New Forest View

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Beautiful scenery (added by manager 12 Aug 2022)
Lovely evening by the pond (added by manager 12 aug 2022)
Welcome (added by manager 22 jul 2020)
Park entrance (added by manager 19 apr 2021)

  • Small site with fishing lake next to an 18th-century coaching inn
  • Within a half-hour drive of Drayton Manor, Snowdome and Twycross Zoo
  • A 40-minute drive from Birmingham's Cadbury World and Science Museum
The first sight for many folk arriving at New Forest View is a bear. Don’t bolt… he’s called Bosworth (after the famed 15th-century battlefield nearby)… and he doesn’t move. Which is a bit of a shame for him, for there's a hefty spread of activities and attractions in the surrounding heart of England counties of Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire and beyond, from forest walks and wildlife encounters to winter sports, fishing and waterskiing. Get cracking right on site, as this small Leicestershire park for touring vehicles has its own fishing pond, bookable in advance. Next door, the coaching inn has been welcoming thirsty and hungry travellers for four centuries, with real ales, bar snacks and restaurant meals, regular Chinese and Indian carvery nights and a beer garden with a kids’ play area (which might not have been there four centuries ago…). For true fishing aficionados, there are further carp to be caught a five-minute drive away at Tucker’s Holt, and at Kingsbury Waterpark (half an hour). The latter makes a decent destination for non-anglers as well, with walks, cycle trails and birdwatching, plus waterskiing and jetskiing on the lakes. Dogs are welcome on this site.

Site type

Tent sites 5
Travel trailer sites 25
RV sites 25
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Please note
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (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.
  • Group bookings of 15 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • A charge of £1.00 ($1.73) applies for the use of the shower.
  • Facilities/activities including fishing are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Units longer than 10 metres are not allowed.
  • The charging of electric vehicles is not permitted on site.
  • Please note the showers are coin-operated.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, Mar 22 to

Open from Wed, Jun 5 to

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Friendly welcome. Good clean facilities.…

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

Powered grass campsite

Liked: Friendly welcome. Good clean facilities.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice quiet site with friendly, helpful warden but over-priced.

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

Powered grass campsite

Liked: Wayne the warden was great. Very friendly and very helpful. Well kept pitch with electric hook-up in easy reach. Drinking water close by. Very quiet site. Good WiFi but that's not overly important. We had a really enjoyable stay.

Disliked: I felt the shower/toilet facilities weren't the best and in light of this the nightly rate is too much, especially as it was a £1 for 5 minutes in the shower.

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Close to all local attractions, walking distance to 2 pubs

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

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Wayne was a fantastic host, full of useful information and great knowledge of the area

Disliked: If I was being picky, the showers

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would visit again.

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

Powered grass campsite

Liked: Simplicity of the site, it's well kept, with a lovely pond and clean facilities. Real countryside minutes from the M42. right next to a pub (though we didn't go in). The warden was super friendly and the place is gated and secure with a code for entry and exit.

Disliked: we were only staying one night but were put right next to another couple when there were other pitches available with space around them. We could have asked to go further down but it all felt a bit Britishly awkward as those people were sat outside their tent in complete earshot. surprised no hot water at the washing up, and though it was dry weather there's no cover at the washing up either. Charged £1 for showers, and there were lots of add-ons - like we were in a motor home and needed the car with us too - there was a charge for that, and for the dog. But, we knew that when booking, but those charges can quickly rack up.

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Lovely little site good facilities…

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 6
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Lovely little site good facilities

Disliked: We had friends wanting to visit warden said no visitors after 8 on the site it say visitors to leave by 10 so I sent a message and they said leave by 9 so very confusing. Felt like a prisoner

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Great stay!

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

Powered grass campsite

Liked: Very friendly welcome and quick orientated to the site. Pub right next door!!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Facilities and location…

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

Powered grass campsite

Liked: Facilities and location

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Beautiful site and perfect size for first timers with a new tent…

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

Powered grass campsite

Liked: Beautiful site and perfect size for first timers with a new tent to test out! Friendly and welcoming warden who really made us feel at home. Immaculate site with clean toilet / shower facilities. Pub next door. Can't wait to go back again

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Really peaceful camp site, super friendly warden who kindly gave us a…

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

Powered grass campsite

Liked: Really peaceful camp site, super friendly warden who kindly gave us a few teabags as we forgot ours. Good facilities, small play area for younger children and pub next door with a good sized play area too. There is WiFi but we didn’t use it so unable to comment. Will absolutely be visiting again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely place.

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

Powered gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Clean and tidy, quiet. Wayne the warden was really friendly and gave local recommendations. Nice little fishing lake. Perfect WiFi. It’s on the flight path to East Midlands airport so you see planes fly over all day and night. Great for my little boy to spot the planes.

Disliked: Only one shower. Wasn’t a problem for me as I didn’t see anyone else in there but could have been an issue if it was busier (we stayed midweek)

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Features

Leisure on park

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Playground

Recreation room/arcade

TV room

Takeout

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available

Car parking by site/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

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

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed

Barbecue provided

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful

Utilities

Charging facilities

Dump station

Electric car charging point(s)

Propane/gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Convenience store nearby

Dog walk nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Outdoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal sites

Location

New Forest View

Bosworth Road

Snarestone

Leicestershire

England

DE12 7DQ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.6855°N
-1.47373°W

Route directions

If you're travelling from the M42 (Measham direction) and using a satnav, the site is quarter of a mile past the spot where the postcode says, on the right hand side next door to the Old Crown pub.

Nearest transport

Coach
6.8 km Market Street
8 km Memorial Square
8.1 km Memorial Square
Rail
11.4 km Polesworth Rail Station
13 km Atherstone Rail Station
15.3 km Tamworth High Level Rail Station
Airport
18.5 km East Midlands Airport
31.2 km Birmingham International Airport Terminal 1
31.2 km Birmingham 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

To learn more about Bosworth and its battle, you could steam over there in suitably historic style, taking a vintage train ride from Shackerstone (10 minutes’ drive), or if you prefer 21st-century transport, the Battlefield Heritage Centre is 20 minutes away. For the thrills of the battlefield without the other bits, Drayton Manor Theme Park has all manner of white-knuckle adventure rides, or you could hit the icy slopes of the year-round indoor Tamworth Snowdrome (both half an hour away). Warm up afterwards with a trip round the spicy eateries of Birmingham’s Balti Triangle, topped off by sticky sweet chocolate factory tours at Cadbury World and experimental missions at the city’s Thinktank Science Museum (40 minutes). How wild do you like your wildlife? Twyford Zoo (10 minutes) has tarantulas and snow leopards; there’s a riot of feathered colours flapping about at Tropical Birdland (20 minutes), and wooded walks with those cute South American camelids at National Forest Llama Treks are within half an hour. It’s a 15-minute trip to see the early stages of the New National Forest, and there’s bike hire at the Youth Hostel if you want to see the saplings from the saddle. More mature woodland, plus walks, horse riding and birdwatching can be sampled at Sence Valley Forest Park, 10 minutes’ drive away, or you can beetle over to Bradgate Park (half an hour) on Leicester’s outskirts, for gentle hills and Tudor history, deer herds and skylarks.

Must see

Twycross Zoo 5.4 km

National Forest 7.4 km

Conkers Discovery Centre 8.4 km

Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre 10.9 km

Calke Abbey 12.3 km

National Trust

Staunton Harold Church 10.7 km

Calke Abbey 13.2 km

Letocetum Roman Baths and Museum 26.1 km

Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood 30 km

Kedleston Hall 30.6 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Measham - Conkers - Moira Furnace 3.2 km

Shackerstone and The Ashby Canal 3.5 km

Shackerstone - Newton Burgoland - Snarestone - Shackerstone 3.6 km

Oakthorpe Willsley Circular 4.8 km

Sence Valley Forest Park 4.9 km

Local events

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

    Swadlincote, England 16 km

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

    Derby, England 17.2 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Want to know more about camping in Leicestershire?

  • Does New Forest View have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is New Forest View dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near New Forest View? To learn more about Bosworth and its battle, you could steam over there in suitably historic style, taking a vintage train ride from Shackerstone (10 minutes’ drive), or if you prefer 21st-century … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of New Forest View?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at New Forest View? From $60.51 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.