Dowlais Farm Holidays

Positiv Lovely little site, compost toilets were fine, showers and washing up facilities also. Walking distance from town/seafront. Owner was friendly and helpful. We will go back when it's summer.

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Positiv Back to basics. Nice clean site. Very quiet.

Negativ Think the entrance signage doesn’t do the site justice. Was a bit worried until we saw the lovely apple orchard

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Positiv Perfect for a night. We liked the pitch for a campervan in the orchard, green, peacefull and clean facilities nearby. Enough space to run and climb for our toddler.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, we are so happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay here on the farm and would love you welcome you again!

Positiv Beautiful setting with clean although basic facilities.

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Positiv Ease of getting to campsite off the M5.

Negativ Very basic for top end cost. Shabby hand painted signs upon entry. Surrounding area extremely untidy.
Never saw the staff.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Wow.
This feels a little harsh!
May I be clear in stating that we do not claim to have facilities above and beyond well maintained basic amenities. Our compost toilets are in keeping with the greener camping club ethos, of whom we are licensed with (feel free to research)
Our showers are powerful and hot water is always readily available. This goes for the wash up station too!
The shabby hand painted signs were painted by the family children when they were a lot younger (call them sentimental) and there are dozens of professional signs leading to and all around the site!!!
The farm in which the orchard is situated is the home of a building and landscaping company, the 'extremely untidy area' surrounding the campsite is where building supplies are stored, in tidy piles.
There are 2 phone numbers clearly displayed on the entrance board should you of wished to talk to a member of staff!
Staff are there a minimum of twice daily maintaining the compost toilets.
Thankfully, the vast majority of our visitors love our site for exactly what it is and return time and time again.
I suppose we can't please everyone.

Positiv Lovely hot showers. Great compost toilets. Lovely location on pier to pier cycle way. Plenty of space. Fire pit.
Large Tesco a 5 minute cycle away.

Negativ On flight path for Bristol airport some aeroplane noise but it wasn't so bad that we wouldn't stay here again.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your review, we are pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay!
You are right, we are situated approx 7miles from Bristol Airport and do get airplanes flying over but I agree with you that its not that bad, in fact I rarely notice them! Great news that it doesn't put you off staying with us again and we really look forward to welcoming you back!

Positiv Everything looked new or well maintained, cleaned and cared for. Grass cut short. Big pitches. Good showers. Good toilets. Liked there being a separate face washing area for cleaning teeth etc. Short drive to Clevedon or places like Clevedon Court or Tyntesfield. Would stay there again and probably will in June next year.

Negativ Can't think of anything to go here.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your review, we are really happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay here, including the surrounding area, we do have some lovely places to visit on our doorstep!
We can't wait to welcome you back next June!

Positiv perfect quiet spot, nice small campsite, with facilities as needed.

Negativ nothing

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for leaving a review of our little campsite, we are always really happy to hear that people have enjoyed their time here and we would love to welcome you back in the future!

Positiv Self check in was great.
Laid back, unfussy site.
Quiet location.
Plenty of hot water in the rustic showers.
Compost toilets. Despite initial uncertainty were effective.
Location - proximity to M5 yet tucked away.
Coast path was a 10 min walk.
Lovely orchard

Negativ Could do with a clean up.
Rustic is no excuse for grubby. (Showers, wash up area)
No hot water in toilet hand wash area is inexcusable.

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your review, we are pleased that you enjoyed you stay.
We are a little confused with the 'clean up' comment as we do ensure that areas are kept up together and are not used to getting such comments, we can agree that dust levels here are at an all time high due to the lack of rain and this does leave some areas (including cars etc) looking grubby!
With regards to the hot water at the hand wash station, unfortunately this isn't something we could address. We are a greener camping club certified campsite and there is no way to add hot water to that area of the campsite without causing a fair bit of disruption and moving away from our eco ethos. Hot water at a hand wash, while desirable is not a necessity. Thankfully the pot wash station and showers on the opposite side of the orchard have plenty of hot water which we hope can mitigate the situation for you.
We hope to be able to welcome you back in the future :)

Positiv Clean, flat pitches, firepits were allowed, nice location, very friendly staff too!

Free firewood was a very nice gesture.

Negativ Couldn't find the showers!!

The child's swing was on someone's pitch,

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Vom Platzbetreiber: Thank you for your review, we are sorry that you would not camp here again.
You are only the second set of campers unable to find the showers and there are 2 phone numbers on the board that you could have called and we could have told you where they were. (they are the other side of the washing up station) we will add more signage.
The swing isn't part of our offering and has been removed, we apologise for any issues this may have caused.