Waldegrave Farm

From £25 For 1 night, 2 adults 9.9 22 reviews
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  • Peaceful site on a farm near the village of Hartest
  • Bury St Edmunds and Ickworth House within 15 minutes' drive
  • Back to basics pitches with running water and space for campfires
Bring on the chilled country days… peace and quiet are served up by the spade at Waldegrave Farm, a secluded site between the villages of Lawshall and Hartest. Should you require their urban amenities, the towns of Bury St Edmunds, Lavenham and Long Melford are all around 15 minutes away by car. Rural relaxation is really the name of the game here though – all the classic ingredients are on hand for your stay on site, including hedgerows giving a home to wildlife, a little brook flowing through the grounds and plenty of open space for not doing very much at all (although one might stretch to creating a campfire and cracking open a beer or two...?). There’s little here to distract from the vibe: amenities on the basic pitches are limited to running water, but there are no toilets or showers on site. According to the owners, this is not so much a campsite as a farm with remote pitches around it. If you want to be alone or just with your group, this is the place to come. The end goal is that staying at Waldegrave Farm will make you like you're the only people here, no matter how many pitches are occupied. Guests in search of rural pursuits to fill their days can easily access lots of fab walks and bike rides from here, striding forth for half an hour for pints in a country pub, perchance, or wandering off to the local vineyard. Stately homes, gorgeous gardens and river boat trips are all within half an hour’s drive, or you could stay on the road for slightly less than an hour to mix with the clever folk of Cambridge.

Site type

Tent pitches 9
Motorhome pitches 9
Open now
Please note
  • This park has no on-site toilet and shower facilities.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Twin axle vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Guests under the age of 12 are not allowed on site.

Languages spoken

English

French

Open from Thu, 11 Jan to

Reviews

9.9

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Perfect back to nature site, isolated pitch location. Great to unwind.

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

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Loved the open space and lovely views. Feels like wild camping, great host who made us feel welcome. No toilets or showers but that was absolutely fine for us. Water available a short walk from where we were pitched. Absolutely loved it. We will definitely camp again if we are in the area.

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Great for wild camping, and the owners are very helpful and look…

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

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Great for wild camping, and the owners are very helpful and look after you.

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

I will definitely be returning

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Matthew F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: This is such a remote location! Absolutely fantastic, you would expect as it is so close to Bury St Edmunds that you wouldn't get this feeling of seclusion. If you want to really get away, no phone signal, just to be by yourself....this is the place

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great place to camp, been here a few times now.…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 6
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 6
Troy A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Great place to camp, been here a few times now.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Decided to go for a spontaneous camping trip on my motorcycle. No one…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 6
Troy A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Decided to go for a spontaneous camping trip on my motorcycle. No one seemed to be there or answering the phone, but everything was open and it was about to start raining so I decided to find a spot and pitch up. No one came to bother me, it was very peaceful and I left early the next morning without seeing anyone again.

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Beautiful location. Very secluded, friendly host…

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

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Beautiful location. Very secluded, friendly host

Recommend to friends Visit again

No facilities but we knew that and it suited us perfectly.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness No rating
Wifi No rating
Lyn M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Total peace and quiet.Off the beaten track with only the wild life for company.

Disliked: Nothing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Absolutely no hesitation in this five star review, an excellent get away…

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
Matthew F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Absolutely no hesitation in this five star review, an excellent get away from it all wild camping experience. You genuinely feel like you are in the middle of nowhere, excellent host who is on hand to support but leaves you to it. Enjoyed so much that I already booked my next visit on the trip home!

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Nice clean site and very polite hosts

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
Stuart B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: We have Just spent an amazing weekend at waldgrave farm. We loved the fact it is completely off grid. We asked for a rural spot and that is exactly what we got. We will be back again soon

Disliked: What is to dislike

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Beautiful campsite. The pitch itself was next to a stream and isolated…

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
Hew P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Beautiful campsite. The pitch itself was next to a stream and isolated with no one in eyesight and very quiet. We managed to get a nice campfire going from firewood delivered to us by the farm. Like the description says, as close to wild camping as you can get.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

No dogs allowed

Adults only

Campfires 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

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

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

Adults only

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

No dogs allowed

Themes

Peaceful

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Wild camping

Wildlife haven

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

Type

Farm

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby

Golf nearby

Restaurant nearby

Location

Waldegrave Farm

Hartest

Hartest Lane

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

England

IP29 4EA

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.15306°N
0.69536°W

Route directions

As you come down the lane from Lawshall, go over a small bridge and the site is immediately on the left, by a red brick house set back from the road. The five-bar gate will open when you pull up to it.

Nearest transport

Coach
10.6 km Bus Station
18.5 km Village Hall
18.6 km Village Hall
Rail
11.3 km Bury St Edmunds Rail Station
13.3 km Sudbury (Suffolk) Rail Station
13.3 km Thurston Rail Station
Ferry
44.6 km Harwich International Ferry Terminal
44.8 km Brightlingsea Ferry Landing
45 km Point Clear Ferry Landing
Airport
36.2 km Cambridge Airport
41.8 km London Stansted 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

There’s much to be said for just wandering out onto local lanes for a rural roam or bike ride, but if you’d prefer a proper woodland trail, consider hitting Long Melford Country Park or the Suffolk Wildlife Trust nature reserve. And if you’re the kind who requires a suitable reward to get you moving, it’ll take you around 45 minutes to walk to Giffords Hall vineyard for a tour and taster. Ickworth House and its surrounding estate, 20 minutes’ drive from the farm, is a fab place to spend a day out – there’s much to see as you wander around the gardens and the huge Italianate rotunda of the main house. Kentwell Hall and the lovely Spencers Garden are all within a 20-minute drive too. For town-based trotting, Lavenham, Bury St Edmunds and Long Melford are good places to potter around, and Cambridge is around a 45-minute drive away. Arty types should head to Sudbury, 20 minutes away, to visit Gainsborough’s House and board boat trips through the landscapes that inspired Constable.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Brightlingsea 44.2 km Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
West Mersea 45.5 km Sea N/A Good N/A N/A
Dovercourt 46.8 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Ickworth House, Park and Gardens 8.1 km

Newmarket Racecourses 23 km

The National Stud 25.3 km

East Anglian Railway Museum 25.7 km

Colchester Castle Museum 32.4 km

National Trust

Ickworth House, Park and Gardens 8.1 km

Melford Hall 8.1 km

Lavenham Guildhall 8.5 km

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds 9.8 km

Thorington Hall 25 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

KENTWELL HALL 6.5 km

TRINITY HOSPITAL 7.6 km

Glemsford - Cavendish - Pentlow - Foxearth - Glemsford 7.7 km

Long Melford - Stour Valley Way - Glemsford - Long Melford 8 km

ICKWORTH HOUSE 8.1 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.

Want to know more about camping in Suffolk?

  • Does Waldegrave Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Waldegrave Farm dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Waldegrave Farm? There’s much to be said for just wandering out onto local lanes for a rural roam or bike ride, but if you’d prefer a proper woodland trail, consider hitting Long Melford Country … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Waldegrave Farm?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Waldegrave Farm? From R585,73 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.