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Manor Farm Caravan And Camping Site
East Runton
Cromer
Norfolk (Browse area)
NR27 9PR
Tel: 01263 512858
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Open: 25/03/2024 to 27/10/2024
01/04/2025 to 26/10/2025
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
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 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
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 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
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 No Kitchen Facilities |
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 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <1 mile |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <1 mile |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 Cycle Hire On Site |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <1 mile |
 Watersports <10 miles |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <10 miles |
| Other Features |
 Sea Views |
 Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: August 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Abbs Family |
3 reviews from this member |
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 We've visited this campsite several times over the last five years and will be going again over the bank holiday.We can't wait!
Our two teenagers frequently ask when we're going back to Manor Farm and always talk about the fun they've had. There's a playground and plenty of grassy areas for them to play on, not to mention the wooded area by the unserviced pitches in the main field where camp building is a must! This is a family friendly site where children will make new friends instantly.
The toilets are clean and fresh and have plug sockets for the essential hair straightners! In our experience they've always had hot water too, even in peak times. Also plenty of sinks for washing up. Town is a 20 minute walk away down the main road where you can find a great beach for crabbing and relaxing. There is a Co-op a ten minute walk away or a 2 minute drive for all the essentials.
In all honesty we've never really sampled the restaurants in Cromer except the fish and chips as we normally cook back at the tent but we've been into Sheringham for a bite to eat several times and The Lobster is a must!
The campsite is quiet, sheltered in many spots and a gem! A few areas are sloped but this just adds to the true camping feel. In August two years ago, there was a field of sunflowers nearby which added a spot of colour to what was a wet week. We moved after that first week to an 'upmarket' campsite and regretted it the moment we arrived, it didn't have the relaxed feel or the spacious feel of Manor Farm. It's been hard to beat! 
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| Reviewer: GAVINANDELAINE |
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We stayed in Gurneys Plantation. The pitch was nice with sea views, the pitches were well spaced out. We did walk through the camping field and thought it looked really crowded and everyone squeezed in. The toilets were a little old fashioned but clean, the showers were always hot and free.
There is a footpath to Cromer which has the usually seaside tat shops supermarkets and fish and chip shops and the traffic durring the day is unbelievably bad. The town is dead at night with very little in the way of pubs and food, although I can recommend the Dayla Spice curry house. Another footpath leads from the site to Runton with lovely wide beach and 2 pubs and local shops.
We caught the train from Cromer to Norwich which I wouild recommended and the train is good value at £6.30 off peak return for an adult.
We had lots of lovely bike rides in the surround countryside, but found that this area of Norfolk is not as flat as people say! There are plenty of quiet lanes and villages to explore.
Overall, the camp-site was fine but I felt not as good as people have said on this forum and Cromer is a real let down. Would I go back, to the campsite probably yes, but not a whole week here.
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| Reviewer: A+RD |
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The site was perfect for what we needed. We spent 6 nights here and had brilliant weather. The showers were clean and other facilities were good. We were left alone during our time at the site (which was full to capacity). We managed to get a good pitch in the Malpit Field and had plenty of privacy. The site is a 10 minute walk to the nearest supermarket and about 20 minutes to the centre of Cromer.
Really enjoyed the stay and look forward to using this site again next time we are in Norfolk.
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| Reviewer: Carry On Camper |
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Just returned from successful family camping week here, based in the dog-friendly field, Moll's Meadow. Helpful (and visible) staff, brand new facilities block in our field (but others not quite as nice), ideally located for Cromer and Sheringham, plus Norwich and the bootiful North Norfolk coastline (Wells etc.) very driveable. Plenty of room for the kids to play - they had a ball. Seems unfair to pick faults but if I did it would be it is a large site, pitches can be quite sloping, there's a teen campsite next door which you can hear noise (not too much though) from and also a railway line. But, all-in-all a thumbs up for Manor Farm, I would definitely go back!
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| Reviewer: Gilders |
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Booked some months in advance, sending our £10 deposit, and called to see if we could arrive one day early. After check in at the not so welcoming or friendly office we were wished luck in finding a spot to pitch as they were very busy! There was one pitch luckily and had we arrived 2 hrs later then we'd have struggled.
The site itself, made up of several fields is large and besides the serviced sites there is no structure as to where you pitch in the field, apart from a '6 meter away' rule, which as we witnessed, can lead to some people being rather disrespectful to other campers. We were there for a 6 days a didn't see management going around the site checking things or enforcing the rules of the site
The facilities are adequate but when full struggled to cope. We used the facilities in the 'caravan' field, which was nowhere near as busy.
The washing up facilities are far from adequate, be prepared to queue.
I would say is if you're arriving get there early afternoon 3pm ish, existing campers don't have to leave before 6pm which can mean that space is scarce if you arrive earlier.
As far as location is concerned, it's great for exploring the surrounding towns and villages.
We have 2 small children and the best day out was a day spent exploring around Baconsthorpe Castle. This is simply a ruin in the middle of nowhere, but there are a number of walks around (one that leads to a nearby pub) which are pure delight. We walked through corn fields, around small village churches and small woods and had a great time. If we saw 20 people throughout the day, then that was being generous. Take a picnic and the grounds of the castle and the surrounding moat make for a great adventure. True Swallows and Amazons!
Blakeney Point is also a must if you have little ones, seeing the seals that have taken up residnece ther are a joy to see. However, on a nice day, be prepared for crowds and busy boat trips (look for the Orange Boats - Beans Trips I think it was) - if you can book ahead!
The beach at West Runton is nice and makes for good crabbing when the tide is out. Parking by the beach is £2 per day which is also good value. There are basic toilets and a little cafe in situ to help keep the children happy with ice creams.
We had a great time all in all
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| Reviewer: Phil wright |
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We arrived here to be greeted by a friendly booking in reception clerk who was more than happy to help with a booking problem that we had.
The site is huge with several different fields in which to pitch up.
The site is relatively quiet,well kept and litter free.
This is a family site so if a totally noise free place is what you are after then this may not suit you.
The washing facilities and toilets were cleaned through out the day several times but to be honest there really needs to be more toilets and shower facilities especially at peak times.
All in all we really enjoyed our stay here and perhaps in the future the owners my even consider a club house on site and perhaps a little shop.
Fantastic place to take your family as there is so much to do around east runton and cromer.
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| Reviewer: Caribbeanwind |
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We booked at short notice in what is obviously the busiest time of year and was unable to get a Service Pitch. If an EHU is essential you will need to book in advance.
The biggest plus point of this campsite is it's location. Walking distance to the town centre, beach and pier. We hardly used the car all week which was great. The beaches are also lovely and clean with plenty of sand at East Runton and Cromer.
Please be aware that the Pub next to Morrisons was shut the whole week we were there and at the busiest time of year we concluded it had probably gone out of business. Also if you want sit down Fish & Chips they shut at about 8pm which we found rather strange (the Take Away counter remained open but only at one of the two chip shops). There is a Morrisons, Co-Op, Halfords and Argos on the walk into town but if you forget anything small such as a sieve or can opener there is a great discount shop in the centre which we used many times.
The site itself is ok, we stopped in the Marl Pit because I didn't fancy being woken early by barking dogs. I got woken at 6am by young children instead. The showers were rarely warm enough. The problem with the push button showers remained from early reviews (ie only lasting for a couple of seconds I complained about this twice but nothing was done about it. There is also a seemingly permanent queue to wash up your dirty pots which is annoying. They do provide Freezers to recharge your ice packs but we gave up on this as with it being so busy it became a chore finding them and they took an age to freeze.
On the plus side everyone kept the noise down after 2230hrs which was great. On a standard pitch you can erect your tent where you want within reason (but not all the pitches are flat) and it's proximity to Cromer and the Supermarkets makes it really. I think this site would be excellent when not so busy and shall return but probably during one of these time.
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| Reviewer: The staffy clan |
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Just had 2 great weeks at manor farm as always the site was great and the owners are doing all they can to improve the site the new shower block on Mols meadow is finished. The weather was great very hot. The site is ideal for dog lovers with lots of country walks or beach walks.
Cromer however was infested with ladybirds, but don't let that put you off as the locals say it happens about every 10yrs
The site is just the ideal spot for the Norfolk broads and the north Norfolk coast line . So good we have already booked for 2010
This site gets a 10 out of 10 from us on all the things people expect from a campsite. Friendly, clean, location, helpful staff
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| Reviewer: Jacqui61 |
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Every other review on this site was good so we decided to give it a try. Although we had good weather throughout our stay, Manor Farm for us was not all we expected. The only access is by a single dirt track, and if you get a vehicle coming the other way it's not easy to manoeuvre round each other. The campsite itself seemed to be very overcrowded. We were on Marlpit Field and the tent units were not the recommended 6 metres apart. When we came to connect our electric hook up we were unable to do so as all four points were taken. We contacted the office and were told to sort it out ourselves. It was only when we said that it was up to them to sort out the problem with the hook up as we did not want to mess with someone elses electrics, that they said someone would come up to us. The warden arrived 15 minutes after our call, found that someone should have been on a different hook up point and made a connection point available for us.
For the sheer size of this site I do not feel there are enough facilities, such as toilets and showers. The block nearest to us contained four toilets (one with a sink in the cubicle) and one shower inside. A door on the outside of the building led into a family shower, which my twin daughters and I just fitted in. My partner said the situation was the same in the gents. There were queues every morning for the showers, and when we did manage to get in a shower it was usually a trickle of water, as the pressure was down due to so many people using this facility at the same time. The best time to shower is very early morning or late night.
We do not have a portable fridge so had to use the freezer to re-freeze ice blocks. However, someone kept removing them from the freezer and leaving them on the floor. This was not good, I mentioned it to the warden who said he would pass it on to the person in charge.
Our children enjoyed the peaceful play area on Gurneys Plantation as the Marlpit area was very crowded. Although the site went quiet around 11pm the noise from a fair in Runton carried up and seemed quite loud at times.
Cromer is a pleasant little town, and the beach is lovely. A value for money place to eat has to be The Kings Head-two meals for £10.00, and the food was good, there are also many fish & chip shops though most are shut by 9pm.
The Henry Blogg Museum is worth a visit, we had our eyes opened about the history of the Cromer Lifeboat.If we were to revisit the area in the future it would have to be on a different campsite. Although the sea views from Marlpit are fantastic, the access to Manor Farm is not good.
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| Reviewer: Janey69 |
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We visited this site back in August 2008 and loved it so much went back the following year.
The site is very clean and well looked after. The shower/toilet blocks are cleaned every day. It can get a little windy depending where you pitch your tent.
In August the site can get quite busy but not noisy.
It is about a 20 minute walk into Cromer town centre and you pass a big Morrisons supermarket and Argos.
At night you can see the lighthouse in the distance.
We love the site and will be going back this year.
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