Bright Meadow Caravan Park

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Hardstanding pitches (added by manager 15 Dec 2023)

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  • Tourer park 10 minutes’ drive from Bury St Edmunds in rural Suffolk
  • Ickworth House 15 minutes’ drive and Aldeburgh beach an hour
  • Family-friendly site with a communal kitchen and dedicated dog park
Ready to be soothed by the quiet of Suffolk countryside? Better get your time booked at Bright Meadow Caravan Park, with widely spaced hardstanding tourer pitches set on six acres of level ground surrounded by trees and fields. At 10 minutes’ drive from Bury St Edmunds, it’s a peaceful spot from which to explore the county or stay overnight if you’re heading to Harwich International Port (an hour by car) and on into Europe. There are loads of amenities to spoil you too. The modern toilet block is heated all year, and has showers (if you prefer a bath, there’s one in the ladies’ block) and thoughtful extras like hand dryers, shaving points and hair dryers. You can keep control of the chores thanks to the washing machine and tumble dryer in the laundry room, and prep veg and do the washing up in the small shared kitchen. Chemical disposal, electric hook-up points and fresh water outlets are all available, and your security on site is guaranteed thanks to the PIN-operated security barrier. Dogs are welcome, and there’s a dedicated canine-exercise area on the park. Running short on anything? Replenish provisions in the local village of Thurston (five minutes), which has a post office, general store and petrol station as well as a couple of pubs.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 50
Motorhome pitches 50
Tent pitches 50
Open all year

Languages spoken

English

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Features

Dogs allowed

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

Baby-changing facilities

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

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

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Public transport nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Location

Bright Meadow Caravan Park

Beyton Road

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

England

IP31 3RB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

52.2403°N
0.8239°W

Nearest transport

Coach
3.9 mi Village Hall
4 mi Village Hall
4.8 mi Bus Station
Rail
0.9 mi Thurston Rail Station
3.8 mi Elmswell Rail Station
4.8 mi Bury St Edmunds Rail Station
Ferry
27.3 mi Harwich International Ferry Terminal
27.5 mi Shotley Point Marina Ferry Landing
27.5 mi Shotley Point Marina Ferry Landing
Airport
27.7 mi Cambridge 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

Suffolk certainly holds its own when it comes to the seaside, with a coastline encompassing the shingle beaches and salt-marsh walks of the Suffolk, Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape (40 minutes’ drive), as well as the pebble beach and 19th-century pier at Aldeburgh (an hour). For a coastal village with a literary connection, visit pretty-as-a-picture Thorpeness (also an hour), where ‘Peter Pan’ author JM Barrie was a regular visitor. There’s plenty more Suffolk heritage to uncover too: visit the great estate at National Trust-owned Ickworth House (15 minutes) to see spectacular collections of silver in The Rotunda and wander formal Italianate gardens. Stately Kentwell Hall (half an hour) is open (check dates before going) for the rare chance to explore a privately owned, moated Tudor mansion. Bury St Edmunds (10 minutes) has centuries of history to discover at the impressive abbey ruins and neighbouring gardens – but if you’ve had enough of culture by now, slope off to the town’s Greene King Brewery for a guided tour of the brewing process and a crafty pint.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Dovercourt 28.8 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Felixstowe South 29.5 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Felixstowe North 29.7 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Ickworth House, Park and Gardens 7.2 mi

Bressingham Steam and Gardens 14 mi

Banham Zoo 16.5 mi

Grimes Graves 18.1 mi

Newmarket Racecourses 18.7 mi

National Trust

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds 4.6 mi

Ickworth House, Park and Gardens 7.2 mi

Lavenham Guildhall 9.2 mi

Melford Hall 11.8 mi

Thorington Hall 18.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Thurston - Great Barton - Pakenham - Little Haugh - Thurston 0.9 mi

Tostock 1.9 mi

Bradfield St George 2.6 mi

Bradfield Woods 3.7 mi

Ixworth - Great Livermere - Troston - Ixworth 4 mi

Local events

  • Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival (Saturday 28 September 2024 – Saturday 28 September 2024)

    Aldeburgh, Suffolk 29 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.

Reviews

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Overall & for the Price, the Site is a Nice Place for a Few Days Away

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 4
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
David S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: - The facilities are very good and are kept clean - Friendly and polite owners - Site is secured with a pin-code barrier - Hardstanding pitches are a good size and flat - Easy access to the nearby Bury St. Edmonds - The coast, Southwold, is an easy 50 mile drive - Site Wi-Fi is free, unlimited devices and a good speed

Disliked: - Site is more than half full with permanent tourers with people living in them - The bookable touring pitches are mixed up within the permanent one's - The 10A RCD trip kept cutting-out when you turned on more than one appliance or an appliance plus the heater - Connectivity to the site Wi-Fi can be a bit hit/miss. Managed to connect phones okay, but TV kept dropping the connection

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Overall & for the Price, the Site is a Nice Place for a Few Days Away

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 4
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 8
David S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: - The facilities are very good and are kept clean - Friendly and polite owners - Site is secured with a pin-code barrier - Hardstanding pitches are a good size and flat - Easy access to the nearby Bury St. Edmonds - The coast, Southwold, is an easy 50 mile drive - Site Wi-Fi is free, unlimited devices and a good speed

Disliked: - Site is more than half full with permanent tourers with people living in them - The bookable touring pitches are mixed up within the permanent one's - The 10A RCD trip kept cutting-out when you turned on more than one appliance or an appliance plus the heater - Connectivity to the site Wi-Fi can be a bit hit/miss. Managed to connect phones okay, but TV kept dropping the connection

Recommend to friends Visit again

The facilities were nice and clean, and a great place to stay…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Adrian B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: The facilities were nice and clean, and a great place to stay to visit Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding area.

Disliked: It took a while to find the fresh water tap, as it's not where you would expect it to be. I had to wander around and found it between two motorhomes. Quite close to the A14, a constant rumble can be heard at peak times, although the road does get quieter after 10 and on weekends.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall the site was fine for a short stay

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

Electric gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Amenities block was clean and warm, which was very welcome in the wet and cold weather. Staff were friendly. Site is very convenient for Bury St Edmunds

Disliked: Road noise from A14 was considerable Seemed to be quite a few permanent/workmen type units on site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly site with good amenities

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

Electric gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very helpful and responsive site warden . Lorraine does a brilliant job in keeping the amenities spotless. Very good transport links to Cambridge and bury st edmounds .

Disliked: We had anti social campers next to us we moved pitches this was sorted easily with a phone call and as no reflection on the site. Busy road you need a car to access local towns.

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From the manager: Hey Jacuqeline Many Thanks for your review, lovely meeting you and your husband, hopefully we will see you again Take Care Lorraine

  • Does Bright Meadow Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Bright Meadow Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Bright Meadow Caravan Park? Suffolk certainly holds its own when it comes to the seaside, with a coastline encompassing the shingle beaches and salt-marsh walks of the Suffolk, Essex Coast and Heaths National Landscape (40 minutes’ … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Bright Meadow Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
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