Hennock Hideaways

Liked Beautiful view, quiet site with basic facilities but everything you need, and a well stocked shop. I appreciated the kettle and microwave as I came on my bicycle with no stove, so I could have tea and porridge in the morning. Close to a pub and pretty village. I like sites like these!

Disliked Nothing

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Liked Our families loved this camping site. It was a good mix of relaxed and natural with some nice amenities. We especially appreciated the kids play areas, covered area with picnic tables and communal fridge/freezer. With only a short walk to the pub and incredible country views it’s a hidden gem.

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Liked What a wonderful campsite. Relaxed feel, no designated pitches, pay per person, dog friendly - well behaved dogs can relax by the tent off the lead! We were even treated to a bacon bap as it was a bank holiday weekend, what a treat! Lots of benches to chill on by the play areas and spaces to BBQ or picnic both in the sun and the shade. Small but perfectly formed with a lot of thought going into it.

Disliked Only 2 toilets and 2 showers rooms with toilets in and 1 extra toilet but with no sink. Sounds plenty but there was a long queue in the mornings. If there was a separate sink somewhere, even outside, then we could have brushed teeth and washed faces there rather than taken up a toilet for the time taken to brush teeth, while everyone was waiting. A minor point and certainly not a deal breaker, lovely campsite, will return.

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Liked Great for kids with a play area, shadier tree climbing spot with swings and open space to run around with a ball.
All the basics catered for and the luxury of an honesty shop. Beautiful views. Would definitely go back.

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Liked The view was stunning and the village nice and quiet.

Disliked Do not stay here if you value your health or safety. This campsite is dangerously overcrowded and completely unregulated by management.

Pitches are packed tight, completely ignoring the mandatory 6-metre safety distance. During our stay, roughly 80% of the pitches lit campfires simultaneously. By midnight and into the early morning, the entire site was choked in suffocatingly thick smoke.

Our roof tent filled with smoke, causing us to suffer from severe headaches and violent coughing. It felt like a genuine suffocation hazard. With no staff on-site to handle the situation, we were forced to pack up our vehicle and abandon our stay in the middle of the night for our own safety.

To make matters worse, management completely ignored the emergency text number provided in our reservation. We reached out immediately and have still received zero response. This site is an accident waiting to happen. Avoid at all costs.

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From the manager: We are genuinely sorry you did not enjoy your stay with us.

We do, however, feel it is important to clarify a few points for future guests reading this review.

We have been running the campsite for 11 years and take health, safety, and site management seriously. Risk assessments form part of how we operate the site, and on the very few occasions conditions have created a genuine fire risk, including periods of extreme drought when the grass was completely yellowed, we have made the decision to ban campfires entirely.

We live on site and were around throughout the afternoon and evening carrying out campsite jobs including cleaning the loos and showers, moving a marquee, and doing a late night walk around the site at approximately 11pm. If anyone had raised a welfare or safety concern during the night, we would absolutely have responded immediately, regardless of the time.

We did not receive any overnight texts or calls regarding smoke, illness, or emergencies. The only contact received was an email sent the following morning shortly after the review was posted.

We also respectfully disagree with the suggestion that the campsite was overcrowded. We have drone footage from the evening showing pitches spaced appropriately across the field.

Campfires are part of camping life here and most guests spend the evening toasting marshmallows, burning sausages, and debating whose job it was to bring the matches. That said, guest comfort and safety is something we take seriously and we always welcome polite feedback at the time so we can actually help.

Hennock Hideaways is a relaxed, rural campsite, not a polished holiday park, and while we know we will not be everyone’s cup of tea, we do care a great deal about the people who stay with us.

I will also shortly respond to your email received at 8.35am this morning.

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Liked Lovely site for a decent price, the owners have put a lot of effort into ensuring the facilities are clean and tidy. It’s away in the quiet countryside but lots of things to do a short 20 min drive any direction. The on site goats were great to watch while waiting for the showers. I felt safe as a solo female.

Disliked On a bit of a hill but I slept comfortably even without chocks. Wouldn’t recommend if you're not a confident driver - very tight single track lanes in all directions in - fine for me in a VW van but can see some people struggling. One downside for me was the unfortunate large group of people playing music you could hear across the whole campsite even though it’s advertised as a ‘quiet no music site’ which is why I booked it. No owners/staff appeared to tell them to turn it down all weekend.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review and for recommending Hennock Hideaways.

I’m really pleased you enjoyed your stay, felt safe as a solo traveller, and appreciated the effort that goes into keeping the site clean and tidy. The goats will be delighted with their mention too.

I’m sorry to hear the music from another group affected your stay. I do ask guests to keep noise to a minimum and to respect the quiet atmosphere that many people come here for.

As I live on site as this is my home, if I’m aware of an issue, I’ll always do my best to deal with it. Unfortunately, I can’t be everywhere at once and I don’t spend the evening walking around the campsite listening for noise after 11pm. Once I’m indoors for the night, I can’t hear what’s happening across every corner of the site. If I’d known the music was disturbing other guests, I would have spoken to them happily.

Thank you again for your feedback and for your kind comments about the site. Hopefully I’ll see you again in the future. I’m beginning to loathe bank holidays as you can imagine as there is always one that may ruin for all others. 99% of the time we are just what we hope for and that’s a peaceful site.

Cheers Kate

Liked The campsite was lovely. We had a great 2 night stay and particularly loved the views and the walks around the area. Would recommend the Palk Arms for a bite to eat and local beer.

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Liked A gem! Tidy well organised site, first time I’ve been on a camper van/ tent only site and it’s good. Not busy so showers were excellent, lashings of hot water. yet to meet the owner. Not disturbed at all

Disliked Nothing personally, I can see why someone who is not used to driving a large camper would be a bit nervous in the lanes

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Liked Beautiful views, lots of space so didn’t feel crowded, great facilities, loved the honestly shop and zip line was a highlight too!

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