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Bowfield Farm Certificated Site
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Barnard Castle
Co Durham (Browse area)
DL12 9SU
Tel: 01833 695245
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Pitches: 15
Open: 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
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 Tent Pitches |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 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 |
 No Laundry |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <5 miles |
 Bar <5 miles |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <5 miles |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 No Fishing |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
 Open All Year |
 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <5 miles |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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This is a Camping and Caravanning Club Certificated Site, which accept caravans or motorhomes and usually tents. |
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| Date of Visit: September 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Jondy376 |
63 reviews from this member |
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 We had a two night stay on this farm, the family were very welcoming on arrival showing us all the facilities, the showers are quite new, there is 2 unisex shower rooms with corner shower, toilet, wash basin and baby changing area. Both with plenty of room and plenty of hot water. There is another building with a sink, microwave, tourism leaflets and two more toilets.
The farm is in a lovely area with nice views, from here we had a day in Barnard castle and a day at High force waterfall 
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| Date of Visit: May 2014 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Crystal Singer |
7 reviews from this member |
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Basically a large rectangular field on a working farm. Lovely views, plenty of space. A bit exposed so when it's a bit windy you can feel it.
Facilities are just right, two unisex toilets in one farm building that also has dish washing facilities and tourist info. A bit further into the farmyard and there's two unisex showers with corner shower cubicles and including toilet and hand basin. Loads of free hot water. It was a pleasure to have a shower, like home from home
No child facilities apart from plenty of open space, chance to see the animals and a wooden swing hung from a tree.
Lovely base for touring round the Barnard Castle area.
One slight problem, there were four units using the site (inc us), three of us had dogs. All kept on leashes and under supervision as per site rules. But the owners west highland terrier was free to roam & poop on the whole camp site. The dog was extremely friendly and sociable, just not cleaned up after.
Other than that one small issue a lovely site.
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| Date of Visit: September 2013 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Varaderoxlv1000 |
29 reviews from this member |
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We have just spent 10 nights on this lovely site on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, and without question, our pitch provided us with fantastic views (the best ever on any site we've used) of the Dales which can be accessed by turning right out of site entrance and keeping right at the first fork on the road and 2 miles further on you have the most fantastic views as you travel towards Reeth (good facilities for tourism here). The site facilities were excellent on this working farm, and it was a pleasure chatting with the owner Mark. We will definitely stay here again when in the area.
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Nickson71 |
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Fantastic campsite! this was just what we were looking for. Small friendly site, very amenable with children. The owner was amazing. Went beyond the call of duty to make both ours and another family's holiday really special. Toilets and showers were great (large, hot/cold water and limitless supply of toilet roll) they also had a freezer so we managed to keep our cool box running all week.
Would go again?. Definitely
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Gpiesw3 |
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This campsite is a little gem, it's only a field on a working farm but it is ace. Flat pitches the whole field, fantastic views, brilliant star gazing, campfires permitted if raised off the ground. The showers could put many a hotel to shame. Easy reach of Barney & North Yorkshire, very tranquil location. Football posts in field, treehouse and friendly farm dog & owners. Excellent for kite flying. Loved it and will return very soon-Fiona
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Kev_mach |
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Had a really enjoyable weekend here. The family who run the farm and site are really friendly. The pitches are really big, we have a huge family tent and there was still room to spare. All the pitches are on flat land and the electric hook ups if you are using them are close by. The ground is pretty stone free, so pitching your tent isn't a problem.
The toilet facilities and shower was spot on. No complaints at all here. There are also plenty of leaflets available ranging from things to do in the area as well as a number of takeaway menus.
If there's enough water in the river there's a couple of nice spots where you can relax there, as well as a couple of footpaths you can walk from straight from the campsite. Take a map though! The kids enjoyed feeding the animals, playing football on the footie pitch and watching the farm tractor at work.
The only issue we had was with the midges, but I guess at this time of year you'd be very lucky to find a campsite that doesn't have this issue! We had no problems with the site been located next to a (very quiet) country lane.
All in all a great campsite and we'll definitely be going back again!
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| Date of Visit: May 2013 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Broomfield House |
1 review from this member |
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This is a small quiet site with excellent facilities and great views. There are plenty of birds across the fields which you can see flying about. The road that passes the site is quiet and also provides good access from the A66. The owners are very friendly and we intend to stay again in the near future.
Only comment is some people may prefer the facilities to be cleaner.
There is a good walk beside the river down the road from the site which takes just over an hour.
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| Date of Visit: March 2013 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Oneblackleg |
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This was our first trip away this year. Site is lovely, field is nice and flat with amazing views over the hills. Toilets and showers were really lovely. We rarely use on site facilities unless exceptional and we used them here. Unfortunately weather was against us (as is often the way) and it started to snow and snow and snow. We ended up having to leave the van and return 3 weeks later to collect. The family were amazing, nothing was too much trouble and they helped tow the van of the field (still too much snow for our car). This site is our ideal, nice and quiet and peaceful, even though it's a working farm, and not too many people. We intend to use this site again and again even in bad weather - this is Britain so we should be used to it by now.
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| Date of Visit: September 2012 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Culligan68 |
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We have just returned from a 4 night stay at this farm which we stumbled across by accident after a nightmare on another site. What a find ! Very friendly people. Excellent views. Excellent facilities. We can't rate this place highly enough. Whilst we were there the cows escaped which we helped round up, which we really enjoyed. A very relaxing and enjoyable stay which we shall be repeating as soon as we can.
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Coll26 |
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We booked a 2 night stay on this Certificated Site with friends. Site itself is easy to find as literally off A66 then follow road for a few mile. Beautiful scenery, very peaceful.
However, after a day of heavy rain showers a fair bit of surface water was evident and even by end of stay some still hadn't drained. We had EHU pitches and were camped at the top end of field (furthest away from farm buildings). £15 per night, no extra for the dog or little one so very reasonable.
The owners were away for our stay (which we knew as we were told when we booked) but his family were on hand to make us a cuppa while pitching in the wind and rain which was really nice.
Facilities comprised of 2 outbuildings, one housed 2 loos, dishwash sink/area plus an area with local info leaflets and the other contained again a dishwashing area and 2 bathrooms with loo, sink, large shower cubicle (just like at home!). At the time of our visit handwash wasn't available in every loo and as mentioned before no hand drier but a towel for use. I would like to see a mop and bucket in each of the outbuildings as the floor was pretty dirty as was the board that you step out of the shower onto.
There are 2 goals on the field for children to play football etc.
I should also mention the amount of midges and flies (as its a working farm) we encountered, there were also quite a lot in the bathrooms too as doors etc were left open.
As far as things to do in the area there isnt a huge amount for kids. There is Thorpe Farm approx 5-10 min drive away, another farm/play area/coffee shop off A66, although we didn't visit either during our short stay. Had a nice walk around centre of Barnard Castle and down by river and kids had a play in the park there also.
Overall, nice site with good facilities.
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