Ashridge Farm Club Campsite
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We are new to caravaning and to the Caravan Club and chose this site to visit our son & family in Stevenage before travelling on to the Isle of Wight and then the New Forest Club Sites. We were well impressed with everything about this site, the Wardens, the location and the facilities were first class and more than we expected. The noise from the adjacent building site was minimal and unobtrusive so one shouldn't be put off by other comments. We travelled from York and ignored the sat nav and chose the directions on the site info and so pleased we did. We took the A505 from Baldock towards Royston and took the second turning to Ashwell as recommended in another review. I would urge anyone who hasn't been here before to do the same as other routes to Ashwell are not good and very narrow. We enjoyed our stay so much we returned for an 'overnighter' on our way back from the New Forest. The village pubs do good meals and are dog friendly. We will be returning.
Always a brilliant stay.
As always, and excellent site. Very well run and maintained, and the new Wardens are really helpful and friendly, and clearly enjoy their job! Highly recommended.
Lovely stay as usual
We are regular users of this site with family nearby.
We stayed for three weeks from June into July and left the van in store for five days before on our way north from France.The site was excellent as always with beautifully maintained facilities and lovely helpful wardens.The building site causes some noise but it is hardly a distraction and after all is only temporary.
Shame about the building site!
Unlike the previous reviewer we were on the main site not the grass paddock area, so very close to the building site. Work starts around 7.15am and they seemed to finish about 5 usually. Unfortunately, the week we stayed it was very noisy early and late hence the low mark for peace and quiet, one afternoon was awful, shouting and swearing! I know this noise is temporary but it's a shame the housing is there at all as it was a lovely semi rural site. We are regular visitors due to family nearby.
Ashridge Farm
We have used this site a few times due to its proximity to family. Unusually this site has a paddock area outside the main barrier with about 8 pitches. We always pick a pitch in here because it is sheltered and a huge sun trap. The facilities are some of the best we have come across at a CC site. Very powerful showers and spotlessly clean; not a common occurrence in my experience. I'm also a big fan of IWM Duxford which is about 20 minutes away by car; a fantastic day out. This year there is an adjacent building site but it is the opposite side of the site to the paddock so very little disturbance.
Small Tucked Away Well Kept Site
The site is located on the edge of Ashwell, quite a pretty small town. Access is fine if you follow directions though the streets are narrow in places so if you miss the last turn with a large outfit, it could be awkward.
A smallish site that is well kept by two very friendly and helpful wardens. Hard standings are generously sized and there are a number of grass pitches on an adjacent very slightly sloping area.
Usual CC facilities are available.
Ashwell has three pubs, our favourite is the one near the large church the Bushel and Strike. Good food and large beer garden. Sometimes need to book a table in busy periods. Lovely streets with many very old buildings and the spring are worth viewing.
Outside the site entrance is a by-way in two directions named Ashwell Street. Arrow straight and almost traffic free, it goes for miles. Go left from the site gate for beautiful walks past fields of crops, the wheat in late summer is amazing.
Hitchin is a ten minute drive but IMO not a picturesque place.
There was a bit of noise disturbance from a large house-building site next to the site during our stay - the only reason for the 3-stars for peace and quiet. When that's finished, I expect it would be very quiet. A large caravan storage area is used frequently but it's not terribly noisy.
Very expensive
An immaculate well kept site, extremely neat and tidy, toilets and showers very clean. A little noisy due to constant traffic in and out from people whose caravans are stored on site. Only one negative, we thought it very expensive for what it was. It cost us £24 a night for 2 adults, which compared to other sites we have been to was double the price. Considering there was nothing else there we felt it was over priced.
April 2015
Discovered this site when the folk who look after my motor home (MG Caravans) moved out from Hertford to Royston. I live in central London so wanted a short drive to drop off my 'van. Picked purely on location what a gem this site turned out to be - spacious pitches, immaculate facilities and close to the pretty village of Ashwell. This is my second visit and even if I didn't need to access MG I'd come back here. Even the nearby building work doesn't detract from the tranquillity and overall beauty of the site.
teddy10
Reviewed on 15/04/2015 18:09
Our stay 7-10 April 2015
What a terrific little site. The layout is great, very peaceful and the staff fantastic. Nothing was too much trouble for them even to the extent of assisting me with a collapsed towing hook.
We had no trouble with the nearby building works. Location is very good with lots to do in the area.
Would recommend it and will be going back again.
One small point it would be helpful to have a sign at the turn off from the 505as Ai am sure you can easily go past it resulting in a drive down to the next roundabout.
Well done caravan club and all the staff on site.
Ray and Jean.
Easter weekend.
Stayed here over Easter and found it a lovely little site, the wardens are very friendly and helpful and the toilet block was always clean, if a little dated, there was some rusty pipework underneath the hand basin so maybe a refurbishment is in order here. The building work nearby had stopped for the Easter break so we were lucky, it was nice and peaceful. We really liked the area and will definitely visit again.