The Old Dairy Farm Caravan and Camping

Liked We had a lovely stay at The Old Dairy Farm Caravan and Camping. The staff were very friendly and welcoming, and the whole place was extremely clean and well maintained. The bathrooms and facilities were spotless, and the atmosphere was peaceful and relaxing. Thank you to everyone for the great experience — we will definitely come back again!

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Liked The site was very quiet, even with the frequent trains that run alongside the edge of the camping field, this was not a problem at all.

There was plenty of space for pitches and this allowed us to create our own little bubble within the camping field whilst staying here with friends and family.

The onsite shop, bar, grab'n'go food outlet were convenient.

The petting zoo, play park, and bouncy castles are also a welcome facility as this gave the kids plenty to do.

Staff were really pleasant and helpful.

Overall, this is a really nice campsite... However it does require improvement.

Disliked There is a dire need to fully overhaul the toilet situation. It is in desperate need of more toilet blocks, and what was there half of which, weren't working or had been screwed shut. It requires at least another block of toilets and the maintenance of the outdoor wash facility also requires a lot of TLC.

They could do with another set of showers, but they were adequate for the amount of visitors that were there at the time.

And here's the big, "however".... The cleanliness of the toilets and showers were appalling. It stated they are checked every hour with a signing sheet to say they had been, but this was definitely just a signing sheet to say they were checked and not cleaned.

The also require more frequent emptying as they were constantly overflowing and nowhere near the number required to cater for a full site.

The shop, even though convenient, was just reselling Aldi brand products at a considerable mark-up, surely using a cash & carry would be more cost effective, and at least would hide the mark-up prices better. It would also benefit from stocking a wider range of everyday products in case of forgetting to bring something with you or if you ran out whilst there.

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Liked The handy little shop & bar. It’s in a great location and a lovely little pub down the road.

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Liked Great setup

Disliked £3 for a litre of milk is a bit much

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From the manager: It’s £2

Liked Everything.
Clean facilities, even when other campers had abused the facilities the staff were quick to come and tidy and clean.
Pitch sizes, plenty of space, nice and flat and electric pitches have their own water supply.
Staff, cant do enough for you, shop open with plenty to offer, always very friendly and on hand to help with anything needed.
Park and bouncy castles to keep the kids busy, goats to feed and birds to see.

This is our second time here and will be visiting time and time again. Yes, there is a train that runs across the back of the site, its clearly stated on lots of reviews and on the site page itself, however, its not too much of an issue (and if youre a light sleeper, take some early plugs- problem solved)

We cant wait to cone back!

Disliked Coming home.

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Liked Fantastic for the kids with the park, bouncy castles, goats and birds. 100% kids favourite place to camp. Nice area close to the canal and lovely little town. Train track nearby offers something new and we enjoyed hearing and seeing the trains pass.

Disliked Showers and toilets. Showers are not the best, and they need to be cleaned more often. Because of all the children about, they get pretty horrible very quickly. They need a little investment to bring them up to standard in line with other sites.

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Liked Food and drink service, sizes of pitches, friendly and helpful staff, goats and bouncy castles for kids, covered seating area for shade.

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Liked The site is quirky, we had no allocated pitch so was just park anywhere, it’s in a good location couple of pubs within walking distance

Disliked Showers poor no hot water for washing up. No motorhome service point to empty grey waste Rail line noise

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From the manager: There is hot water at the washing up areas, however you need to fill a washing up bowl with it. We tried at each basin, however found one camper would use all the hot water running the tap constantly. So in order for ever camper to have access to hot water we changed the system. Not many sites have drive over grey waste water points, rather than complaining buy hose attachments to reach our grey water points. The money you saved staying at our site compared to those that offer that has already paid for it.
Showers poor? Their clean, free, and electric so continuous hot water. Very rarely a wait time.

Liked Absolutely beautiful grounds with awesome amenities. Would definitely recommend

Disliked Nothing

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Liked Lots of things on site and plenty for the kids to enjoy. Local to everything, supermarkets, swimming pool, country park.

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