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Hill Farm Campsite
Spring Lane
Packington
Ashby De La Zouch
Leicestershire (Browse area)
LE65 1WU
Tel: 01530 411984
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Pitches: 24
Open: 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
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 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes 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 |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 No Laundry |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 No Fishing |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 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 <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: May 2015 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Bradders1504 |
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 Our first trip of 2015 was spent with friends at this family friendly site - this is our 3rd visit here - the kids always settle and we get to have a great short break
We love it here but it is in need of a bit of Tlc in the shower area - kids running around do get hot and sweaty and they need to get cleaned up but the showers are not currently suitable for - they cycle through scalding hot to freezing cold - I hope they will be fixed soon 👍 
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| Date of Visit: October 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Brianking |
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What a brilliant place, both hard standing and grass with lovely animals up to the site. Very nice people, friendly and obliging nothing to much trouble we will definitely go again. Ashby is a lovely place and Twycross zoo is only up the road, for anyone interested in history, motor racing, shopping its just the job.
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| Date of Visit: October 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: GreenJo |
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Just been to Hill Farm for our second weekend with our 2 children (ages 6 & 7) and our dog in a touring caravan. We love this site - the warden, Geoff, is extremely friendly and we're instantly made to feel at home.
It's a basic and relaxed site and is not manicured with an abundance of facilities for campers and children - something we look for in a site, but I guess is not to everyone's taste.
The toilets/showers are plenty clean enough - yes, the rooms could be a little cleaner, but you can see they're cleaned often and the actual toilet, sink, shower are perfectly, clean - it's just the floors and walls that tend to be a bit more grubby from the 'working farm' grass and mud etc that gets walked in or blown in under the gap under the door. The upside to them is that they're all sizeable so plenty of room for taking the kids in with you!
The playground is basic but perfectly adequate to occupy the kids for a weekend at a time, although for any longer than this they may need something with a bit more to do. Our kids just love to ride their bikes around the fields and up and down the lane so they're more than occupied.
The camping fields themselves have sufficient electric hook up points and water points and are well maintained. It's lovely to see the Alpacas when you wake up in the morning and have a stroll up the lane to say hello to the Bison.
There's plenty of facilities within a few minutes drive in Packington or Ashby de la Zouch, and some lovely walks directly from the campsite to exercise your dog (& kids!).
Campers need to be aware that this is a working farm - yes you will have farm traffic noise and yes, there will be farmyard smells, but that's what you should expect if you book onto a working farm site! It doesn't bother us in the slightest and we feel the insignificant downsides to this site are far outweighed by the upsides. The price is more than fair (marvellous in fact!) and we love basic sites which aren't 'manufactured' for the masses.
We will definitely be returning in the Spring and look forward to seeing Geoff again :-)
Jo & Andrew
PS - make sure you take your wellies if you want to wander around the farmyard!
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| Date of Visit: September 2014 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Topperharley |
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I spent 2 nights at Hill Farm with my children. The reason for leaving a review was because I feel that some of the bad reviews were unnecessary. For £12 a night you should not be expecting very much! The warden was really friendly and made us feel most welcome. The pitch was lovely and well maintained. The play area for the children was enough to keep them happy for a weekend. Small castle they could play in with 2 slides. The toilet block was pretty basic and not exactly great, but as I say for £12 you can't expect much.
We went on a lovely walk. It is a really quiet site and perfect for a quiet cheap weekend away with children. The warden turned a group of younger people away as they were planning on being noisy and he said it was a family site. We will return as we had a lovely time.
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| Date of Visit: September 2014 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Corkyfr |
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The campsite consists of 2 fields with hookups round the edges. It is quiet and peaceful with lots of good walking from the site. It is on a working farm with the usual associated smells. The toilets/showers/washing up facilities are very basic but unacceptably dirty. They need a good clean from top to bottom. Campervan owners beware - there is no emptying point for waste water - it was suggested that we drive down to a nearby layby to empty it !A nice site spoiled by lack of care.
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| Date of Visit: August 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Klcd12 |
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Just returned from 3 nights here. Warden extremely helpful and gave us a choice of pitches. We chose pitch number 1 which is laid back in the first field - nice and private. As we arrived the second field was full, but within an hour they had all gone and we were the only ones on site. Shortly to be joined by two tents. So, lovely and peaceful. Amenities are basic by serviceable. Showers were clean. The newer one was not working properly but was quickly fixed by the warden when we mentioned it. Toilets not quite so clean but still OK and perfectly acceptable for £12 per night. Farmer asked if we wanted to see them feeding the bison - this was great as we got really close to them and saw a beautiful baby one, only 3 weeks old! Alpacas at the back of the camping fields are gorgeous. A look around the farmyard, however, was quite surprising. Maybe they hadn't got round to mucking out but the pigs (especially) seemed to be kept in quite dirty conditions. Although we are no experts - maybe this is normal? The site is very quiet, although farm machinery was noisy around 8am but then moved away from site quite quickly. It is a working farm after all but this is the only noise as the site is a long way down a narrow lane that leads nowhere. There is a small play area all in sight of the main fields. This was great as our daughter befriended three other children and they played there happily for hours. The main equipment is the wooden fort. There is a view platform which is supposed to be closed but people keep pulling the barrier tape away. At the top of the tower is a zip wire which is supposed to be closed down as it is far too high off the ground but there is no indication that it is dangerous. Older children can be told not to use it but be careful with younger ones. All in all, good facilities (although I would not want to stay there when the site is busy), a friendly and helpful warden and good value for money. As the site is only 40 mins from home we may well return for a weekend.
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| Date of Visit: August 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Lindseyloo |
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We were a party of 7 units (tents and caravans) booked in for August bank holiday and were delighted on arrival to be told by Geoff the very friendly and accommodating warden that they had allocated one of their camping fields solely to us (with hook up). The kids play area was just off our field so we did encounter a few children from other areas of the site running in and out most of the day but you can't have everything! The site is part of a working farm so there were the usual smells and noises associated with that but that did not bother us in the slightest. Between us we had 5 dogs and there was a lovely farm track to walk along which allowed the dogs to run freely.
Toilet and shower facilities were basic but clean and were heated (another added bonus). The only disappointment really was the farm shop was closed and appeared empty so no BBQ packs or home made casseroles available as advertised in the UK Campsite details, but can highly recommend Nicks Fish Bar and The Beeches pub in Ashby.
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| Date of Visit: July 2014 |
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| Reviewer: Earls1942 |
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Booked one night, 26th, just to try out new(old)trailer tent. Wish we could have stayed longer. The warden, a true gent, showed us to our pitch which was very pleasant. The toilets and showers, while fairly basic were clean and functional. Our two grandsons loved it and did not want to leave. Certainly just the place to wind down. Plenty of places to visit and good eating in ashby. Will certainly visit again.
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| Date of Visit: May 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Stewart010 |
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Well I wish I had taken notice of the first review on this site, If we had have done I wouldn't have gone. Whilst I understand the weather played a large part in making the site somewhat miserable, as the grass pitches were closed due to the rain, so all vans were 'crammed' onto the hardstanding area. This is basically a very small area which seemed to be predominantly permanent / seasonal pitches. They went to work at 6am, nice wake up call ! None of the others wanted a conversation and were quite happy to look the other way when you tried to engage with them. The toilet facilities were an add on to the cow shed although on inspection were clean as was the shower. Chemical disposal was a man hole cover which had to be lifted and was emptied into the farm sewers that had a very unpleasant smell. Warden was very pleasant but wont be going again.
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| Reviewer: Lorrylass |
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Stayed here for our first trip in our new (second hand!) caravan in order to spend a day with relatives at the National Space Centre in Leicester. Lovely site easily accessible from the M42, although not signposted until you get to it. Greeted by a wonderfully friendly and helpful warden and shown to hard standing pitch with electric hook up. Water is very easily accessible but as the gravel is fairly newly laid there is some give when winding the legs down.
Site is lovely and quiet, alpacas in the field behind the van and a short walk to the well proportioned showers and toilets which were both very clean with heated towel rail and lots of hot water. Good quality toilet roll in the toilets (a bug bear of mine!). Very reasonable costs and a very pleasant site. Would happily visit again.
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