Hillhead Club Campsite

Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

Lovely family site

I love this site. We have just spent 16 days here with our two youngest children - boy 15 and girl 4. The play area is excellent and the pools were great. The staff are fantastic and helpful. The facilities are great and clean. The entertainment was variable, but the highlight had to be Mr WishyWashy, what a legend. The food was nice enough. It did get busy but that's a good sign, isn't it? Just get there early rather than moaning about it. With regards to getting a pitch, we arrived at 6.30pm after a nightmare journey and had a choice of 1!! No dilemma there then! The next morning we had the choice of those people who were leaving and found a lovely quiet spot with loads of room. The pitches do vary in size quite remarkably; some would have required my van to be airlifted in!! It really is a lottery and nothing to get heated about. If I was going to have a moan, it would be the lazy dog owners who did not pick up and the wild west attitude of the bin lorry driver. 5 mph should most definitely apply to this lunatic. We will be returning soon without doubt and hopefully the new A380 will be upgraded rather than the nightmare it is at the moment.

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Reviewed on 21/08/2015 12:10

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Rated 4 of 5

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Rated 5 of 5

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Rated 5 of 5

Good for families

Lovely family site

I love this site. We have just spent 16 days here with our two youngest children - boy 15 and girl 4. The play area is excellent. The staff are fantastic and helpful. The facilities are great and clean. The entertainment was variable, but the highlight had to be Mr WishyWashy, what a legend. The food was nice enough. It did get busy but that's a good sign, isn't it? Just get there early rather than moaning about it. With regards to getting a pitch, we arrived at 6.30pm after a nightmare journey and had a choice of 1!! No dilemma there then! The next morning we had the choice of those people who were leaving and found a lovely quiet spot with loads of room. The pitches do vary in size quite remarkably; some would have required my van to be airlifted in!! It really is a lottery and nothing to get heated about. If I was going to have a moan, it would be the lazy dog owners who did not pick up and the wild west attitude of the bin lorry driver. 5 mph should most definitely apply to this lunatic. We will be returning soon without doubt.

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Reviewed on 21/08/2015 12:00

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Good for families

Our stay

My husband and I stayed at Hillhead last week for 4 nights. We had a lovely view of the sea and knew it would be busy but were surprised how tightly packed the pitches were with restricted space for manoeuvring. The Wardens were very helpful on arrival although we had rung twice in advance to book a serviced pitch and it was not possible to upgrade to one as there is no waiting list - just have to see what is available on arrival. We were very surprised to see the large number of units that were arriving and being allowed on site way before the 12 noon threshold. We could not get into our own pitch because of a traffic jam of arriving units on the Sunday morning. The children's entertainment hour is from 7-8 which meant there was no chance of finding a table and eating in the restaurant until they had all dispersed.We gave up and had takeaway. Would be good if the children's hour is from 6-7 instead.

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ALGJENA

Reviewed on 20/08/2015 21:17

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My stay

One of the best sites I have stayed in everything was first class

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mucker1958

Reviewed on 20/08/2015 19:42

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Good for families

Lovely stay

Stayed here for a week after visiting Cornwall and what a lovely site, it was quite stressful finding a pitch on a busy Saturday afternoon it was difficult to see where the available pitches were. But once set up we explored my son loved the pool which was kept at a lovely temperature the bar was nice we had a couple of meals and enjoyed them all our 9 year loved the kids entertainment especially mr wishy washy. Beautiful views of the bay from the kids play field and well located for visiting Local attractions. Would definitely recommend this site and will visit again. Not the sites fault but the dustbin men really need to be told to slow down and stick to the 5 mile an hour rule maybe they need to learn the high 5!

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Jtwoody2006

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Reviewed on 19/08/2015 19:28

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Great site and a great holiday

I have just returned from a 2 week family holiday at Hillhead. (my wife and two kids 10 and 8) This site is great, it has stunning views of the rolling hills and also the sea as well as having some well laid out pitches. Our pitch was in a private area with 3 other vans / motorhomes and we found it to offer a perfect mix of privacy as well as the opportunity to chat and socialise with our neighbors. We found the facilities on the site to be good, and my kids loved the swimming pool on the days we stayed on the site, especially my 8 year who wanted to be in it regardless of whether the sun was shining or not. There is also an kids playground area as well as a huge field for kids (or adults) to play ball games, fly kites or pretty much just run around. There is also a good sized dog walking area that you can let you dog off the lead to have a good run around in. We found the entertainment in the evening to be ok, one of the acts was a bit cheesy but that's was fine with us and the children's entertainer was great and my youngest loved it. We only ate once in the bar but the food was as good as any pub we visited in the area. In terms of facilities I found the shower and toilet area's to always be clean and bright with lots of natural light, however I agree with one of the other reviewers that there were times in the early morning that some of the toilet users clearly didnt have any thought for others that would be using the facilities after them. One other thing I would mention is that this was one of the quietest sites I have stayed on, and despite it being very busy, there was times I wondered if anyone else was around. Especially in the morning (having stayed on sites in France and hearing children running around and shouting at 7am), there was times when I would be sitting outside at 9.30am having a cup of tea and there was not noise to be heard other than the birds and the occasional dog bark in the distance. I think if we were to visit Devon again we would be more than happy to stay at Hillhead.

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mstewart73

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Reviewed on 19/08/2015 16:53

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Good for families

Nice family site

We have just arrived back from a lovely holiday at Hillhead. The site is great for families and has all the facilities you need for a relaxing stay. We loved the swimming pool (there are two pools - one shallow one for toddlers and infants and a bigger one for older and more capable swimmers). The bar/restaurant served decent pub grub and our daughter loved the external entertainers even if she found the rest a little repetitive (she is nine though!). The shop is arguably the best stocked on the site network! The site itself is lovely and we were lucky enough to get a pitch with a wonderful sea view - they were very sought after! The cleanliness of the site was good and the wardens obviously took great care in trying to keep things clean and neat during a busy period. It was a shame that some users of the toilet facilities didn't consider others and left them in a poor state - I suspect these were children but that isn't an excuse. On the two occasions I reported poor cleanliness the wardens jumped straight on it and the facilities were cleaned up immediately. People should be made aware of the efforts wardens put in to keeping things clean and tidy and it really isn't on when people fail to do the courteous thing and clean up after themselves. That aside, the rest of our stay was brilliant. The area is great to visit - lots of lovely countryside and everything under the sun to see and do. Well worth it. Thank you Caravan Club!

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yellowgopher

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Reviewed on 18/08/2015 20:21

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Good for families

Great Site, Great Location

The wardens were very helpful. We had a wonderful pitch, ideal for our grandson who has autism. The weather could have been better (nothing the CC could do about that!). The site was very busy and I do feel for the wardens who had to clean some rather less than savoury ladies toilets on occasions, so a big thank you to them for their hard work. Local Rockfish fish and chips good too.

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Trevanne

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Reviewed on 18/08/2015 19:56

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excellent family site

Just got back for my holiday had a lovely relaxing break. Nice views of the sea and surrounding countryside especially when running along the coast path . The site had everything you could ask and a happy hour :-) . Will definitely be going back

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crowny1

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Reviewed on 18/08/2015 17:48

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Superb

Just come back from 8 nights at hillhead . Will be back next year absolutely loved it . one of the best pitches overlooking the sea . Staff helpful ,site very clean . Can't praise it enough , hopefully going to have longer there next year

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Monty the bulldog

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Reviewed on 18/08/2015 17:26

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