Far Acre Farm, Vineyard and Campsite

AVOID. The owners are unwelcoming, overbearing, paranoid and rude. They clearly dislike children. There are many campsites in Marden and the surrounding area so I would avoid Far Acre Farm. Its located very close to the main road so theres a significant amount of road noise. Its also worth noting theres one shower, one/two toilet cubicles and two sinks each side. The facilities are very old and small. We are a group of three families with a mix of children who regularly camp. Were always respectful of camp sites, other campers and never play music or engage in any activity that would be considered loud, boisterous or anti-social. On our first evening the children found some dead branches and started to setup a very small makeshift den on our pitch. The owners abruptly confiscated all of this and were unfriendly to the children, marching off our pitch with the armful of branches, clearly unhappy. Not soon after (early evening) we were interrupted to remind us of the camps policy about noise after 23:00 which were aware of and intended to respect. The owner even shouted at our children, to listen to her lecture. At this point we were all seated and cooking on a BBQ, chatting around the fire pit with no music or any loud behaviour. Later, around 22:30, we were again interrupted from the shadows by the owners husband who didnt introduce himself and reminded us of the 23:00 curfew. It seems they walked around the whole camp doing this. We politely questioned if our behaviour and noise at that moment, which was perfectly normal (chatting around a fire pit and BBQ), was unacceptable. The husband launched into a lecture which was quite remarkable and totally unnecessary. Then at 23:05 the owner reappeared to single out one of the adults as an antagonist for daring to ask the earlier question. They went onto complain that our children needed to settle down because they were quietly talking in their sleeping bags! The owner raised her voice and twice shouted at one of our group for pointing out that SHE was being antagonistic, overbearing and ironically the loudest person on the entire camp site. One of the group was rudely requested to leave the next morning. During this, our group remained seated and said almost nothing. We requested to talk in the morning but that was refused. We warned her we would all have to leave but that did not deter her. At that point we were happy to comply and quite honestly, we couldnt face another evening of the overbearing owner constantly interrupting and watching. They owe us a refund for the one nights stay and are refusing to reimburse us despite the inconvenience this has caused. They are saying they asked only one person of the group of six adults to leave which is farce especially since we warned them this meant the whole group would go. No doubt the owner will leave a reply and possibly complain that we were a large rowdy group but this is honestly not the case. We are all normal respectful families who regularly camp and have never had any problems before. We spent the following night at Tanner Park farm, one mile away, which was a much more professional and pleasant camp site. Tanner Park farm and other campers could not believe the way we had been treated.
Aug 6th, 2022

Jan 19th, 2023

We made our reservation and paid in advance. However our traveling plans changed, so we wanted to cancel the booking. There was no info on the website, so we tried to contact the owners via their phone number, but no response. Sent an email, but no response. Tried to call multiple times, on different days, but still no response at all. I know that canceling a reservation is not nice, but please give a reaction. At this very moment I'm still waiting on a response. So, to the owners: please contact us To others: i would definitely not recommend this place
Jul 19th, 2022

Jul 7th, 2022