The Batch Campsite

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Firepit on site (added by manager 11 Oct 2022)
The grass pitches
Pitching field
Entering the campsite

  • Small and friendly site at the top of the Mendips
  • Three miles from Cheddar and within walking distance of several pubs
  • Surrounded by woodland: look out for deer, badgers, foxes and buzzards
Small, simple, in a wildlife haven, welcoming families and well-behaved dogs, surrounded by all sorts of activities, and on the Mendip Pub Trail – how many hurrahs could you give The Batch Campsite? (Quite a few more, it turns out – it's only three miles from splendid Cheddar.) The Batch is rightly popular with wild camping and quiet holiday types, who come for its scenic location (especially fine at sunset), its closeness to Cheddar and the things to do nearby such as hiking, mountain biking, climbing and caving… It's surrounded by woodland, so watch out for deer, badgers and buzzards too. The site is on the end of a bumpy unadopted private road at the top of the Mendips and has been deliberately set up in simple style so that guests can experience a wild camping vibe in a safe space. Campfires are allowed – naturally – and Tim and team can help you fire one up for cooking if you need a hand. The team can also provide a range of local produce to cook up your own meals including trout, sausages, bacon, eggs, ribs, cheese and cider (all from within a three-mile radius): let them know when you arrive or drop them a note in the Special requests box after booking. And yet more hurrahs: The Batch is within easy walking distance of several Somerset pubs, all pulling gallons of local beers and ciders alongside some dishing up some right good pub food. Most of the neighbouring farms make their own cider, but you can also walk down to the Thatchers cider farm. The Batch facilities include a toilet block, fridge-freezer and a washing-up area; please note that showers aren't currently available for wild camping guests.

Site type

Tent sites 6
Rent a tent 2
Open now
Opens March 29
Please note
  • This park has no on-site shower facilities.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • 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).
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
  • No cars/motorcycles at the site. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • Reception is unmanned after 9 p.m.. Please inform the park while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • Minimum spacing of 5 metres between pitches.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, Mar 29 to

Pitch types & availability

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

A beautiful, back-to-basics site.

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Beautiful location, lots to see nearby. Tim was very helpful. Lovely to see the chickens in the garden and my daughters loved collecting their eggs.

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Location was nice, lots to do around in the area and the…

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 tent campsite

Liked: Location was nice, lots to do around in the area and the gentleman running the site was kind and helpful

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I liked that there was no strict timings on entry, designated fire…

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: I liked that there was no strict timings on entry, designated fire pits and the owner was welcoming. Toilets on site (camping toilet in a room) but if you need to go then it’s there. Running tap water

Disliked: On approach to the Batch campsite is a VERY bumpy road…yes of course this can’t be helped but could have been told on booking due to some cars may get damaged due to the bumps hitting the bottom on the car.

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A great find in a great location. The perfect hosts: Friendly, knowledgeable…

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

Batch Belle bell tent

Liked: A great find in a great location. The perfect hosts: Friendly, knowledgeable and helpful without being intrusive. We loved our stay .

Disliked: Maybe a cubicle or toilet tent for the solar showers?

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Good campsite, with clean facilities and staff were very helpful.

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Very good service on arrival. Good pitch up, enough room for big tent and not too many campers on field . Lovely views of Somerset and on to valley .

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Beautiful location, glorious views, firepit on each pitch, foraging for firewood in…

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
Peter O. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Beautiful location, glorious views, firepit on each pitch, foraging for firewood in the woods, super friendly and helpful owner/host, lovely walks. Exactly as advertised. It's a no frills back to basics place to camp.

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Excellent site with great hosts, good facilities very great 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
Sami T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Absolutely highly recommend staying here, we went for our 2nd Anniversary over the weekend. Tim was very welcoming and helped us with anything we needed, he showed us around and even let me hold the chickens. We shall be returning again to stay. Many thanks Tim

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Such a beautiful place with full of nature. Definitely next time we…

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Such a beautiful place with full of nature. Definitely next time we go with full preparations.

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this was the first time we stayed at the camp site and…

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

Batch Belle bell tent

Liked: this was the first time we stayed at the camp site and we stayed in one off the bell tents. we had a really good stay and all the other people on the site were really friendly. Tim and his family were friendly and helpful he came to check on us each evening to make sure there was anything we needed we will be staying here again and I would recommend this site to anyone

Recommend to friends Visit again

Basics camping stunning views

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: So peaceful, back to basics camping with stunning sunset views. Lovely host who was so friendly.

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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 Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Local produce 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

Budget/backpacker Forest Gastronomic delight Hikers’ paradise Lake and/or mountain Leave the car at home Luxury Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transportation nearby

Type

Farm Tiny (1-10 sites)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Watersports nearby

Location

The Batch Campsite

Wood View

Churchill

Cheddar

Somerset

England

BS25 5PP

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

51.32854°N
-2.79951°W

Route directions

From Bristol and Bristol airport take the A38 heading south up to a crossroads with A368 in Churchill (Murphy's chip shop). Turn right on to the A368 and drive for approximately 400m. Take the left at Nelson's Arms pub onto Skinners Lane. Drive for 400m and then take the right hand fork by the Crown pub onto The Batch. Continue up this steep unmade road until you come to the top of the hill. Wood View and The Batch Campsite is on the right. From M5, take the junction for Weston Super Mare and turn onto the A370 towards Congresbury and Bristol. After 4 miles, in Congresbury, turn right onto the B3133 signposted Langford. Follow this road until you come to a junction with the A38 in Langford. Turn right onto the A38 and continue as indicated above.

Nearest transport

Coach
8.9 km Airport Terminal
8.9 km Summer Lane
8.9 km Summer Lane
Rail
7.2 km Yatton Rail Station
8.3 km Worle Rail Station
10.2 km Weston Milton Rail Station
Ferry
13.4 km Weston-super-Mare Knightstone Harbour
13.6 km Clevedon Pier
18.3 km Nova Scotia Ferry Landing
Airport
8.9 km Bristol International Airport
38.4 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

The small farm of The Batch Campsite is between a National Trust woodland and a Bronze Age settlement: you might already have heard that this part of Somerset is fairly historic… Cheese, gorge, caves and climbing are three miles away over the hill at Cheddar and Tim and co can provide instruction if you want to tackle any Cheddar or Mendip caving or climbing. It's full-on walking and hiking land here too, around the gorge and hills, the area's cider farms or the Mendip Way's 50 miles over the Mendip Hills from Weston-super-Mare to Frome. The Mendip Pub or Butcombe Trail is an agreeably scenic totter along 45 miles connecting six pubs owned by Butcombe Brewery and through Priddy, Axbridge, Bleadon, Rowberrow and Compton Martin. Yet more attraction and activity hurrahs are in the area, like seaside days at Weston-super-Mare, heritage at Wells Cathedral, Glastonbury Tor and medieval Axbridge, or a whizz down the slopes at the Avon Ski Centre.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Weston-Super-Mare Sand Bay 12.2 km Estuary N/A N/A Good Good
Weston Main 12.9 km Estuary Poor N/A Poor N/A
Clevedon Beach 13 km Estuary N/A Good Good Good
Weston-Super-Mare Uphill Slipway 13.3 km Estuary Poor Poor N/A Poor
Brean 14.8 km Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Cheddar Caves & Gorge 5.7 km

Wookey Hole Caves & Papermill 14.3 km

Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve 15.5 km

Wells Cathedral 16.9 km

Brunel's ss Great Britain 18.8 km

National Trust

King John's Hunting Lodge 4.8 km

Clevedon Court 12.5 km

Tyntesfield 13.7 km

Westbury College Gatehouse 22.4 km

Blaise Hamlet 22.9 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Winscombe 2.8 km

Winscombe - Barton - Crook Peak - Wavering Down - Winscombe 2.9 km

Burrington Combe - Rowberrow - Dolebury 3.2 km

Burrington Combe - Black Down - Rowberrow - Dolebury 3.3 km

Congresbury 4.9 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 The Batch Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Batch Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Batch Campsite? The small farm of The Batch Campsite is between a National Trust woodland and a Bronze Age settlement: you might already have heard that this part of Somerset is fairly historic… Cheese, … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Batch Campsite?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  Anytime
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Batch Campsite? From $28.96 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.