Smytham Holiday Park

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Swimming pool
Swimming pool
A view across the park
Baby pool
Reception, smythies bar, the walled garden and the paddock.
Car charging points
Camping pod
View of pools & countryside
The walled garden
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A view across the park
Baby pool
Reception, smythies bar, the walled garden and the paddock.

  • Rural family-run campsite over 33 acres 15 minutes from Bideford
  • In the North Devon World Biosphere Reserve
  • Pool, sun terrace, putting green and bar with verandah
Smytham Holiday Park is in north Devon in the grounds of a 17th-century manor house. Part open and part woodland, it's in its own cloistered valley with direct access to the walking and pedalling meanders of the Tarka Trail. It's also a rural and family-run campsite over 33 acres with a lot of wildlife and ponds to wander around, all part of the North Devon World Biosphere Reserve in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. An outdoor solar-heated summer pool with sun terrace is on site for swimming or basking in the sun. There's also a putting green and a high-season bar with verandah from which to watch the Devon sunset. There's plenty of room for running about and play games (if you’ve forgotten a football/cricket kit for evening games, ask at the site reception and they’ll see you sorted). A small play area is on site too, next to the indoor games room with air hockey, table football, table tennis and pool (another pool table, for adults only, is available in the bar). Smytham Holiday Park is a mile from the gardens at RHS Rosemoor and an accessible drive from the wilds of both Dartmoor and Exmoor. A day at the north Devon coast, including the beaches of Westward Ho!, Saunton Sands and Croyde Bay, is around nine to 15 miles from the site.

Site type

Tent pitches 30
Touring caravan pitches 30
Motorhome pitches 30
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 3
Open now
Opens 13 March
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The outdoor swimming pool is open between 15/05 and 05/09 (subject to weather conditions).
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • The bar is open between 22/07 and 01/09.
  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Thu, 13 Mar to

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Reviews

9.5

Overall rating from 155 Pitchup.com customers

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Peaceful

97% would recommend this site to a friend

97% would stay here again

What customers say

This well-kept spot gets top marks for spotless, modern facilities, especially the showers. Visitors rave about the heated outdoor pool, sound staff, and roomy pitches. Direct Tarka Trail access is brilliant for cyclists and walkers. Minor Wi-Fi and shop stock issues were mentioned, but most are keen to return.

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Lovely site - great and clean…

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Phil W.

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Lovely site - great and clean facilities with a pool too . Good little shop onsite with is helpful .

Disliked Not a dislike as such .. bit disappointed that a small MB of WI-FI free - top up required if you need to stream anything in reality.

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Chris L.

Electric grass and gravel campervan, tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked We had a fab few days at Smytham Holiday Park. It is very clean and tidy. The toilet and shower blocks were always clean whatever time of day or night we used them. The pitch size was great. We certainly didn’t feel we were on top of our neighbours and visa versa.
The pool was a pleasant temperature, again, very clean.
The play ground kept my younger child entertained. A large area for a kick about with my eldest.
We liked the variety of food trucks that came each night. The bar has a lovely deck area, it is reasonably priced too.
All in all we really liked our stay and have all said we would like to go back.

Disliked The only negative I have is that the free WiFi ran out quickly. I could have chosen to have better wifi but there was a cost to that. I chose not to pay for it as we didn’t need it as there were plenty of other things to do.

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Excellent site, very child friendly, plenty to do and very relaxing!

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Courtney T.

Electric grass and gravel campervan, tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked We absolutely loved our time here. Plenty to do, our children enjoyed themselves very much! Such lovely site. All the staff are super friendly and helpful! Would recommend to everyone! We will definitely be returning!

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Excellent site. Great facilities. Will definitely be returning.

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Claire G.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked Large pitch. Facilities were clean and had everything we needed. Pool was clean. Site was well kept. Couldn’t fault anything.

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Great stay at Smytham, we loved…

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Oliver P.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Great stay at Smytham, we loved every aspect of our holiday. Great park with very good facilities the outdoor pool being a highlight. This is a peaceful holiday park and will definitely be returning.

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A beautiful site with a fantastic…

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Lara B.

Fully-serviced grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked A beautiful site with a fantastic pool, immaculately clean, super staff that went above and beyond for our families.
Great location, quiet, large pitches, very peaceful and just a restful place to be!

Disliked Nothing

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Lovely, friendly campsite with surrounding nature.

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Christopher Y.

Electric grass campervan, tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Lovely campsite with friendly staff and stunning countryside and nature surrounding it. Very clean toilet and shower facilities, nice feel to the place. We saw baby deer, hare and a fox only a short walk from the campsite. Nice little friendly bar and shop and activities like walking the alpacas were fantastic.

Disliked We were behind the swimming pool, which is just a grey wall and it could get noisy in the day when the pool was full. But the weather was hot so to be expected and wouldn't stop us going again. Would have liked some more food options but again it wouldn't stop us going.

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Sally W.

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Spacious well maintained pitches and lovely site with excellent facilities. Friendly employees too and great access to local area.

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We are so looking forward to coming here again and again.

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Lorraine L.

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked I liked everything about this site. The shower and toilet blocks were in great condition and the water was always hot. The washing up facilities were brilliant, the first site I've ever been on that had a dishwasher!
We loved the swimming pool, especially having sometime in the morning for serious swimming before opening up to those that wanted to play.
There was plenty of space on the pitches and the whole site was well maintained. The reception shop stocked lots of items and at affordable prices, it was great to see and to not feel like we were being ripped off, as so many other places do.
The woods on the site were beautiful and being able to hire bikes to ride on the Tarka Trail was a lovely experience.
There was a variety of food vans that came every evening, some were quite highly priced which put us off buying from them. The chip van and the pizza van were very good.
We have already told all our friends about Smytham holiday park and planning on booking here for the future. The location of the site is also brilliant, in such good proximity to lots of lovely places to see and thigs to do. The young lady that worked there, with dark hair and glasses, was really lovely, very helpful and always polite.

Disliked People who booked 'all weather' pitches were expected to put thier tents on the gravel and have a grassed area next to them as a fire gap. It made more sense and comfort for the fire gap to be the gravelled area, so the tents could be pitched on the grass.

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excellent site very clean .showers very clean

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Anonymous

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Liked It was great friendly people on holiday park . granson got a bike from hire shop for 25pound we did not see him till tea time he love it .we will go back

Disliked shop could be a little bigger

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Features

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 Soft 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 Local produce Off licence Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Picnic table Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

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

Rules

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

Themes

Leave the car at home Luxury Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal freezer 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

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Bathrooms: Wide doorways (over 30 inches/75cm) Pitch close to accessible bathrooms Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud Well-lit path

Nearby leisure

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

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Smytham Holiday Park

Little Torrington

Great Torrington

Devon

England

EX38 8PU

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.92698°N
4.14944°W

Nearest transport

Coach
10.9 km Bideford Quay
10.9 km Bideford Quay
13.4 km Square
Rail
13.3 km Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station
14 km Umberleigh Rail Station
14.4 km Portsmouth Arms Rail Station
Ferry
10.9 km Bideford Ferry Landing
14 km Instow Ferry Landing
14.4 km Appledore 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

The 180 miles of the Tarka Trail are accessible from Smytham Holiday Park, following the route of Tarka the otter from the Henry Williamson book. Elsewhere, hire a bike in nearby Great Torrington for the easy 11-mile pedal along the banks of the Torridge river to Bideford; if walking, head out straight from the site or catch a bus from Great Torrington to explore the four-mile trail from Weare Giffard. The area is a wildlife haven: the North Devon Biosphere was one of the first six UNESCO biosphere sites designated in the UK and covers an area from the heights of Dartmoor and Exmoor down via the sea to Lundy Island. Nature of a different sort can be seen at Bideford’s famed and decidedly individual The Big Sheep and one of dozens of days out in Devon suitable for the kids: take the family along also to the Milky Way Adventure Park, also in Bideford, or to the clay shooting and zorbing of Barnstaple’s Southdown Adventure Park. Plant fans should visit the 65 acres of RHS Rosemoor, a mile from the manor, and Hartland Abbey and Gardens at Bideford, a 12th-century abbey with restored woodland gardens.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Westward Ho! 14.3 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Saunton Sands 21.7 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Croyde Bay 23.6 km Sea N/AGoodExcellentGood
Putsborough 24.8 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Woolacombe Village 27.5 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

RHS Garden Rosemoor 2 km

Castle Drogo 35 km

National Trust

Finch Foundry 26.9 km

Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum 27 km

Lydford Gorge 31.7 km

Castle Drogo 35 km

Lawrence House 35.5 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

GREAT TORRINGTON CEMETERY 3 km

TAPELEY PARK 12.7 km

Northam Burrows - Coast Path - Appledore - Diddywell - Northam Burrows 15 km

ISLEY MARSH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 05/04/1990) 16.4 km

KING'S NYMPTON PARK 17.9 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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Smytham Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Smytham Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Smytham Holiday Park? The 180 miles of the Tarka Trail are accessible from Smytham Holiday Park, following the route of Tarka the otter from the Henry Williamson book. Elsewhere, hire a bike in nearby Great … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Smytham Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Smytham Holiday Park? From €28.88 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.