Branscombe Airfield and Camping

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Ik was niet blij met No wifi, no electric, queueing for toilet/showers, and screaming kids

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Van de manager: Thank you for your review.
You decided to stay 6 nights at the end of the summer holidays knowing children would be here, clearly family campsites are not for you. “Screaming kids“ as you put it or children having fun as we put put it, are part of any campsite during the holidays, so we recommend that either you choose an adult only site where there is likely to be late night drinking and noise or wild camping rather than a family campsite.

We went out of our way to give you a private pitch away from others which you seemed grateful for on arrival and it would appear you were not happy with that whilst others would be very grateful.

Unfortunately, the area did have a power cut for 8 hrs during your stay which also powers the Wi-Fi and some of the toilets and showers and our water pumps, this was totally out of our control.
However, we managed to keep a basic service running from generators and stored water tanks and we refrigerated as many people’s food as we could.

We also offered all customers that lost power a refund of that cost, had you come into the office you would of received that.

During the peak season it is likely that you will queue for any service where ever you go, but we didn’t whiteness huge queues at any point during the entire summer, so we think it’s unreasonable to think that any outlet whatever it is will have an instant facility for you during peak season.

We also encourage customers to come and see us, rather than wait until they leave to go straight to the keyboard, had you came and seen us it would have given us a chance to try and resolve any issue you were having and we would of had the chance to explain the issues we were having.

Sadly campsites are not infallible to service outages and so we feel this is an unfair and an unnecessary inaccurate review, given that you managed to stay 5 nights, and raising no issue with us before leaving a day early without informing us of your departure.

Ik was blij met Loved the shop, had little things we needed. Check in process was so easy! Liked you could choose where to pitch up.
Loved that they had a bar and pizza van on Sunday night (bank holiday) with a singer! Made such a lovely evening!

Ik was niet blij met Toilets and showers could be slightly better but loved that they had port a loos dotted around the airfield so you didn’t have to walk really far for a wee

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Van de manager: Thank you for your lovely review we are glad you enjoyed the food, drink and singer on the bank holiday weekend
Chris and Tracey.

Ik was blij met Very good communication, lovely view, although busy we had no problem accessing showers, wood fired pizza van on site.

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Van de manager: Thank you for your review
Chris and Tracey

Ik was blij met Lots of space,
Clean
Owners lovely, helpful
Shop had lots of sweets and bits in it,
Pop up bar on the Sunday was great little touch loved watching the planes circling on the Saturday
The dog also loved people watching and the occasional bark as they passed by
Showers were hot and fresh
Close to other little towns and branscombe beach

Ik was niet blij met Absolutely nothing we had a lovely stay

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Van de manager: Thank you for your lovely review we are glad you enjoyed your stay and it was great to meet you all.
Chris and Tracey

Ik was blij met Fabulous stay , weather was beautiful,the campsite was clean and tidy. Our pitches where very spacious(no set lines) ,staff on duty regularly checked loos and showers to keep them clean(disinfecting them),
Enjoyed watching the neighbours playing football and catch in the middle area as the sun set .we took our motorhome and a tent for our teenages , the ground was very hard (definitely need rock pegs) for tent but is understandable as was very dry when we went ,, I recommend this place for all the family ages ;-) was very peaceful, close to sidmouth,Lyme Regis,beer

Ik was niet blij met The 4-5 portaloos on the left side of airfield where getting a abit pongy due to the hot weather ,, the smell drifted up the field ,, I think afew people must of smelt them too ,,
Luckily we chose to park further up the field where we couldn’t smell them ,, but other than that everything else was great

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Van de manager: Thank you for the review and lovely pictures
We are afraid you may have smelling a local farmer spreading slurry and not the portaloos as they smell was also down on the lower site as well.
We look forward to seeing you again, if you come on any other date than a bank holiday you will not be up the runway with portaloos but in the main site

Ik was blij met Everything there was not a bad thing to say. Tracy and Chris were very helpful and very clean and tidy site.

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Van de manager: Thank you for your lovely review we are glad you enjoyed your stay and it was great to meet you all
Chris and Tracey

Ik was blij met There were several things I liked about the campsite.
Tracy was friendly and welcoming and we pitched up on the airstrip.
The facilities were clean and the shower had plenty of hot water.
There were lots of portaloos around the site as well as the main toilet block, which was really handy.
On the Sunday, there was a pop-up bar and a musician, which added a bit of excitement, as well as the pizza bar.
The dog paddock was great for my dogs to run around in too.
The coast was less than 15 mins drive and there were hiking paths with stunning views.

Ik was niet blij met Pitching up on the airstrip proved difficult for standard tent pegs. On the website it said 'Strong rock pegs are advised after spells of dry weather'. The airstrip itself was some sort of clay with grass over the top. This made it difficult for standard pegs but luckily a fellow camper gave us a good tip. Slant the standard tent peg quite a bit to get the pegs in. Hammering down the windbreaker was a bit tricky too because of the clay but we only just managed.
One other thing, a drone was flying around the site, up and down the airstrip. I asked one of the 'patrol' staff member about it and he told me that the owner had given permission. It was for taking photos of the site. This made us feel uncomfortable as the drone flew over us several times.

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Van de manager: Thank you for your review for your stay over the bank holiday weekend, the ground this year is very hard due to no rain this year and lots of sun
Chris and Tracey

Ik was blij met Excellent stay, quiet, clean, friendly, helpful, portaloos were immaculate and cleaned several times a day, main toilets were also clean.

Ik was niet blij met Nothing

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Van de manager: Thank you for your lovely review on the bank holiday weekend
Chris and Tracey

Ik was blij met The welcome was great and the information issued was also very useful. the pitch sizes are great and the facilities always clean and usable. The pop-up bar and pizza on Sunday were very enjoyable as was the sing along. The dog walking area was definitely a good idea

Ik was niet blij met Can't say there was anything that I could list as a dislike.

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Van de manager: Thank you for your lovely review
Chris and Tracey.

Ik was blij met Just back from an amazing weekend stay at Brancombe, we travelled a few hours to get there we arrived early and asked if we could check in early we were told we could which was a great help to us, we were greeted at reception with a lovely welcome.
We chose a lovely pitch, plenty of space there were plenty of toilets situated around the site, lovely hot showers that were cleaned regularly. The dog paddock was huge a great space for our dog to run around. The pizza van was a great added extra, couldn’t have asked for anything more, would highly recommend!

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Van de manager: Thank you for your great review it was lovely to meet you both
Chris and Tracey