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Don't be misled by their Spoonbill Drift touring website claiming 'neatly maintained' pitches, or their claim of encouraging biodiversity by leaving spaces between pitches to grow wild. This really is an excuse for not maintaining the actual pitches at all which are completely unkempt, tatty dappled patches of weeds and large bald patches which flood in rain and mean that you are stepping out of your van onto mud. The whole site is very unattractive and felt soulless.
There is a bollard for water and electricity on each pitch which is good, but there was no attempt to 'service' the pitches between bookings, so take your own cleaners to service your bollard and dog poo bags to pick up after the many dog owners who use the 'wild areas' in the centre and between pitches as an unofficial dog exercise area. The hand sanitiser dispenser at reception was empty.
The site is so large and quite remote from reception and there was a very occasional cursory warden high speed whizz round in a van or buggy.
The rules are extensive, but enforced arbitrarily, no windbreaks to be left out overnight, rotary washing lines to be removed 'immediately' after use, no tents, dogs to be kept on leads and under control.
The reinforced plastic pitches where you have to place your unit, have been positioned to the very edge of one side of the pitch, so that in our case our neighbours awning and car was extremely close to the edge of our van. Continental vans have to pitch the 'wrong' way round because of this, otherwise they are unable to step out of their vans. Some pitches are much larger so it's pot luck whether you have space or not. The van pitches could have been easily laid out as other sites do, at the centre of each pitch to avoid this problem.
We have stayed on many sites, many of which have received awards for their eco credentials and biodiversity. None of them have the tatty appearance of this site. Absolutely not worth the money, there are many other smaller sites in the area which are half the price and double the value of this one. They have the monopoly near the beach, but clearly don't reinvest in the experience of their guests on the Spoonbill Drift site. Encouraging biodiversity is not an excuse for not investing in some landscaping to enhance the aesthetics and condition of pitches on a touring site. The owners would do well to visit other sites for some ideas.
I appreciate that it's late season, but the £37 per night pitch fee didn't reflect the resulting poor state of the site.
Good points, it's close to the beach, so if this is the most important thing to you it is ideal, but it's conversely distant from the town.
Such a lovely site. Love the way it it serves both the campers and the environment.
The verges etc left for the wildlife. We were treated to see bats owls lizards frogs, so many varieties of butterflies moths and due to the low lighting. The stars.
The modern, clean facilities were a please to use.
The beautiful stroll though the woods down to the stunning beach was a delight.
Pinewoods is a lovely site, clean with spacious pitches.
The toilet and shower blocks were scrupulously clean and all staff were friendly and helpful. Pinewoods is a 'dark skies' site, so great for stargazing.
The location is very good, about 3/4 of a mile to Wells harbour along the harbour path and about 1/2 mile walk through the pinewoods to the magnificent beach.
There aren't any pubs or restaurants nearby and those in Wells town are some way beyond the harbour, however French's fish and chip shop is amazing and should not be missed.
Our 2nd time at this site. Nice location looking south towards Wells and the Norfolk “hillsides”, with some lovely walks to / along the coast, and into Wells. Not cheap, but the spacious fully-serviced pitches are great.
This time we chose to use our own facilities, as we have all summer. Disappointed that our only shared facilities experience - the Chemical Toilet disposal point - was pretty dirty and clearly not cleaned.
Our friends had stayed the previous week, and have told us since that the facilities blocks themselves (although very well appointed) had also not been regularly cleaned and were disturbingly unhygienic (they complained whilst they were there).
Given the site’s ownership and credentials, this is altogether not good, especially in current times! The cleaning regimes at the other 2 sites we stayed at during the week - and all the others we have visited during the last 4 months - had been upgraded during COVID.
We have been to Pinewoods for a number of years but we were very disappointed this year, the site looked scruffy, cleaners were present in the toilets often but not actually cleaning, drains blocked twice during our stay, Hand wash in toilets empty for two days.
There were a few pitches with loads of people on them, one in particular with a caravan, awning, 2 VW campervans and 2 cars!
At over £50 per night you are just paying for the location now (which is good). Sorry but we won’t be returning. via mobile
Excellent location almost on the beach. Fairly expensive at £28 A night but big fully serviced pitches and facilities that are some of the best we've ever had. Very open and quite windy as a result. The only pr8vact is provided by the sheer distance between eavh pitch and the size of them.
Staff are courteous and business like but not friendly. There are rules and you WILL follow them including parking your van the correct way round and not arriving before your allotted time (Despite the fact that the previous people should have left 2 hours before then we weren't allowed on and had to go kill 45 minutes which just seemed a bit cold hearted).
I'd probably go back for the l9cation and niceness of the site but the cold reception we received soured it a bit. via mobile
We'd read the reviews, so knew to expect this to look like a fairly newly constructed site, which didn't bother us in the slightest. It's a well spread out site, love the space at the back of the pitches too. The toilet blocks are one of the best I've ever used, the cubicles are lovely and big, in fact huge (I do so hate trying to squeeze in past a door that only just clears the loo!), the shower cubicles are a great size too, with lots of "dry" space, and there are washbasins in cubicles as well as the open washbasins.
The site is still quite open and exposed, and a bit windy, but we're from Lincolnshire so used to that.
There is site wi-fi, but we couldn't get it to work, it didn't like the password we had been given to use. As we used our phones anyway, we didn't actually find out why it wouldn't work.
Noting the previous comments about dogs, when we were there, they were mostly on leads, and if you take the time to read the information folder you are given, it does say in there that they should be on leads on the site. Ours were kept on leads, but the odd one off lead was no problem. We still haven't worked out what our two dogs were paying £3 a night each for though, there aren't even any dog waste bins.
It's in a great position, the main reason we chose it, being only a short walk to Wells centre, and lots of walking along the coast.
The only downside is the cost, it's very expensive, but you can see why, it's so well spread out, other sites would have got at least double the amount of pitches in, and half the size toilet blocks. And that £3 a night for dogs is ridiculous really!
Great site. Lots of space between pitches, nice and flat pitches. Shower block gorgeous, clean and new.
Great for walking to the beach as it's so close. Walk/cycle to town flat and short.
Shame they don't accept tents as I have lots of friends who would visit. Very hot in summer as very little shade. via mobile
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Is Pinewoods Holiday Park child friendly? YES, it accepts children & has a playground View all facilities
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No Tents 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
Holiday Homes for Hire 
Holiday Homes for Sale 
No 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 
No Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing On Site 
Wild Swimming <1 mile 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
Cycle Hire On Site 
No Golf 
Tennis On Site 
Beach <1 mile 
Watersports <1 mile 
Boat Launch / Mooring <1 mile 
Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Coastside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
We visit this site most years, sometimes twice. The reasoning behind this is very simple. They are excellent. 
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