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Good for families

Great family summer holiday

Hillhead is a cracker. We are a family of five (including two teenagers) staying in the school holidays so I appreciate our needs are not the same as they are for everybody, but for us, it was perfect. Enhanced by lovely weather, which obviously helps shape the experience, it is a superbly run site, offering some of the facilities you may expect to find on some busier commercial sites (swimming pool, clubhouse, games room, etc.), yet in the knowledge that you are very much on a Caravan and Motorhome Club site, with well maintained pitches and immaculate washing facilities. The wardens were all excellent - very friendly, helpful and hard working. They also adopted a sensible policy of allowing people to arrive from 09:00. On some days, there were up to 90 arrivals and many people seemed to drive through the night or set off very early to avoid the traffic, so it was a sensible policy. This helped us too as we were one of the early arrivals and managed to get a beautiful pitching offering sea views and plenty of space. There were many different kinds of pitch although we noticed that some of the fully serviced pitched were not neccessarily in a great position. The play area and ball game were great, as was the swimming pool. It was warm and well run, with seperate sessions for adults and inflatables. The clubhouse was pleasant enough with a nice atmosphere. The food was not spectacular but met out expectations and we had no complaints. As for the area, the site is well placed. Torbay is one one side and Dartmouth and beyond on the other. We didn't use the bus ourselves but this a popular facility and very handly for those not wanting to use a car or motorhome. We would definately go back and reccommend to others. Thank you for a great holiday.
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brue replied on 08/08/2018 09:51

Posted on 08/08/2018 09:51

I think if the club are allowing early arrivals then this must be put on the site details so that everyone can know in advance.

WillandSara replied on 08/08/2018 11:24

Posted on 08/08/2018 11:24

I agree, we phoned ahead so knew the situation but if we'd planned to arrive at 12:00 and found virtually all the pitches taken, we might not have been happy.  A note on the website would be helpful.  I don't know if this is the way they run it every day or just particularly busy times.  What I would say is even arriving at 09:00, we were one of around 10 caravans waiting to get in (including late arrivals from the night before).  Any more and caravans would be blocking the approach road.