Sunflower Park

Positiv The rescue animals! The lovely forest and pitches under the trees. Very friendly site. Very surprised by Gizmo coming to me for scritches!

Negativ We pitched slightly too close to the piggy...got a few wafts of piggy smells 🤣
There isn't any free WiFi, but that wasn't something we needed. Too much else to entertain us.
Also the visiting pizza guy wasn't at all friendly, but that's not the owner's attitude at all, they were lovely. Maybe give the pizza man a pint or something....

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Lol.....
Thankyou.
Luigi is a passionate Italian, who cooks great pizzas.
I will feed this back to him lol.
God help this week's customers lol

Positiv *Secure dog exercising field (also great for playing in as it’s the only grass field)
*Freezer for refreshing ice blocks
*The pigs look happy at least
*Live music Friday and Monday
*Pizza van on site Saturday
*The owners are friendly and happy to chat (almost didn’t leave this review because of this)
*Hire of fire pits and fuel

Negativ Don’t be fooled by their cute name and promise of ‘rescuing’ animals. This campsite can dress itself up with colourful bunting and sunflower pictures all it wants, but that doesn’t mask the truth: it is filthy, mistreating the animals in it’s care and doesn’t follow hygiene or safety procedures a campsite should adhere too.

I’ll start with the most concerning aspect of this park- the animals they so say rescue. There are row and rows of chickens contained in tiny cages barely big enough to flap its wings in. A rabbit hutch contained a duck and 2 chickens and that could barely stand up. Not a free range chicken in sight, only crammed in caged animals. The majority of the geese who are free range have angel wing disease from being fed a diet of bread (we watched staff members feed them this), and the goat and cow are penned in a woodland swamp of their own filthy with no room to run and no grass to graze. These animals are not properly cared for.

Next onto the facilities. For our 3 nights stay, these were filthy and cleaned once on the Sunday with a quick blast of a jet wash. No evidence of disinfecting or scrubbing or a regular cleaning chart. They are disgustingly filthy and mouldy even after their ‘clean’. The dirt isn’t just surface dirt from the sandy/ dusty site, it’s years worth of inadequate cleaning built up. Make sure you take your own loo roll and hand soap as it’s likely it’s run out and your own hand towel as there’s no way of drying your hands in there. Remember to allow extra time for a shower as if someone else is using the 2nd shower at the same time, yours will reduce to a dribble. Also take a towel to lay on the floor so you don’t come out dirtier than when you went in.

Now onto the playground. Are your children up to date on their tetanus jabs and do you know where the local hospital is? You’re going to need it if you let your kids play on this playground of rusted metal and nettles.

Finally the ‘field’, if you can call it that. We love wild camping. All we ask for is a green field and clean bathroom facilities. This park failed on both counts. If this field was once grass, it hasn’t been maintained. It is mainly sand and dried, dusty mud. If you are lucky to be one of the first on the field, you might bag a flat pitch, otherwise you’re on a steep hill.

Perhaps a labour of love once upon a time by the looks of the hand painted pictures on the buildings (which have now faded and peeled), the love and willingness to labour for this site is long gone - it is run down, unloved and dirty. This park has so much potential if it was properly cared for. Even down to the ‘not to be sold separately’ packs of ice creams in the shop.

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Positiv The park was well set out in a beautiful location ,the owners were friendly and welcoming , All the animals are well looked after and it's Amazing that they've been given the chance of a good home by these wonderful people, The owners and staff work so hard to make the experience as good as possible but most importantly put the animals welfare above all else ,we as a family loved the experience and would definitely be returning

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Very kind thankyou.
Fab photos 🌻

Positiv Brilliant amazing time.and wonderful animals. Be back soon.

Negativ None

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Vom Platzbetreiber: See you again 👍🏻🌻

Positiv The site is rustic and beautiful and the owners are super friendly you can tell they're passionate about the place. The animals are mostly friendly too and for £1 (for a cup of feed) you can have them literally eating out of the palm of your hand. We pitched between the field with the donkeys and the pen with the Highland cow and goat. The field is mostly flat and free of debris and the geese swing by at night to make sure the grass is upkept. The toilets/showers were clean. The showers are really impressive, better than the one I have at home. We didn't use any of the facilities because we're antisocial but there was bar with food, also washing machine, a dryer, microwave, fridge, can get your stuff charged etc, it was well kitted out. The play park was cool too, I had a go on the swing even though I'm 40, loved it.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thankyou 🌻

Positiv Couldn’t get over how fantastic our stay was at the sunflower park! It was so easy to find everything was sign posted. The kids loved been outside with all the animals around them. Lots of space for the kids to run and play around, not to add the amazing play area they had on the site for the children to play. When we stayed they had a pizza van come and make fresh pizza. Honestly we loved our stay and can’t wait to come back for more outside fun! Thank you for such an amazing stay!

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Very kind great photos

Positiv The site owners are a lovely couple who don't have 101 rules! Simple pitch up and relax. Lovely people to talk to, who will happily stand and have a chat with you!
Facilities are just what you need...showers (basic but working and hot water) toilets, washing up area, little gift shop that sells icecream and cold drinks, cafe if you don't want to make breakfast (highly recommend the sausage sandwich), its own little bar that has dart board and tv if you don't want to miss the match, play area for the kids (the trampolines were a great hit).
Saturday night the pizza van visited and I highly recommend the sunflower pizza (delish!)
We went on a lovely walk in the woods, visited the animals, fell in love with Erica!
The geese are amazing..and made my weekend!
Sunday night we were the only campers and it was so peaceful just listening to the geese talk to one another.
Wifi signal is hit and miss...this isn't a negative for me, as it just meant I could sit back and relax with no interruptions (there are parts of the park where signal is great if you have to have internet). We hired a fire pit for the weekend, had enough logs for 2 nights, and additional logs are cheap enough!

Negativ The sand isn't the best but it didn't stop us having an amazing weekend...just being some crocs that you can wash in the clean up area.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thankyou so much

Positiv Site was beautiful - natural surroundings, loved the animals, there was a bar on site and options for food.

Really relaxed vibes, fire pits allowed & we could camp near our friends.

Negativ Other campers didn't keep their dogs on leads, and allowed them to bark at some of the animals - not really acceptable pet owner behaviour, and could lead to dogs being disallowed?!

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Again, fair one👍🏻

Positiv The site pitch number 6 we had was brilliant. Right near the pub and toilets and was enclosed good for our dogs .
Really lobed the enclosed part for dogs too.

Negativ Only downfall there is no Internet.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Is no internet really a negative.
Come n relax. Make your kids play, away from screens

Thankyou for your kind review🌻

Positiv The area in which we stayed was so tranquil and very relaxing
We booked on for an extra night as we had such a lovely time . The owner Josie and Ian are so lovely and welcoming

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thankyou 🌻