Perfect for visiting Hylands Park and Writtle Chelmsford
We stayed on a hardstanding pitch, the field is closed at this time of year as its soaked and we knew that before arrival. We had a nice slightly elevated hard standing pitch and pitched so we had a lovely view of the fields, sheep and trees. There's industrial units or farm buildings behind which aren't quite as pretty but that's OK, just don't look that way. There was no disturbance from any of that, in fact we were the only ones on the CL (there looked to be 3 seasonal pitches in an area behind us but no one was there). You can hear the road occasionally as mentioned in another review but it was absolutely not a bother, just passing traffic. Toilets and a shower and wash station are an absolute bonus. We didn't use the shower but the toilets were great. We met Jenny shortly after arrival and she was lovely, popped over straight away after a quick phone call and sorted us out. Electric is now charged separately, we stayed 2 nights, 3 days and spent about £4 a day for a rough guide. We'd particularly chosen this site to visit Hylands Park as you can walk there from the site (a little bit of road walking to get to the footpath) but we had torrential rain all night and half the morning beforehand so in the end drove there (literally 5 mins) once at Hylands Park there are lots of paths to walk that are paved or rough gravel which was great as it made for good walking. Writtle is a 5 min drive away and although tiny its pretty and worth a visit and we saw there was a cycleway into Chelmsford that only takes 15 mins apparently so another stay we may make a day and walk that as imagine it will follow the river Cam in parts.
We'd like to come back and stay again when hopefully the field will be open and dry and we can do the walk we'd planned :D.
