South Devon Camping

Positiv Such a lovely vibe to this campsite! The facilities were amazing and well thought out. Lovely views over the hills. The toilets were really clean and yes although a little bit of a natural smell, I have had worse in beach toilets etc. The pitch was well sized. Loved the fact they had a little pen of goats, sheep, chickens, and ducks! It was also really well located to Salcombe, and also lots of local beaches so makes a great base for exploring. We only stayed one night but would 100% come back to stay!

Negativ Not the campsites fault but we were woken up at 1am by some noisy teenagers playing loud music walking up the lane behind the site. I am sure this is just a one off incident though!

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Positiv lovely, simple and welcoming.. close to the beach

Negativ Hot water wasn't really hot..

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Hello and thank you for such a lovely review.

Thank you for flagging the issue with the hot water. The water is normally very hot to the point of steaming so I will look into this as it sounds like there must be an issue with either the boiler or one of the immersions. Hope to see you again and enjoy the rest of the summer !

Positiv Pleasant site in a good position for local beaches.

Negativ very strange shower system. Advertised 20p for a shower. Turns out this was for a one minute shower and payment was a jaunt away from the shower. By the time I paid and took off my clothes I had about a 10 second shower ! longer showers available for more money but seems a bizarre system.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Hi Chris, thank you for your review and we are glad that you liked our site.

I just wanted to clarify the situation regarding the showers !

No where is it advertised that a shower is 20p. I cannot see this on the Pitchup advert ?

The pre-arrival email which was sent to you clearly states under the heading of "Hot Showers" :

"Hot water is charged at 20p a minute, so £1 gives you a five minute shower. Twenty pence is normally sufficient for washing up. Please note that the hot water starts as soon as the coin is put into the meter so it is worth taking a family member or friend with you to pop the money in the meter whilst you wait in the shower ready for the water to commence ! Otherwise you will lose hot water time whilst walking from the coin meter to the shower. Coin meters are located out of the showers themselves because of health and safety reasons, where electric and water are not a great combination!

Hot water is coin operated because it is deemed the fairest way of charging whereby you pay for what you use. The alternative is to increase the price of the pitch per night. But given that some guests will not use the showers at all whilst staying with us or will shower on alternate days, this method keeps the price per night down for everyone. Shower cubicles are roomy so there is plenty of space for an adult and two children, or two adults, to shower together to keep the cost down should you so wish.

There is also a free cold shower for anyone brave enough !"

The pre-arrival email which you received also says :

"Our local council would not let us build a proper shower block because we are in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and all our facilities do have to be taken down at the end of our camping season! So this is why the showers are as they are, but you will find there is heaps of hot water, and it is hot! Unlike a lot of the campsites around us, we do have a proper boiler and immersion which provides a continuous flow of hot water. All be it basic and rustic, the showers still cost money to build, maintain and run, therefore we do have to charge for their use".

I don't think that you read the pre-arrival email which contained the site information before you came as everything is very clearly stated.

Positiv Wonderful site. Loads of information, great simple and practical facilities.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Hello ! Thank you for your lovely review and we hope you will return and recommend ! Have a super summer !

Positiv The animals (especially the goats) were cute.
The loos were great, and a good fair way of arranging the meteres hot water.
Loved the little charging/fridge/freezer shed.

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Positiv We had a fantastic stay at this very well-kept site. The pitches were spacious, everyone was respectful, and the fire pit hire (with wood) was very reasonably priced. Facilities were clean, with plenty of hot water and a simple coin system that worked perfectly. The location couldn’t have been better – just a ten-minute walk to the beach – and the kids loved meeting the animals in the garden field. A really lovely campsite, and we’ll definitely be returning!

Negativ The drop loos were a bit smelly but that comes with the territory of it being a relatively wild camping site. The site can be quite exposed to the wind when it's blowing from the north/east which made setting up the tent difficult, but again, nothing that the site can help.

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Positiv Lovely location.
The effort that had been put into the facilities to make it a welcoming and comfortable outdoor experience was greatly appreciated. Thank you 😊☀️

Negativ Pitch a bit close to main entrance would have preferred further up. Parked diagonally in front of tent to stop others potentially using to reverse into as a turning space.

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Positiv Such a lovely place to stay, good sized pitches.
Fridge, freezer and charging facilities on site. Toilets were always clean if you can manage the eco sawdust dump system!
Nothing was too much trouble for the staff and the location was spot on.

Negativ I struggled with the toilet smell but that's just me and it certainly wouldn't put me off going again .

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Positiv Great site with lovely view and animals

Negativ Only dislike was the eco loo’s as didn't smell great and no loo rolls but still weren’t a massive issue

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Positiv Clean, friendly, spacious. Great views

Negativ Nothing! was so good

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