Ilex Farm Camping

喜欢 Very friendly and welcoming. The site is on 3 tiers separated by trees so it feels very private, with only 3-4 pitches per tier. Toilets and shower are modern and very clean. Would definitely return if we’re back in the area. Lovely walking routes directly from the site.

不喜欢 No transport links to neighbouring towns, so if you wanted to visit areas around you, you need a car. Which is fine for most but if you’re a motorhome or campervan it can mean having to pack up everyday day.

喜欢 Spotless toilets and showers
Cheap ehu costs - you do not need 60m cables as pitch up suggests
Lovely welcome by owner
Nice short cut grass not too long

不喜欢 Only three toilets (2 with showers) so might be limited in busy periods

喜欢 Good remote location.
The campsite was peaceful.
Service signal was good too.

不喜欢 Unfortunately we felt the staff were rather unwelcoming. The were no signs other than on the main gate, so me and my partner were unsure on where to park/where to locate any workers… on the track going in I was stopped by one of the owners, I asked “ Hi, I’m just looking for the campsite?”, to which he looked at me and just went “yeah”, I said “yeah where is it sorry?”, he aggressively went “well, have you actually booked?”, I replied “yes I have, I just don’t want to be going the wrong way”, he then drove off providing no directions to me.
Further down the track, me and my partner accidentally drove around the entire campsite as there were again no signs were to park/ where to speak to workers. It turns out the other owner was actually watching us do this and didn’t say anything. My partner then saw her and said “Hi we’re just looking for the owners of the campsite, we’ve booked for the weekend and not sure where we need to go?”, she responded “ well it’s me and you usually come to speak to someone before driving around”, he responded “well yes we are lost, looking for the reception area, which is why I’m speaking to you”. Furthering this, when being shown our pitch, we were met with comments about our age, being inexperienced and assumptions we were going to be noisy.

Another thing, there were only two showers and one single toilet. These were clean upon arrival but shortly after and for the rest of the weekend remained filthy. There was no ventilation/windows in each of the three cubicles, meaning they smelt. You were told to press the shower on before getting in as it’s cold, this water then came straight out the shower onto the floor and flooded behind the toilet (no drain or mop) and as there was no mop, the floor was covered in mud all weekend. These weren’t cleaned over the Friday - Sunday (only seen being cleaned when we were checking out) and the only single cubicle was out of the loo roll for the weekend aswell. With limited cubicles anyways, we expected them to be cleaned at least once a day.

Sadly we booked this as the pitches were spacious, but the owner pitched our tent between two motor homes and told us we needed to “move up”. The led us to have two awnings, one right against our car and the other touching our tent. This was a shame as we were sat on top of each other with little privacy.

喜欢 Great little campsite! Excellent facilities and with the tiered pitches you feel a lot more remote without being surrounded by other tents.