California Chalet and Touring Park

From GBP 37 For 1 night, 5 adults 9.1 213 reviews
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  • Peaceful woodland park 10 minutes' drive from Wokingham centre
  • An hour's drive from Oxford, the New Forest and the south coast
  • Next door to a lake and country park for fishing and walks
Settle in for a stay at Wokingham’s California Chalet and Touring Park and you’ll be in good historical company: the park’s location was once part of Windsor Forest and a fave hunting ground of the Tudor royals. These days the five-acre site has been set up as a peaceful woodland park, with heaps of space for a quiet family break. Hunting is long gone, but neighbouring Longmoor Lake is a fab place for a spot of fishing: carp, pike, tench, roach and perch are up for grabs if you’ve got the relevant rod licence. Also just next door is California Country Park, a 100-acre park with wildlife trails, a playground, picnic areas, paddling pool and a cosy café for daytime eats. For further foodie needs, a pub, chip shop and supermarket are a five-minute drive away. If you’re looking to venture a little further afield, Wokingham’s well placed for exploring the attractions of Berkshire and beyond – with a drive of an hour or so you can be wandering around Oxford, spotting ponies in the New Forest or taking in the sea air on the south coast. Facilities on site are kept minimal to preserve the peaceful vibe, but all the essentials are in place: a laundry room (with clothes drying area), an outdoor washing-up area and a well-appointed toilet block with accessible facilities, hot showers and useful bits and bobs like razor points. Staff make a point of keeping an eye on this last to make sure it's always in fine fettle for guests.

Campground type

Caravan sites 30
RV & Motorhome sites 30
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 14
Tent sites 5
Open all year

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

9.1

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Tidy site in a central woodland location

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

Fully-serviced concrete and grass caravan site (premium)

Liked: Quiet and serene Lovely ambience and beautifully woken by the sound of birds. Pitch was close to the bathrooms. Brilliant sized pitch and decent lighting.

Disliked: Hard to secure our awning into the ground as it was too hard. Our hook up cable and waste water box was removed by staff as there was confusion thinking we had left but we were booked in for 2 nights. We left them on our pitch as we were out for the day.

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Relaxing and Tranquil

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

Fully-serviced concrete slab caravan site (premium)

Liked: Really spacious pitches, beautifully maintained

Disliked: Didn’t really see any staff all weekend other than in the shop. Not overly an issue, but hopefully in the busier season they will be more evident.

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Very nice stay.

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

Fully-serviced concrete slab caravan site (premium)

Liked: Pleasant surroundings with many trees and a lake.

Disliked: Getting there - the amount of roads closed made it difficult if you are not local. However, the team are going to put together some notes for customers, so that the road closures can be avoided.

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Great Site, would recommend!

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

Fully-serviced concrete slab caravan site (premium)

Liked: Spacious well laid out pitches with lots of privacy from high hedges and careful planting. Very clean, very tidy and very quiet even though it was the Easter school holidays. Nice warm shower/toilet block. And also very clean.

Disliked: Washing up water could have been slightly hotter to help with washing greasy pans!

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Level & fabulous pitches

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

Fully-serviced concrete slab caravan site (premium)

Liked: We have just come back from a 4 night break, the site has new management & wow what a difference. So clean & kept well maintained. They couldn’t be more helpful. Toilets & showers immaculate. We have already booked our next trips here

Disliked: Nothing too dislike

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First time visiting California chalet and touring park and we loved it.…

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

Fully-serviced concrete and grass caravan site (premium)

Liked: First time visiting California chalet and touring park and we loved it. The park itself is clean and well looked after. Everyone was friendly and the staff were welcoming. Very easy to find our pitch as they’re allocated with a number. Would definitely stay again. Lots of activities to do and a short walk to the park if you’re travelling with children.

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Fantastic site, clean facilities

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

2 bedroom cabin

Liked: Access to the park and how quiet the site was. The staff were friendly and always on hand, the shop was helpful for little bits of pieces.

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Very relaxing holiday

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

Fully-serviced concrete and grass caravan site (premium)

Liked: Beautiful scenery, excellent bird watching opportunities, lovely walks around the complex (on flat pushchair friendly ground,) lovely restaurant, very well situated for visiting attractions in the area.

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The setting is good, with a lakeside walk and country park adjacent.…

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

Fully-serviced concrete and grass caravan site (premium)

Liked: The setting is good, with a lakeside walk and country park adjacent.

Disliked: Utterly useless wifi. So called 'hardstanding' pitches nothing more than loose pebbles over the soil beneath. No warning given that the road the site is on has large notices that the road is CLOSED. Endless notices pinned up everywhere on site with 'Do this' - 'Don't Do that'; confusing. Generally poorly managed with access to back up and info. minimal. Will not be using again.

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Lovely site with clean facilities

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

Fully-serviced concrete slab caravan site (premium)

Liked: All facilities were clean and in good order. The site was well maintained in terms of landscaping and ideal that it had the country park, cafe, playground and lake just next door.

Disliked: It was fairly wet in the run up to our stay and we were warned that a portion of our pitch may flood. Luckily it didn’t rain much whilst we were staying so I don’t know if this would have been an issue.

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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 site/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Laundry

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

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

Themes

Bush

Lake and/or mountain

Luxury

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Dump point

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Convenience store nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Public transport nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Outdoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for caravans

Seasonal sites

Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

California Chalet and Touring Park

Nine Mile Ride

Finchampstead

Wokingham

Berkshire

England

RG40 4HU

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.37869°N
-0.87056°W

Route directions

As you enter the park from the main road, the entrance to the Chalet and Touring Park is located along the drive on your right-hand side. Drive to the main gate and look for a pedestrian gate to the left of the main gate. Please check in at the office for collection of all fobs, maps, brochures and keys.

Nearest transport

Coach
9.2 km Bracknell Bus Station
12.7 km Kingsmead Bus Termini
12.7 km Kingsmead Bus Termini
Rail
3.8 km Crowthorne Rail Station
4.1 km Wokingham Rail Station
5.8 km Winnersh Rail Station
Ferry
28.8 km Shepperton Ferry Landing
28.8 km Weybridge Ferry Landing
35.5 km Moulsey - Hurst Park Ferry Landing
Airport
28.5 km London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5
30.2 km London Heathrow Airport Terminal 3
30.8 km London Heathrow Airport Terminal 4

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

There’s plenty of scope for fresh air in California Country Park (right next to the site), but if you fancy stretching your legs a little more, you’ve got plenty of choice: the South Downs National Park, New Forest and the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty are all within an hour’s drive for scenic walks and bike rides. Golfers can pick from three courses within a 15-minute drive. On fine days, take the kids to meet the friendly animals at Lockey Farm, 10 minutes away. For less clement days, the Museum of Berkshire Aviation, Skiplex Indoor Ski Slopes, Coral Reef waterpark and Gravity Force trampoline park are all about a 20-minute drive away. For a bit of culture and history, it will take half an hour or so to drive to Windsor Castle, or around an hour to Oxford for wanders around the university’s colleges and punting along the river.

Must see

The Look Out Discovery Centre 9 km

LEGOLAND® Windsor 17.6 km

Windsor Great Park 18.7 km

The Savill Garden 19.7 km

French Brothers Ltd 21.6 km

National Trust

West Green House Garden 9.6 km

The Vyne 17.2 km

Greys Court 19.3 km

Basildon Park 22 km

Runnymede 22.2 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Around Barkham (Wokingham) 2.8 km

WARBROOK HOUSE 3.6 km

BEARWOOD COLLEGE 3.7 km

FARLEY HALL 3.7 km

Eversley - Castle Bottom Nature Reserve 4.1 km

Local events

  • Reading Festival (Wednesday 21 August 2024 – Wednesday 21 August 2024)

    Reading, England 12.4 km

  • Farnborough International Airshow (Monday 22 July 2024 – Monday 22 July 2024)

    Farnborough, England 14 km

  • Henley Royal Regatta (Tuesday 2 July 2024 – Tuesday 2 July 2024)

    Henley On Thames, England 17.8 km

  • Rewind South (Friday 16 August 2024 – Friday 16 August 2024)

    Henley On Thames, England 19.4 km

  • CarFest (Friday 23 August 2024 – Friday 23 August 2024)

    Basingstoke, England 32.3 km

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 Berkshire?

  • Does California Chalet and Touring Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is California Chalet and Touring Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near California Chalet and Touring Park? There’s plenty of scope for fresh air in California Country Park (right next to the site), but if you fancy stretching your legs a little more, you’ve got plenty of choice: the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of California Chalet and Touring Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3:30 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.

    Office hours: Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm; Sat 10am to 4pm; Sun closed. If you arrive outside office hours there is a collection box outside the office.

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  • How much does it cost to stay at California Chalet and Touring Park? From $71.73 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.