Beetlebank Farm Wild Camping

No availability at present on Pitchup.com 9.5 57 reviews
Visitor image of sunset on site (added by manager 10 Oct 2022)
Visitor image of sunset on site
Nature on the site
Surrounded by farmland
The view in june across to our tent pitches which are strimmed into the flowering meadow
Suffolk rural breaks
Oaks
Happy dog
Pet-friendly
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Nature on the site
Surrounded by farmland
The view in june across to our tent pitches which are strimmed into the flowering meadow

  • Wild camping on a laidback Suffolk farm
  • A quarter of an hour's drive from Southwold or RSPB Minsmere
  • Local produce sold on site; a mile from a pub and butcher's shop
Beetlebank Farm Wild Camping is a laidback and rural pitching spot surrounded by spectacular Suffolk farmland. Set just back from the A144 and a mile from the village of Bramfield – home to a butcher's and a pub – this site is has excellent views across the countryside and is about a quarter of an hour's drive from England's east coast. The farm is a small, regenerative working farm with rare-breed sheep, goats, chickens and other livestock. There is also a small market garden and flower farm where you can buy freshly-laid eggs and farm-harvested veggies. This is a place where you can leave mod cons at home and reconnect with nature in the fresh air. The farm is surrounded by mature oak trees, bird-filled hedgerows and other rural sounds like the far-off bleating of sheep, making it a great backdrop for simple and serene breaks. Beetlebank Farm Wild Camping supplies all parties coming here with a five-litre bottle of drinking water, as there is no drinking tap available on site (additional bottles can be bought). There are well-maintained portable toilets here, but electricity, showers and other things will need to be sought out in the local area.

Campground type

Tent sites 20
Opens
Please note
  • This campground/park has no on-site shower facilities.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dog Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Single-sex bookings of 6 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the campground/park are unlit.
  • Bookings must not consist of more than 2 different households.
  • Please note that the toilet facilities are unisex.

Languages spoken

English

Reviews

9.5

Overall rating based on 57 reviews View breakdown

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would recommend this campground to a friend

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

A lovely camp site, beautiful surroundings, helpful owner.

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: We enjoyed our stay at Beetlebank Farm. It is a lovely site, with a magnificent oak tree in the middle of it (with swing on it too!) I found the site owner to be very proactive in getting in touch prior to the stay, with directions and reassurance that we could call him if we needed to, which provided a lot of peace of mind. The toilets were clean and with plenty of toilet roll and cleaning gel. It was a nice touch to be given bottles of water for our stay too. It's a massive bonus that you can have fires there too - we took a metal fire pit with us but I don't think we needed to have done that as it seems others have had them safely on the ground. The only slight downside is the proximity to the road but after about 11pm we heard next to nothing until the morning.

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Good site. Good price. You get what you pay for.

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Simple and stripped back. Good price.

Disliked: A little noisier than expected with road noise. Had some noisy neighbours too but that's no fault of the site.

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Loved the area it was as close to wild camping as you…

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
David A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Loved the area it was as close to wild camping as you can get Farm surroundings were lovely people were lovely There's no running water but it is wild camping and was prepared for that and enjoyed that fact it was wild And had the best and cleanest portaloo I have ever used

Disliked: Take plenty supplies shops in area are expensive

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Beautiful scenery, nice and quiet, close to Southwold and Dunwich. Peaceful meadow…

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Beautiful scenery, nice and quiet, close to Southwold and Dunwich. Peaceful meadow with portaloos, true wild camping experience always a delightful weekend

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Beautiful, excellent value for money

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Beautiful site, eggs from the chickens were delightful, appreciated the lighter touch supervision from the owner and the facilities were bare bones but clean and functional. Extremely good value for the price, would definitely come back. 700 year old oak tree and pigs a definite highlight.

Disliked: Could maybe have done with a slightly larger water ration given how hot the weather was - I’d definitely advise bringing a couple of extra bottles in the heat, especially if you plan on doing washing up/washing yourself.

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Beautiful setting and perfect for relaxing

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Beautiful setting, we had the campsite to ourselves for the first night and then there was just one tent for the second night. So quiet and peaceful with a huge amount of space. Geoff was helpful - he provided free water and we purchased a dozen eggs to take home with us. The site is situated close to the Two Magpies Bakery which we purchased breakfast from on both mornings. Had a wonderful time crabbing and playing on the beach in Southwold. Thank you for having us.

Disliked: Nothing

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Great 1 night stay , loved the oak tree…

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Great 1 night stay , loved the oak tree

Disliked: Everything was great

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Lovely green field site, aren’t many! Lovely comms and all very easy.

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Very beautiful, honest green field camping. Huge container of water on arrival left for us under the oak tree (no tap - which we were fully aware of). Perfectly decent portaloos. Really lovely stay.

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Lovely little campsite with toilets. That's all we really needed.…

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Lovely little campsite with toilets. That's all we really needed.

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Lovely host who came to meet us on the first day. Large…

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
Sophie W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Lovely host who came to meet us on the first day. Large field of grass and flowers to pitch up in, shady oak for the children to play under, quiet wild camping field for a two night taster for my 1 and 3 year old.

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Features

Portable toilet

Pop-up campground

Dogs allowed

Campfires 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 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 Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker Peaceful Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available No drinkable water point No running water Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Pop-up campground Small (11-25 sites)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Golf nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Beetlebank Farm Wild Camping

Bramfield

Suffolk

England

IP19 9AG

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.29644°N
1.52423°W

Route directions

Look for the shared driveway for Grove Farm & Beetlebank Farm. Drive all the way up the drive, passing the farmyard on your right and then a large thatched barn. You will see two field gates: one closed straight ahead and one to the right that is open. Please drive through this open gate, across the field in the designated lane and you'll reach the campsite.

Nearest transport

Coach
18.3 km Old Market Place
18.8 km Cork Bricks
18.8 km Chaucer Street
Rail
2.6 km Darsham Rail Station
5.7 km Halesworth Rail Station
9.4 km Saxmundham Rail Station
Ferry
10 km Walberswick Ferry Landing
10.1 km Southwold Ferry Landing
29.1 km Reedham Ferry South
Airport
44.8 km Norwich 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

Local attractions and activities include: - Halesworth (for farmers' market): 10 minutes' drive - Dunwich beach: 15 minutes - Southwold: 15 minutes - RSPB Minsmere: 15 minutes - Snape Maltings: 20 minutes - Aldeburgh: 25 minutes - Orford Castle: 30 minutes - Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park: 45 minutes - Ocean Boulevard Fun Park: 50 minutes.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Southwold The Denes 10.8 km Sea N/A N/A N/A N/A
Southwold The Pier 11.7 km Sea N/A Good Good Excellent
Lowestoft (South Of Claremont Pier) 23.9 km Sea N/A Good Good Good
Lowestoft (North Of Claremont Pier) 24.4 km Sea N/A Good Good Good
Gorleston Beach 33.5 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Framlingham Castle 14.6 km

Orford Castle 22.5 km

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 22.7 km

Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon Burial Mounds 25.9 km

Somerleyton Hall and Gardens 26.9 km

National Trust

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 22.8 km

Sutton Hoo 25.9 km

Elizabethan House Museum 36.9 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

HEVENINGHAM HALL 5.1 km

Dunwich Forest - Newdelight Walks - Westwood Marshes 6.3 km

DINGLE MARSHES (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 14/06/2002) 7.1 km

HENHAM 7.3 km

MINSMERE (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 11/01/2006) 7.7 km

Local events

  • Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival (Saturday 28 September 2024 – Saturday 28 September 2024)

    Aldeburgh, England 14.9 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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Beetlebank Farm Wild Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Beetlebank Farm Wild Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Beetlebank Farm Wild Camping? Local attractions and activities include: - Halesworth (for farmers' market): 10 minutes' drive - Dunwich beach: 15 minutes - Southwold: 15 minutes - RSPB Minsmere: 15 minutes - Snape Maltings: 20 minutes … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Beetlebank Farm Wild Camping?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  8 a.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  Anytime
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