When can I check in and check out of Cakes and Ale Holiday Park?

RV, travel trailer and tent sites Arrive: noon – 8:30 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Cakes and Ale Holiday Park?

From $39.48 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Cakes and Ale Holiday Park

View prices & book 9.3 38 reviews

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Dog-friendly site on the historic grounds of RAF Leiston, Suffolk
Leiston town five minutes’ drive; Aldeburgh 15 minutes
On-site bar; playground; tennis courts and golf practice range

Accommodation with a side of deliciousness? Why on earth not. If you’re into the idea, head to the heavenly sounding Cakes and Ale Holiday Park, a peaceful site five minutes’ drive from the Suffolk coast. The ales (and cheeky G&Ts) flow liberally at the light-filled on-site pub. The Yoxford Boys Bar is named after the 357th Fighter Group, which was stationed right here – that’s right: Cakes and Ale sits on the historic grounds of RAF Leiston, a World War II airfield. That chapter of history is underlined further by the model plane in front of the reception building; there’s also a memorial to the soldiers who served here near the westernmost corner of the site. As for the cakes, there are a handful of bakeries and patisseries in the nearby town of Leiston (five minutes’ drive, or a half-hour walk)… Cakes and Ale stretches across 45 acres of well-tended grounds with facilities ranging from tennis courts to a golf practice range. The lawn ought to delight both the children (if they’re not into running around freely, they can also rely on a playground with an adventure course) and any four-legged companions – watch them as they take off after a well-thrown ball. A small shop in the reception area sells essentials (both food and toiletries), or you can make the short trip into Leiston for supermarkets and a handful of dining options, including fish and chips and Chinese takeaways.

Campground type

Open now

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
Continental touring caravans (caravans built with the passenger door on the right-hand side) are not permitted.
Tents are not accepted at this park.
At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
A cable measuring at least 5 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
Minimum spacing of 5 metres between pitches.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Mon, Apr 1 to Tue, Oct 1 2024

Campsite types & availability

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (adults only)

6 people maximum Wifi at the unit/site

Ground type: Cement/asphalt and grass

Site size: Max 7.0m width x 7.0m depth (23.0ft width x 23.0ft depth) Calculated area: 49.0m² (527.4ft²)

6 people maximum Wifi at the unit/site

Multiple RV or Travel Trailer or Class B motorhome allowed per site

Site size

Max 7.0m width x 7.0m depth (23.0ft width x 23.0ft depth) Calculated area: 49.0m² (527.4ft²)

Ground type

Cement/asphalt and grass

0 rooms

Twin-axle vehicles accepted

Suitable for

RV, Travel Trailer, Class B motorhome

Features

Electric: 10 amp included

Bring an awning 1 included, 1 max.
Car 1 included, 1 max.
Dog(s) allowed 2 included, 2 max.

Car parking by site/unit
Dump station
Grey water hook-up
Use of a motorhome service point
Water hook-up
Wifi at the unit/site

Other restrictions

Gazebos not allowed
Pup tents not allowed

Arrival days

From £30 (£30) 1 night, 2 adults

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Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Tribute statue to sites previous life as war time leiston airfield

Pitch with electric hook up, water tap and picnic bench

A beer at the yoxford boys bat on site, lovely bright day.

Leiston abbey a short walk from the site

Fields’s with permitted footpath to leiston

Our pitch and approach to adults only section

Good site

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Anonymous Sep 2024

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (adults only)

Liked: Lovely park

Disliked: Small problem on Saturday 14/9 no hot water in showers , I did tell reception

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean facilities. Some shower heads were very blocked.

Overall	6/10
Location	8
Value for money	6
Accommodation	6
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	6
Child friendliness	2
Cleanliness	6
Wifi	2

Anonymous Sep 2024

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (adults only)

Liked: Nice park with plenty of space in between vehicles. Overall 3 stars

Disliked: There were some caravans near to us where people left very early in the morning slamming doors etc not sure if they were going to work? In the caravan next door a man kept shouting and cheering at the tv while the football was on and there were 3 dogs wandering around without leads on.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice location, close to minsmere and aldeburgh, town has co-op and enough…

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	4

Michael G. Sep 2024

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Nice location, close to minsmere and aldeburgh, town has co-op and enough food outlets. Bar for ale, or at least lager and beer is fine. No cake. Pitches are adequate, water and grey drainage, level and spacious. Staff helpful, sorted out a problem. Shower/toilet block ok, clean and tidy but showers themselves need a bit of maintaining, limescale means fittings failing. No food, but as the town fairly close not a particular problem.

Disliked: Some noisy people, quiet after 9 in theory but people calling dogs at 11 pm and inebriated laughing. That's just people being antisocial and difficult to police. So meh. WiFi charges if you use it. In C21 who does?

Recommend to friends Visit again

It was amazing. Fantastic facilities, dog walking area. Very modern and…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Brian L. Sep 2024

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: It was amazing. Fantastic facilities, dog walking area. Very modern and clean toilets/showers. Will definitely book again...thank you

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great value with excellent facilities

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	4

Michael S. Sep 2024

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Great facilities, beautifully kept, lots of space, very clean, excellent value. We'll be back.

Disliked: WiFi was somewhat vague.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very nicely kept campsite. Toilets and showers very clean. Excellent dog walking…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Lisa H. Sep 2024

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (adults only)

Liked: Very nicely kept campsite. Toilets and showers very clean. Excellent dog walking area. Quiet and relaxing site.

Disliked: No cakes or ale…..

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent quiet site with clean facilities, friendly staff.

Overall	8/10
Location	4
Value for money	6
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Sep 2024

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Pitches were a great size . Lovely park. Friendly staff. Great facilities for children. Lovely clean toilets and showers. Site well maintained.

Disliked: No restaurant on site, had to drive out to eat . We like to walk but pubs not within walking distance. The on site shop could be better stocked , had to drive out if needed anything .

Recommend to friends Visit again

Quiet spacious campsite

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	No rating
Wifi	6

Neil P. Sep 2024

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (adults only)

Liked: Great layout, friendly staff, very good and clean toilet block. Layout out of the pitches felt very spacious.

Disliked: Very little. Bar was good but it would be nice if they stocked real ale and served some food.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very happy

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Sep 2024

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (adults only)

Liked: Size of park, bar, people were very friendly, size of putch

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site, lovely clean facilities, friendly staff

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Anonymous Aug 2024

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: I visited for the weekend with my 11 year old granddaughter. Friendly reception. Lovely site, very tidy and lots of open grassed areas with trees and flowers. Great lay out of pitches that had both EHU and water per pitch. Bar area was nice with seating areas inside and out, prices ok. Lots of games, books or dvds to borrow. Table tennis and boules also available here. We thought the little museum onsite was interesting. Facilities were lovely, shower rooms brilliant with nice hot showers. Location of site is great and lots to explore in the area. We hired a canoe at Thorpeness Mere, went to the beach and a walk around to see the house in the clouds. Only an hours drive away for me so would visit again.

Disliked: Only spoiler for us, which was not the sites fault, was a noisy family near us going on until around 11pm on our last night, despite the quiet time policy. They were probably just having fun but noise does travel!

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Features

Dogs allowed

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 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 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

Hikers’ paradise Peaceful

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal sites

Location

Cakes and Ale Holiday Park

Abbey Lane

Theberton

Leiston

Suffolk

England

IP16 4TE

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.22005°N
1.56482°W

Nearest transport

Bus

16.6 mi Old Market Place

16.9 mi Broad Street

17 mi School Lane

Rail

3.2 mi Saxmundham Rail Station

4.1 mi Darsham Rail Station

8.5 mi Wickham Market Rail Station

Ferry

7.9 mi Walberswick Ferry Landing

8 mi Southwold Ferry Landing

17.5 mi Bawdsey Ferry Landing

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

Take a long stroll through Westleton Heath National Nature Reserve (10 minutes’ drive) and explore purple heather-covered dunes stretching as far as Dunwich Heath and Beach. Meanwhile, RSPB Minsmere ought to appeal to wildlife enthusiasts, who might catch sight of avocets and – if they’re in luck – the occasional otter. Aldeburgh (15 minutes) has a pebbly beach dotted with fishermen’s boats and anchored at its northern end by The Scallop, a large shell installation in honour of local resident Benjamin Britten. Inland, the Red House, where Britten lived from 1957, displays artefacts and scores of the composer. Christchurch Mansion, on the edge of Ipswich’s leafy Christchurch Park, houses decorative art collections, as well as paintings by Suffolk artists Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable. After your visit, head for cocktails and dinner on the revamped waterfront, and maybe catch a show at the Regent Theatre.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Southwold The Denes	8.4 mi	Sea	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwold The Pier	9.2 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Excellent
Lowestoft (South Of Claremont Pier)	18.5 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Lowestoft (North Of Claremont Pier)	18.8 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Felixstowe North	20 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Orford Castle 8.8 mi

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 8.9 mi

Framlingham Castle 9.3 mi

Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon Burial Mounds 13 mi

Christchurch Mansion 20.4 mi

National Trust

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 9 mi

Sutton Hoo 13 mi

Elizabethan House Museum 27.4 mi

Flatford: Bridge Cottage 29.3 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Leiston - Eastbridge - Middleton - Theberton - Leiston 0.6 mi

Sizewell - Thorpeness - Aldeburgh - Sizewell 2.5 mi

MINSMERE (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 11/01/2006) 2.8 mi

NORTH WARREN (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 31/03/2007) 3.2 mi

Dunwich - Eastbridge - Sizewell - Minsmere - Dunwich 3.4 mi

Local events

Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival (Saturday, September 28, 2024 – Saturday, September 28, 2024)
Aldeburgh, England 4.9 mi

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.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Changes to your holiday

Bookings cannot be amended within 14 day(s) of arrival.
Modifications are subject to a £15.00 ($19.39) fee.

Admission

Admission is only permitted after registering at reception.
At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Arrivals and departures

Late arrivals must notify the park as soon as possible. Your booking will be held for 24 hours. After this period the management reserves the right to relet your unit.
No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.
The park will send you further check-in information 4 day(s) before your arrival.

Dogs

Dogs must be kept on leashes and supervised at all times.
The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.

General

Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
The park is not liable for any refund in the event of force majeure.

Occupancy

No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

Reception

Reception is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. between 03/01 and 10/01 and between 10/01 and 12/31.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Open fires are prohibited.

Sites

A cable measuring at least 5 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
Minimum spacing of 5 metres between pitches.
Tents are not accepted at this park.
You must follow management instructions when setting up your tent/rig and related equipment.

Vehicles

Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
Continental touring caravans (caravans built with the passenger door on the right-hand side) are not permitted.

Payment terms

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Frequently asked questions

Does Cakes and Ale Holiday Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Cakes and Ale Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Cakes and Ale Holiday Park? Take a long stroll through Westleton Heath National Nature Reserve (10 minutes’ drive) and explore purple heather-covered dunes stretching as far as Dunwich Heath and Beach. Meanwhile, RSPB Minsmere ought to appeal … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Cakes and Ale Holiday Park?

RV, travel trailer and tent sites

Arrive: noon – 8:30 p.m.

Depart by: 11 a.m.

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How much does it cost to stay at Cakes and Ale Holiday Park? From $39.48 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.