Leafy & relaxing.
Very helpful and friendly staff. Very pleasant location. The Royal Oak pub does a free dessert with a main meal for CAMC members. We shall return.
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Great site with fantastic team
Another lovely club site. One of the warmest welcomes I've ever had from Sandra in reception, and plenty of advice on local eateries and activities.
My pitch was enormous and they are very well spaced out. Even though the site was nearly empty even if it was busy this would make a real difference. I was just there for one night so hunkered down in my campervan with my dogs.
I had no phone reception but the wifi was pretty good so that didn't matter. Facilities are a little dated but they were spotless and nice and warm and the showers were a decent size. Washing up sinks had really hot water, which is a nice change. The dog walking area is a wood which was a bit muddy underfoot but to be expected after all the rain. The seals at the zoo lived up to their reputation for night time noise but it was fairly muted and actually quite nice to listen to.
All up, a nice site with a great team in a unique location.
Money grabbing
Found it incredibly...5 days prior to arrival we had need to change our arrival date by one day and delay leaving by one day .so there was no loss to the greedy caravan club
To my total amazement I was actually charged £2.50 for that privilege...told on the phone that the £2.50 charge would not be added on arrival at the Longleat site we were charged the extra £2.50 ....So much for the friendly club .. dunno if it's under new management but it's now No longer anything like a friendly club .....whilst understanding the need to stop late cancellations this was not a cancellation but just a change by one day either end ...should have been no problem..until the club management get involved ...with a charge of £2.50 just to move one day either end of stay .....it leaves me speechless ..
So cold...
It's September, there's a cold snap, oh how cold the facilities are! The warmth of the wardens can't do anything to ameliorate the temperature in the toilet blocks. As ever on club sites the hottest the showers will go is some kind of H&S setting. It's character building.
Walks off the site are a bit limited. The woods close by with the hill fort (invisible) are beautiful. That's as far as I got but there are more distant options, or the peculiar national cycle route where you must not get off and walk.
I didn't go for the wildlife park (it's not cheap - something like £45 - so a stroll from the site is out of the question) but for the very excellent Hauser & Wirth contemporary art gallery in Bruton, some 15 mles off, which is also an interesting village to walk around.
My only other complaint is that I didn't hear any lions! Seals aplenty but that doesn't have quite the same cachet.
And anyone thinking of doing a late checkout with a caravan as folk are arriving should note that the road to the site is downhill and very narrow in places, with blind bends. So don't!
Almost forgot - very poor wifi and poor tv.
alwaysannoyed
Reviewed on 12/09/2024 17:56
Excellent holiday
Stayed for 5 nights in a serviced pitch and visited the safari park for the first time. Amazing to hear the sealions from our pitch. We had a very peaceful stay. The facilities are always very clean and the staff were friendly. The only downside was we booked a 1pm check in and we come across a caravan leaving late at 1.18pm which it was small lanes where you couldn’t just pull in you had to reverse back onto the main road. This was the only negative.
But we would return again. The park was fantastic for the little one.
Another Great CAMC Site
This is a lovely campsite, in a great location and setting...excellent if you want to visit Longleat, sadly we couldn't as we have a dog! As mentioned in other reviews you can hear the animals...doing the washing up while the Lions roar close-by adds a certain excitement to proceedings that you wouldn't normally enjoy! And yes the sealions...it sounds like they have one in particular that is extremely vocal at the moment but we didn't let it bother us, we actually found it quite amusing...even at 3am when she was making her presence known! At the end of the day, it a campsite next to a wildlife/safari park...you're going to hear the animals.
The staff were friendly as always, particularly '2 badge Sandra' and keep the site looking good and the facilities clean...the little shop at reception was an added bonus, it not only sells some camping essentials but also food and snacks, which is very handy. There are food trucks by the entrance some evenings, didn't try them but they looked good and very popular.
Only real negative of the site is the phone signal is virtually non-existent and the wi-fi, even with full signal is mostly useless, which is a real shame...for the premium price of a CAMC site I really would expect the wi-fi to be useable and of decent speed. Phone signal is out of their control I guess...a phone mast on site isn't possible as the land belongs to Longleat.
All-in-all a great site if you don't mind being incommunicado while on site...will definitely visit again.
Take ear plugs!
Great site, nicely laid out, staff great, facilities good.
Best bit - very close to Longleat, easy walk in.
Worse bit - very close to Longleat! - We had disturbed nights due to the animal noise on and off all night. Mainly the Sea Lions which are close by and don't know when to call it a day. (and tractors starting at about 6am).
Would still recommend for the access to the park but if you are light sleepers ear plugs would be a really good idea.
EastMidlanders
Reviewed on 23/07/2024 17:37
Camping ligt bij een safaripark
Vriendelijke ontvangst op deze grote camping met heel veel bomen, wij kozen een plek zonder, hopend op zon. Die was er bij tijden wel, maar de wind bleef koud. Wifi haperde vaak en het vervelende was dat we met eigen data heel vaak geen bereik hadden. Toen wij er waren was het EK voetbal gaande, dankzij Mike konden we kijken in de tv ruimte(met en zonder Mike). In eerdere reviews, lazen we dat men leeuwengebrul hoorde van het safaripark ernaast, dat hoorden wij niet, wel een, wat we dachten een zeehond, de hele dag door en in de nacht ook af en toe.
Wonderful campsite
First time at Longleat... what a wonderful place. Huge well maintained hardstandings in a peaceful tree covered environment. Facilities usual high club standards.. spotlessly clean. Staffed by a very friendly and helpful team. We were there over a bank holiday when site was full but you wouldn't know it as it is so well spaced out. Greek street food van on a Friday evening looked great but we did not eat there as we already had plans. Would we return... definitely.
Excellent stay
Another fantastic stay. Stayed for 3 nights and visited the safari park. Amazing to hear the sealions, wolves and Lions from our pitch. We had a very peaceful stay. The facilities are always very clean and the staff were friendly
