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The Hive shepherd's hut

From £125 1 night, 2 adults

2 people maximum No dogs allowed

Dimensions

6.0m width x 2.4m length (19.7ft width x 7.9ft length) Calculated area: 14.4m² (155.0ft²)

Year of manufacture: 2023

2 rooms

Bathroom 1 x Shower, 1 x Toilet

Open space 1 x Double bed

Features

Bed linen 1 included, 1 max.
Car 1 included, 1 max.
Duvets and pillows 1 included, 1 max.
Fridge 1 included, 1 max.
TV 1 included, 1 max.
Beds made up
Car parking by site/unit
Stove
Cooking equipment
Fire ring
Firewood provided
Freezer
Gas and electricity included
Heating
Kettle
Kitchen corner or kitchenette
Microwave
Shower
Shower room with WC
Toaster
Towels

Other restrictions

No dogs allowed

Availability

Your booking From £125
Based on 1 night, 2 adults

Choose your dates and party size to see pricing and availability.

Wheathill Campsite

From £30 For 1 night, 4 adults 9.6 106 reviews
View over the lake from the pod (added by manager 15 Sep 2022)
Glamping pod (added by manager 15 sep 2022)
Visitor image of the beautiful view from their pitch. (added by manager 15 sep 2022)
View of the lake from electric hook-up area (added by manager 15 sep 2022)

Reviews

96%

would recommend this site to a friend

93%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

everything about it, peaceful, well kept site and the hosts couldnt be…

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

Primitive grass campsite

Liked: everything about it, peaceful, well kept site and the hosts couldnt be more helpful. cant wait to go baback.

Disliked: nothing at all.

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Excellent site, clean facilities, friendly staff, lovely size pitches

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

Powered grass tent campsite

Liked: Another absolutely amazing weekend at wheathill Facilities are always pristine The campsite is just gorgeous, the children just love to run around and be with nature. We love that it's a small site with no frills. Children don't need a playground to have fun, wheathills I'd a natural playground. They can watch the fish and water boatman in the pond. Listen to the birds, watch the pair of kites hunting in the evening, roll around on the grassy hill, run through the woods and just have fun with nature 💚 Friendly staff always willing to help. Excellent value for money We will be back again !!

Disliked: The tap in the smaller toilet room has slightly too much pressure and soaks you if your not careful. Only a very very minor issue and is slightly funny when the 3 year old got a face full of water 🤣. The person next to us was using a drone each night, our personal feelings on this is that it is a bit intrusive and ruined the sunset for the rest of the campers. We were all sat peacefully watching it and then the next moment you have a load buzzing noise floating above your heads. Not wheathills fault, but wondering if on of the site rules could be no drones ?! As I know a farmer ran up to tell the man that the drone could scare the horses !!!

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From the manager: Thankyou for your review 😁 We love that you have said we are a ‘natural playground’ and that the children enjoyed playing in nature. We have recently changed the tap as it was getting stuck down so we will look into adding a flow control valve so no one else gets soaked 🙈 Our rule on drones is to not fly them over adjacent fields as they may scare the horses. We don’t want to ban these completely but will take your comments on board.

Lovely small campsite

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Robert V. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass campsite

Liked: Lovely small campsite set around fishing lake. Lots of space around pitches and clean facilities

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From the manager: Thankyou for your review, look forward to welcoming you back

Over priced considering the clean but rather basic facilities

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

Powered grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: The site itself was lovely with a lovely fishing lake, beautiful views and local walks. Very peaceful with basic clean facilities

Disliked: No wash basins in the showers. Only tiny sink in toilets which only had cold water and not enough room to wash in

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From the manager: Thankyou for your comments. We appreciate your feedback regarding no hot water in the toilets. We are always aiming to improve our site and this is an area we will look into for the future. Glad to hear you found the site lovely and enjoyed the beautiful walks from the site.

I loved how cute and small the campsite is. Love the quality…

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

Primitive grass campsite

Liked: I loved how cute and small the campsite is. Love the quality of showers and toilets are clean. Diner and pub is so cool. Enjoyed my stay

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From the manager: Great to hear you enjoyed your stay and the local pub and diner (We agree they are fab!) Thankyou for your review

View of pond at night it 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
Luke N. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

The Nest cabin

Liked: The mattress in the nest cabin was the best nights sleep ive had will be returning 100 percent sarah was great sorted out our fire wood 😁 had a great time 10/10

Disliked: Nothing

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From the manager: Thankyou for your lovely comments, feedback on the mattress is good to hear and we look forward to welcoming you back. Glad you enjoyed your stay

Excellent quiet site; spotlessly clean; friendly staff

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

Powered grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Beautiful site in the heart of the rolling Suffolk hills. The pitches are situated around the lake and the views are lovely. A couple of minor issues - our satnav tried to take us up Derrick Hill. DO NOT do this. The campsite sign is immediately next to the hill with the entrance through the farmyard. The hill to access the site is quite steep but once you are there it's a joy. Sarah is super helpful and friendly. There are 2 lovely showers and 2 loos, as well as washing up facilities for campers. Currently only cold water for washing up but Sarah said they are planning to install hot water over the winter months. They are also installing a grey water waste drain in the ground which will be very useful for motorhomers. Grey water currently needs to go in the Elsan point which is uphill so a bit of a trial. The site also has a couple of glamping pods which looked lovely. Very peaceful and beautiful site. Will visit again.

Disliked: Nothing

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From the manager: Thankyou for your review, we are indeed planning to put hot water in the wash up area and a drain for grey water. Look forward to welcoming you back :)

Highly recommend, a basic site with everything done well.

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

Primitive grass campsite

Liked: I really liked everything about this site, one of the best I’ve been to on Pitchup and I’ll definitely be back again. I made a little YouTube vlog which if you search for Wheathill Campsite you’ll find.

Disliked: Nothing at all!

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From the manager: Thankyou for your lovely comments and photos.. love the vlog on YouTube!! We plan to add hot water to the wash up area over the winter but great tip on using the shower water if needed 👍 Look forward to welcoming you back

Perfect getaway

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

Powered grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Nice peaceful site great host very clean shower/toilet, easy fishing and to top it off marshmallows included with the fire wood perfect site in my eyes

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From the manager: Thankyou for your lovely comments, glad you enjoyed the marshmallows with the firepit pack :)

I LOVE THIS PLACE! Perfect get away weekend. I cant fault this…

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

Powered grass tent campsite

Liked: I LOVE THIS PLACE! Perfect get away weekend. I cant fault this campsite at all. Toilets and showers are always spotless, owners are amazing people, quiet and relaxing and plenty of fish to catch. First time bring my parents with us and they are already speaking about booking again. Thank you. See you again

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From the manager: Thankyou for your review, great to hear your parents enjoyed their stay. Look forward to welcoming you all back 😊


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

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

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

Type

Farm

Tiny (1-10 sites)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Location

Wheathill Campsite

Ipswich road

Willisham

Ipswich

Suffolk

England

IP8 4SH

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.10697°N
1.0272°W

Nearest transport

Coach
9.3 km Station Road West
10.3 km Cardinal Park
11.7 km Motel
Rail
5.4 km Needham Market Rail Station
9.4 km Stowmarket Rail Station
9.9 km Westerfield Rail Station
Ferry
23.6 km Harwich International Ferry Terminal
23.9 km Shotley Point Marina Ferry Landing
23.9 km Shotley Point Marina Ferry Landing

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

If you’ve got kids in tow, treat them to encounters with ridiculously cute goats and sheep at Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm (15 minutes’ drive) and if the weather’s good, there are lots of spots for picnics there too. Jimmy’s Farm and Wildlife Park (20 minutes) is another sure-fire hit with the kids, with anteater handling and donkey-grooming sessions, while you can all try the inflatable obstacle course at Alton Water Sports Centre (half an hour), or maybe have a go at dinghy sailing. Keen to get some more casting practice in? Suffolk Water Park (10 minutes) has a large fishing lake and a bait shop, plus a waterfront café, a nine-hole golf course and putting green for any none-fishers among you. For a big night out, hit Ipswich Waterfront (half an hour) with its riverside bars and bistros, and then catch a concert or an art exhibition at St Peter's by the Waterfront (20 minutes), in a former church.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Dovercourt 26 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Felixstowe South 27.4 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Felixstowe North 27.7 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Walton 33.4 km Sea N/A Excellent Good Good
Brightlingsea 33.5 km Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Christchurch Mansion 10.6 km

Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon Burial Mounds 21.4 km

Framlingham Castle 25.3 km

Colchester Castle Museum 25.6 km

firstsite 25.6 km

National Trust

Thorington Hall 15.6 km

Lavenham Guildhall 15.8 km

Flatford: Bridge Cottage 16.5 km

Melford Hall 21 km

Sutton Hoo 21.3 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

SHRUBLAND HALL 6.1 km

WOLVES & RAMSEY WOODS (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 29/04/2002) 6.5 km

CHANTRY PARK 8.7 km

A Wander around Hadleigh 9 km

Hadleigh (Toppesfield Bridge) - Holbecks - Hadleigh Heath - Kersey Vale - River Brett - Toppesfield Bridge 9 km

Local events

  • Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival (Saturday, September 28, 2024 – Saturday, September 28, 2024)

    Aldeburgh, England 32.6 km

  • Latitude Festival (Thursday, July 25, 2024 – Thursday, July 25, 2024)

    Beccles, England 47 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.

Want to know more about camping in Suffolk?

  • Does Wheathill Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Wheathill Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Wheathill Campsite? If you’ve got kids in tow, treat them to encounters with ridiculously cute goats and sheep at Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm (15 minutes’ drive) and if the weather’s good, there are … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Wheathill Campsite?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Wheathill Campsite? From $51.41 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.