Visited here the third weekend of September. Great camp site and great to meet the owner, Liz Davies. She lives in the farm house at the top of the track leading to the site, entrance to campsite on left. Call in before you set up. Liz took us round on foot, and showed us to our spot. The campsite is in an old orchard, still some apple trees dotted around. There are a number of hard standing spots that you get to by driving over grass, might be a problem in the wet, but we were fine. All the spots are well spaced, with apple trees in between, in fact it is quite idillic. Probably the best camp site we have been to, we loved it. At the back of the site is the old Leominster-Ludlow coach road that went out of use in 1756 when the turn Pike was opened (now the B4361). There is a “kissing gate” at the back of the site, turn right to Ludlow, left to Mortimer’s Forest (the Mortimers were Marcher Lords back in medieval times so I guess the forest is named after them). We turned left. You can do a triangular Walk through the woods and back to the camp site, takes us about an hour. You can also do a round-about walk to Ludlow through the forest (Evens wood), its great meandering through the trees, eventually you get to a road that takes you into Ludlow, walk to the view point and then head down to the River Teme through the woods rather than following the road. Good view of the castle from the viewpoint. Head over the bridge and up to the castle. The walk took us about an hour-and-a-half. Ludlow centre is extraordinarily picturesque, great castle, lots of nice pubs. To sample a pint of Boiling Well, brewed by Ludlow Brewery, go to the Church Inn near St Laurence Church. To get back, go down broad street, through the only remaining medieval gate, the Broad Gate (the Wheatsheaf pub, butting up against the gate, looks nice), over the river and back to the camp site along the B4361 till you pick up the old coach road again on the right; 20 minutes. A good trip out is to Stokesay Castle 15 minutes drive way, Stokesay is more of a fortified manner house than a castle but well worth a visit. We had a great weekend.
Frans C
Reviewed on 22/09/2019 17:49
