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This campsite is a kids paradise. Ditches, moats, swings, Trees, dens. It's like a campsite Disneyland. The fun never stops. Camped as a large group around fire and banqueting table - only the weather and a few less than thoughtful campers marred the week. Not sure what the fuss is about the loos - if they are used properly they are fine and the showers are hot. Maybe there aren't enough facilities on the busy weekend but during the week there is no problem. There is a bit of a 'manyana' feel about some things but the relaxed attitude towards times and signage goes along with the vibe. Shop a little expensive but some nice stuff in there. Certainly a cool site and for groups with lots of kids you would be pushed to find better.
I have recently returned from my 5th visit at wowo! I love it!
They have recently added a lot more loos, they are compostable but you can't actually smell them! There is also showers and more toilets at the main reception, but being a campsite they can get a bit muddy but I think that adds to the whole experience!
One of the best thing about wowo is the campfires! Unlike other campsite you are guarantee a fire area and you don't have to share even in busy times! The pits are cleared out regally and each come with a grill on top and benches around the outside, a very homely feel! We cooked everything on the campfire!
Last time I was in a group of 8, 3 adults and 5 children (aged between 4-15) and 1 dog! The children loved it as there is lots of woodland to explore and lots of rope swings. They also loved the all of the wildlife!
There is a main reception area which has a shop with lots of fresh local produce and firewood (priced and £5 per Crete). By the main reception there is an activity barn with a piano, table tennis, ice cream, wifi, phone charger lockers and fridge/freezers. There are fridges and freezers which are normally quite full, I prefer to put my ice blocks from the cool box there and rotate them and out them back in the cool box so I have my food near me.
I have visited a few attractions near wowo, I have done horse riding at east view stables, the bluebell railways with lots of steam trains and boating at a nearby pub. All of these attractions were very close and very good! Next time I hope to visit tulleys farm where there is a maize maze!
The campsite has a very nice feel to it and I highly recommend it! I hope this has been helpful to anyone planning a stay to wowo!
Just back from a lovely trip to Wowo. The last time we visited was in 2011 and the facilities have improved since then.
We were in the large groups field at the bottom, the field was quite full but you didn't feel on top of each other. (We had a group of 10 families).
The toilets are 'modern' composters so have the feel of a normal toilet i. E. You can't see the waste and can flush it away. There was a washing up area which was an improvement to last time. I felt the number of toilets was fine, there was a small queue but nothing too bad.
It is great here for children. The rope swings all around the field are fantastic, such a simple idea I don't know why more campsites don't do them. Our children came up with a kind of tag swing game. Hours of fun. There is a small muddy stream and a very muddy ditch, so bring wellies or crocs for children, and clothes you don't mind them getting dirty!
Our friends tried the Friday night pizza and said it was very nice (although not the cheapest). The wood fires in our field had simple wooden benches around them, and also a metal BBQ rack, all these little touches are what makes Wowo good.
There is a barn next to the shop which is handy if it rains (although fortunately it didn't for us) with lots of toys for kids.
We had a lovely walk to the Sloop Inn and a nice meal in the beer garden - although be warned book a table if you want to guarantee any food - a large group of families were turned away as they said they didn't have enough food!
The staff at Wowo were friendly and helpful.
This is not a basic get-away-from-it-all-back-to-nature site. However neither is is a soulless large caravan park type campsite.
But if you want a lively, friendly, interesting site with fires and nearby walks that is good for children, this is the one.
This was our second visit to Wowo, this time we brought along friends for a low key escape the City, birthday treat.
We stayed in the charming Stepping stones Shepherds hut, and filled the hobbit yurt next door for the final night with friends.
Stepping stones is a perfect hideaway for two, cosy, warm and filled with thoughtful touches to make your stay more comfortable.
The Hobbit yurt is great for more than two, and has absolutely everything you need to cook, relax and share the woods with friends or family.
Since our return everyone who came to celebrate the weekend has already asked to repeat the trip, and raved about how amazing Wowo is.
The site is perfectly situated away from the towns and Cities, but close enough for an easy escape. Plenty of country pubs, walks and farm shops to explore if you fancy the adventure.
However, on site is a space like no other in this area. Open but private spaces each with a fire pit are space enough to enjoy the rivers and country side in peace.
The staff were on hand with every request and were more than accommodating to make this birthday weekend a really special trip.
Wowo Campsite is the perfect place for a countryside retreat. A place to be at one with nature for an individual or the whole family.
We stayed in the Alice Yurt which is positioned next to a lovely stream and open field. The Yurts here are very cosy and comfortable with no worries of getting cold in the winter months as the wood burner was very efficient and was actually cosier and warmer than our home in Brighton. The Yurts are equipped with everything you may need for your stay. If you need any bits and pieces for cooking then there is an on site organic farm shop where you can find quality local produce including organic free range eggs from the Wowo chickens. The selection of home grown gourds are especially tasty also.
The staff at Wowo are friendly and welcoming and are happy to assist with anything during your stay. There is also lots of information in the barn about local attractions and places to eat and drink. We hired an Ordinance Survey map from the office so that we could explore the footpaths around the area and visit some of the traditional local pubs.
The toilet and shower facilities are excellent here. Each area of the campsite has toilets and water facilities and the main toilet/shower block has heating, constant hot water and a family wet room with disabled access.
The campsite as a whole is a beautiful and safe place with plenty of areas to explore and play. I would thoroughly recommend Wowo Campsite as a place to visit anytime of the year.
We visited Wowo in September and had a great time. There are some really nice touches like the free soup on Saturday nights.
Tents are pitched around good sized fire pits and wood is available from the shop which also sells some essentials and some fantastic bread.
The pitches are a good size - we comfortably got 4 family size tents around the fire. It's a pretty relaxed site and, at the time of year we went, everybody had fires going which made for a pleasant atmosphere.
The main problem is the facilities - there really aren't enough showers, toilets or washing up stations for a site of this size.
The toilets and showers are pretty mucky as well which is a shame as this is clearly a popular and well frequented site.
We'd definitely go back, but not for more than a couple of days - the poor facilities, as well as the relatively high prices, wouldn't be good enough for a week.
Relaxed camping site, with great campfire/ group pitches (we were 5 families together), space for Gazebo's. Staff helpful with setting up etc.
Entertainment on Sat night/ free soup - nice touch.
Areas for kids to play, swings, stream to run through etc. So they all had a great time.
BUT be prepared for dreadful facilities for showers/ toilets/ washing up. Only 4 toilets and 4 showers - no areas to get dressed. Filthy dirty. Insufficient for number of people/ size of campsite.
Fridges/ freezers in barn - helpful albeit dirty. Barn not appealing at all.
Seriously doubt I will go back unless they improve facilities as at £35 per night min 3 night stay it wasn't cheap camping.
This was our second visit- went the previous year(one adult and two 9-11 children). The location is on a farm with large open fields and woodland nearby. Campfires are allowed and the nearest pub is a a decent walk through woods and and fields. It is very family friendly-lots of families and the kids can wander around the large site, where there are rope swings, other kids, a little river with stepping stones and places to run around. It has a well stocked shop, firewood crates and friendly staff. The showers were a bit basic and served a large number of people. The nature of the site meant the showers could be near in the busier parts and obviously further if in a quieter part. Toilets were more evenly distributed. It has a steam railway nearby and is a good base for visiting further afield. I would certainly go back.
Wowo, is really a hidden gem and by far, the best campsite I've ever visited. We have now visited around 15 times since 2008. It is a natural habitat for families with young children, where they can run free and explore the outdoors. It's so friendly and the custodians of the site do a wonderful job of creating a real community atmosphere through activities for children, live music, free soup, paella on Friday night. The kids even enjoyed free professional yoga one Saturday evening in the summer! The site is surrounded by beautiful oak trees where you'll normally find a hidden swing, or a gully to play in. We have been in groups, often with families themselves and always found nice, private space to pitch up from where we can watch the kids run about. Many of our friends have also stayed in Yurts, Sheppards Hut, Lotus Tent - all beautifully serviced and so very civilised! The camp fires really make it too - with the team delivering wood daily. There are brilliant walks to local pubs, Sheffield Park, the Bluebell Railway, a micro-brewery nearby. We rarely get in the car when we're there. When we come home from a weekend at Wowo it really feels like we've been on an escape somewhere really magical. It's really the kind of place where kids make their best childhood memories and grown ups get to get back to what's important too. Go!
A really lovely campsite, very friendly welcome at reception, fantastic paella from Paella Inc on the Friday night, make sure you go early for it as it runs out quickly! Great atmosphere. However, be warned the toilets In the camping fields (porta loos) are absolutely disgusting, the worst I have ever seen, and the campsite is not cheap so why not please provide decent toilets. The showers are very dirty too and hardly any of them for such a big campsite.
Visited WoWo for a 2 night stay, 3 families with 6 kids ranging from 5 to 12.
The site was pretty busy but we found a nice spot around a fire pit with plenty of room around us. The weather was showery so we also had plenty of space for a gazebo, no extra charge.
The reception was warm and friendly on arrival & a warden was helpful in finding the best situation for our party.
The children soon enjoyed themselves exploring the vast areas of woodland, gullies and rope swings- great.
Our one big negative was the toilet/ showers/ washing up areas. Not only were these tatty at best, but quite dirty too.
This is obviously a successful and popular site & could certainly warrant an overhaul of the facilities. At £35 a night this isn't a cheap option.
Having said that, we would probably return. The barn area was useful along with lots of campers fridges & freezers to use.
Also, the music on the Sat was atmospheric, it would be lovely on a warm evening.
All in all, a great campsite but be prepared for poor washing facilities!
We have just returned from a long bank holiday weekend to WOWO. The pith was level and good ground (no stones). We pitched in lower moat at the very bottom. Beautiful scenery and next to the brook - blooming with wild garlic all around us.
The kids had a brilliant time on the rope swings and generally having fun poking fires etc. They did the bushcraft morning 10-1pm which gave us a little break.
My only niggle was the shower block. Too few, too dirty and too dated. For such a popular site you would think they would invest in some decent facilities - they are not short of money that is for sure. The shop could be better stocked also.
We were cold one night and they kindly gave us blankets! !
We will be back as not too far to travel and good vibe.
We stayed in a tent on the 'Tipi Trail' and the pitch was great. Lots of seating and the campfire facility was brilliant.
On Saturday we did the 2 hour bushcraft session which is fantastic and really good value for money. We are a couple but the kids in our group seemed to really enjoy it too.
The campsite is great if you are in a family group, however the kids run wild so I was constantly asking children not to walk across my pitch or yell at the top of their voices right next to my tent. However as this is a family site you expect noisy children. Although the Tipi trail is away from the main field, you can still hear the noise and children come and play on the area even from other parts of the site.
As other reviews have stated the facilities are bad, the Tipi trail has its own facilities but there was no hot water tap in the toilets and no washing up area - I expect more for £30 a night! The toilets looked as though they had not been cleaned in weeks. In addition the Yurt customers share these facilities so for what they had paid this is really poor value for money.
Verdict - great if you don't mind noise and poor facilities, but if you want a chilled weekend, forget it.
What an amazing site: after searching around sites in 2011 we have settled on our favourite- Wowo.
With kids, or just adults it has all you need and the facilities are great.
We love the focus on fires and music and kids' play. The owners and all staff are really into these and the Saturday night music sessions were so magical, and soulful for those who fancied joining it. Kids music and dancing too were loved by our 4 year old and 6 year old girls.
All the facilities we thought were great and good condition: you could be eco with the compost toilets: or for those that preferred you could use the portaloos or the flushing loos, and they all seemed clean and nice and working all the time. Lots of washing up sinks. There was sometimes a queue for showers but not very often, mainly for the extra special family wet room which I've never seen at any other campsites anyway! Like any campsite, if you shower in the evening or 'off peak' you don't wait. It was a great addition to showering ourselves, and bathing the kids (Baby bath provided).
We didn't join in much of the additional activities but heard a lot about them, so will try next year. Wide games, night games, foraging, pottery course etc.
We had bit of a first aid issue at night midweek too, and they had a night warden who came to help and was really friendly.
With camp fires allowed (and almost everyone having one with good quality reasonably priced wood available on site), virtually no restrictions on where to set up your tent on 4 beautiful areas of (large) open space surrounded by woods, this is an idyllic site.
The on site shop is well stocked, and the home baked bread is delicious.
Unfortunately the toilet and wash facilities are very very poor. There are simply far too few, and they are verging on the decrepit.
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Tent Pitches 
No Caravans 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
No Electric Hookups 
No Hardstandings 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Motorbikers Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
No Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <10 miles 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
Outdoor Pool <5 miles 
Horse Riding <1 mile 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
Golf <1 mile 
Tennis <5 miles 
Beach <10 miles 
Watersports <10 miles 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
Riverside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
No Dog Walk 
This campsite is a kids paradise. Ditches, moats, swings, Trees, dens. It's like a campsite Disneyland. The fun never stops. Camped as a large group around fire and banqueting table - only the weather and a few less than thoughtful campers marred the week. Not sure what the fuss is about the loos - if they are used properly they are fine and the showers are hot. Maybe there aren't enough facilities on the busy weekend but during the week there is no problem. There is a bit of a 'manyana' feel about some things but the relaxed attitude towards times and signage goes along with the vibe. Shop a little expensive but some nice stuff in there. Certainly a cool site and for groups with lots of kids you would be pushed to find better. 
