Lemonford Caravan Park

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Standard touring pitches (added by infolemonfordcouk 03 Aug 2010)
Nice level pitches
Lovely few days relaxing
Tent pitches

  • Family-run site on the outskirts of Dartmoor National Park
  • Just over 10 minutes’ drive to Newton Abbot and 30 to Torquay beaches
  • Bovey Tracey within 15 minutes and Paignton half an hour away
For a hol full of zest in south Devon squeeze in some time at family-run Lemonford Caravan Park, a well-located spot for exploring the many attractions in this area. It’s between country and coast right on the edge of Dartmoor National Park and half an hour’s drive from the beaches around the English Riviera resorts of Torquay and Paignton. After settling in, trekkers might want to tackle the craggy terrain of Dartmoor first, scrambling over the hills and paddling in the streams and rivers of this sprawling granite-studded setting. The walk up to Hay Tor (starting from just over 10 minutes’ drive away) is stellar if you’re seeking a structured stroll: it’ll have you taking in the classic moorland scenery while you work up a sweat. Widecombe in the Moor (a 15-minute drive) is also worth stopping by for a typical Devonshire town with a cracker of a church (so splendid it's known as the Cathedral of the Moor). More of a beachcomber? You can make a beeline towards Teignmouth and Dawlish for castle-building on the sand or choose Paignton Pier for coastal sessions in between tenpin bowling, fairground rides and crazy golf (all around 30 minutes’ drive away). Leaflets for farm parks, model villages, caves and other stuff to do are all on display at the site’s information area if you’ll be looking for more attractions and activities. Also at Lemonford Caravan Park are amenities including toilets, showers, washing-up areas, a shared freezer and a laundry room; a spacious separate wetroom and toilet are also available for guests with limited mobility. For other essentials like supermarkets and town shops, Newton Abbot (just over 10 minutes away) is your hub and it has a leisure centre should kids be wanting to swap sessions on the park playground for splashing in a swimming pool.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 40
Caravans for hire 13
Tent pitches 60
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 4
Motorhome pitches 40
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Dogs are not allowed if you are staying in the accommodation units.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

68%

would recommend this site to a friend

66%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Small site…

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

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Small site

Disliked: Bathrooms/showers need a proper scrub, mould, cobwebs Noisy road

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Awful and expensive

Overall 2/10
Location 4
Value for money 2
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 2
Wifi No rating
Rachel C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding pitch

Liked: The chap at the front desk was friendly

Disliked: This campsite has won the award for both the most expensive and worst campsite I have ever stayed in. To be fair, I mostly like fields but was going to an event nearby so thought I'd try it. When I got there at lunchtime I was directed to an area that felt like a disused carpark with loads of litter, broken children's toys etc. Went to the loo, there was poo or something brown smeared on one door. When I came back after the event, the toilet block was partially flooded from a shower, now one toilet had poo on the seat, the second still had poo on the door, (I took a wet wipe and it would have easily been cleaned off) and the third had poo left in the loo which was at least flushable. They said it would be £36 which was more than enough but actually charged £39 with no explanation for the extra and they want you to get out by 10am. I always love camping and find the joy in each site apart from this one I'm sorry to say

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Convenient for 1night…

Overall 2/10
Location 6
Value for money 2
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 4
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 2
Wifi No rating
Steven I. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding pitch

Liked: Convenient for 1night

Disliked: Chemical waste overflowing. Bins the same toilets not that clean dog poo on the grass near our pitch

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You get what you pay for ... Apart from electric 🙄

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding pitch

Liked: The choice to pick where you want to pitch up is good, as long as they tell you the white boxes are the ones you need! nice looking site, small play park for the kids. In a remote place if that's what you want..

Disliked: The toilets had no toilet roll in, the bins were overflowing and it was not stated what pitches we should stay on due to me paying for electric, it should have been made clear when calling to check in, would be avoided if there was someone on site to help. You had to find your own way round and facilities.

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Been before and loved it but this time was different, not going back.

Overall 2/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 4
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Friendly and helpful staff Location

Disliked: Overcrowded - not enough EHUs for everyone had to split and share with someone else Toilets were disgusting Elsan point blocked Noisy neighbours - someone was running there van with headlights on full straight into the tent at 1am. At half 4 in the morning a group of men were up listening to music and talking very loudly, I was made to believe that he lived there but not sure. Also another man was having a very loud video call outside his static at 5:30am! Then the two groups started squaring up to each other at 6am right outside the tent. No point in alerting staff as nothing they could have done. Packed up and left a day early instead.

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Staff very helpful and friendly site was very clean and tidy hope…

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

Electric hardstanding pitch

Liked: Staff very helpful and friendly site was very clean and tidy hope to be going back again soon it was a nice break in our first adventure in our new caravan

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This was a experience I was dreading after reading the reviews. When…

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

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: This was a experience I was dreading after reading the reviews. When we first got their the reception was closed, but their was clear indication on the door of reception. giving 2 phone numbers to assist you. The lady on the phone answered every time we called and we’re there to help with any queries we had. I found the staff to be very helpful and friendly. When you arrive you get to pick your own pitch, we arrived extremely late but managed to find a pitch by the river. We were unsure if their was a pool onsite as this isn’t clear when looking at the read ups online, I can confirm their is no pool. But their is a park for the smaller children and plenty of room for them to play. I believe this to be a mixed site of holiday makers, permanent residents along with a traveller community living their for part of the year. Their are 2 separate blocks on site. Please note: one is residential closest to the top end of site and the other found at the bottom end of the site is for the holiday makers. The toilets were regular topped up with toilet role, the toilets weren’t the cleanest and I didn’t see a cleaner their until our last day, but that was because she was having a well deserved 2 day holiday, who returned to carnage bless. She was lovely lady straight back at it. I found this site to be no where near as bad as the reviews were making this place out to be, They do need to give more information regarding no pool etc but other than that it has everything you needed their was a Pros: small shop on site. Plenty of room for the children to play. River. 10mins drive to Asda 30mins drive from Torquay Unlimited pitch up space. Relaxed management- we found all different ages and groups having fun and singing and playing music, I found that everything die down around midnight. We were a family of young and older children and this site had everything you needed to enjoy your stay, The only cons would be that they had cover when the cleaner was off, as only the basic clean was taking place whilst we were stopping hear.

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Not the best.

Overall 4/10
Location 10
Value for money 4
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 2
Child friendliness 4
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding pitch

Liked: The location is lovely.

Disliked: When we arrived it wasn't the best welcoming. There wasn't much space left to choose where to pitch up and there was still more people arriving to pitch to. Someone has pooed all over the women's toilets on the floor and was there for hours. No toilet roll or hand drying towels and the hand dryer didn't work. We ended up finding a small bit of land next to what looked like a old muck heep. It's a shame as it could be so much better.

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Nothing…

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

Electric hardstanding pitch

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: Not very clean site disposable toilet was always getting blocked. toilets were dirty stepped in poo one day. some of the electric boxes didn’t work. the site kids were very unfriendly to my grandkids in the little park. Washing and dryer machines were expensive. And the showers were always cold warmer to shower in the stream wouldn’t go back there

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Brilliant park very laid back lovely people on site 👍 will…

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

Electric hardstanding pitch

Liked: Brilliant park very laid back lovely people on site 👍 will be booking to come again

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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 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 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

Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant 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

Lemonford Caravan Park

Bickington

Newton Abbot

Devon

England

TQ12 6JR

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.53898°N
-3.70338°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4.6 mi Rail Station
4.6 mi Rail Station
5 mi Shelter
Rail
4.6 mi Newton Abbot Rail Station
7.2 mi Totnes Rail Station
8.3 mi Torre Rail Station
Ferry
7.7 mi Totnes Ferry Landing
8.8 mi Shaldon Teignmouth Ferry Landing
9 mi Teignmouth Ferry Landing
Airport
18.3 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

It’s 10 minutes’ drive from here to Buckfast Abbey, an active Benedictine monastery dating back to 1018; get cultural here then balance it out with an offbeat activity like a trip to the House of Marbles in the small town of Bovey Tracey (under 15 minutes away) for the mesmerising glass displays, games museum and pottery pieces. For urban times in a bigger settlement, Exeter’s 30 minutes away – skedaddle here to tour the cathedral and the city centre’s underground passages; high-street shopping is also excellent in Devon’s capital on the River Exe. Also on the water, Plymouth is 35 minutes south if you fancy checking out the famed spot where the Pilgrim fathers first left for the US on the Mayflower in 1620...

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Maidencombe 8.6 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Watcombe 8.8 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Shaldon 8.8 mi Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Ness Cove 9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Torre Abbey 9.1 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Buckfast Abbey 4.5 mi

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park 9.4 mi

Living Coasts 9.6 mi

Castle Drogo 11.8 mi

Exeter Cathedral - Church of Saint Peter 14.8 mi

National Trust

The Church House 5.4 mi

Compton Castle 6.5 mi

Castle Drogo 11.8 mi

Greenway 11.9 mi

A la Ronde 14.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Ashburton - River and Woods 2.8 mi

The Templer Way: Part 2 2.9 mi

Stover Country Park - River Teign - Stover Park 2.9 mi

Ashburton - Goosepool Lane - River Dart - Ashburton 2.9 mi

STOVER PARK 3.1 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

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Lemonford Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Lemonford Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Lemonford Caravan Park? It’s 10 minutes’ drive from here to Buckfast Abbey, an active Benedictine monastery dating back to 1018; get cultural here then balance it out with an offbeat activity like a trip to … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Lemonford Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1:30 p.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  1:30 p.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Lemonford Caravan Park? From £18 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.