College Farm CL - Alkborough - North Lincolnshire
Another laid back, relaxing CL. Just left this review. Get your maps out & discover where the River Trent & River Ouse combine to form the Humber Estuary.
We recently stayed at College Farm CL for 4 nights in May 2015. This was our third visit having stayed twice in 2010. The site is still just the same as before – 5 hardstandings with
hook up adjacent although there is the option of using grass if you so wish. The water point is located just inside the site entrance gate [after passing through the farmyard]. The CDP is shielded by some shrubs close to the far hedgerow.
Bill & Veryan were almost always on hand to have a chat & to make sure everything was OK. Unfortunately on this visit we didn’t get to use The Paddocks tea room that Veryan oversees
but the variety of home made cakes on offer has to be seen! They are only open Thurs to Sunday.
Remember to bring along a bird feeder as we were inundated with House Sparrows on our visit along with the occasional blue & great tit, robin, wagtail & the usual plump pigeons!
There are numerous walks available directly from the site including venturing onto Alkborough Flats via. the turf maze at Julians Bower, which is now a nature reserve due
to the deliberate breaching of the river defences to flood what used to be pasture. We also did a cross country trek to Winteringham [visiting The Bay Horse pub for refreshments!] and returned along the river/estuary bank with views of the
HumberBridge in the far distance [10 miles]. The local roads are also relatively quiet for cycling. The
nearest shop appears to be in Burton upon Slather which is a 3 mile walk south along The Cliff from Alkborough.
The farm is home to
The Confluence Pedigree Limousin herd and they can be viewed when exiting & entering the site. They all have individual names on their ear tags and this
year they were all “J’s” i.e. Jimmy, Jura, Jessop!
Whilst the entrance track through the farmyard can be a bit muddy at times, don’t let this put you off as this is superb relaxing CL and a bargain at £10 per night.