Tuesday 8th September – Saturday 12th September 2009
Approaching this site from the south on the A593 presented no great problems. The road is narrow in places but providing care is taken it’s not difficult. The only thing I would say is avoid Broughton-in-Furness whilst towing. The streets are narrow and some corners could be difficult because of parked cars.
All the pitches are on hardstandings but they are narrow and the grass between gets very soft when wet. If you wanted to put up an awning there wouldn’t be room for your car anyway, it would have to be left in front of your outfit. The pitches are long enough to do this. The first pitch is larger and regular visitors told me they preferred that one if it was available. All the facilities apart from the dustbins are behind the farmhouse. These include a well kept clean toilet and free shower. A notice board near the pitches has a few leaflets about local attractions. There are some good views of the surrounding countryside from this site.
There is a general store in Broughton and the Post Office has a cash machine but you will be charged for using it. Also in the village are a few pubs and there is also one in Broughton Mills which is a little closer to the site but is at the bottom of a steep hill. Remember this if you decide to walk to it as the hill is not for the faint hearted with a full belly. Anyone requiring anything more substantial in the shopping department will have to travel to Ulverston or Barrow-in-Furness. The nearest bus is in Broughton and runs to Ulverston, didn’t find out where it went to in the other direction.
Many of the people who were onsite whilst I was there had visited this farm before and said it was very popular throughout the year. I had to use my trusty satellite dish again to get a TV signal. This is the fourth place out of four that I have visited in Cumbria where I could not get a terrestrial digital signal using the caravan equipment, roll on full switchover. You may get a terrestrial signal if you have an aerial on a VERY long pole that can see over the nearby raised land in front of the pitches.
No analogue signal
Had to use satellite dish
£10.00 per night
Approaching this site from the south on the A593 presented no great problems. The road is narrow in places but providing care is taken it’s not difficult. The only thing I would say is avoid Broughton-in-Furness whilst towing. The streets are narrow and some corners could be difficult because of parked cars.
All the pitches are on hardstandings but they are narrow and the grass between gets very soft when wet. If you wanted to put up an awning there wouldn’t be room for your car anyway, it would have to be left in front of your outfit. The pitches are long enough to do this. The first pitch is larger and regular visitors told me they preferred that one if it was available. All the facilities apart from the dustbins are behind the farmhouse. These include a well kept clean toilet and free shower. A notice board near the pitches has a few leaflets about local attractions. There are some good views of the surrounding countryside from this site.
There is a general store in Broughton and the Post Office has a cash machine but you will be charged for using it. Also in the village are a few pubs and there is also one in Broughton Mills which is a little closer to the site but is at the bottom of a steep hill. Remember this if you decide to walk to it as the hill is not for the faint hearted with a full belly. Anyone requiring anything more substantial in the shopping department will have to travel to Ulverston or Barrow-in-Furness. The nearest bus is in Broughton and runs to Ulverston, didn’t find out where it went to in the other direction.
Many of the people who were onsite whilst I was there had visited this farm before and said it was very popular throughout the year. I had to use my trusty satellite dish again to get a TV signal. This is the fourth place out of four that I have visited in Cumbria where I could not get a terrestrial digital signal using the caravan equipment, roll on full switchover. You may get a terrestrial signal if you have an aerial on a VERY long pole that can see over the nearby raised land in front of the pitches.
No analogue signal
Had to use satellite dish
£10.00 per night
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