The Old Vicarage

Gostou I love bringing my little boy to the old vicarage this year was our 3rd year and as always we had a lovely time! The perfect balance between relaxing/down time and freedom for children to play and explore the surroundings.

Não gostou The only niggle I have is the 2nd night of our stay some new campers arrived who were very loud and didn’t respect the 11pm quiet time curfew they were up with music playing and shouting early hours in the morning which did disturb us and other campers around us with kids/young children However this isn’t down to the site but I feel the site rules could be implemented better as the owner does live on site they must of heard the noise too.

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Gostou Lovely place. Love the stream

Não gostou The children's play equipment is not safe at all

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Gostou This was our 4th or maybe 5th visit and we keep returning because we love the scenery and peaceful atmosphere and our son really loves playing in the stream, on the trampoline, and chatting to the chickens. The cave bar was open this time, and it was a lovely cosy spot to enjoy a drink.

Não gostou This time we were charged £15 for a firepit, none of which is now refunded. That didn't include the wood. This seems really steep, especially when we only stayed one night. And we had to lug the firepit and wood to the far end of the campsite ourselves, whereas in previous years they delivered it to our pitch in the carts. Otherwise, no complaints! :)

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Gostou beautiful setting with river running through- stepping stones, water wheel, surrounding fields
small site
owners have put swings, zip lines throughout site as well as play area
I had hot shower

Não gostou v small cubicles for toilets- difficult with young children
Lack of shop
we followed instructions to not leave car by tent- many others didn't so less space for playing

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Gostou We had our young ones and teens.
Great if you have the weather or kids that aren’t going to melt in the rain.

Não gostou Nothing else really close by/walkable.
Would be 10 stars but the toilet and shower area was very poor. Barely cleaned and just not enough space in them.

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Gostou Having been 4 times now, I love the family feel to this site. The children's play area and obviously the water keeps them occupied all day. Lovely and friendly welcome every time.

Não gostou As it was busy being summer and only 2 showers in the female block meant having to wait, but to be expected. So jot a real dislike:)

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Gostou The play areas and stream were a great hit with the kids . Hours of fun!
Surprising quiet campsite despite being near off the main roads

Não gostou Staff didn't seem over happy/friendly
Facilities were basic and not massively clean. Can cope with it for a short weekend but I didn't want to shower the kids there
And we had brought our own toilet tent so we didn't have to use them much
WiFi password and maps not given out so had to just figure stuff out on our own
Owner shouted at my children to stop chasing the chicken that was loose but instead of being friendly and coming to talk to them she just shouted from her door step.. not very friendly

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Gostou The site was lovely, with a natural water way running through for children to play in. Whilst there, an ice cream van popped by and also they opened their cave bar which was a treat.

Não gostou The facilities were terrible. The shower leaked water everywhere, not enough room in the shower or toulet area and not enough facilities for the site.

Site felt over crowded and was very loud as a result.

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Gostou The site is great with the perfect river going through my 9 and 12 year old played all day everyday for 3 days

Não gostou Needs more showers and bar would benefit from being open every day

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Do gerente: Thank you for your review
We are working on some new showers at the moment behind the green toilets on the tipi side of the river - they just aren’t quite ready yet.
We wish we could open the bar everyday but unfortunately we are only a small family run business and it isn’t cost effective to have it open everyday.
Thanks
The Old Vicarage Team

Gostou Lovely location, big cabin with plenty of space, bathroom nice and big , shower toiletries nice touch.
Netflix on TV and YouTube was a bonus
Lots of space around for kids to play

Não gostou We have been 3 times and loved it everytime, but this time round The cabin was left from the people before, as was a mucky nike white sock in the bed and the other under the sofa bed when we pulled it out for the kids to sleep on... tea towels had food all over them and was screwed up on the top shelf and was no clean ones ( I take my own, so it wasn't a problem) ... the fire pit outside had dog food in, so we didn't use it, and the outdoor sofa was that mucky it couldn't be sat on, so we just had the picnic bench to sit at.. so take your own camping chairs if u want to sit outside comfortably.

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