The Turbles

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Aerial view of the site (added by manager 31 Oct 2023)
View of the site
The summerhouse
View of the malvern hills

  • Adults-only dog-friendly site on the edge of the Malvern Hills
  • Eastnor Castle 10 minutes’ drive; Great Malvern and Ledbury 15 minutes
  • Dog park and walks from the door; nearest pub within a 10-minute walk
Harbouring dreams of exploring the spectacular landscape of the Malvern Hills as part of a romantic escapade with your significant other? Or perhaps you want to be well positioned to explore three counties (Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire) in one fell swoop? Then you might want to consider The Turbles as your base from which to do so. On the eastern edge of the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a five-minute drive (or a half-hour walk) from the village of Welland, this is an adults-only site. No children, then – which makes it blissfully peaceful; well-behaved four-legged friends, however, are welcome. Not only that: they have a designated exercise area for your canine pals to run about in, not to mention plenty of walks starting right at the gate. And while your dog bounds happily by your side, be sure to take in the views of your splendid rural surrounds. Your stroll might take you to the Golden Valley (a half-hour walk), where a pond has resident flocks of ducks and geese; or you might prefer to make a beeline for a local pub, which is 10 minutes' walk away. The pub is dog-friendly inside and out, and serves hot food according to its own schedule. Speaking of food, you’re welcome to start a barbecue at the site or buy something from the site's selection of pies and scotch eggs (including vegan scotch eggs). For provisions, try the well-stocked village store in Welland, or head to Great Malvern, Ledbury (both 15 minutes’ drive) or Tewkesbury (20 minutes) for supermarkets and independent shops (plus, of course, restaurants and cafés). Unisex toilet and shower facilities complete the picture at this well-maintained Worcestershire site.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 9
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 3
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Twin axle vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.
  • Units longer than 7.4 metres are not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Plenty of space, good walks, stunning scenery and a great friendly pub…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness No rating
Wifi 10
Kevin C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass touring pitch

Liked: Plenty of space, good walks, stunning scenery and a great friendly pub up the hill. there was a large adjacent field to exercise my furry companion is needed. There was one shower and two toilets, but even though most pitches were taken, this was not a problem and no queuing was necessary, a big book swap, dvd and games type room was handy too.

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Peaceful country setting

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 4
Wifi No rating
Steven F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass touring pitch

Liked: Beautiful countryside setting with lovely views of the surrounding hills. Probably the quietest campsite we’ve ever been to. So peaceful. There’s plenty of space between each pitch and most pitches have their own picnic bench. With an adjacent field, it’s ideal for dog walking. The lovely towns of Ledbury, Great Malvern and Upton on Severn are close enough to visit and the quaint Robin Hood pub and scenic Castlemorton Common are more or less neighbours. We shall definitely be booking again.

Disliked: Nothing really, except to say that the one and only shower and two toilets were very basic but still perfectly adequate. We did have a rather nasty, miserable neighbour who would be better off in a field on her own! Obviously this isn’t the Turbles fault. You can’t choose your neighbours.

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Great little site that needs just a bit of info for guests

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 4
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 4
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass touring pitch

Liked: Peace , quiet and space. Great little site with fabulous dog facilities.

Disliked: Whilst the lack of signs telling you not to do this and not to do that was very much appreciated more information about the site would have been useful eg wifi code , which pubs didn’t do food ( the plume of feathers ) and which did not allow dogs inside ( plume of feathers).

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From the manager: Thanks for taking the time to leave a review and thank you for your feedback. I have now added a plan of the site to the photo gallery showing the location of CDP, bins and walks from the site. The wi-fi code is shown on the EHUs, however, i will also add this to the whiteboard at the entrance gate and send a confirmation email. Sorry for any confusion but dogs are welcome in The Plume of Feathers. Although i am not currently serving food at the pub i do hope to be serving food soon. I hope to see you again. Regards, Shirley

Rural basic site. Dated toilets and shower. Quiet and peaceful.

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 2
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 4
Wifi 2
sue b. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass touring pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet rural back to basics site. Lovely views of the Malvern hills.

Disliked: No information of local walks. Poor signage of were to empty toilet cassette etc. Very faded sign on what pitch you had been allocated.

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Peaceful and well spaced fully serviced pitch . Great local area to…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 2
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Carole S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass touring pitch

Liked: Peaceful and well spaced fully serviced pitch . Great local area to explore , good value for fully serviced pitch

Disliked: When you arrive , name on a sign with your pitch number, not welcomed or sent any info about site. Had to ask other campers for info about site , directions to local pub and Wi-Fi code, no dog poo bins but loved the large enclosed dog walking area. Washing up area very poor looked like had not been used for a long time. Toilets unisex but clean

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Lovely site, facilities not great

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 6
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass touring pitch

Liked: The site was lovely and peaceful, especially at night. The site itself is spacious so you don’t feel on top of other people. Water point at the pitch which was handy for refilling the water barrel easily. A really quick walk to the pub, you can see the site from the gate of the pub so was nice to have it so near.

Disliked: Facilities and lack of information really let this site down which has great potential to be a fab place. We arrived and never saw anyone except other guests for the whole stay. WiFi on site but no info how to access it, there’s stickers on the electric hookups but found this by chance later on. ‘Summerhouse’ for book sharing, watching a film and games should have a health warning, not nice at all. There is also nowhere to wash up as the sink for it is missing the hot tap and has its own wildlife growing in it. Lovely hot shower but only one so can wait a while if busy times. Hard to be critical as the site itself is nice but the facilities really lacking

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Good site with clean facilities, friendly staff and level pitches.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass touring pitch

Liked: We had a lovely two days here. Owners very friendly.

Disliked: Nothing to dislike.

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The site was well looked after and managed. We loved the…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Lisa R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass touring pitch

Liked: The site was well looked after and managed. We loved the great views, massive pitches and peace and quiet. Although other reviews have mentioned that there was a lack of toilets they were perfectly adequate and clean and we never had to queue. It’s really unusual these days to not hear road noise but this site ticks that box! Really big safe dog exercise field and lots of walks directly from the site too. We visited Ledbury which was a great town. Rare to see so many great shops and businesses on the high street these days. The Thai Plume of Feathers is a short walk away, is very welcoming and does really great food. Highly recommended!

Disliked: Nothing!

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Large open small site. Very quiet at night. Value for money for the…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 4
David W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass touring pitch

Liked: Large open small site. Very quiet at night. Value for money for the services available.

Disliked: Only two toilets and one shower which needs updated. Washing up facilities waste of time and dirty. Free WiFi kept dropping out. Poor phone signal.

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Large field for 12 pitches loads of space between pitches good…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass touring pitch

Liked: Large field for 12 pitches loads of space between pitches good dog walk shower and toilets ok Never saw any staff just drive in get your pitch number off the board and go to that pitch

Disliked: Never saw any staff just drive in get

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Adults only Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available No drinkable water point Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Tiny (1-10 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

The Turbles

Druggers End

Castlemorton

Malvern

Worcestershire

England

WR136JD

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.04457°N
-2.3057°W

Route directions

Look out for the notice board at the end of the stables, near the entrance. Guests' pitch number will be written on the notice board.

Nearest transport

Coach
4.7 mi Rosebank Gardens
4.7 mi Belle Vue Terrace
5 mi Market House
Rail
3.3 mi Colwall Rail Station
4.5 mi Great Malvern Rail Station
5.1 mi Ledbury Rail Station
Ferry
23.3 mi Sharpness Old Docks
24.7 mi Lydney Harbour
Airport
12.2 mi Gloucestershire Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

If it feels like you’ve been at Eastnor Castle (10 minutes’ drive) before, it might be because you recognise it from its appearances in films and TV shows such as Succession. Dating from the early 1800s, this Georgian property has elegant rooms hung with tapestries and portraits, plus a deer park and a lake. The spa town of Great Malvern is anchored by Priory Park, a genteel area with a Victorian bandstand (come on a Sunday afternoon in summer for a free concert), a pond crossed by a wooden bridge and lots of picnic spaces. If you want to sample the local waters, take a (steep) hike to St Ann’s Well, on the eastern slope of the Malverns, just above the town. The gardens at National Trust – Croome (20 minutes) were Capability Brown’s first complete design. Take a stroll around admiring this 18th-century landscape gardener’s work, then head to the RAF Defford Museum to learn about the development of radar technology during World War II.

Must see

Eastnor Castle 3.7 mi

Malvern Hills 4.7 mi

Croome Park (National Trust) 6.6 mi

Tewkesbury Abbey 7.2 mi

Royal Worcester Visitor Centre 10.5 mi

National Trust

Croome Park 7.3 mi

Bredon Barn 8 mi

Ashleworth Tithe Barn 8.4 mi

The Greyfriars 10.7 mi

Brockhampton Estate 12.2 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

A449 - Hangman's Hill - Midsummer Hill - Obelisk - Hereford Beacon 2.1 mi

Hollybush NT - Hereford Beacon - Midsummer Hill 2.3 mi

EASTNOR CASTLE 3 mi

Hanley Swan - Gilbert's End - Blackmore End 3.2 mi

Hanley Swan - Malvern Wells 3.4 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Turbles have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Turbles dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Turbles? If it feels like you’ve been at Eastnor Castle (10 minutes’ drive) before, it might be because you recognise it from its appearances in films and TV shows such as Succession. Dating … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Turbles?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2:30 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Turbles? From £25 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.