Marfit Head Farm Caravan & Campsite Saltergate Pickering
YO18 7NR
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Marfit Head Farm is a decent sized campsite, with 5 Camping & Caravan CL pitches. Another one of Kev’s “in the middle of nowhere” sites, it was only a short drive from our previous stop at Foxholme, so we spent the day parked up in the, very reasonable and convenient, car park in the centre of Helmsley, before making our way to the site.
This is a full on working farm, with plenty of livestock about. There’s a couple of piggies, a small herd of goats, s large herd of beautiful white cows in the top field, and chickens! Lots of chickens! Anyone who has read our earlier post Yorkshire Road Trip Day 5 – Lulu and the chickens! will need no further explanation of the impact the chickens had on our day! If you haven’t read it yet, it’s worth a look!
The day we arrived the owners were going to a family wedding and were, understandably pretty busy. We pitched up, set up the awning, and broke out the tea and Yorkshire Curd tart! The site is quite elevated, and catches the wind quite nicely thank you! The awning wasn’t up for long! We spent a pleasant couple of ours arguing with chooks, and watching the gathering clouds. The site had a visit from an ice cream van, which was a bit random(!) I have no idea if this is a regular occurrence but, obviously, we had to buy a couple of 99’s!
The grass, slightly sloping pitch, cost £14.00 for the night, including EHU. There is fresh water, and a black waste disposal, but no drive over grey water disposal, so we couldn’t empty our waste water tank. There are no showers, or washing up facilities.
We paid our site fees before we left in the morning, after a peaceful night, in spite of the close proximity of the main road, and the windy conditions, and made our way to our next stop. If you are looking for a quiet, out of the way site, this one’s okay! It probably wouldn’t be our first choice for a visit if we were in the area again, but it’s an interesting, reasonable little site, with great access to Helmsley, so it certainly wouldn’t be our last.
