Wymondham Windmill

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Lovely And Peaceful

Spent 3 nights here at August Bank Holiday. Lovely site, great welcome from the owners. Had lunch in the cafe on site and it was lovely,Cafe gets busy most of the day with cyclists but doesn't interfere with us caravaners.. Will be returning in the near future,

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sallydadog

Caravanner from Staffordshire

Reviewed on 06/09/2013 10:56

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Great site

We stayed for a week in July and loved this site. Great location for Rutland Water and surrounding area. Bit of levelling required but not a problem . Had a mixture of sunshine and some very heavy rain and storms but the ground drained really well - never got muddy. Tea rooms lovely and Sarah Jayne told us about her plans to extend so will be even better. Recommend the nearby Nags Head for good value meal (fantastic steaks) and Sarah Jayne has cards so you can book. Will return and absolutely recommend

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BJHammer

Caravanner from Essex

Reviewed on 20/08/2013 20:51

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Highly recommmended

Full agreement with the previous reviews. We spent a week there (in the glorious July sun!), choosing it mainly because it is close to Melton Mowbray where most of my family live. The owners had not really sorted out all the intended power points - no problem, they ran extra cables from the main building! We were pitched on a level area at the top of a large south-sloping field, perfect for exersizing dogs, with a great countryside view. Room there for 4 caravans, in addition to the pitch near the road (3 there whilst we visited). We mentioned to the owners that a ground-level grey-waste outlet would be nice in addition to the other facilities. They had not thought of this, but promised they would get it done - how refreshing! Lots of good local walks (rural Leicestershire has an amazing number of public footpaths across the typical small farm fields). The tearoom facilities are a popular local attraction, especially with cyclists, but do not interfere with privacy. The tearoom toilets are available for use until the owners complete the plans mentioned by ""bucklej". Definitely our pick for future visits to the area. Well worth the trek from South Wales!

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MickSantana

Caravanner from Gwent

Reviewed on 02/08/2013 01:40

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Friendly, Relaxing CL

In general agreement with the previous review. Owners very friendly and welcoming. Lovely views from the CL field, which was more than large enough and fairly even. Facilities were good and handy. We pitched near the hedge and experienced a little noise from the road, but only during the day and early evening - much of the time it wasn't really noticeable. The dogs enjoyed the woodland walk - so much to sniff at. TV reception and mobile phone reception was good. All the shop owners were friendly and helpful, and the cafe seemed reasonably priced, even though we didn't try it. The windmill is very popular with cyclists - the cafe was packed on Sunday morning! The owners explained some of the plans they've got for the site - as well as more hookup points, they're considering a toilet and shower block. Well placed for the areas attractions - like Rutland Water. Would we go back? Most definitely!

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bucklej

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Reviewed on 10/06/2013 21:42

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A Peaceful, relaxing place to holiday!

We have just got home from an amazing half term holiday at Wymondham Windmill, and already looking forward to visiting again! The site is beautiful, amazing views across the surrounding area, quiet and very relaxing. Although the site is on a slope, the owners have a large basically level area which means we didn't need our levelling blocks at all. There are currently only 2 electric hook ups (owners are getting more put in very soon), these are not in the best location, however the owners have lots of very long extension cables making it easy to hook up. On arrival we received a really lovely, relaxed welcome, with the owners giving us our space to choose where we wanted to pitch but were on hand if we had any questions. We chose this site as it had the children’s play area, our boys are 3 and 5, the play area had lots of very old, well loved toys, perfect for our boys to rush about with and burn off some energy. The woodland walk took me only about 8 minutes to walk around with the kids and we found it perfect for bug hunting! The Café opens at 10am and we went up twice for breakfast, it is very reasonably priced (we had an all-day breakfast for £4.95 each) with the most expensive items being lasagne and all day brunch for £5.95, the food is delicious with good sized portions and upstairs in the café are a couple of comfy chairs in addition to some tables and lots more toys for children, all really well thought through. The windmill was really nice to go up (free of charge although there is a box to collect money to help the owners restore it). While we were there we had quite a bit of rain, however the site is really well drained and soon dried out quite well. Due to the rain we didn’t manage to get out to do any of the walking we had hoped to, however it looks like a beautiful area to walk or cycle (there is a cycle repairs and accessories shop on site as well). The pub in the village is just a short walk down the hill and there is also a small general store in the village. Although the tearooms and shops seem to be really quite busy, as the CL is the other side of the house to the tearooms you still have your privacy and can only hear the occasional noise from the play area. As the site is new, all the waste/water areas are clean and easy to find and there are plenty of bins as well as recycling bins. Also worth mentioning that as the owners own the tearooms we were able to pay by card instead of having to go and get cash sorted out! Overall, this site is peaceful, beautiful, and made for an amazing family holiday, perfect for young families during the school holidays with all the bits for kids to do but my husband and I would very happily visit on our own as the site is so tranquil!

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tadhatter

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Reviewed on 03/06/2013 14:13

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