Gwatkin Red Cow Campsite

Fantastic restaurant and farm shop. Owner was extremely relaxed given we had made some alterations to the booking etc. Toilets/showers all very clean. Good walks from site.

Nothing much - be aware it is a working farm so some noisy animals! But actually very authentic for that.

Great little site, nice and quiet.
Produce their own cider that's brilliant. Cracking little restaurant too.

Could do with a better toilet and shower block. But it's not a major issue ans the one's provided were clear and functional

One of the loveliest campsites we have stayed at - gorgeous setting and really helpful staff. Especially loved the resident animals! We cannot wait to return and stay here again and bring the children next time.
Cannot recommend the rhubarb cider and biscoff slices enough - worth the 3 hour drive just for those alone!

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Lovely, friendly and quiet site. Clean toilets and showers. Great cider and lovely restaurant on site.

Washing up is fairly basic but functional.
If busy, the site is not that flat so May be hard to find a flat pitch.

Able to select own pitch.
Direct access to restaurant with a good breakfast and dinner available.
Animals to see which the children enjoyed.
Covered area in front of barn with a few picnic tables.

Lots of areas for possible improvement, cleaning the showers (only 2 available) and they need a small shelf/stool so your not putting your clothing etc on muddy and dusty floor.
Grass in camping field really needs cutting!
Lots of mess and hazards around farm area which is the access route through to the facilities so tricky with small children especially when dark.
One washing up sink for whole campsite which was very low down and very difficult to use (also surrounded by clutter/rubbish and needs cleaning)
Recycling/rubbish bins shared with restaurant and overfull when we arrived and for the whole stay.

Liked:-
Ciders and Perrys
Working farm
Stunning valley to be in
Great restaurant food
Good cafe
Informal pitches ie just a field

Could be better:-
Cafe options during the day better cakes and lunch options could be available all day, but plenty of local options.
Vege cooked too softly for modern tastes, try to offer al dente?
They’re new at this so will improve pitches and services over time.
Need branding and marketing advice, all a little bit confused.

All of it, weather was awefull but didnt dampen the experience,
Restaraunt was perfect, park where you wanted to,

Could do with mowing the field
Kept loosing me flip flops in the wet grass

They are very friendly and accommodating, food at the restaurant was outstanding would be good if they got more people stopping at the camp site if the restaurant could stay open longer as there is not anything walkable to go to

Grass could have been shorter so it would have easier to walk through, but it is a working farm so this is acceptable.

We loved the animals and the farm environment. The staff and owners were very welcoming and accommodating. The site and facilities were clean and there was ample opportunity for eating/cooking under cover. The restaurant was an added bonus.

Not great Internet signal.

Quiet field, nice showers. Barn area for sheltering when it was raining. Friendly owners, who had to cope with mains electricity failure and using a generator during our stay. Bought some cider for my friends.

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