Thorpe Farm Centre Reviews
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Thorpe Farm Centre is a lovely family-friendly camping and caravan park on the County Durham and North Yorkshire border. Conveniently located on the A66, it's just minutes from Barnard Castle, Richmond and more. On site, you'll find spacious grass pitches for tents and hardstanding pitches with optional electric hook-ups for tourers. Plus, there's a shop, park, and cafe to keep everyone entertained.
4.33 /5
29 reviews
72%
would recommend
Excellent site and location
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Bernard D
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Lovely, quiet, peaceful site - modern, clean, well kept facilities. Handy shop with variety of goods. Disappointed in lack of Wi-Fi and that the café closes so early (they do provide a take away menu in the evening). Staff in the shop and wardens were very friendly and helpful. Would recommend to others and would happily go back.
Great facilities but noisy
Chloe S
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The pitches for tents and motorhomes are right next to the A66 - didn't get a wink of sleep.
Nice site - great farm shop
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Mandy D
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Lovely site and a well stocked farm shop - only downside was: the grass pitch wasn't ideal for capturing any sunlight as was backing onto a woodland which shaded the area for most of the day. We were huddled around a camp fire whilst others had the glorious sunshine. Loved the idea of offering takeaway food on the Friday and BBQ on the Sunday. However, we were fully stocked up on food so didn't get to partake.
Clean site
Bev S
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Visited farm shop and nice products. Washing facilities clean alongside the site. The biggest problem we had was the noise from the A66, as the plot of grass was directly behind this and only sheltered by some trees which sadly, did not cut out the majority of the noise. Had we realised this, we would never have booked a night on the site.
Night away with the grandchild
Steven R
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Nice site, shame it's on top of the A66, very noisy all day and through the night. To be fair, it actually states that on there listing. I am not complaining as I was aware, but didn't realise how noisy I would be.so I would go back to it.
One night only
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Wayne B
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Stayed for one night as a last minute getaway with my two young lads. The shop was fantastic plenty of things to grab if required, we had a take away from the on site restaurant which was fast and tasty and the service generally over our brief stay was great. Furthermore, the dog walk around the animal paddocks was a nice stroll for our family and pooch. We will be back.
Fantastic place to stay
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Jane G
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We've just have a beautiful 2 night stay and was fantastic. Great for all the family also the dogs. Beautiful views and lovely walks. All round fantastic place to stay, definitely recommend and great value for money.
Amazing
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Kathryn H
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Just back from an amazing break. Staff are so friendly, campsite is well thought out. Food in restaurant is delicious, totally recommend the cheesecake. Can't wait to stay again.
Clean, tidy and welcoming.
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Kathleen B
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We were pleasantly surprised by the neat and clean presentation of the campsite. We had booked the campsite with our 2 grandchildren aged 13 and 16 and were pleased they enjoyed the short stay, even although facilities for older children were limited. Having a designated walking area for dogs was very helpful and we found the washroom facilities to be very clean. We missed the chance to try coffee and a scone in the café but it looked inviting! Thank you, we will be back :-)
Friendly staff and very clean facilities.
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Christine P
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Immaculately clean washing facilities. Exceptional breakfast in the farm centre café!
One night only
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Christine G
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No problem. Very nice clean site. Didn't see any animals. Lovely farm shop - scotch eggs to die for. Lovely café, prices not too bad. Staff nice.
Lovely park
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Andrew S
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Lovely park, very clean amenities, although chemical disposal a bit smelly. Nice pitches and water at pitch.
Good locations and pitches
Daniel S
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Spent 2 nights on this site and had a pleasant experience. We arrived late on the Friday and the site were very accommodating to our late arrival and the warden who met us out of hours was friendly, helpful and had all the details of our booking. The pitches on the site are large and the grounds are really well kept. Was initially concerned around the electric meter prior to arrival but really simple to use by tapping the prepaid card, which the warden brought with him when we arrived. The toilet and shower block seems to be brand new and everything was clean and tidy throughout the day/night. Site is located very close to the A66 but this is clearly stated prior to booking so no surprises and we knew what we were signing up for. There are great walks starting from the park and loads of space around for the dog! The site does have a chemical disposal point, but nothing specifically for grey waste, as well as seemingly no recycling point, which was the only disappointment.
Brilliant weekend away
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Debbie P
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Fantastic site, will definitely be back. Friendly staff, lovely and clean. Myself, my partner and little boy had a lovely weekend 😀🙌
Last night in caravan
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Ronald G
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Very pleased with site toilets and showers were spotless. This was our last night in our caravan sadly selling.
Great facilities and location
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Jason W
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Very modern and clean facilities. On-site shop and restaurant are well stocked and reasonably priced. The site is very secure and safe, warden on-call all of the time. Plenty to do in the surrounding area, Raby Castle and Deer park is a must.
Mini break
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Angela C
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Perfectly situated for Barnard Castle. We would like to visit again when activities are available with our grandchildren. All staff very helpful but it was a bit noisy from the main road alongside.
Thorpe Farm - a very nice site
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Denise T
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Been to this site twice now. Very clean, staff helpful and a lovely farm shop and restaurant.
My stay
Stuart W
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Booking seemed to be cancelled on arrival. Eventually able to get a pitch, but next to busy A66. No sleep and site very muddy with poor roads.
Great stay
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Vicky S
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Great little site. Facilities are always a worry for me but they are new and spotless here. The only downside was the noise from the traffic on the A66 right through the night. Maybe a kettle in the kitchen area of the shower block, for those with no electric to grab a cuppa would have been perfect. Loved it. Will definitely be back.
Pleasant stay
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Mark S
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Friendly site, good value, realistically our only issue was the road noise. Further away from the road, it was quiet. Our bad really, as we should have looked at the map and checked previous reviews, it's right next to the A66.
5*
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Nicola B
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Great caravan park! Plenty to do in and around the area, facilities are great and clean!! We only booked up for the 1 night but ended up staying for 2, would definitely be back again in the future!! Only downfall was the traffic but other than that 5⭐️
Not exactly restful
Gayle C
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Let me start by explaining that the site is right next to the A66. Our tent was maybe 50 yards away from the very main road. The constant road noise made the stay unpleasant, but the site itself is lovely, facilities are top notch and staff were lovely. Unfortunately on top of the constant traffic, there was night work going on with heavy plant machinery and lots of extra noise. This is obviously not the sites fault but I cannot stress enough how close you are to the road. It spoiled our trip and we left a day early as I could not sleep at night times.
Just a 1 night stay
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Julie T
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Well thought out campsite, with all the amenities you could need.
Weekend break
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Michael B
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Lovely location, road noise was a bit of a problem and trees don't really shield it when pitched on that side of park. Most of the pitches away from the road seem to be seasonal.