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General
- Peaceful and secluded site with spectacular views
- In a wildlife haven: listen for owls at night
- New amenities block including a shower for disabled guests
Your little bears might not want to leave. Big Bear Lodge is a Shrewsbury site with what the owners reckon just might be among the best views in Shropshire – and it's in a spectacularly secluded countryside location where your young can run around and go spotting badgers, foxes, bats, squirrels and even the resident cuckoo that arrives each May.
A flock of feathered visitors also flit around this calmly quiet site, including red kites, woodpeckers, swifts, buzzards and even some tame robins – we spy photo opps. You'll hear the local owls hooting at night, and if it's a cloud-free evening you can settle down under the skies for a spot of peaceful stargazing: no light pollution or traffic noise here.
The Big Bear facilities include fresh water adjacent to pitches, a new amenities block with three showers including one for disabled guests, heated towel rails, rainfall shower heads and washing-up facilities with hot and cold water. Dogs are welcome on site but must be kept on leads.
Big Bear Lodge is also near where the Vyrnwy and Severn rivers meet so has a wealth of walks very close by – and Shropshire has over 3500 miles' worth of hikes if you want to take things a bit further. We reckon we we'd roar with pleasure...
Site type
Tourist board rating
Languages spoken
✓ English
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The camping area is very nice, the Pod area was noisy.
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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
Take away
Tennis
TV room
Watersports
Amenities on site
Bath available
Disabled facilities
Drying room
Food shop
Free wifi
Ice pack freezing
Internet access
Launderette
Parent & baby washroom
Pick-up from public transport
Public telephone
Shower available
Toilet block
Washing-up area
Wifi
Utilities
Charging facilities
Chemical disposal
Gas cylinders available
Recycling available
Renewable energy
Touring and motorhomes
Drainage hook-up points for tourers
Hard standings
Motorhome service point
Water hook-up points for tourers
Rules
Barbecues allowed
Campfires allowed
Commercial vehicles allowed
Dogs allowed
Dogs allowed all year
Themes
Peaceful
Remote location
Spectacular scenery
Walkers' paradise
Wildlife haven
Nearby leisure
Canoeing/kayaking nearby
Climbing nearby
Cycle hire nearby
Cycling nearby
Fishing nearby
Golf nearby
Horse riding nearby
Indoor pool nearby
Mountain biking nearby
Restaurant nearby
Tennis nearby
Watersports nearby
Groups welcome
D. of E. welcome
Family friendly
Motorcycle friendly
Single-sex groups welcome
Student groups welcome
Nearby amenities
Bar nearby
Public transport nearby
Type
Tiny (1-10 pitches)
Camping 2.0
Camping pods
Location
Nearest transport
- Coach stations
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Middletown (Powys): Breidden Hotel Coach Stop
— 3.4 miles
Nesscliffe (Shrops): Coach Stop — 3.7 miles
Halfway House (Shrops): Coach Stop — 3.7 miles
- Train stations
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Welshpool Rail Station
— 8.7 miles
Gobowen Rail Station — 10.0 miles
Shrewsbury Rail Station — 10.8 miles
- Ferry ports
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Porth Penrhyn Ferry Landing
— 44.1 miles
- Airports
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Liverpool John Lennon Airport
— 41.0 miles
Please note that your satnav will take you to Little Hendre not Hendre Villa. From Little Hendre look further down the lane for a large timber-clad building.
Local attractions
This part of England running into Powys and Wales has been popular for yonks with outdoor and active sorts, who come to canoe or fish its waters, canter around the countryside by horseback or foot, climb or mountain bike its peaks, or tackle less trodden options like clay shooting or paragliding. Golf is available locally too.
If you're more into sightseeing than activity, Powys Castle, Erddig Hall, Chirk Castle and the Hawkstone Follies are all good local options, or you could have a day out in Shrewsbury to stroll through its shuts and over its nine bridges.
And as for those miles and miles of Shropshire – and Powys – walks? Try a wander around Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall just over the Welsh border, among the wildlife and birds of Lake Vyrnwy, up and down the three peaks of the Breidden Hills, and through Nesscliffe Hill Country Park between Oswestry and Shrewsbury – with a pitstop at fifteenth century pub the Old Three Pigeons Inn.
Must see
- Powis Castle & Garden (9.6 miles)
- Much Wenlock Priory (21.3 miles)
- Darby Houses (Ironbridge) (22.4 miles)
National Trust
- Chirk Castle (13.3 miles)
- Attingham Park Estate: Cronkhill (14.2 miles)
Cycle routes
Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.
Thank you for taking the time to review. I am sorry though that you only felt it was worth giving us a 6/10 because of the noise from the other pods. It was unfortunate that the night you stayed the other pods (and we had thought you aswell) got together around the fire pit and made some noise. Gary did go and speak to them and asked them to quieten down. We didn’t worry too much as we believed you were all out there together but as it got late he spoke to them, it is hard as people are here to have fun and we didn’t want to ruin that. The pods did not know each other and it wasn’t a group booking they just met here that night.
Week days are much quieter here and in fact the Friday night you camped, there wasn’t anyone in the pods so if you had of done it the other way round.
I wish you had of said something when having your coffee on the decking, Gary would have explained.
We have obviously had some very inconsiderate people here this weekend and I apologise for that. I was really upset to find that the expensive soap and hand cream we provide in the toilets has been taken (we do even sell it in the lodge so it just shows you the type of people we have to deal with) there was also meat packets thrown in the toilets bins which was very inconsiderate to other guests when they should have been placed in the recycling area. (Less than 100 yards away) So one night has brought a overall score down because of your poor review and I feel very disheartened with people stealing things. Let’s hope for a better weekend next week. I can only apologise for other people inconsiderate nature but there is little we can do about that.