Watertop Farm

Понравилось Brilliant experience. Staff were lovely and extremely helpful. Facilities were great. Lovely walks. Electric available for tent.

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Понравилось Spacious pitch with electric hook up, all the
facilities that you need are provided. If you like the country side you will enjoy the birds singing and watching the lambs bouncing in the field. We enjoyed our stay.

Не понравилось No dislikes.

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Понравилось Peaceful quiet plenty.of animals and walks a lovely area

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Понравилось Spacious pitch. Everyone was respectful of each other. Clean facilities.

Не понравилось The power supply tripped out a few times. We were only charging 2 phones, but I suspect it was being overloaded by others.
The walks are quite nice, however the land could be managed in a more nature frienfly way. The river walk area has remnants of ancient woodland but is being degraded by sheep grazing and sitka spruce self seeding. The sitka restocking on the blanket bog was sad to see. Overall the landscape would benefit from nature friendly restoration.

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Понравилось We received a very cordial welcome from Pauline and Patrick, who were in the middle of doing several tasks (it's very much a working farm!), but still found time to tell us where facilities and amenities are located.
There are a couple of walking trails (longest is about 5 miles, takes you up to The Vanishing Lake), which are well marked and supported via the Komoot app, which you can load from a QR code on site. There are also a few biking trails shown as well.
We loved seeing "Big Dan's Viewing Chair" and can understand why he fell in love with this location when he decided to buy it all those years ago. The panorama from there is fabulous!
There are also a couple of shorter walking trails for younger families to the Waterfall or around the lake and by the river.
What we loved most of all, was the variety of birdlife in the trees! It's lovely to wake up to birdsong, and you soon learn to go to bed early so you can fully appreciate it.
There are two distinct toilet facilities; one lot is just "loos", the others are next door with some showers.
It's an ideal place from which to visit Glen Arm gardens, Ballycastle, and even the Giant's Causeway, and Bushmills.
We visited in late-April (still quiet), and were kindly offered the choice of River view or Lake view; we chose the latter which had grass pitches (so we could put our awning up).
We are unlikely to pass this way again, but if we do, we will try to book it.

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Понравилось The proximity of the showers etc to the pitches.
Good walking on or near the site.
Very quiet and peaceful (late September)

Не понравилось None

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Понравилось Really nice campsite, well set up with camping locations in smaller fields.
Facilities were good, well maintained and clean.
Not far from Causeway Costal Route so was good for some site seeing.

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Понравилось Quiet rural location. Good walks with great views.
Plentiful hot water for showers.
Facilities to suit families.

Не понравилось The toilet and shower blocks were unheated ( it was an unseasonably wintry weekend ) and not completely clean e.g. dust and hair in and around the sink beside the shower, cobwebs in the toilet block) Just needs a little more attention.

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Понравилось Very isolated location

Не понравилось Weather was terrible when we arrived very wet and windy. No one in attendance called mobile number and told to take our pick of pitches, so wandered around in the dark to see what was what.
Pitches, not much more than a bit of concrete and gravel off a muddy farm track, fortunately only a few vans present but overwise it would have been very crowded.
Washroom and amenities dreadful, housed in an old animal shed, they didn’t look like they had been cleaned in a long time. Weather was wet and windy and dank cold shower did not seem inviting.

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От менеджера: It's difficult to respond to negative reviews when I'm sure miserable weather has skewed your perception of our farm campsite, however for the benefit of others reading:
1. We have an UNMANNED check in area with instructions and contact numbers. This isn't a secret, it's advertised as such on pitchup, so you can get on with your day and arrive whenever you want. We do advise to arrive before dark but it's not a big site to get lost on and everything is signposted. You even read the sign to contact us so the system works...
2. Out of season we have plenty of drop ins, so if you have booked last minute and already paid, it's likely you can also take your pick of pitches. Most people actually like having the choice...
3. The vans are in a row of 7 pitches, hardly crowded! The pitches have grey waste drains, individual drinking water taps and electric sockets. That 'muddy farm track' is a stone gravel track with quite understandable puddles of water (not mud) after hours of torrential rain. Good thing we didn't allocate you a grass pitch in the rain eh.
4. The showers etc are cleaned every day. And then people use them and they get dirty again. So the cycle continues. You are correct however that 2 showers are in a converted farm building (they are quite spacious, and usually clean, unless someone has been in before you and not left it clean...) but the other 2 are in the more modern block literally beside it (but they are a bit tighter on space). All have excellent pressure and HOT water.