Forest Oak Farm

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Picnic area next to the lake
Picnic area next to the lake
Keep your car with you on your pitch
Lakes, pic nic area, and dog exercise area
Hardstanding pitches
Grass pitches
Around the site
The site features two fenced dog exercise areas
Pitches
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Keep your car with you on your pitch
Lakes, pic nic area, and dog exercise area
Hardstanding pitches

  • Friendly family-run farm estate next to the Forest Of Dean
  • Within easy reach of Symonds Yat Rock, Go Ape and Puzzlewood
  • Views of valley, lakes and fields and heaps of space for dogs to play
Woof woof... This peaceful lakeside retreat is a veritable pup's paradise: not one, but two large off-leash exercise areas and lead walks, a lake to paddle in and heaps of long countryside walking trails to take their humans out and about on. Two licensed fishing lakes, separate from the dog-friendly swimming lake, are also on site; day tickets are available to purchase on site. Near Lydney in Gloucestershire, Forest Oak Farm is a friendly dog-centred farm estate that lies between the banks of the River Severn and the Forest of Dean, and very warmly welcomes dog owners and their canine compadres to come spend some time there; since opening in 2012, the site has been expertly cultivated by the Dodson family – who also run a fab dog training centre on the farm – to provide a scenic spacious site and a welcoming atmos to all. Set out over 20 acres of fields, lakes and woodland filled with mature trees, this is a well-equipped park with plenty of 10-amp metered electric hook-ups and a bathroom block with toilets, showers, accessible facilities, a washing-up area and a laundry room. Foodwise, you can take your barbecue bits down to the smashing lakeside picnic area for an alfresco feast by the water. The site also has two large fenced dog exercise areas. Off site, there are heaps of good places to eat out around in Lydney and a little further afield around Blakeney, Alvington, Parkend and Clearwell – just ask the Dodsons about their favourite dog-friendly food joints.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 3
Tent pitches 20
Touring caravan pitches 20
Motorhome pitches 20
Open now
Opens 4 April
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Group bookings of 6 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • Single-sex bookings of 6 or more people (excluding couples) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 14 consecutive nights.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • A cable measuring at least 15 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • Units longer than 10 metres are not allowed.
  • Minimum spacing of 2 metres between pitches.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
  • There is no reception on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.
  • Bookings for tent must not be for more than 7 consecutive nights.
  • The charging of electric vehicles is not permitted on site.
  • Due to open water, farm machinery and out of bounds areas on site, children must be supervised at all times. 10kWh of electricity per night is included: any usage beyond this is metered on site at £0.60 per kWh and can be purchased onsite via the helpline. The Guest Helpline is only intended to support visitors during their stay and is manned between 7am and 7pm (except in an emergency or by prior arrangement).

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 04 Apr to

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children
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Reviews

9.5

Overall rating based on 161 reviews View breakdown

Peaceful

Voted 89% of visitors View breakdown

96%

would recommend this site to a friend

94%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Beautiful environment, well kept and clean toilet/shower facilities. Very friendly owners would…

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

Electric grass pitch (large)

Liked: Beautiful environment, well kept and clean toilet/shower facilities. Very friendly owners would highly recommend and will be returning

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent

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

Non-electric grass pitch (large)

Liked: The site is very well looked after, the ambitions are extremely clean and in a very good condition.

It’s the prefect location to explore Forest of Dean.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Highly recommended.

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

Electric grass pitch (large)

Liked: The location was great - lots of the forest of dean in easy reach. Pitches were well spaced. Toilets and showers always clean. We had dogs and it had good areas for exercise / walks on the campsite. Very pretty lake.

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Wonderful setting. Lakes, wooded walks and fabulous dog runs. The site was…

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

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Wonderful setting. Lakes, wooded walks and fabulous dog runs. The site was really well kept and the toilets / showers were pristine. I also liked that the site was immediately of the main road ( easy access) but was still quiet and peaceful. Very friendly too

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Thw wholw Campsite was Great, clean and well kept. The pond areas…

Overall 8/10
Location 6
Value for money 9
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 9
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Declan e. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch (large)

Liked: Thw wholw Campsite was Great, clean and well kept. The pond areas and dog exercise area was great. All facilities were nice and clean also.

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the lovely comments - we are very proud of our site. Given your comments I am not sure what we can do to improve on the 6/10 score for location given the beautiful views and landscaping. That said I am very glad to see you would recommend us to your friends and visit again.

How clean it was, the dog exercise areas. And the cost was very…

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

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: How clean it was, the dog exercise areas.
And the cost was very reasonable.

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From the manager: Thank you Dean - so pleased you (and the dog!) enjoyed your stay :)

Relaxing weekend, clean and spacious dog areas.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 1
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 1
Lindsey H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Beautiful, peaceful area. Clean and friendly. The dog areas are of a good size and easy to get to. 15 minutes and you can get go ape and all their trails and the same to puzzlewood.

Disliked: Not a thing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your lovely comments Lindsey and thank you for staying with us. We are located off the A road through the area and in a great spot to venture out across the forest in all directions to explore the area :) Puzzlewood and Go Ape are both great local attractions we would recommend!

All-round excellence

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

Non-electric grass pitch (large)

Liked: Very - almost too - generous pitch; could have got at least another couple of tents on there, thank you. Wonderful surroundings and the main road was far enough away to dull the noise of the occasional "boy motorbike racer". Everything was beautifully maintained and the showers were - again almost too - hot. All in all a great site and relatively inexpensive. Having camped quite widely across Europe, it compared with the best.

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From the manager: I love this - never been told we are too good lol! but I will take that any day. Like any road or lane in the UK we get the odd boy racer but like you say, little we can do about that and not that frequent :) The campsite is at the back of the property so away from the main road (which also of course makes us very convenient for getting here and exploring the area. So happy you enjoyed your stay.

Excellent site staff friendly

Overall 9/10
Location 7
Value for money 9
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 9
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Site was very nice.very quiet site toilet and showers very clean will use again

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From the manager: Thank you lovely - not sure what we could do to push for a 10/10 but I will take this and your comments with pride. Clean, quiet and beautiful is what we aim for ;)

Great site & truly the best facilities ever. The showers & loos…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 1
Ange M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch (large)

Liked: Great site & truly the best facilities ever. The showers & loos were the cleanest & nicest of many we’ve seen or used, the pitch was even, nice site location & we loved that the site is dog orientated even if we had to leave our pooch home this time.

Disliked: Nothing to dislike

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: OK I admit it. we are a little obsessive when it comes to cleaning lol! so Pleased you enjoyed your stay and our facilities. Don't forget to bring the pooch next time :)

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 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 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 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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent pitches

Themes

Budget/backpacker Forest Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Spectacular scenery Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal freezer Communal fridge 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

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 pitches) Small (11-25 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Pitch close to accessible bathrooms Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Forest Oak Farm

Purlieu

Lydney

Gloucestershire

England

GL15 4LN

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.74132°N
-2.50377°W

Route directions

Please be aware there are a number of farms using the same postcode. Do not turn off the A48 as the site entrance is on the main road. Keep going until you see a large white house between Lydney and Blakeney Village, called 'The Willows', with white painted stones around the driveway and garden. The site is directly opposite that house. The farm entrance has large flag poles on either side. What3words (for the farm entrance): dandelions.dragonfly.necklace.

Nearest transport

Coach
16.4 km Bus Station
16.7 km Bus Station
19.7 km Merrywalks
Rail
3.6 km Lydney Rail Station
10.3 km Cam & Dursley Rail Station
15.5 km Stonehouse Rail Station
Ferry
2.3 km Sharpness Old Docks
3.5 km Lydney Harbour
29.8 km Bristol Docks Ferry Landing
Airport
29.2 km Gloucestershire Airport
42 km Bristol 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

Forest Oak Farm is in a splendid spot for easy access to the Forest of Dean, the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the wider Gloucestershire, south Wales and south-west England areas. Adventurers can test their mettle on the high ropes course at Go Ape, five miles from base, and over at Puzzlewood, eight miles away, there's a walking trail that meanders through an ancient 14-acre forest filled with towering trees and rugged rock formations. At Clearwell Caves, right next door to Puzzlewood, explore its sprawling natural cave system and learn all about the forest's 4,500-year iron ore and ochre mining history. The Forest Of Dean, around half an hour's walk from the park, is full to the brim with woodland walks, cycle tracks, lakes and secluded valleys. Be sure to bring your binoculars, because the forest is home to wild boar and deer that can (and should) be admired from afar. The smashing Symonds Yat Rock is a mere 25-minute drive away from Forest Oak Farm and provides visitors with plenty of fun outdoorsy and sightseeing opps; take one of the many waymarked trails that link it with the River Wye and a number of circular walks into the surrounding forest, visit the ancient Iron Age hill fort and – if you're there between April and August – point your trusty binoculars towards the nearby cliffs to spot the peregrine falcons that nest and hunt around them. Canoeing, kayaking, paddleboarding and mountaineering are available around the village of Symonds Yat too.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Clevedon Beach 42 km Estuary N/AGoodGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Berkeley Castle 6.7 km

WWT Slimbridge Wetlands Centre 6.9 km

Chepstow Castle 16 km

Goodrich Castle 16.4 km

Caldicot Castle & Country Park 16.6 km

National Trust

Westbury Court Garden 11 km

The Kymin 14.9 km

Woodchester Park 15.9 km

Newark Park 17.5 km

Horton Court 22.9 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Lydney - Harbour Road - Naas Lane - Lydney 2.2 km

Blakeney - Oldcroft - Allaston - Oakenhill Wood - Blakeneyhill Woods 2.9 km

Wenchford Picnic Site - Viney Hill - Wenchford Pic 3.5 km

Blackpool Bridge - Bradley Hill - Blaize Bailey - Soudle 4 km

Mallards Pike - Brierley - Cannop Ponds - Mallards Pike 4.6 km

Local events

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

    Bristol, England 35.1 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

Tent pitchTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome or campervan pitch
Non-electric grass and gravel touring pitch
  • 10% off Late June Weekday Offer –
  • 10% off Mid August Weekday Offer –
Tent pitchTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome or campervan pitch
Non-electric grass pitch (large)
  • 10% off Late June Weekday Offer –
  • 10% off Early July Weekday Offer –
  • 10% off Mid August Weekday Offer –
Touring caravan pitchesMotorhome or campervan pitch
Electric grass and gravel touring pitch
  • 10% off Late June Weekday Offer –
  • 10% off Early July Weekday Offer –
  • 10% off Mid August Weekday Offer –
Tent pitchTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome or campervan pitch
Electric grass pitch (large)
  • 10% off Late June Weekday Offer –
  • 10% off Early July Weekday Offer –
  • 10% off Mid August Weekday Offer –

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Forest Oak Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Forest Oak Farm dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Forest Oak Farm? Forest Oak Farm is in a splendid spot for easy access to the Forest of Dean, the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the wider Gloucestershire, south Wales and south-west … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Forest Oak Farm?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Forest Oak Farm? From R446,40 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.