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Michelcombe Farm Campsite
Dartmoor Shepherds Huts, Higher Michelcombe Farm
Holne
Dartmoor
South Devon (Browse area)
TQ137SP
Tel: 07562 050424
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Pitches: 20
Open: 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
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 Tent Pitches |
 No Caravans |
 No Motorhomes |
 No Campervans |
 Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 No Electric Hookups |
 No Hardstandings |
 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 |
 No Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 No Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <5 miles |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <5 miles |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <10 miles |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
 Open All Year |
 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <5 miles |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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Date of Visit: September 2021  |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: With friends |
| Reviewer: Georgi |
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 We had a lovely stay at Michelcombe farm - great facilities, friendly people, nice spot.
We particularly enjoyed the logs and firepit.
A lovely stop on the Two Moors Way - thank you! 
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| Date of Visit: July 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Family with young children |
| Reviewer: Sarahs |
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Me and my family stayed for two nights and three days to celebrate my 8th birthday
My favourite part was making a dam in the stream with my friends, I also liked the rope swings and going over the clapper bridge to go to the toilet. The fire pit was amazing.
I would definitely go again.
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| Date of Visit: August 2019 |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Young couple |
| Reviewer: Lightningrider |
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We booked this idyllic looking site as my partner had enjoyed a wonderful short stay here before. He was certain this was the site for me to enjoy my birthday. We booked in for 5 nights, specifically so I could enjoy my birthday on site.
However, as the customer service was verging on the 'Basil Fawlty' level, the communal facilities were 'laughable', the site effectively left to run itself 'Lord of the Flies style' and the pitches were so chaotic, we all ended up packed in like sardines; we left a day early. I spent my birthday packing up and hightailing it out of there.
Now, we take our camping very seriously and enjoy it immensely. To leave somewhere this picturesque a day early is not what we do. Book more than one night here by all means but, don't say we didn't warn you.
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| Date of Visit: August 2016 |
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| Reviewer: HaydenFam |
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Everything about this campsite ticked all our boxes, the site was in a perfect location as well.
Only criticism would be the amount of animal dung around the pitches but a quick clean and all was good.
Libby the camp owner was fanatic and very accommodating for such a large family group.
Would definitely go back to this campsite.
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| Date of Visit: May 2016 |
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| Reviewer: Oli-C |
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This is a beautifully relaxed campsite for those who have camped before, and who are used to some basic facilities.
The fire pits are great, with logs available to buy on site.
The ground is rocky on upper level - well drained - so a mallet is a must to get the pegs in.
Only 1 shower, loo and sink each (which wasn't a problem for us with only 3 other couples on the site) and only cold water in the sinks. Hot water in showers is on-demand though, which is great. Generally clean and tidy but some basic improvements would go a long way to making things more comfortable.
It looks like more facilities might be work-in-progress (maybe) and the lower camping field has had some work done on it by the look of it (possibly better drained now).
Highly recommended for getting away from the rat race for a few days. Bring your walking boots.
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| Date of Visit: May 2014 |
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| Reviewer: SiouxPeto |
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This is proper camp site: small but perfectly formed basic amenities. We stayed 2 nights as we where travelling down to Cornwall - Its very quite - nice clean toilets one ladies, one mans and shower in each, but they had a good utility room with washing machine and washing up facilities. 2 pubs within walking distance (a good walking distance mind you) and the moors are just a small walk away and amazing
Very pretty with a little stream between the two levels, surrounded by trees and you can have camp fires. Lovely. And the sheep visited us!. We loved it there. The site is small with 2 shepherds huts at the bottom and a bell tent. Ordinary tents on the top layer. We where the only people there which was such a luxury. Would definitely go back. Great place to spend a few days. A bit difficult to find which made it even more special when we did (go further than your sat nav tells you) and enjoy
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Cmpingcartwrights |
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Michelcombe is small and very basic. It is situated on two levels in a steep-sided valley on the edge of Dartmoor along some hair-raising single track roads!
On arrival it is not obvious where to camp, the pitch boundaries are not marked out but each pitch is numbered. We hadn’t been given a pitch number on booking so I texted the owner and her reply was to pitch on the lower field wherever there was a space. We chose the least uneven pitch that was left but all were quite sloped and uneven.
The valley is heavily wooded and sheltered from the wind meaning our pitch remained in shade for much of the day which meant the ground was very soft and damp. It was also very rocky which made getting pegs in to the ground very difficult.
The facilities - showers, toilets, dish-wash sinks, utility room are housed in a shed just above the upper field. They were kept clean and there was plenty of hot water. We were able to use the washing machine but the fridge freezer was not working. There is one toilet and one shower each for men and women but we didn’t have to queue even though the site was full.
We arrived on a Saturday night and there were a lot of big groups in with multiple tents but we all had a great nights sleep and the site was quiet after 10. 30pm.
Campfires are allowed in the designated stone or metal pits and firewood can be bought from the farm. This was our reason for booking the site and we had a lovely time toasting marshmallows with the children before the rain called it to a halt.
The tariff is £7 per person per night plus £5 for under-12 children. I think this is a bit steep considering the rather limited and basic facilities
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Christnabellringer |
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This is a basic campsite in a brilliant location. Five minutes walk and you are on the moor for real. Some reviewers on their own website said they couldn't find the site, but their Google map is spot on, and frankly it's not too hard to work out that if you get to Michelcombe you need to carry on up the valley to get to Higher Michelcombe.
It is quite expensive considering the facilities - £7 per adult, £5 per child, £2 per dog each night. Hot showers are free but could really do with a clean. I would say it would be a great site if the place was tidied up a bit - it's all a bit ramshackle when you arrive, in a 'can't be bothered' sense rather than a working farm sense (we live within a farm in a rural area).
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
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| Reviewer: MaryMcG |
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I booked this site for a week on the basis of the reviews on this website and on the promises made on the companys own website. I wish I had also read the reviews on TripAdvisor as these reflect, more accurately, what we found. The site is in a beautiful location, you can have campfires and it is all very laid back. However, the toilet facilities are limited, if someone showers there is no cold water for anyone else to brush their teeth. The light in the shower was not working for three days. The fridge freezer was not working. The whole place looks uncared for, like a scrap yard. The promised land rover safaris, bottle feeding of calves and lambs, BBQ's and picnic benches do not exist. There is no kids play area. The gents toilet (remember there is only one) was a frosted glass window. A little disconcerting at times! The lanes too and from the site are extremely narrow with very limited passing places. That cannot be helped, I know, but the suggestion that you can pop to one of the two 'nearby' pubs is unrealistic. On foot it would mean a walk of three quarters of a mile on unlit lanes with no place to go if a car does come along. The location is lovely. But that is it.
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Peter Eden |
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An absolutely fantastic site if you want to camp how camping should be done. Basic, yes, but a beautiful campsite situated in a wooded clearing with a stream running by (although the stream was dry when we visited). I took my girlfriend here for her first 'out of caravan experience' and she absolutely loved it.
We cooked trout, sweet potato and beetroot on an open fire (bags of wood and kindling £5) and loved talking to the other campers, most of which had obviously been here before.
If you want a bar and playground then don't come. If you want peace, tranquillity, an open fire and room for your kids to play 'naturally' then I can think of no better campsite.
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