Camping @ Croyde Bay

A aimé Lovely little site well placed for Croyde village and a short walk down to the beach.

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A aimé The location is convenient for Croyde beach and the village. Shower block is nice.

N'a pas aimé We booked a five-night stay at Camping @ Croyde Bay but ended up leaving after four nights because we simply weren't enjoying our stay.

First impressions weren't great. The young man on reception was grumpy and unfriendly, with no real welcome, "please" or "thank you". Hospitality starts at check-in, and unfortunately we didn't feel particularly welcome.

The campsite advertises itself as having large, level pitches, but this certainly wasn't our experience. The site is built on the side of a hill, and our pitch near the bottom was far from level, making camping much less comfortable than expected.

One of the biggest disappointments was the noise. The campsite backs directly onto the village car park, which became noisy every evening with loud music, revving engines, shouting and even wheel spins. Next to the car park is a pub that remained noisy until around midnight, after which groups of people leaving the pub continued shouting, swearing and making noise as they walked through the village.

To make matters worse, a neighbouring car dealership has an extremely bright security floodlight that illuminates much of the camping field throughout the night. It was bright enough to disturb our sleep.

At around £37 per night, this is one of the more expensive campsites we've stayed on, so we expected a peaceful, well-managed site. Unfortunately, we didn't feel it offered good value for money.

The booking information also states that groups of five or more are not permitted, yet one evening there was a group of around fifteen young people camping together who were noisy, playing guitars until around 2am, and repeatedly kicking footballs around the campsite, with the ball regularly ending up on our pitch. On what would have been our final night, another large group of unaccompanied youths pitched up immediately next to us. They were also kicking footballs around onto our pitch and were already loudly discussing how drunk they intended to get that evening. At that point we decided to cut our holiday short and go home a day early.

The location is convenient for Croyde beach and the village, but if you're looking for a quiet, relaxing campsite, this wasn't our experience. Between the noise, uneven pitches, lack of enforcement of the site's own group policy, and the high price, we left feeling very disappointed.

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A aimé Stu has thought of the smallest details. If you normally stay at Surfers Paradise, consider this site.
There are clearly laid out spaces to set up camp; onsite coffee facilities; amazing bathroom set up with a separate family area; feminine hygiene facilities (THANK YOU SO MUCH); areas to dry wetsuits; and free washing up liquid. This is a beautiful stay with spectacular views and wildlife. Bunnies galore, a hedgehog hid under the car, and the fluffiest fox I’ve ever seen ran within a metre of the tent. Great campsite and well located for pubs, bars and the beach.

N'a pas aimé The only side note I’d add is be aware the (seemingly) Friday mid morning Stu mows the grass. It keeps the area looking immaculate, but be wary if you suffer from hay fever! My partner was not well prepared for our Friday lie in…

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A aimé Small, quiet with great facilities close to the village. Request for certain pitch was sorted, thank you! A very relaxed vibe...

N'a pas aimé If I was very picky the road through kicked up a bit of dust if people drove a little fast. That's it.💪

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Hi Darren.
Thanks so much for the ten out of ten.
It was a pleasure to have you stay with us.
I agree about the dust during the heat wave we had. It's raining today, which has solved that problem for a few weeks. I will get some new gravel put down.
Regards and thanks again.
Stu.

A aimé Really clean, very quiet campsite perfect location walking distance to pubs a the beach. Warm welcome when you get there. Very basic but everything you need from a site. Would highly recommend

N'a pas aimé Not allowed to play music at all

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A aimé Great campsite. Helpful staff. Nice location, 5 mins walk from the village. Appreciated the quiet camp site policy. & the fresh cinnamon buns in the am were amazing. Will be coming back

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Thanks Andrew. It was a pleasure serving you and I am glad you enjoyed our campsite. See you soon. Stu.

A aimé Small site, excellent facilities, loved the no music rule.
Great location just out of the village and 10 mins walk to the beach.
Loved it!

N'a pas aimé Could do with grey water disposal
Men’s showers individual drying areas were very small

Not the site’s fault but other campers should clean the shower trays down once used!!

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Hi, and thanks for the 10/10 review.
We do have a grey water disposal gully. I will improve the signage now.
Thanks for the valuable feedback.
Stu.

A aimé The facilities were amazing for such a good value camp site. We loved our stay. Thanks.

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Thank you Sarah. What a kind and thoughtful review.
I hope to see you again soon.
Stu.

A aimé Easy check in, quiet environment, pitches had plenty of space and designated parking area for each one- enjoyed the fact that there was boundary lines for each pitch so no fighting over spaces. Warm and cold showers which always had good pressure. Washing up areas with drying racks. Everything was so clean at all times. Cheap body board and surf board rental. Quick walk to the beach and local food places- pubs, ice cream, pizza, restaurants etc

N'a pas aimé WiFi was very hit or miss- not a huge issue as we didn’t want to be using it much but that was the only negative

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A aimé Peaceful location, liked the rules about no music or loud TVs.

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Réponse du gestionnaire : Hi and thanks so much for visiting and for the great 10/10 review. See you soon. Stu.