Hillhead Club Campsite

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Not the best experience

It was very busy when we arrived on 6th September 2015 and there was a considerable queue,eventually we set off to find a hard standing pitch,drove round the site numerous times but there were none available apart from reserved ones ! Eventually parked on grass which we did not want ,then had to spend a week looking at a large hard standing pitch opposite us that stayed empty. The wardens attitude was very condescending and most unhelpful.we were told this pitch was reserved for a 8.5 meter motor home,eventually it was taken by a motor home the same as ours,which is 7 meters but we had an awning and a tow car as well. The shop is fantastic,selling warm croissants,and a wide variety of food as well as camping items. To summarise the site is in a lovely area but the majority of pitches are far too small and you stand as much chance of getting hard standing as winning the lottery.

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Very good site

Facilities on this site are excellent and cleanliness of sanitary facilities in particular was exceptional. Stayed 7nights from 6/9/15 and enjoyed good weather. A very large site and wardens not completely sure which pitches were still available at 4pm when we arrived which meant we had to park our outfit by the playground and go in search of available pitches up and down the steep sloping roads. The one way system means that you may have to reverse your outfit uphill to access your pitch when it would have been more convenient to be able to reverse downhill onto it.  Having said all that we will definitely return to explore this wonderful part of Devon and enjoy Hillhead's fabulous location and superb facilities

TEAPOT123

Caravanner from Cheshire

Reviewed on 16/09/2015 19:23

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First time here

The site has good facilities is clean and tidy the pool is excellent. The pitch allocation needs sorting out though as this site is very big and if you have not been before it is daunting. Not everyone has been before and do not know the site. Being given a marked map and told ' I think these pitches are available ' is not good enough, the staff need to know what is available. Most of the map marked pitches were already occupied. The site needs a new pitch allocation system whereby they know what is available and can send you straight to a allocated pitch. After all it is a leave by noon site so they should know what is free.  Like others who were also unhappy I drove around for ages trying to find free map marked pitches. Some of the standard pitches with views will not take a 7.5 metre Motorhome, and if you could get into them you would not get out again because of the tight ingress and egress angles. Apart from that it was a pleasant stay and if you want all the facilities then this site has them.

mindhyg

Reviewed on 15/09/2015 18:38

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Good times

We stayed at Hillhead 05 August to 10 August. The site was well kept as were the the facilities. The shop on site is a god send and sells everything you need. With the bar on site with entertainment included it all makes for a good place to stay. I would just say that we were on the very lower level service pitches which in our opinion are a little on the small side for service pitches as our outfit just about fit on. I know the site is on a hill side but these pitches seemed a little close to our neighbours and enclosed, next time we will try to pitch at the top of the site. Having said that with the very good weather we had and the lovely site  with great facilities and lots to do in the surrounding area we very much enjoyed the holiday and can't wait to return.

lilylover1

Caravanner from Staffordshire

Reviewed on 15/09/2015 09:51

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See you again

We had a good holiday at Hillhead even though we weren't able to have the pitch we had booked.  The staff were brilliant at sorting things out after their recent spell of rain which had left some grass pitches having to be closed.  The facilities at the site are excellent, it is extremely well laid out and the surrounding area is lovely. We used our feet and public transport (including the ferry over to Dartmouth) to get about, only going off in the car a couple of times. One day we walked from site with our dog down on to the coast path and on into Brixham; as with most of Devon, if you walk down you then have to walk back up and it took us about 3 hours, however we stopped at the cafe on Berry Head for coffee and then had a late lunch in Brixham. We caught the bus back, which dropped us at the gate of the site - a great day out. We will definitely return to this site and would recommend it to others.

DaSuMe

Reviewed on 13/09/2015 09:00

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If we had known

If we had known about the mudbath we may not have come here, but as it was the staff did a great job of getting us on a hardstanding which we swapped the next day for one with a sea view.They were moving people around all over doing their best to please everyone If we had known about the shop, we would not have stopped at Morrisons(other supermarkets are available). This site has a shop unlike any other club site we have been to. We only needed to bring clothes as everything else we used is stocked by this mini supermarket/caravan part outlet. The weather didn't spoil it for us. would come here again for the Dartmouth regatta

onnilucky

Motorhomer from Hampshire

Reviewed on 12/09/2015 19:23

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Hillhead Sept '15 review

Very pleased with the site and facilities. Loved the heated swimming pool and the cleanliness of that area. The wifi was down at the time of our visit which was unfortunate, but did not cause us too many problems. Will recommend this site to our caravanning friends. 

coljean

Caravanner

Reviewed on 12/09/2015 11:04

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mud bath

Lovely and clean site but pitches we were on water logged which slopped down. When I booked I ask for pitches for two small campervans with awnings and a four man tent . I would go back but will ask for better pitches next time 

marcar71

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 10/09/2015 19:03

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Great views so why hide them??

There are some lovely views of the sea/countryside from this campsite I jus can't understand why they are so hidden by bushes!! Privacy is one thing but to the extent of ruining your view.....why oh why!

Emmacogan

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 07/09/2015 20:48

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WET and muddy for SOME

Treated like a second class citizen is putting it mildley Yes a lot of people were in the same position because of the wet weather some very muddy pitches but being told you cant move pitch because more people are arriving and they did, some for just a few days onto a dry hard standing and off again enjoying their stay no doubt. The caravan club let a lot members down on this site i only hope the dry pitch's were not being reserved for non members the rule of three days notice of wishing to leave or loose your money needs to be changed when the caravan club cant offer you decent facilties very poor on site descisions being made during my ten days, just spent the weekend power washing ground sheet and cleaning the mud off the awning

71ANDYOUNGISH

Caravanner

Reviewed on 06/09/2015 20:37

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