean. Lovely views.

Disliked The toilets are very far from the camping section. This was fine for me as I had older children but if you were coming camping with smaller children you may want to bring some sort of potty or camping toilet.

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Liked A place too stay

Disliked There was no place to wash the dishes. The sanitary facilities were inadequate and not very clean. The manager keeps driving around the site in his large car. There were dogs using the campsite for there needs.

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