How often do you get to stay in a hand-built home?

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Westland Farm

UK England South West England Devon Lynmouth & Lynton

How often do you get to stay in a hand-built home? At Westland Farm you can enjoy camping or glamping whilst feeling like you’re part of a working farm.

For city dwelling campers especially, there are few things that bring the reality of camping home as much as taking a stroll through a dewy early morning field to use a shower block. Pausing to inhale the clear air, still scented with the smoky fragrance of last night’s campfire, while watching the mist rising off the rolling fields, even the most jaded urbanite can’t fail to be stirred.

Westland Farm is the perfect place for such epiphanies: a beautifully tranquil glamping and camping site that looks out over a small lake surrounded by rolling, sheep-dotted hills. There’s a variety of accommodation too, ranging from back-to-basic tent pitches in a lush, grassy field to a brilliant shepherd’s hut set in a quiet corner at the top of the farm. Close to the loos and showers, and nestled next to a babbling brook, the shepherd's hut comes complete with a five-foot double bed and small child bunk bed and airbed (if you need it) – perfect for a family of four. Then there’s the giant yurt that comfortably sleeps six and a hand-built, grass-roofed Drover’s Hut (sleeping a further six and boasting its very own hot-tub), with a kitchen that houses a wood-fired oven and gas hob, set in its own private corner next to the stream. You can even snag a B&B room in the farmhouse if the outdoor life is not for you.

A beautiful spot, and perfect for both a romantic getaway and a family escape from the urban jungle, Westland Farm has a little something for everyone. Basic camper? Home-from-home glamper? Just pick the spot that's right for you.

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Facilities

Campfires allowed (make your own fire pit). Clean washrooms with 2 toilets and 2 showers all with central heating, fridge-freezer, mobile-charging point and fresh eggs available from the farm’s hens. Kids are welcome to help feed the pigs, lambs, hens and horses and collect eggs straight from the hens next boxes. Farm produce available during high season. There is also a glamping option, a yurt (sleeps up to 5), and two shepherd huts (Shepherd hut sleeps up to 3 and Drovers hut up to 5. Drovers hut has a private hot tub. All the camping and glamping is off grid, but there is a very clean well equipped, spacious toilet and shower block with all year round heating, free hot water, plenty electric points for phone charging, hair driers ect. A large fridge freezer, laundry, and during high season a small farm shop working on an honesty box system.

Suitable For

Families, couples,old and young. We have a selection of camping options and bed and breakfast making it an idea place for family get togethers, with younger families camping and older members of the family staying in the farmhouse bed and breakfast or one of the glamping options. We welcome tents, campervans, caravans (on the small separate caravan club 5cl site only), all kinds of groups – yes. Dogs are accepted (although not in the yurt) but as this is a working farm with livestock in all the surrounding fields the owners prefer dog owners to contact directly before booking. This is to express the importance of keeping dogs either on a lead or under close control at all times.

Nearby

Exmoor Zoo (01598 76335) is close by, as is Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park (01271 882486). The beautiful towns of Ilfracombe, Woolacombe, Lynton and Lynemouth all offer plenty to explore.

Food & Drink

The Black Venus Inn (01598 763251) in Challacombe, a 5-minute drive away, has superb home-cooked food in nice surroundings. The Old Station Inn (01598 763520) at Blackmoor Gate is also worth a look for its fine home-cooked food and atmospheric surroundings – good kids play area too. The Pyne Arms (01271 850055) at East Down offers locally produced food, some supplied by Westland Farm itself. If you’re looking to self cater, check out Barsntaple’s famous indoor Pannier Market (01271 379084), offering fresh local goods, flowers, crafts and more. There is also a well stocked farm shop just down the road from Westland Farm https://besshillfarmshop.co.uk/ They are happy to take orders over the phone and deliver them here ready for your arrival or when you get home after a long day out.

Opening Times

22nd May to August 31st.

Family Friendly

What kind of farmer do your children want to be? A shepherd in his hut? A drover in his cabin? A farmer in his farmhouse? Or a, uhhh, Mongolian in his yurt? There's all sorts of accommodation at Westland Farm and they'll all make your little farmers happy.

The Owner Says

Set amidst the lush, rolling countryside of North Devon, on the edge of Exmoor National Park and close to some truly spectacular beaches, ancient market towns and country pubs, Westland Farm is a little piece of heaven we wish to share with you. We are a small friendly site, and wish to keep it that way. We allow plenty of space for camping, no crowded fields even at the busiest times and some beautiful views of the countryside. We welcome families who we love to show our animals to, explain how they are kept and welcome help with feeding time. During the lambing season, which we plan around the Easter Holidays, guests are welcome in the lambing shed to watch and even help if they wish, there are often tame lambs to bottle feed and the more hands on types have even helped to bring new lambs into the world. We are responsible for several young people who now have an ambition to become farmers, after helping in the lambing shed during their holiday here.