Higher Easton Farm Campsite

Liked We had a lovely weekend escape at Higher Easton. We arrived on the Friday and were the only people on site meaning we were able to have the peaceful and undisturbed break we were looking for. Hazel was incredibly welcoming and friendly but also left us to our own devices which we appreciated. The farm is beautiful and it's lovely to walk past and see the calves on the way to and from the shower area. The showers and toilets are basic but clean and tidy, which is all we needed!

Disliked Nothing to report!

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From the manager: Thank you for your review, it was great to read and you captured the essence of the campsite very well indeed. We look forward to seeing again sometime.

Best wishes for a lovely summer,

Hazel and Stuart.

Liked Locations was great for where we wanted to be, and some great views to be had. Friendly welcome. Easy walk to the pub.

Facilities are best described as rustic, old ‘converted’ chicken sheds but we knew what we were heading to from reviews and photos on pitch up.

Disliked Toilets were a little lacking on the privacy side. someone had even poked loo roll between the cracks in the boards in one cubicle, so your experience was less sharing with your neighbouring pooper.

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From the manager: Taking the time for leaving a review. We are glad you found a lot to like. I will personally sit on each of our 5 loos and try and see what you mean about the cracks because I have checked and there is no toilet paper stuffed anywhere!

Best wishes for the rest of your summer.

Hazel

Liked Tranquility, friendliness of Hazel and Stuart the owners.
The price and location, close to Bigbury on sea and Dartmoor National Park.
Dog friendly.

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From the manager: Dear David,

Thank you for staying, it was great seeing you enjoying yourself and relaxing.

All the best Hazel

Liked Wonderful site clean and very chilled

Disliked Nothing

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From the manager: Dear Daniel,

Thank you for staying and for leaving a review.

All the best,
Hazel and Stuart

Liked largely flat field, mowed along the edges for camping. plenty of toilets and space to do your washing up. But let's talk showers. The showers (once you remember where they are hidden between a building and the cow barn) are fantastic, if...tin hut roofed. Hot, decent water pressure, plenty of hooks for both the clothes you have on and the clean ones to change into, plus shelves to put things. These showers are better than the next campsite I stayed which had posh showers but only one hook. And even better, you can pick blackberries while you shower, and enjoy listening to the lowing of the cows.

relatively easy walk (quietish country road, no pavement) down to Bigbury and the beach.

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Liked What a fabulous site! So relaxed and quiet with amazing views. Picking raspberries in the shower was a whole new experience! Hazel and Stuart were so friendly a d helpful.

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From the manager: Dear Philip,

Thank you for your review, see you again one day.

Best wishes

Hazel

Liked Peaceful rural location, big open field, choose your own spot to camp, wide views all round, simple facilities but everything you need, very friendly owner/ farmers. Easy walk to pub and shop, 10 mins drive to beach, dog friendly.

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From the manager: Thank you both for staying and for your accurate description of our pop up campsite!

We hope to see you again sometime,

All the best

Hazel and Stuart.

Liked Large open space and very few people

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. I am pleased you liked it here.

Best wishes
Hazel

Liked The hosts, the relaxed site, the space....This is the kind of site i like; a working farm, a big flat field, basic but good and sufficient facilities, welcoming hosts, quick and clear communication, a pub 10 mins walk down the road, a beach 10 mins drive down the road (and i suppose another 15 min walk from the car park driven to), big sky, peace and quiet.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review. We are delighted you had an enjoyable stay. Aymer Cove is a lovely beach and worth the walk, it's usually fairly quiet as well. If you want to hop out of your can and onto the beach Bigbury beach is 5 minutes down the road, we are spoilt for choice.

Best wishes

Hazel

Liked Price was good. Booking was easy and communication and directions were spot on.

Disliked The site was just a field with long grass and very bumpy. We couldn't find anywhere really flat to pitch the tent. It seemed like no effort had been made to create flat, mown areas for tents. It wasn't so bad in the camper but walking around in the evening in long grass meant we all got bitten by creepy crawlies. A quick mow in along the hedge line would have made it much more pleasant.

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From the manager: Dear Heather,

Thank you for your review and for confirming the price and directions were good.

I really am sorry you were disappointed and that your stay did not meet your expectations, however as the other reviews and our Higher Easton Farm Campsite write up on here states, we are a basic, pop up, back to nature campsite, people come here for the big views, the sun set, the sun rises and the night sky as we are in an officially recognised dark sky area. This is a place to switch off and unwind, that is why I say camp where you want to, so that if you want to have a good amount of space between you and other campers you can, but as others have said it is a basic, old fashioned campsite . We are often described as wild camping with facilities. I have read your comments carefully, we do mow along the hedge line regularly and there are several (wider than a car) tracks to where campers pitch up, so there is no need to walk in anything other than the tracks (very short grass) unless you want to. To keep the mown areas really short we usually mow weekly however because the weather keeps coming in damp we have been able to mow for the last 10 days, if we had our campers would have walked damp mown grass back into their tents or van. As soon as the weather improves the mower will be in operation. Sorry you didn't find a spot flat enough for you, as far as I am aware you are the only guest to say this.
Best wishes for the rest of your summer. With the greatest respect, I think you would enjoy a more manicured campsite with designated pitches, these types of sites will have by the nature of them much less biodiversity than you will find on most pop up campsites which are located in farming, rural areas.

Yours sincerely,

Hazel

Liked Loved every minute before arriving from text message with direct instructions to greeting when arriving and checking on us! I stayed the night before a charitty swim around Burgh Island! The drive was on 7mins to the beach! cant vouch higher enough for an incredible stay! Willl be back soon!

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From the manager: What a joyful review. Thank you so much.

Best wishes,

Hazel