Alistair Watkins

Review of The Hammer and Pincers

We both eat here and stayed in the camping... Both...

We both eat here and stayed in the camping... Both were fab!

The camp site is really good, there's a mix of hardstandings for caravans, some with water and drainage others with electric and some with neither, all the pitches seemed to be pretty level though. There's also a big grassy field for tents, with a couple of hookups.
Facilities are basic but good, 3 showers and about 7 loos, which was plenty even when it was busy on the August bank holiday.
It's a chilled site but not necessarily peaceful.. it's on the main trainline and not far from a main road; there was a wedding on and a big group of campers which both had loud music - we really liked the atmosphere though and had no problems getting the kids to sleep. Expect if you ask when booking they'll know if there's anything on.
Aside from that there was lots of free space for the children to play, which is what you want from a site like this really!

Pub was also very nice, it was busy the first day and we couldn't get a table to eat so book ahead. Did have a drink from the wide selection and the children played on the pirate ship in the garden. We managed to have dinner another night, was really nice and the place was clearly still very popular on a Tuesday night... Really great service and lovely food.

We ended up extending our stay as it was such a good place to chill out and the weather was lovely. Only down side was we booked for electrics but there wasn't any available when we turned up.

Expect they have big future plans for the site so make the most of things while it's a bargain!