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.
  • 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.

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English

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Reviews

8.6

Overall rating from 759 Pitchup.com customers

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Peaceful

86% would recommend this campground to a friend

82% 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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Superb family campsite

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Dawn G.

Grove powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked Absolutely great place friendly staff and great facilities nestled with amazing views.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice pitch although close to the…

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Marie A.

Grove powered grass tent campsite

Liked Nice pitch although close to the in and out of the area we were in, the club house ok.

Disliked Toilets were dirty cold shower

Traffic noise close to road

Recommend to friends Visit again

The glamping cabin was good and…

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Iain J.

Cabin (pet friendly)

Liked The glamping cabin was good and well equipped, and the staff were friendly and helpful. Great views over the Somerset levels.

Disliked Felt overcrowded and claustrophobic, with no obvious nighttime curfew. Unfortunately, some campers left litter and couldn’t be bothered cleaning up after their dogs!

Limited facilities, e.g., not football pitch/ basketball nets, for older children and no obvious walks/ dog friendly areas.

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Ideal family friendly site. Very clean and tidy

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Lee G.

Tor View primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite (no pets)

Liked Great location for us visiting wookey hole and cheddar gorge. Camp site was very clean and tidy, toilets and showers very clean and presentable with plenty-of hot water in the showers. Well stocked site shop with friendly staff. Bar and swimming pool also great. All round 10/10 for us. And will defiantly return

Disliked No dislikes from us. Happy and pleased with staff and amenities

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Excellent site, great location, well kept, with great views

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Dave B.

Tor View primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite (no pets)

Liked We picked the site for its proximity to Cheddar Gorge and the South Coast, we stayed as a stopover and stayed on the tor view field (likely named because of its view of the Glastonbury Tor) and were really impressed with the site the field was great for stargazing and watching the sunset. The owners have done a great job with such a compact site. The site had all we needed,As inexperienced campers, and it was good to be on a site with amenities, the toilets and shower block were well kept, there is an accessible bathroom and dish washing room, a laundry room and a small shop for camping essentials, a range of groceries and a bar/restaurant. The pool which was a good size too. We would definitely return in the future.

Disliked The pool and pool area needed a clean with broken toys and piles of hair on the side, there was also hair in the pool floating around and tissue. The pool was filtered but the water cloudy (most likely from the constant summer usage) however it needed treating more often to clear the water. WIFI didn’t reach the camping field.

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Everything! The staff are brilliant and having…

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Suzanne L.

Strawberry Field powered cement/asphalt RV campsite

Liked Everything!
The staff are brilliant and having visited here before we moved to Weston-super-Mare, we now recommend here to any visitors we get.

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The camping site is clean, including…

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Maria F.

Tor View primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite (no pets)

Liked The camping site is clean, including facilities, and the staff are very friendly.. The food in the restaurant are delicious. Our family also enjoyed the swimming pool.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site with clean facilities and entertainment. Well maintained

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Abi M.

Tor View primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite (no pets)

Liked This was our first time camping and what an amazing campsite!
Has great facilities including showers, separate sinks with mirrors to do makeup in, washing up facilities, freezers for ice packs and great evening entertainment. Food was amazing with possibly one of the nicest pizzas I’ve had in a long time.
The onsite shop in reception was well stocked with items typically forgotten as well as food including quorn items too!
Great staff. Overall was a great stay and will definitely be returning

Disliked Absolutely nothing to fault !

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- The site was clean - staff…

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Anonymous

Strawberry Field powered grass tent or trailer tent campsite (large)

Liked - The site was clean
- staff were friendly
- park was small but nice enough for the kids to play on
- nicely laid out site
- shop contains most things that you need
- good location for visiting wookey hole and cheddar gorge
- pool was a nice temperature and an ok size

Disliked - pitches near the park are not good for those visitors with children
- loud music was played until 9/10pm … pub closed at 11 and people were noisy until then!
- children are allowed in the park at any time and were screaming til 10pm!
- there is no rules enforced on the park
- no ‘staff’ seem to monitor the pool and it was often quite crowded!
- dogs from the local kennels can be heard at 5:30am being very noisy!
- the ‘facilities’ are maintained but quite ‘run down’

Recommend to friends Visit again

Amazing little park

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Shelley K.

Tor View primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite (no pets)

Liked Great place. Swimming pool and bar a fantastic bonus. Amazing views from 'the tor view' area. Staff so welcoming and friendly.

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.

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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 $26.85 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.