Longfield Farm

Μου άρεσε Well this site has just rocked our world.. even when its raining, and so much so, we came early, and staying an extra night! Beautiful scenery, the type that is raw yet treated with compassion and love by the local Farmers, with rolling hills, old stone built walls, windswept landscapes, and the sound of sheep, cows and strangely enough, a donkey, but thats another story.

The site - its incredibly laid back and peaceful with fantastic scenery. Not for the faint hearted and if you want luxury and everything within a hands reach, you wont get it here, which is part of the charm. The pitches are not on flat flat ground, there is a slight incline, so you will need to pitch accordingly. Been to and seen much much worse, so dont let this put you off, and as long as when you sleep with your feet facing down bank, you will sleep really well.

The owners - Wow! Absolutely lovely and is only a call.away should you need help. Very easy to talk to, which is nice, and his son is a little champion and when our grandkids came to join us on the pitch next door, they were off all playing in a small field attached to the campsite.

The facilities - ok so this is the tough part that not everyone will cope with, that doesnt really bother us as we also wild camp (if you know, you know) There are 3 toilets and 1 shower. The shower is in one of the toilets and everything is unisex. They are stocked well with paper and are warm and there is a lovely flow of hot water. The shower gets dirty quickly depending on how many are on site. Bring flip-flops or other shower safe footwear, like you would at most other sites, and then you wont need to worry. They are cleaned every day, but this is working farmland, owned by a working farmer and his working family, so be a bit understanding, and just clean up after yourself. After having a very lovely conversation with she who cleans (the lovely Shirley) she told us that there will be more facilities being built, but its a working progress. Sounds good to me 👍

Would we.come again? - Yes Yes Yes its delightful and gets your senses tingly in all the right ways. We have very much adopted this site as our base site. We also made friends with a man and his dog (hi roxy) and plan to meet here again soon for some star gazing, deep conversation and tranquil moments with nature. All in all, a brilliant experience.
Oh and lastly, if you want a noisy night out and to party.. dont, just dont cause you will NOT find that here. However, it is ideal for a cosy few beers around warm bbq with good food,

Δεν μου άρεσε Nothing to dislike

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Μου άρεσε Beautiful, quiet spot.

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Μου άρεσε Spacious pitch, beautiful site

Δεν μου άρεσε No toilet roll, hand soup or blue roll to dry hands pretty much the whole weekend. Cleaner came and still didn't stock up. Pheasant shooting happening during the day absolutely terrified our dog. Rang the owners to politely ask if they knew when it would end so we could take him away for a bit, said they couldn't hear it (no way possible it was so loud) and they would find out and call back but never did.

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Από τον διαχειριστή: Thank you for taking the time to write a review.
The toilets are cleaned and restocked daily. Iam not quite sure how they had ran out.
Iam quite confused regarding the claims of pheasant shooting going off.
Game shooting is out off season so this can not be true.
If you look on the BASC website this will give you the dates of shooting season. This might be useful for you and your dog.
Unfortunately when you visit the country side especially where we are in a very rural area you will come across different noises ,smells and a total different environment than other areas.
Some people enjoy it and unfortunately some don’t.

Μου άρεσε Great location and very authentic, small farmyard site

Δεν μου άρεσε Shower pressure wasn't good and probably worse during peak times

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Μου άρεσε Very clean toilets and hot shower (cleaned daily whilst we were staying), lovely scenery, good pitch size (good ground for pitching tents) easy to find location and a bonus of friendly cats on site.

Δεν μου άρεσε Only cold water for washing dishes, you could hear the nearby quarry but only during working hours and it wasn't too loud, just distand rumbles and thumps

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Μου άρεσε Nothing

Δεν μου άρεσε Very rude warden when we entered. Not made to feel welcome at all. Also told us off for playing football. We were the only people here and weren’t noisy. Do not stay here there are far friendlier and nicer places near by.

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Από τον διαχειριστή: Thank you for taking the time to write a review.
We don’t have a warden on site so iam not quite sure who you spoke to.
Both myself and husband who own the site are unaware of this.
When people want to play football we usually let them go into the field next to the site depending on what animals are in it at the time.
There was a contact number on the text for your pitch number to ring should there of been a problem.
Should you have rang the number we would have been more than happy to assist you. Also to see who was claiming to be the warden as this is quite concerning.

Μου άρεσε - beautiful rural location.
- very friendly farm cats joined us for dinner regularly and enjoyed some fuss which was great for kids and adults!

Δεν μου άρεσε - lack of contact with the owners- called when we were due to arrive and was told I should have had a text regarding pitch number but this was never received. Saw no one for the duration of the stay.
- “back to basics” facilities were tired and unclean. Lock stuck, sink was wobbly, cold water only for washing up etc.
- lack of signage eg toilet block was impersonal and would have made the site feel more family friendly.
- bin was overflowing and there was no recycling.
- there was a huge hole near the toilet block for no clear reason which is a hazard, particularly for children.

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Από τον διαχειριστή: Thank you for your feedback.
As the site is only small it doesn’t warrant anyone there full time.
Iam not quite sure what happened to the message regarding pitch number.
We call down on the site a couple of times a day.
Some people enjoy the system we have and unfortunately some people don’t. We are very busy with running the farm and the time we do have spare we spend with are children. Iam sorry that we didn’t get to welcome you personally.
We are always available on the phone.
The site does state basic facilities. Again some people are happy and some people expect more.
The bins was full and we was waiting for the bin men to collect the rubbish.
What we seem to find is that people dump all there rubbish eg. Chairs tents. Clothing. Used bbqs ect instead of taking them home with them or going to a tip. This causes alot more rubbish than we account for.

Μου άρεσε We had an amazing time at this campsite! It was clean, peaceful, and really well looked after. The staff were friendly and helpful, which made our stay even better.

We also loved the great recommendations for local food and pubs – they really added to the experience. We’ll definitely be coming back!

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Μου άρεσε The pub food was excellent friendly staff dog friendly

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Μου άρεσε Great view

Δεν μου άρεσε Could do with a update on the showers and toilets cold tap is hot not wired up properly

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