South Town Farm

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Visitor image of their pitches and amazing views
Visitor image of their pitches and amazing views
Well spaced pitches
The hut
The little cooking hut snuggled next to the hut.
The hut, set in a quiet corner of the camping field
Stable door by the lamp light
Come in and relax
Great views from the front steps.
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Well spaced pitches
The hut
The little cooking hut snuggled next to the hut.

  • Peaceful site on a working farm 15 minutes' drive from Barnstaple
  • Part of the 2,700-acre National Trust Arlington estate
  • Exmoor National Park and Devon beaches within half an hour's drive
South Town Farm is a small and friendly north Devon site is on a 200-acre working farm, part of the spectacular 2,700-acre National Trust Arlington estate and its miles of footpaths through woods and farmland. Pitches are spread across two roomy fields, with plenty of space for relaxation or running about. This is a site for families who want to play games, roam around nature spotting, build campfires and stargaze; it's all safe and secure too, as the pitches are kept car free; the only wheels allowed on this patch are attached to the wheelbarrows used for transporting your kit. It’s highly likely that you’ll want to utilise some of this space for a cookout, and you’re most welcome to do so if you bring your own barbecue or firepit. The site also has a limited number of complimentary firepits you can borrow and logs can be purchased on site. As it's an off-grid site, you’ll want to bring a torch along too, to avoid late-night stumbles as you make your way to the compost toilets and warm showers. As well as being a good spot for local wanders, South Town Farm’s handily placed for roaming the Exmoor National Park and the beaches of the Devon coast. Barnstaple, 15 minutes away, is the place for your town amenities, including supermarkets, restaurants and pubs serving food; even closer to home, a farm shop is within five minutes' drive.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 1
Tent pitches 10
Opens 2 May
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 2 May to

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

Tent pitchesTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome pitchesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsCaravans for hireRent a tent
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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

10

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Fab site, great for camping in nature with little ones, so much space!

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 8
Kirstyn W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Everything! This site perfectly encapsulated what we were looking for as a family…camping in nature with enough facilities for it to be comfortable but without masses of other campers surrounding you!
The facilities were immaculate and we loved the shower in particular, perfect temp and just the right size space for families who may need to help little ones wash and get changed.
The site itself was so peaceful, everyone abided by the curfew and we enjoyed being around like-minded campers.
My little boy loved the washing up shed with the blackboard of information/facts (the slug facts were particularly fun!). All the suggestions for what to do in the areas were so helpful especially as the weather wasn’t great for our stay.
We can’t wait to visit again!!

Disliked: Zilch. We loved it all!

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From the manager: Thank you so much for the review, I'm glad to hear that you liked the slug facts! We look forward to welcoming you back sometime.

Just Brilliant. A lovely small campsite, with everything you could need.…

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Just Brilliant. A lovely small campsite, with everything you could need.

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From the manager: Thank you! We're so glad you liked your stay at our little site.

Best camp site we've every been to, family friendly, natural, tranquil

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Kelly I. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The best camp site (of many) I've ever been to. Friendly, small and tranquil, only 10 pitches spaced well out (defined, mown pitches amongst the meadow ) across 2 large fields with lovely views, all facing sunset across beautiful meadow.

Keeps things simple (has composting loos, simple warm shower, simple washing up, firepit and logs, recycling and a freezer for ice blocks) but all done with thought and care, very clean and well maintained. We liked that no cars allowed into fields (wheelbarrows to move kit a short way, easy), kids can run free safely (and no dogs) . Beautiful walk around farm land and woods, lots of nature on show, and dark skies for star gazing.

Wonderful for a family, back to nature but comfortable. Dani (sorry on my spelling!) and Murray are friendly and helpful, answered a thousand questions about their farm from my daughters. Particularly liked the little washing up hut with maps, local information and Dani's facts of the day (tide times, places to go, life cycle of slugs...!).

Thank you both, we hope to return soon and enjoy more of this beautiful area. Aug 2024.

Disliked: Nothing to fault. Note...I put 5 stars against 'wifi' as there's no option on this website to put "who wants wifi on a eco friendly, natural farm campsite?!?!" Didn't want that to drag the score down. No, of course, there isn't any.

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From the manager: Wow! Thank you for putting so much thought into this amazing review! It was a pleasure to have all of you on site - and we always love answering questions about our farm. Hoping to see you again in the future.

Lovely peace and quite place! Perfect for family and kids! Toilets and…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Marzena B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Lovely peace and quite place! Perfect for family and kids! Toilets and shower clean,everyfhing what we needed was on the side. Definitely will back there! Highly recommended 😉

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From the manager: We're glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you back, thank you for posting this review.

Beautiful site.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Alison M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: We loved this campsite, it was incredibly peaceful and the long grasses gave it a rare beauty. The children loved running around the mown paths and the facilities were clean well kept. We will visit again.

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From the manager: Thank you for your super review, we look forward to seeing you all again!

Beautiful peaceful spot hidden in the countryside

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Phil H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Great view. Peaceful location, and atmosphere. Loved car free campsite, cars were only parked the other side of the hedge but camping field itself was free of vehicles. Great nature onsite from chickens to Tawny owls. All key facilities from toilets to freezer for ice packs were well kept and clean. Friendly host with great local knowledge.

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From the manager: We're really pleased to hear that you liked our site, thank you for this review. We look forward to welcoming you back sometime!

Everything ! It was a lovely quite farm with amazing views ,really clean…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Thomas N. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Everything !
It was a lovely quite farm with amazing views ,really clean site and really friendly owners

The land Where you pitch your tent is kept to such a high standard and so clean , the facilities were again immaculate and the XL wheelbarrows to move kit around site was a brilliant , we especially loved the fire pits and the timber for sale was really cheap to buy

Cannot fault the site it was perfect

Disliked: Nothing , it was perfect

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From the manager: Thank you so much for taking the time to post this fabulous review, it was lovely to meet you, we're glad you liked our little site.

Grass meadow, peace, views.…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Grass meadow, peace, views.

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From the manager: Thank you for this review, we're glad you enjoyed our site.

Everything as usual.…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Paulius D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

The Hut shepherd's hut

Liked: Everything as usual.

Disliked: Nothing to dislike

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Excellent, friendly and rustic site

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Matt K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Absolutely fantastic. Big spacious pitches with loads of space between them. Long grass with mown paths. Just the right side of wild. Really friendly place too, the owners and the other guests were all lovely!

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From the manager: Thank you so much for such a super review, we both feel you've summed us up perfectly! Great to hear you enjoyed South Town, it would be lovely to welcome you back.

Features

No dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed No dogs allowed

Themes

Peaceful Spectacular scenery Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Small (11-25 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Mountain biking nearby Surf school nearby Tennis nearby

Location

South Town Farm

Loxhore

Barnstaple

Devon

England

EX31 4SS

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.12797°N
-3.97801°W

Route directions

Once in Loxhore, please don't listen to your sat nav as it may send you to the wrong place. Look for a sign to Loxhore Church, which is on the left if you are travelling uphill and on the right if you are travelling downhill. The site entrance is the first wooden gate on the left.

Nearest transport

Coach
4.8 mi Bus Station
6.4 mi Garage
6.4 mi Garage
Rail
5.3 mi Barnstaple Rail Station
8 mi Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station
9.1 mi Umberleigh Rail Station
Ferry
8.1 mi Ilfracombe Ferry Landing
10.3 mi Instow Ferry Landing
10.6 mi Appledore Ferry Landing

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

As you’re settled on the Arlington estate, you’ll want to explore your domain a little – as well as a lengthy network of footpaths and adventure play trails, there’s also a splendid stately home that houses the National Trust Carriage Museum. If that’s fired you up for more walks, Heddon Valley (20 minutes’ drive) is popular for its sea views, and there are routes galore around the Exmoor National Park (15 minutes). Horse riding, kayaking, coasteering and heaps more antics can be had around the park too. Away from Exmoor, the traffic-free Tarka Trail, running from Barnstaple, is a good bet for a bike ride, or you could take your rods for a day of fishing at Wistland Pound Reservoir or Bratton Water (both about five minutes away by car). Surfers or surf wannabes can hit the beaches and surf schools of Saunton Sands and Woolacombe with a drive of half an hour or so. After watching animal antics on the farm, take a look at the more exotic creatures over at Exmoor Zoo, 10 minutes away and home to all sorts of beasties from around the globe.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Combe Martin 6.1 mi Sea PoorPoorPoorPoor
Ilfracombe Hele 7.7 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach 8.6 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Lynmouth 9.8 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Woolacombe Village 10.5 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

RHS Garden Rosemoor 14.5 mi

National Trust

Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum 1.3 mi

Heddon Valley 6.5 mi

Watersmeet 10.1 mi

Holnicote Estate 18.8 mi

Dunster Working Watermill 23.3 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

ARLINGTON COURT 1.1 mi

YOULSTON PARK 1.9 mi

Hunters Inn - Woody Bay - South West Coast Path - Hunters Inn 6.5 mi

Hunters Inn - SW Coast Path - Trentishoe - Hunters Inn 6.5 mi

CASTLE HILL 6.8 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does South Town Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is South Town Farm dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near South Town Farm? As you’re settled on the Arlington estate, you’ll want to explore your domain a little – as well as a lengthy network of footpaths and adventure play trails, there’s also a splendid … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of South Town Farm?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  9 a.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  12:30 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3:30 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.

    South Town is a working farm, so the owners may not be around when you arrive. Should that be the case, please make yourself at home and someone will find you later.

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  • How much does it cost to stay at South Town Farm? From £20 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.