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Abbey farm is the best.We have been for the last five years and my children don't want to go anywhere else.
Thanks to the friendly owners help we have just upgraded to a caravan and nothing has been a problem with their help and expertise.
The site is clean and very friendly.
It is a place that children can be children(how they used to be when I was growing up)they are safe and make lots of new friends and I can even chill and relax in the quiet(not normally easy with three children)
Abbey Farm, even though a little mean on the entertainment side is a good site. For entertainment you would have to leave the site or provide your own. The pitches are well drained, as a small library, games room and children park. As well as ample dog walking space, and extremely good amenities (toilets and showers). The only negative thing is that shop is only open at short periods though out the day.
With only being 5 mins away from Ormskirk Center, and 15 mins away from southport. Very good location. Also on Sunday a Giant Car Boot Sales in Burscough.
The site was lovely and quiet, we had a peaceful and relaxing stay.
Just spent 3 wonderful nights at Abbey Farm. Large pitches in lovely surroundings. Huge playing field for the kids with football nets, basketball hoop and wooden play frames, even an old 1950's tractor, all the kids loved playing on it. The was a room for the older kids with a Pool Table, Table Tennis and Table football. Ideal for my 2 teenagers who seemed to spend hours in there. When they weren't fishing in the lake (£2.50 a day for a rod permit). Toilet facilities were excellent, bathrooms large enough to hang clothes up when showering which is definitely a plus, lol. Small shop on site was very handy, milk, papers, booze. The owners were very friendly and was nice to see them strolling through the site of an evening just checking everyone was ok. All in all would highly recommend this site, the kids can't wait to go back and that must be saying something!
Well, when I booked this site they said they only had room in the overflow field so I was a little dubious how noisy and busy this would be but booked anyway. All I can say is what a fantastic site! The 'over flow field' which I have since found out is called the Priory field was just perfect as had lots of space for children to run around in and lots of space in between tents/tourers, also didn't have loads of pitches so was really quiet. Have booked again for August as soon as we got home and have requested the Priory field. Really good that you get a pitch number and are shown to your pitch unlike some sites of pitch anywhere. Didn't use the shower on site as use our own so cannot comment. Kids play area and recreational field was brill too. Would definitely recommend this site.
Excellent well run site with good facilities. Showers plentiful and easily available even on a busy weekend. Excellent hot water for washing up on the field.
Kids loved the recreation field, playground and especially games room.
Good, friendly and kids friendly(if very quiet!) pub 10 mins walk away.
Don't trust your sat nav or a route finder to get there though - led us down a dead end! Ask for directions.
This touring site offers spectacular views towards the Lake District and Morecambe Bay, with Blackpool Tower also in the distance, yet located just over 3 miles from Junctions 34 and 35 of the M6 motorway. Visitors will find just 10 electric pitches for motorhomes and touring caravans, with access to the superfast Wifi, toilets with sinks, a shower room and fresh water taps. Dogs are allowed and there is a designated field for walks.
The local village of Halton is a mile away from the site, offering a convenience store, newsagent, pharmacy, post office and fish and chip shop. The market town of Carnforth is 3 miles away, with its train station (featured in the 1945 film Brief Encounter) and supermarkets. The seaside resort of Morecambe is within 5 miles and the Lake District is only 35-minutes drive. Find out more here
Spent an excellent weekend here, our 4th visit here in the last 2 years. The facilities are very good, the showers are well kept(and free) with plenty of hot water. The pitches are big enough and you don't feel that you are living on top of your neighbours. The children in our group all loved the park, the games room and the play areas, we all felt safe with the kids playing away from the tents. The site shop is a bit basic but there is a tesco and morrisons within a mile of the site. They do take your order for morning papers when you first arrive. If you walk through the site you can easily walk to two pubs, one of the pubs (the dog and bull, I think) had a special offer on when we went, it was 2 main meals for £9 and ended up paying under £60 for 8 adults and 4 kids.
We have just returned from our 5th visit in the last 2 years and will be visiting many more times in the years to come!
This site is so safe and child friendly you can relax and de-stress from the moment you come through the security barrier.
Nothing is too much trouble for the owners and the site is a real credit to them.
Good mix of caravans and tents, good size pitches and lots of open space for the kids to run around.
This weekend was the hottest the UK has had so far this year but we have stayed on very wet and cold weekends too, and have to say that every trip has been as enjoyable as the last one!
Thank You very much to John for all his help, as when we arrived and set up, our electric tripped off. He came over and did everything he could to help us to sort out the problem. He also called one of the caravan repairers he deals with to help to sort the problem. They got it down to the fridge element going. Roy the repair man called later the same day to check it was this. He came to repair the fridge later that week. He showed us how to put the fridge on gas. Thank You again John.
The site was lovely and clean as usual. All the staff very friendly and halpful. The grass well cut. The toilet blocks very clean and tidy with plenty of hot water. The pond area was well cut with a path to stroll around the field. The kids enjoyed the games room. We will see you again soon.
This is our 2nd visit to this campsite, and we can only describe it as excellent. Great hospitality and service from owners. Beautiful and very clean site. Large and ample pitch for our tent, with plenty electric hook-up points. We took our 3yr old granddaughter with us at Easter and she loved it, especially the adventure play park/field at the rear of the site. There are 2 toilet and shower facility blocks (in separate fields) which are excellent with plenty hot water and spotless clean (we never had to queue for toilet or showers, and the campsite was busy) There is a family bathroom on site but we did not use it. There is a little shop on site selling basics, laundrette facilities, recreation room for older children and even a library. A 10 minute walk takes you to a local pub and only 1 road to cross to get to it. Site is situated close to Ormskirk and Burscough which have a Morrisons and Tesco for shopping. Beautiful countryside, peaceful and relaxing. We will be returning again soon, hopefully.
Just returned from our first visit to this site and I have to say its one of the best I've been to.
The people who ran it could not have been more helpful, allowing me to arrive at 10 am as it was our first trip with a caravan and even helped us with reversing it.
The site itself is well laid out with play areas for the kids and a games room, good showers and loos, lovely setting, well maintained with large pitches.
The rules and regulations commented on by one review are not over the top, its about using common sense and respecting other people, and most people using the site seemed to be friendly and the kids were well behaved so I have to say that the 'rules' worked very well!
All in all , well recommended friendly site with pleasant helpful owners.
This touring site offers spectacular views towards the Lake District and Morecambe Bay, with Blackpool Tower also in the distance, yet located just over 3 miles from Junctions 34 and 35 of the M6 motorway. Visitors will find just 10 electric pitches for motorhomes and touring caravans, with access to the superfast Wifi, toilets with sinks, a shower room and fresh water taps. Dogs are allowed and there is a designated field for walks.
The local village of Halton is a mile away from the site, offering a convenience store, newsagent, pharmacy, post office and fish and chip shop. The market town of Carnforth is 3 miles away, with its train station (featured in the 1945 film Brief Encounter) and supermarkets. The seaside resort of Morecambe is within 5 miles and the Lake District is only 35-minutes drive. Find out more here
This was our 3rd visit in 12months to this fabulous site, this time we stayed 5 nights. The security barrier is excellent, we were greeted by Roy, who showed us to our pitch, which may I add is allocated when you book so if you book early you get a choice of pitch! the toilet / shower blocks are kept in immaculate condition, we never in 5dys had to wait for showers they were all readily available.
There is a small laundrette area, we did not use, but in the entrance was a tourist information area which had leaflets for nearby attractions and also had leaflets for Abbey Farm, which gave all the necessary information needed.
Of course the site has the usually rules, ie. respect the site! my two kids played happily around the site with no problem, you don't have to worry about the rules with well behaved children,
My children had the daily job of collecting the newspaper from the shop, they were always greeted in a welcoming manner from the owners, whom themselves have a few children so I cannot see how children are not welcome on the site!
I cannot stress enough that the Darlins review does not give a true picture of this wonderful site, and considering we stayed at the same time I did not see any of the problems they have pointed out.
We will definitely be visiting this site on a number of occasions before the end of the summer.
Unfortunately I cannot be as enthusiastic about this site as previous posters have been.
Abbey farm is however a very picturesque and tidy site. The area is very rural and it is quiet. Part of the site is occupied by large static mobile homes and there seems to be a large number of touring caravans that are occupying hard standings on a seasonal pitch basis.
The road into the site is very narrow and there is an elaborate barrier system with intercom. Security seems adequate and there is a £10 returnable deposit for a keycard to the exit barrier.
The shop/reception is inadequately open from 9 - 10am everyday and despite the site owners claims on their website, the shelves were almost bare and the fridge empty save for a tray of milk cartons. There is an intercom however that you can contact the site owners should you so require. There are no site plans or information sheets readily available so its a bit of a guessing game as to where everything is unless you ask on arrival.
We did not have a choice of pitch and were escorted to where we must set up. I had to perform a tight you turn with a large double axle caravan and follow the man to where we had to pitch. The pitched area was OK but there were better pitches that were empty and I really would have liked the choice. The best pitches seem to be occupied by seasonal pitch hardstandings.
There are 2 toilet blocks that were spotless. However in the block near us, the shower cubicles were locked shut which left one shower for the whole of the site in another block available. This is a big site with potentially a lot of visitors.
Dotted around the site are 'rules' and the consequence of non compliance. I understand the need for rules but the site did have a feel of overbearing and we had our hearts in our mouths just in case the kids put a foot wrong. The signs in the Toilet block, Playroom, Library, Dishwashing/clothes washing area all warn the camper that they may be asked to leave should your children commit a faux pas. Luckily, ours didn't.
There is a good fishing pond but again rules, no ground bait, no keepnets, no barbed hooks. No problem with more rules except we never knew and my son had been fishing most of the day with a keepnet and using groundbait. Presumably we could have been asked to leave had he have been caught?
During the evening the electricity tripped and the site owner attended to it quickly. The fault was in one caravan that had a dodgy appliance but the electricity trip took out 2 rows of caravans approximately 12 in number.
On returning the keycard before we left, my 11 year old had to go back to the shop for the £10 deposit she should have been handed when she gave the keycard back on her first visit. A mistake maybe?
Finally, the exits from each field onto the exit road are murderously narrow and particularly difficult for big outfits. I would imagine that lots of damage occurs.
I liked the setting of the place but felt uncomfortable at Abbey Farm. I didn't feel that the site was suitable for families and that it was better suited to adults only. Children appear to be tolerated rather than welcome and the grass pitches are reasonable rather than very good.
Just returned from a lovely weekend at this site. Had a bit of trouble finding it but was directed in by the owner after a quick phone call.
The site is very well protected with the security barrier entry and intercom. You pay a returnable £10.00 for a fob to use for this both entering and exiting the site.
We had a fully serviced pitch and although yes we did have electric, water and drainage I feel that these pitches could benefit from hardstandings, although we didn't have hardly any rain the pitches were all muddy.
The shower block was second to none, lovely clean showers and toilets and although there were a fair number of people there, for the time of year, there was always facilities available when you needed them.
There was an indoor recreation area for the kids, but as ours have flown the nest I couldn't really comment, but the kids that were there seemed to be enjoying themselves. This is open until 10.00 which appeared to be just right. There is also a library, but didn't use it. There is also an outside recreation area with swings etc and a mini football field but due to the time of the year, we didn't see these in use. There is also a dedicated dog walk which people with dogs seemed to adhere too. There is also a fishing pond, which according to my other half, for it's size is great. A small licensed shop in the reception selling basics is also available and you can order newspapers for during your stay.
Out and about, Ormskirk is a mile and half away with plenty of shops and a good street market on Thursdays and Saturdays. There is also an abundance of pubs. The best one we found though, recommended by the site owner was the Briars Hall Hotel. We passed this on the way in, looks very posh but looks can be deceiving, don't get me wrong it is lovely it has functions rooms for weddings etc, a restaurant and also serves bar meals. Well worth a visit and isn't expensive either, well for the bar meals it wasn't. The staff were really friendly. If you eat here a recommendation is the 'Cock and Bull' off the menu, absolutely out of this world!. So nice we went back a second night, couldn't be bothered cooking.
All in all a great little site, only fault was that as the site is open all year, a few more hardstandings for the serviced pitches wouldn't go amiss.
Wouldn't hesitate to recommend this site it's a credit to the owners and hope to return next year.
This is a fantastic site with extremely helpful staff. We were very new to caravanning when we visited the site, especially reserving the van. The man recognised this and stood at the side of the car, giving detailed instructions on how to reserve into our pitch. When we left, the site was wet, so he offered to use his 4x4 to pull our van off the pitch and bring to our car.
The children's playground is very good - it's in a great big leisure field. Good dog work and there are even a couple of pubs selling food in walking distance.
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Is Abbey Farm Holiday Park child friendly? YES, it accepts children & has a playground View all facilities
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No Tents 
No Caravans 
No Motorhomes 
No Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
Holiday Homes 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 
Toilet Facilities 
No Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
No Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing On Site 
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 <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Abbey farm is the best.We have been for the last five years and my children don't want to go anywhere else.
