Cowslip Farm

Liked Booked the premium hot tub pitch for my wife’s birthday for a couple of nights. Friendly welcome, lovely pitch and the hot tub was amazing. Fantastic views and so peaceful.

Disliked Nothing.

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Liked Friendly welcome and good advice as to cycling and walking routes plus best way into York. Adored the spacious pitches and I’m now convinced that every camping pitch deserves a hot tub. So lovely to come back to tent, heat up the tub and relax. Will definitely come again and would recommend to anyone.

Disliked Nothing to dislike

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Liked Fantastic hot tub, views.
So peaceful!

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From the manager: Thank you for a lovely review 😊

Liked Owners were most welcoming lovely peaceful site situated near to York. Had a wood fired hot tub which we unfortunately did not use. But owners offered two nights free when booking next time I don’t think you can ask fairer than that

Disliked Nothing to dislike about this stopover

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From the manager: Thank you for a great review. A shame you chose not to use the hot tub and made the decision prior to travelling so didn’t bring towels etc with you. I offered use of our hospitality towels should you change your mind, but you declined advising you had made the decision not use the hot tub when booking. Just want to make it clear you didn’t use the hot tub due to something we had done wrong or due to malfunction.
Looking forward to welcoming you back 😊

Liked Lovely camp site with hot tub. Beautiful place.

Disliked Nothing it was great

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From the manager: Thank you for a wonderful review 😊

Liked Lovely welcome from owner and beautiful views to look at very clean

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From the manager: Thank you for a great review 😊

Liked The pitch itself was really nice. Spacious, clean, hot tub is a great feature. Staff were very welcoming and friendly.

Disliked Not really a dislike just could do with an upgrade of more toilets and showers. There is only one of each for the whole site.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review.
We are a small CL site and as such advertise as only having a small shower/wc facility. Our email confirmation to all Pitchup customers re confirms this and also requests visitors with their own facilities use them during busy periods. During your visit there was only one other couple on site so you would have experienced no inconvenience in using the onsite facilities. As you were also nearly an hour late departing you enjoyed sole use of the shower/wc facility.
CL sites are smaller, quieter and offer fewer facilities, however, we go above and beyond traditional CL sites with our service and facilities…such as the hot tubs, picnic benches, rattan furniture etc.
Disappointing that you haven’t mentioned that we noticed you had not returned from a day out by late evening on your second day, so we lit the hot tub for you so that you could enjoy it upon arrival rather than having to wait until past 10pm to enjoy! That alone is 10/10 for customer service!
Hopefully you’ll find a site that’s more suitable to your needs for future hot tub camping trips away.
Thanks for taking the time to leave your comments 😊

Liked Amazing pitch, spacious, private, beautiful views and the bonus of a wood fired hot tub!
I was met by the owner on arrival who was super friendly and helpful, gave me lots of useful information (takeaways, local attractions etc) and said she was on hand if I needed anything. Really reassuring as I was travelling alone.

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From the manager: Thank you for a lovely review.
Looking forward to welcoming you back 😊

Liked Privacy of the pitch
Clean facilities
Amazing views
Very peaceful
Lovely hot tub

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From the manager: Thank you! See you again soon 😊

Liked The site is an open year round adult only (guests under 20 not permitted) as well as being a pet free. The site is a CCC CS location as well as via Pitchup. Check in is 2pm and departure is 10am. We booked this site primarily for a hot tub, which 2 of their pitches have. On payment of your balance you are sent a useful pre-arrival email containing your arrival instructions and the offer of a hot tub pre-light service for £10.00and you need to text the day before you arrive with your arrival time. The pre-light service is payable in cash only and your stay includes all the wood you use but you do need to take your own firefighters for your subsequent hot tub use as you have to empty & refill the tub each day.

On arrival we were very warmly greeted from a lovely host and sh

Thr site has a small unisex toilet shower block containing a sink, electric shower cubicle with height adjustable shower head and a toilet cubicle. All were step free, although no grab rails. All were clean and well looked after and more than adequate for a small site. They do ask that if you have your own facilities you try and use them. Outside the block there is an outdoor washing up sink and general waste, recycling and grey water drain. The elsan point is a liftable drain cover and hose pipe near the entry gate.

We booked their superior hot tub pitch which cost £90 per night and was hardstanding and grass EHU with a wood fired hot tub and picnic table and water fill. Pitch was a very healthy 80msq. The hot tub was at the rear of the pitch protected by a privacy fence on 2 sides and we had a lovely private view over a field where we saw deer, birds of prey and the odd farm cat. Although not a dark sky site, there was minimal light pollution from the nearby village due to the far sides of the field having good tree cover.

The site is close to York, with a regular bus service running from the village taking 23 mins depending on the service, Uber costs approximately £12 per journey and there is also a park and ride not too far away. The village of Strensall is 15 minute walk away. Probably not a suitable walk for anyone with accessibility issues due to the lack of pavement part of the way. On turning right from the site entrance there is a 5 minute walk facing on coming traffic along a wide verge which wasn’t too bad at this time of year as it wasn’t overgrown. The road at this point is a 60 zone but all motorists gave us a wide berth as we stepped up from the road onto the verge. I don’t know if the verge is maintained or cut back at all during summer so it might be more of a problem in the warmer months. On the opposite side of the road the verge is not as wide and has a deep, water filled gully so if you make your return walk after dark take a torch and high vis and take care. Once you reach York Golf clubhouse the verge is more flat grass, and turning right you are on the village road which has pavement and dropped curbs. There is also a little woodland walk suitable for pedestrians and powered wheelchairs only. From the golf club corner it is a 10 minute walk to the pub. There are 2 pubs pretty much next to each other, the Half Moon and the Ship Inn. Here you will also find a Tesco extra, Boots (not open at weekends), a vets, a chippy and a coffee shop in the local church and one in the library. There is another pub and a coffee shop a little further way. There is a Chinese takeaway in the village, and a nearby Indian and pizza. All will deliver to site on appropriate phone numbers are included on the info sheet you are given on arrival. The site is not too far away from Clifton Moor retail park.

We spent as long as we could in the hot tub and we really, really enjoyed the site so we would absolutely return. The roe deer come right up to the pitch and it was lovely to sit in the tub and watch them watch us. It’s on our list for a return visit.

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From the manager: Wow…. Thank you for a very detailed review!!!
Good to read you enjoyed your time with us.
Looking forward to welcoming you back 😊