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Someday all caravan sites would be like this. Sadly thats only a dream. Shop is brill. All staff are ace, and the loos, are top drawer. Every pitch has a seaview and most are fairly level. The chipvan would do better by only ringing a bell. Likewise the seafood van. The campshop is better value for money than anywhere in Woolacoombe. And my wife never speaks to me when I take her home. We have been there twice now, and unfortunately now use it as a benchmark at which we rate all other sites. Its the first time we have ever been offered a drink while booking in and the only time. Full marks.
We've just returned from 11 nights at Damage Barton which was only our second ever caravanning outing since we converted from canvas to tin tops!
We had a wonderful time, we travel the world quite a bit due to our professions but both agreed this was our best holiday ever, this was fully endorsed by our 2 children aged 2 & 5.
We chose this site for the views and the reviews of the clean facilities. Both exceeded our expectation.
The toilets/showers were spacious, exceptionally clean and really good quality, we especially appreciated the family bathrooms for our 2 year old who is not keen on showers yet. We've camped a bit but I honestly do not know how you could improve on these facilities.
The pitches were very well kept, we had a hard standing pitch in the Camping and Caravanning Club section of the site, but it mattered not where you were as the sea view and beautiful sunsets across the water were for all to see.
The shop is excellent and the chap who runs it was extremely friendly and offered us some wonderful advice for our holiday almost on a daily basis. The £2.50 map he sold us of the immediate area for our planned walks was the best £2.50 we spent all holiday.
The walks are very well marked and once we got our 2 year old in the back pack we were rewarded with fabulous scenery on walks along the coastal path to small bays as well as the villages of Morthoe and Lee (Great pub at the latter) We also took a walk to Woolacombe.
We liked the site as we are not keen on the 'Holiday park' style sites with bars, swimming pools, shops and no doubt many other things I have not mentioned. For us we have to find a balance, yes we have 2 young children who need to be kept occupied but it's our holiday too and holiday parks are just not our thing. Perhaps the addition of a small play area with swings would be the icing on the cake for Damage Barton for us as a family but certainly no more than that as we feel the tranquillity and feel of the site maybe lost if they did. In truth we did so much every day away from the site that the kids did not miss this.
Would highly recommend the fish and chips from the visiting van, I think it comes on a Monday.
It can be breezy as other reviews have said but we were not concerned about that, the fabulous view meant more to us and it's not windy all the time. Plus if you go down to any of the beaches they are more sheltered anyway.
I would love this site to create a little play area for kids, few swings, climbing frames etc would go along way on the open ball games field they already have, but we had so much to do every day away from the site that we did not really miss this too much.
What a fantastic site! My wife and I are trying to emulate the BBC programme 'Coast' by driving round the UK coastline. On our travels we have seen all sorts of sites, but this one has to be in our Top Ten so far! This is a sloping coastal site with terraces where most pitches have superb views over the Bristol Channel to South Wales and Lundy Island. All facilities are spotless and the staff are both friendly and helpful. Our pitch was a hardstanding which was perfectly level - even our old motorhome feels relaxed! Enjoy local walks in the farmland environment and into the village of Mortehoe which sports plenty of food outlets. May I recommend 'The Ship Aground' for an excellent pint and a great atmosphere? This site is close enough to convenient shopping (5.8 miles) but remote enough for you to relax and enjoy the surroundings.
This is an absolutely lovely site. Great location with ample sized pitches. Friendly and helpful staff and a wonderful shop with local and organic produce, including all the makings for a cream tea!
Plenty of good places to eat within easy walking distance. There's plenty of places to walk dogs and they are dog friendly.
Every thing a camper could wish for has been thought of on this site. Good spacious pitches, a very friendly run and well stocked shop, superb showers(the best I have ever used), excellent and practical recycling and rubbish bay. As a motorhomer we used the bus service that has a stop right outside the camp. We would have liked more water points for emptying dirty water as the other option was unhitching the van and running it up to the one Motorvan emptying point. For all that though a thoroughly nice site - I wish I knew their secret for beautiful grass - the field put my lawn to shame! I loved the views and walks too.
All said before in previous reviews. Typical club site with excellent shower/toilet block.
Could do with some trees/hedges to break up open plan of site and take strength out of the wind, saw many awnings wrecked. Plenty of hardstandings and electric points but also some pitches without for those who do not need it. Great views of sea. Well stocked shop open from 8.30 to 6.00 with fresh baked bread etc.And not overly expensive.
Several good cliff top walks from the site. Nearest seaside at Woolacombe walkable from site, expensive parking, better to go to Ilfacombe and use park & ride, very cheap. Bus stop right outside site for those who would rather leave the car.
Staff very welcoming on arrival but lack the personal touch of normal club wardens as this site is privately owned.
We've just returned from a lovely holiday on this campsite. The pitch was level with the most beautiful view over the sea towards south wales. The showers were spacious, clean and warm! I liked the fact that you could control the temperature and move the shower head. As well as spacious showers the family rooms were good too, one has a bath the other a shower, no key's were needed for their use which I liked, something less to forget at shower time! There are electric sockets available in the shower block.
We were warned that the site could be windy however with a good tent, well errected and some storm pegs you'll be fine! There are tie down kits available in reception and they also print out a weather report every day.
The Tarka trail was perfect for us as our children are only 5 & 6 we prefer off road tails. We chose to drive to cycle trails as the closest trail to site is down a very narrow and windy road. However we cycled a good 30 miles with the children.
Most of the car parks in the area are pay and display, from 70p an hour, Wooolacombe beach is a rip off at £6, no matter what time you want to park!
The on site shop was fantasic! We had warm pan au chocolate most mornings, the children loved the walk up to the shop each morning to buy them. I have to say the shop was well stocked and very reasonable. Most of all the famiy who run the shop were the most lovely people! They were always genuinly inturested in our daily activities and gave helful information on the surounding area.
Plenty of local activities to keep the whole family entertained! The children loved meeting mist in a sheepdog and falconry show at bourough farm 6pm on a wednesday. We enjoyed walk from the site into Morthoe where there are a couple of nice pubs, great fish and chips and a heritage center.
There are trailer rides available from the heritage center in Morthoe to Bull point and the light house. The site also has a farm trip on a thursday morning.
Lovely friendly staff on reception, we'll definitely go back!
The only thing I can say caused us a problem was the toilets were a bit of a walk from the tent which was fine in the day but not so great at 3am lol!
We travelled here with our caravan in August 2010, when we arrived we were instantly made very welcome, it was a very windy day, so, we put our awning up and tethered it very well!
The following morning the wind had diminished and out came the sun and stayed with us for the whole stay, on the morning we left we had a slight shower.
Anyway enough about the weather, the view is awe inspiring, there are some fantastic walks around the area, it's a very, very steep climb out of Lee however!
The on site shop is brill! With prices only slightly over the odds, to be honest, you could pitch up here and throw your car keys away. The toilet blocks are spotless, and I mean spotless, and as for the showers themselves. WOW!
Fabulous, some day all caravan sites will be made this way. On arrival we pulled our rig into a proper tourer car park. Went into reception to a warm friendly greeting of please take a seat and would you like a tea or a coffee while you check in (wicked). We had a serviced pitch and yes every pitch had a sea view. Toilet and shower block was always clean with constant hot water. Site shop was great had everything and was cheaper than any shop off the camp. All staff were friendly and did there best to be helpful at all times. It spoilt us this site because now we compare all sites to it, unfortunately they don't compare. We would go back tomorrow.
Our first visit to Damage Barton and our first camping trip as a family (two adults, and three kids aged 2, 7 and 4). On arrival the staff were friendly and welcoming. It would have been really helpful though if someone could have shown us to our pitch, especially as the office was deserted. Like another reviewer, we were simply given a map of the site, our pitch marked with an X and left to get on with it.
We stayed for 4 nights on a pitch in the centre of the site with no EHU point. Most of the pitches with EHU were against the hedge at the bottom of the field and so were afforded some protection from the wind. However the wind can be a nuisance on this site and very few escape a bit of a bashing in bad weather, especially if you are sited in the middle as we were. Although the owners are very up-front about the open aspect of the site. During our stay we found that it got too cold and windy to sit outside after about 5.30pm, even though it was the end of July.
On the positive side, the pitch was a very decent size for our 5-man tent and we had a good amount of space between us and fellow campers. The sea views from the site are absolutely wonderful on a good day, although we had a bit of fog and drizzle coming in from the sea now and then when you couldn't see your hand in front of you! If only we could control the weather.
It was a bit of a trek from the bottom of the field to the toilet and shower blocks at the top, at times - certainly felt that way carrying a tired 2 yr old uphill on a windy evening! But nothing the average camper couldn't handle.
We were very impressed with the high standard of cleanliness and the very modern presentation of the facilities: the showers were very spacious and plentiful; toilets and washbasins very clean. I never had to queue to use the showers/toilets - lots of lovely free hot water too.
There were also several enclosed washbasins which afforded a nice bit of privacy when you feel less than human early in the morning. The family room with bath, sink and toilet was a thoughtful and welcome addition, too. Nice to have the washing-up sinks indoors where you're protected from the elements. We had to wait our turn, but not for long. Really handy to have the washing machine and tumble drier too.
There's a large field where my two boys went off to play, but I felt that a small dedicated play area would have been really useful - just a few swings, a slide etc. - to keep them amused.
The site shop had all the basics - bread, milk, etc. And the staff were very friendly. They will freeze your ice packs for a small charge.
We didn't take the tour around the farm as it seemed quite pricey, as I remember. Instead we spent our short stay mainly on the beach at Woolacombe Sands, which is a fantastic swathe of sand and swirling waves. Had to pay to park the car at Woolacombe,as too far to walk there with 2 and 4 yr olds. Would have explored coastal paths too if we hadn't had such young children with us, as didn't fancy carrying them for miles!
Woolacombe town itself was unimpressive and very busy most of the time, the main draw being the wonderful beach. Couldn't keep our boys out of the water with their surf boards - although wet suits were in order, as the sea was pretty cold! Our 2 yr old was a bit wary of the noisy waves. Spent a lovely afternoon at Ilfracombe - although it got really overcrowded by lunch time. Lovely harbour town - you can cruise to Lundy from here, and lots of kiosks were advertising fishing trips.
Mortehoe village accessible down a steep road from camp site - seemed very pretty and had a few shops, pubs and restaurants,although I can't comment on these as we only ever passed through in the car. We took lots of basics with us on this short trip, so didn't find out about best / nearest supermarkets. Eating out consisted of takeaway fish and chips (very good quality fish) and a few run of the mill pub meals in Woolacombe and Ilfracombe.
All in all a very enjoyable trip to a site with spotless, modern toilets / showers and amazing sea views, close to a vast expanse of beach and sea. Children's play area would be a good addition.
Main downside is the very open and unsheltered nature of the site and the wind factor. Would hate to be there in bad weather. We'd recommend this site and hope to revisit soon - just keep your fingers crossed for good weather and take some strong tent pegs.
After forty or so reviews on this site there is nothing else to say. However, that’s never stopped me before so in summary, - Very good sized C&CC hard standing pitch.
Clean, easy to use showers that pack a punch. Very friendly and helpful team. Ideal location for the fit and healthy who may enjoy walking, not so good for the infirm or children.
Terrific scenery but oh so windy. Local buses shut down around 18.00 but if you have transport and want somewhere flat to walk the river Tay’s estuary at Crows Point is well worth a visit (along toll rd).
Nearest main supermarkets are about five miles away but the shop stocks a fair selection of basics. A good location for touring North Devon and Exmoor.
This is a beautiful site with every pitch having a view of the sea, across lovely farmland. The site itself is set on a gentle slope but once you get off site, it becomes very hilly.
The welcome was warm and helpful, and I felt that the booking process was much more flexible than on other CC sites (DB is a CC affiliated site). My brother-in-law was due to arrive the next day and they allocated us pitches next door to each other. The toilet facilities are immaculate with hot water.
The shop needs to be highly commended - it had a wider variety of stock than all of the caravan sites we have visited, with freshly baked croissants and pastries available every morning to boot, yum. The gentleman running the shop was full of useful, local advice about where to visit, best places to eat and good surfing beaches.
There are some lovely walks from the site but as this is coastline terrain, some steep walks in places.
The local area has some great places to visit and in one week, we still hadn't seen even half of what was on offer. Morthoe (great pub called the Ship Agroud), Woolacombe (superb life-guarded beach, ideal for children, body-boarding and surfing), Croyde (smaller than Woolacombe beach but excellent for the same reasons, just not as many amenities on the beach), Ilfracombe (lovely harbour town), Lynton and Lynmouth - to name but a few!
This site, it's facilities, it's location and all that is available in the locality, is currently my favourite site in England and I cannot wait to return next year.
I'm not sure what can be usefully added to what everyone else has written
The site is superb & is one of the best maintained and well managed sites that I've used.
The showers were spotless, the 'welcome' in reception actually made you feel valued as a customer and there is a good effort at recycling waste.
I watched two staff with what must be one of the worst jobs of the 21st century: They were having to rip open the dog poo bags that people use to clear up after their dogs - because not all plastic degrades.
The pitches were, and for the most part, hard-standing with super sea-views when the mist clears.
The road to the site is narrow in places, so take your time and you'll get there in one piece.
Morthoe and Mullacot Cross are renowned for high winds and the Damage Barton site didn't disappoint: Despite this, all you have to do is move around to the other side of your van and you'll be sheltered.
Some-one else moaned about high parking charges locally: They are a disgrace and it is little wonder that people choose to holiday abroad.
A lovely site with some amazing views over the sea. Fantastic on-site shop that served freshly baked bread and pasties daily. Very clean and tidy and one of the best shower blocks I have ever visited. Children's play area. Great as a base for Woolacombe and other local beaches and they even have a wet room where you can hose off your wet-suites. Some lovely coastal walks from the site.
Due to its cliff top coastal location it can be quite windy and exposed, suggest you pack a storm strap in case, however, the weather is not always like that!
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Someday all caravan sites would be like this. Sadly thats only a dream. Shop is brill. All staff are ace, and the loos, are top drawer. Every pitch has a seaview and most are fairly level. The chipvan would do better by only ringing a bell. Likewise the seafood van. The campshop is better value for money than anywhere in Woolacoombe. And my wife never speaks to me when I take her home. We have been there twice now, and unfortunately now use it as a benchmark at which we rate all other sites. Its the first time we have ever been offered a drink while booking in and the only time. Full marks. 
