Mill Farm

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Nice site - but..............

We arrived when the owners were on holiday - pitched and put our waste pipe in hedge - looked round for emptying point - couldn't find it until someone else returned to their caravan and asked them. When owner returned he walked round the site checking everything - which is good apart from the fact that he was more interested in looking round our pitch than talking to us - he told us to remove our waste pipe and put grey water down the emptying point - which we said fine and found no problem with this, we told him that others on the site were doing the same as us - and he said they would be told too!!!!!!!!!!!! - just as a note - no-one else got told this fact and we watched others emptying their water directly into the hedge - which to be fair a lot of sites prefer you to do this - The point is - there are signs telling you NOT to approach house and to ring a mobile number if any problems. Would have been a bit helpful if the sign also told us where the toilet/emptying point was- and to empty grey water into it also. The site is lovely - as can be seen on the photos - but god forbid if you park away from the hedge and not in a straight line! - the pitch beside us was very uneven - and the couple who arrived the day before we left parked a little way down the field - but not far, and it looked fine - but they were asked to move when we left the next day. The site is mainly lawned - which is lovely - but not to be used to pitch on - so I would say that the site size should be stated to be far smaller than it does. On another note - not long after the first incident with the site owner - we walked past him whilst walking our dogs - he was talking to a local farmer - and he blatantly ignored us!! - to be fair, a couple of days before we left - he started to acknowledge us - and when we left - helped us from site (which is very tight at gate to enter and exit - but ok with a bit of manouvering) - and shook our hands and said he hoped he would see us again - unfortunately not

oakterrace

Caravanner from Cumberland

Reviewed on 25/07/2015 11:44

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Peaceful retreat

Just spent a long weekend at this site, it's well kept and plenty of space between pitches. Ideally placed for Bakewell, Buxton & Chatsworth House. The Bulls Head in Monyash does great food. Only negative the WC was very basic but will certainly return.

Phil Hiatt

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Reviewed on 20/07/2015 19:21

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Little Gem

We arrived on Sunday 5th July owners away so we pitched up only one other van on site until the Friday then full. Very well kept site short grass lovely views 10 minuets drive from Bakewell easy to park. Monday market day great selection of stalls. We really enjoyed our stay here and will return if visiting the area again.

KJON

Reviewed on 18/07/2015 08:35

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Beautiful spot

We have just returned after a half term trip and were delighted with Mill Farm. Beautiful location, stunning views, quiet, immaculate and tidy. Birds tweeting, no light pollution for the night sky and cowpasley; a gem of a place! Handy for sight seeing trips and the Bulls Head in Monyash did great pub food and has super children's playground.

Jscb

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Reviewed on 01/06/2015 14:45

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Hard to Beat!

Peaceful, fabulous views - one of the best sites we have visited.  Owners welcoming and very friendly. Site clean, tidy and well maintained.  Nothing to fault this little gem in a wonderful setting that is Derbyshire.  Thankyou - we will definitely return.

Ian Ashley

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Reviewed on 22/05/2015 20:44

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Another fantastic break at this little gem of a site!

October 2014 - half term week. Apologies for delay in leaving review. Had another fantastic few days at your site. Amazing find, our fourth visit. Ideally located to visit all the main Derbyshire sites. Lovely walk down to the Dale below and to the village. Friendly and welcoming owners - cannot understand one of the reviews left with regards to finding different to this(?) Lots of room and beautiful location. We will be back! Thanks again.

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Wonderful CL

We have just returned from three nights at this wonderful site.  Peaceful and extremely relaxing.  Excellent walking directly from the site onto the beautiful Lathkill Dale.  We found the owners extremely friendly and they keep the site immaculate.  We will definitely be back.

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Reviewed on 23/08/2014 19:15

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Perfect site

I don't want to tell you how good this site is because it will make you book..which will mean less options for me to go. I love everything about the site the facilities are just what you need. Site is very well maintained and the owners are lovely, helpful but not intrusive. Very relaxing with excellent walking right from site. As I said though no need to book ;)

smm160

Reviewed on 04/08/2014 21:22

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Peaceful and Great for Walks

The location is very peaceful, being well away from any main roads. There are 5 clearly defined and numbered pitches each served by a EHU. The grass is well cut and everything is well kept and managed without being over done. Ideally suited to couples and those who enjoy walking; there are a number of nice walks directly off site into Lathkill Dale and the walk along the river to Haddon Grove is rewarded by a visit to the Lathkill Hotel where the beer garden has amazing views. A little noise could be heard in the evening from the commercial site nearby but nothing particularly intrusive. We stayed on pitch 5 (near the telegraph pole) which I think has the best position - sun on the sitting out side of the caravan long into the evening. What's bad? The access into the CL field from the farm drive is quite a tight right hand turn and many units will not do it in one. There is, however ample room to draw past it, reverse a little to get the angle and all fine. On leaving,same solution and no problems, just don't try to do it in one with a long unit (ours is 24ft). The owners keep themselves pretty much to themselves and issue a phone number should there be an issue. Payment is via an honesty box on the WC. I found this to be a perfectly acceptable arrangement. We had a great stay, although on our final night a 6th unit came on and parked next to us. I don't know if he booked in advance (I suspect so as advance booking clearly marked in handbook and on website). Other than that it is a great CL for peace, quiet and walks.

Sprite01

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Reviewed on 30/07/2014 16:50

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Avery rude and unfriendly welcome

Upon arrival at Mill Farm we arrived at the security gate and rang the bell. After a while a youth appeared and informed us that the owners were away. I introduced myself and ask if we could enter the CL field and site ourselves, yes said OK. Upon entering the field we found pitches 1& 4 occupied and also another caravan was site between pitches 3 & 4 this left pitch no5 vacant. Pitch no5 was a hard standing pitch, it also had a telegraph-pole/electric supply cable and was backed by high trees and it also had the main site water supply point on it. There was two electric points, one to pitch no5 and the other pointing to a grassed area adjacent to pitch 5. We took this to be a spare pitch, so we chose to park our caravan on it. The weather that day, had been described by the BBC weather people as the hottest day of the year. Also, we had purchased a new awning, but as we had never put this up before had problems sorting everything out and as a result it took us and hour and half to put it up and site our outfit. Prior to our visit my wife had been quite poorly and what with the weather and my frustration we were very glad as we finished doing everything. Just as I was putting in the last peg the site gat opened and in drove another caravan. As we were the forth caravan on site I presumed that this was the last caravan to arrive. As the outfit drove in, the lady passenger got out and closed the gate as the outfit drove in. I called out to her a,” cheery Hell,” but got no reply. I thought that she had not heard me, so I called out again, and again got no reply. Then the driver of the outfit walked over to us and told me that he was the owner and said that we must take everything up and move the 16 feet to our right onto pitch no5. I was taken aback by his petty and pedantic attitude. What significant difference would this 16 feet make? Prior to booking any CL site we very carefully choose sites that advertise grass, as we are old-time caravaners who prefer to site our caravan and awning on grass, as we do not like hard standings. In fact this CL is advertised within the members booklet as grassed and does not mention that members must only use the hard standings My wife and I are pensioners and have visited hundreds of caravan sites but have never been treated in such a rude and unfriendly way. If Mr. & Mrs. Marsden require visitor to park their units in a certain position they should have posted these instructions on the site. I was not going to go through another two hours or so taking my awning down , pegs out water moved and the putting every thing back again, so we decided to leave. I WOULD ADVISE ANY MEMBER NOT TO VISIT THIS CL UNLESS THEY WANT TO BE REGIMENTED AND ORDERED ABOUT. al at Mill Farm we arrived at the security gate and rang the bell. After a while a youth appeared and informed us that the owners were away. I introduced myself and ask if we could enter the CL field and site ourselves, yes said OK. Upon enteri

Johnmsimp

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Reviewed on 22/07/2014 17:16

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