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Fantastic quiet site, staff very friendly and helpful, toilets A*.
Two complaints one was website states fishing, I even phoned up to ask about the fishing and was told yes fishing is ok no closed season, the stream is so shallow never ever saw any fish there is no way you can fish in that water. The other complaint was pitch is so small and on steep slope, son couldn't sleep in annex too much of a slope and by time you had a caravan awning a 4x4 we was touching pitches both sides of us. Too many pitches crammed in. Some pitches had loads of room but ours was awful.
Apart from that lovely peaceful site couldn't believe we slept in till 9am on first day of holiday and it was school holidays no noise from children at all.
Idyllic location, and a perfect place to explore Bath and I highly recommend the thermae spa whilst you do!
Location: Good: the site was spotlessly clean and we camped right next to the stream listening to the gentle tricking noise all night. There was no road noise but a little from passing trains, not overwhelming (no high speed intercity express services thankfully!) and kind of inevitable to get some noise in British campsites. Under an hour for a gentle stroll into Bath.
Facilities: Excellent; the facilities amongst the best I’ve seen at a campsite (Glamping aside). Loo of the year award and attendant of the year award were justified. Even a fully stocked shop and pub that serves food – all just far enough away from our pitch not to detract from the camping experience.
Value: Excellent; only £12 for the night for two of us to camp.
Service: Excellent; very warm welcome at reception who were happy to help and give tips and directions for Bath, really couldn’t ask for more.
I hesitate to rave about this site for fear that it becomes too popular. I have to say however that it has everything I need and in just over a year as a camper vanner (?) this site has emerged as my favourite. Why? Great layout of the toilet block and shower facilities with private washroom cubicles, plenty of hooks to hang things on and always warm and spotlessly clean. Great location for exploring Bath and surrounding areas, no fussing about with barriers, barrier cards, key codes, deposits etc, lots of space, tranquil surroundings, late arrival by arrangement and a very affordable tariff especially for the over 55's. I would urge the owners not to change a thing in this winning formula.
Some warm, February weather, and the recent purchase of a new tent in the January sales, encouraged us to start this year's camping season early. We ventured out for a week end break in Bath and on paper the Newton Mill Holiday Park seemed to meet our requirements. Despite arriving relatively early, 10:30am, we were given a warm welcome and offered a pitch at the bottom end of the site. The campsite was fairly quiet this time of year but the reception shop was still well stocked. For the two of us, one tent, one night we were charged £12. 00. Although not requested, or paid for, we were still given a pitch with a hard standing for the car and an electric hook up which we didn't use. There was a tent field across the stream which was probably too wet for use. The pitch we had by the campsite road was well drained and gently sloping with loads of space.
Once the tent was up, we headed off along the lower foot path, cutting across to a cycle path which runs along the old railway line and then joins a path by the River Avon, into the city centre. This took about 45 minutes. After spending all afternoon in Bath, we returned by the same route in the dark we realised that we should have taken a torch!
The wash facilities were very clean and tidy and even free hair driers are provided! Most importantly, they were heated, a must for February, and loads of hot water in the showers. You could hear the trains passing nearby but they didn't disturb us through the night. The overnight temperatures fell to near freezing but that is the price to pay for clear, sunny daytime Febuary weather.
We packed up the next day and were allowed to leave our car on site whilst we headed off again to further explore the city. This time we used another foot path that sets off up the hill from the tent field to a bus stop at the top, (10mins). Regulary busses, £4. 10 adult return.
A good, well equiped site, ideal base for visiting the city of Bath.
Reception and Shop - Really friendly and helpful. Nice size shop, although shelves a bit bare (although it is Feb, so maybe not fully stocked). Good prices for the products
Toilets/Showers - Very clean, dry and warm. Lots of space
Pitches - Good pitches (some are quite small)
Bar - Very good, not expensive, good food, lacking in a bit of atmosphere, but it was early season. Lovely area to sit outside.
Location - Very pretty site, well situated for Bath and a bus that stops outside.
Playground - super
Overall - Excellent, would definitely go back again.
Well maintained facilities including hot showers, toilets, washing up sinks and numerous water taps! Start the day with a delicious breakfast bap and tea / coffee onsite before venturing out to the famous Cheddar Gorge, only five minutes away! Lovely dog walks direct from the site. Find out more here
We stayed here in early October last year and it was our first experience of 'campsite' camping (I've always been a wild one!).
The site is beautiful, lots of lovely open spaces, good sized pitches and nicely spaced out.
The reception and shop were great and not too expensive, staff wonderful.
The bar on site is very nice, sitting out in the evening by a babbling brook, lovely!
The toilet block was excellent, lovely hot showers and very clean.
We only had a 3 man done at the time but enjoyed our stay here immensely, we were also very lucky to have hot weather, sitting out in the sun in shorts in October!
If we were ever back in the area, I would definitely stay here again, even though it's not far out of Bath, you do feel like you are in the middle of nowhere, just as I like it!
Booked online for a two night weekend break, thought £28 was good price immediately received a phone call from site, they asked if anyone in our group was over 55 then gave us a 15% discount, £23.50 for two nights.
Our pitch was near shower block by side of stream lovely location. Most people I spoke to had been there more than once, speaks volumes.
Clubhouse did reasonable priced pub grub, again very polite service. Very quiet and clean site.
Good bus service into bath a short walk outside the site.
Stayed at this site for one night on our way down to Cornwall, always wanted to visit Bath so saw this as the perfect opportunity. Finding the site wasn't too easy and slightly confusing coming through the city centre into housing, etc. However when we got there pleasantly surprised at the nice campsite. Facilities were clean, well looked after and conveniently located to pitches, I. E. Not too far to walk. We walked into bath along the canal tow path which was fine after all you are heading into a city centre, so you do walk past housing estates, but not a bad walk at all. All in all nice campsite conveniently located for a visit to Bath, fancy a visit to their site near Cheddar at some point in the future as facilities here were so good.
We stayed here over a long weekend during September in order to visit Bath either on foot or by using public transport. Our motorhome stays on the pitch at all times wherever we go.
Receptionists were friendly and helped us understand the layout of the site. The shop did not stock many provisions.
We had booked hardstanding thankfully because on the upper field where we stayed the grass was cutting up pretty badly. However the pitch sloped to such an extent that even though we chocked up the front of the motorhome to the maximum we couldn’t get it level. (Important to face the right way round otherwise our drainage system backs up!)
The toilet block on the upper level looked more than tired as did those on the bottom tier. Mats are needed near the entrance so that when people go in they can wipe their feet. At the moment chunks of mud appear in the showers and wash areas regularly. Some areas have bare plaster showing and cubicles often don’t have hooks on the doors. Little things…………….
If Darwin spent some money on the toilet blocks I think many more people would return to the site.
Visited this site for two or three weekends. It's very handy for Bath and there is a regular bus service about 10 mins walk from the site. If you have a wheelchair or buggy this will be a bit longer as you will not be able to go the short cut over the bridge!
The showers and toilets were very clean and there is plenty of hot water although on two occasions there was none in the sinks in the cubicles.
The shop is small and has immediate essentials only.
There is a small playground which my 3 year old enjoyed.
The pitches are quite tightly packed in and when you leave your awning you can be very close to the next unit.
Staff have always been very helpful.
We did not use the bar/restaurant so can not comment on those.
We were able to get a discount off future visits by booking before we left.
Well maintained facilities including hot showers, toilets, washing up sinks and numerous water taps! Start the day with a delicious breakfast bap and tea / coffee onsite before venturing out to the famous Cheddar Gorge, only five minutes away! Lovely dog walks direct from the site. Find out more here
After reading all the reviews we were really looking forward to this site, but we were in the old part of the site pitch 56,
We were advised we had hard standing for van & awning on arrival we were advised to put our awning on the grass, when I questioned this no response was given, we have eco friendly mats but as we were told it was hard standing we brought a carpet and killed the grass!
We were packed in, our neighbours car had to park 2cm off our awning strings, we would have moved on, but it was Bank Holiday and we could not find any other sites and we had tickets for Bath races on the following Wednesday. People who stayed for less days got better pitches, though there were not many I think pitch 70 would be the best
The toilet block had seen better days, the walls had scum on them, the shower curtains were dirty, cement pealing off! there was a new block up on the new park, but it was a fare trek and not much cleaner!
There were people actually living on site and every morning between 6am & 7. 30am people were going out in cars & mopeds.
The best part was the location next to the Bristol & Bath cycle path we cycled to Bath a couple of times, you have to go through a wood and cross a road, but it is not a problem, we cycled along the canal to Bradford on Avon and to Bristol.
The bar and restaurant were actually very clean and food was very good. But after receiving a very posh brochure 4* it most certainly is not. It was a good job we have a new van with a fab shower. It was not worth the £161. 00 for 7 nights
Visited with Granddaughter in tent. Although the weather was very wet we had a thoroughly enjoyable break. The facilities are excellent and always kept nice and clean. The walks around and from the site are pleasant. The walk to the bus stop for Bath is a little steep but I am not the best of walkers and managed ok. The buses into Bath are frequent. The reception staff are friendly and helpful and checking in was easy.
The bubbling stream running through the site was an added attraction. Restaurant and bar on site makes for some very relaxing evenings.
My daughter and myself stayed here for 4 nights in the middle of August. We had reasonably dry weather. The location was good for visiting the sights in and around Bath.
Upon arrival we were given the choice to go in the tent only field or stick with our allotted pitch, on inspection the tent only field (over a small walking bridge)was nice but it was very crowded and squashed in together so we informed them it seemed over full and opted for our pitch in the main section.
However when we arrived at the pitch it was a small patch of level grass next to the road (as they all were) with just enough room to put a tent and then park your car on the gravel next to it. No room for a chairs and table.
The lay out of the pitches was regimented along the road, tents one side and caravans/campervans on the other. It felt like a car park not a campsite. My heart sank in disappointment.
Above the caravans was another tier along a road (the exit road from the campsite) with some raised mounds of grass with tents on but spaced further apart. I negotiated a change of pitch. One member of staff said I couldn't swap and another very pleasant smiley lady sorted it out for us.
With some clever positioning of my wind break this pitch felt less like a carpark now. All the pitches had been purposely levelled so pitching was very easy.
The facility blocked for this section was located down 2 flights of stairs between the marked pitch area and the tent only field. There were cctv camera's and police warning signs attached to the walls outside it. You were given a key code to get inside the toilet and shower area.
The facilities in this section were filthy. No mats at the door so mud, water and grass all over the floor. My daughter reported she used the same toilet for the 4 days we were there and the same discarded sweet wrappers were in the cubicle every day. Some fellow campers left the toilets and sink areas in a terrible state. No soap in dispensers for 2 days.
The taps didn't turn off so were constantly running, in the wash cubicles the plugs were blocked up with peoples hair and these never got cleared out during our stay, so the sinks filled with water when you were cleaning your teeth!
There was no mop for the showers just a mop bucket with dirty water. The showers just dribbled water. It all felt very unhygenic. Yet outside the grounds were immaculately maintained. Grass cut and beautiful trees.
The washing up area consisted of 4 indoor sinks. Each hot tap vibrated noisily and spluttered out the water when in use. Again fellow campers were leaving these areas dirty. This site needs to invest in a good plumber to sort it out.
The site had a well stocked shop selling all essentials and ice creams, cold drinks and even a coffee machine. There was a nice looking restaurant/bar tucked around the mill house but we never used it and a small play park - but no space for ball games or for children to run around on site.
A lovely stream runs through the site and some people were properly fishing in it. On another area of the site which was mainly caravans/campervans all on hard standing again, the site took on a much pleasanter feel.
More space between each one. Here the toilet block had mats at the doors, 2 mops, immaculate toilet block, notices on the walls politly asking people to clean up after themselves and even benches and hooks for clothing etc.
Here there were some bathrooms for use at extra charge. It seemed that people staying in tents don't deserve the same standard of facilities for some reason.
I would say I just about coped with this site for 4 days. With the facilities as they were I wouldn't recommend it, but if they had been kept cleaner and in better state of repair and you don't mind regimented or completely overcrowded fields then then it's ok.
I wouldn't come back. Yet parts of it were really good.
We hadn't booked anywhere for the august bank holiday weekend so were very pleased to secure a pitch at this campsite. Here are the pros and cons:
Pros
Very helpful staff The pub has nice food Very local for visiting Bath and Longleat safari park
Cons
Full of caravans Pitches sloping so we would wake up during the night at the bottom of our airbeds. We asked for a pitch away from the bar/road and we were a long walk from the showers and loos. They close the loos for 2 hours in the morning for cleaning. Very noisy pub, loud music.
As you come into the site, there is a road with a grassy verge on one side. They use this for pitches for tents which are literally right beside the road. Thankfully we had a pitch shoved in beside a load of caravans at the other end of the site. We arrived late on the Saturday and pitched ate and more or less went to bed. As I said the pitches were sloping so not ideal. The countryside around the campsite once you are away from here is stunning. We had a full day at Longleat with the children on the Sunday and came back starving so were grateful for a delicious meal in the pub although there was a disco going on beside our table which was too loud for myself and my husband to hold a conversation but the children enjoyed dancing
The loos and showers were very clean but they close them for 2 hours in the morning to clean them which to my mind is crazy, they should be done early ie 7 am so that you don't have to hang around for a shower. This is definitely a site for caravaners as it is not geared up for tents and for this reason we wouldn't return. There is organised entertainment each evening in the mill house which wasn't really our cup of tea. There is a useful shop on the site and a children's playground. Having said all of this the staff were super helpful and polite and happy to go that extra mile.
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No Tents 
No Caravans 
No Motorhomes 
No Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
Holiday Homes 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 
No Toilets 
No Showers 
No Washing Up Area 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
No Laundry 
No Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
No Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
No Fishing 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
No Golf 
No Tennis 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport 
No Dog Walk 
Fantastic quiet site, staff very friendly and helpful, toilets A*. 
