Old Barn Touring Park

Liked: The gentleman and lady who ran the camp site were really really helpful, at one point during the week our cars battery died and they helped us jump start the car, it was a really really wet week with so much rain, storm and winds and we were offered help if our car got stuck etc. The pitches were separated, and it didn’t feel like one massive field with hundreds of tents and camper vans and we really enjoyed this feeling of being on our own. If you went with a few friends I’m sure it would feel like your own campsite if you were all out together. It was dog friendly and all dogs had to be kept on leads at all times during your stay. Whilst we have a super friendly golden retriever I’m sure this would appeal to people with maybe nervous dogs. There were really good facilities such as the toilets, showers, washing up areas and laundry areas. We got so wet that we used the dryers to help dry some of our clothes, grabbed a few tokens from the on-site shop and this was a great benefit to us for this holiday. The tokens were £1.50 and that was for an hour dry or wash. The toilet block doors stayed open so you did get some bugs and leaves blow into the blocks but the actual level for cleanliness of the toilet blocks are the best I have seen so far for a camp site, all the toilets were clean and had toilet roll in when ever I used them. On site there was also a little play area for thoes with children. We love that side of the island, I was at first worried about it being so close to the air field but whilst you heard the planes in the day they didn’t disturb you during the night (this might have been because of the 40 mph winds tho haha)! It’s such a hard review to give as we went on a week that was so wet I didn’t feel like we got the full benefit of camping. But we both felt safe on the site and had a good time despite the horrific weather conditions.

Disliked: The only thing I would say that it’s not the most scenic view of a campsite, down the bottom of the campsite there was a lovely little walk but if you are after something with amazing views this isn’t the place, as a base for us tho we absolutely loved it!

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Liked: Location, with nearby walks.

Disliked: Poor washing, shower and toilet facilities desperately in need of investment/rebuild/refurbishment. Untended camping field - the grass badly needed cutting.

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Liked: The receptionist was very friendly and offered us alternative pitches when we were not happy with the one we had been allocated. Clean toilets and the free wifi was quite good as well. The grounds are kept well and the whole site was clean and tidy.

Disliked: The site is on quite a busy road. Although this did not overly bother us, it does let the site down a little as it is quite noisy most of the time. The site is also at the end of a runway for light aircraft. The first day we was there the planes were taking off over us which was really noisy. Thankfully the rest of the days they were coming in to land over us so were much quieter. This may be us being fussy but we did struggle with the pitches as the first few we were offered were very uneven and although we are in a motorhome and do have chucks to go under the wheels, the pitches just weren't great. Although we were finally offered one that was completely flat and we didn't need the chucks at all. I also don't agree with having to pay for the use of the showers separately. In my opinion this should be part of the cost of the pitch. Although I do appreciate that this is relatively common, I just don't like it.

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Liked: The location, the nature and the peace and quiet. The laundry was good also.

Disliked: Shower facilities need refresh.

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Liked: Beautiful countryside, lots of great walks, great for camping with dogs. Facilities basic but very good (showers are lovely and hot). It has everything you need for simple camping. Owners were friendly and helpful.

Disliked: WiFi was a bit hit and miss, but we came to camp not be on the internet so it didn't bother us too much.

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Liked: Emma (the owner) was very nice, we had a warm welcome and she was ready to give us plenty of information on local places to visit like the steam railway and Monkey Haven,both fab says out! Good clean facilities, toilets and washrooms were good as were the big pitches. We woke early one day to a red squirrel hunting for nuts in the tree next to our tent, how lovely ...very happy campers!

Disliked: We were camping in our tent and unfortunately had noisy neighbours in a tent next to us who chatted till late into the night ..Not the owners fault at all

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Liked: Nice site layout, we had an electric grass pitch, situated in a small area divided up with hedges. The facilities were a bit dated but kept very clean.

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Liked: The size of the pitch, ample room for our tent and awning. Length of the shower once 20p inserted was brilliant. Cleanliness of toilet blocks was great too.

Disliked: Toilets running out of loo roll (female). Not able to wash hands properly as tap needed a hand on it to use. Soap dispensers not very good.

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Liked: Spacious size pitch and reception staff helpful.

Disliked: Toilet block looks derelict and unloved , weeds , loose steps and large flakes of blue paint by entrance to gents , seems floor and wall tiles in the block have been over painted at some time ! , we opted not to use the facilities, looked dirty! All very disappointing. Needs some serious TLC ! The areas around the dustbin were dirty with some old looking rat poison stations, we did see one large rodent by the dustbins !!.

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From the manager: We are so sorry that you felt this way and wish that you had come to speak to us. When we took over the site 5 years ago the toilet block was very dated and in need of a lot of work. Our intention was to completely overall it but then the pandemic coming meant that we couldn't open and we had to use the funds we had for that to keep afloat. It meant that we couldn't implement all of the changes we wanted to make and so we made cosmetic upgrades. Over the past 5 years we have continued to make changes to the facilities, we lowered the ceilings to make it warmer, changed the lighting to make it easier to see in there, put in new hand dryers, hair dryers and shaving points. Yes we painted the tiles on the walls and floors and for some reason the paint in the men's toilet has reacted (if you had looked in the ladies you would have seen that it hasn't in there even though it is the same paint) and while we are aware that it doesn't look great I can't close down the men's facilities for 3 days to paint the floor, it has to wait until we are closed as does much of the repair work and upgrades. We do have bait boxes around the bin areas to try to deter vermin, as should all campsites It is inevitable that where there are humans and rubbish there will be vermin and we are trying hard to keep them away but unfortunately bait boxes are not pretty. When you say that area around the dustbins is dirty I don't really know what you mean, there are some leaves from the bushes around them, the bins get emptied once or twice a day and if any rubbish is outside of the bins it gets picked up. Again perhaps if you had come to speak to me you could have explained what you mean and I could have dealt with it at the time.

Liked: Good old school clean facilities, site set out in hedge screened blocks, pitches fairly level, all grass with EHU, close to big shops and coast, Got a kids play area, a public bridleway run along side off into the hill behind

Disliked: Only gripe, hedges were getting over grown especially around the bins and taps

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave us a lovely review. The hedges had gotten a bit wild over the last few weeks (all that lovely sunshine) We will be tackling them as soon as all the birds have finished nesting in the next couple of weeks. We look forward to seeing you again.