Rue Hill Campsite

From GBP 20 For 1 night, 2 adults 9.6 194 reviews
Great for watching the sun setting (added by manager 04 Aug 2022)
Beautiful morning sunrise (added by manager 04 aug 2022)
Summer camping (added by manager 24 oct 2015)
Campsite (added by manager 01 oct 2021)

  • Simple rural site in Staffordshire, on the edge of the Peak District
  • A 10-minute drive from Alton Towers and 20 minutes from Dovedale
  • Football and volleyball nets; lots of space; a minute from the pub
Family rift? One lot wants rides and slides and attractions, the others long for walks in the wilderness and watery outdoors stuff? Reconcile all warring parties at Rue Hill Campsite, a simple and friendly site in the Staffordshire countryside, where (almost) every wish can be granted. This special spot is surrounded by green fields on the edge of the Peak District, a minute’s drive from the village of Cauldon Low and about 10 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers. Space is the word here: there’s a wide grassy field to stay in with plenty of room for running about at full pelt too, as well as more organised activities around the football and volleyball nets. Barbecues are welcome; hire firepits with logs, sticks and paper from the team for the simple pleasures of gathering round the flames, warming fingers, sizzling things on sticks or singing lusty songs (reasonably quietly). It’s a minute’s drive to a pub with food and 15 minutes to a nicely varied selection of shops, supermarkets, takeaways and other eateries at Ashbourne.

Campground type

Tent sites 30
RV & Motorhome sites 20
Caravan sites 20
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Please note
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Thu, 14 Mar to

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

97%

would recommend this campground to a friend

96%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Good place for camping with family or with friends.

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

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: The host is so friendly and nice. The place is peaceful. Facilities for wc are good: hot water, dry hair,... WC is clean.

Disliked: there was another group so noisy over night. It's it better if we have limitation time for loud sound.

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Really lovely relaxing site

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Great location Lorraine and staff are always around and are happy to help with anything she even had a kick about with our boy there always making sure tye facilities are well kept

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Lovely site…

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

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: Lovely site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with clean facilities and friendly staff

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

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: This is a brilliant campsite. Lorraine and Brian are amazing and know what they are doing. Really picturesque spot with loads of amenities to make it easier. The facilities like the showers, toilets etc are great and just what you need while camping. 10/10 would definitely go back!

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Great site with warm water and very clean, will def stay again

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
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: Very friendly host and super helpful tips of the surroundings 🙌🏽

Disliked: Close to the main road so a lot of motoring noise

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Great experience

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
Jess P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: This little campsite is great! I have been a few times and they are very accommodating and friendly and nothing is too much trouble! Will be back!!

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Really liked this campsite. Plenty of space for the kids to run…

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 The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Really liked this campsite. Plenty of space for the kids to run around and site was well maintained. The facilities were clean and modern and in keeping with the barn. Owner was very friendly and helpful. Loved that we could have a fire pit and there were actual designated stone pits to sit round as well as portable ones which was nice as most sites don’t like fires.

Disliked: Toilet block was a bit on the cool side but it was very windy and cold when we visited so not a great surprise. Showers were hot and clean

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Very clean and tidy site Toilets and showers were great and I…

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

Unpowered grass caravan site

Liked: Very clean and tidy site Toilets and showers were great and I was made to feel very welcome I will be using this site again.

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Exposed/ muddy/cold shower block

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Close to Alton Towers

Disliked: Pitches close to busy road. Shower block unheated single skin corrugated roof little more than a glorified cow shed with concrete floor. Building needs heating and a suspended insulated ceiling. No sides or back in washing up area leaving you exposed to the elements. Water tap 30 feet from hard standing so couldn’t reach it without getting on the very wet grass and risk getting stuck. No wi-fi and very poor mobile signal. Whole site quite exposed large open field. Definitely wouldn’t choose this site again.

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Well maintained site with lovely hosts

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Site within easy reach of many attractions. Only about an hour from Birmingham so ideal for a quick hop for the weekend.

Disliked: Hard standing pitches with electric right by the road.

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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 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

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

No dogs allowed

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

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

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Location

Rue Hill Campsite

Cauldon Low

Stoke-on-Trent

Staffordshire

England

ST10 3EY

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.02826°N
-1.88094°W

Nearest transport

Coach
19.7 km Bus Station
19.7 km Bus Station
19.7 km Bus Station
Rail
14.2 km Blythe Bridge Rail Station
14.7 km Uttoxeter Rail Station
17.7 km Longton Rail Station
Airport
43.3 km East Midlands Airport
45.2 km Manchester Airport Terminal 3
45.3 km Manchester 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

For those who like to be hurtled about at great speeds and heights, happiness awaits: it’s 10 minutes to the assorted excitements of Alton Towers, and for those who haven't quite graduated to the big league, an array of rides aimed at younger clientele are at Gulliver’s Kingdom, 40 minutes away. For active stuff in the outdoors, make for the Dovedale valley, 20 minutes away for walks and rides through the fab surrounds of the southern Peak District. If you prefer a splash of water with your adventures, wend your way over to Carsington Water (25 minutes) for kayaking, sailing and fishing as well as walks and bike rides round the reservoir. For more urban antics, meanwhile, sidle over to Stoke Skatepark (40 minutes), a mecca for concrete acrobats. Penchant for the past? The Churnet Valley Steam Railway is 10 minutes' drive away, while the fine old stately piles of Haddon Hall and Chatsworth House are within 45 minutes. It's a similar distance to the Crich Tramway Museum and the Heights of Abraham, a Victorian pleasure ground reached by cable car from Matlock Bath, with a fossil museum, caverns and acres of upland parkland. For animal fans, there’s horse trekking from the Beaver Hall equestrian centre, 10 minutes away, and very close by, encounters with lemurs, penguins, wallabies and pygmy goats at the Peak Wildlife Park.

Must see

Alton Towers Resort 4.5 km

Sudbury Hall 16.9 km

Royal Doulton Factory Shop, Trentham 19.2 km

Wedgwood Visitor Centre 20.8 km

Royal Stafford 21.3 km

National Trust

The Old Manor 7.1 km

Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood 17.3 km

Winster Market House 20.3 km

Biddulph Grange Garden 22 km

Kedleston Hall 24.3 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Winkhill - Waterfall - Waterhouses 4 km

Oakamoor - Churnet Valley - Dimmings Dale - Oakamoor 4.2 km

ALTON TOWERS 4.8 km

Ellastone - Rocester - Marston Montgomery - Roston - Ellastone 5.7 km

Ellastone - Swinscoe - Stanton - Ellastone 5.7 km

Local events

  • Buxton Festival (Thursday 4 July 2024 – Thursday 4 July 2024)

    Buxton, England 25.7 km

  • Rewind North (Friday 2 August 2024 – Friday 2 August 2024)

    Macclesfield, England 34.5 km

  • Bloodstock Open Air (Thursday 8 August 2024 – Thursday 8 August 2024)

    Swadlincote, England 34.9 km

  • Download Festival (Friday 14 June 2024 – Friday 14 June 2024)

    Derby, England 40.6 km

  • Camp Bestival Shropshire (Thursday 15 August 2024 – Thursday 15 August 2024)

    Telford, England 46.9 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.

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Want to know more about camping in Staffordshire?

  • Does Rue Hill Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Rue Hill Campsite dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Rue Hill Campsite? For those who like to be hurtled about at great speeds and heights, happiness awaits: it’s 10 minutes to the assorted excitements of Alton Towers, and for those who haven't quite graduated … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Rue Hill Campsite?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  8 a.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Rue Hill Campsite? From $37.93 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.