Is it really value for money.
We recently stayed at Bow Hill Farm for a week.
We had left it late to book, and this site was available at £25.00 a night. We thought this was quite steep, but as we had no where else to go, we decided to try it out.
The first thing of note, is that you can book a pitch online, this is a good idea and the process was quite easy, so we would rate this at 9/10.
The site itself is as described, very peaceful and tranquil, if this is your thing,(as it is ours) then this must be rated at 10/10.
The site has beautiful views. This is true, but unfortunately not from your van or immediately outside your van. There are screened hedges and trees which cut out the view. If you walk to the hedge and peer between the trees, then you do have nice views. It is a shame to have the views so close, and yet so far. We would rate the views as 5/10.
The toilet block, is a shed about 5m x 3m. Perfectly clean and useable, it also doubles up as the information centre. The toilets are quite small and you have to work yourself around the doors, each of the two toilets also has a shaving point. This is not ideal. There is a shower in the shed which is fine.Overall we would rate this facility at 6/10.
There is Wi-Fi available on site. It is promoted as being free to Caravan Club members, but we assume this is included in the cost make up, if this is correct, then you pay for it whether you have a computer or not. We do not think this is fair to non computer users. The service if you use it is good, so we would rate this at 7/10.
The pitches are hard standing and about 8m x8m. This is a generous size and plenty big enough for van and car. The grass immediately beside the hard standing was of very poor quality, with thistles and prickles among a lot of exposed stones. You could not walk on the grass without shoes. We thought this was particularly poor and would only rate this at 2/10.
We did not meet the owners in the time we were there, as we had pre-paid, we guess the owners did not need to meet up with us. We were really disappointed with this, because we believe vanners to be sociable people and enjoy the company of others, particularly the owners, we feel they should have made an effort to communicate with us in some fashion. We would rate this at 0/10.
Overall, the site is quiet , clean and the facilities adequate. We felt the fact that the owners appear to use this site primarily as a business was very disappointing. A little attention to us would have been so much appreciated.
We do not feel this site gives value for money,we have been to lots of CL's which we feel gave us more for our money than this one did.
We noticed there were quite a few vacancies,particularly during the week, and we feel the price keeps people away.
We would hope the owners take note of this review, because there is not much adjustment they need to do to make this a really good site
GJT
Reviewed on 04/08/2013 08:14
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