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I'd be careful if I was you.  We stopped at Woodlands - it was OK but to be honest at the height of the summer I wouldn't recommend it unless you can cope with being only a few feet from the next tent with hundreds of often hyped up children running all over the place until late at night. We had all of our tent guy ropes ripped out one day and a wind break snapped in two by the children of fellow campers - not the type of people you'd want to find yourself camping next to. The main shower block is fine but the smaller blocks further out were hopeless on our visit and totally inadequate taking in to account of the number of visitors on site. When we complained we got the helpful response of - what else do you expect? Running water would have been a good start.

I'd strongly recommend Woodlands as a theme park for younger children for a day out but would recommend stopping at a different camp site - I'd recommend checking out Whitehill Park - also very busy but much more room and much better organised and within driving distance of Woodlands.  Woodlands out of season I'd possibly consider but not during July/August - total chaos.

We go to parkers farm in Ashburton they do farm walks and tractor rides for the kids and go out of their way to help my relay switch went on the car so I had no lights working,we were meant to be off site by 10 didn't get away until 3pm but when asked if they wanted an extra days  pitch fee Colin refused he had also tried to get the lights working for us spent a good half hour looking at all the connections.

I agree with the others, your kiddies are quite young so probably a quieter site to stay on would suit you better and maybe visit woodlands for a day out.

Your children would love Pennywell Farm (idea for a day out) down at Buckfastleigh, so staying on the suggested sites Dornafield or Parkers farm would give you the ideal base to explore most of that area in Devon.

We are off to Smytham Manor tomorrow!

Went there to a static caravan 10 years ago! Loved it!!

Tenting this time around.

Right next to the tarka Trail, so we'll be taking the bikes!

Can't wait!