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Just returned from a lovely weekend at this relatively new site. Owner really friendly and happy to give advice on local area, walks, pubs, etc. This site has only been opened a couple of years and the owners are setting high standards for their site. We were on a hard standing fully serviced pitch which was a really good size. As stated previously, the washrooms are really good and the ladies included 2 baths which would be ideal for toddlers but also brilliant for teenagers as mine said. The site also has one of the best play areas I have seen on sites and would see this as being well used if you have younger children. The site also has a cafe adjacent to the play area which wasn't open for our stay but the owner confirmed would be open from Easter. The donkeys and alpacas are a nice touch.
There is a lovely walk (about 15 mins) into halt whistle through the burn and has several shops, supermarkets and pubs, cafes, etc.
Overall a lovely site, will definitely return and looking forward to see how site develops over the next few years
Just stayed at this site for a long weekend, as we stayed here when it was under construction a wanted to see the finished article. This is an immaculately clean site with plenty of space. Lovely shower blocks with plenty of hot water (no button to press). They also have Pods on site, there are also animals, donkeys, llamas, ducks, chickens etc and the owners were very helpful and friendly. £26 50 per night for van. They have a tea room but this was not open on our visit. Short walk into town, take my advice and walk up the hill to the military rd then left for 100 yards you will come to gate on left and this is a lovely little walk into haltwhistle. Enjoyed my stay, thanks
We are two adults with two large dogs. We hired a running water wigwam with the hot tub (we normally use our tent so this was quite a step-up!)
Location:- This is a great location, although after walking with dogs on one occasion along the road we decided to drive to car-parks and walk from there as the roads are typical country roads. The site was an excellent base for us to continue our exploration of Hadrians wall. This is a rural camp site and so you really feel as if you have left civilisation behind. There is very little light pollution but, unfortunately for us, too much cloud to enjoy the stars during our stay.
Wig-wam:- What a first foray into this world. It has opened up the possibilities of continuing camping throughout the year. It was basically the size of our tent (a Tigris 400) but it had a toilet, sink and a kettle. There was plenty of room for all of us and the dogs (a retriever and a collie/lurcher cross) had plenty of floor space to move around and sprall on. The beds were REALLY comfortable, even though we thought they looked hard they were memory foam mattress and we slept really well. The heater was great and we really appreciated it after getting very cold during the day.
Amenity Block:- WOW. Can we have more like this please on other sites! It was a pleasure to have a shower as there was none of the normal shivering waiting for the water to warm up, the shower heads were great and the water stayed the same temperature throughout (and none of those annoying buttons that only run for 1 min). The baths looked great although we didn't use. The block was clean and it's great to see a site that leaves you a mop and squidgee to wipe up after you. It meant the shower area always looked clean and tidy. The drying room was well used and worked a treat. The site had most of it's touring spots used whilst we were there but no tents - the facilities seemed to cope with the number of people.
Dog Friendly:- The site, and surrounding area, is dog friendly although visitors must remember there are working farms so the dogs need to be kept on lead even if they are well behaved. The little dog walk at the side of the site was perfect for the morning and evening stroll. We were off-site during the day so ours got plenty of walks at other times.
Pizza:- This is the only area I would like to complain. It was too nice! Brett and Rachel made the pizza and it was delivered on time to our wigwam (along with the coleslaw and proper chips) and oh my goodness me. How are we supposed to eat normal pizza or bought coleslaw again? Thanks for an amazing pizza.
Price:- It does seem a little expensive when you look at the prices but, having been there, the it is worth it. There are no limits on the hot showers, the hair dryer or the bath. The drying room is such a bonus and we would welcome that if we were in our tent (we would probably have used the sauna as well). We were looking for somewhere for the dogs and this site ticked our boxes.
Would we go again? YES - we are already discussing when we want to book a wigwam again and have recommended the site to our friends.
We are very new to caravan touring so we chose this location as it is a straight run along the A69 from home. Unfortunately the weather at this time was wet and windy and we decided on route to go the old Military Road to avoid the steep hill from Haltwhistle. Flooding and severe dips are not a good combination when towing a new outfit for the first time. Returning was much easier as we were advised to head home via Greenhead which takes you onto the A69 and a much flatter route. (There is an advisory note on the website)
We were welcomed immediately by the owners who could not have been more helpful in showing us to our pitch, and offered as much help as they could in the tropical monsoon conditions.
We prefer to use serviced pitches, good choice in the circumstances.
Without van the quicker road to Haltwhistle was taken and there plenty of places to see and eat.
This is an excellent location for scenic walking, our range is limited by our 3 Chihuahuas. The owner's daughter was as much interested in them as we were with the resident Alpacas.
We found the on site restaurant/bar very useful and dog friendly. I believe they have plans to alter/expand this area.
We certainly enjoyed our stay and will be going back.
Just returned from a last minute decision to visit this campsite after reading all the great reviews. All I can say OMG its lovely.
If you judge a campsite by the toilet facilities then you will think it is the best site in the world, totally spotless with underflooring heating and music playing 24 hours
You are given a number and that is your tent pitch, we liked that. Has a very nice cafe which sells pizza and beers. Has a mini farm with alpacas, chickens, ducks, rabbits. There is a very good play park for the kids which is very well laid out
I guarantee once you drive into this site you will be impressed with how clean it is and how well designed.
We only met the owner and he was every friendly. I can only say excellent things about this site. One other thing we can say about this site when we were there all the campers that were there were very very friendly.
Stayed at Herding Hill Aug 03 to 05 2012. Booked by phone rather than website (although the facility looks straightforward) as we had two large tents which we wanted to pitch together, Phone booking which very easy/friendly. Arrived on site, and shown to pitch area. Mix of caravans/tents with electric on entry, plus some small camp spaces, then wooden yurts soem with hot-tubs (looked lovely) then the non - electric camp field which was well maintained and laid out.
Toilet/showers/bathing facilities in centre of of site along with sauna, and drying room, washing up facilities, bins/recycling and clearly marked drinking water/grey water taps. Toilet/shower/bath facilities were excellent, well lit, immaculately clean, and large with free hairdryer and state of the art hand-dryer. Most impressive was two full bathrooms with spotless bath and shower above (ladies - sorry can't comment on gents. Small drying room proved very useful as we had the worst storms ever.
The campsite allows open fires in a fire pit - hire cost £10 but includes kindling bag, logs and firelighters. Lovely shop and takeaway and eat in facility, which does pizza etc. Delivered to your tent. At the top of the site there is a wooden fort and play area which is safe and well maintained, and the children loved seeing the animals on site - alpacas and the hens.
We had the most awful weather thunderstorms and 5 hours of constant rain that closed the A69) but due to the great facilities, this wasn't a problem. We met owner who came down to chat with us while we were putting tents up very friendly - and gave us some tips on where to walk, how to get into Halwhistle avoiding the steep road etc. Also met his wife and all other staff in the shop/pizza/restaurant lovely and helpful.
In respect of location, it is 15 min walk to Hadrian's wall, and 15 mins down to Halwhistle (probably 5 mins by car), but the road is windy, quite a steep climb up from haltwhistle has no pavements - but it is also on the bus route apparently - there is an alternative (and nicer route) via the burn. Other campers were mainly friendly families. I can't give this site a high enough rating. Thank you all for a great weekend.
Stayed here on a bank hol weekend which I usually try and avoid but wanted a few days stop on the way home after a week in northumberland. Arrived just myself and the kids and the owner was more than helpful, siting the caravan for me, nothing was too much trouble.
We were on the overflow at the front of the site next to the road which meant a 2-3 min walk to the loos but was no problem and was actually more sheltered from the wind and the noise from other campers over the weekend, there was very little road noise overnight too. It was also very handy for stargazing :-)
The toilet block is lovely, underfloor heating should be compulsory in all toilet blocks, good showers, nice baths, nice to have the radio on in the loo's too, the playground was an instant hit with my younger kids, as were the animals and the shop.
We didn't have pizza or use the tea room but it looked good and was always people in and I believe they do breakfasts from 9 - 11am. The reception has 2 lovely settees in and some folders with walks along hadrians wall for you to look at. Was ample parking at the entrance and the owners were always friendly, as were their children.
I would stay again, at a less busy time and opt for a hardstanding pitch. Its worth noting the instructions on the website if towing a caravan, not to approach the site from Haltwhistle as the bank is very steep with a few sharp bends most unsuitable for a caravan. Haltwhistle itself has the usual takeaways and the co-op though we found Sainsbury's by accident which proved better value for money than the co-op, we didn't try any of the pubs in town.
The site is very handy for exploring the wall, we went to some of the forts as they had activities on for the kids and carlisle is only about 20 miles away, Chesters Roman Fort is well worth a visit too.
All in all a lovely site, first class facilities, with very welcoming and helpful owners which you can not put a price on.
Stayed in an en-suite wigwam, it was absolutely brilliant, it has a toilet, sink, kitchen sink, fridge, microwave and crockery can be hired for £2. 50 per day.
We hired a hot tub and it was delightful even in the rain!
The facilities are superb with clean, well maintained showers and even baths, there is also a family bathroom.
The mini farm and play park for kids is also excellent.
I would highly recommend this site, the owners are very friendly and it's in a good location.
Newly built and excellent facilities - a lot of thought has clearly gone in to the facilities which are excellent. I was only disappointed that I didn't get a chance to try the sauna.
Great on site cafe too - turning out really excellent pizza that they will even deliver to your pitch!
Lots of competition in the area - this site is definitely recommend for long or short stays and close to a great part of the wall too.
I should tell you its terrible so we can go back any time we want but! This is what modern camping is all about. This site has it all. Toilet block is fantastic (underfloor heating) baths etc.
Great playground for kids, If you want to camp basic or go for the new Glamping this site ticks all the boxes. Wigwams looked really good.
Only mins from both Hadrians wall and Haltwhistle and with an on site restaurant / bar this site gets 10/10 from us
First couple of days had very heavy downpours of rain and site coped very well with good drainage.
We usually use only Caravan club sites so this was a great find for us with the location and facilities. Owners and wardens were very helpful and friendly.
Our party of seasoned Glampers have just returned from the Bank Hol weekend at this site. The staff at the site were very friendly on arrival. There was some confusion over the pitch numbers we are a party of 4 families which was resolved in a fashion.
The owners are certainly getting their monies worth as the pitches are very close together & the maximum have been squashed in some on a steep grassed area which is disappointing as it is not a cheap site also it is stated in the booking conditions units to be a minimum of 3 meters apart which on our weekend they were not.
Like other reviewers I agree the park & animals a hit with our young children also the toilet block music made a change. However there was no shelving in the showers/bath cubicles only hooks on the doors so when bathing two small children was a juggling challenge! Also there are only 3 showers 2 baths & 3 toilets in the ladies not many for the size of the site. I would suggest to the campsite that they add more with storage/shelves & also do away with the mops & signs requesting to clean the shower areas after use as you can imaging the colour of the mops/water the germs that would be breading hence non of our party did so.
Better rubbish facilities needed as every day the bins were full and there was no recycling bins.
We did not try the food as it seemed expensive £2. 95 for beans on toast £3 for eggs on toast, this weekend there was a hog roast & acoustic guitarist as it was the owners 40th however again expensive £8 per adult & £5 per child.
You can hire fire pits at £8 per night & if you bring your own you have to use their fuel at £8 per bag wi-fi is available at a charge but free if you sit in the tea room!
The local pubs & restaurants had more to offer for value for money. The location is the asset to this site overall ok site but would not return.
Management response: There was a little confusion when this party arrived as we were unaware that they were 4 large families together, as we state quite clearly on our website that we do not take groups although we did agree to accommodate them with a reminder that we are a family site and do not accept noise after 11pm
Our pitches are 6m diameter and this is clearly stated on our website. We can accommodate larger tents by prior arrangement. The parties were advised to pitch their tents with the pitch number markers to the middle of each tent as this ensures that there is the required 3 metres between each unit. Three of the tents were larger than 6m and they chose to ignore this advice and pitch their tents closer together, even joining them together with windbreaks. The advice is given for a very good reason to ensure safety in the event of a fire. This group had booked the premier tent pitches which include electric hookup and are completely level. We do offer a cheaper rate for the non-electric tent pitches as they are on a slight slope which is made clear at the time of booking.
We are adding to our amenity building constantly and will no doubt add shelving and more hooks etc. But we only opened the brand new building at Easter and have undoubtedly achieved a great deal in this time. Most campsites do not offer baths with unlimited free hot water to assist families travelling with young children and it is a shame that was not received more favorably by these guests. We have welcomed thousands of visitors through our site this season and everyone seems to have managed with the number of showers and toilets provided. We can only assume that this group wanted to use the facilities all at the same time! We also have an accessible/family bathroom where mum, dad and children can use the room together to help with bathing babies and very small children. The mops are rinsed through with bleach and the water changed every day and it is standard practice to ask visitors to mop & squeegee cubicles after they have used them in order to respect other guests.
We pay a local recycling company to take all our waste to a central processing plant where it is sorted and recycled. As a result of this we are now having signs installed to let guests know about this, as recycling is key to our eco credentials.
The food in our tearoom is freshly prepared using the best local produce and is always well received. The entertainment we provided on Saturday evening was a huge success. Our local butcher prepared a beautiful hog roast and we added salads and homemade coleslaw. We booked a local singer and guitarist to play songs old and new and charged £8 for adults and £5 for children which we believe was excellent value for money for a full evenings food and entertainment.
We are 1 of only 2 campsites in Northumberland who allow firepits on site. We do not allow people to bring their own or use their own firewood which allows us to monitor who has fires and ensure that they are used safely and the actual charge is £10 for the hire which includes logs etc and extra bags can be bought at £4. 50. We have installed a site wide wifi system which covers our entire 5 acre field and it standard practice to offer complementary usage to customers eating or drinking in the tearoom.
We are sorry to read such a critical review given that we have had recent positive reviews.
We have been several times to the USA including Alaska, Canada. What we experienced on this site was the best ever service, hospitality cleanness, Pizza, Breakfast, a pleasant surrounding, calm and peaceful, just go there
Reception was perfect, even without reservation,
Reservation might be necessary in the future, because the place might make a great career
Thank you for receiving us at this marvellous site
We visited this campsite last weekend and it was our first camping experience. The campsite is great, everything is very new, fantastic changing block with showers and baths and a sauna to hire.
The campsite offers food, lovely pizzas and lots of other meals, plus alcohol!
Only downside is its quite high up and therefore exposed, on the plus side its very close to all the Hadrian Wall sites.
Herding Hill is a fantastic campsite that provides modern, clean and well thought out facilities - some of the best we have seen.
The owners and staff extend a warm and helpful welcome, taking time to add that 'personal touch' to your stay. We really enjoyed the two meals we had in the tea room - service and quality of food excellent.
Great location, easy access to great walks and proximity to Roman Wall and Forts is brilliant. Didn't have time to go into Haltwhistle, but we will definitely be visiting Herding Hill again to explore further.
Thank you for your hospitality and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
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Just returned from a lovely weekend at this relatively new site. Owner really friendly and happy to give advice on local area, walks, pubs, etc. This site has only been opened a couple of years and the owners are setting high standards for their site. We were on a hard standing fully serviced pitch which was a really good size. As stated previously, the washrooms are really good and the ladies included 2 baths which would be ideal for toddlers but also brilliant for teenagers as mine said. The site also has one of the best play areas I have seen on sites and would see this as being well used if you have younger children. The site also has a cafe adjacent to the play area which wasn't open for our stay but the owner confirmed would be open from Easter. The donkeys and alpacas are a nice touch. 
