Liked If they cleared this site they could easily have 20 pitches and make way more money. Instead they've only got 5 (standard tent pitches), with large, wild borders between them ensuring privacy and lots of nature. Credit to the owners they've chosen this path and instead created something virtually unique. The shower and toilet facilities are good, as are washing up facilities, plus there is a nice little kitchen provided with a fridge, microwave, electric kettle plus a variety of honesty shop items you can purchase. Overall it's a perfect combination of nature with a bit of luxury thrown in. It's also the first time I've given 10 to any site - even the best sites normally have something they could improve but without being deliberately nitpicky, I can't really think of anything here.

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Liked This was my second stay and this time for a whole 8 nights. If anything it was even better than last year. Owners were very friendly (as were their chickens!). Even discovered a lovely lake behind the woods that overlook the site. There is a folder full of walk suggestions in the laundry room that are worth checking out.

Disliked No dislikes - though there were some issues with the showers in that the button had to be pushed again about every 10 secs or the water went off which is a bit annoying.

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Liked Good campsite with a nice layout, good play areas for children and a great covered games area with giant chess, giant Connect4 etc - a really nice touch. The unisex shower rooms were excellent. Overall a really nice experience.

Disliked Stingy pitch sizes - our standard 4 person tunnel tent was apparently too big (never has been anywhere else). We were forced to upgrade to an XL pitch on which you could have put a marquee. Water taps were located on people's pitches making us reluctant to use any where the pitch was occupied, never found any washing up facilities either - there was the odd sink in a laundry room.

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From the manager: Thank you for your feedback. We’re really pleased you enjoyed the campsite layout, play areas, games space, and shower facilities. We’re sorry to hear about your experience with pitch sizing and the need to upgrade, and we’ll review how we communicate pitch suitability more clearly. We also understand your concerns about the location of the water taps — there are 7 taps in Laurel Meadow serving around 40 pitches, but we appreciate these may not always feel accessible. Regarding washing-up facilities, we’re currently looking into adding additional sinks in Laurel Meadow. Thank you again for your comments, and we hope to welcome you back in the future. The Applewood Team 🍎🌳

Liked Good facilities, sensible layout of the camping pitches and generous space for each, the team were helpful but also laid back. The site was well generally maintained and fairly smart. There were multiple drinking water taps along the camping field which were also convenient. Amenities slightly better than some others I've been with washing machines, driers, hair driers and a coffee machine. Some essential supplies were also available from the tiny reception. Would definitely come back again - in fact already planning to.

Disliked Didn't really dislike anything - though I'd caution that there must be around 100 pitches here and if they were full I think wash block would prove rather too small. However, wasn't busy when I was there so it was no issue.

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Liked Beautiful location. High quality toilet / shower facilities. Manager (Chris) and owner (Aled) both very friendly and helpful. Place always spotlessly clean. The power supply for my electric grass pitch also had a drinking water tap - very convenient.

Disliked It was a very basic site - a pitch and a shower block is all that's there. Travelling off season there was almost no-one there. At busier times of year I would worry that the shower block facilities would be quickly overrun (toilet, washing and shower facilities all in single integrated units - only 2 x male, 2 x female serving whole site). Also no reception, though it was easy to get hold of Chris by text message and he was always great. Remote location and lack of onsite amenities might make it less suited for families with young children. But reality is, the good outweighs the less good many times over, so these are just cautionary comments.

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Liked Comprehensive range of facilities. Swimming pools high quality, good range of family activities, main entertainment / bar / food complex was nice. Shower / toilet facilities were very good, washing up areas for campers also decent. We didn't need to leave the park as there was plenty to do onsite.

Disliked Not really one park but two, with quite a distance between them. Facilities split over two sites (indoor pool at one, outdoor at the other). Some facilities tired / require investment (mini golf, cart tracks etc). Pools under utilised (too few sessions, often sat empty for hours despite hot weather). Pitches not well defined plus we had to clear litter and obstacles from ours before pitching. Ours was down the end of an empty field. One group of campers making noise and shouting at each other until gone 0100 - no attempt to resolve from the park. Staff at the bar rushed off their feet whilst others elsewhere just bored. Whole placed lacked atmosphere / vibe, but suspect that was down to the time of year and lack of punters - hopefully summer time with more people it would feel more alive as there is so much potential here with such a well equipped site.

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