Amazing site, well worth a visit
I could waffle on for pages but will try & be concise with the following:
Journey down to the site from Kingsbridge is a little 'interesting' to say the least, do follow the Caravan Club directions under 'map' as sat-nav will send you through the middle of Kingsbridge which you don't want, trust me! The six miles from Kingsbridge to the site is a bit hairy, just be careful & steady & you'll be fine. Some 'drivers' obviously frown on caravans as some didn't even acknowledge a cheery 'thanks', hey ho! When leaving, remember the No 3 bus from Kingsbridge to Dartmouth passes the site every half hour on the hour [8.30-9.30 etc], when it's gone you'll be fine!
The site is just past Stokenham village & comes up a little quicker than you think. Great site, 90 odd pitches which is lovely. The wardens, the site, the showers, everything is absolutely first class. Spotlessly clean, oodles of hot water in the clean shower block, love it! Every time a pitch is vacated the grass is cut, ignore grumpy knickers who posted about grass cutting at 9am, the wardens have job[s] to do so cut them some slack. Some of the grass pitches need levelling blocks & the hardstanding areas are of different sizes so take your time looking around. Speaking of the wardens, never met a more friendly bunch than these, a total credit to the site!
Torcross is a 15 minute walk to the sea, lovely seaside village, pub, coffee house & that's about it.
Stokenham, a 10 minute walk via a path, is where you've got 2 pubs, The Tradesmans Arms & The Church House Inn [try their crispy fish, unbelievable], both lovely pubs serving wonderful food, perhaps a tad more expensive than 'home' but hey! you're on holiday in Devon so get over it [we ate twice in each pub]. The Start Bay Inn on the seafront is a typical seafront, busy, pub grub type of place, perfectly good food & very busy. The Seabreeze cafe is just along from the pub, great coffee & tasty morsels!
Visit Kingsbridge if you can, lovely small town with numerous coffee shops, good car parking & Morrisons & Tesco's for all your shopping needs. While you're here,if you like cream tea's, drive a couple miles further to Loddiswell Avon Mill [http://www.avonmill.com/cafe/] for what must be the best cream tea I've ever had. Quaint garden centre with a lovely cafe, two warm large scones, enough clotted cream to drown a cow in & loads of quality strawberry jam. Don't blame me if you can't finish it, remarkable cream tea.......went twice!
Dartmouth is well worth a day visit, a little tricky to park but worth it when you have. Loads of coffee/eating places, decent shops, lovely little place. Then hop over to Paignton & Torquay via the cute ferry [under a tenner return] Paignton wasn't much to be honest nor was Torquay.
That's it, review over. Would I go again, yep sure would. Negatives, apart from the weather, no. Positives, many!
fox889
Reviewed on 07/07/2017 16:23
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