The Cider Farm Fishery

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  • Laidback adults-only site on a Suffolk smallholding near Bungay
  • A 15-minute drive to Beccles for boat hire; 25 minutes to Southwold
  • Fishing lake and hot tub on site; dogs welcome
A farm with fishing on site? How fabulous. And even better when you hear there’s a hot tub too… All of this is at The Cider Farm Fishery, an adults-only site on a Suffolk smallholding about 10 minutes’ drive from Bungay. It’s a place that’s filled with plants and farm animals, so it’s got a real rural vibe to it – but it’s also well situated for getting out to see some of the local area. Where might your local outings take you? Well, perhaps to the coast for a seaside day in Southwold, or into the Broads National Park for a day of boating, canoeing, walking or cycling through the splendid watery landscapes. You could visit a castle, tour a vineyard, see vintage planes, ride rollercoasters, go for a swim… it’s all up to you really. Then again, you may well opt just to stick around on site for a relaxing few hours at the fishing lake – it’s free for guests to use on a catch-and-release basis as long as they’ve got the right licence. And of course there’s also the option of taking a good long soak in the hot tub – heated to a toasty 38º and with a lovely view over the lake. Life on site is nice and laidback with dogs, barbecues, off-ground firepits, awnings, gazebos and the like all permitted to make life comfortable. There are also portable toilets, showers and a chemical disposal point for guests to use, and the site is overseen by a friendly host who’s always happy to offer any advice or help guests may need.

Site type

Tent sites 50
RV sites 50
Open now
Opens July 14
Please note
  • 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).
  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.
  • A cable measuring at least 5 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

Portuguese

Open from Mon, Jul 14 to

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Reviews

9.8

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100% would recommend this site to a friend

100% would stay here again
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Arrival date (latest first)

Host was super friendly, and has built a lovely nature retreat.

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Andrew W.

Power optional grass tent or RV campsite

Liked The pitches next to the Ponds, very tranquil stay.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site, clean facilities, friendly staff.

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michelle m.

Power optional grass tent or RV campsite

Liked Very clean and well looked after site. Arrived with a very warm friendly welcome from Luke. Made you feel completely at home.
Lovely surroundings, great size pitches. Toilet very clean.
Loved the duck and pig enclosures.

The fishing lake is very pretty. Had great fun on the float rod. Caught a few small carp.

*Think they need to update this site as fishing is not free(as stated) for ALL guests. It's £10 per person for the day, which is not expensive. But needs to be added or amended as an extra charge.(just so people are aware of the extra costs)*
Still Highly recommend this place, as a lovely place to stay. If we lived nearer we'd deffo come back here.

Disliked nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, shower and toilet cleaned several times a day.

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David C.

Power optional grass tent or RV campsite

Liked Very welcoming when we arrived. Luke made a point of chatting to us everyday and was attentive. We were pitched right next to the lake, fishing was good.
We enjoyed the place so much we booked and extra night.
A real gem which we look forward to visiting again and again.

Disliked Nothing to dislike,

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, clean facilities, nice lake, helpful staff

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Kerri-ann Q.

Power optional grass tent or RV campsite

Liked Lovely site for our weekend getaway. Staff were welcoming and helpful. Beautiful little lake with different size fish to catch. The hot tub in the evening was amazing and the views made it even better. Toilet and shower was always clean and stocked. Plenty of trees for shade if you wish to hide out of the sun and the staff even sorted us a fire pit and coal so we could have a evening fire with s'mores. I can not fault this site at all and will be visiting here again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful and relaxing campsite with a great host, lots to do in…

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Alexander W.

Power optional grass tent or RV campsite

Liked Beautiful and relaxing campsite with a great host, lots to do in the area and great fishing in the lake. 5 stars

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, staff very friendly and approachable, will go back

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Marion H.

Power optional grass tent or RV campsite

Liked Friendly and helpful staff
Pitch size and level pitches
Clean and tidy

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice campsite good location to visiting surrounding areas. Clean toilet and shower…

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Rachel C.

Power optional grass tent or RV campsite

Liked Nice campsite good location to visiting surrounding areas. Clean toilet and shower and really lovely setting. We enjoyed sitting round the lake and doing some fishing we would definitely return

Recommend to friends Visit again

Really enjoyable stay

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Emma W.

Power optional grass tent or RV campsite

Liked Lovely site overlooking the lake. Really useful flushing toilet and shower! Very clean too. Luke was very friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend to others and will be coming back!

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

This is a very nice little camp,great for fishing,the owner goes above…

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Charles S.

Primitive grass tent or RV campsite

Liked This is a very nice little camp,great for fishing,the owner goes above and beyond to help ,would highly recommend a visit,

Recommend to friends Visit again

Well worth a visit,

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Anonymous

Primitive grass tent or RV campsite

Liked *small site *excellent host *beautiful surroundings *flushable toilet *child free *hot shower *clean facilities *wildlife *small towns close by for shopping/browsing *safe to leave tent whilst day tripping

Disliked *shower in portaloo style which left no room for changing, needed a plastic bag to keep towels and clothing in
*some traffic noise at night

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our campsite.

We noticed you marked us a half on child friendliness and WiFi. We are an adult only site and we do not offer WiFi. This is all clear on our listing. If you could be kind enough to edit that to "no rating" so it dosent affect the overall rating we would really appricate it.

We are sorry to hear you encountered a small amount of traffic noise, the farm campsite is situated in a rural village and speeding mororbikes and cars are really out of our control. They shouldnt be doing more than 30mph. Whilst we appricate your review could you please reconsider how the comments are detrimental to our little buisness.

Thank you for your comments on our showering cubicle, we understand your personal situation with, not being able to store your cloths and belongings in the shower with you are not ideal. Most campers will generally have a dryrobe or dressing gown for the shower run. I urge you to consider that you are camping and that our facilities are cleaned 3 or more times a day. Again these comments while are your opinion they do hurt us as a buisness.

Thank you so much for your feedback and indeed for choosing to spend time with us here at the cider farm. We genuinely really do appriciate your custome and hope you can return and give us a chance to improve for you. Many thanks luke and family.

Features

Portable toilet

Pop-up campground

Dogs allowed

Adults only

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Hot tub 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 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 Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Adults only Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Remote location Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 sites) Pop-up campground

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

The Cider Farm Fishery

Halesworth road

Ilketshall St Lawrence

Bungay

Suffolk

England

NR34 8LB

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.40455°N
1.49173°E

Nearest transport

Coach
6.9 km Cork Bricks
6.9 km Chaucer Street
6.9 km Chaucer Street
Rail
3.7 km Brampton (Suffolk) Rail Station
6.5 km Halesworth Rail Station
8 km Beccles Rail Station
Ferry
15.5 km Southwold Ferry Landing
15.5 km Walberswick Ferry Landing
17.5 km Reedham Ferry South
Airport
32.9 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

A tour of the Broads National Park is on the schedule for many guests here – perhaps hiring craft from Beccles (15 minutes’ drive) or taking a walk or bike ride along one of the park’s many trails. There are also various attractions to visit here, including Henstead Exotic Gardens (15 minutes) and the Strumpshaw Steam Museum (40 minutes). Over at the coast, Southwold (25 minutes) is a popular destination for its indie shops, brewery and pier, or you could go birdwatching as RSPB Minsmere (half an hour). Around Bungay, you may like to see planes from across the ages at Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum (10 minutes), take a tour of Flint Vineyard (15 minutes), explore Bigod Castle (10 minutes) or see local beers being brewed at St Peter’s Brewery (10 minutes). Other nearby options for a fun day out include Camel Park Oasis (20 minutes) and Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park (35 minutes) – it’s got plenty of fun rides for the grownups too, you know…

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Southwold The Pier 15.6 km Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Southwold The Denes 15.8 km Sea N/AN/AN/AN/A
Lowestoft (South Of Claremont Pier) 18.4 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Lowestoft (North Of Claremont Pier) 18.8 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Gorleston Beach 24.6 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Somerleyton Hall and Gardens 17.8 km

Fritton Lake Country World 18.7 km

Framlingham Castle 22.5 km

Pleasure Beach 26.9 km

Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery 28.2 km

National Trust

Elizabethan House Museum 27.3 km

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 34.9 km

Sutton Hoo 36.2 km

Horsey Windpump 39.4 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Spexhall 4.1 km

Rumburgh 4.2 km

Ringsfield 5 km

Barsham 5.8 km

Mettingham 6 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 The Cider Farm Fishery have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Cider Farm Fishery dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Cider Farm Fishery? A tour of the Broads National Park is on the schedule for many guests here – perhaps hiring craft from Beccles (15 minutes’ drive) or taking a walk or bike ride along … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Cider Farm Fishery?
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Cider Farm Fishery? From $46.63 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.