Rated 4 of 5

Rated 4 of 5

Peace and quiet

Rated 3 of 5

Facilities and cleanliness

Rated 4 of 5

Location

Rated 3 of 5

Good for families

Lovely area - shame about the staffing

We based ourselves here for two weeks and we did have a good time. The site is really for the confident caravanner as the best route takes you through villages with many narrow stretches so take it easy and be patient travelling from Kingsbridge on arrival and when leaving. Follow the directions as listed here or you may run into real trouble on narrow lanes (and I mean narrow). The area is gorgeous we loved Dartmouth and would recommend the park & ride if staying in the town for a few hours - or buying a multiple trip card on the ferries as that makes your crossings much cheaper if you are heading for Brixham or Paignton. A card for ten trips (you have to opt for your favoured ferry as you can't mix them) costs £25 a saving of over £30 for five individual return trips. As for the site, it's in a lovely spot with two footpaths - one to Torcross and the shingly beach or the other which takes you into the local village and a decent pub - The Church House (do book if you want to eat here). It's no more than a ten minute walk from the site. It's not really a site for smaller children as it's steep and the play area is very small. Our main criticism of this site comes around the shower block and the wardens I'm afraid. In the ladies, the showers are outdated with no shelves at all just three hooks, the water pressure is intermittent and the temperature is cold or very hot. The units with basins have no doors at all - there were hooks so there may previously have been shower curtains however these had been removed (probably due to Covid19) so there was very little privacy. Not a huge deal for us with a caravan but a little more annoying for those in camper vans or similar. We found the shop/ reception was often not open even though it says clearly it will open all day however several times we went to it and it was closed. This is rubbish when you want tokens for the washing machines or dryers or need something else. On the day we arrived we were early and were happy to wait from 10.30am, however the reception wasn't opened until noon. When the toilets are closed for cleaning, no alternative was provided, the disabled loos were cleaned at the same time and there was a bit of a 'that's tough, you'll have to wait' attitude. We also came back one day to find our twirly washing line had been moved as we'd put it on the 'wrong' piece of grass behind our van to the slight left of the back. The only reason we knew a warden had done this was because another caravanner told us. No message no note. We've never experienced that in our almost ten years using club sites. Also the wardens seemed to be obsessed with cutting the grass, as I write this on our penultimate day, in the pouring rain, the grass is being cut again. It would be more helpful to have the shop open more often than cutting the grass every five minutes. While the wardens did operate a light touch, they seemed to run to their own secret timetable.
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