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Parkers Farm Campsite, Ashburton, Devon

Couldn't submit this review but felt it was megga important to say the very busy Dual carriageway runs right outside this campsite and kept loads of people awake all night! And I mean right outside! If you get the overflow field (H) which costs the same anyway? you are even lucky to be able to sit and stare at it aswell. Other people on the reviews have said it didn't affect them but I wonder if they were on the main site instead as I thought it was a disgrace! Anybody had any similar experiences here?

There is no mention of the roaring tarmac beast in their advertising surprisingly enough.

Don't know, thought it might have been because I slammed the site quite heavily but it could have been a delay in the processing. Thats what I've been told anyway.

C

Hi, we are just up the road at Holmans Wood and yes the traffic is rumbling away in the background all the time but to be honest, after 4 visits in recent weeks, I don't think about it now.

In a tent it was worse, which was our first stay in May but now we have the caravan I rarely think about it.

Ali

Hi Ali

I think you are right and you do get used to it after a while. It's far worse at night but I think people should know all the same. I was touring with the tent and there was a considerable difference from the first two weeks and the practically silent campsites I stayed at compared to this one. Maybe that was the reason I was so shocked by it. I was woken several times through different nights by horns tooting and all sorts, the continuous background rumble just fades into nothing after that. I wasn't the only one to mention it either. 

Cheers Chris

Absolutely Chris, it is important peeps know the good and bad about sites.  We would prefer to be in a silent location but for now it suits us and our situation.  It is so easy to get to places, be it coast or moorland, Exeter or Plymouth.

Ali

Hi Chrisuk

We have stayed on this site several times and I do feel that the site needs defending somewhat.

Firstly, it is not a motorway nearby, but the A38, and it is not right outside the site. It is about 400 yards from the main entrance, and all the pitches are further away from the road than 400 yards.

When we have stayed there it has not been in the main holiday season so we didn't find the road a problem. Granted there is road noise, but a general 'hum' in the distance which did not bother us.

That is a bit of a downside, I agree, but in our opinion the welcome and friendliness of the family and the wardens, plus the good faciliites far outweigh any disadvantage.

Blimey, Holmans Wood is literally just a slip road away from the A38 so I reckon we get more road noise than Parkers Farm then. 

Ali

We stay at Parkers farm regularly. We have camped both in H field & on the terraces. Having stayed at over 75 campsites in the UK this has to be one of our favourites. The staff are lovely & friendly. The showers, toilets, wash up facilities are superb. The childrens play areas are well equipped. The bar & food are good. The entertainment is also good & a lot of emphasis is put into ensuring children have a good time with fancy dress / colouring competitions, farm walks, family bingo, karaoke.

As for traffic noise, yes there is a hum from the A38 but this has never presented a problem to us. The numerous good points far outweigh this minor problem.

As for "Top whack rates", I disagree, Parkers farm is very reasonable & we have paid much more on other sites with inferior facilities.

2tents

Well I disagree I'm afraid and there were plenty of other disappointed campers there not just me. I stopped at six sites this summer alone and it was the most expensive one actually, I have receipts to prove it. To be placed out in an open field furthest away from the services? what are you talking about? I didn't say anything against the staff or the shop or the area, just the main road which I personally didn't want to sit and look at, the fact I could hear it all night and not being placed where the staff actually implied that I would be placed. Think I spelled it out okay.

I just think other campers have the right to know before they get there, thats all. Whats wrong with that? Wether its loud or not so loud it's still there!