Cherry Max

View prices & book 9.3 34 reviews
Looking south towards the Mendip Hills
Looking south towards the Mendip Hills
View of the site
Lots of space, photo taken June 2026
Sign on the gate
Looking north from the top of the site.
Welcome to Cornwall Series 1 Land Rover owners
The site at dusk
Jemima and Rhubarb
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View of the site
Lots of space, photo taken June 2026
Sign on the gate

  • Peaceful, no-frills site in the Mendip Hills near Winscombe
  • Family-run and dog-friendly; 20 minutes' drive from Weston-super-Mare
  • Easy access to the Strawberry Line and other trails; dogs welcome
If you don’t mind getting back to basics in exchange for a privileged location at the foot of Somerset’s Mendip Hills, then Cherry Max might just be the place for you. And the warm welcome you get at this family-run site (five minutes’ drive from Winscombe) also goes a long way towards making up for the limited frills (a shared toilet, drinking water points and recycling bins). But… look around you after setting up on the (level) camping field, and take in spectacular views of the Mendip Hills National Landscape – that’s why people travel, isn’t it? There are some excellent trails to explore in those hills – from easy short routes to moderate circular walks (up to about nine miles in length), taking in places like Ebbor Gorge (half an hour’s drive) or Chew Valley Lake (35 minutes), the latter a birdwatching hotspot. Then there’s the Strawberry Line about a mile away, a former railway track that's been turned into a nine-mile walking and cycling route; and the Mendip Way, a long-distance trail that links Weston-super-Mare (20 minutes' drive) to Frome (an hour) via Cheddar and Wells. Your canine buddy is welcome to join you on any of these walks, but you might have to put them on a lead in grazing fields and in areas where there might be ground nesting birds (woodland, grasslands and lake shores). Winscombe has all the shops you might need to gather the ingredients for a barbecue (including a butcher’s, a bakery and a small supermarket), plus several cafés, restaurants and pubs.

Campground type

Tent sites 10
Caravan sites 5
RV & Motorhome sites 5
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • This campground/park has no on-site shower facilities.

Pitches

  • A cable measuring at least 10 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.

Admission

  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

General

  • Please note that the toilet facilities are unisex.

Dogs

  • The campground/park 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.

Reception

  • There is no reception building on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Languages spoken

English

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Site types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children
0 dogs

Reviews

9.3

Overall rating from 34 Pitchup.com customers

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Peaceful

94% would recommend this campground to a friend

91% would stay here again

What customers say

Peaceful, neat spot. Owners are a gem! Great for exploring the Mendips, but facilities are basic. Some noted no showers, and one found motorhome access tough. Good for kids/dogs, offers a back-to-nature vibe with dark skies.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Nice, quiet, no frills site.

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
 9
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 5
Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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 Wolf A. 2 reviews

Power optional grass caravan site

Liked Owners, very friendly. Nice Quiet site. Small. Good price with electric hookup. No frills, basic site.

Disliked Uneven ground, remember your chocks. Ideal site for vans with own toilet and shower. Only 1 toilet on site and quite a few vans, however, this is clearly advertised. Day we left, a young couple were smoking drugs, which was wafting across field.we reported on way out, and owners were dealing with it.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely camp sight, Jonathan is lovely…

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10 out of 10
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Ashleigh L. 1 review

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked Lovely camp sight, Jonathan is lovely and we arrived late evening and he still came over to say hello to us, even let me have a free stay with it being late and my birthday, would return..

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely peaceful campsite…

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Darren C. 1 review

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked Lovely peaceful campsite

Recommend to friends Visit again

Sehr freundlicher Empfang durch den Betreiber.…

Overall

9 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
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Monika F. 9 reviews

Power optional grass caravan site

Liked Sehr freundlicher Empfang durch den Betreiber. Freie Platzwahl. Ruhige Lage. Charmantes WC😊. Defekte Lampe wurde umgehend durch den Betreiber repariert.
Dass keine Dusche vorhanden ist, weiss man im vornherein, also kein Problem👍

Recommend to friends Visit again

Brief but lovely stay in a quiet and peaceful campsite

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Pip R. 1 review

Power optional grass caravan site

Liked A warm welcome and very helpful, lending me an electric hookup cable when mine failed to work on site

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great stay nice and quiet,Jonathan was nice and helpful will go again

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10 out of 10
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Penni W. 1 review

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked Everything ,once it got a shower block it will be perfect

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great stay

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Power optional grass caravan site

Liked Quiet, friendly and really clean

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Likes that was clean and peaceful…

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9 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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 Alex G. 1 review

Power optional grass caravan site

Liked Likes that was clean and peaceful had watter by the van and electric point all was friendly

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks Alex, hope to see you again.

really lovely, definitely an easy and clean place for a stay

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9 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked A friendly welcome, without hovering, and a lovely site, really quiet and easy.

For such simple facilities they were clean and well stocked with loo roll etc.

highlight was the clear night sky with meteors. put phones away after dark and you'll be treated, then a hot air balloon early morning

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review :-)

A fantastic campsite, very friendly hosts…

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Samuel H. 1 review

Unpowered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked A fantastic campsite, very friendly hosts

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for your review Samuel.

Features

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 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 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

Peaceful Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Small (11-25 sites)

Accessibility

Level campground, no steep slopes

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycling nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Location

Cherry Max

Barton Road

Winscombe

Somerset

England

BS25 1DP

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.30924°N
2.85448°W

Route directions

If towing, it is best to approach the site from Winscombe along Barton Road.

Nearest transport

Coach
7.1 km Summer Lane
7.1 km Summer Lane
9.1 km Locking Road Car Park
Rail
6.6 km Worle Rail Station
7.5 km Weston Milton Rail Station
9 km Weston-super-Mare Rail Station
Ferry
10.5 km Weston-super-Mare Knightstone Harbour
15 km Clevedon Pier
20.8 km Bridgwater Ferry Terminal
Airport
13.2 km Bristol International Airport
35.2 km Cardiff 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: Thatchers Cider (tours of the cider-making facilities): 10 minutes’ drive Cheddar Gorge and Caves: 15 minutes Weston-super-Mare (beaches, Water Adventure Play Park, Helicopter Museum): 20 minutes Wookey Hole Caves: half an hour National Trust - Clevedon Court: half an hour Wells (The Bishop's Palace & Gardens): half an hour National Trust - Brean Down Fort: 45 minutes.

Food and drink

  • Touch of Spice Restaurant 1.6 km
  • The Woodborough Inn Pub 1.7 km
  • Sidcot Arms Restaurant 2.1 km
  • The Bell Inn Pub 2.1 km
  • Chillies Indian restaurant 2.2 km
  • The Brewers Arms Pub 2.3 km
  • White Hart Pub 2.5 km
  • New Inn Pub 2.6 km
  • Railway Inn Pub 3 km
  • The Lamb Inn Pub 3.2 km

Groceries

  • Thatcher's Brewery Shop Off-licence 3 km
  • Manor Stores Supermarket 4.9 km
  • Morrisons Supermarket 6.3 km
  • The Legbender Cider, Country Wine & Craft Shop Off-licence 6.6 km
  • Sainsbury's Supermarket 6.8 km
  • Lidl Supermarket 6.8 km
  • The Food Warehouse Supermarket 6.8 km
  • ALDI Supermarket 6.9 km
  • Sainsbury's Supermarket 7.1 km
  • Aldi Supermarket 7.2 km

Parks and play

  • Sharpham Road Playground 5.5 km
  • Climbing Wall Playground 5.9 km
  • Bouncing Pillow Playground 5.9 km
  • JCB Land Playground 5.9 km
  • Hannah More Park 6.4 km
  • Moor Lane Play Area Playground 6.4 km
  • Living Sculpture Park 6.5 km
  • Locking Castle Pelicans children's play area Playground 6.5 km
  • All Weather Pitch park 6.6 km
  • Rotary Park 6.6 km

Family days out

  • Banwell Castle 1.7 km
  • The Cart Wash Visitor attraction 2.2 km
  • Pebble Summerhouse Visitor attraction 2.9 km
  • The Caves Visitor attraction 2.9 km
  • Alcove Seat Visitor attraction 2.9 km
  • Stalactite Cave Visitor attraction 2.9 km
  • Bone Cave Visitor attraction 2.9 km
  • Court Farm Castle 3.8 km
  • Locking Head Castle 5.7 km
  • Jackpot £500 Amusement arcade 6.4 km

Public transport

  • The Triangle 1.2 km
  • Woodborough Drive 1.6 km
  • Banwell Castle 1.7 km
  • The Chestnuts 1.7 km
  • Moorham Road 1.7 km
  • Belmont Road 1.9 km
  • Bridgwater Road 1.9 km
  • Shipham Lane 2 km
  • The Grove 2 km
  • Fullers Lane 2 km

What’s nearby

  • Mendip Spring Golf Club - Brinsea Championship Course Golf course 5.5 km
  • Mendip Spring Golf Club - Lakeside Course Golf course 5.6 km
  • Bleadon Hill Golf Course 6.2 km
  • Silver Springs Fishing Lake 6.4 km
  • Isle of Wedmore Golf Course 8.5 km
  • Yatton precinct Shopping centre 9 km
  • Weston-super-Mare Golf Club Golf course 9.4 km
  • Tabu Nightclub 9.5 km
  • Popworld Nightclub 9.7 km
  • Legends Nightclub 9.7 km

Local services

  • Boots Pharmacy 1.6 km
  • Winscombe Family Practice Doctors 1.8 km
  • Texaco Fuel station 1.9 km
  • Banwell Surgery Doctors 2.4 km
  • Lunns Filling Station Fuel station 3.1 km
  • Axbridge and Wedmore Medical Practice Doctors 3.5 km
  • Axbridge Pharmacy 3.6 km
  • Locking Pharmacy 4.9 km
  • Locking Pharmacy 4.9 km
  • 168 Parklands Medical Centre Clinic 5.1 km

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Must see

Cheddar Caves & Gorge 6.9 km

Wookey Hole Caves & Papermill 15.6 km

Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve 17 km

Wells Cathedral 18.2 km

Glastonbury Abbey 20.4 km

National Trust

King John's Hunting Lodge 3.5 km

Clevedon Court 14.6 km

Tyntesfield 17.4 km

West Pennard Court Barn 24.4 km

Westbury College Gatehouse 26.4 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Winscombe - Barton - Crook Peak - Wavering Down - Winscombe 1.5 km

Winscombe 1.6 km

Cheddar Gorge - Black Down - Rowberrow 6.5 km

Burrington Combe - Rowberrow - Dolebury 7.3 km

Burrington Combe - Black Down - Rowberrow - Dolebury 7.3 km

Local events

  • Glastonbury Festival (Wednesday 23 June 2027 – Wednesday 23 June 2027)

    Glastonbury, England 25 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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Cherry Max have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Cherry Max dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Cherry Max? Local attractions and activities include: Thatchers Cider (tours of the cider-making facilities): 10 minutes’ drive Cheddar Gorge and Caves: 15 minutes Weston-super-Mare (beaches, Water Adventure Play Park, Helicopter Museum): 20 minutes Wookey … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Cherry Max?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  4 p.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Cherry Max? From $30.12 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.