Start Bay Club Campsite

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Lovely site

We love staying here! A lovely site. Very friendly and helpful wardens. Clean and well presented facilities with lots of hot water. Beautifully maintained pitches. No tv reception, but each EHU enables you to use a coaxial cable. The small shop on site does sell some useful supplies as well as fresh goods, ice creams and even a takeaway cream tea! Very convenient for the beach of Slapton Sands which is within walking distance and with various amenities such as a pub, couple of cafes and toilets. Stokely Farm Shop next door is fabulous with its wonderful meat counter, brewery and cafe. There are also a few other local pubs within walking distance nearby plus lovely walks around Slapton Ley. A great place to unwind. Travel through the villages to get to the site can be a bit hairy at times, but is very doable. My only criticism is the entrance can be a bit difficult to get out of just because you can't see that well in either direction. A well placed mirror in the hedge opposite would be a bonus.

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Devon Made

Reviewed on 24/09/2024 13:16

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Nice peaceful site

Lovely welcome as you arrive. Wardens are friendly and informative. We enjoyed the peace here, although you can hear the road. There is a small play area for children. Nice manageable walk to the beach along the main road. Farm shop is nearby and quite reasonable, the start bay inn is over priced two of us £45 for fish and chips and a pot of tea. There is a walk to the church house, but did not eat there.

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Reviewed on 31/05/2024 14:44

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Warm and friendly welcome

This was my first ever campsite with a new van ... the aim being to check out the van and see what I needed to get. The welcome on arrival was second to none including helping me clean the van which had got covered in mud from some country lanes (tip 1 ... follow the recommended route rather than the satnav!). As I was there for the last 2 days of the season I kind of expected the facilities to be a little tired and the staff "jaded" and looking forward to a break ... quite the reverse was true with the facilities and welcome like they had just opened at the beginning of the season! I'm be quite happe to return to this site.

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Reviewed on 09/11/2023 15:02

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Wonderful site

This was our first ever camping trip in our motorhome, and we’re glad we chose here. The site was immaculately clean, as were the toilets and shower areas. It is well connected with a short walk to the sea or a trip into Kingsbridge. We will definitely be returning as lots of other happy campers do when we spoke to them. Well done and thank you for welcoming us so well.

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Reviewed on 11/10/2023 16:15

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Nice Site - Pitches a bit small

The approach to the site for me in a small motor home was fine, a few pinch points but OK. The wardens were friendly enough, and were happy for me to move pitches to be closer to my friend. I found the pitches to be quite small, learning in mind that I had a VW type motorhome, an awning and a car, we were had pushed to get onto the pitch. I don't know how a larger caravan and awning would cope with a car to park. I encroached on the grass next to me by 3 ft as we erected the awning in biblical rain and made an error in sizing - we were made to move it, the van and the car at 4pm in the afternoon even though we explained it would be gone the next morning....... rules are rules I did request a pitch near to the toilet block as I was on my own for some of the holiday and don't like going to the loo in the middle of the night, apparently the pitches had already been taken, although I did see that they were offered to other people after I had arrived. The site is on a slope so midnight loo visits were made all the harder when you are half awake. The toilets and showers are clean, I was not however a fan of the curtains over the basin and the basins do not drain away at all. My friends made the visit enjoyable and we loved walking to the farm shop, Torcross Bay and going into the local towns but I would not return to the site.

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Taniah

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Reviewed on 25/09/2023 16:54

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A bit disappointed

Our 3rd camc site since we started caravanning in May and found the £50.10 per night fee pricey for the pitch we were allocated. Some of the pitches were smaller than others. We have a twin axle and booked a hard standing with electric and awning but we seemed to have been allocated one of the smaller pitches and it was not big enough. The pitch was only wide enough for the van and awning then the car was supposed to be parked in front of the A frame but ours didn’t fit and was partly on the road. We ended up having to park the car in the car park which wasn’t very convenient. It is a busy and popular site and we found the site to be well maintained and the wardens friendly. The shower block was clean and well looked after. It was reasonably quiet considering how full it was. The road the site is on, A379, is not for the faint hearted as it goes narrow in a lot of places. Definitely need to follow the site’s final approach directions to it. Thankfully we did and had no issues but other people we spoke to, followed sat nav and had no end of trouble. The dog walk was very short and led to the busy main road with no secure gate so need to keep dogs on leads. We liked the farm shop next door though a bit pricey- hubby loved the beer as it’s a micro brewery and is a short walk from the site. We also liked walking to Torcross to the beach- lovely coffee shop which was dog friendly. We found the Start Bay Inn food to be pricey and nothing special but was in a lovely spot for a drink. Sadly 4 days into the holiday I took poorly. We had to get home quickly as I needed emergency eye surgery for a detached retina so we left the caravan on the pitch. My husband had to travel back down (from Northumberland)a couple of days after my op to collect the caravan. Disappointingly we were charged a £110 early cancellation fee as we didn’t give them 3 days notice only 2. Considering we had paid over £700 for a 2 week stay and hadn’t left by choice we were a bit gutted. We did appeal but to no avail. All in all not one of our better holidays

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Caravanner

Reviewed on 07/09/2023 15:46

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Lovely site.

Immaculately kept site. A credit to the staff that work there. Very peaceful location. A short walk to a shingle beach (approx 15mins) and a small village Another local pub about 15mins the other direction. Cut through a corn field and church yard to get to it. Local farm shop is very nice. Had a lovely breakfast there (did get busy so very popular). Would definitely stay here again.

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Reviewed on 29/07/2023 19:55

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Motorhomers avoid

Site is clean and quiet but if you’re staying longer than a couple of days and you want to get out and spend some money in the local area forget it as there is nowhere that permits Motorhome parking. You won’t feel welcomed by south hams council. We were told Devon doesn’t have a problem with motorhomes it’s the people in them. Won’t be visiting or spending money again in the area I’m affraid.

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dajuroo

Caravanner from Worcestershire

Reviewed on 08/07/2023 15:47

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Great Site

This was our second visit to Start Bay Site. The site is well run and immaculately clean and tidy. We loved the Farm Shop although in truth it was expensive. The Taphouse there does some really nice ciders and beers and on a sunny summers evening it was great to be able to walk down there for a drink before dinner. We can recommend the Queens Head in Salcombe which does nice food and is dog friendly. They have a large outside area at the back. As this is not far for us to travel it makes a great site for a short break. We will be back.

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Deborah Vosper

Reviewed on 01/07/2023 18:44

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Lovely Site

Lovely Site. Friendly staff, well maintained with clean facilities. Farm shop with micro brewery and food (5 min), pub (10 min) and beach 15-20 min) all within walking distance. Perfect for visiting this part of beautiful Devon.

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Moogmi

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Reviewed on 26/06/2023 16:08

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