Roadford Lake Campsite

Views and setting are fabulous. Staff helpful. Nice relaxed atmosphere. We were in a field with a couple of other tents. The next field was pretty full with young groups on adventure training holidays etc... all very well behaved and quiet to the point that you wouldn't have known that were there without looking.

The ground does not drain too well so if there has been rain prior to your arrival expect puddles in the grass and don't forget your wellies. This shouldn't be too much of a surprise as you are on a lakeside.
Could do with an area for a play park and somewhere to kick a ball around.

Lovely quiet site with nice walks around the lake.
A freezer is provided for ice blocks, etc.
There is a covered communal BBQ area for anyone to use.
The electric touring pitches were quite spacious.

The facilities are a little dated in one block, but better in the main block.
You have to drive to get to the restaurant/cafe. It is the other side of the lake and not onsite.
The site is used by groups of youngsters for watersports activities, which left the floors of the showers/WCs/changing rooms wet and treacherous to walk on, particularly for anyone who walks with a stick.

The view the calmness was nice and clean very friendly beautiful walks along the lakes

The showers was like being back at school also in one of the shower blocks there was only one avalible loo also need a playground or something for children

Surrounding area

The pitch was very muddy making it impossible to erect an awning. The staff were very helpful and did all she could to make it work.

Clean toilets, friendly staff, watersports equipment available to hire.

£7 charge to use own kayak on the lake per person per day!
Unfortunate placing of large teenage group (30+) right next to our family camping area when there were other areas available on site for us and/or them...

Our visit was to be a family holiday consisting of 3 family groups on 3 pitches, two tents and one motorhome.

The site has a great location by the side of a lovely reservoir.

The booking / admin is quite shambolic but the staff are friendly and try to help. The pitches were nice but quickly very wet in the rain which frequents the area.
There were two lots of toilets/showers, one probably intended for the water activities. Both were communal showers and in the other campers block, although clean, the electic lights were never on making cubicles dark. Outside I found the paths muddy with puddles, particularly around the washing up sinks. I nearly slipped wearing crocs on many occasions.
We’d had some very wet days when a group of around 80 youngsters arrived and were sited right in front of us. The leaders tents pitched in an area we had been told were not pitches, right next to our family tents and our family had been playing cricket there. Although well behaved youngsters they would be too much in our face, akin to a being on a scout camp. Not good to mix family groups with youth groups. We all decided to leave half way through our holiday.
We were also not happy with the charge of £7 per day for launching our own kayaks etc. onto the reservoir.

Neighbours. Relaxed atmosphere. Shower/toilet facilities. Very clean. Accessible walks.

No play area - but the kids had fun running round with bow and arrows!!

Lovely and peaceful site with plenty of walking for our two dogs. However I think we went at the right time as we had the place nearly to ourselves. Can imagine it gets busy at certain times but the staff were friendly and the facilities were adequate. Also very quiet no traffic noise. Would go again.

A bit pricey at £22 per night.

The site is beautiful, with lovely scenery and wildlife to view. Very peaceful, and relaxing. If you are the sporty type there is plenty to keep you busy, if not then it's a great place to just chill out and relax.
Staff were friendly and the amenities were clean.
The pitch was a great size. There is a covered area where you can cook or use the bbq. Nice wash up area for campers with a small freezer for your ice blocks and a microwave also a washing machine and tumble dryer.
For £16 a night with electric it was ideal.

The only downside I would say is that the showers are more of a sports facility/communial type, it could do with some where there is a dry area so people who are not comfortable with displaying themselves could use.

Lake and partial view

We were not met on site by staff. When we found someone he just gave a brief wave towards the area our pitch was in. Only seemed to be the huge water sport changing room to use as toilet/shower, it was clean but the shower was boiling temp. Too hot to stand in and def not for children. No hooks inside and flooded into the main open shower area. Very daunting to use in the dead of night for a lone female too! The washing up area was filthy with dirty old forgotten towels left over the wooden area. This site cost us £20 without electric!! This was much more than some of the lovely farms we stayed on during our visit. No explanation of where the "café" was or what we could do for food. Very disappointing