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Cofton Country Holidays
Starcross

Devon
EX6 8RP

Tel: 0044 (0) 1626 890 111
fax 0044 (0) 1626 891 572

www.coftonholidays.co.uk

We used Camping Cheques to find out about the site

Facilities:
New toilet / showers, Heated outdoor swimming pool, On site chip shop, Small supermarket, (Sainsbury's 5 mile away on Exeter outskirts) Games room, Pub (The Swan) on site - Standard pub licence not a club so shuts at usual times site rules expect quiet within half an hour of pub closing, Dog walk field, 4 fishing lakes

Site first:

Split into smaller fields - most sloping separate fields for electric (10 amp) and non-electric pitches small number of hard standings (extra charge) no super pitches Toilet/shower/laundry/pot-washing block - fairly new building well up to Caravan Club standards in fact - second smaller toilet block at other end of field too quite small but kept clean twice daily

We arrived Thursday afternoon and the site was still full from the previous bank holiday weekend but the site was very quiet at nights though when we left the site Monday it was 2/3rd empty.

The Pub was small but had a larger family room prices were not extortionate and they did serve food too but very basic "Pub Grub"

Didn't use the pool as the weather was too cold and wet

Fishing:

There are three lakes divided into 4 pools Supposedly has just been re-stocked. Lots of pictures about the site of fish that have been captured and a nice glossy brochure to show what the fishing is like! The reality is the majority of the fish are very wary carp that are difficult to catch there are some silver fish that will ONLY come to maggot whilst there I only saw three fish landed and for the first time in a VERY long time I blanked because I did not use maggot There is a list of bait bans that would cause some commercial fisheries to close (no groundbait no loose feeding no boiled baits) Understandably there is a Barbless hook policy and no keepnets too

The fishing is ONLY available to campers on site (not visitors) and from dawn until sunset

Costs:
For one rod £5 a day £25 a week
For two rods £6 a day £30 a week
Evenings (4pm onwards) £4 and £5
There is a discount for Senior citizens and under 14's

Starcross is on the A379 and has a well served railway station on the Riviera line. It is in easy cycling /walking distance to Dawlish Warren and Dawlish town and an easy car ride to the centre of Exeter There are two really good pubs between the village and the campsite...The Ship and the Anchor They both serve food the Anchor specialising in Seafood and I personally recommend the Shellfish (I had the shellfish selection for one [2lb of mussels 3/4lb shell on prawns langoustine mussels])

PERSONAL opinion:
We arrived on site to a pleasant staff who checked us in, showed us on a map which field to go to and left us to it to pick our own pitch (none of the pitches were numbered). They showed us a little diagram on how they wanted us to pitch with the van at the left and the car on the right. As I have already said most pitches are slightly sloping so need the wedge to level the van up. The site was fine in the dry but not long after our arrival it started to rain and continued to do so for most of the weekend but not heavily for most part it was a steady drizzle. By Monday morning the pitch had standing water and the ground was waterlogged, there did not seem to be much land drainage as everywhere was sludgy (a lovely red sludge too).

We decided at lunch not to stay and so left a night early and found that we were lucky having chosen a pitch next to the tarmac roadway as the van had sunk into the ground about 1 1/2 inches.

If the weather had been kinder to us this would have been a wonderful place with loads to do in the surrounding area From steam railways (also the main line at Dawlish Warren) to shopping and of course the seaside and boat trips galore the weather really does need to be good as there is very little indoor entertainment

Railway Nearby

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