Riverside Caravan and Camping Park

From £16 For 1 night, 1 adult 9.1 55 reviews
Aerial view (added by manager 01 Aug 2022)
Grass pitches by lakes (added by manager 13 dec 2018)
Riverfront pitch (added by manager 14 aug 2014)
Pitches around the park (added by manager 14 aug 2014)

  • On 70 acres of landscaped parkland close to Exmoor
  • South Molton 10 minutes' drive; 40 minutes from sandy beaches
  • Three fishing lakes, shop and country club with bar and restaurant
If a caravan park has 'Riverside' in its name, you might reckon you might get some fishing. And you'd be right: South Molton's Riverside Caravan and Camping Park has three specimen lakes stocked with quality carp, and more exploring can be availed of at the nearby river Mole. The site sits on 70 acres of landscaped parkland with ten acres of mature woodland running alongside the river Mole: as you might also reckon, it's all mighty pretty. Riverside is a family-friendly park and has a play area and an on-site shop as well as a country club with a bar and restaurant, serving homemade food and a selection of local lagers, ciders and ales. It's a popular venue for the variety of entertainment on site, or for settling down for a quiet time during the day to use the wifi service.

Site type

Tent pitches 84
Touring caravan pitches 74
Motorhome pitches 74
Caravans for hire 13
Open all year

Tourist board rating

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) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • The restaurant is open between 01/01 and 31/12.
  • The grocery shop is open between 01/01 and 31/12.
  • Protective masks must be worn at all times in common areas.
  • Special events are held on site throughout the season, and may involve live music or other entertainment.

Languages spoken

English

AA 5 pennants

Reviews

91%

would recommend this site to a friend

89%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Excellent

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

Non-electric grass tent pitch (motorcyclist)

Liked: Lovely campsite and lovely staff. Facilities are clean and warm

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice site. Plenty of room. Showers Nice and hot. Toilets clean. Excellent…

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

Non-electric grass pitch (jumbo)

Liked: Nice site. Plenty of room. Showers Nice and hot. Toilets clean. Excellent food and good portions. Staff friendly and helpful. Would stay again.

Disliked: The weather!! But that's camping in UK in the summer😃

Recommend to friends Visit again

Having plenty of space, not to busy. Clean toilet blocks. A bargin…

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 10
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Louise D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch (jumbo)

Liked: Having plenty of space, not to busy. Clean toilet blocks. A bargin for high season

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very friends and helpful staff. The facilities were, always clean, hot showers…

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

Non-electric grass pitch (jumbo)

Liked: Very friends and helpful staff. The facilities were, always clean, hot showers and laundry room was a great help.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good

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

Non-electric grass pitch (jumbo)

Liked: Location for visiting Exmoor and woolecomb

Disliked: Needed to pay ten pounds deposit for access card, which didn't know until arrival.

Recommend to friends Visit again

We absolutely loved staying there and the fact we can pitch up…

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

Non-electric grass pitch (jumbo)

Liked: We absolutely loved staying there and the fact we can pitch up near the park and the river stream etc. our boy loved finding fish

Disliked: The shop was partially stocked and didn’t even have essential things in. Most things were still in boxes

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will definitely be going back

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

Non-electric grass pitch (jumbo)

Liked: Very clean toilets nick well kept site

Recommend to friends Visit again

I've have recommended the site to a motorhome club that I belong to

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

Non-electric grass pitch (jumbo)

Liked: It suited me the carvery was out this world

Disliked: I could see the shop was being refurbished but it was Feb

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would not stay here may be good in summer but not at this time of year

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very nice, clean and tidy toilets and showers

Disliked: No entertainment, shop not open, not very friendly staff who did not seem to know how to use their computer system, no TV or music on ice machine broken so instead of getting some nice to keep in their freezer they served me a warm gun and tonic, kept awake by noisy road could not wait to get home would not stay here again

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site for us

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Facilities clean and warm

Recommend to friends Visit again


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

Disabled facilities

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

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent pitches

Themes

Gastronomic delight

Lake and/or mountain

Leave the car at home

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

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

Nearby farmers' market

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Tourer storage facilities

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Riverside Caravan and Camping Park

Marsh Lane

North Molton Road

South Molton

Devon

England

EX36 3HQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

51.02911°N
-3.82352°W

Nearest transport

Coach
0.9 mi The Square
0.9 mi The Square
10.7 mi Bus Station
Rail
7.3 mi Umberleigh Rail Station
7.4 mi Kings Nympton Rail Station
7.5 mi Portsmouth Arms Rail Station
Ferry
15.7 mi Instow Ferry Landing
16.1 mi Appledore Ferry Landing
16.6 mi Bideford Ferry Landing
Airport
27.2 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

If you'd prefer something more active than fishing, it's a 15-minute drive to Exmoor National Park for miles of scenic walks, mountain bike trails and lots more outdoorsy antics. Canoeing at Wimbleball Lake and beginners' climbing at Valley of Rocks are among the popular picks, as are pony treks and horse riding days through countryside and along the coast. Speaking of the coast, there's much to enjoy here too: head west for the surf beaches around Croyde and Appledore, or north to Ilfracombe for more beach, the aquarium and boat trips to the island of Lundy. It'll take you 40 minutes or so to hit either stretch of coast. Kid-friendly days out nearby include heritage rides on the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (half an hour's drive), animal encounters at Exmoor Zoo (20 minutes) and Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park (half an hour) and easy pedals along the traffic-free Tarka Trail from Barnstaple (15 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Lynmouth 14 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Combe Martin 15.4 mi Sea Poor Poor Poor Poor
Porlock Weir 15.7 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Ilfracombe Hele 17.3 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Westward Ho! 18 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

RHS Garden Rosemoor 14.9 mi

The National Trust Killerton House & Gardens 22.9 mi

Castle Drogo 23.1 mi

Exeter Cathedral - Church of Saint Peter 24.7 mi

Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 27.1 mi

National Trust

Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum 10.6 mi

Watersmeet 13.4 mi

Heddon Valley 13.7 mi

Knightshayes Court 16.5 mi

Holnicote Estate 16.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

CASTLE HILL 3.3 mi

KING'S NYMPTON PARK 6 mi

Simonsbath - Picked Stone - River Barle Valley - Simonsbath 8.3 mi

Withypool - Tarr Steps - Knaplock 9.2 mi

Eggesford Station - Eggesford Barton - Nethercott - Eggesford Station 10 mi

Local events

  • GoldCoast Oceanfest (Friday, 21 June 2024 – Friday, 21 June 2024)

    Croyde, Devon 19.3 mi

  • Beautiful Days (Friday, 16 August 2024 – Friday, 16 August 2024)

    Ottery St Mary, Devon 28.7 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.

Want to know more about camping in Devon?

  • Does Riverside Caravan and Camping Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Riverside Caravan and Camping Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Riverside Caravan and Camping Park? If you'd prefer something more active than fishing, it's a 15-minute drive to Exmoor National Park for miles of scenic walks, mountain bike trails and lots more outdoorsy antics. Canoeing at Wimbleball … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Riverside Caravan and Camping Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  11 a.m. –  6:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Riverside Caravan and Camping Park? From £16 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.