Over the next few months, Caravan Times will be visiting various sites across the UK to bring you news, views and opinions from site owners, wardens and caravanners themselves. In the first of our new series, we look at the impressive facilities on offer at one of the Caravan Club’s biggest sites.
The perfect caravan site will mean different things to many people, with some valuing a secluded location and others willing to travel overseas for brilliant weather. But in terms of facilities on offer, few can come close to matching Hillhead Caravan Club Site in South Devon.
This 220-pitch site features an on-site complex with an outdoor swimming pool, a cash machine, a fully-licensed bar, a convenient shop, and even a restaurant, which offers a Sunday carvery.
So self-contained is the site, that Caravan Club Warden Kevin Satchwell claims that many visitors don’t see any reason to leave at any time during their stay.
“This site is always busy, especially with the bar, the pool, and the restaurant on site; it’s growing every year,” he said, adding that Hillhead is the “the pinnacle of the Club”.
Kevin should know too, after ten years’ service as a Caravan Club warden, including stints at various sites across the UK.
Those looking to keep the kids entertained are very well catered for, as the site boasts a football pitch and an indoor game room with air hockey, arcade games and a pool table.
For younger kids there’s a playground, while older kids can bring their skateboard or scooter to show off their tricks on the site’s skate ramp.
Different strokes
Determining the UK’s best caravan site can only be a matter of opinion, but Hillhead does a great job of balancing the facilities of a large site with the privacy of a small site, due to the numerous hedge-lined pitches.
Furthermore, with the site open 44 weeks per year, the Club has invested in many hard-standing pitches, which are very popular in the winter months, Kevin adds.
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Naturally the summer is the most popular time to visit, and in particular the August Bank Holiday is a particularly busy weekend for the Hillhead team, with the Dartmouth Regatta taking place just a few minutes down the road.
This annual sailing extravaganza regularly features a series of yacht and dinghy racing events, as well as a special appearance from the RAF Red Arrows.
Other convenient aspects that make Hillhead so appealing include two massive toilet and shower blocks, complete with laundry and recycling facilities, as well as a dedicated dog walking area.
Of course it’s impossible to decide on the UK’s best caravan site until you’ve seen them all, but this immaculately-kept site will take quite some beating.
