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Upon our arrival, it was the most professional welcome of all sites we have visited. Our pitch had been well prepared and was near to the dog walking area, which suited us, however some distance from the nearest toilet/washroom. My only criticism is that there is only 2 toilet/washrooms and being a large site can lead to some waiting to use the facilities.
Everything about the site from staff to facilities is excellent. The views were beautiful across the Bristol Channel towards Wales.
We had a fantastic holiday, some great walks, great weather, great food, what more can you want.
Well done and thank you to all the staff at Damage Barton.
The surrounding area is lovely we enjoy the coastal walks from the site and the fantastic choice of beaches. There is always something to do no matter what the weather. The playing field is excellent for ball games and the dog walk areas are ideal.
The site is very well groomed, perhaps a little too much at times as the pea gravel is frantically raked as soon as your neighbour leaves.
The toilet block is really inviting however the showers suffer from lack of pressure and are often only a dribble.
We stayed at this site for a couple of nights at half term it was their last week of the season, but this made no difference to the quality of the camp. Every pitch has fabulous views out to sea.
If there is one down side for some visitors there is no play equipment for children, but there is a large play area where dogs are banned and loads of room for games, although this was no problem for us we only have a dog and enjoy peaceful times.
Now the plus points, the toilets are modern, clean and warm. The shop sells a very good range of ready cooked meals (pizzas, pasties etc. )a large range of holiday goods and groceries, including newspapers.
The motorhome water fill and waste drain point is the best I've seen.
Access to the coast path is easy and well the the effort, the views are stunning.
My husband and I stayed here for one Sunday night in September. Unfortunately, the weather was appalling, with high winds and heavy squally outbreaks of rain, so we were fairly confined to our vehicle and couldn't explore much of the surrounding area. However, we have toured extensively round Europe so think we are fair judges of a decent campsite.
There is a large reception/office in which we were pleasantly and efficiently received and directed to our pitch, which was of a high standard, level hard-standing with hook-up (although no water).
There is a very decent shop on site, staffed by a cheerful chap with a sense of humour, which sold all the basics.
The facilities here are certainly the best I have seen in this country, and probably in the top 5 of any in Europe. The shower/toilet block was immaculately clean and very spacious, each shower room giving plenty of space for a comfortable experience (proper doors, no nasty shower curtains, plenty of hot water). Toilets were roomy, super-clean and well supplied.
When the sun occasionally came out, the view over the Bristol Channel was superb.
Being so high and exposed (hardly a tree to be seen) means that satellite TV reception is excellent, and we got tuned in almost immediately.
There is a bus service, but it doesn't run on Sundays, so we weren't able to test it out, and the weather was too bad to walk anywhere.
This site is very exposed, and therefore very windy, probably always. This is probably not suitable if you have young children, or if you are looking for a sheltered spot.
So, I called the site the day before, on spec to see if they'd got a vacancy. Despite the fact that I was travelling alone and they'd have made much more by selling to a family, the site found me a spot. When I arrived, the booking in process was very efficient. I got the last vacant pitch on the site, unpromisingly right next to the shop, reception and the entry barrier. Despite this, my pitch was quiet as the grave after about 7/8pm. And the sunsets over the sea! The shop was okay (there's a better one at the big site up the road) but the bathrooms were first class, even under the pressure of a full site in high summer. The location is ideal for walkers - I filled a week just walking from the site. Highly recommended!
We stayed near the hedgerow in the caravan club part of the site. The pitch was just big enough for our unit length wise and with our awning up there was not quite the room to put our car on the remainder of the hard standing.
Having the fresh water and waste water on the pitch was a bonus.
FANTASTIC views. Only had one 24 hrs period of solid rain which caused a minor collection of water on our pitch as soon as the rain stopped the pooled water was gone. Rest of the time of our weeks stay it was dry sunny and light breeze.
The nearby shower block is showing its age compared to the newer bigger one. It was however very clean all the times I used it and perfectly functional.
After ten years we rejoined the C&C club so that we could get a good deal for this campsite, knowing that generally the club sites are usually pretty good. Well I have to say for a southern coastal holiday type site I couldn't fault it.
On arrival at the site we were impressed with the reception area and well stocked shop as well as a great area with huge amounts of local information.
Finding the pitch was easy and helped by individual markers. From pretty much anywhere on the site it has spectacular views over the coast. We found that the toilet / shower and washing up facilities were modern and always clean. Even when the site was very busy there was no waiting time for the showers and the water was always hot.
From the site Woolacombe beach was a 10 minute drive. If you take the quick route it will take you through the centre and to the busy esplanade area, £7 for parking and very very busy. If you want a quieter part of the beach try driving the back way into the town from Challacombe hill and turn left into Marine drive. The parking is a little cheaper and you can park along the road where you cut across the dunes straight onto the quiet area of the beach.
There was good food shopping in Ilfracombe (15mins from campsite) and some smaller supermarkets in Woolacombe. If you are a runner there are some great paths from the site straight down onto the coastal path with some serious hills (try running down into Lee and up onto the other side and back, only about 5 miles but a good 1100ft climb)
After reading some of the other reviews we were a bit worried about the wind, but we only had one severe night where we had to batten down the hatches. We didn't see any damage to any tents though.
On the whole a first class site, if I had one negative it would be the layout for tents. The site does seem predominantly caravans and mobile homes, and tents seem to be sited in the bottom field totally surrounded by caravans. Once the site got busier the tent pitches are in rows with tents to the front rear and sides. There was space between for car access but you did lose the view and it did feel a little regimented and hemmed in. Also there seemed to be water points on the caravan hard standings but there didn't seem to be many water points for the tents and there was a bit of a walk.
Just spent an idyllic three nights here - absolutely fabulous site - generous hard standing pitches - views to die for, great facilities in s perfect location - as previous reviews will note it is an exposed spot on top of the hill, but as the temperature was scorchio, the wind was very welcome ! the staff are friendly and efficient without being over the top. The walk over fields into Mortehoe is a delight and it, s a nice village with three pubs serving good food, we had fish and chips from the mobile van on site and they were excellent. So nice to stay on a peaceful site, so lovely and quiet at night, doggy heaven with two on site walks to choose from, and all the coastal paths around, we walked into Woolacoombe which is a delightful half an hour walk, try to avoid walking the main road as it is a very busy. All in all I would not hesitate to recommend this site and cannot wait to return.
Just returned from this lovely site. Nice friendly staff weather was really hot still the last two nights were windy had to wind in our canopy at 2am as I thought it might not be there in the morning pitch was a hard standing and plenty of room. The facilities are excellent and spotless clean. There is a fish and chip van that comes around on a Monday night a change from cooking. When we left we saw a sign go up that a seafood van was calling on a Tuesday maybe it is just for peak times all in all an excellent site hope to return soon.
We have been camping in the area for around 20 years, starting off at Easewell Farm, and then changing to Damage Barton when Easewell was taken over and became too commercialised for our taste. To be honest we are 'Damagephiles' and have camped there for the last 10 years, normally at least once a year. We have camped in frame tents, little two man tents, trailer tents and more recently in a caravan. In fact, it was the destruction of the awning and frame of our trailer tent in gale force winds at Damage Barton in May 2008 which pursuaded us to sell the trailer tent and invest in a caravan. We havent looked back since ! The facilities are absolutely superb. The main toilet block benefits from underfloor heating and is always kept spotlessly clean. The Lethbridge family who own the site are very friendly, and I can honestly say that despite the bad weather we have encountered, we have never had a bad holiday, and this is largely down to the site facilities and the hard work of the owners. When I asked my daughter what she was most looking forward to about her holiday in north Devon, she replied - 'the showers at Damage Barton - they are much better than ours at home. ' This is sad - but true ! There are some lovely beaches and fantastic surfing / kayaking at Woolacome, Croyde and Putsborough, and nice villages such as Mortehoe for a cream tea. If you are feeling energetic, get dropped off in Woolacombe and walk or jog along the beach to Putsborough - its a lovely walk / run on the sand at low tide, or along the coastal path accessed through the National Trust car park. Braunton and the Tarka trail arent too far away, and we enjoy the occasional evening wandering around Ilfracombes shops and the harbour. Lynton and Lynmouth are also well worth a visit, not least for the Victorian water powered lift which connects the two towns. Not far from the campsite is a well equipped caravan / camping / sailing shop at Mullacott Cross (on the industrial estate) and on the site itself is a very well equipped shop with a small bakery and a very friendly / accomodating shop owner. I can only echo some of the previous comments that, in terms of facilities, and perhaps location (when its sunny) this has got to rank amongst the top two or three campsites I've had the pleasure to stay at.
This site is split between the Caravan Club and the Camping and Caravanning Club who share the excellent site facilities.
We booked a Caravan Club pitch and the views from our caravan were excellent.
The site shop was the best we have seen, and a really slick and professional service was on offer.
Local buses could be caught from just outside the site entrance, so access to the towns of Morthoe, Woolacombe and Ilfracombe was easily gained. Lots of walks and footpaths for the more energetic which were well signposted.
Reception was welcoming and efficient and staff were keen to help their visitors make the most of their stay.
This was our first visit to this site. Part C. C. And part C. & C. C.
Previous posts have mentioned how windy it is here. Well I can tell you it's as windy as a very windy place. We managed to pick the week of extreme cold as well.
However that's not the fault of the site. We liked Damage Barton very much. The view from the site is superb. It's very clean, tidy and well maintained. Every day during our stay staff could be seen doing bits and pieces to vacant pitches. The site is sloped so they have landscaped it into tiers but all the pitches are level.
This site appears to be independently owned. One surprise is no lighting at all at night on roads and pathways. You will need a torch but this is not a major problem.
The staff here are very welcoming and helpful but you may find you have been allocated a pitch prior to your arrival. This may be open to negotiation if it's not too busy.
Although there were very few units on site I had the impression that pitches may be a bit close together. Otherwise the owners seemed to have built a good site. There are two toilet blocks, one is a bit old now and will be rebuilt. The newer one is excellent. Absolutely massive amounts of room. The individual showers are extremely roomy with new shower heads giving gallons of hot water. Even the lavatory stalls are big. The owners seemed to have built it to a good spec rather than built down to a price. You'll see the difference when you look at the washing-up rooms.
There is an excellent shop on site which sells lots of stuff including newspapers, bacon, sausages and tinned stuff. Opens for business at 0800 and the guy who runs it is very helpful.
There are several walks from the site and the shop sells some good local maps made by a local man.
There is a bus stop just outside the gates with timetables available in the site. Can't tell you much about these as we didn't use them but we did go for several of the walks direct from the site which were lovely.
There is a large area set aside for playing with a separate field for kite flying. Also a dog walk
A look at a map show lots of seaside towns to visit with some quite amazing beaches.
Please don't be put off by the negative weather comments, you'll miss a treat.
All in all a good above average site. We shall go back when the weather is a bit kinder.
The site itself was pleasant enough with huge pitches and we felt very spoilt as we had our own tap on our pitch. What we weren't prepared for was the wind!
This site is exceptionally windy and open to the elements, I would recommend either not putting an awning up at all or making sure you have extra storm straps and pegs as they will be needed. We sadly saw many awnings brought down and poles snapped.
The showers were very poor with dreadful water pressure so we ended up showering in our van. The shop is well stocked and the cakes are fab. There is also a huge selection of wheat & gluten free foods inc cakes, sausages, burgers, sausage rolls for those that need them.
There are good dog walking areas around the site and the walk from the site to Mortehoe is lovely and the pub is a welcome sight if you walk to the lighthouse first !
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
No Bar 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <5 miles 
Wild Swimming <5 miles 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
Golf <1 mile 
Tennis <5 miles 
Beach <5 miles 
Watersports <5 miles 
Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles 
Sea Views 
Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport On Site
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Just returned from a 13 night stay. 
