Bucklegrove Caravan and Camping Park

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Level grass pitches
Level grass pitches
Some of our pitches are terraced
Swimming pools
Exterior view
Outside parking space
Exterior view
Making daisy chains in tor view
The site bathed in dusky sunlight
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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).

Campground type

Tent sites 20
Camper sites 70
RV sites 10
Mobile homes for rent 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 12/31.
  • 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

Campsite types & availability

Accommodation

Tent sitesCamper sitesRV sitesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsMobile homes for rentRent a tent
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2 adults
0 children
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Reviews

8.7

Overall rating from 747 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

86% would recommend this campground to a friend

83% would stay here again

What customers say

Clean, friendly site with excellent amenities, like a heated indoor pool & well-stocked shop. Staff are praised as helpful and welcoming. Great for Cheddar Gorge & Wells. Pitches are good-sized & level. On-site bar/restaurant offers good value. Some dated facilities, but highly recommended.

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Anonymous

Grove powered grass travel trailer campsite (large)

Liked Great size pitch, pool was lovely and clean, facilities old but clean and tidy

Disliked Nothing really, Some pitches on a slight slope but not too bad

Recommend to friends Visit again

Really great campsite, beautiful views and lovely friendly accommodating staff. Kids enjoyed…

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Anonymous

Strawberry Field powered cement/asphalt RV campsite

Liked Really great campsite, beautiful views and lovely friendly accommodating staff. Kids enjoyed the little swimming pool, facilities clean and so was the site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will visit again

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10 out of 10
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john s.

Grove powered grass travel trailer campsite (large)

Liked Beautiful little site, everything was clean and full of people that were friendly and fun.

Disliked Absolutely nothing!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would never stay here again. Just a bit naff.

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2 out of 10
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Anonymous

Grove powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked The spacious pitch

Disliked Facilities are a bit tired and outdated.

Pool was very busy for the size of it.

Bar staff a bit unfriendly at the end of the night, just seemed they wanted us to stop buying drinks so they could go home.

Bits of building rubble and broken glass on the animal drove walk.

Dog barking on nearby farm all the way through the night… no over exaggeration.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Needs a huge update and better clientele.

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Tim E.

Grove powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked Hedges between pitches. Sadly this is all we liked.
Good location
Nice reception staff

Disliked We stayed here 3 years ago and stayed again this yesr but sadly this is Not the place for us anymore. Very old and dated facilities. The pool area was atrocious with salty water. Gents changing facilities were compareable too being in an old shed. Never saw a cleaner across the park. The bucklegrove advert that we saw at Wookey hole was a misrepresentation of what the place was actually like. The bar staff asked us to leave 30mins before closeing as "it wasn't cost effective to stay open for 2 people". You couldn't drink next to the pool table in a bar?. Used family room to wash 2 year old and had to pay for hot water. Don't do what we did and bring friends as it was embarrassing. There is a handful of item to buy in the reception and its not a shop as such. Laundry room is 1 washing machine that has never been cleaned, rubber seals caked in grey sludge.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Staff very nice lovely atmosphere will definitely be coming again.

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Jess V.

Grove powered grass tent campsite

Liked Love the whole campsite looks stunning the WiFi was incredible the pizza amazing in the onsite cafe good park the area stunning.

Disliked The pegs did not stick in the ground well at all but staff on site were very helpful gave me some strong pegs and had no issues after that.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Everything!! Super friendly staff, clean facilities, nice size pitches and lots of…

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Nicolle S.

Strawberry Field powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Everything!! Super friendly staff, clean facilities, nice size pitches and lots of room for the kids to play including a park.

Disliked I can’t say I disliked it as I very much appreciated not having to book swimming but it did get very busy in the pool when we was in there, this could just of been a one off as we only used the pool once.

Recommend to friends Visit again

would not recommend

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NATASHA h.

Cabin (pet friendly)

Liked Not much

Disliked The log cabin we stayed in was dirty and grubby, old items were left from previous tenants and the curtains and finishings were dirty. Moreover the reception staff were unfriendly also.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Pitch sizes were decent, all the facilities were clean and functional. Pool…

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Value for money
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Louise B.

Strawberry Field powered grass tent or trailer tent campsite

Liked Pitch sizes were decent, all the facilities were clean and functional.
Pool was loved by the children

Disliked The ground is very hard. Take some strong tent pegs!
Bit noisy at night but did quieten down after 10

Recommend to friends Visit again

Staff were very nice and friendly.

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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Jean E.

Grove powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked Nice campsite and clean toilets and showers. Good clubhouse with a small swimming pool.

Disliked Our pitch was near a road and got a bit busy on some occasions.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Hot tub 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 Local produce Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Picnic table 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 Remote location Spectacular scenery Wild camping

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 Nearby farmers' market Public transportation nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback 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 sites

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

Bus
4.3 mi Wells Bus Station
6.7 mi Glastonbury Town Hall
6.7 mi Town Hall
Rail
10.6 mi Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station
11 mi Yatton Rail Station
11.1 mi Worle Rail Station
Ferry
13.3 mi Bridgwater Ferry Terminal
13.4 mi Weston-super-Mare Knightstone Harbour
14.9 mi The Cottage Ferry Landing
Airport
10 mi Bristol International Airport
28.4 mi 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 12.5 mi Estuary PoorPoorN/APoor
Berrow North Of Unity Farm 12.7 mi Estuary N/AExcellentGoodGood
Weston Main 12.8 mi Estuary PoorN/APoorN/A
Weston-Super-Mare Sand Bay 13.1 mi Estuary N/AN/AGoodGood
Brean 13.2 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Wookey Hole Caves & Papermill 2.8 mi

Cheddar Caves & Gorge 3.1 mi

Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve 3.7 mi

Wells Cathedral 4.3 mi

Glastonbury Abbey 6.7 mi

National Trust

King John's Hunting Lodge 4.8 mi

West Pennard Court Barn 8.5 mi

Stembridge Tower Mill 12.5 mi

Tyntesfield 13.7 mi

Clevedon Court 14.2 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Wookey Hole - Priddy - Ebbor Gorge 2 mi

The Mendip Hills – a circular walk from Priddy 2.4 mi

Wookey Hole and Ebbor Gorge 2.8 mi

Cheddar Gorge - Black Down - Rowberrow 3.1 mi

Charterhouse - Black Down - Velvet Bottom - Charterhouse 3.9 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.

Offers

Touring caravan pitchesMotorhome or campervan pitch
Grove powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –
Tent pitch
Grove powered grass tent campsite
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –
Motorhome or campervan pitch
Strawberry Field powered cement/asphalt RV campsite
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –
Tent pitch
Strawberry Field powered grass tent or trailer tent campsite
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –
Touring caravan pitchesMotorhome or campervan pitch
Strawberry Field powered grass travel trailer campsite
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –
Tent pitch
Tor View primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite (no pets)
  • 20% off Tor View Summer Discount –
Tent pitch
Grove powered grass tent campsite (large)
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –
Tent pitch
Grove powered grass tent or trailer tent campsite (large)
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –
Touring caravan pitchesMotorhome or campervan pitch
Grove powered grass travel trailer campsite (large)
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –
Tent pitch
Strawberry Field powered grass tent or trailer tent campsite (large)
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –
Tent pitch
Grove FHU grass tent or trailer tent campsite
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –
Touring caravan pitchesMotorhome or campervan pitch
Strawberry Field FHU cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite
  • 10% off Mid Week 10% off –

Conditions apply - see campsite type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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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?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-park 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 $26.88 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.