Aldenham Country Park

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Camping under the trees
Quiet rural camping just 12 miles from central london
100 aker wood area of the park
Our pitch in the avenues field

  • Large peaceful parkland site 12 miles from central London
  • Café, playgrounds and barbecue rental
  • Activities on site including nature walks and animal feeding
City slickers – if you yearn for the bright lights of the UK capital but feel slightly faint at London hotel prices, it's likely that you'll find the setting of Elstree's Aldenham Country Park magic. The wild camping pitches at this peaceful park are less than a mile from the M1 motorway and 12 miles from central London – and three from Muggle-based antics at The Making of Harry Potter as well as seven from Wembley Stadium. (And another excellent aspect of Aldenham's location? It's a great option for Londoners seeking a nearby bolthole too.) Although it's so close to the city, Aldenham is spellbindingly rural, set on a 175-acre parkland site next to a large lake and maintaining a quiet countryside atmosphere with nature walks and animal feeding among the activities for guests. Kids can also search for Winnie in the Pooh in the park's 100 Aker Wood area. Other activities include cycle rides on woodland trails. The site's facilities include a café, playgrounds, barbecue rental and a shop selling farm produce. The amenities block has toilets, showers and disabled access.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 3
Rent a tent 11
Tent pitches 10
Open now
Opens 23 May
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Facilities/activities including the adventure playground and the farm are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.
  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
  • Access to the adventure playground is charged at £3 per person, and access to the farm is charged at between £5.95 to £7.95 per person depending on the season.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 23 May to

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Child friendliness
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93% would recommend this site to a friend

91% would stay here again

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Arrival date (latest first)

A good family campsite or first time campers

Overall 7/10

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Tahsima H.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Zak on the desk and all other staff extremely helpful, even a security guard over night.
Great walks, and lot’s to do.
It was quite busy and when its’s busy you tend to be close to other campers (which is fine if you like that) but if you want some peace and space then maybe not this site.
We took our dog, wasn’t many other dogs around which worked well for us.

Disliked Poortaloo’s - very clean on arrival around lunchtime, but by the morning horrid.

I’ve already recommended this campsite and they’ve already stayed!

Overall 10/10

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Such a fabulous campsite with lots of activities very close for my daughter. Staff were very polite and helpful. The toilets and showers were exactly as they said they were in the description, and if the Porto style isn’t somewhere you like to go, there is a hardstanding toilet block near the play area.

A great stay but facilities are basic.

Overall 7/10

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked The freedom of the site
The staff were really helpful and friendly
The price seemed correct for the basic site provisions.

Disliked Only portaloos and only 4 in the field I stayed in right in the bottom corner which is not ideal for people on one side of the field.
One hot tap sink out in the open and one cold tap sink next to it

Lovely site back to nature small coffee shop well cared for &…

Overall 10/10

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Lovely site back to nature small coffee shop well cared for & friendly staff

From the manager: Thank you for your positive comments. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay and hopefully see you return again in the future.

Had a enjoyable evening with friends and a good night's sleep.

Overall 8/10

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brian R.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Nice quiet camping not too busy so plenty of space. Online booking was and helpfull and easy as we were arriving after check in closed ,

Disliked Only 1 shower in field. Porta loos

From the manager: Thank you for your positive comments. I hope you had a great stay with us and will return again in the future.
We do have 3 showers in our School field, 1 showers in our Send Field and 1 in our main car park available for campers.

Easy and fast check in, great atmosphere, relaxed and calm. Beautiful grounds.…

Overall 9/10

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Easy and fast check in, great atmosphere, relaxed and calm. Beautiful grounds. Close enough to get into London city easily but far enough away to be in the countryside. Love that you can pitch up anywhere.

Disliked Only issue was that the toilets were often unclean and unsanitary. For such a large campsite a shower / sink / toilet upgrade would be ideal.

From the manager: Thank you for your positive comments and feedback. We do have staff that do constant checks and cleans throughout the day and have staff in early and late to ensure that we can get this covered throughout the early morning and late evening too. However, they are only as clean as the last camper has left them, so do rely on campers to not leave these in a mess after use.

Great Place friendly staff clean facilities level pitches

Overall 9/10

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Paul M.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked A great set up at a Nice location
good level pitches
freindy and helpful staff
portable Toilets cleaned throughout the day.
the showeres were ok clean at least.

Disliked portable toilets.

Site, welcome, facilities, location…

Overall 7/10

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Jeremy G.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Site, welcome, facilities, location

Disliked Noise after midnight. Dogs loose off leads. Talking, barking and music after midnight

From the manager: Thank you for leaving a review and good to receive feedback from our campers.

We do have security onsite to attend to these which all campers have the number provided on their wristbands if there are any issues and if others are not following our campsite rules, so our security guards can then follow this up.

Well worth the money. I will be using the site again.

Overall 10/10

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David M.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Easy find (No narrow Roads)
Large site plenty of walks for me and the dog.
Friendly Staff on site and Security Guard on the night.

From the manager: Thank you for leaving us a review! We appreciate your comments and hope you return again soon.

Excellent location. Friendly staff and clean across site

Overall 9/10

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Adrian P.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Plenty of room to pick where to pitch.
Fantastic location near to Stanford tube for wembley and London visits.
Lovely surroundings. Good facilities as in toilets and water

Disliked No electric hookups but it's not essential

From the manager: Thank you so much for your positive review! We are so pleased you had a pleasant stay in our camping field and we look forward to welcoming you back in the future.


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker Forest Lake and/or mountain Leave the car at home Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Step-free access Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Aldenham Country Park

Dagger Lane

Elstree

Hertfordshire

England

WD6 3BA

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.64902°N
0.31551°W

Nearest transport

Coach
5.8 km Watford Junction Railway Station
11.4 km The Peahen PH
11.8 km Golders Green
Rail
2.5 km Elstree & Borehamwood Rail Station
4 km Radlett Rail Station
4.8 km Bushey Rail Station
Ferry
16.5 km London Zoo Waterbus Stop
16.8 km Camden Lock Waterbus
16.9 km Little Venice Waterbus Stop
Airport
21.6 km London Heathrow Airport
21.8 km London Heathrow Airport Terminal 1
22.1 km London Heathrow Airport Terminal 2

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

After thoroughly investigating the parkland strolling and cycling trails, drive along to the golf course and driving range within two miles, or test your spellwork among Harry et al with the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter three miles away. Watford's award-winning country house and greenery is four miles away; within five miles, zip along to the Royal Air Force Museum London, for a day among five huge buildings and hangars including a Battle of Britain Hall, and dozens of retired aircraft including Hawkers and Lancasters. A 60-acre lake and sandy beach are six miles away at Ruislip Lido, along with a woodland centre, fishing platforms, play areas, a water splash area and a miniature railway. Wembley Stadium and the SSE Arena are a seven-mile drive away. And then there's London… its thousands of attractions for all budgets and tastes are a mere 12 miles away: take the train to St Pancras then the Tube to wherever in the city your heart desires.

Must see

Royal Air Force Museum Hendon 7.7 km

Willows Farm Village 8.3 km

Wembley Stadium Tours 10.6 km

Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban 11.4 km

Kenwood House 13.4 km

National Trust

Fenton House 13.8 km

2 Willow Road 14.4 km

Osterley Park and House 17.9 km

Blewcoat School Gift Shop 20.8 km

Shaw's Corner 21 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

ALDENHAM HOUSE 0.8 km

THE ROSE GARDEN, BUSHEY 3.1 km

BENTLEY PRIORY 3.1 km

GRIM'S DYKE 3.9 km

CANONS PARK 4.4 km

Local events

  • All Points East (Friday 22 August 2025 – Friday 22 August 2025)

    London, England 22.9 km

  • Rewind South (Friday 15 August 2025 – Friday 15 August 2025)

    Henley On Thames, England 41.2 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 Aldenham Country Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Aldenham Country Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Aldenham Country Park? After thoroughly investigating the parkland strolling and cycling trails, drive along to the golf course and driving range within two miles, or test your spellwork among Harry et al with the Warner … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Aldenham Country Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  10 a.m. –  5 p.m.
    Depart by:  4 p.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Aldenham Country Park? From €30.07 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.