High House Farm

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Ignore sat nav if you love your van!

Great site as per reviews. Stunning. Like a fool I believed myGarmin caravan and camping sat nav. She took me on an unmade track. My poor motorhome scraped and pruned it's way along four miles of said track. No passing places, hairpins, sharp turns into steep inclines. My wife was pleading for me to make it stop. Plan your route in great detail, ignore your nav! Follow lorry route. Still narrow and dodgy for mirrors and wide vehicles, but much better than "recommended sat nav route" All roads within 10-15 miles of site not for those with a nervous disposition.

admiral halsey

Reviewed on 12/08/2020 22:10

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Simply our favourite site.

Just returned from another visit to this lovely site. If you are looking for peace and quiet, coastal, woodland and field walking with a cream tea in the Gara Rock Hotel 400 yards away at the end then this is the place to be. You can lie in bed at night and instead of counting sheep, watch the lights on the ships heading up and down the English Channel. We come at all times of the year and it's always a pleasure to chill out here. Mill Bay beach is an easy walk through fields and woodland and the ferry across to Salcombe is a couple of hundred yards further, Gara Rock beach is even closer. Don't be put off by the reports of narrow roads. We have a 7m motorhome and there are many passing places. Allow yourself time and just take it slowly and you really won't have a problem. The devonian exhortation: 'Rush along steady', pretty much sums it up!

Owen Davies

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Reviewed on 22/07/2020 09:23

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Fabulous CL for all

Roads just keep on getting smaller after Kingsbridge, but well worth the effort to reach this quiet bit of paradise. Stunning views from site, and great walks straight from the site. Simple CL, with power, water and chemical disposal point. Helpful friendly owner. Mix of couples of various ages, and a family. All having a lovely time. We're fortunate to live only an hour or so away, so this will become a regular short break for us.

7ncj

Motorhomer from Devon

Reviewed on 19/07/2020 17:56

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Great option, but getting there has its challenges

The big challenge with this site is getting to it and from it (I thought my wife was having another baby the way she reacted to the roads). Unlike the previous description we had zero problems following the instructions to get to the site, We had checked out on the map and common sense with the instructions got us there. It's a good job as the roads are small and not for the faint hearted, you cannot afford to get it wrong. My advice is arrive early or late as the roads are generally quieter. Having said that we left at 20.00 in poor weather conditions and we expected to meet 5 or 6 cars on previous experience, but we met 30 (a wedding apparently coming the opposite direction). It took us 25 mins to drive 5.5 miles. Having said that the site is a basic CL with electric, it is well maintained drains well and glorious views. The welcome is good and the facilities are clear and easy to use, just what you'd want or expect. The walking and local beaches are excellent, but going further a field is a challenge in time if you want to explore all Devon. Note, for Dartmouth the A379 is closed and it is a long way round. However, if you are looking at this site you aren't going for the usual attractions and have probably done a bit of research. It is the coast, peace and quiet and a chance to escape from everybody else that this site offer and it does that really well. The other visitors present ranged from the retired to young families and everybody loved it, although we believe one or two cancelled, and there were free spaces - shame on them Our other major challenge was the disadvantage of having the open views from the top of the hill, we had some the high winds and heavy rain. We wrestled our porch awningcdown at 1.20 in the dark, before is was damaged. The worsening forecast meant we left a day early. However I paint a negative picture with road access or weather, but if you've read this far you are genuinely interested in the area. I'd say give it a go, be sensible about your arrival time and enjoy it - we certainly did. If you want loads of attractions and need others to entertain you - forget it - that's not the point of using this site.

idristdragon

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Reviewed on 05/08/2018 20:08

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Off the beaten track

We travelled from Essex on a bank holiday Saturday. This is usually a resonable journey and around 7 hours maximum with a couple of decent stops. Traffic was horrendouse...10.5 hours later we arrived at the site! We used the CC Club directions and personally I don't think they are particularly clear as they don't state you actually have to go through Kingsbridge and beyond. We also took a wrong turn not far from the site and had to call and ask for help. Ruth came out to meet us thankfully and we followed her the remainder of the way - big thank you! The roads are very narrow for a fair way and it does take a long while even to drive a fairly short distance. If you don't mind this, then it will be fine. On the final part of the route to the campsite the road is pretty much single track with just passing places - which weren't always wide enough. On the way in our caravan got scraped by a car who thought he could squeeze by. Another camper also had an altercation on the way in. Maybe we were unlucky but I couldn't find any local shops unlike a previous review had mentioned, although we did drive past the bakers. There is a shop come post office around the area of the bakery. However, this isn't just a few minutes drive. So be stocked up beforehand - we were, so no problem. The site has a great view with sea in the distance. A pleasant evening walk took us to Gara Rock (hotel is being refurbished but doesn't look like it's ready to open in the summer as per their website). We visited North Sands beach (like it there, been before). Took around 30 - 40 minutes to get there. Car park opposite beach. It's a fair drive to Dartmouth as A379 is still closed at Slapton. We went to Britannia Shack at Beesands - good fish, reasonably priced. I think the information leaflet provided is pretty good though the attached map is of poor quality and needs improving. We had mixed weather but a restful stay which is what we had planned. We've previously stayed at Dartmouth CC and a non CC site (Parklands) which is around 20 minutes away. Although we liked the site it was a little too far out the way and I absolutely hated the scarey lanes, especially towing. Hats off to my husband - I could never have done it.

markaird

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Reviewed on 06/06/2018 18:36

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Beautiful remote location.

Lovely quiet site where you can get away from it all. All you can hear is the birdsong. Right by the coastal walks good walk down to Salcombe Harbour not too arduous and lovely to watch the boats in and out of Salcombe, Mill Bay and other small nearby beaches fine sand. Ferry across to Salcombe is far easier than driving and pleasant trip for seeing the sights/shopping. Good walk down to bay below Gara Rock another good beach. Gara Rock Restaurant down the road though shame it does not serve evening meals, last orders 4.30pm. Nice local ice cream. Frogmore village has an excellent Bakery where everything is baked on the premises. Plenty of small village shops and good selection at Ashbys station on the road into Kingsbridge. Start bay not far away and also good farm shop/garden centre/cafe etc en-route, just below Caravan Club Site entrance. Fresh Eggs for sale not far from the site. Narrow lanes to access but not a problem if you take care. Please do not use Satnav and follow club directions. Very good printed local information supplied by site owner that you can obtain on arrival. Peaceful relaxing break.

ajjames

Reviewed on 15/05/2017 16:36

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Almost perfect

Splendid views from every pitch and plenty of space - so no overcrowding.  Stayed in the last week of September with mixed weather but good or bad days were equally lovely in such a setting.  I would recommend lunch at Gara Rock (has free wifi) about 5 minutes walk away with awesome views followed by a walk on one of the loves stretches of the SW coastal path. Alternately, it is a 20 mins walk and a short boat ride to Salcombe - a joy in any weather.  3/4G can be intermittent otherwise this site would be perfection itself.   Even in a reasonably big motorhome the drive in was absolutely fine - just make sure to follows the directions given.

FrankBOF

Reviewed on 29/10/2016 14:57

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Total seclusion

If your looking for a CL with beautiful ocean views, total peace and tranquillity and away from the world then this is the site for you. The site is well kept, good water and excellent EHU facilities. There are no local shops so make sure like us you stock up before arriving, but that's why it's so peaceful. Gara Rock is a great place for a morning, evening coffee, good food with amazing views, albeit a tad pricey. Mrs Froud was very helpful and friendly, after we arrived we received bad news from home so had to leave early, gutted, but I'm sure we will be back when next in Devon. Do not follow Sat Nav, don't even try, allow extra time on your journey as once you get through Kingsbridge the journey gets very cosy and interesting, lots of stunning villages that were never built for cars, never mind your caravan, it's Devon at the end of the day. Just take your time, once through you get to a Sleeping Bobby, (Yorkshire for painted roundabout) there you turn hard right into 4 miles of the narrowest road with occasional passing areas but it's tight none the less, basically it's a single track road, and it does get traffic on it so beware. If like us you miss it and go straight on don't panic, just keep going, Start Bay CC is down there on the left, you can even turn in and turn around or carry on to the beach, there is a big carpark on the left you can turn around in and head back. Yes the approach isn't for the faint hearted, but so worth it when you get there, if like us you look for great views, a true CL farmers feel and tranquility then High House Farm isn't to be missed. Enjoy X 

towic

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Reviewed on 07/08/2016 17:36

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Slightly Disappointed

After reading the previous comments we were really looking forward to this site however on our arrival the pitch available needed the grass cutting which never happened during our 12 night stay. We didn't see anyone until the day after we arrived when someone came to collect the pitch fees. We didn't have a problem with the actual access to the field however the roads leading up to it are very narrow in some places single track with passing places, certainly not for the faint hearted. There are some lovely walks in the area and some gorgeous beaches 

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I can only apologise, the grass is mown very regularly, as is confirmed in a previous review below. I can only think that it was at the time that the mower broke down and as the growth was not vigorous at that time in August, we waited till it was repaired. I can assure future visitors that the grass is very well maintained.

Ruth Froud, High House Farm,

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Reviewed on 18/08/2015 18:32

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Stunning views

If you are looking for peace, tranquillity and panorama this is a great choice.  We enjoyed the simplicity and close links to the coastal footpath.  The Gara Rock has to have one of the best views form a restaurant.  As noted some narrow roads (even A roads need care) hence 4 ticks for ease of arrival).  However we managed to drive in and out of the site and we are quite long at nearly 13 metres (42 feet) in total.  There is a recommended route to the site it is important to take this.  Narrow roads and single file traffic make for slower driving so allow plenty of time for the last 20 miles or so.  The site is quite a long drive from supermarkets so stock up as you go through Kingsbridge.  We will come back again I am sure. 

Leshere

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Reviewed on 30/07/2015 10:02

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