We’ve just had a weekend at Newton Mill Holiday Park which is just on the outskirts of Bath and overall we had a really good time and thoroughly enjoyed our visit.

When you first arrive at the site you do get a very good impression, there are lots of trees, shrubs and grassy banks and the site has a mill stream running right through it.  There are a number of bridges over the stream which lead onto a number of small camping fields with the main camping area being towards the rear of the site.  It all makes for a very attractive site.

Getting there from the east on the M4 was not that easy and the site post code didn’t go down well with the Satnav.  The best thing is to follow the instructions from the web site and leave the M4 at junction 18, follow the A46 towards bath, making sure you stay left before the overpass and then stick to the A4 which keeps you out of Bath centre.  You need to keep heading towards Bristol and after what seems like an eternity you come to a roundabout with the Globe Inn.  From there turn left towards Newton St Loe and in about a mile turn left for the Newton Mill site.

The greeting at reception was very good, nice and friendly and we were given a map of the site and everything was explained in detail including where to get the bus into Bath – I’ll post separately about Bath.

The cost for 2 nights was £56 which did seem expensive but the site has a bar and restaurant and award winning loos so on the basis that you get what you pay for I didn’t whinge – I thought I’d reassess later.

Friday afternoon we had a stroll around the site to suss the place out and whilst we were keen to find a menu for the restaurant we didn’t so thought we’d just try it at opening time and hope for the best.  We didn’t feel like cooking after the journey and when a site has a bar/restaurant we can usually have a good time.

The restaurant opened at 6pm so off we trundled for a drink and hopefully some good food.  I’d like to say at this point that one of the great things about Motorhoming in France is the onsite bar/restaurant and we have never been disappointed.  As we usually use Caravan Club or Camping and Caravanning Club sites in the UK we don’t usually get the opportunity so we were looking forward to it.  There were lots of tables outside but the weather was a bit indifferent so we decided to sit inside.  Unfortunately it didn’t live up to our expectations, I had a local beer which was good and my better half had a glass of white wine which was like dishwater.  There were a number of tables to sit and eat at, no menus, but there was a blackboard with what I would call pub grub from 10 years ago and certainly not what you can get nowadays in pubs that call themselves restaurants.  Now to be fair we decided not to eat in because the place just didn’t feel inviting enough so I can’t criticize the food because I didn’t have any.

On Saturday we went into Bath for the day.  Getting the bus was easy enough although the footpath from the site is quite steep and on a wet day I would think it will be quite slippy so take care.

Sunday morning we went for a walk from the site along one of the footpaths.  You can walk into Bath along the riverbank and if you have bicycles then you can do the same or you can bike to Bristol.  You can also fish in the stream that runs through the site.

Overall we thoroughly enjoyed the weekend and we’ll certainly go back there because it’s perfectly positioned for a visit to Bath and we need to explore around the site a little more thoroughly.