Haddon Grove Farms Campsite

We’ve stayed here several times and always enjoyed it, but our recent visit was disappointing and we probably won’t return. The owners are very friendly and the location is excellent, with lovely walks and easy access to Bakewell. The new facilities (bar, food outlets, and central toilet block) are nice but attract a different crowd. It’s great for a group weekend, less so if you’re after a quiet countryside break. The new showers and toilets are nice but don’t cope with the amount of campers (hundreds), they became dirty quickly and have some plumbing issues. Bins are still down by the farm, not a problem but we noticed more litter around, including dog waste in the bathroom bins and food bins. At £28 a night, it’s pricey compared to similar sites, especially with the sloping, uneven field. The biggest issue was noise. Two large groups pitched nearby playing loud music and shouting until 1:30am despite the signs asking for quiet after 11pm. It’s a shame, as we used to love the peaceful simplicity of this site. It seems to be about making as much money as possible now - high fees, overcrowded for the amount of facilities, overpriced food/ drink and shop). It feels more like a festival than a peaceful retreat.

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Haddon Farm Grove campsite, is set is beautiful Derbyshire not far from Bakewell (about 5 min drive) The campsite is huge and I particularly liked that you can camp wherever you like, the showers are free and very clean and were very good. Plenty of them. Same said for the toilets. They also have a room where you can charge your phones, a couple of under counter freezers and a fabulous coffee machine, my sister and I had far to many of those. During the summer they have three vendors who sell a range of pizzas, alcoholic beverages (yes I enjoyed those as well), and then another vendor selling Greek/healthy food, and in the morning they sold breakfast items. We purchased a pulled pork, with apple sauce, stuffing and gravey roll, it was delicious. The campsite is probably one of the best I've been to and will definitely be returning, the staff were fantastic, very friendly and helpful.

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May bank holiday. Arrived on Saturday to about 4 fields full of campers. They had obviously just accepted every booking. Probably 1000 (not an exaggeration!) people with just 5 male and 5 female toilets. The water in the toilet taps was out from Saturday to Monday. At one point on Saturday they were flushing the toilets with buckets. Showers were also out of order Saturday, finally managed to get a shower Sunday at 5pm, but they stopped working again by Monday morning. Any hot water also ran out very quickly. Clearly they had cash grabbed with the bank holiday and warm temps, and put no effort into making sure there was adequate facilities or water available. I'm sure the site is fine when it's quite and did have nice views and access to walks and Bakewell.

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Brilliant campsite, well set up with toilets/showers/kitchen room/washing up area. Very close (10 mins drive) to Bakewell. We stayed on a hardstanding pitch with no electric. The veiws over the fields were gorgeous. Little shop on site with all the essentials. Coffee machine to buy from in the kitchen block. Friday and Saturday night there were 3 mobile food trucks - a bar, pizza oven and burger/Greek place. Super friendly hosts and easy check in process. Highly recommend!

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