Strawberry Hill Farm Camping and Caravan Park

Really welcoming, but left to it the next day with no help. The noise from the double carriage way and the A1 is really intrusive. While I would say that Adam was really helpful when he was there and the weather was appaulling, which was not their fault. We were booked in for 3 nights but turned around and went home the next day.

Lovely campsite which is family run. Such a lovely family, friendly and helpful. Had a lovely weekend. Can't wait to see the new shower block! Also Sunday afternoon bingo in the sun was a good laugh. Thanks for having us, hopefully see you soon.

A bit of a work in progress, a good site now with the potential of being a great one. New shower block under construction. The present one is good, nice and clean. They have a nice little tea room in the reception area. Once they smarten up the pitches and driveway, they will have a really nice site. Good bus links to Durham and the coast. Good luck to them. They even cut the grass along the roadside up to the bus stop!

We have been a few time before and always had a lovely weekend. I am not sure we will be returning. Our pitch was awful. Water logged and not level we were opposite a couple of tents who were...let's say... bringing the site down. Opened my windows at night to have the smell of weed just pumping into my van. They were loud and the language was appauling. We went out for a meal and came back to them all arguing and threatening each other. Not great for my son to witness. The water tap opposite our pitch has a very high squeak so every time someone uses it it's all you can hear. And of course as they were stood waiting they just look in our van so we felt we had to have the blind down.We always travel with friends. Upon checking in discovering we were no where near them which was very disappointing. We were also told that due to the amount of larger units on site that is why we had the pitch at the bottom. Well it's a shame it's judged this was as our van is actually heavier than some of the 'larger' units. We NEVER book grass pitches and for some reason we were put on one yet we never agreed to this. There was a couple of vans that weekend who arrived and then left. I wanted to leave as soon as we turned up. I didn't even want to unhook the van.If you want to keep returning customers you need to maintain your site. A proper road around the site. Level out your pitches and give People the option of hardstanding or grass. We weren't level from left to right and front to back. You ran down the van it was that bad and no good for the structure of caravans. We used levelers too but it was pointless it just sank in the mud.Oh and when booking with others ..put them together.It's a shame as Louise and Adam are both lovely and yes no complaints with the coffee shop. Cakes were delicious as ever!

Can't see how it's 4 star rated. Old, small showers and toilets, and only 2 of each for a big site. Pitches all seem to be sloping so you definitely need ramps and chocks. One moho was on breeze blocks (not sure how they managed that). Chemical toilet disposal very poor, mould all along bottom of walls and hose leaking. I, personally, would never go back here. ☹

I did not like this site at all, situated right next to a hideously fast dual carriageway. Facilities were poor for the no of vans, tents, 2 showers, 2 toilets & yes there is a new facility being built. Dog walk is poor, some folk couldn't be arsed to clean up after their dogs. No footpaths accessible without walking on the dual carriageway. I know from reviews that people like the site buy we will not revisit

The written instructions were spot on for finding the place and the gentleman who greeted us was very pleasant and helpful in getting us pitched. The toilet and shower block was clean although there was no loo paper one day. The Reception/shop is only open a couple of days a week, but the site is secure, with a coded barrier.The negatives were that the pitches were on a slope both sideways and front to back and from the address... Strawberry Hill Farm, Running Waters, SILENT HILL... we were expecting a tranquil site. In fact the site is adjacent to a busy duel carriageway with a fair amount of traffic noise.Also the pitches were rather close together, we felt, with a single track access road having caravans along both sides. We had to have our blinds down to avoid being looked in on by those opposite.Our pitch backed up to a hedge which segregated the caravans from a field of tents and we were unfortunate to have a very noisy tent of people behind the hedge near us who seemed to have no consideration for anyone else but themselves. They were having a good time playing some sort of sport, yelling from the sidelines and shouting their conversations when back at their tent, oblivious to anyone else. We had to play our iPod when inside our van even with the door closed to drown the noise!On my booking form I'd requested a quiet spot as we enjoy peace and quiet, but I don't think this was taken into account.Luckily we were out and about every day or the campers in the tent field would have spoiled our holiday I think

Stayed in a campervan, pitches have electric and is reasonably priced. Site right next to dual carriageway so you can’t walk off site as there are no paths. To exit the site you have pull out, uphill and quickly as it’s a 60mph road and there are plenty of drivers doing it. If you do like a walk, it’s around the small site or venture out in your car / van. Pitch for vans should be wider as you step out onto grass / mud depending on weather.Owners very friendly but no matter what improvements they make, the dual carriageway and the inability to just go for an extensive walk without driving will stop me from going again.

Perfect site if your wanting kept awake by loud and unruly people way past the 11 o'clock curfew. Supposed to be a family friendly site but is more like a club 18-30's theme. If it's a quite weekend away you are after then this is not the site for you!