We stayed here one night in August. We met the owner Pam, who was very pleasant and friendly, but we had entered the site from the wrong gateway, apparently. From the direction we approached, there was nothing to show this was not the right entrance.
We had read all the reviews - which almost all gave 5 stars - before booking, but frankly we were disappointed. The photos show a very pretty, tidy site but our pitch was in an 'overflow' field, where there were quite a lot of old disused caravans, portaloos, septic tanks, horse boxes etc which looked as if they'd been there a while and could be left there a while yet. We soon discovered that we had to be careful where we walked because there was llama and alpaca poo all over the place.
We don't want to cause upset because Pam told us she'd not been at all well, so obviously she's not been able to keep everything spick and span, but she also told us her daughter - whom we didn't meet - usually deals with the bookings and runs the site.
To be honest, although the main field (where there were five outfits when we arrived) is quite attractive, the part of the site where we had to pitch is a bit scruffy and unkempt. Although it's not a huge issue, we paid the same fee here as we have paid on sites elsewhere this year, which were immaculately kept and had all mod cons which we were happy to use.
The toilets and showers at Manor Farm are 'ok', but - (especially given the efforts being made elsewhere, with the pandemic not over yet) were not especially clean. A shower costs an additional £1 and we used the shower in the 'event trailer', where there wasn't enough hot water to do two showers in quick succession. Good job the weather wasn't cold as well.
It was probably unfortunate that although we'd booked in advance, our pitch wasn't in the main field; we would have got a better impression on the whole if we hadn't looked out on derelict vans etc; but sadly, we wouldn't be able to recommend this site.
JGA20
Reviewed on 21/08/2021 19:33
