Liked We love it at Whitemead, been many times. Generously sized pitches with a 2 minute walk into the Forest on Dean. Great onsite restaurant, food very tasty and quick and very friendly staff. Toilets and showers always clean and two blocks within 2 minute walk of each other. Very rarely have to wait for any of the facilities

Disliked Lighting in the Mead area was hit and miss this time.

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Liked Lovely site, very friendly hosts. Very friendly fellow campers. Fantastic fresh pizzas and truly a very large, beautiful forest walk a minute or two away. For the size of the site the on site amenities for families were great along with staff ran activities for the children ( we were just a couple, no children but appreciated such things make for a happy site ).

Disliked Very very little, a short wait for a shower in the morning, there were a number of separate clean shower rooms with sinks, but maybe two or three too few in the high season, same for the ladies toilets. Luck of the draw maybe but more an observation than criticism.

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From the manager: Thank you for the review, we really appreciate any feedback. We are very pleased you had a great stay and look forward to welcoming you back soon. Kind regards The Haywood Farm Team

Liked Well presented site, very friendly, helpful staff. Also very friendly regulars with more permanent pitches - no sign of dislike folks just spending a few nights. Located within an amphitheater of trees which had a very pleasant out and back walking trail overlooking the site. Some have commented on distant road noise, this didn’t bother us in the slightest and we are normally slightly more aware of it due to our poptop when at other sites. Shower and toilet facilities were more than adequate, maybe dated by some standards but importantly they were clean and no issues with availability. Fantastic very efficient tumble dryers.

Disliked No fault of the site, but the Beefeater a c.5 minute walk away had ceased trading the week before our arrival this would have been a nice cheap meal option otherwise but other restaurants were within walking distance.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review we are happy you enjoyed your stay at Gatehouse Wood

Liked Lovely site, very spacious pitches and immaculate facilities. The sizeable fields across the road were great for a bit of a run around in our case and would be fantastic for dogs or picnics by the river. Everyone was very friendly. Very well located for many local and south coast attractions.

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From the manager: We are so pleased that you had a good time, we look forward to your next visit.

Liked Beautifully presented site, generously sized pitches, truely flat. Shower and toilet blocks were immaculate and some fantastic touches such as the lighting and courtesy use items if needed . There were a limited number of toilet and shower units ( separate ) but we never had to wait and the site was roughly 2/3 full so facilitates were proportionate to the size of the site ( in our opinion). At night it was like Christmas with subtle but very pretty fairy lights throughout the site and it was evident the effort that the owners had made to make the site as welcoming as possible; this was certainly achieved. Mark kindly offered us a very useful and well thought out attractions guide folder which for our two night stay, proved very useful - thank you. It was a pleasure to stay, yes there is some road noise, if you are a light sleeper then maybe ask for pitch nos. 5+, which are further away from road and also more shaded early evening. But the noise there was didn’t personally disturb us in our poptop campervan. We would love to come back.

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Liked Lovely quiet site, everybody was very friendly. Showers and toilets were very clean and the onsite cafe served lovely food. Fantastic views, well maintained pitches and a 15 minute walk into the village ( with an unavoidable calorie burning hill on the return leg). By car was less than 5 mins though. A big Tesco was within walking distance down a pretty trail or again by car 7 mins away.

Disliked Knocked one star off the rating as the showers, although clean and warm had small shower enclosures in a self contained toilet, washbasin and shower room(s) which in themselves were very nice. If the fixed head shower could be swapped with an adjustable head, it would make the experience easier and less likely to wet the floor outside of the shower which is where you get dried given the small enclosure.

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Liked Wonderful tranquil location with views over rolling hills. Lovely hosts in the large grounds of a beautiful country house. Modern clean toilets x3 and 1 shower, it’s a small site so the facilities were proportional, pitches were generously sized. A true escape from the rat race, the donkeys were a welcome added bonus

Disliked Nothing.

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