claire hipgrave

10/01/2024

We had a nights stay at Essex Glamping which we all enjoyed from the booking to departure was hassle free, we roasted marshmallows and sat around the fire pit. We was all new to Glamping and it Didn disappoint! Nice views, location and worth every penny. 😀

Emma Danaher

08/02/2024

What an experience! As a woman of a certain age (who likes her creature comforts!), I was pleasantly surprised by this experience. The site itself is beautiful, and the views are stunning. I’ve never used a ‘compost toilet’ before but they were clean and efficient. The tent itself sleeps up to six, and everything we needed was available. Beds were comfy, and there are shops a short walking distance away. Staff (especially Rachel the co-owner) were very attentive and made sure we were happy and had everything we needed. I will definitely be going back and highly recommend this place.

M Jones

08/27/2023

A delightful family run business with an ecological focus, great use of solar. The location is an absolute winner and whilst you are what feels like you are in the middle of nowhere, you are still only a 15 minutes walk from a Lidl. We stayed here for one night in one of the safari style tents and was incredibly impressed. A lovely size tent with two bedrooms that slept up to six, a kitchen area that had two gas stoves, two sofas in the family area, and we were provided with 40 litres of drinking water. The beds were a little soft (but this was probably only noticed because we have extra firm memory foam mattresses at home) although I note from a lot of other reviews the beds get the thumbs up, so I'll put this one down to my personal preference about the firmness of a bed!!! The kitchen area had everything you needed. Each tent has their own fire pit outside in a semi sheltered area which had a bench and old tree logs as additional chairs. We bought logs on site that were competitively priced at £10. They also had stocks of BBQ's for sale and many other things that might come in handy! The location is brilliant, a few minutes away from Hadleigh castle and also the Salvation Army rare breeds centre, home of course to the mountain bike course used in the 2012 Olympics. You have access to a shower block which is up where the mountain bike course is and very similar to what you would get in a small sport centre. It was very clean and worked well. There were two toilets immediately on site (that consisted of six tents) which used compost to neutralise number two's, with plenty of toilet roll supplied! My only slight suggested improvement here was that by midnight all the water to wash your hands was used up, so I took the empty water tank to another field five minutes walk away to fill it up! Solar panels provided light to both the accommodation and separate solar power did the same to the toilet block, a brilliant idea! Helpful reminders to the guests about noise and this certainly wasn't a problem whatsoever for us. As a bolt on to the glamping we also did kayaking for a pre booked 30 minute slot but when the people who were meant to be after us were late we were told we could stay out for longer free of charge, a really lovely touch. We have now booked up for 2024 and can honestly see this being part of our annual calender for many many many years ahead, I, and my family, absolutely loved it here. I can't sign off this review without mentioning how helpful Wayne (co owner I believe) was, and absolute gent and just so so helpful. You can tell how much he cares for this business and this was clearly evidenced by the quality of our stay!

Andrew Linares

05/30/2022

Fantastic night away with friends. Glamping tents were well provisioned, comfortable and clean. Adjoining fire pit was lovely in the evening. Compostable toilets were clean and didn't smell at all. We had a blast. Highly recommended if you have children.

Katy Smith

07/28/2023

Fantastic sized safari huts, one double and two bunk beds with a sizeable indoor lounge (sofas) and kitchen (with dining room table). We had our own fire pit and the site had a shared set of toilets. As non campers we were happy with facilities and felt well worth the price. Staff were friendly and happy to help where they could. Our kids also did kayaking on site which was reasonably priced and was a hit. Very reccomended for a night away. Thank you!