The Woodhead Barn

2 reviews
Peaceful camping field
Peaceful camping field
The front entrance to the barn and camping field
The barn is home to the café and playroom
Spacious and peaceful camping field
The Peak District is five minutes' drive away
Drop into the barn for breakfast or a spot of lunch
Café on site
Breakfast available in the café
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  • Spacious, peaceful West Yorkshire site funding a charitable cause
  • Next to Peak District National Park, 10 mins' drive from Holmfirth
  • Café, playroom and smart modern bathrooms on site
What if you could bag yourself an outdoor break just outside the Peak District National Park where the pitches are peaceful and spacious, there’s a café on site for tasty breakfasts and the bathroom facilities are clean and modern? Oh, and on top of that you knew your stay would be contributing to a charitable cause? If that all sounds like an excellent idea, take a look at West Yorkshire site The Woodhead Barn, about 10 minutes’ drive from Holmfirth and a few minutes away from the edge of the national park. The camping field here is run by members of Woodhead Mountain Rescue (a registered charity), with profits going towards funding the team’s work. In a way, you could possibly even be helping yourself with a stay here – if you ever get into difficulty in these parts, these are the people that are likely to come to your rescue… The campsite is just next to the main barn, a traditional stone building that’s been fully modernised to include smart modern toilets, two individual shower rooms and an accessible bathroom with a baby-changing facility. There’s also a playroom in the barn to help keep kids happy even on damp days, and it’s also home to the café, which serves up breakfasts and lunches (with various dietary requirements catered for). Out in the camping area, there’s plenty of space for all guests to spread out and enjoy the rural peace and quiet. You’re welcome to bring your dogs along to join the fun, and you’ll be allowed to bring barbecues and firepits as long as they’re kept off the ground.

Site type

Tent sites 20
RV sites 5
Opens

Languages spoken

English

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Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Baby-changing facilities Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Remote location

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Horseback riding nearby Mountain biking nearby

Location

The Woodhead Barn

Hepshaw Barn

Bedding Edge Lane

Holmfirth

West Yorkshire

England

HD9 1TP

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

53.54235°N
1.73476°W

Nearest transport

Coach
5.8 km Midhope Cliff Lane
5.9 km Midhope Cliff Lane
11.5 km Opp Stocksbridge Library
Rail
5.5 km Shepley Rail Station
5.8 km Stocksmoor Rail Station
5.8 km Denby Dale Rail Station
Airport
28.5 km Sheffield City Airport
36.7 km Leeds Bradford International Airport
40.9 km Manchester Airport Terminal 3

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

The surrounding moors have some great options for walkers and cyclists – everything from well-documented hiking trails and challenging mountain bike routes to places for a more gentle stroll among the natural landscapes. For example, Winscar Reservoir (10 minutes’ drive) is a good place for a waterside wander. And of course, the Peak District National Park has a whole lot to offer too – you may like to walk around Dovestone Reservoir (25 minutes’ drive away) and up to the Trinnacle, climb to the summit of Holme Moss (20 minutes) or follow the Longdendale Trail (20 minutes). For a different day out, head to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (25 minutes), take the kids to meet the animals at Cannon Hall Farm (20 minutes) or head into Holmfirth to take a tour around Last of The Summer Wine locations and drop into Holmfirth Vineyard for a tour, a tasting or a meal.
(within 10 km)
Castle, Aquarium, Theme park, Zoo and Cashpoint (within 16.1 km)

Food and drink

  • The Foxhouse Pub 0.9 km
  • The Spiced Pear Restaurant 1.2 km
  • The Butchers Arms Pub 2.2 km
  • The White Horse Pub 2.6 km
  • The Red Lion Pub 2.6 km
  • Boot And Shoe Inn Pub 3.1 km
  • The Boshaw Trout Pub 3.1 km
  • Spice Fusion Restaurant 4 km
  • A Touch of Thai Restaurant 4 km
  • Dog & Partridge Pub 4 km

Groceries

  • The Co-operative Food Supermarket 4.1 km
  • The Co-operative Food Supermarket 4.5 km
  • O'Briens Off-licence 4.7 km
  • Co-op Food Supermarket 4.7 km
  • Lidl Supermarket 5 km
  • The Co-operative Food Supermarket 5 km
  • Aldi Supermarket 5.3 km
  • Tesco Supermarket 7 km
  • Co-op Food Supermarket 7.1 km
  • Spar Supermarket 7.1 km

Parks and play

  • Hepworth Recreation Ground park 2 km
  • Village Park 3.2 km
  • Wooldale Recreation Ground park 4.5 km
  • Wellthorne Avenue Playground 4.5 km
  • Holmeside Memorial Garden park 4.6 km
  • Victoria Park 4.8 km
  • Sycamore Recreation Ground park 4.9 km
  • Sands Recreation Ground park 5 km
  • Thurlstone Woods Park 5.3 km
  • Luke Lane Play Area Playground 5.6 km

Family days out

  • Longley Farm Visitor attraction 3.4 km
  • Sid's Cafe Visitor attraction 4.6 km
  • Compo's house Visitor attraction 4.7 km
  • Nora Batty's house Visitor attraction 4.7 km
  • Whistlestop Valley Visitor attraction 6 km
  • Victoria Tower Visitor attraction 9.2 km
  • Slippery Stones Plunge Pool Visitor attraction 9.8 km
  • Wentworth Castle 14.5 km

Public transport

  • Bedding Edge Road 0.2 km
  • Whams Road/Bedding Edge Road 0.3 km
  • Sheffield Road/Wood Royd Hill Lane 0.3 km
  • Flint Lane/Bedding Edge Road 0.9 km
  • Whams Road/Sledbrook Crescent 0.9 km
  • Flint Lane/The Foxhouse 0.9 km
  • Whams Road 1.4 km
  • Whams Road/Mucky Lane 1.4 km
  • Whams Road/Middlecliffe Drive 1.6 km
  • Brook Hill Lane 1.6 km

Other nearby

  • Nether Mill Coarse Fishery Fishing 6.9 km
  • Gunthwaite Dam Fishing 7 km
  • Hillhouse Angling Association Fishing 7.8 km
  • Meltham Golf Club Golf course 8.2 km
  • Woodsome Hall Golf Club Golf course 9.2 km

Local services

  • Cardtronics UK Ltd Cashpoint 4.1 km
  • Tesco Bank Cashpoint 7 km
  • Cash Zone Cashpoint 7.1 km
  • The Valley Pharmacy 4 km
  • The Co-operative Food Fuel station 4.1 km
  • EV Open Charging station 4.3 km
  • Medicare Chemists Pharmacy 4.7 km
  • Holme Electrolysis Clinic 4.8 km
  • Shepley Health Centre Clinic 5.1 km
  • Medicare Chemists Pharmacy 5.1 km
  • Elmwood Family Doctors 5.2 km
  • Oaklands Health Centre Doctors 5.2 km
  • Holme Valley Memorial Hospital 5.2 km

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Must see

Yorkshire Sculpture Park 13.2 km

National Coal Mining Museum for England 13.6 km

Wentworth Castle Gardens 14.3 km

Eureka! The National Children's Museum 21.3 km

Halifax Ski & Snowboard Centre 23.1 km

National Trust

Marsden Moor Estate 14.5 km

Nostell Priory and Parkland 25.8 km

Lyme Park 29.8 km

Hardcastle Crags 31.1 km

East Riddlesden Hall 38.1 km

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Holmfirth - Last of the Summer Wine Country 4.8 km

Shepley and Shelley 5.5 km

Langsett Reservoir - The Porter of Little Don - Midhope 5.7 km

Digley Reservoir - Holme - Digley 7 km

Black Clough - Bleaklow - Crowden - Longdendale Trail 8.2 km

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Reviews

9

Overall rating from 2 Pitchup.com customers

Location
 9
Value for money
 9
Accommodation
 8
Facilities / Activities
 9
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 8
Cleanliness
 8
Wifi
 10

50% would recommend this site to a friend

50% would stay here again

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Arrival date (latest first)

Probably a weather dependent site would be amazing if field trimmed.

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 8
Accommodation
 6
Facilities / Activities
 8
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 6
Cleanliness
 6
Wifi
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Ashley H. 4 reviews

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked The staff on site throughout the bank holiday weekend were always on hand for very question/request or need. The barn was a great communal area for families to get out of the tents when the weather closed in. We pitched up on the communal fire pit at the top of the site which was great to socialise and allow the kids to play.

Disliked The pitch where we had to place was very boggy and due to the busy nature of the site due to minimal pace been restricted even further due to the poor weather leading upto our stay.
Not water for washing up would be great from a hygiene point of view. The facilities could have been cleaner but were not unacceptable by any stretch. Due to the weeks weather before arriving the site had long grass which prohibited a suitable area for the children to play safely.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Exceptional site only open a few times a year so go when you can

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 10
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
Anonymous

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked The beautiful barn, the exquisite afternoon tea, the warm bathrooms, super friendly hosts and laid bad atmosphere. Great access to public footpaths and walks too

Disliked The beeping kids game in the barn was pretty annoying, and the field at the bottom got quite soggy.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for the review!

Going to get headphones for the kids in the Barn so tranquillity will be restored!

Lovely to meet you and hope to see you again!

:-)

Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Woodhead Barn have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Woodhead Barn dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Woodhead Barn? The surrounding moors have some great options for walkers and cyclists – everything from well-documented hiking trails and challenging mountain bike routes to places for a more gentle stroll among the natural … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Woodhead Barn?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  8 a.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
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