Jacksmere Camping

View prices & book 6.6 94 reviews
Visitor image of the spacious camping field
Visitor image of the spacious camping field
Well-maintained grass pitch
Peaceful pitch surrounded by trees and grass bank
A view from the pitch area
Happy campers
Millie moo
Straw bale play area for king of the straw mountain
Kids having fun
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Well-maintained grass pitch
Peaceful pitch surrounded by trees and grass bank
A view from the pitch area

  • Laidback family-friendly farm site close to the Merseyside coast
  • A 10-minute drive from Southport and 20 minutes from Formby
  • Play area and small pool on site; walking distance to farm shop
Fancy a bit of family farm fun, mixed up with days spent splashing about at the seaside? Make your way to Merseyside and a stay at Jacksmere Camping, a farm site 10 minutes’ drive from Southport. Tucked away in a rural location, in high season this is a place where kids can scramble about at a straw-bale play area, jump about on a bouncy castle (inflated for an hour in the morning and again in the evening) and splash about in a small above-ground pool that gets put up and filled daily in warmer weather. There are ponies to meet on site too, and rides may be available at times if you ask nicely. All of this adds up to a lively family atmosphere in the school holidays; outside of these times, there's usually a more chilled-out vibe on site. Pitches here are nicely flat and have access to essential facilities including wifi and clean and functional toilets and showers. If campfires are a key part of your outdoor break, you can hire a firepit on site and get a blaze going for a cosy evening of stories as the sun goes down. Fires are only allowed in the site’s rental firepits, so please don’t bring your own. There’s wood for sale on site too – again please don't bring your own. Dogs are welcome on site but you’ll need to keep them on leads at all times because of the ponies (and other guests). There are plenty of local footpaths for walks short or long. This well-connected site is an easy 10-minute drive from Southport, a popular seaside spot where there's much to see and do. Handily, the site is also a 20-minute stroll from two restaurants and an organic farm shop, while the Lord Street shopping area can be reached within about 10 minutes by car.

Site type

Tent pitches 32
Open now
Opens 1 May
Please note

Pitches

  • A cable measuring at least 10 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.

Vehicles

  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Occupancy

  • Group bookings of 3 or more units travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.

Safety

  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.

Reception

  • There is no reception on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Languages spoken

English

Polish

Russian

Open from Fri, 1 May to

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2 adults
0 children
0 dogs

Reviews

6.6

Overall rating from 94 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Budget/backpacker

57% would recommend this site to a friend

57% would stay here again

What customers say

The owner's a grand sort, friendly to all. Kids love the quads and critters. Facilities are a bit old-fashioned, mind, especially the loos. Pitches can be a bit cosy. Still, a relaxed vibe and a great spot for many.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Would come back, shower block is dated but perfectly workable.

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Karl D. 1 review

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Location, Dave, the owner.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Not worth the money.

Overall

4 out of 10
Location
 6
Value for money
 2
Facilities / Activities
 3
Customer service
 1
Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Good location, very rural but shops a 3min drive away. 5mins into Southport. Flat ground with a decent tree line. Horses and ducks, trampolines for the kids. Dark skies, bats come out at dusk.

Disliked Several large groups who didn’t obey the curfew. May have just been on this occasion but site isn’t big enough to camp away from them. No reception area, just the owner who comes around in the morning to collect his dues. Toilets and kitchen area are dirty. No care given to site, not well maintained.

Recommend to friends Visit again

dont expect anything and you wont be disappointed

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
 2
Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Although very dated, toilets were clean.

Disliked Dont hope for any thing here and you wont be disappointed. Price was twice what you would expect (plus he tried to get more out of us) for what is essentially an uneven pony field of more weeds than grass plus the pony muck. I think they lean on the lack of options in the area that you dont have a choice but to stay with them. Owner liked to do his rounds and lingers to long for a chat, also let his dog put its face into the food on the table. Read between the lines of the advertisement, this was not a family fun farm and look at the photos of bouncy castle and above ground pool. This is more like a travellers site than a camp site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Yes. Was lingering
Booked for 5 and there were 14 by night fall
Giant trampolines weee replaced the pool and bouncy castle due to vandalism by ferrel kids

Not posh but happy site, as always, with 50% repeats every weekend

Size of pitch…

Overall

4 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Size of pitch

Disliked Toilets and showers plus poo at the back of the field price was high and no hot water

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Sorry kids broke the hot water system ,by misuse of hot water system by filling their water balloons and guns

Service and staff helpfulness, ease of…

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7 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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James B. 1 review

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Service and staff helpfulness, ease of settup

Recommend to friends Visit again

The animals…

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
 4
Value for money
 1
Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked The animals

Recommend to friends Visit again

Avoid unless desperate

Overall

3 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Price

Disliked Toilets are gross.
Large smelly rubbish pile
Overcrowded
Hard to find entrance

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Toilets cleaned three times a day and are super clean See other reviews
Yes they are old but they don’t have to be new. This is a campsite with male female toilets and showers with hot water
BUT WITH POSH GOLFERS - nothing would be up to their 5 star standards
We were full and more for the weekend and only a small handful of complaints

Wouldn't return to that site.

Overall

5 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked That the sun was shining.

Disliked Camp owner tried to charge us more and stated it was card payment only which we were made unaware of. Found him to be quite rude. Facilities very basic and camp very crowded.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: We don’t know , unless told , if the booking is come via website which deducts their commission Or Not
As for rude - well that’s the first I have been called that. Read other reviews about me

Avoid at all costs.

Overall

2 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Location was pretty decent, only ten minutes from town.

Disliked Paid for electric hookup, got a 3 plug in the toilet block miles away. Other van got no electric. Owner tried to charge us more than advertised pitchup price.
Only two tiny bins on site, so instead owner had a rubbish pile he was going to burn. This was right next to our van so we had to move to avoid black smoke and fire.
Toilets were awful, pee on the floor, only one shower, floor was rotten. When you flushed one toilet water came up form the floor.
Washing facilities were awful. Dirty.
Chickens and ponies roamed free, as did the farm dog, so you better like animals eating your food.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Booked for tents But turned up with large vans - which we don’t cater for
How ever we felt sorry and fitted them in
Expected to pay same as tents
No. Extra is due but didn’t pay

Rubbish was actually Bonfire for all campers and was collection of pallets

Toilets maybe old but are super clean
See unbiased reviews

Loved the free range chickens. The working dog BooBoo. The ponies.

Overall

5 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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 wendy t. 1 review

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked The secure field. Picking where to pitch. The owner very friendly.

Disliked The shower/loo block. Needs modernising and a shower that is consistent.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Pop-up campsite

Dogs allowed

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

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

Peaceful Walkers' paradise Wild camping

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 pitches) Pop-up campsite

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Jacksmere Camping

Jacksmere Lane

Scarisbrick

Lancashire

England

PR8 5JA

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.61673°N
2.96181°W

Route directions

At the entrance, turn immediately to the right and straight into campsite.

Nearest transport

Coach
4.5 km Eastbank Street
4.5 km Eastbank Street
7.6 km Bus Station
Rail
3.2 km Bescar Lane Rail Station
3.4 km Meols Cop Rail Station
4 km Birkdale Rail Station
Ferry
19.5 km Liverpool Belfast Ferry Terminal Bootle
23.3 km Seacombe Ferry Terminal
23.5 km Liverpool Isle of Man & Dublin Terminal
Airport
31.8 km Liverpool John Lennon 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

Seaside days in Southport surely have to be on the cards when you’re staying here – it’s only a 10-minute drive away, so it’s easy to get there for beach times, visits to Southport Pleasureland and Southport Model Railway Village. There’s also the British Lawnmower Museum if you’re into niche attractions. Elsewhere along the coast you could head to Formby (20 minutes’ drive) in search of red squirrels or make your way to Crosby (35 minutes) to see Antony Gormley’s ‘Another Place’ installation on the beach. Turning inland, you could visit Windmill Animal Farm (15 minutes), WWT Martin Mere (15 minutes) or the National Trust’s Rufford Old Hall (20 minutes). For a bit of big-city buzz, spend the day in Liverpool (40 minutes), strolling round the Royal Albert Dock and shopping areas, visiting the various museums and iconic football grounds, and trying out a whole lot of food options.

Food and drink

  • Hickory's Smokehouse 1.7 km
  • Master McGraths 1.8 km
  • Morris Dancers 2 km
  • Portovino 3.1 km
  • Milano Pizza House 3.8 km
  • The Barrel House 3.9 km
  • Bistrot Verite 3.9 km
  • Samsara 4 km
  • The Retreat 4 km
  • Lin's Chinese Restaurant 4.1 km

Groceries

  • Spar Supermarket 1.7 km
  • Tesco Extra Supermarket 1.8 km
  • Aldi Supermarket 2 km
  • Sainsbury's Supermarket 2.3 km
  • Bargain Booze Off-licence 3.5 km
  • Aldi Supermarket 3.6 km
  • Spar Supermarket 3.6 km
  • Bargain Booze Off-licence 3.6 km
  • Lidl Supermarket 3.9 km
  • Spar Supermarket 3.9 km

Parks and play

  • Bedford Park 3.1 km
  • Memorial Recreation Ground 3.3 km
  • Hesketh Park 4.7 km
  • Ainsdale Village Park 4.7 km
  • Model Railway Village 4.8 km
  • North Meols Civic Garden 4.8 km
  • Rose Garden 4.8 km
  • Kings Gardens 4.9 km
  • Victoria Park 4.9 km
  • Botanic Gardens 5 km

Family days out

  • Silocks Jackpot Amusements Amusement arcade 4.6 km
  • Silcock's Amusements Amusement arcade 4.7 km
  • Silcock's Funtime Amusements Amusement arcade 4.7 km
  • Wadbrooks Golden Sovereign Amusement arcade 4.7 km
  • Fernley Observatory Visitor attraction 4.8 km
  • Silcock's Funland Amusement arcade 4.9 km
  • Southport Model Engineering Club Visitor attraction 4.9 km
  • Martin Mere Visitor Centre Visitor attraction 6.4 km
  • Martin Mere Education Centre Visitor attraction 6.5 km

Public transport

  • Carr Cross opp New Hall Drive 0.6 km
  • Carr Cross adj New Hall Drive 0.6 km
  • Carr Cross opp Coe End Farm 0.8 km
  • Carr Cross by Crematorium 0.8 km
  • Carr Cross opp Crematorium 0.8 km
  • Shirdley Hill opp Village Green 1 km
  • Shirdley Hill by Village Green 1 km
  • Carr Cross opp Brook House Farm 1.1 km
  • Shirdley Hill by Renacres Lane 1.1 km
  • Pool Hey adj Pool Hey Lane 1.1 km

What’s nearby

  • Scarisbrick Marina 2.9 km
  • Southport Old Links Golf Club Golf course 3.7 km
  • Hurlston Hall Golf Club Golf course 4.4 km
  • Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club Golf course 4.5 km
  • Hillside Golf Club Golf course 4.9 km
  • Royal Birkdale Golf Club Golf course 5 km
  • Hesketh Golf Club Golf course 5.4 km
  • Southport Municipal Golf Course 5.4 km
  • Southport Golf Academy Golf course 6.4 km
  • Mere Lane Fishery Fishing 6.5 km

Local services

  • Renacres Hospital 1.8 km
  • Tesco Petrol Station Fuel station 1.9 km
  • BP Fuel station 2 km
  • Southport and Formby District General Hospital 2.2 km
  • Kew Surgery Doctors 2.2 km
  • Hartley Hospital 2.9 km
  • Curzon Road Medical Practice Doctors 3 km
  • Halsall Garage Fuel station 3.1 km
  • Numark NHS Pharmacy 3.1 km
  • Texaco Fuel station 3.2 km

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Must see

WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre 6.3 km

Beacon Country Park 15.7 km

Camelot Theme Park 17.6 km

Croxteth Hall & Country Park 19 km

Pleasure Beach Resort 20.5 km

National Trust

Formby 9.9 km

Rufford Old Hall 10 km

Mr Hardman's Photographic Studio 24.2 km

Speke Hall, Garden and Estate 31.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

SCARISBRICK HALL 2.9 km

HESKETH PARK 4.7 km

KING'S GARDENS AND SOUTH MARINE GARDENS 4.8 km

Sefton Coastal Path 4, Birkdale - Crossens 4.9 km

CHURCHTOWN BOTANIC GARDENS 5 km

Local events

  • Creamfields (Thursday 27 August 2026 – Thursday 27 August 2026)

    Warrington, England 38.1 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 Jacksmere Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Jacksmere Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Jacksmere Camping? Seaside days in Southport surely have to be on the cards when you’re staying here – it’s only a 10-minute drive away, so it’s easy to get there for beach times, visits … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Jacksmere Camping?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  14:00 –  21:00
    Depart by:  11:00
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Jacksmere Camping? From €29.17 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.