Stowford Farm Meadows

Positiv Lovely side toilets immaculate club could do with updating. We totally enjoyed it.

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Positiv Not a lot to like about the site in reality

Negativ Swimming pool booking system was terrible
A rainy weekend I arrived to find the desk closed so I couldn’t get a token for the tumble dryer until 8am the next day asked the park warden who told me to come back the next day. At 8.30am no tokens available as the park warden hasn’t collected them from the tumble dryers ( surely in a wet weekend and after being asked directly the night before this should have been a priority)
Club house smelt damp and cold
The bar didn’t have enough glasses for 15 people and the bar was understaffed upon arrival

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Positiv Large pitch size, location

Negativ Shower/toilet facilities need drastic updating

Lack of swimming availability

Lack of tokens for tumble - reception and park warden exceptionally unhelpful regarding this

Not enough glasses in the bar areas, lager supply low & flat

No snacks - crisp etc available in bar areas could only purchase from shop

General social areas - entertainment for kids, bars etc need deep clean as very dirty

Paid for wifi - still didn’t work and no refund offered - weather was blamed for poor service

Wouldn’t recommend or visit again without major refurbishment

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Positiv Clean and well maintained toilets and shower blocks. The site is clean and well maintained. There are plenty of facilities on site and you can park next to your pitch,

Negativ The free wifi is incredibly poor and it drops you off very frequently (every 5 mins or less) and that is if you can get online at all - and then invites you to pay £8.75 for 24 hrs of admittedly far better wifi. In the times in which we live, charging every pitch over £8 a day to access the internet feels wrong to me. £2 would feel better - still £60 a month per pitch isn't it. There is patchy mobile signal. We resorted to moving the car halfway between the wifi transmitter and the tent and then leaving a mobile with a power bank attached so we could wifi off it as the signal was ropey to say the least. The onsite shop is overpriced and stuffed with low quality goods, Tesco is just up the road so this helps. The out of hours line is not answered out of hours.

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Positiv Grounds were well kept. On arriving we asked for our family to be pitched together which was sorted for us.

Negativ The bar areas were understaffed and tables not cleaned. There was a lack of glasses for drinks (usually pint glasses). The ladies toilets/shower blocks were not checked regularly and soap dispensers as were empty over the whole weekend. We needed to use the tumble driers (due to bad weather) only to find that there were no tokens available (or had been collected from the machines by the following morning) seemed like the attitude of some staff at their busiest week and at a time of bad weather was ‘it’s not our problem’

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Positiv Pitches were a good size, beer in the pub and food was great.
Lots of toilets and showers available.

Negativ Everything was a bit grotty, could have been cleaner in the toilets and tidier around the bins.
Bits of the park was broken.
Didnt feel overly safe for kids.
Needs more staff.

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Positiv Showers and toilets were clean.

Negativ Food was sub standard and lounge & bar areas were filthy.
Food on floor & tables / bar area were left with dirty plates & Food on them.
Hardly any cutlery and condiments left out either.

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Positiv Toilet & shower facilities very clean

Negativ Wifi didn’t work well considering we paid £15 for this !
Swimming pool opening times weren’t great
pool tables in pub were broken

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Positiv We really enjoyed our 3 night stay at Stowford Farm Meadows and found it was good value for money. Check in was very efficient and staff that we met were friendly and helpful. Toilet and shower facilities were plentiful and we found them always to be clean with hot water. Also had sinks for dish washing.
Facilities onsite were good - children's play areas, swimming pool, mini golf and bar/restaurant entertainment area.
Site was well maintained and nicely spaced out.
Great location for visiting Woolacombe and Ilfracombe (15-20 minute drive to each).

Negativ Many of the arcade machines/change machines were jammed or not working.
Shop onsite had limited stock (although this was said to be as a delivery had not come in)
Bar service was not very efficient early evenings with long wait times when it wasn't that busy.
Chalkboard in the stable bar was still advertising the animal show from the week before which was not on during our stay.

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Positiv Well kept maintained site. Huge campsite with plenty of activities to keep you occupied.

Showers/toilets and washing facilities all clean

Negativ Had issues finding the site with the post code provided. Got there in the end with the help of a local, wouldn’t deter us from returning. Just may wish to update details if this is needed.

Wi-Fi at extra cost

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