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Barn Farm Camping
Birchover
Matlock
Derbyshire (Browse area)
DE4 2BL
Tel: 01629 650245
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Pitches: 57
Open: 01/04/2025 to 31/10/2025
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 Tent Pitches |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 TV Room |
 Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <10 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <10 miles |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Mjrees |
40 reviews from this member |
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 When I arrived on a Thursday evening, with a DofE group, I was very impressed with every aspect of this site - booking in for 3 nights.
Upon returning from a day off site on the Friday, the site had metamorphosed into an ocean of tents in every available field - it seemed that every junior school from Sheffield and surroundings had moved in! This was not the problem, but the limited number of showers/toilets now became an issue (especially as they were closed at 8am for cleaning!) as did the fact that although the site staff were friendly and welcoming, it appeared that no control was imposed about pitching tents far too close to each other - more like 6' than 6M between some units.
Positively, Birchover is a lovely, unspoilt example of a Derbyshire village with two busy pubs. The Red Lion offering excellent 'real ales' from local breweries. Unfortunately, the village shop is now closed down so residents of Barn Farm must bring in the majority of their provisions. The small campsite shop is great for emergencies but lacks the range of goods which makes for a really good one.
There is a small food van which opens for breakfast - this would do great trade if it opened for longer.
A recently added children's playground with safe play equipment is sympathetically positioned in the corner of one field. Perhaps the owners might consider a second facility so that children from the other three camping fields don't have to continuously run through the whole site in order to access the playground? 
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Okean |
5 reviews from this member |
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What a great site. It's huge, and the only downside is. It's huge. But we'll come to that later.
We are a family of 4 (2 adults and 2 children under 4), and it cost us £7. 50 per adult per night and £3. 50 per child (under 3s are free).
There are plenty of fields to pitch in, and we chose the family field, which is nearest the large outside play area, up the hill. Now this field is not flat, and all the flatish areas get taken pretty quick. The other fields we much flatter, but still pretty busy. OK, very busy.
And this brings us to the negative. The services are brilliantly clean, but there are just not enough of them. Toilets - in the mens there are 4 toilets, a urinal trough 5 sinks and a 'school' style shared shower room. I can not comment on the ladies. As I'm a man. On top of this there are individual shower rooms. I had to queue for everything (on 1 occasion for 15 mins for a toilet). But they were very clean.
Other services include a shop (brill for milk and other perishables), a play room for the kids (containing pool and other indoor sports), a hot food van. Perfect for a bacon cob and a coffee, and quite reasonable too. The reception has plenty of leaflets of good days out, and takeaways which will deliver to the site, should you not want to cook.
This is also the only site I've been to which has marked security patrols, which enforce the 10. 30pm quiet down policy. Top notch.
All in all an excellent site, which everyone now seems to have cottoned on to. Hence why its so busy.
However, I'm not letting everyone else have the fun, so we will be going back
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| Date of Visit: June 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Grahammm |
8 reviews from this member |
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Have stayed at this campsite a number of times and can only say how impressed I have been every time.
The site is relatively large, but still has a friendly atmosphere to it. The Wardens who were there when I was were friendly and provided me with a nice chat and an introduction to where facilities are, what the departure procedures are and as I was taking Teenagers, the boundaries which they should adhere to. There are peacocks around the site which adds a real sense of peacefulness.
Has a large field to the left of the toilets, which is good for large groups but also a smaller field for individuals/smaller groups. Toilets etc are all really nice and kept clean.
Will return back next year without a doubt. Have fun and enjoy!
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| Date of Visit: May 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Jononaylor |
2 reviews from this member |
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My wife, 2 kids (4&6) and me stayed here for two nights in May. It's a good clean site.
The kids loved the Peacocks that roam around the barn area and they found the play area really good too.
Facilities are ample and in with the price.
Could do with the taps being easier to use for children in the main toilet block though (my young son couldn't use them) - they are the push type ones that are really hard to use and spray you with water at force.
A good thing about this site is that you can phone and book without paying a deposit so if the weather does get unbearable or somebody can't make it then you don't loose out. Or if you want to pay as you go per night they are ok with this too. The people here are pretty easy going which is right up our street.
We'd recommend this campsite.
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| Date of Visit: April 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Sneekyneek |
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We spent the Easter weekend here, with my Tent, 3 children under 9 and dog. Very busy weekend, very enjoyable. Great campsite very good facilities.
Good points.
Huge site, off main road, ideal for children
Clean site
Play area
Free clean showers
Great staff and security
Catering van on weekends
Lovely surrounding areas.
Bad points.
Not enough showers
No hand dryers or paper towels on toilets
No shop, this site needs a shop for Milk and bread etc, the village shop has closed down.
Probably one of the best campsites we have visited.
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| Date of Visit: April 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Dorisgate |
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Decided to take the family camping for the first time over the Easter bank holiday weekend - Barn Farm was the only place free so initially I was a little apprehensive about how overcrowded it would be. Several reviews mention a festival atmosphere and I had visions of spending a noisy night in a sloppy uncomfortable field surrounded by noisy trucks and drums! I needn't have worried and we had a wonderful time!
We were greeted by a member of staff who explained where everything was, including showers, toilets & small shop. Parts of the site are uneven but there is more than ample flat ground. We pitched up near the kids play area and apart from tweeting birds and the odd squawk from a peacock we we didn't have any issues with noise.
The toilets are immaculate, with ample loo roll and despite the busy bank holiday I never queued for the loo once! My partners highlight of the weekend will no doubt be the 'bring a plate; £5 full English breakfast served up by the on-site catering van! The kids loved the play area and small games room and I enjoyed the friendly people on site!
For anyone nor familiar with the area, go to Matlock bath and get the seaside feeling inland! With it's amusement arcades and quaint shops it's a great day out for everyone! Every bank holiday and Sunday bikers decent on the place and add to the quirky atmosphere, great fun!
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| Date of Visit: April 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Channy2409 |
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This was my 1st visit to Barn Farm, I stayed at this site for 3 nights in a tent and enjoyed it very much!
There is always a staff member around, there are plenty of toilets which where always clean and stocked up with toilet roll. The showers are clean and free.
There is a games room for the teenagers and a park for the younger children. The views from the campsite are lovely, bakewell and matlock are only a car ride away.
I would definitely recommend this site and I hope to return to Barn Farm at some point this year.
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| Date of Visit: December 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Tripeaker |
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We have been using this site for a number of years now and as always, found the facilities to be very good. The toilets and showers were clean and warm despite sub-zero temperatures outside. We arrived in the late afternoon with two motorhomes un-booked because of the Arctic type weather (site advised) Security visited us to make sure we were settled in and made us feel welcome. Excellent views across open countryside. The village has two good pubs, both do excellent food. The Red Lion which is the closer had a good range of beers and excellent food. For 2011 improvements are underway to include an extra undercover pot washing area and a small shop. Plenty of nice walks in the area. Nine Ladies Stone circle makes a nice amble. The site also has a number of barns for accommodation of various group numbers, ranging from very basic to comfortable. We look forward to our next trip to Barn Farm.
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Floss51 |
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Just returned from this site after five days over the bank holiday. We found this site very well organized for caravans, the tents were told to find some grass and set up. There were two toilet blocks one which was unisex. There was always plenty of toilet roll in all the toilets and they were always clean. Two washing up areas one under cover. The showers were clean and loads of free hot water.
As it was bank holiday weekend they even brought another set of toilets on which were towed away everyday to be emptied and cleaned.The games room came in very handy the days it rained. The burger van did lovely butties at a reasonable price.
Overall really lovely site will go back.The only downfall is the sat nav took us in from wrong direction so we didn't see sign till we were past and it was a very narrow road and very sharp bends so approach from bakewell.
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Super Mummy |
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Beautiful Site, lovely view. It was everything I wanted for a family of 4.
The facilities were good with plenty of toilets and showers. Never ran out of toilet paper. Hairdryer in main toilets very handy.
Play park is coming next year but the one in the village is lovely and only a short walk away.
The village of Birchover is great. Great local shop, 2 lovely pubs serving lovely meals (book at the druid on a weekend). Fantastic walks right off the campsite.
Advice - Get there early as some of the pitches are on a slope.
We were on the very back field - best views of matlock and surrounding area.
Loved it and will most definitely go again.
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