Lower Lacon Caravan Park

Children can play for hours and make lots of new friends (added by manager 11 Sep 2015)

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  • A mile from the town of Wem and less than ten from Shrewsbury
  • Outdoor swimming pool, two play areas, two bars, a café and takeaway
  • Animals, alpacas, pigs, goats, ducks, chickens and chipmunks on site
Atten-shun! Wem you're next pondering where next to pitch up in Shropshire, we'd like you to have a look at Lower Lacon Caravan Park, on the grounds of a World War II American army base a mere mile from the village of Wem. Family-run as a caravan park since the early 1970s, Lower Lacon has a lovely – and almost accidental – chequered history as a camping site: its landscape was changed when the 'Mericans smothered most of the park in hardcore after sinking a bulldozer in the soil (Majorly careless), and the hardstanding pitches on the park today are the original concrete floors of Uncle Sam's Nissen huts. Since getting the land back, the Shingler family has made sure that Lower Lacon has risen up the ranks to its shipshape look today as one of the biggest caravan parks in the region, with 52 acres, over 200 electric points, two loo and shower blocks, a fully-stocked shop with off-licence, two launderettes and an outdoor heated pool. A café and a takeaway have also been added to base to take care of mess essentials. Small sorts have two play areas on site to march around, while all ranks and ages should enjoy the rest of the Lower Lacon drill: a crazy golf area to test shots at, wildlife to stalk all around, and a troupe of animals to meet including alpacas, chipmunks, pigs, kunekune pigs, pygmy goats, ducks and chickens. And two more most saluteworthy ideas: a barn converted to a family bar for discos and live entertainment in summer, and the adults-only Windmill Lounge bar with a separate marquee for the kids. Majorly smart.

Site type

Tent pitches 80
Touring caravan pitches 160
Motorhome pitches 30
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Caravans for hire 5

Languages spoken

English

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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

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Local produce

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent pitches

Themes

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Very large (over 200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Tourer storage facilities

Location

Lower Lacon Caravan Park

Lower Lacon Caravan Park

Soulton Road

Wem

Shropshire

England

SY4 5RP

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

52.86399°N
-2.70107°W

Route directions

If you are using GPS, Lower Lacon Caravan Park post code will take you to the farm next door. Head south west on B5065 for 350 yards and you will find the park.

Nearest transport

Coach
10.8 mi Bus Station
11.2 mi The Crescent
11.2 mi The Crescent
Rail
0.9 mi Wem Rail Station
2.5 mi Prees Rail Station
4.1 mi Yorton Rail Station

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

Lower Lacon Caravan Park is a mile from the village of Wem and less than ten miles from the Shropshire towns of Shrewsbury, Whitchurch and Ellesmere: ditch the car and use the decent local bus and train services if you don't fancy driving. Stroll through the medieval shuts of Shrewsbury to reach its shops, ye olde pubs, abbey, castle and Theatre Severn; at Ellesmere, have more of a watery time with a punt on the Mere or Ellesmere Canal. Whitchurch is walking territory: five tramping trails start from its Jubilee Park including the 139-mile Shropshire Way on its run to Wem in one direction and Ellesmere in the other. (Or start at Wem and wend your way north to Whitchurch on a first hike, then south to Shrewsbury on another.) Shropshire's a pretty peaceful and uncrowded place, so take full advantage of a holiday here with a few placid pursuits too, like floats on the Shropshire Union and Llangollen canals or the River Severn, and a peer at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ironbridge Gorge, celebrating the Industrial Revolution and the work of Mr Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Must see

Darby Houses (Ironbridge) 17.6 mi

Blists Hill Victorian Town 17.9 mi

Iron Bridge and Toll House 18.4 mi

Ironbridge Gorge Museums 18.4 mi

Enginuity 18.6 mi

National Trust

Attingham Park 12.5 mi

Attingham Park Estate: Cronkhill 13.5 mi

Sunnycroft 14 mi

Chirk Castle 17 mi

Carding Mill Valley and the Shropshire Hills 22.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

HAWKSTONE 3.3 mi

HODNET HALL 5 mi

Colemere - Wem Moss - Shropshire Union Canal 6.1 mi

The Sandstone Trail S to N (Part 1): Whitchurch - Bickerton 7.3 mi

Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403 8 mi

Local events

  • Camp Bestival Shropshire (Thursday 15 August 2024 – Thursday 15 August 2024)

    Telford, Shropshire 21.4 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.

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  • Does Lower Lacon Caravan Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Lower Lacon Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Lower Lacon Caravan Park? Lower Lacon Caravan Park is a mile from the village of Wem and less than ten miles from the Shropshire towns of Shrewsbury, Whitchurch and Ellesmere: ditch the car and use the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Lower Lacon Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.

    Reception is unmanned after 6pm (open until 10pm in summer holidays) but there is a 24 hour warden so please call using the number in the confirmation email before 6pm, or call the 24 hour warden phone number that is by the shop door on arrival.

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