Aldenham Country Park

I pitched in 'the avenues', the field with lots of trees which had a superb atmosphere & felt like proper wild camping.

I loved having a small open fire as it's extremely hard to find a campsite that will allow this!

The location of the site was great and was easy to find.

Facilities are basic, but if you want a wild camping experience as they advertise they are more than adequate and were fine for the one night stay I had!

Compost toilets are a must try, even if it is only one time.

Peaceful, quiet and friendly staff.
Facilities were clean.
Perfect distance between campers which created a good atmosphere

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Location, facilities - cafe for top up breakfast,and late lunch, plenty of toilets,both compost and porta loos plus the main carpark had 'proper toilets' , shower facilities, washing up areas. A parkrun on site,100 acre wood walk, walk round the reservoir stopping off for a pint at The Fishery half way round. Campfires allowed, able to buy wood onsite. Farm shop (though we didn't use) looked lovely, free park for children as well as a fantastic looking SEN park that you could pay extra for, same as the petting farm. We didn't use them but great if you had younger children.

Unfortunately the downside of 'wild camping' is that people can pitch up where ever they want and can be particularly noisy. Our first night was fine, but the 2nd night a group came and camped really close to us when there was lots of other room and sat up talking until gone 3am. They sang a rousing chorus of happy birthday at 12.01am and woke me up. There was also a large group gathering in the other camping field when we came back through late afternoon, and people also came into the field to use it for late night bbq/picnics/drinking but not actually staying. No one seemed to really be monitoring the fields, 1 person did come round occasionally but looked to be more delivering hay bales/collecting up picnic benches etc and I don't think he'd have a clue who paid, who hadn't, who had a camp fire permit, who hadn't etc. That said, I would take my chances to come again, but try to tuck myself away from noisy neighbours!

Large Fields to camp on and not too far out of London, spacious and scenic.

Only 1 shower for everyone to use and the shower was way too hot.
Shower holder broken

Fantastic layout with trees, fields, open, closed areas etc.
Other campers were respectful of after hours noise limits and the amenities were plentiful.
Vans drove around collecting camp rubbish multiple times a day and the campsite overall was very clean.
Proximity to entertainment for kids was great - playgrounds, animals, walks etc.

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Toilets were clean and not at all like the negative reviews had stated. Lots to do on site for the children. We also liked the cafe and the breakfast was lovely!

Horse riding was over priced but the children enjoyed it.

Wild but contained. Ability to have a fire.

Slightly too many other people there, but not really something that can be changed!

Really good activities to keep our little one entertained, like the farm, egg collecting, going on a pony ride. There's also the children's play area, and lots of space for kite flying. The staff are also nice and super helpful.

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It was great we could have a camp fire

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I stayed as working in Finchley and after stressful days found the environment totally relaxing. The staff keep you fully updated on the barrier code for access and egress Toilets for porta loos are exceptionally clean. Showers are very hot when I expected them to be cold so all very positive

Nothing really as it exceeded my expectations so staying again next week