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As a few of us were lucky enough to get the Outwell family dome XL - me included And as I have already experienced one campsite unable to accept a booking with said tent Can anyone recommend particualr campsites where they have used larger tents with no problems?

thanks in advance

**********UPDATE - LIST SO FAR **********

I am sorry this list is not in order aphabetically or by region - posts are in order that they were recommended So have a browse and click the link to check the details. Please do read the advice at the bottom also!

Tanners farm - Kent
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=1653

Ffoerst Fields - Wales
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=1674

Dolgamedd Dolgellau - Wales
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=1131

Mounts Farm - Devon
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=4556

Deers Glade - Norfolk
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=4764

Faskelly Perthshire
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=3236

Birchbank Camping Site - Ulverston, Cumbria
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=2190

High Lanning. Dent, Cumbria
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=2905

Fisherground Eskdale - Cumbria
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=1080

New house Farm - Powys ( Near Hay on Wye)
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=2714

Skipsea Sands - East Yorkshire
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=1061

Westbrook Park - Shropshire
http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=3945

Parkland C&C site, Kingsbridge, S.Devon http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2053

Red Bank Farm - Boulton Le Sands, Lancs http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2829

Hollingswood, Brokenhurst, New forest

Tyn Cornel, Bala - Wales http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3166

Cotswold View, Oxford http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=1767

Home Farm, Anglesea - Wales http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3223

Trevella, Newquay, Cornwall http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2042

Broadway House, Somerset (Variable Pitches)

Westbrook Park, Little Hereford. http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3945

Plassey Park (Deluxe Pitches 10x10m) http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2053

Billing Aquadrome http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=1370

Watermouth Cove, North Devon http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2721

Diamond Farm, Bletchindon (ring to check) http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=1394

Sumners Ponds, Barns Green, Horsham - Sussex http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=4496

Kelling Heath - Norfolk http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=1601

Knight Stainforth Hall C&C park http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3034

Perran Springs, Cornwall http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2577

New Park Holiday Park (ring to check) http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=4021

Wareham Forest touring park, Dorset http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=4021

Back of Beyond (Adults only) http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=4818

Chedder Bridge ( Adults only, booking req) http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3688

Hayfield C&CC Derby http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2944

Forest Edge Touring Park Ringwood http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3585

Wolds Way, Malton http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=5031

Woolsbridge Manor,Dorset http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=1262

Seaview International, Cornwall http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2900

Crows nest, Scarborough http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3598

Ullswater Lakes http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2243

Cottage Farm,Buxton, Derbyshire http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2332

Finchale Abbey, Co.Durham http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3635

Twll Clawdd, Gwynned http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2598

Myndd Mawr,Gwynnd http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=mynydd+mawr&by=sitename

Sea Barn Farm http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2850

West Fleet Farm http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2794

Cote Ghyll C&C park, Osthmotherly http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3605

Grouse Hill Fylingdales http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3550

Beacon hill,Poole,Dorset http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3029

Rowston Holiday Park, Tenby http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2823

Menallack - Falmouth http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=1467

Stythe and Stokes Barn C& C site, Shropshire http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=5296

Greenhill Leisure Park, Derbyshire http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2330

Folly Farm, Bourton on the Water http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2739

Scotts Farm, West Wittering, Sussex http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=1530

Diamond Farm - Brean Sands, Somerset http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2102

Tyddynllwyn,Porthmadog, Gwynndd http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2916

Camping Caradon http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=1026

Longnor Wood, Buxton, derbyshire http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=longnor+wood&by=sitename (Adults only)

Townsend - Leominster, herefordshire http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=townsend&by=sitename

Stonehenge Touring Park http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=stonehenge&by=sitename

East Fleet farm Touring Park http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=east+fleet&by=sitename

Y Fronydd , Angelsey http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=east+fleet&by=sitename

St Helens, Wykeham, Nr. Scarborough http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=st+helens&by=sitename

Stowford, North Devon http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=stowford&by=sitename

Mayfield Park, Cirencester http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=Mayfield+park&by=sitename

Hedley Wood, North devon http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=hedley+wood&by=sitename

Lickhill Manor, Worcestershire  http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=lickhill+manor&by=sitename

Pentewan Sands, Megavissy, Cornwall http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=pentewan+sands&by=sitename

Oban Divers , Argyll http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=3531

Port ban, Kintyre http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=port+ban&by=sitename

Woodland Park , Totnes, Devon http://www.woodlandspark.com/

Barn Farm, Derbyshire http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=3649

East Fleet Farm Dorset - http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=east+fleet+farm&by=sitename

Solent View, Lymington, Hants. http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=solent+view&by=sitename

If you wish to recommend a site PLEASE check they are not already listed here first ( my eyes get wonky checking ) and please check they are listed on UKCS so i can post the relevant link. Thank you

Please use this list as guidence only as sites change practices and one persons idea of large is diferant to anothers . Always e mail/ring and confirm site can take your tent before booking. If you find a site has changed it's size policy, please let me know so i can amend.

KEEP EM COMING FOLKS - I WILL UPDATE THIS POST REGULARLY

Post last edited on 24/03/2006 20:42:35

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Yvonne

We have a large tent and have camped at Tanner Farm Park between Goudhurst and Marston in Kent for the last two years, their pitches are very generous.

Tessa

Yvonne, we thought Tanners Farm was great, that's why we've been back two years running.  I think we've been spoilt now because it's such a good site, I keep thinking it'll be difficult to find one to match that standard.  The only minus point was no pub in walking distance, although The Chequers in Goudhurst do good food.  But we loved the whole area.  Went to lots of National Trust places and other beautiful gardens.

The first time we went there were lots of tents in the tent field, but the second time not so many, and a lot of those that came for the weekend wanted electric so were pitched further away.

Tessa

We have a Sunncamp 20XP, huge thing.  We camped at Dolgamedd in Dolgellau in Wales with no problems.  EHU available also (although we didn't have one at that time).

For the long haul, we went to Mounts Farm in Kingsbridge.  What an absolutley fantastic site.  EHU, tonnes of space, even around our massive tent and so relaxed it's untrue.  There was even another 20XP on the site same time as us.  No problem whatsoever.  Second field is better as Tin Tents tend to use first field where toilets and shop are.

Oh Paula I have just been looking at the Mounts Farm site - it looks lovelt!

I am making a shortlist of places to go the week our Chilminder is off ( sadly August so everyone and his wife also want to be away but needs must!)  and mounts farm is definatly on it now!

any other gems people? I need to make a list methinks!

Y X

Hi Yvonne,

Well we go to the same site now every yr as we know that we get no probs at all about the larger tents, which is Faskally in Perthshire. It also has everything we need such as the bar and the swimming pool for the kids. Here's hoping it stays like that.

Bye for now

Phonic

Yvonne

I would most definitely recommend Mounts Farm.  We even got a Christmas Card from them in December.  They are just the most relaxed people I've ever met.  Our daughter who had her 3rd birthday whilst we we there, would just help herself from the shop.  I was mortified but they simply shrugged their shoulder and said she;s fine, don't worry about it.  They started giving her a receipt when she had paid for things so I would know she hadn't just taken things.

Nothing was too much trouble for them.  They loan out EHU extensions at no cost.  The toilets and showers are spotless and ample for the camp size.  It's only 3 miles away from supermarkets and restaurants etc..  They have a lovely water feature on the site by the reception/shop which is lit up at night, very lovely and peaceful.

The site itself is very level and the grass is kept short.  We were caught in torrential rain and thunder storms with gale force winds but the field did not flood!

If you do go, please remember me to Karen and her mum and hubby.  Her mum runs the shop, her hubby is a lorry driver so not there all the time, her sister helps out too.  They will remember my Emily who went everywhere in her wellies and my mum who turned up in the second week of our hols with curry & rice she'd made and chicken, she fed the owners and half the campsite too!!!

Let's know if you decide to go.  You will need to book, especially if you want an EHU.

Good luck

Wow Paula that sounds even better - I too have a 3 yo so its great to hear how child friendly it is!

Will let you know if we go - just have to work on DH now

Woo Hoo Have just booked my first weekend away for the year with the monster Outwell

We are going to stay at Deers Glade, just outside Crmer in Norfolk - is a new site and has rave reviews from all you lot who visited its first season - told the Owner, David we were bringing the outwell and he has assured me thats no problem  

Sorting out a week in summer hols now - and Mounts farm has availability for the date I want !!

Only problem is all this family talk of camping has had our 3 yo in tears on Sunday night begging to go camping NOOOOWWWWWWWW!

Know how she feels

Our daughter who is also 3yrs is soooooooo excited already.  She doesn't say I want to go camping, she says I want to go to camping as if it's a place!!  She loves the tent.

We are going to France for the Summer big jolly to the Loire Valley.  The owner (who has only bought the site Oct 04 and is from England with his wife and new baby boy) has assured me that there is plenty of room for our large tent with EHU and next to the trout river!!  How great does that sound???  Just need to plan the whole trip now.  Hubby and daughter need passports so that's our first port of call.

Good luck with your hols Yvonne, hope you get to go to Mounts Farm, it's peaceful & quiet and the owners sooooo laid back, relaxation is compulsory.  You must ask th owners Karen about the pub where you can get Steak on a Rock.  It's superb and if you get there before 7.00pm then you can get 2 steaks for £20.00 and they are well worth it.  Basically the steak comes out on a volcanic slab on which you slice off your own pices and cook the steak to your liking on the rock!!!  One of the highlights of of hols, especially for my son who loved the idea of cooking his own meal!!  I will upload a pic of him with his meal so you can get an idea of what it's like. 

Mrs R

I see from your gallery that you have been to Fisherground in Eskdale - no problem with pitch sizes there !