Box End Park
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- Rural Bedfordshire campsite with 100 acres of parkland
- Golf and horse riding 20 minutes’ drive; Santa Pod Raceway 35 minutes
- Lakeside café, bar and restaurant; free hot showers in the clubhouse
Site type
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Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.- The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
- Group bookings of 2 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
- No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
- At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
- Minimum spacing of 6 metres between pitches.
- If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
- Electricity is metered on site at £0.30 per kWh and must be paid onsite using a pre-paid smart card. A minimum of £5 credit must be added. An additional £5 deposit is taken when the card is issued, refundable on return of the card. Please note activities are seasonal and do not run every day.
Languages spoken
English
Open from Tue, Apr 1 to
Pitch types & availability
Power optional grass campsite
6 people maximum Ground type: Grass
Pitch size: Max 8.0m width x 8.0m depth (26.2ft width x 26.2ft depth) Calculated area: 64.0m² (688.9ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £20 (£20) 1 night, 2 adults
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Primitive grass campsite
6 people maximum Ground type: Grass
Pitch size: Max 8.0m width x 8.0m depth (26.2ft width x 26.2ft depth) Calculated area: 64.0m² (688.9ft²)
Arrival daysFrom £20 (£20) 1 night, 2 adults
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Reviews
Voted 65% of visitors View breakdown
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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.
Brilliant site
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Power optional grass campsite
Liked: Beautiful site
Great water sports
Lovely restaurant
Good location
Disliked: Not allowed to use lake for paddle boarding as and when you want
Play park would have been handy
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From the manager: Hi Kelly,
Thank you so much for your lovely 9/10 review and we loved seeing you here for your recent visit! Thank you so much for your feedback and we really appreciate your time taken to leave a review of our site :)
Kindly note that all of watersports sessions, including SUP Self-Launch, are lifeguarded sessions and must be pre-booked online using our booking system. No swimming or water access is allowed outside of these time and this does include customers staying on the campsite. We do have a small natural wooden playpark area located just behind our Corner5 bar decking area. Please feel free to ask our reception team on your next visit who would be happy to show you where this is located. We also have a great land based activity suitable for 3yrs + if you'd like to give our Disc & Adventure Football Golf a go on your next campsite stay with us.
Thank you so much for posting your electric card back to us too after this was accidentally taken home - received today and we have processed your £5 deposit refund for you having received this back.
Look forward to welcoming you again soon and have a lovely summer!
Best Wishes,
Box End Park
Excellent basic site with clean facilities and lots of space.
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Primitive grass campsite
Liked: The site was great, big open space for the tents and lots of space for the kids to run around. The toilet and shower facilities look very new and were always clean. The activities at Box End, such as the Aquapark and Wakeboarding were brilliant to watch whilst relaxing outside the tent and provided extra entertainment for the kids, even if they were too young to take part.
The small cafe option, operating out of a shipping container by the lake is perfect for lunch, ice creams and drinks, nothing fancy but very decent.
They have begun creating a lovely walking path around the lake of 5km which is really nice for an evening stroll through the grass meadows, watching the wildlife and views.
Disliked: It's always a little sad not to be able to have a campfire whilst camping.
The tent pitches are very exposed to the wind coming off the lake. The electric pitches have some protection from hedges and trees separating each pitch site. So make sure your ropes are secure!
If you want to eat in the larger restaurant, I would suggest that you book in advance!
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From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your lovely review and we're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay with us!
We completely appreciate a campfire does add to the experience however, unfortunately open fires and fire-pits are not allowed on-site to ensure everyone's safety whilst camping with us on our flat and grassy pitches, especially during those windy and dry weather days. BBQs are allowed on campsite pitches as long as they are raised nice and high off the ground and they're stable. Our restaurant is super popular all year round so we'd completely agree about pre-booking a table if you'd like to dine in the Corner5 Restaurant for our lunch or dinner service during your stay. Thank you so much for your feedback and we really appreciate your time taken to leave a review of our site :)
We look forward to welcoming you again soon!
Best wishes,
Box End Park
Amazing camping site.
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Power optional grass campsite
Liked: The friendly and welcoming staff. The campsite was well thought out, and toilet and shower block was very clean. The food at the restaurant tasted amazing and was well presented
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Hi there,
It was an absolute please having you stay here with us and thank you so much for your wonderful 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay, meal in our Corner 5 Restaurant + experience with our check-in staff. We can't wait to see you back here with us in the not so distant future :)
Many thanks,
Box End Park
Very clean place will visit again…
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Power optional grass campsite
Liked: Very clean place will visit again
Disliked: Nothing to complain about
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From the manager: Hi there,
It was an absolute please having you stay here with us and thank you so much for your wonderful 8/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay + experience here at Box End Park. We can't wait to see you back here with us in the not so distant future :)
Many thanks,
Box End Park
Polite staff, restaurant and the watersports were great
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Primitive grass campsite
Liked: Beautiful surroundings
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Hi there,
It was an absolute please having you stay here with us and thank you so much for your wonderful 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay + experience here at Box End Park. We can't wait to see you back here with us in the not so distant future :)
Many thanks,
Box End Park
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Power optional grass campsite
Liked: Lovely view of the lake and very peaceful, easy check in and good facilities. Level pitch.
Disliked: There appeared to be people permanently living on site in touring caravans that looked like they had been there for 10years! This scared me a little has I have had trouble with travelling community’s before and the facilities were situated in the centre of these caravans. But I didn’t see anyone or have any trouble.
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From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you for your feedback on your recent visit. We have some longer term caravans on site. Our longer term guests are a great bunch and help us keep the site a friendly and safe place for all to visit. We do hope to see you again and are so happy to hear that you loved our lakeside camping pitches & facilities.
Many thanks,
Box End Park
Good size pitch, flat and great views of the lake. Excellent toilet…
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Power optional grass campsite
Liked: Good size pitch, flat and great views of the lake. Excellent toilet block, clean, heated, plenty of showers and toilets for the demand and washing up area.
£5 electric lasted us for 4 days with plenty left over. WiFi worked well including streaming.
Great water sports facilities and if that’s not your thing, lovely walk round the lake - we did this every day.
Bar / restaurant on site with good menu. Local shops / pubs all close by, approx 5 minute drive.
All staff were friendly and helpful. Highly recommend.
Disliked: N/A
Recommend to friends Visit again
From the manager: Hi there,
It was an absolute please having you stay here with us and thank you so much for your wonderful 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay + experience here at Box End Park. We can't wait to see you back here with us in the not so distant future :)
Many thanks,
Box End Park
What a treat place, friendly reception, great staff , went for a…
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Power optional grass campsite
Liked: What a treat place, friendly reception, great staff , went for a walk round thw nature trail on thw lakes and came across 3 members of staff each one asked how I was doing and went out of way to say hi.
Great facilities are very clean and tidy.
The bar and restaurant are great and friendly staff.
The location is great, such a busy area and an oasis in the middle .
And to cap it all off they had free WiFi what a hit.
Disliked: Traffic noise from main road nearby
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From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your incredible 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and that our staff looked after you so well over the weekend. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.
Many thanks,
Box End Park
Shower block clean pitches large and flat…
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Power optional grass campsite
Liked: Shower block clean pitches large and flat
Disliked: No wifi code given. Make sure you ask for it when staff are there.
No staff on site for assistance
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From the manager: Hi Elizabeth,
Thank you so much for your lovely 8/10 review. Kindly note that our reception team had organised a self check-in with you ahead of your arrival and loaded your electric into your electric post for you to make this easy on the day for you. They also emailed over your welcome pack complete with map and pitch number to aid with your self check-in arrival on the Thursday. This pack does include an out of hours number to call that is linked to our on-site campsite warden should you need any assistance on days where our Activities Reception is closed and there are staff on-site on Thursdays in our Bar & Restaurant should you need any help. The reception was open all day Friday and the team also helped with your Saturday check-out and helped to process your electric card return for you. We appreciate all your feedback and have made sure to add a wifi code any self check-in emails going forwards. Really happy to hear you enjoyed our brand new shower block and large grassy pitches and look forward to welcoming you back soon. We really appreciate all your feedback and will make sure to implement this going forwards.
Many thanks,
Box End Park
Excellent site, clean facilities, level pitches and good size
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Primitive grass campsite
Liked: Clean site, enough for what we needed, if the children where older then would of made use of the water activities but had a nice relaxing time either way, staff friendly in reception when checking in and out
Disliked: Although the shower and toilets where cleaned to a high standard there was times when the cleaners wouldnt let you in to use these as they where cleaning yet they wouldnt open the family shower to use
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From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your lovely 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you back again soon. We've been up to check the accessible shower & toilet which is now fully open for use. Thank you for bringing this to our attention on the day as well.
Many thanks,
Box End Park
Features
Dogs allowed
Leisure on park
Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site cafe On-site restaurant On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports Wild swimmingAmenities on park
Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area WifiGroups welcome
Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcomeRules
Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all yearThemes
Lake and/or mountainUtilities
Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energyNearby amenities
Bar nearby Dog walk nearbyType
Small (11-25 sites)Nearby leisure
Canoeing/kayaking nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Restaurant nearby Watersports nearbyLocation
Box End Park
Kempston
Bedford
Bedfordshire
England
MK43 8RQ
Directions Timezone
Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)
GPS
52.12538°N
-0.52193°W
Nearest transport
Coach
Rail
Ferry
AirportPlease 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
Must see
The Shuttleworth Collection 14.1 km
Woburn Safari Park 14.2 km
Wrest Park 15.1 km
Woburn Enterprises Limited 15.5 km
Gulliver's Land 16.5 km
National Trust
Ascott 28.4 km
Dunstable Downs, Chilterns Gateway Centre and Whipsnade Estate 29 km
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral 30.6 km
Wimpole Hall 32.2 km
Wimpole Home Farm 32.2 km
Cycle routes
Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.
Other
BEDFORD CEMETERY 4.7 km
BEDFORD PARK 4.7 km
Bedford Riverside Promenade 6 km
Houghton Conquest and King's Wood 7.6 km
Turvey - Gorewelle - Turvey Circular 8.2 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.
Offers
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Frequently asked questions
- Does Box End Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
- Is Box End Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
- What attractions are near Box End Park? Local attractions and activities include: - Towers Health and Racquets Club: 15 minutes’ drive - Herrings Green Activity Farm and Bird of Prey Centre: 20 minutes - Old Warden Tunnel Nature Reserve: … Read more
- When can I check in and check out of Box End Park?
Read moreRV, travel trailer and tent sites Arrive: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. On-park accommodation Arrive: 1 p.m. – 10 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. - How much does it cost to stay at Box End Park? From $37.09 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.