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Reviews of Devon Cliffs Holiday Centre (haven Holidays)
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Devon Cliffs Holiday Centre (haven Holidays)
Sandy Bay
Exmouth
South Devon (Browse area)
EX8 5BT
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Pitches: 195
Open: 01/04/2024 to 31/10/2024
01/04/2025 to 31/10/2025
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 No Tents |
 No Caravans |
 No Motorhomes |
 No 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 |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 No Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 No Fishing |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool On Site |
 Outdoor Pool On Site |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <5 miles |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: May 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Hobbyman_1977 |
1 review from this member |
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 We just stayed at Devon Cliffs on their brand new touring field. The new field is the next level down from where it used to be which does mean the sea view is a little worse. The new facilities are the best I have ever come across including spotless showers, toilets and chemical disposal room. The facilities are cleaned every 3 hours during the day by a team of three full time attendants who were always around or on call.
No longer do you have to approach the touring area via huge gradients which have resulted in so many clutches burning out. This site have really sorted themselves out and with the new touring field and absolutely immaculate facilities gets 9/10 from me. I say 9/10 and not 10/10 because the pitches are not very big at all.
After setting up our van and pitching the awning there was only a few feet away from the next van. All pitches are fully serviced and are hard standing. We stayed for 9 nights and really didn't't want to leave. At last a Haven site with all the facilities who are taking care of the tourers as well as the statics.
The field is only 2 minutes walk to the shop and all the entertainment which makes it very convenient, although this becomes a little noisy during the late evening when you can here the loud music from the late night show. All in all excellent and I will be returning next year. These are brand new facilities with kind and friendly attendants. Kids and wife really enjoyed themselves. 
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| Date of Visit: April 2007 |
Unit: Static |
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| Reviewer: Danielle76 |
3 reviews from this member |
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We recently stayed at Devon Cliffs in a Static Caravan - Like most of the reviews written so far I will agree that the site is very hilly. Both my partner & I had stayed at Devon cliffs some years ago - however we were pleasantly surprised at the re-fit. The facilities are very good – the indoor pool could do with a good clean. Drinks & food are as expected not cheap - but reasonably priced. There is a restaurant on site but we didn’t eat there. The club rooms were a good size but when we stayed the site wasn’t very busy. I would imagine in the height of summer the rooms would be too crowded.
My only complaint would be upon arrival we were told that the computers were down, Security told us to go to the club room but the reception staff told us to queue up in the main reception area – After nearly an hour of shouting from Security telling us all to go up to the club room we finally checked in in the reception area.
This is a great site if you fancy parking up for the weekend & making the most of the facilities. The surrounding area has some fab places to visit & would thoroughly recommend using this site.
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| Date of Visit: October 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Slewis1972 |
2 reviews from this member |
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I have just returned from Havens site - Devon Cliffs, supposed to be there flag ship, hmmm.
Arrived on site - touring area extremely muddy. Ok - weather is bad but looks like the tractors they had used had gone all over alot of pitches. Also - most of the touring area is on a slop. We had to ask 3 times for breeze blocks - eventually got them a day later. I had to raise the front of the van about a metre of the ground to get it level. And then once it was level, the water pump did not even touch the water butt so could not pump any water in.
The worst bit though was the toilet block. In the 3 days we stayed there - and we had booked for 5 days, we asked 3 times for them to be cleaned. Were not touched. They were a complete mess, the worse toilet block I had stayed in - no wonder it was cheap.
Anyway - hope this helps someone save a few pounds. Or if you want to go there and will use won facilities, make sure you get a level pitch.
I must say though the facilities for kids - was great - cannot fault that. Its that we have to wash and clean the kids sometimes, so good or even clean facilities to do that would have been needed.
Scott
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Loopylou007 |
15 reviews from this member |
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Just returned from a weeks holiday, site was huge and packed, it was extremely hilly, partner ended up helping someone struggling to tow their van up a very steep hill. Also vans were too near to each other. One good thing we had a nice sea view.
I only used the shower block once because it was really dirty and the shower door didn't shut properly so the water went everywhere.
Food on the site was overpriced and to be honest not very nice. There is a nice pub next door to the site which did huge portions, and quite reasonable. Would also recommend the farm next to the site, quite pricey but well worth it, loads to do for the kids.
When we went to empty toilet we were amazed we had to empty it into a normal toilet, there was no elsan points?
Beach was nice but again to get there you had to go down a very steep hill.
The site has 3 clubhouses, the main club where they have entertainment for the younger kids got busy about 5.30 pm so if you went any later chances are you wouldn't get a seat. Room was really hot, didn't seem to have any air con (maybe done on purpose so you buy more drinks!)
All in all the kids loved the entertainment but think we would prefer to go back to Haven Littlesea because it isn't as hilly.
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: John55 |
2 reviews from this member |
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All I can do is praise this site the only fault being the very slopey pitches but next time we go we will know to get one at the top end of the field.The bad write-ups about this site I could not find, the amenities were clean showers hot and the view was fantastic, might be a different kettle of fish come July/August. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Luke_s |
2 reviews from this member |
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HMMMMMM! Very steep touring area, I think my clutch has died.
Very poor / dirty toilet facilities. Very dusty roads in the touring area, still cleaning it out of my van. 1 family unit for bathing kids, used by every man and his dog it seems. Touring area needs the same amount of cash injection as the rest of the site, total modernisation wouldn't go amiss.
Entertainment for kids is v. Good tho. The kids shows seem quite short.
Good shop Good sports area with 3 outdoor and large indoor pools with slides. Very steep / hilly site, must have good legs! Nice beach, no dogs allowed in summer. Good views across the bay. Reasonable prices on site.
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| Date of Visit: July 2004 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Steve Gooner |
5 reviews from this member |
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On arrival at this park we had the shock of our lives.The touring field is located very high on a steep hill. The gradient of the access road is so severe that some outfits had to have a tow by the wardens tractor or suffer clutch burn-out. The caravans are pitched extremely close together and I could nearly stretch out of our window and touch our neighbours windbreak!
There are two toilet blocks. The one we visited had a family room, which when used left the floor in a sea of brown coloured water. Unfortunately, we stayed during a wet week in july and so the tired looking touring field resembled a mud bath as there are no hardstanding pitches.
On the positive side, the warden was very helpful providing us with three foot of bricks to level our van. This is an all action site with great live entertainment which the children will love.
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| Date of Visit: September 2005 |
Unit: Static |
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| Reviewer: Gruber |
5 reviews from this member |
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We didn't stop in our own caravan or tent,but in a static. But as they do camping there I will tell you of our experiences. As another person said it was a one way system & it took an age to work out where our van was, they need to review the map they give you !
We went towards the end of the season, when the outdoor swimming pool was closed which the kids weren't too happy about, but we went to the indoor one which was nice.
The site is hilly as another reviewer said & you can here the army doing there training up on the cliffs with guns shots going off every now & then.
The park has 2 pools an indoor one & an outdoor one,a huge arcade,a small football pitch,crazy golf & fantastic safe sandy beach.
There are 3 large rooms showing entertainment,some can get very busy so get there early to get a seat. The entertainment in these 3 rooms is second to none,there is something for everyone for the kids theres the characters Rory the Tiger,Bradley the Bear & Cheeky the Monkey.
Depending on which room you go in these characters go onto the stage & the kids do the usual dances with them,theres a small kids disco every night,theres also bingo early on in the evening in one of the rooms(Capones I think?),later on the resident compere gets the kids up on stage for some fun & games. As the night goes on there is the Haven dancers & a guest group that play a few sets..Both are good..
There is a restaurant which has a standard menu & certain days they have a theme night,ie indian,mexican,wild west..where the food reflects the theme. The main restaurant is a bit on the expensive side,I paid nearly £12 for a steak & it looked & tasted like horse meat!?? But the kids & missus enjoyed theres..
Downstairs in the main arcade are 3 fast food outlets,from memory a Burger King,a chippy & a KFC type of place,these were better with the chippy offering meal deals. The problem with these outlets is trying to get your order over to the server,they all seemed foreign & their english wasn't good.
Next door to the park is a museum/animal sanctuary type thing,it is a tad expensive but is ideal to visit on a rainy day as most of it is undercover. They serve food there,but your best bet is to take a picnic as theres loads of benches for those picnics. Theres animals to see birds, donkeys, horses, rabbits,h amsters & the kids can walk the goats,inside theres something for everyone,including slides & adventure playgrounds. I recommend you vistit this place..
As we are campers we ventured up to the camping area to take a look to see if it was worth bringing our caravan down to the site. The area set aside for campers is small & not very flat,more suited to caravans than tents I would have thought. We also checked out the toilet block & found it okay, but not brilliant.
So summing up the site there is loads to do night & day, but the camping & caravan facilites are something to be desired..
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| Date of Visit: June 2005 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Matrix |
2 reviews from this member |
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Great park. Kids loved it entertainment is fab. We went in june and the camping field was over crowded no space. More for caravans than tents. We stayed in a trailer tent. Where were no flat spots just sloping ground so every thing was sliding off the table all the time. But would go again for value for money.
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| Date of Visit: June 2005 |
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| Reviewer: Tony B52 |
9 reviews from this member |
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The fun facilities on this enormous static caravan site were pretty good. A good indoor pool with slides, loads of amusment machines, clubs for the kids, health spar, indoor soft play area, trampolines a good outdoor climbing frame area and an exellant beach if you like sandy beaches.
The beach must be the best sand beach for miles and the site has excellant access to the costal paths with good walks in both directions. Dogs not welcome on the beach.
The beach and indeed the site are overlooked by a forces firing range but you get used to the sound which is at the distance more like a popping sound. The kids dont even notice.
The toilets/camping facilities were basic/poor, there are two blocks, the one at the top of the site is average and has one family room. The one at the lower end of the camping field is past its sell by date and suffered for half of our holiday with blocked drains which smelled pretty bad. Even though Haven have their own maintainance staff on site it took them over a week to clear and the facility remained open. The family room is massively over subscribed and we managed to use it once in two weeks. The showers in both blocks were below average especially in the lower block. The waste room in the lower block was perminently a half inch deap in water (hopefully) during my stay.
I came to this site late last year and found the pitches to be poorely kept and put it down to a long summer. I must admit I was hoping to see some grass on them this year but unfortunately not. The pitches vary in size and many are able to take twin axles. Doggy field is right next door and is in good order which is handy for most.
The site is definitely geared toward statics and with the poor state of camping facilities and little facts like the site shops not selling any camping equipment what so ever, you are definitely made to feel like a second class customer.
There is however no getting away from the excellant fun facilities for the kids during the rainy days and evenings and it is probably this that brings people back.
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Is Devon Cliffs Holiday Centre (haven Holidays) child friendly? YES, it accepts children & has a playground View all facilities
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