Stocking Farm Caravan And Camp Site

If you are after a basic pitch then this is great. The toilet facility are basic and if your wanting a shower make sure you take 20p

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Been here before when the old lady was alive. Such a fabulous scenic stop. Then it was inexpensive to stop the night if not using hook up. I rang to book 2 nights, I was told yes no problem. I asked how much, the lady said £20 with no hook up. Wow that's expensive I told her, you better make it one night (we were meeting friends who have a static caravan across the main road) The same lady checked us in asked us how much we were told to pay. Strange must be different prices then!!!! Again I said it's expensive for what you get (we use our own facilities) There are many temporary holiday sites in the summer. Cromford meadows (rugby club) £12pn with use of the Ruby club showers & toilets, Lee's Meadow campsite at Middle Top £1Opn, Darley Dale 4 lanes end £12pn. Church Farm Dethick £6pn. I think the lady needs to do some comparative shopping and they would be busted out, as it is a stunning part of Derbyshire. Should we visit our friends again, we would stay in the pub carpark as it's a pub stopover, the £20 buys a few pints.

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Told I can't book because I share the same name as someone who didn't put £10 through her door as promised. I had no issues with my stay here last year. Was no fuss easy park and pitch the tent. Agreed with others that the shower and bathroom facilities are poor.

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The campsite is situated in a beautiful spot. The views and scenery are really fabulous. This is the second time we have stayed on Stocking Farm, and for the second time our time there has been marred by the owner/manager/caretaker. He made the booking process unnecessarily difficult, and our first meeting with him the morning after we arrived was an absolute embarrassment. We arrived late ish (as planned), and I followed my fellow campers advice to knock loudly on his door because he is deaf. This I did, numerous times, and all I could hear was a tv blasting out very loudly. Short of walking into his house, there was no way I was going to get his attention, so I gave up trying and decided to employ some initiative. ie set up on the pitch of our choosing as there were many available spots. Fast forward to 10am the following morning, he waddles across the site screeching at the top of his squeaky voice 'what the bloody hell do you think you're doing setting up where ever you want'? He got right in my face while carrying on like this. He basically thought that we'd arrived that morning and set up without his permission. It took numerous attempts for him to grasp what had actually happened. That we arrived late (as planned) and set up where we did because he didn't answer his door. He also showed complete lack of respect for our vehicle by leaning on an opened door, and I was forced to manually move him because he was so irate he wouldn't listen to our protests. He made a complete and total fool of himself. After he buggered off and we calmed down a bit we couldn't help but laugh at the sad old fool. Another amusing traite of his, is that he makes a massive theatrical show of being put out when asked the simplest of questions. Such as 'where do we empty the chemical toilet?' He huffed and puffed and walked me over to the spot (where a simple point with a finger would have sufficed), and then proceeded to tell me how to do it, as though it was my first time. We noticed that he did this with everyone, and it became quite entertaining for us to witness. The toilet and shower facilities are truly disgusting. The walls are bare breeze block, and although that in itself isn't a big deal, or particularly unusual, the amount of mould and filth and cobwebs is well out of order. When you first walk into them you are faced with a scene which you might find in a horror movie. It really is that bad. (see photo's). Also the meter eats your 20p if it has been isolated as the many signs insist that it should be. If I could review the place separately I would give the location 4 stars, the facilities 2 and the old fool none. If it weren't for the ideal location I would have told him what I think of him and buggered off elsewhere, but because we like it in that part of the world so much that I bit my tongue and let him ramble on like the cantankerous old idiot he is.

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