Farm and Fell Campsite

Positiv Access to local town and lots of walking routes. kept very clean, nice and spacious pitches with fire pit area. Welcomed into the site by the owners with firewood and information.

Negativ Bathroom facilities. All the facilities were very well kept, clean, stocked up with loo roll. My only gripe is there wasn't really enough for the amount of people this time of the year. It's summer holidays so it's to be expected.

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Positiv Plenty of space for the pitch with parking, no issues with noise at night with the curfew. Great location, village is lovely and easy to walk to! Plenty of hiking trails nearby suitable for kids too

Owners came around each evening with firewood and again in the morning to collect rubbish

Kids absolutely loved the animals onsite and made sure to see them and say hello to and from the tent

Negativ Washing up facilities only have one sink which when used turns the water in the showers freezing cold if being used, there is a sign up but unfortunately people didn’t seem to pay attention to it which made showering two young children rather difficult.

Had an issue with a couple that felt it was appropriate to shower together on a family campsite, nothing owners could have done about it if they were around but it might benefit from signs to advise adults shouldn’t be sharing showers

Wasn’t able to use the firewood available to purchase as the campfires set up are only on the main field and not the wood field, has I have known we would have brought a campfire with us

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Vom Platzbetreiber: We come around at 1800 & 2000 every night with fire pits and fire wood. We ask every pitch. I suspect you’ve not been on site at those times.

Regarding showers. Living in and visiting rural areas brings the limitations of infrastructure and what planning permission will allow. We have re-engineered the header tank for the showers and sink which work fine when all are on at the same time, but the overall mains water pressure is limited and when a number of taps are run on site at the same time, the mains pressure drops - that’s outside our control.

In August it’s difficult for us. We literally have campers begging to camp, but we need a compromise and campers to be more flexible and not descend en-masse on facilities for the same rush hour.

We can’t get planning permission for more facilities and in many ways we agree we don’t want to become a £40 a night holiday park. We are an affordable family campsite and to maintain that, we need campers to compromise and be flexible too at peak times.

Sincerely

Brian

Positiv A really relaxed arrival process – there's no need to check in at reception. You simply choose your numbered pitch, which is marked out by long grass, and the owners come around on their quad bike to check you in.

Every pitch has its own brick fire pit, which creates a lovely atmosphere in the evenings.

The owners were extremely friendly and welcoming throughout our stay.

Toilets and showers are housed in a rustic barn-style building. They were clean, stocked with toilet roll and suited the farm campsite perfectly.

Firewood, kindling and firelighters can be bought on site for £8, which was really convenient.

Instead of lots of bins around the site, the owners come around to collect your rubbish bags, which keeps the campsite looking tidy.

We loved being surrounded by the farm animals. There were cows, sheep, horses and goats, and the goats were tethered so children could feed them leaves and say hello. There were also signs directing you to the pigs.

The views across the Yorkshire Fells are beautiful, making it a lovely place to relax.

It's only a short walk into Sedbergh town and even closer to the river, so you can easily explore without driving.

The campsite has separate fields for families and larger groups. The family field has a quiet time from 9:30pm, while groups camp elsewhere, meaning we couldn't hear them at all.

Negativ While most campers respected the 9:30pm quiet time, there were occasionally people still playing music after 10pm. This wasn't challenged, which was a little disappointing.







There's only one pot-washing sink, which often had queues. The site warns that using it can make the showers run cold, although we never experienced this because people were considerate. We ended up washing dishes with cold water at our tent instead.

The drinking water tap was close to our pitch, but it was located directly behind another family's pitch, which felt a little intrusive when filling water containers.

Scooters and balance bikes are available to borrow, which is a lovely touch, but there isn't really enough space to use them. An additional field or a small hard-standing play area for scooters and ball games would make a big difference.

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Positiv Great views & facilities! Toilets and showers were very clean and the campsite was generally great.

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Positiv We stay here 3 times a year with my 3 teenage boys, this camp site for the price is value for money, it’s well run caters for all your need, you have a Spar shop walking distance, surrounded by stunning scenery and farm animals, 1 of the lakes missing treasures 🙏🏻

Negativ People moaning about the water in the shower going cold 🤦🏼‍♂️ if you want a warm shower for longer than 5 mins book a Premiere Inn, and why would you need more than 1 sink to do the dishes 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Positiv Absolutely amazing site with amazing views clean toliets and showers washing area for pots seating area friendly animals that u can pet walks straight from the site river close by owners are really nice 2 fields top field has clean Porto loos and is for families with older children no noise after certain time and bottom field has proper toliets and showers owners drive round dropping wood off and even collect your rubbish everyday just leave a black bag outside really great sire

Negativ We camped on bottom field so it was are own fault but no noise after 9pm due 2 young children I had put the radio on not loud but a man came over said turn if off due 2 time it was 9.40pm so turned it off but didnt like making any noise so next time I'll stay on top field.But this has nothing 2 do with owner

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Positiv Great basic site with everything you need. Good options between Wood field and quieter field. Owners helpful and accommodating.

Negativ Portaloos ran out of paper, but that was due to late time of day when I arrived!

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Positiv Great site. Nice and quiet, really good location, friendly owners

Negativ Nothing

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Positiv Clean facilities, friendly owners, friendly animals, perfect scenery.

Negativ Nothing.

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Positiv Nice location, easy to find and check in. Good size pitch with own fire pit built in. Owners came around selling logs. Nice views. Hot water.

Negativ No lighting in/near toilets at night time but was on during the day? Only 2 showers.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: We are in a Yorkshire Dales dark skies area. We cannot have lights on after 2230hrs and encourage campers to have a head torch after that time.

Sincerely

Brian