The Hop Farm

Liked We return to this campground again and again. We absolutely love it. There are several fields so it never feels crowded, you can spread out and not feel on top of the next pitch. You can pick blackberries and sloe berries as seasonal. There are trees around the edges for options to pitch in partial shade. There are beautiful trails to walk or bike ride alongside the river.

The toilets are always very clean and stocked. The showers are private and clean.

The site managers Sue and Ian are super helpful for anything you need help with. There's a small shop on site for basics and there's also a good sized Co-op tied to the petrol station just down the road for all of the things you may have forgotten or need to restock on. Every other weekend in summer there's a boot fair walking distance from your pitch, but not loud or disruptive.

Best of all, the river runs through the campsite and there are multiple spots with rope swings over the water for the kids to safely play. You can bring your kayaks or paddle boards with easy access with steps too.

It's simply a fantastic site, for tents or caravans, that pleases everyone. Our kids range in age from 5-19 and they all love this site.

Disliked There aren't a lot of electric pitches, it could do with more but I think this is in the works.

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From the manager: Thank you for your loyalty in choosing to stay with us and that you enjoy your visits.
We look forward to welcoming you again.

Liked Really lovely place to camp and being so near to the river was so much fun we was able to swim with the dogs also you ate able to go up the river with a boat or paddle board

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From the manager: Thank you for choosing to stay with us and that you enjoyed yourselves.
There is now blue/green algae in the river which can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea and potentially life threatening to dogs, therefore we are advising not to go in the river until there is a substantial amount of rain to clear it.
We look forward to welcoming you again.

Liked One of the best place in the area to spend a quality time with your family.
Thanks Hop Farm!

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From the manager: Thank you for choosing to stay with us and that you enjoyed yourselves.
We look forward to welcoming you again.

Liked Loved the spacious field for non electric. Perfect location for paddleboarding. Would come back for the location but need to bring rubber gloves with me to be able to use toilets and showers

Disliked Toilets and showers both female and male were gross! Definitely need cleaning for often. Most morning the toilets were covered in poo! Not ideal at all. People definitely need to be more considerate

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From the manager: Thank you for choosing to stay with us and that you enjoyed yourselves.
The toilets and showers have regular cleans, however in-between cleans the facilities can become messy, we do ask guests to tidy up after themselves unfortunately not everyone does this.
We look forward to seeing you again.

Liked Large and spacious
Nice areas to walk
Nice atmosphere
Many toilets and showers available
Easy to check in

Disliked Poor signage for exiting
Staff rude in shop when buying many ice creams - said children were too noisy when customers were checking in. If this is the case then have a separate shop and check in station.
Showers in old block were cold on saturday night
Need to alert customers to fact that pub on site is closing down and aren’t serving food anymore

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From the manager: Thank you for choosing to stay with us and for taking the time to leave a review.
I asked politely if the children could be quieter as it is a very small shop/office and the man was checking someone in trying to give important information to keep everyone staying on site safe and the guest checking in could not hear him, the extra information we have to give is
1) A fire ban, what can and can`t be used due to the extreme dry ground conditions. Fires spread quickly and this would put guests lives at risk.
2) Blue/green algae in the river which can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea and potentially life threatening to dogs.
All Brewers Fayres are closing, the one here may be closing in September and they are still serving food, however they may have reduced opening times due to staff shortages. There is a new Chinese restaurant due to open shortly right next to the exit barrier.
We were not made aware of the one male block not having any hot water until the Sunday morning, I did put a sign up on the door saying the ones next to them had hot water. We are hoping the boiler will be fixed by tomorrow Tuesday.
We look forward to your next visit.

Liked Nice size fields
Not to busy
Easy access to the river

Disliked Lack of water points and toilets having to either walk quite far or to drive to use the facilities

Check in/ out Times make no sense for tents

These type of times are what i would expect for static caravans for turn over cleaning

Check in time of 14:00- 21:00
Check out time of 11am

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From the manager: Thank you for choosing to stay with us and for taking the time to leave a review as they do help people when deciding where to stay.
There are 6 water points for non-electric pitches but none in the outer fields. The non-electric pitches are unmarked and guests choose where to stay once they have checked-in.
The check-in and check-out times are the same as other campsites with a few campsites having check-in times between 1400-1900. Please ask if you would like an earlier check-in time as this is something we can offer on non-electric.
We hope to see you again soon.

Liked De staanplaats was goed, mooi uitzicht

Disliked Vies sanitair, wc brillen zitten los, slecht onderhoud. Geen camper service, en geen wasmachines. Dat viel helaas tegen. Ook geen WiFi

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Liked Plenty of space, easy access to the river from our pitch. Perfect for kayaking and wild swimming.
There are lots of fields to choose from, the very end one is lovely but for us with 4 young children it was too far from the toilets. Next time no children 🤔 or portable toilet....
The shower block and toilets were very clean.

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From the manager: Thank you for choosing to stay with us and that you enjoyed yourselves.
We look forward to welcoming you again.

Liked love how spacious the campsite is there is shop onsite which was so helpful for ice in this heat! . You can literally find your own spot away from everyone and at times your own field !. The phone service is very much touch and go in all fields, but you should be one with nature and not glued to that phone anyway !🤣everyone minds their own business a very chilled atmosphere. There was a bin in our field which was very helpful although, despite this there was still the odd one who left there rubbish on the campsite.
Learned the hard way this is insect biting paradise so ensure you have that bug repellent and you will be all good, came back 2nd time no bites !!! .
When we were leaving there was a food truck being set up, so definitely going to try that next time ! 😀.

Disliked This was our second time staying here, so we already had a good idea of the campsite. One suggestion would be to add signs at the entrance and exit of each field showing the field name or number. Although you receive a map on arrival, it can be difficult for first-time visitors to work out which field they’re in, as the entrances and exits are set within the bushes, making it difficult to match your location with the map.

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From the manager: Thank you for choosing to stay with us and for taking the time to leave a review as they do help people when deciding where to stay.
Excellent idea about fields being named I will pass this on to the manager.
We look forward to welcoming you again.

Liked For the space and the freedom my children had i would recommend to friends .
Apart from lovely walking areas it didnt have much, but the pub was lovely and the walks down the canel my children liked the lock

Disliked Id recommend to friends without children due to Poor management,
Where do I begin?
Firstly, we got pitched on an ant's nest, and we had an infestation of ants all over and inside the tent, to the point I was bitten. I went to the office and got told they would send maintenance; they never did, so we moved our tent.
Secondly,
Our neighbors were lovely, unfortunately, there was an incident with their 14-year-old daughter where we went to the toilet and she was approached by a man trying to chat her up and follow her into the toilet. The family rang the manager, and she came to the pitch and told the family that her daughter should not have gone to the toilet on her own, bearing in mind the toilet was a 30-second walk away. The following day, I told the cleaner, who told me a few days before the same man was in the female showers trying to watch women shower. Again, she told the manager, but nothing was done.
Surely, as a manager, you have a duty of care to make sure all customers feel safe.
3rdly
This camp site didnt have anything for children,

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From the manager: When you came into the office I phoned for maintenance to ask if they had any ant powder or if they needed to buy any, I advised you they would come over once they had finished the job they were doing but did not know how long it would take therefore an alternative pitch was given.
I have since spoken to maintenance and unfortunately the job they had to do took a lot longer than expected.
I do not believe it is appropriate to discuss someone else`s personal details here, however I will say that the family are fully happy with my handling of the situation and are continuing with their extended stay.
I have spoken to the cleaner and your account differs significantly to hers and she did tell you the description you gave did not match the description of the man who had perhaps mistakenly gone into the wrong block.
I can assure you that I take my duty of care very seriously.
When you book on Pitch-up we do not advertise as having any entertainment or play park.