Porlock Vale Campsite

Liked Stunning views, easy to find a pitch, quiet and beautiful. Just a lovely spot. Clean toilets and kitchen block. The part of the field with the best views was sloped but it was pretty much fine!

Disliked The fire pit situation, sadly. We found the wood and slab for the fire pit but couldn’t find the actual pit. Tried to message Dawn but had no signal for a mile or so around the site (only got signal back when on the a39).

A fellow camper kindly messaged Dawn for us but I think it was too late in the evening (maybe after 20:30) so no luck. Watched with envy as other campers sat round their fires cooking and enjoying the stars

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From the manager: Thank you for your great review. I think I spoke to you about fires earlier in the evening, when it was windy and explained that the ground is like a tinderbox and we're not encouraging firepits at the moment. Thank you so much for not lighting a fire. We ask campers to buy logs on site and if other campers were burning their own logs last night - hmm, tut, tut! Thank you for letting me know about that too. We appreciate you being responsible when there is such a fire risk.

Liked This is a beautiful secluded site with views of the Bristol Channel. The access is along narrow lanes, so definitely not suitable for motorhomes, but our campervan was fine. There was a slight slope on our pitch, so we used levelling chocks. 2 Flushing toilets and 1 compost toilet for the site. The 2 showers were a bit dodgy, but Dawn quickly addressed the problem when we told her. She came round every evening to check that everything was ok. The covered dish washing area is spacious with good hot water.
There were great walks directly from the site.

Disliked We were unable to access any WiFi, despite being advertised, and no 4G reception.

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From the manager: Hi David, thank you for your review and I'm so glad you enjoyed your stay. To point out, we don't accept motorhomes or caravans - only campervans and tents. These are country lanes, and villagers and tractors and trailers navigate them quite happily, and we benefit from having very little traffic on them. The 4G is there although it's efficiency depends which network provider you have - for example, I sent a series of high-res photos to a camper last night which they received with no problem.
We use the excellent Showerking glamping showers and they're generally pretty good, which is great on our off-grid site. I always encourage campers to report any issue straight away, like a gas bottle running out, and we'll be right on it. Thankfully, they are very reliable.

Liked Fantastic scenery, lovely quiet adult only site.

Disliked Quite narrow access roads but well worth the careful drive.

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From the manager: Thank you so much for your good review.

Liked Peaceful site with lovely views.

Disliked Lack of freezer for campers use and the hot water tap in the kitchen area is very difficult to turn on if you suffer with dexterity of the hands or arthritis.

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From the manager: Hi Noleen, thanks for the feedback. As we're a new and off-grid campsite, there's no electricity for a freezer at the moment. We can hopefully work out something for the future. In the meantime, some other campers bring a portable solar panel and power pack to run their own facilities, which might be something you could look into.

Liked Big up Dawn

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From the manager: Appreciate it - thank you! Glad you enjoyed your stay.

Liked the view, the hills, the seaview, the atmosphere, the Exmorepony herd, Dawn of course, these wonderful people in "England, where my heart lies" (Kathy´s Song, S&G).

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From the manager: Thank you Konrad, it was great to meet you and the family and thank you so much for your lovely review.

Liked When leaving Porlock Vale campsite yesterday morning we were treated to the magnificent sight of two deer stags crossing the golden field of tall waving grass. It was hard to leave a place where you can wake up to such breathtaking and uninterrupted views of of fields and forests with the Bristol Channel shimmering in the distance. We spent nine days there and loved every second of our stay. With so many varied walks and lovely villages around we could have easily stayed longer. More so because we felt so at home in the great care of Dawn.
Dawn welcomes every visitor with such spirit and enthousiasm
and makes them aware of the uniqueness of the surroundings. (With the ponies of Exmoor Pony Project at the hart of or all. )
Porlock Vale campground is much more than a beautiful camping field (with all the amenities one needs), it is a place so close to nature that it will give you all the calm you need to be aware of the right things in life. Thank you Dawn!!

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From the manager: Thank you so much, Danielle, for your heartfelt great review. It was lovely hosting you both and I'm so glad you enjoyed stay and got to meet the Exmoor ponies and explore the area so thoroughly. Look forward to welcoming you back again.

Liked I liked all of the places the views and Dawn is a great host will hopefully go back next year to me it's a A+

Disliked No dislikes

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From the manager: Thank you so much for your great review, Erwin.

Liked A beautiful camping field with stunning views across the valley and out to sea. We had a peaceful, relaxing 4 days with some lovely walks to great tea shops: Periwinkle, Horner. Dawn was very welcoming and informative. We had a glorious afternoon seeing her Exmoor Ponys and hearing all about their plight.

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From the manager: Hi Jane, so glad you enjoyed the campsite and your holiday on Exmoor and really glad you were both able to join the Meet The Exmoor Ponies farm visit, too.

Liked The site was beautiful and dawn was lovely. Everything was clean and well maintained and it was great being a smaller campsite. Everybody respected each other in terms of noise but also would want to have a friendly chat. Would definitely come again.

Disliked The shower trailer was quite minimal for a campsite. As it was quite warm and there aren’t any windows/extract fans it was very hot inside and didn’t make for a pleasant shower.

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From the manager: Hello there, I'm not sure which campers you are as you've posted 'anonymous'. Very glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to seeing you again. As you know, this is an off grid campsite, so providing flushing loos, warm water washing up area and warm showers is quite an achievement. We're delighted to be able to provide a decent shower trailer, with two brilliant, warm glamping showers, along with spacious pitches that most campers are delighted with.