Bucklegrove Caravan and Camping Park

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Level grass pitches
Some of our pitches are terraced
Swimming pools
Exterior view

  • The oldest family-run park in the Cheddar valley
  • Between Wells and Cheddar with spectacular valley and hill views
  • Licensed café and shop, indoor pool, paddling pool and games room
This Somerset site will have you breaking out in cheesy grins: stunning views of the Cheddar valley and Mendip Hills, spankingly clean amenities and a café with sun terrace where you can watch the kids whirling around the play park…it’s all gouda. Lying between Wells and Cheddar, family-friendly Bucklegrove Caravan & Camping Park is the oldest family-run park in the Cheddar valley and is set up for all ages in mind: as well as the play park and the family-friendly licensed café, the log cabin with indoor pool also comes with a smaller pool for mini cheddars, at no extra cost. A games room with pool table is also on site. For grownup concerns, Bucklegrove has a licensed shop, fully-equipped coin launderette and free use of the ice block freezer; there’s free hot water for dishwashing and showers, and separate family bathrooms and full-sized baths available for a nominal extra charge. The site has good mobile phone coverage and free wifi across throughout if you need to stay in touch or upload pictures of the views to Facebook. A pub is within a couple of miles; Bucklegrove is 15–20 minutes from Wells, Cheddar and Weston-super-Mare for pubs and restaurants further afield (a bus stop is just outside the park entrance for those getting about under their own steam).

Site type

Tent pitches 20
Touring caravan pitches 70
Motorhome pitches 10
Caravans for hire 10
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 10
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The indoor swimming pool is open between 01/01 and 31/12.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
  • The lodge and bar are open on weekends from Friday to Saturday and daily during school holidays. Please note between December and February the lodge opening can be subject to seasonal variation.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

87%

would recommend this site to a friend

83%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Overall loved it was our 1st time but will be back again

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 6
Helen H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Strawberry Field electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Loved the site very homely and welcoming shop well stocked and good prices
Food was amazing

Disliked: Shame lodge restaurant is not open every night
And we had no entertainment

Recommend to friends Visit again

Really great, close to surrounding areas and will def use again

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

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Bar and park are together, friendly staff, very clean, field to walk dog just off camp grounds, dog friendly and emailing to remind you of your stay was great, included all info needed in one email.

Disliked: Pitches were quite close as my neighbour was on her phone and could hear her all night, only thing that ruined it but I was unlucky, wouldn't stop me coming back

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site in a great location with helpful and friendly staff!

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

Strawberry Field electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Fantastic customer service! We had an issue with some noisy neighbours on our first night. When we discussed with reception in the morning, they committed to speak with them, but also gave us the option of moving pitch. We chose to move to ensure the issue was resolved. Having spent the time moving, we felt we'd lost out on some of our holiday time and decided to inquire about extending an extra night. Not only did they confirm that it was an option, but they also gave us the extra night for FREE in light of the hassle we'd had. Obviously we were fortunate to have the leave off work that allowed us to extend, and the ideal scenario is to never have problem neighbours in the first place but, from the perspective of the site and its staff, we could not have asked for more given the situation.

Beyond this, the facilities all seem good and well-maintained. Toilets and showers all fine. Swimming pool is kept at a nice temperature with good changing room and shower facilities. The restaurant/bar has a nice family-friendly atmosphere with good food and drink on offer.

Location is really nice for visiting Cheddar, Wookey Hole and Wells. Weston-super-Mare is just a 35 minute drive to the west as well.

Will definitely be heading here again when we're next visiting the area!

Disliked: As some other reviews have mentioned, there appear to be some dog kennels close to the site, so you do get barking early in the morning. None of us had any problems with it, but if you're not the deepest of sleepers and you're in a tent towards the South end of the site, I can see how it might become an issue.

Obviously in an ideal world, it'd be great if the bar/restaurant was open throughout the week, and if the pool stayed open a little later into the day (it closes at 5pm). For the cost of the site though, we felt the current offering was decent. Just make sure you're clued up on what will be open and when ahead of booking to avoid disappointment.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very clean, easy check in/out. Friendly staff with clean facilities.

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

Strawberry Field electric hardstanding motorhome pitch

Liked: Wonderful little, well kept site. Perfectly placed to visit Cheddar Gorge and Wokey Hole. Fantastic car boot approximately 3 miles away.
Friendly staff, always busy keeping people happy.
Good shop, especially for bits you might of forgot, not overpriced.
Busy bar and play area outside of you have younger children. You could order food at the bar, but we didn’t this time.
Bingo on first night and other activities each evening.
Important for us that it was dog friendly and it was.

Disliked: You couldn’t get breakfast/hot food during the morning.
The bar/restaurant didn’t open till the afternoon.
Pool is tiny, but would be great for young families with toddlers.
Think there was a boarding place for dogs on the hill behind, you could hear them barking, constantly.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice site with good facilities and friendly staff.

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

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Friendly staff. Activities to keep my 7 year old child entertained. Clean, warm indoor pool on site. Club house with evening entertainment. On site shop, laundry and play area. Can catch bus outside site to Cheddar, Wells or Weston Super Mare.

Disliked: Wasn’t able to walk to any where off the site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site very friendly

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

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Good space and good food Lovly area

Disliked: None

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent clean site with friendly staff a well stocked shop. Lovely

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

Grove electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The bar and facilities were lovely and the staff

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

A really great stay and would absolutely come back again!

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

Strawberry Field electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch (large)

Liked: Lots of facilities on site and those facilities are well kept and maintained.

Pitches are a good size and the EHU was easily accessed.

The onsite shop and pub is a great feature to have and is incredibly reasonably priced.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly welcome, clean site, easily accessible water, waste and electric hook up,…

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

Strawberry Field electric hardstanding motorhome pitch

Liked: Friendly welcome, clean site, easily accessible water, waste and electric hook up, great map of the site. Reasonably priced.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall absolutely love coming to this place! We will be back!

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

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Absolutely love this place, fantastic place for kids.
Swimming pool is a great addition and really well kept and looked after.
Bar is great and prices are in line with most places these days.

Disliked: Would be great but not essential to have an electric hookup on each pitch.

Recommend to friends Visit again


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Hot tub 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 Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Local produce 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

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 Remote location Spectacular scenery 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

Large (51-200 pitches)

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 Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Bucklegrove Caravan and Camping Park

Wells Road

Rodney Stoke

Cheddar

Somerset

England

BS27 3UZ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.24317°N
-2.73169°W

Route directions

Important note for GPS users: please do not rely solely on the route provided by your satnav as some of the local lanes are not suitable for large/towing vehicles. From the M5 motorway: Leave at Junction 22 and take the A38 north (signposted Cheddar). As you come into the village of Cross, take a right turn onto the A371. Stay on this road through Cheddar and Draycott (towards Wells). Continue through the village of Rodney Stoke (passing the Rodney Stoke Inn on your right), up the hill and the park is on the left after the 'S' bend. Please use the second entrance. From the A303: At Wincanton turn onto the A371 towards Shepton Mallet. Continue through Shepton Mallet on the A371 towards Wells. Upon reaching Wells take the second exit off the roundabout and proceed through the first set of lights, bearing left at the second lights (signposted Cheddar). Continue along the A371 though the villages of Haybridge, Easton and Westbury-sub-Mendip. The park is approx half a mile on the right after leaving Westbury-sub-Mendip. Rail/bus: A local bus service (126) stops directly outside the park. The route runs from Weston-super-Mare train station and through to Wells via Cheddar and local towns.

Nearest transport

Coach
6.9 km Wells Bus Station
10.7 km Glastonbury Town Hall
10.8 km Town Hall
Rail
17 km Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station
17.8 km Yatton Rail Station
17.8 km Worle Rail Station
Ferry
21.3 km Bridgwater Ferry Terminal
21.6 km Weston-super-Mare Knightstone Harbour
24 km The Cottage Ferry Landing
Airport
16 km Bristol International Airport
45.7 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

Bucklegrove is only a few miles away from two Somerset absolute must-sees: the spectacular Wookey Hole Caves and home of the Witch of Wookey for spellbinding shenanigans, and the Cheddar Caves and Gorge for would-be smugglers, adventure story fans and historyheads. The Cheddar Gorge is deep in records: it’s the largest gorge in the country, has the biggest colony of endangered greater horseshoe bats and is the discovery site of Cheddar Man, the oldest complete human skeleton found in Britain and a name you'll want to say in a dramatically deep superhero’voice; find out about him and his ancestors in the caves’ Museum of Prehistory. Outdoors around the gorge, there are the 274 steps of the Lookout Tower to puff up for sweeping Somerset views, and a clifftop walk and open-top bus tour. Apart from witchy and subterranean goings-on, holidaymakers in this corner of the country will find gardens, history, farm parks, theme parks, beaches and more within easy reach and other main Somerset attractions like Bristol and Bath within an hour’s drive. Glastonbury with its abbey and tor is less than half an hour away, and medieval Wells, Britain’s second smallest city (that’s four now) has a thirteenth century cathedral and bishop’s palace complete with moat. Feeling driven? The Haynes Motor Museum at Yeovil has the UK’s biggest collection of cars from around the world and is one of several museums in Somerset on the quirkier side: also try the privately-owned Oakham Treasures near Bristol for retail and farming history, the Helicopter Museum at Weston-super-Mare or the American Museum at Bath, the only American art museum outside the USA. Kids are spoilt for choice with the wildlife parks, zoos and aquariums in the area: whet their appetites at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm in Bristol or the SeaQuarium at Weston-super-Mare before taking them to an adrenaline-inducing day at Longleat Safari Park just over the border in Wiltshire. Rollercoasters and fairs more their thing? Brean Leisure Park has 40 rides, river rides and splash parks; stroll along the miles of sandy stretch from here past Berrow and to seaside town Burnham-on-Sea. Sticking closer to Cheddar, there’s abseiling, caving, sampling the wares at Somerset cider farms, meandering around the Mendips or visiting the town’s sweet factory all to be had – and yes, there's also the cheese.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Weston-Super-Mare Uphill Slipway 20.1 km Estuary PoorPoorN/APoor
Berrow North Of Unity Farm 20.4 km Estuary N/AExcellentGoodGood
Weston Main 20.6 km Estuary PoorN/APoorN/A
Weston-Super-Mare Sand Bay 21.2 km Estuary N/AN/AGoodGood
Brean 21.3 km Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Wookey Hole Caves & Papermill 4.5 km

Cheddar Caves & Gorge 4.9 km

Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve 6 km

Wells Cathedral 7 km

Glastonbury Abbey 10.7 km

National Trust

King John's Hunting Lodge 7.8 km

West Pennard Court Barn 13.7 km

Stembridge Tower Mill 20 km

Tyntesfield 22 km

Clevedon Court 22.9 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Wookey Hole - Priddy - Ebbor Gorge 3.2 km

The Mendip Hills – a circular walk from Priddy 3.9 km

Wookey Hole and Ebbor Gorge 4.6 km

Cheddar Gorge - Black Down - Rowberrow 5 km

Charterhouse - Black Down - Velvet Bottom - Charterhouse 6.2 km

Local events

  • Glastonbury Festival (Wednesday 25 June 2025 – Wednesday 25 June 2025)

    Glastonbury, England 13.8 km

  • Bristol International Balloon Fiesta (Friday 8 August 2025 – Friday 8 August 2025)

    Bristol, England 22.7 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Bucklegrove Caravan and Camping Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Bucklegrove Caravan and Camping Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Bucklegrove Caravan and Camping Park? Bucklegrove is only a few miles away from two Somerset absolute must-sees: the spectacular Wookey Hole Caves and home of the Witch of Wookey for spellbinding shenanigans, and the Cheddar Caves and … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Bucklegrove Caravan and Camping Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  noon –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Bucklegrove Caravan and Camping Park? From €23.55 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.