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Access is down the lane past the farm buildings, and there’s a locked gate through the farmyard to another secure gate for the site. Payment at the reception desk in the main building .
There are three hardstanding and two grass pitches (On a slope). There is a picnic bench allocated for each pitch and some have their own water. There are good recycling bins available.
There is a second CL adjacent to it. It’s an easy, five minute walk to the village. The horse and jockey pub serves food most of the day and its quality. There are some easy walks from this site along fields and back to the village.
Very friendly farmer. Overall a lovely stay. Thank you
a favourite cl
Crich Lane Farm is on the edge of Wessington Green. Its about 15 minutes from junction 28 of the M1 and on the edge of the Peak District. The pitches are spacious with great views over the fields to South Wingfield Manor. It takes less than 5 minutes to walk in to the village where you will find The Horse and Jockey and a really good chippy. There is also a vineyard!. Take your ordnance survey map and walk through the fields into Crich which has a great butchers and bakery plus the Black Swan a super little pub. For a good walk head cross country to Ashover. We also walk in to Matlock visit a few bars and catch a bus back. In South Wingfield (1.5 miles) is the Blue Bell more restaurant than pub also check out the White Hart at Morewood Moor with its lovely garden, great on a sunny day and a nice walk away down a quiet lane.
This a great site with lots to do in the area, the owners are really helpful they run an award winning bed and breakfast in the farm house so your non caravaning friends could join you. A great site give it try
AlbertRoss
Reviewed on 14/07/2022 09:19
Lovely quiet CL
Just returned from three nights on this CL and a wonderful site it is.
Arrived after a few days of heavy rain and was a little nervous about pitching on the grass part of the site but for no good reason - the grass is cut short and clearly drains well so had no issues. In fact, because we were facing out with our backs to those on hardstanding we had lovely uninterrupted country views.
Access is excellent - just a few miles from the M1 with a short stretch of country lane to reach the farm. We had a warm welcome and the owners were helpful and clearly run an excellent, well organised site. It's no great distance into Matlock or Ashbourne with the rest of the Derbyshire Dales easily reachable - we had a lovely walk along Dovedale which was only 50 minutes or so drive...
Despite being a working farm, it's extremely peaceful with only the sheep making any noise, and then, not much!
Highly recommended and on our list of sites to be returned to...
Returned to my favourite place.
Just returned from a 3 night stay at this lovely site, great views, the grass is alway short with no grass cuttings anywhere. Each pitch has its own water and picnic bench and plenty of room, past comments mention noise, we only heard cows which you would expect on a farm, I found it nice a quiet, very easy to get to your pitch. The owners are lovely, very approachable and always please to see you. Thank you again Richard for a lovely stay.
First weekend away after Covid-19 lockdown
What a lovely site, easily accessible and with excellent hardstanding. It's only been marked down by one star on the 'peace and tranquility' rating because this is the countryside and a working farm: during the day expect the cows to moo (loudly), the sheep to 'baa' from baritone to soprano, the cockerals to crow, guns to shoot in the distance, to hear farm vehicles, and hear dogs sometimes bark. However, all these things were pleasantly quiet at night time, so sleep was not disturbed.
There are no shower and toilet facilities so you need to be self-sufficient, but it was easy to dispose of grey waste and to empty the cassette into the septic tank. There were several rubbish bins to separate out recycling waste.
We did not use the fishing lake (rods available to hire), but enjoyed watching those who did.
The pub is a pleasant short walk away, so that was an added bonus to enjoy our first pub-pint since the beginning of March, sitting outdoors in the sunshine.
We made use of the electric hook-up and our own dedicated drinking-water tap.
Dufferstwo
Reviewed on 14/07/2020 20:11
Well maintained site with lovely views
We spent a couple of nights on this well maintained site on our way to Yorkshire up the M1. It was a convienient stopover with good access to places like Bolsover Castle and Hardwick Hall.
The site had lovely rural views and all the pitches were hard standing, which is excellent for motorhomes. Each pitch had its own drinking water tap which was very useful.
The site is generally quiet except for the passage of large farm machinery down the lane just behind the motorhome at 7am! I suppose this is par for the course in a farming community.
This is a lovely site and our sole gripe really is that we had difficulty finding the owner to pay the fees before we left as he doesn't live in the adjacent bungalow. We did find him in the end though.
Beautiful views
We've just just spent 3 nights on this site and were impressed. It is a well kept site with wonderful views across the valley. We were on a hard standing serviced pitch, which was level. The entrance was easy.
The site has easy access to a lot of wonderful places in the Peak District and we will definitely be back as it is close to family. So we are pleased we have found it.
LuLuBabs
Reviewed on 03/08/2019 14:20
Lovely CL. Couldn’t have been better ... well more sunshine maybe!
This is a lovely CL. Really well maintained, easy access, great views and good value. We loved the site and will be back if we pass by.
We had the benefit of a service pitch which was a bonus, it was flat and level and half grass which was nice for the awning.
The family are really helpful and clearly take rightful pride in this site. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you very much.
Restful Weekend
This is our second visit to site one. It is a lovely site with great views. There are plenty of walks for the dogs. The site is beautifully kept with mowed lawns and hard standings. This visit I came with my new van, a twin axle and found it a bit tight to get out. If the entrance was a bit wider it would have been great. Lovely site though .recommended.
nigeltindale1
Reviewed on 10/06/2019 19:21
A little gem
Just returned from a lovely 4 night stay at this little gem. There are two CL sites and we stayed on site 2.. The site is lovely, very well maintained, quiet and the views are stunning.The owners are lovely and welcoming people. When you first arrive with the van for site 2 you have to use another entrance but this causes no problem at all and is very easy. We will certainly be back. Thank you Richard..