Aarons Campsite

Back to basics campsite, which allows campfires! Within about a 20 minute walk of a village which has a shop and a few pubs. The owner was extremely friendly.

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Quiet

No showers, trek to the toilets

Option of hiring a wood burner, being welcomed by member of staff, friendly atmosphere, respectful fellow campers and in the morning a staff member asking if we enjoyed our stay and checking everything went well was really nice.

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The whole experience. Customer service from the owners. The real camping feel. After the greeting we were left alone. Happy to help owners. Facilities were good. Lovely area.

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Friendly staff upon check-in and leaving. Site is ok although quite a few parties packed into what is a relatively small field. Easy to hire campfires and wood. Cheap and cheerful.

As with other reviews inconsiderate campers. Loud heavy metal music on until the early hours with no action taken from site staff. Avoided portable w/c after first usage as no toilet roll, much better to use proper toilets in the woods.

We were there over the August bank holiday, so expected it to be busy, and it was, but we still managed to find a spot in the front field with an impressive view which didn't feel too hemmed in and there was enough room for everyone to spread out. The shop is great and really useful when you arrive late at night with a chocolate craving. Very friendly staff. The second night we were the only people in the field and the owner came over a chat. He's a really interesting and friendly bloke and writes poetry and wotnots.

As the campsite is high up on the hill, you can see for miles and watch the epic weather coming and going over the hills. The lights from the towns below were bright but spectacular and not enough to blot out the stars. Amplified music is not allowed in the front field, which was good, as it kept it peaceful enough despite the bank holiday numbers of people. Dogs are allowed, and so are fires in firepits, which was ideal for us.

Really handy for Hebden Bridge and round that way if you've got a bike/car. There is lovely walking straight out of the campsite through the quarry and little millenium sculpture garden.

It's a good, basic site if you don't do those big commercial sites. Loos are in portacabins. Nothing fancy. My star ratings are based on this being advertised as a basic site. Will definitely go back if staying in that area again.

Recycling could be better organised and separated - people just dumped all their rubbish into one bin. At the end of the busy weekend the bins were overflowing. It's amazing what some people throw away...

Friendly welcome. Great pizzas at Cecilia's. Amazing view in the morning (worth waking up for). Hot shower. Pub, good and very close.

Enthusiastic rasping morning crow although I do like corvus generally.

Fantastic campsite, lovely people working there, professional and a good location

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Perfect very peaceful place loved it we came Friday went home Saturday morning and booked again Saturday

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Friendly camp site manager and lovely location. Easy to find and good quality, clean field as well as very clean portaloo.

Totally inconsiderate fellow campers. Two groups were talking loudly, including using a lot of swear words, and playing music until at least 1.30am. I didn't manage to get any sleep until about 3am.