Yellowtail Camping

Mi è piaciuto Facilities were nice and clean

Non mi è piaciuto A lot of agricultural machinery moving around through the site very early in the morning, very expensive for the time of year

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Dal gestore: Thank you for your feedback.

As is detailed in the campsite description on Pitchup the site is located on a working mixed farm.

As we hope you are aware over the last few years farming has become very challenging in the UK.
Your stay coincided with the cross over between Autumn harvest and planting next season’s crop, which is a well-known busy time for farming.
With changes in relation to environmental factors, weather patterns are also changing, with more unpredictable periods occurring. With this all being the case, farmers have to make the most of clement weather windows to conduct tasks like planting at a time dictated to by the weather, to ensure produce is of a quality suitable to place on the market, at a time when the UK faces more pressure in relation to food security.

With relation to farm traffic movement the published Quiet Hours, reviewable in the Booking Terms and Conditions, of between 7 a.m. and 10:30pm where respected.

With regards to being “very expensive for the time of year”. The campsite operates on a two-season basis (Summer and Winter Seasons), with the Summer Season ending on 29th of October. As with every season, research is conducted to ensure we are competitive with other campsites in the Wiltshire area that offer similar facilities. Indeed, prices have been maintained for a number of seasons now, despite the rising costs experienced by most UK businesses and the different use cases of campers. Examples being more electric demands for shower units, and higher cleaning expenses in the summer, with more electric demands for heating appliances etc in the winter.

Mi è piaciuto Clean, peaceful, lovely site.

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Mi è piaciuto Friendly staff, easy booking, good communication and clean facilities.

Non mi è piaciuto Nothing

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Mi è piaciuto Lovely, peaceful spot with easy access to village (and great Nepalese food at the Lion & Fiddle!) Facilities were excellent, and we enjoyed watching the piglets in a neighbouring field. Would highly recommend. Thank you!

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Mi è piaciuto The size of the pitch

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Mi è piaciuto Peaceful secure pitch. We stayed for 3 nights on the number 5 electric pitch, a bit of a walk to the shower/ toilet block but we had open space on three sides which was great. Clean well ordered facilities and the site was well managed.

Non mi è piaciuto The campsite was quite quiet at the time of our visit and I would imagine that the existing facilities would be overloaded when the site is fully populated.

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Dal gestore: Thank you for your review.

We are glad you found the campsite to your liking.

The owners and management team routinely discuss possible areas for improvement, so welcome your feedback.
We have some plans in the pipeline, that should be ready for next year’s summer season so hope you will visit again next year.

Mi è piaciuto Nice location, quiet and peaceful, large grass electric pitch with hard standing, lovely showers and toilet da polities, cast iron fire pit for hire with a bucket of logs, secure compound

Non mi è piaciuto Advertised as a working farm and was disappointed not to be closer to the farmyard animals

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Dal gestore: Thank you for your review.

We are glad you found the campsite peaceful, and liked the facilities.

With regards the disappointment not to be closer to farmyard animals, unfortunately during your stay some of the animals had been rotated to a field away from the campsite.

Mi è piaciuto Very clean site, spacious, very friendly owner, offered what we had expected on a simple farm campsite

Non mi è piaciuto Nothing

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Mi è piaciuto Nice spacious level pitch. Peaceful surroundings with friendly owners.

Clean toilets and showers.

Non mi è piaciuto We have a spaniel who needs an off lead run so we missed not having a dog walking area, although I appreciate it is a working farm.
road walk to the canal

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Mi è piaciuto A pleasant site in a good setting. Secure. Good size pitches. 16 amp electricity is good. Quiet. Easy to get to the bus stop.

Non mi è piaciuto The facilities were good but insufficient for the size of the site. For us the lack of hot water for washing up is a real downside. We didn’t need to fill the motorhome with water but there was nowhere to do this as the water on the pitch is a good way from the hard standing. Altogether it was overpriced for the facilities available.

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Dal gestore: Thank you for your feedback.

As explained by the Campsite Host upon arrival, the campsite is open all year round so having a heating appliance connected to this area would be extremely inefficient, and may run the risk of burst pipes and blockages that may lead to additional issues to an appliance placed here in winter.

Heated water is available in the Toilet and Shower facilities, that are supplied with heaters to maintain ambient temperatures. Additionally many campers, due to the nature of camping, make use of there own water heating equipment when using this area.

Hardstanding pitches have a fresh water point that is shared at a ratio of 1 per 2 pitches, located in-between the pitches. This has always been adequate for previous campers, and has never been raised as an issue before. Those who have not had a long enough hose pipe, have moved their vehicles closer to the waterpoint while filling up. There are also 2 points in the non-electric field that are also kept free for campers and their vehicles to access and drive up to. Additional there is another point located on hardstanding that is kept free for campers to use, which if this requirement had been raised with staff, they could have provided instructions on how to find it.

On the finial opinion raised, the campsite owners and the campsite manager conduct regular market reviews each year to ensure prices are kept as competitive as possible while also reflecting the true costs of operating a campsite, that are not always fully understood or considered.