Dowlais Farm Holidays

Liked We absolutely loved the site! Weather was beautiful and first evening and night was glorious. Unfortunately we had a party with 4 tents and 8 very young children who made a lot of noise and pitched their tents all close together on one pitch. Screaming babies during the night and up at 6 am the next morning running around, riding bikes and playing ‘cricket’ right outside our van 😳
I think the sign says no noise until 7.30 am but this should be made a bit later for non children visitors.
maybe if there are camping parties with 15 people (including kids) and 4 tents, other campers should be made aware?The owner was so lovely and we moved pitch to another further away so the third evening and night were much better.
The facilities are fantastic! Showers were sooooo good! And you don’t pay extra for fire pits and wood which is so rare!
We will definitely go back as it is a beautiful part of the country to visit! We might check that big groups aren’t there at same time though!

Disliked Nothing apart from the sleepless night!

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Liked Pitches are very spacious. Site facilities weee cleaned every day. Supply of wood was given to use a pit fire or use the large communal one. There are a few pit fires for quests to use located near the toilets.

Disliked There is nothing to dislike.

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Liked Due to a booking mix-up, we had to be put on a separate "overflow" pitch to the main orchard, which the owners had mowed especially for us in preparation. The weather was dismal, so they also offered to give us shelter in their barn during the evening, and then offered to let us leave the tent up to air on the day of departure, as it was soaking wet, with collection when dry. Excellent customer service all around, they really do care about people having a great time! Compost toilets amongst cleanest facilities we've used camping, and only a short 10 min Uber ride (or 45 min walk if you prefer) to Clevedon proper, for food and drinks. The site was really quiet at night, and the setting is idyllic.

Disliked Nothing to dislike, we have stayed at Dowlais multiple times now, and always have a friendly and helpful welcome from the owners.

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From the manager: Hi Kirsty - thank you for coming back to Dowlais Farm time and time again, we really do appreciate it! We will always do our best to ensure anyone who camps with us has a great time and if we can help at all we will.
Sadly sometimes the weather just doesn't play ball does it :(
We look forward to welcoming you back to the farm in the sunshine :)

Liked Huge pitches. Lovely site. Close to the sea front ( a 10 min walk) plenty of cycle routes and running routes. A bus straight to Bristol at the top of the road. Logs for a fire if needed. Great showers. Clean and relaxing. Compost toilet was fun. We had a brilliant stay.

Disliked Nothing. We loved it all.

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From the manager: Hi Moira
Thank you for leaving such a positive review, we are so happy to hear how much you enjoyed your stay here as well as the surrounding area. We really hope to be able to welcome you back to the orchard in the future.
Best wishes from the Dowlais Farm Team :)

Liked Peaceful but some road noise from adjacent road but nothing disturbing, lots of friendly cyclists and walkers using the road nice to say hello to over the hedge.
Very friendly staff. Bit concerned about the compostable toilets but had a chat with the owner and he gave me a good explanation and I have to agree they were clean and not smelly.

Disliked Nothing too dislike for myself and dogs and my daughter who was staying in a local hotel wants to stay in the glamping next time.

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From the manager: Hi Adele
Thanks for your lovely review, we really appreciate everyone who takes the time to leave one. The toilets are always a talking point, luckily for us they always come up smelling of roses!! We would love to welcome you back to the farm in the future.
Hope to welcome you again soon!

Liked Small campsite with 6 pitches and close to coastal path for a stroll into Clevedon, the “green” toilets were a bit of a surprise on first visit, but all was cleaned and tidy . Hot showers too.

Disliked Nothing .

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From the manager: Hi Neil
Thank you for leaving a review, we are really happy that you enjoyed your time in the orchard. Our toilets are in keeping with the greener camping club ethos and can come as a surprise to some but people are always complimentatry once they've used them.
Our showers are great aren't they! ;)
We look forward to welcoming you back in the future!

Liked Great showers
Spacious site

Disliked Road was close

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From the manager: Hi Jacob
Thank you for your positive review, we hope to see you back at the orchard in the future! :)

Liked A beautiful flat Orchard site that's never overcrowded. Plenty of hot water in the showers and for washing up. Extremely clean compost toilets, very well looked after by the owners. It's a very peaceful site with lots of wildlife to see and hear. Beautiful walks with a dog or on a bicycle, easy walk to Clevedon seafront via the coastal path. Overall a lovely, welcoming place to stay.

Disliked Absolutely nothing

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From the manager: Thank you for your fantastic review, we are so pleased that you loved the orchard and got to enjoy the sea wall and surrounding area. We really hope to welcome you back in the future :)

Liked Spacious pitches amongst the apple trees.
There are only 6 pitches so it's quiet.
It's Walking distance to the beach and to Clevedon.

Disliked The washing facilities are not well sheltered from wind and rain.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review, we're so glad that you enjoyed our little campsite! We assume that the washing area you refer to is the face/handwash station to the left of the showers and have never had any comments like this regarding this area before. We will see if we can do something to improve it!
We do hope to be able to welcome you back in the future :)

Liked Great pitch , easy to get to , amazing walk via the beach , peaceful , great toilet , showers and dishwashing , friendly staff , lovely all round

Disliked Gale force winds 😂 added to us outside tapping the tent don a 2am so we didn’t fly away ,

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From the manager: Hey Jessica
Thank you so much for your lovely review and photos. We are so happy to see how much you enjoyed our little campsite and the surrounding area which is beautiful isn't it!
If you do decide to come again (which we really hope you will, we love campers like you!) let us know in advance and we'll have a chat with the wind, try and get it to take a day off lol!