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Peacock Farm Paddock

Camping paddock just off the A12 (added by manager 15 Jul 2021)

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Grass pitches at a Suffolk working cattle farm, with dogs welcome
Southwold, Walberswick and RSPB Minsmere within 15 minutes' drive
Just off the A12, a couple of minutes' walk from an artisan bakery

If what you seek is a Suffolk site with both rural outlook and supremely simple transport options, Peacock Farm Paddock could well be the place for you. Pitches here are within the grounds of a working farm, so you’ll be looking out over a grassy field – but you’ll also be just off the A12 for easy road trips. And if you’d rather get about by public transport? That’s possible too, with Darsham railway station just over a mile away (about 15 minutes’ walk). And with public footpaths just by the site, you can head out to explore the area on foot without any issue, too. All of this means that this is a most handy location for days out along the Suffolk coast – Southwold, Walberswick and Dunwich are within a 15-minute drive, and it’s only a little further to birdwatching exploits at RSPB Minsmere. It’s not just the transport options that are convenient here, either: a couple of minutes’ walk gets you to an artisan bakery and café for a tasty start to the morning, and there’s a garage/shop a mile away for any other bits you might need. Back at base, barbecues and campfires are both permitted, and there are simple facilities in the form of portable toilets in the field.

Site type

Languages spoken

English

Polish

Spanish

Features

Portable toilet

Pop-up campsite

Dogs allowed

Campfires 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

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

D. of E. 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

Shop nearby

Type

Farm

Pop-up campsite

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Location

Peacock Farm Paddock

London Road

Thorington

Southwold

Suffolk

England

IP17 3QU

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

52.2915°N
1.54286°W

Nearest transport

Coach

11.6 mi Old Market Place

12.3 mi Cork Bricks

12.3 mi Chaucer Street

Rail

1.5 mi Darsham Rail Station

4.1 mi Halesworth Rail Station

5.7 mi Saxmundham Rail Station

Ferry

5.6 mi Walberswick Ferry Landing

5.6 mi Southwold Ferry Landing

18.4 mi Reedham Ferry South

Airport

28.4 mi Norwich International 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

All set for a day at the beach? National Trust-owned Dunwich beach is your closest (10 minutes’ drive), and a lovely place for a walk, a paddle or a bit of sea fishing. Also close by are Walberswick, for a stroll through the heathland and sand dunes, and Southwold, home to Adnams brewery tours and an excellent pier. Both are about 15 minutes away. If it’s wildlife-spotting that entices you out into the open air, you should find plenty of that at RSPB Minsmere nature reserve (20 minutes). Meanwhile, bigger, more exotic beasts can be spied on a tour of Africa Alive! animal park (20 minutes). And who knows what you might spot at Rendlesham Forest (25 minutes) – there are several walking trails here, including one that leads to a suspected UFO landing site… For other days out, a couple of handy spots to have up your sleeve are the 12th-century Framlingham Castle (20 minutes), a classic castle with a colourful past, and the East Anglia Transport Museum (25 minutes), where you can board a vintage tram and see all sorts of heritage vehicles.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Southwold The Denes	6 mi	Sea	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwold The Pier	6.7 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Excellent
Lowestoft (South Of Claremont Pier)	14.7 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Lowestoft (North Of Claremont Pier)	15 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Gorleston Beach	20.8 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Framlingham Castle 9.6 mi

Orford Castle 13.7 mi

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 13.8 mi

Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon Burial Mounds 16.2 mi

Somerleyton Hall and Gardens 16.8 mi

National Trust

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 13.8 mi

Sutton Hoo 16.2 mi

Elizabethan House Museum 23 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Dunwich Forest - Newdelight Walks - Westwood Marshes 3.1 mi

DINGLE MARSHES (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 14/06/2002) 3.6 mi

MINSMERE (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 11/01/2006) 4 mi

HEVENINGHAM HALL 4 mi

HENHAM 4.3 mi

Local events

Latitude Festival (Thursday 25 July 2024 – Thursday 25 July 2024)
Beccles, Suffolk 4.5 mi
Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival (Saturday 28 September 2024 – Saturday 28 September 2024)
Aldeburgh, Suffolk 9 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 Peacock Farm Paddock have a swimming pool? No View all features
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What attractions are near Peacock Farm Paddock? All set for a day at the beach? National Trust-owned Dunwich beach is your closest (10 minutes’ drive), and a lovely place for a walk, a paddle or a bit of sea … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Peacock Farm Paddock?

Camping and touring

Arrive: Anytime – 9 p.m.

Depart by: 10:30 a.m.

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