Berry's Ground Lane Campsite

View prices & book 9.8 47 reviews
Tent pitches (added by manager 17 Aug 2022)
Tent pitches
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Camping on the coast
Visitor image of the incredible sunset
Great views over the surrounding countryside; some pitches have sea views too
Campervans on the site
Views over to the valley of the rocks near lynton
Wild camping with sea views
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Favourite
Visitor image of their pitch
Camping on the coast
Visitor image of the incredible sunset

  • Spacious wild camping pitches at an Exmoor farm with sea views
  • A 10-minute drive to Lynton and Lynmouth; 15 minutes to Exmoor Zoo
  • Firepits available to borrow, with logs to buy on site
If it’s spectacular views, coastal strolls and wild camping vibes that you rate highly, head over to Berry’s Ground Lane Campsite, part of a farm within the Exmoor National Park just outside of the pretty north Devon hamlet of Martinhoe. This pretty place is half an hour's drive from Barnstaple and a 10-minute walk from the South West Coast Path, meaning the seaside strolls galore… As you might expect from such a cracking location, the views here are rather spectacular, looking out over the pristine countryside and with sea views from some pitches. You may also spot deer loitering in the neighbouring fields (and this is one of the reasons why, although dogs are allowed, they must be kept on leads while on site). Keeping these gorgeous surroundings as nature intended means that the pitches here are very much in the ‘wild camping’ style, although they do have access to composting loos. Each pitch is around half an acre in size, so there’s plenty of space to run about, play games, fly kites or just relax. Campfires are permitted too (but only in firepits, which are available to borrow free of charge) and logs are available to buy. For either of these you’ll need to drop the site a line in advance so they can sort them out for you. Loud music, however, is not permitted in order to preserve the peace of the place; you’ll be asked to take all rubbish away with you as well. There are of course heaps of excellent walks to take around here – either along the coast path or out into the countryside looking out for wild ponies (and cosy pubs). For beach time, head to Lynton and Lynmouth (10 minutes’ drive) or get your surfboard and set off to Woolacombe (half an hour).

Site type

Tent sites 30
RV sites 6
Opens May 23, 2025
Please note
  • This park has no on-site shower facilities.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.
  • Low-slung cars are not recommended as accessing the site may be difficult.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, May 23 to

Open from Fri, Jun 27 to

Reviews

9.8

Overall rating based on 47 reviews View breakdown

Wild camping

Voted 90% of visitors View breakdown

98%

would recommend this site to a friend

98%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

V enjoyable

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 4
Adrian G. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass RV campsite (wild)

Liked: Nice location, short walk to coast path lovely both ways, huge pitches no worry of being invaded! Grass a bit long, but very enjoyable stay weather was favourable little wind bit of rain very quiet really with nature hear

Disliked: Nothing really just maybe the grass a bit long,

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Excellent site for wild camping

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

Primitive grass RV campsite (wild)

Liked: PEACE AND QUIET, VERY BASIC BUT JUST WHAT WE NEEDED, GREAT VIEWS

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Amazing site with spectacular views

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

Primitive grass RV campsite (wild)

Liked: Amazing site. Greeted by stunning views as soon as we pulled in. Received several helpful emails from Katie, and just found her very welcoming. Toilets were clean and well stocked, pitches are huge. Very quiet site. +Wildness +++Stunning panoramic views +Clean toilets +Space per pitch +Quietness +Owner responses/time/friendly

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From the manager: Thanks Ben - so pleased you guys had a great time - be good to see you back again!

Amazing Place

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

Primitive grass tent campsite (wild)

Liked: This is an amazing place, organic, wild grassed area in which to camp. The most generous pitches I have ever seen. Quiet, beautiful, as camping is meant to be. Thank you for a great experience :)

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From the manager: Thanks so much for your lovely words - great to hear as it shows we're achieving our aims of lovely spaced out, back to nature camping :)

Very friendly hosts, nice views, clean facilities, great site.…

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

Primitive grass RV campsite (wild)

Liked: Very friendly hosts, nice views, clean facilities, great site.

Disliked: Allocated pitches, but that’s just a personal preference. The pitches are spacious and decent regardless. Just a gamble if you’ll get the gorgeous views advertised in the photos.

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From the manager: Thanks for your stay - we allocate pitches to make sure everyone gets lots of space and so we can drop out firepits and logs to those that want them :) I would say that over 90% of the pitches have sea views - so the odds are in your favour!

Well spaced out pitches

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

Primitive grass tent campsite (wild)

Liked: Lovely peaceful campsite with good walking distance to the coastal path.

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From the manager: Thanks for your review Bernadette - it would be great to have you back :)

Overall an enjoyable experience, I would stay here again.

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

Primitive grass tent campsite (wild)

Liked: This is a peaceful wild camping site with good sea views. The ground drained well - on the day & night we visited we had persistent heavy rain but had no problems with flooding. The compost toilet was much better than many campsite toilets I have visited. Owner was very helpful & responsive to enquiries.

Disliked: Can be a bit of a walk to the toilet depending on your position on the site, so could benefit from having another compost toilet in the other field.

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- Wonderful location with beautiful views and very quiet spot. - Host was…

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

Primitive grass tent campsite (wild)

Liked: - Wonderful location with beautiful views and very quiet spot. - Host was friendly and accommodating, allowing us to check out a little later than planned, she replied to messages very quickly. - Clean toilets, stocked well with toilet paper

Disliked: Nothing, the campsite was exactly as described

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From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review!

A great site, easy to find, proper wild camping.

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

Primitive grass RV campsite (wild)

Liked: We had a beautiful stay. The view was fantastic. We had a whole field to ourself. The coast past was easily accessible accross two fields through a gate and followed the path down to the coast path. A fire pit awaited us in our return. We were able to leave our van there all day while we hiked. The sunset was incredible

Disliked: Nothing

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From the manager: Thank you John - so pleased you had a lovely stay - you'd be very welcome back this year!

This is a really well looked after site. Toilets and showers…

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

Primitive grass RV campsite (wild)

Liked: This is a really well looked after site. Toilets and showers were impeccably clean. Owner really friendly and came to say hello when we were on site. Brilliant for lone travellers on the South Weat Coastal Parh as the owner has set up an indoor area in an old horse box for people to chill and to charge your phone. Lovely break from a small tent. Had full data on this site wirh EE

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From the manager: Hi Lorna, thank you for the lovely review but I think this may have been for a different campsite :) we don't have a horsebox/showers I'm afraid. We are the wild campsite on the cliffs above Heddon's Mouth and Woody Bay with the cracking sea views. I hope you enjoyed your stay with us regardless!

Features

Pop-up campground

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

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 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 Scouts 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

Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Wild camping

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) No hot water Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

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

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Horseback riding nearby Surf school nearby

Location

Berry's Ground Lane Campsite

Martinhoe

Devon

England

EX31 4QT

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.22064°N
-3.90979°W

Nearest transport

Coach
15 km Methodist Church
18.8 km Bus Station
20.9 km Garage
Rail
19.5 km Barnstaple Rail Station
24.1 km Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station
25.4 km Umberleigh Rail Station
Ferry
14.1 km Ilfracombe Ferry Landing
26.8 km Instow Ferry Landing
27 km Appledore Ferry Landing
Airport
43.9 km Swansea Airport
44.4 km Cardiff 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

It’s an hour’s walk from the site to a stunning stretch on the South West Coast Path with wild goats, named the Valley of Rocks. Plus, more great seaside spots can be tracked down slightly further out… Perhaps the villages of Lynton and Lynmouth (10 minutes' drive) with their sea kayaking tours and cliff railways or beach days and boat trips to Lundy Island from Ilfracombe (half an hour). There's swimming, surfing and horse riding in Woolacombe (half an hour) too. With Exmoor Zoo (15 minutes) and Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park (20 minutes) also a short car ride away, fans of wildlife will also be in for a treat. Otherwise, climb into a Victorian railway carriage for a memorable steam train ride at The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Company (five minutes). Watermouth Castle (25 minutes) is another historical spot, but with rides, slides and shows for kids.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Lynmouth 6.1 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Combe Martin 9.1 km Sea Poor Poor Poor Poor
Ilfracombe Hele 13.1 km Sea N/A Good Good Good
Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach 15.2 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Porlock Weir 19.7 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

RHS Garden Rosemoor 34.7 km

National Waterfront Museum 44 km

National Trust

Heddon Valley 1.4 km

Watersmeet 7.6 km

Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum 9.7 km

Holnicote Estate 24.2 km

Dunster Working Watermill 32.5 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Woody Bay and the Spectacular Coastline 0.9 km

Hunters Inn - Woody Bay - South West Coast Path - Hunters Inn 1.3 km

Hunters Inn - SW Coast Path - Trentishoe - Hunters Inn 1.3 km

Hillsford Bridge - Watersmeet - Lynmouth - Hillsford Bridge 7.3 km

ARLINGTON COURT 10.2 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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Berry's Ground Lane Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Berry's Ground Lane Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Berry's Ground Lane Campsite? It’s an hour’s walk from the site to a stunning stretch on the South West Coast Path with wild goats, named the Valley of Rocks. Plus, more great seaside spots can be … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Berry's Ground Lane Campsite?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Berry's Ground Lane Campsite? From $42.61 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.