How much does it cost to stay at Castle Brake Holiday Park?

From £15 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Castle Brake Holiday Park

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Aerial view (added by manager 29 Jul 2022)

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The camping field (added by manager 29 jul 2022)

Smart family-run park within Woodbury Common
Easy drive into Exeter
Excellent facilities including bar, bistro and play area

They say an Englishman’s (motor)home is his castle – so when choosing where to brake, you’ll want a spot fit for a king. Castle Brake Holiday Park in east Devon should pass muster: it’s a smart, family-run park within the heathland of Woodbury Common, ideally placed for an invasion of Exeter and the sought-after sands of the Jurassic Coast. The facilities are splendid: a spotless, cedar-clad amenities block with underfloor heating and family bathrooms; a laundry room; the Castle Inn bar and restaurant for homemade nosh using local ingredients (takeaways are also available); a play area; and ample space for a peaceful stroll and a bit of wildlife spotting. (Please note that the bar and restaurant are not open every evening during low season.) Castle Brake Holiday Park is within half an hour's walk of the village of Woodbury, which has a handful of good pubs and shops, or it’s an easy ride into Exeter for anything else you might need.

Site type

Open now

Tourist board rating

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
The restaurant is open between 15/03 and 04/11.
The grocery shop is open between 15/03 and 04/11.
The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 15 Mar to Mon, 4 Nov 2024

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

The Site was Clean & tidy, But…

Overall	4/10
Location	10
Value for money	2
Accommodation	6
Facilities / Activities	2
Customer service	6
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	2

Anonymous Jul 2024

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch

Liked: The Site was Clean & tidy, But

Disliked: Our pitch was very unlevel, we had to put chucks under our Motorhome wheels & we were still pointing downhill. The pub is very small & only open in the evenings, the food there is Very Over Priced, I had a 8oz stak @ £19.95 it was cooked ok but it did not have a lot of Flavour, but the staff were friendly. We would suggest you eat & drink off site. There is not very much for children to do on this site. No pool, just climing frames, or a games room which you have to pay extra to use.

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From the manager: Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We're pleased to hear that you found our site clean and tidy and appreciated our friendly staff. The Castle Inn offers a cosy evening atmosphere, and we will of course take on board your feedback regarding the menu and pricing - we constantly review these to ensure quality and value are both delivered. As you will know from having stayed, Castle Brake is a woodland, countryside Holiday Park focused on rest, relaxation and enjoyment of the outdoors - however, for future reference please have a look at our sister site, Ladram Bay, which has an abundance of amenities to keep kids entertained. Kind Regards The Castle Brake Team

Would - will- happily return!

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

Anonymous Jul 2024

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Friendly welcome, really quick and efficient check-in, super, well-laid out and well-maintained site with spotless facilities. Generously-sized showers with ample hot water. Spacious tent pitches with their own water supply and EHU. Competitively priced too!

Disliked: There’s absolutely nothing to dislike!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your perfect 10 review. We are so happy to hear you enjoyed your camping stay with us, and you found everything from the 'friendly welcome, the check in to the spacious tent pitches' to your liking. Your comment 'Would - will - happily return!' is music to our ears, and we hope it is real soon. Kind Regards The Castle Brake Team

Friendly staff

Overall	6/10
Location	8
Value for money	6
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	No rating
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	No rating
Wifi	2

Anonymous Jul 2024

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch

Liked: Friendly and helpfull

Disliked: Just needs cheering up a bit

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We are delighted you found our staff to be friendly and helpful and do hope you visit us again soon. Kind Regards The Castle Brake Team

Excellent highly recommend

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Tina M. Jul 2024

Orchard camping pod (plus)

Liked: A friendly quiet site good shower block and nice bar and restaurant though not open every day. Best of all was our pod plus, really well maintained and spacious, and the luxury of own loo and wash basin ahhhhh bliss. Microwave, couple of hobs, good size fridge with ice box, electric kettle and sink. Comfy double and bunks were great fot suitcases as only the 2 of us. Just remember to take everything else you would when camping bedding, pots utensils etc.

Disliked: Glad we took camp lamp as if one wanted to sleep while the other awake lights were a bit all or nothing but overall a minor detail

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave such a wonderful review. It certainly sounds as if you had a very comfortable stay in our Orchard pods. We definitely agree, the 'plus pods' are a real luxury in glamping, We are thrilled you would recommend Castle Brake to friends and we look forward to seeing you again, on your next visit. Kind Regards The Castle Brake Team

Would go there again

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

john s. Jul 2024

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch

Liked: The best showers I have been in on caravan sites. The staff are great and helpful.

Disliked: Weather

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From the manager: We are delighted with your review, John. We are very pleased to read that you found all the staff to be 'great and helpful.' and you would visit us again. We hope it will be real soon. Kind Regards The Castle Brake Team

Superb site,will definitely be back

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Anonymous Jul 2024

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great site,great facilities,great staff,great food, A lovely site to visit and a real happy place. Everything was superb.

Disliked: Nothing,we loved it here

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: 'Great site, great facilities, great staff, great food' is what Castle Brake is all about. We are so happy you enjoyed your visit with us and you found 'Everything superb!' We take great pride in making sure our guest have the very best stay and it looks like we hit the mark. Thank you. Come back and visit again real soon. Kind Regards The Castle Brake Team

Lovely site, reasonably priced! Best showers!

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	10

Lauren C. Jul 2024

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet site, perfect for families looking to relax and space for kids to play and run! Best showers on any site I have been on, they are hot and kept on for duration of the shower!

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From the manager: Wow!, a ten out of ten review, thank you so much for leaving us such a fantastic feedback. It sounds like you and the kids had a great stay with us, we do hope you come back and visit us again in the not too distant future. Kind Regards The Castle Brake Team

Excellent site, friendly staff and clean facilities

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	6

Anonymous Jul 2024

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Friendly staff clean facilities

Disliked: Being right next to play park

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so, so much for your ten out of ten review, your tent looks stunning and it looks like you had great weather too. it's fantastic that you found our facilities to be clean and our staff to be friendly and helpful. We hope to see you back at Castle Brake real soon. Kind Regards The Castle Brake Team

Really happy to have camped here on my first camping trip on my bike.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	8

Lewis B. Jun 2024

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Location was nice, peaceful pretty campsite with lovely staff and great food.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: We are thrilled to hear you were 'really happy to have camped here, at Castle Brake, on your first camping trip on your bike', and for taking the time to leave your feedback. Its great you found the location peaceful and we really appreciate your comments about our staff and great food. We hope you visit again real soon. Kind Regards The Castle Brake Team

Great site facilities, easy access to visit places…

Overall	8/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	6
Child friendliness	6
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Jun 2024

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great site facilities, easy access to visit places

Disliked: One pitch was noisy late in to the night. Office was closed when we wanted to report

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review and for highlighting what you liked about your visit with us. We are sorry to hear about the noise disturbance you experienced during your stay, this is most unusual at Castle Brake. We have a management presence on the park 24 hours a day to assist with any issues and upon check-in, you were also given a welcome pack that includes an emergency number to contact us at any time. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the behavior of other guests, and we do hope you consider staying with us again in the future. Kind Regards The Castle Brake Team

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

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit 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

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

Themes

Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery 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 Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Castle Brake Holiday Park

Castle Lane

Woodbury

Exeter

Devon

England

EX5 1HA

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.6815°N
-3.37592°W

Nearest transport

Coach

4.9 mi Rail Station

4.9 mi Opposite Rail Station

5.1 mi Honiton Road Park and Ride

Rail

3.1 mi Exton Rail Station

3.1 mi Lympstone Commando Rail Station

3.3 mi Lympstone Village Rail Station

Ferry

3.9 mi Topsham (Turf Lock Ferry) Ferry Landing

4 mi Topsham Ferry Landing

4.1 mi Topsham Lock Ferry Landing

Airport

3.9 mi Exeter 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

Six miles from Castle Brake Holiday Park are the red cliffs of Budleigh Salterton and the family-friendly sands of Exmouth, gateways to the glories of the Jurassic Coast. A little further along the coast is Sidmouth, which features ravishing Regency architecture along its sweeping esplanade. Whether you’re a culture hound or an outdoorsy creature, there’s plenty to do within easy reach: exit into Exeter, an attractive cathedral city brimming with museums and historic sites, or delve into Dartmoor, for more remote adventures. For splashy and screamy fun, a wilderness woodland, indoor and outdoor adventure play areas, farm animals and more, head to the Crealy Great Adventure Park, a mere four miles up the road from Castle Brake. Or try the World of Country Life, which has a petting zoo, indoor and outdoor rides and slides, vintage steam engines, museums and events as eclectic as welly wanging and the six nations ferret races...

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Budleigh Salterton	4.4 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Ladram Bay	4.5 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	N/A	Good
Sandy Bay	5 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Exmouth	5 mi	Estuary	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Sidmouth Jacobs Ladder	5.6 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Crealy Great Adventure Park 2.5 mi

Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site 5.8 mi

Exeter Cathedral - Church of Saint Peter 7.3 mi

The National Trust Killerton House & Gardens 8.4 mi

Living Coasts 16.7 mi

National Trust

A la Ronde 3 mi

Killerton: Marker's Cottage 6.5 mi

Killerton: Clyston Mill 6.5 mi

Killerton: Budlake Old Post Office 8 mi

Killerton 8.3 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Woodbury Common and Woodbury Castle 0.9 mi

AYLESBEARE COMMON (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 15/07/2005) 2.4 mi

BICTON 2.7 mi

A LA RONDE AND THE POINT-IN-VIEW 3 mi

ROCKBEARE MANOR 3.9 mi

Local events

Sidmouth Folk Festival (Friday 2 August 2024 – Friday 2 August 2024)
Sidmouth, Devon 6.2 mi
Beautiful Days (Friday 16 August 2024 – Friday 16 August 2024)
Ottery St Mary, Devon 7.2 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.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Admission

Admission is only permitted after registering at reception.
Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Arrivals and departures

Late arrivals must notify the park as soon as possible. Your booking will be held for 24 hours. After this period the management reserves the right to relet your unit.
No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.
Units will be allocated on arrival.

Dogs

Dogs must be kept on leads and supervised at all times.
Guide dogs are allowed on site free of charge.
The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

General

Boats and transit vans are not permitted.
In the event of a complaint, please speak to reception immediately. Complaints which are not brought to the management's attention during your stay cannot be dealt with once you have left the site.
Quiet hours must be respected between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m..
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and boots must be closed quietly.
The grocery shop is open between 15/03 and 04/11.
The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behaviour is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.
The restaurant is open between 15/03 and 04/11.

Occupancy

Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.

Pitches

You must follow the management directives when pitching your tent/unit and related equipment.

Reception

Reception is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. between 09/03 and 04/11.
Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Firearms are not permitted.
Open fires are prohibited.

Vehicles

Only one car is to be parked by the pitch. Extra vehicles must be parked in the designated area.
The car is only included in the rate if you are travelling with a touring caravan or a tent. If you wish to bring a car along with your motorhome/campervan please select the extra.

Visitors

Visitors must register at reception and pay their fee.

Additional terms

The maximum size of a tent when erected including guy ropes must not exceed 6m x 6m and you will be asked to confirm this when booking.

Payment terms

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Does Castle Brake Holiday Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Castle Brake Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Castle Brake Holiday Park? Six miles from Castle Brake Holiday Park are the red cliffs of Budleigh Salterton and the family-friendly sands of Exmouth, gateways to the glories of the Jurassic Coast. A little further along … Read more

When can I check in and check out of Castle Brake Holiday Park?

Camping and touring
Arrive:	1 p.m. –	8 p.m.
Depart by:	11 a.m.
On-site accommodation
Arrive:	3 p.m. –	8 p.m.
Depart by:	10 a.m.

How much does it cost to stay at Castle Brake Holiday Park? From £15 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.