Kings Forest Caravan Park

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Campsite (added by visitor 20 Sep 2018)
Campsite
Red sky at night..
Sunset view, 10amp electric hook-up and privacy curtain, bring everything else for your stay.
Grass pitch overlooking the horses
The pea pod
Double doors for a room with a view. privacy curtain for the evenings.
Our sunset pod is just waiting for you to watch the stars after the beautiful wideham sunsets.
Self-catering nightjar lodge sleeps 4 adults and has all your holiday needs.
1/484
Favourite
Red sky at night..
Sunset view, 10amp electric hook-up and privacy curtain, bring everything else for your stay.
Grass pitch overlooking the horses

  • Quiet adults-only caravan park in a Suffolk forest location
  • A 10-minute drive from Bury St Edmunds and an hour from the coast
  • Next door to forest, West Stow Country Park and Anglo-Saxon village
This peaceful adults-only site has direct access to acres of green space, including Kings Forest and West Stow Country Park. With walks along the river Lark also on offer close by, there's little wonder that Kings Forest Caravan Park is held in such high regard among caravanners, who appreciate the peace and quiet of the place and the dog-friendly site rules. Part of a working farm called Wideham Farm, Kings Forest Caravan Park has smart stable facilities for visiting horses. The adjacent forest and the surrounding Suffolk countryside make excellent turf for hacking across too. They’re just as good for walking and pedalling, and with direct access to the forest, woodland wanderings and wildlife encounters are close to hand; look out for fallow deer, wild foxgloves and kestrels swooping overhead. Plus, the Suffolk Wildlife Trust at Lackford Lakes is just a five-minute drive away for conservation fans. This is a prime position to relax in too: peace and quiet are highly prized out here, and the proprietors ask everyone to kindly keep it down after 10pm… the horses need their beauty sleep…

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 10
Motorhome pitches 2
Tent pitches 4
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 4
Open now
Opens 27 November 2023
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Guests under the age of 16 are not allowed on site.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
  • Please note that the toilet facilities are unisex.
  • Only breathable groundsheets are allowed.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Mon, 27 Nov 2023 to

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

Tent pitchesTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome pitchesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsCaravans for hireRent a tent
Choose your dates
2 adults
0 children

Reviews

9.7

Overall rating based on 384 reviews View breakdown

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Voted 85% of visitors View breakdown

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Beautiful location. Quiet. Friendly owners. Good size pitches. Choose your own preferred…

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

Electric grass and sand pitch

Liked: Beautiful location. Quiet. Friendly owners. Good size pitches. Choose your own preferred pitch. Very little road noise. Good facilities. Close to forest for walking. Just a lovely place to get away. No wifi and network coverage sketchy but not a bad thing!

Disliked: Would have liked a basin in the toilet cubicles but thats a very small niggle!

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Peace and quiet and loverly walks I the forest and park. Showers and…

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

Electric grass and sand pitch

Liked: Peace and quiet and loverly walks I the forest and park. Showers and toilet are very well maintained. Plenty of water points

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site/ well maintained/peaceful and natural lots of horses

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

Electric grass and sand pitch

Liked: Lovely welcome x liked relaxed vibe of choosing own pitch, very chill but v organised and well presented. Loved the warm hose dog wash and seeing all the horses around.

Disliked: Sink outside near toilets perhaps? Generally nothing to dislike tbh

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Excellent campsite in lovely setting.

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

Electric grass and sand pitch

Liked: Excellent adults only dog friendly camp site Plenty of pitches to choose from, all decent size pitches. Friendly owner met us on arrival, told us a couple of good pitches to choose from. Separate showers and separate unisex toilets, both kept clean. The wash up area, water facilities and freezer are great. Able to walk in to the Kings forest, and easy access to main roads for Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge etc. We will definitely stay again, this time when warmer and hopefully not as wet. Not far from RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath, well worth a visit to Lakenheath viewing area to if you like to see some fast noisy jets. Plenty of aircraft over and around campsite.

Disliked: Water temperature for showers could have been a bit warmer. Road was quite busy at times during night.

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Will return and definitely recommend.

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

Wee Pea camping pod (pet friendly)

Liked: Adult only site. Was met by Declan at reception, kindly showed me to Wee Pea Pod. Site was very peaceful. All facilities, toilets, showers, pot wash, veg prep very clean and well kept. Surrounded by wild life. Important for me, dog-friendly (with no extra charge). Pitches looked well spaced. Within 5 minutes walk was King's Forest and West Stow Country Park, both beautiful escapes. No signal, for me not an issue.

Disliked: Nothing to not like.

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Excellent site with clean facilities.

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

Electric grass and sand pitch

Liked: The site is lovely and tranquil, the owners are lovely and are very helpful. The facilities are very clean and well presented. Only 15 mins from Bury St Edmunds. We would definitely stay here again and can't wait to return.

Disliked: The only negative I can give and this is nothing awful but WiFi wasn't very good but that didn't hinder our wonderful stay.

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Lovely quiet site...spotlessly clean...beautiful walks in the forest...we will…

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

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet site...spotlessly clean...beautiful walks in the forest...we will be back

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Beautiful site, new facilities

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

Electric grass and sand pitch

Liked: Beautifully landscaped and maintained campsite. Loved watching the people arrive with their horses too. Toilet/shower/wash-up facilities new and clean. Great size pitches. Direct access to Kings Forest for walking/cycling and a couple of mins walk to Anglo-Saxon village/lake walks/cafe/archery. Could arrive early (12o/c) and leave late (12o/c). Great campsite.

Disliked: Poor WiFi but cafe over the road had WiFi you could use during the day for free

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Nice campsite, well spaced out. Wee pea pod was great and bench outside…

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Robert R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Wee Pea camping pod (pet friendly)

Liked: Nice campsite, well spaced out. Wee pea pod was great and bench outside was a nice feature.

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Nice clean site with good facilities and excellent walking location

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

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: The campsite is large and very clean. The location is what made it for us, you can walk straight into King's Forest and over the road to the Country Park. The camping field is very bare, (a few more trees would be nice), but the toilets and showers are nice and clean, and we would definitely come back.

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Features

Dogs allowed

Adults only

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 Rallies welcome 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

Forest Peaceful Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal freezer Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby

Type

Farm Small (11-25 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Golf nearby Mountain biking nearby

Location

Kings Forest Caravan Park

Wideham Farm

Icklingham Road

West Stow

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

England

IP28 6HE

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.31246°N
0.63985°W

Route directions

Kings Forest Caravan Park is located opposite the Anglo Saxon Centre on Icklingham Road, West Stow.

Nearest transport

Coach
5.4 mi Bus Station
5.8 mi Bus Station
8.2 mi Village Hall
Rail
5.1 mi Bury St Edmunds Rail Station
6.8 mi Kennett Rail Station
8.4 mi Thurston Rail Station
Airport
21 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

A walk away, West Stow Country Park is a top spot for Suffolk strolls and rides, with a pair of hides for birdwatching and whole platoons of wildlife gathering on the lake and along the River Lark. As an added bonus, there’s a reconstructed Anglo-Saxon village where you can see how life was way back in the Dark Ages. The ancient market town of Bury St Edmunds is 10 minutes’ drive away if you’re minded to continue the historical theme: medieval Moyse’s Hall is home to a fab museum, while Ickworth House, built in neoclassical style for the earls of Bristol, is a splendid country house. After that, head on to the half-timbered, brightly hued cottages of Lavenham, half an hour away. There’s wildlife aplenty around here too, and trails to spot it at Cavenham Heath National Nature Reserve (15 minutes): blue tits and woodpeckers are often seen in the woods, while on the heath, lizards, adders and stone curlews flit around the remains of World War II defences. More exotic residents can be met at Banham Zoo (40 minutes), from Bactrian camels to silvery marmosets and gelada baboons, and seals can sometimes be spotted from the cliffs and beach at Felixstowe, an hour away. Even without glimpses of its whiskered marine mammals, the seaside town makes a top day trip, with beach walks, harbour cruises and tours of 18th-century Landguard Fort finished off with fish and chips.

Must see

Ickworth House, Park and Gardens 6.3 mi

Grimes Graves 12 mi

Newmarket Racecourses 12.3 mi

The National Stud 13.7 mi

Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve 14.7 mi

National Trust

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds 5.9 mi

Ickworth House, Park and Gardens 6.3 mi

Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve 14.6 mi

Lavenham Guildhall 15.6 mi

Melford Hall 16.3 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

West Stow 0.9 mi

CULFORD PARK 2.1 mi

Tuddenham St Mary 3.2 mi

Shelterhouse Corner 3.7 mi

Herringswell - Kentford Heath - Green Lane - Herringswell 5 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

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Kings Forest Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Kings Forest Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Kings Forest Caravan Park? A walk away, West Stow Country Park is a top spot for Suffolk strolls and rides, with a pair of hides for birdwatching and whole platoons of wildlife gathering on the lake … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Kings Forest Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Kings Forest Caravan Park? From £27 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.