Robin Hood Retreat

From £22 For 1 night, 2 adults 9.1 140 reviews
Lovely site (added by manager 30 Aug 2022)
Pitches (added by manager 30 aug 2022)
View of the park (added by manager 19 jul 2016)
Views from the park (added by manager 19 jul 2016)

  • Peaceful base for weekend escapes or longer stays
  • Quick drive from Wheelgate Theme Park and White Post Farm Animal Park
  • Play and picnic areas, info shed and 24-hour CCTV
Frazzled at work? Need a quick escape to the countryside? Or have you generously decided to take the kids on a theme park weekend? Withdraw from work, commutes and other annoyances and use Robin Hood Retreat as a bolthole base for peaceful Nottinghamshire stays. And what to do once you're here? Go stalking the local countryside for one: the park's location near Newark has it set among a treasure trove of unfound caches, so get the family up to speed and stride out in your most competitive manner. Then family days out for another, as the Retreat is a short drive from the Wheelgate Theme Park and White Post Farm Animal Park. Go Ape and a go-kart and quad bike track are also nearby. The site has a play area, an information shed and a picnic area, alongside amenities of a modern toilet and shower block with free hot showers, secure storage facilities, a laundry, and a freezer for guests' use. The site has 24-hour CCTV in place and a security card entry barrier too for safe, secure stays. Robin Hood Retreat welcomes contractors as well as holidaymakers.

Site type

Tent sites 5
Travel trailer sites 20
RV sites 5
Open all year
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • 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 2 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Twin axle vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 7 consecutive nights.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Continental touring caravans (caravans built with the passenger door on the right-hand side) are not permitted.
  • For electric pitches, the price only includes £1 electric token per night. Additional tokens can be purchased at reception.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

The Warden was very friendly and welcoming. The toilets and showers were…

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

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (adults only)

Liked: The Warden was very friendly and welcoming. The toilets and showers were smart and clean. Lovely views from our pitch across the valley. Peaceful. Pay as you go electric a good idea.

Disliked: We hadn't realised the site was uphill from the main road so walks were limited for us.

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Beautiful location, very quiet. We stayed in the adults only area for…

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

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (adults only)

Liked: Beautiful location, very quiet. We stayed in the adults only area for one night. Friendly staff.

Disliked: Quite a strict site, don’t think we could stay for more than one night without the worry of putting one step wrong. Unable to use heating on 2kw because we were told it would eat up the meter. (Pay as you go) was quite cold in the night but when checking the meter it still had a £11 on being new to caravaning we wasn’t none the wiser.

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Nice site with well and away the nicest shower block I’ve ever visited

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

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Quiet, large size

Disliked: More suited for permanent resident pitches

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Nice pitches with clear view of the small play area, very clean…

Overall 8/10
Location 4
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Nice pitches with clear view of the small play area, very clean bathrooms. Friendly staff.

Disliked: Abit out the way and very bumpy roads through an industrial estate to get there.

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Location good…

Overall 6/10
Location 6
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
Harris K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (adults only)

Liked: Location good

Disliked: Washrooms not to standard

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Loved our first stay at Robin Hood Retreat! The site is lovely…

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

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Loved our first stay at Robin Hood Retreat! The site is lovely and clean and we felt safe with the kids playing around the site. They were never off the playground. All the staff were friendly and helpful. We will definitely be back!

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Very helpful staff clean toilets and showers…

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

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Very helpful staff clean toilets and showers

Disliked: First time in 15 years of caravan sites I’ve had to use a electric meter payment I will have to check next time I book to make sure that it doesn’t happen again

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Not a bad site but needs to be tidied up.

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 4
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 4
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass tent campsite (adults only)

Liked: Showers very clean and presentable Staff friendly Pitch very good liked the gravel to park car

Disliked: Very disappointed in having to pay for electric extra ,making it the most expensive site we have stopped on no-one knows how much electricity you will use so no refund if you don't use what you have prepaid for. Not able to have a BBQ outside the tent, having to go to a designated area not brilliant with having to carry all your stuff with you. The all year round area was not very pleasing to the eye looked very much like a travellers site and not appealing.

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Pitch right next to the park Lovely staff Toilets clean…

Overall 10/10
Location No rating
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Wifi No rating
Stephen H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Pitch right next to the park Lovely staff Toilets clean

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Great clean site with everything you need to have a great stay

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

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (adults only)

Liked: The host were really welcoming and helpful in every way possible site is clean and tidy facilities were clean and lovely warm showers great views from my pitch and the rabbits were cool to watch running around

Disliked: Nothing

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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

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed

Barbecue provided

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Themes

Hikers’ paradise

Peaceful

Remote location

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

Public transportation nearby

Type

Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities

Seasonal sites

Location

Robin Hood Retreat

Belle Eau Park

Middle Plantation

Bilsthorpe

Newark

Nottinghamshire

England

NG22 8TY

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.1329°N
-1.0025°W

Nearest transport

Coach
12.3 km Portland College
12.3 km Portland College
12.5 km Newstead Abbey Gates
Rail
10.1 km Fiskerton Rail Station
10.2 km Rolleston Rail Station
10.9 km Bleasby Rail Station
Airport
38.7 km Sheffield City Airport
38.7 km Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport
39.3 km Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield 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

Robin Hood Retreat is a short drive from the rides, farm and waterpark of Robin Hoods Wheelgate Family Theme Park and from the cute creatures of White Post Farm Animal Park. If you're ambling around Sherwood Forest, the Major Oak in its midst should enthrall the kids too, as according to legend it's the shelter where Robin Hood and his merry men slept. Adrenaline seekers can swing around nearby at Go Ape, or career around the quad bike and go-kart track near Rufford; the area also has the Water Meadows Swimming and Fitness Complex in Mansfield, National Cycle Network pedals, and Norwood Golf Club a short drive from the site. For history, Newark Castle on the banks of the Trent or the spectacular city views from high-up Nottingham Castle are both good picks, or you could get to Newstead Abbey, the former twelfth-century monastery with extensive gardens, lakes, ponds and waterfalls. Other attractions include Rufford Park, Southwell Minster, Mr Straw's House in Worksop and the Southwell Garden Centre.

Must see

Sherwood Forest Country Park 8.8 km

Mansfield Museum 13.2 km

Hardwick Hall 20.6 km

Hardwick Old Hall 20.8 km

Bolsover Castle 22.2 km

National Trust

The Workhouse, Southwell 7.2 km

Clumber Park 15.5 km

Hardwick Estate: Stainsby Mill 20.8 km

Hardwick Hall 20.8 km

Mr Straw's House 21.5 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

RUFFORD ABBEY 4.5 km

THURGARTON HUNDRED WORKHOUSE 7.3 km

The Major Oak and Sherwood Forest 8.7 km

The Major Oak - Sherwood Forest - Edwinstowe 8.7 km

Egmanton - Laxton - Egmanton 11 km

Local events

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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.

Want to know more about camping in Nottinghamshire?

  • Does Robin Hood Retreat have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Robin Hood Retreat dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Robin Hood Retreat? Robin Hood Retreat is a short drive from the rides, farm and waterpark of Robin Hoods Wheelgate Family Theme Park and from the cute creatures of White Post Farm Animal Park. If … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Robin Hood Retreat?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  8:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Robin Hood Retreat? From $37.55 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.