Green Haven Camping

View prices & book 9.8 91 reviews
Enjoying the evening sunshine - view across the site towards the shower block and facilities
Peaceful site
Family meal
A quiet spot

  • Quiet and family-friendly eco site set out as a wildlife garden
  • Well placed for the Suffolk and Norfolk countryside and coast
  • Eggs, apple juice and other local produce available for sale
Green Haven Camping has a greatly convenient setting, just the ticket for investigating the best of the Suffolk and Norfolk countryside – and an easy drive from the Suffolk seaside at Southwold and among market towns, heaps of hikes and plenty of good English pubs. The owners of this eco site are developing it as a wildlife garden where people can pitch rather than a formally laid out site, to make a relaxing and secluded environment for camping. The camping area is in a field with grass kept long between pitches and along the site path, and plenty of native hedging and plants have been added to create hidden habitats for wildlife (and guests). To help with the peaceful vibe, the parking area is kept separate from the pitches and cars can tow their caravans on and off the site. A garden trolley is provided for you to cart your tent and kit to your pitch. (The parking area is only a few metres from the camping area, but if this might be an issue for you, let the Green Haven team know in the 'Special requests' box when you book.) Green Haven has a modern, clean and airy unisex toilet block with underfloor heating, wash facilities and showers, and a covered washing-up area. The toilets are flushed with harvested rainwater and much of the electricity on the Green Haven site is generated by their own field-mounted solar panels. There are also good recycling and composting facilities, as guests are encouraged to produce as little landfill waste as poss. The site also has a small reception area with lots of info on what to see and do all around, and its own eggs, apple juice and other local produce available for sale as well as camping supplies. Orders can be taken for fresh milk supplies and a nearby dairy provides yoghurts, butter and ice creams. A friendly pub is just up the road. Green Haven want guests to have as great a time as possible and are always making new developments, so if you have any comments or suggestions, just let them know when you stay.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 5
Motorhome pitches 5
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 1
Tent pitches 9
Open now
Opens 25 April
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • A charge of £0.50 applies for the use of the shower.
  • No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 25 Apr to

Pitch types & availability

Other pitch types

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Yet again, like our last visit, we can’t fault this site and its hosts

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Hot water and very clean facilities.

Disliked: Nothing to dislike

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Cleanliness of showers and toilets…

Overall 4/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 3
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Troy B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Cleanliness of showers and toilets

Disliked: Pitches where very close together and people walking through your own pitch

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From the manager: We are extremely saddened and disappointed to receive this review. We work very hard to ensure that everyone is happy and that the atmosphere out on the campsite is a friendly one. We are regularly out on the camping field - meeting arrivals, checking that people are ok etc, so we are easy to reach if someone has a problem. We are a small site, but Bank Holiday weekend, at the start of the May half term holiday is one of our busiest times. We welcome families and enjoy watching them making use of our children's games, cricket sets etc. It's great to see people enjoying the outdoors.

Pitches are separate and, especially on the electric hook-up side of the campsite, it's very difficult to walk through other people's pitches. There is a wide grass strip in front of the electric hook-up pitches. You were in pitch 1, which is in a corner, with a hedge to one side and behind. It is one of the closest pitches to the small shower block and shop, so people will have walked passed your pitch.

We're pleased that you liked the cleanliness of our showers and toilets. Although you've said that you wouldn't come to stay again, we wish that you might come back, perhaps mid-week, or out of school holiday time, as this might suit you better. We're sorry that you couldn't talk to us directly about the issues you had. We're proud of our high ratings and this is a significant blow for our small family business.

The pitches are generous, level, easy fit for a 5x7m XL tent…

Overall 10/10
Location 9
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The pitches are generous, level, easy fit for a 5x7m XL tent with space to play near the pitch, and having no cars parked around the pitch area was a surprising new plus to us. Shop area has some free-to-use lawn toys the kids could borrow to have fun with and it was refreshing to see so many families using these, playing classic games outside like badminton, cricket, hoops and a cornhole board, instead of phones and devices etc.

Where possible they tried to group families with similar aged children together which has benefits to both those with and without kids, also a nice touch.

The site owners were very friendly, often present and just a phone call away if you ever needed them. They were clearly trustworthy of their guests, with an 'honesty box' way of paying 50p for the showers, and a SumUp machine to pay for shopping bits if they're not around at the time.

Happily stay here again the next time we visit Suffolk.

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From the manager: Thank you very much for taking the time to write this review - we appreciate your comments. We're glad your children enjoyed playing with the lawn toys and sets and I'm pleased our team effort found and relaunched your sons' plane!

We look forward to seeing you again.
Katherine

Clean and tidy site,peaceful,great facilities and the owners are freindly and helpful…

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Clean and tidy site,peaceful,great facilities and the owners are freindly and helpful would highly recommend a stay here.

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to write us a review. We're pleased that you enjoyed our site and we hope that you might come and camp again.
Katherine

Katherine is a lovely host, the location was perfect and very quiet.

Overall 9/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 9
Facilities / Activities 9
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 9
Wifi 3
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: We loved the area and the quietness of the location. We went outside of the school holidays so it quiet and very peaceful. The site is level, clean and has good facilities. This is the perfect site for a quiet weekend.

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From the manager: Thank you for your kind review. We appreciate you taking the time. We're pleased that you enjoyed the peaceful setting. On a quiet weekend, the noisiest thing out there is often the birds!

We hope to see you again.
Katherine and family

As always everything was liked from the clean toilets and washing up…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Teresa W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked: As always everything was liked from the clean toilets and washing up area to the friendly family who own Green Haven. We’ve already booked to return .

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From the manager: Thanks, Teresa. It's kind of you to take the time to leave us a review. We're so glad you come to Green Haven regularly for your rest and relaxation and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Katherine

Absolutely lovely campsite . Small, and quiet with nice flat pitches, and…

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

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Absolutely lovely campsite . Small, and quiet with nice flat pitches, and nice clean shower block. Well stocked shop. Great hosts. We arrived without the poles for one of our tents (oops) so they lent us a tent .
Good local pub with darts and pool table

Disliked: No mirror in the wash block?

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From the manager: Thanks very much for your lovely review. We were pleased to be able to help you out. We're lucky to have The (CAMRA award winning) Rumburgh Buck just up the road, with its real ale and good pub food just up the road.

There is a small mirror in the wash cubicle in the shower block and there is a full length mirror (and socket for hair driers/straighteners etc) in the little side room, where the communal fridge freezer is.

We hope to see you again.
Katherine

Calm and friendly site, excellent facilities and amenities.

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

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The calm peacefulness of the campsite is lovely for relaxing in the day or evenings. The site hosts were friendly and helpful, and provide lots of amenities such a fresh local produce, campfire baskets and logs, fridges and freezers. The facilities were excellent and very clean. I would love to stay here again and highly recommend to anyone else.

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Lovely campsite

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Lovely small family campsite
Host's very welcoming.
Very quiet surroundings lovely village pub nearby.
Had a small issue with the hook up but they sorted it quickly.
Would definitely book again.
Visited southwold 25 mins away absolutely fantastic.

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A lovely site…with great facilities, friendly and helpful owners and a lovely…

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

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: A lovely site…with great facilities, friendly and helpful owners and a lovely pub nearby. We visited so many lovely places from here: Southwold, Dunwich, Aldeburgh and Norwich to name a few and also really enjoyed local produce like the Bungay raw milk, Fisheries gin and St Peter’s beers!

Disliked: Nothing. We’ll be back!

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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 Composting toilet 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

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

Themes

Budget/backpacker Peaceful Walkers' paradise 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 Public transport nearby

Type

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point

Location

Green Haven Camping

Rumburgh

Suffolk

England

IP19 0NL

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.38038°N
1.4544°W

Nearest transport

Coach
5.3 mi Chaucer Street
5.3 mi Chaucer Street
5.3 mi Cork Bricks
Rail
3.2 mi Halesworth Rail Station
3.9 mi Brampton (Suffolk) Rail Station
7.3 mi Beccles Rail Station
Ferry
10.1 mi Southwold Ferry Landing
10.1 mi Walberswick Ferry Landing
12.9 mi Reedham Ferry South
Airport
21.3 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

Stick to gentle countryside or beach strolls, or pootle along to more formal attractions like Sutton Hoo and the castles at Framlingham and Orford. The city of Norwich is about 45 minutes away. The beaches of the Suffolk coast including Southwold, Aldeburgh and Lowestoft are half an hour or less away and are popular days out in the area for Lowestoft Lighthouse and the most easterly part of the UK at Nees Point; the famed Southwold beach chalets and pier, and festivals and the arts centre Snape Maltings at Aldeburgh. Birdwatching buffs can take their binoculars to nearby RSPB Minsmere, or to Walberswick, to spy specimens among the heath and marshlands. The latter has a good beach for crabbing too – and you might also catch sight of a celebrity resident in the surrounds: rich peeps live here… The Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk are a main draw for visitors to this part of England and a boat trip along their 120 miles or so of waterways is very much a must. Wildlife and fishing trips are also easy to arrange. Dunwich and Beccles are a mere two of the villages and market towns around the region: leaf through the tourist brochures at Green Haven to find details of these and of local walks, swimming, horse riding, heaths and gardens to see.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Southwold The Denes 10.4 mi Sea N/AN/AN/AN/A
Southwold The Pier 10.4 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Lowestoft (South Of Claremont Pier) 13.5 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Lowestoft (North Of Claremont Pier) 13.8 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Gorleston Beach 17.6 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Framlingham Castle 11.8 mi

Somerleyton Hall and Gardens 13.4 mi

Fritton Lake Country World 13.9 mi

Bressingham Steam and Gardens 16.8 mi

Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery 18.4 mi

National Trust

Elizabethan House Museum 19.2 mi

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 20.2 mi

Sutton Hoo 20.5 mi

Horsey Windpump 26.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Rumburgh 0.4 mi

Spexhall 1.8 mi

South Elmham Hall and The Saints 3.1 mi

Metfield 3.6 mi

HEVENINGHAM HALL 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Green Haven Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Green Haven Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Green Haven Camping? Stick to gentle countryside or beach strolls, or pootle along to more formal attractions like Sutton Hoo and the castles at Framlingham and Orford. The city of Norwich is about 45 minutes … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Green Haven Camping?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Green Haven Camping? From £19 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.