Woodleigh Caravan Park

8.8 121 reviews
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  • Well-maintained Devon family park just off the A30 at Cheriton Bishop
  • Five minutes’ drive to Dartmoor National Park; 40 minutes to Paignton
  • Modern facilities and two fishing lakes; café right next door
Whether you’re looking to dig down with family and dogs for a few days near Dartmoor, or wanting somewhere to lay your head on the way to Cornwall, Woodleigh Caravan Park couldn’t be better located if it tried. Near Cheriton Bishop in Devon, it’s just off the main A30 into the south-west, it’s right on the fringes of the national park and it’s only 20 minutes’ drive to historic Exeter. If you’re planning on sticking around to discover Dartmoor and Devon in general, bring your walking boots or bikes and get out onto local trails leading across the moorland, or ditch the car and catch the bus to Exeter from the stop outside the site entrance. But location is not the only thing that draws people in here, as Woodleigh is also a haven for anglers, with two well-stocked coarse fishing lakes to choose between. Other on-site pluses include the modern utilities block with chemical toilet disposal to the rear, and the presence of Woodleigh Coach House, right next to the park and just the spot for filling breakfasts, a cup of tea or a leisurely lunch (although please note it doesn't do hot food in the evenings).

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 10
Tent pitches 10
Motorhome pitches 7
Open now

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 01 Mar to

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Features

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

Baby-changing facilities

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

Picnic table

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

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Peaceful

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

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

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Woodleigh Caravan Park

Cheriton Bishop

Devon

England

EX6 6JL

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

50.72578°N
-3.73109°W

Nearest transport

Coach
14.6 km Bus Station
18.4 km The Barn Owl
18.4 km Honiton Road Park and Ride
Rail
5.7 km Yeoford Rail Station
8.7 km Crediton Rail Station
10 km Copplestone Rail Station
Ferry
19.1 km Topsham Lock Ferry Landing
19.2 km Topsham Ferry Landing
19.4 km Topsham (Turf Lock Ferry) Ferry Landing
Airport
22.2 km Exeter 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

For all you avid cyclists and walkers, there are plenty of local routes out into Dartmoor National Park (five minutes’ drive) – one of the most popular is a hike along the Teign Gorge from Drewsteignton (10 minutes' drive, home of a very popular foodie pub). This you can combine with a tour of Castle Drogo (15 minutes), built in 1910 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Road-based cycling routes include the Tedburn Loop (10 minutes), a ride from Fingle Clapper Bridge (15 minutes) across Dartmoor to Chagford (20 minutes) and the National Cycle Network Route 28, which wends its way through Devon from Okehampton to Salcombe via Throwleigh (15 minutes). The kids might pester for days on the beach, and that’s easily sorted with a visit to Ness Cove (half an hour), accessed by a subterranean tunnel, or strolls down the pier at Paignton (40 minutes). You can also keep youngsters amused on the water slides at Splashdown Quaywest (40 minutes), or take them to admire the mini Statue of Liberty and Stonehenge at Babbacombe Model Village (35 minutes). If you want to explore a bit further afield, check out the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth (55 minutes), or wander the gardens and spot the Rembrandt painting at National Trust-owned Buckland Abbey (50 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Dawlish Town 24.8 km Sea N/A Good Good Excellent
Dawlish Warren 24.9 km Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Dawlish Coryton Cove 25 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Teignmouth Holcombe 25.7 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Teignmouth Town 26.1 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Castle Drogo 6.6 km

Exeter Cathedral - Church of Saint Peter 14.2 km

The National Trust Killerton House & Gardens 20.6 km

Crealy Great Adventure Park 22.3 km

Buckfast Abbey 26.1 km

National Trust

Castle Drogo 6.6 km

Finch Foundry 13.8 km

The Church House 17.6 km

Killerton: Clyston Mill 20.5 km

Killerton 20.8 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

CASTLE DROGO 6.1 km

Chagford - Castle Drogo - Fingle Bridge 8.7 km

SHOBROOKE PARK 11.1 km

WOOD HOUSE 12.6 km

ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CEMETERY, EXETER 13.8 km

Local events

  • Beautiful Days (Friday, 16 August 2024 – Friday, 16 August 2024)

    Ottery St Mary, England 30.6 km

  • Sidmouth Folk Festival (Friday, 2 August 2024 – Friday, 2 August 2024)

    Sidmouth, England 35.3 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.

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Pleasant place to stop over for a couple of nights

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Very nicely laid out, small touring and tent area round a lawn, with well planted landscaping and two attractive sculptures of deer. There is a good cafe for breakfast and teas right next door at the adjacent guest house. The history of the Woodleigh Estate is interesting. The shower block is small, one ladies room, one gents, and a separate disabled, but they are new and clean. Lots of hot water, too. There are the usual campervan facilities. Friendly reception gentleman, happy to have a chat. It is a bit out of the way, but the fishing lake is attractive, and Exeter is 10 miles down an easy A road.

Disliked: No Wifi! The A30 road noise is a bit obtrusive at the bottom of the site. The hand dryer and hair dryer in the ladies were broken but when we reported this, the gentleman was very grateful and it will certainly be fixed by now, I think. The site fees seemed a bit steep for a fairly basic small site.

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From the manager: thanks hope to see you again soon kind regards woodleigh team

Excellent site friendly staff spotlessly clean.

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Very peaceful quiet site, shame about the road behind at nights. But very clean and tidy, I liked that.

Disliked: booked to be near showers and toilets due to a disability, but didn’t get that.

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From the manager: all our gravel pitches are the other end of the park and thats what you booked we are that small it is a very very short walk of 100 meters to the shower block also the gravel pitches are in the corner of the park adjacent to the a30 by 1/2 a mile if asked you could of moved away from the road kind regards woodleigh team

Nice cosy site, well kept and easy to find. Toilet and shower…

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
Wayne W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Nice cosy site, well kept and easy to find. Toilet and shower block was clean, hot water and loo roll always available. Guy on reception was very helpful and explained how it all worked as this was our first time camping anywhere. Would be happy to stay here again.

Disliked: Road noise as others have mentioned, but you soon get used to it.

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From the manager: many thanks wayne glad you enjoyed your stay hope to see you again soon kind regards woodleigh team

Great site to stop off at en route to West Cornwall

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Nice site which is obviously being developed further. Friendly welcome

Disliked: Close to A30 so some road noise.

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From the manager: many thanks hope to see you soon kind regards woodleigh team

Easy to find and close to main routes

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: This site is really close the main routes and is small, quiet, safe, clean and really well maintained. Really friendly staff and smooth easy check in.

Disliked: Some road noise and site is on a slope in some places although I managed to park my van on an area that had been levelled but take blocks for your wheels if you have them. Only one small shower for the ladies block but as I said the site is very small and I did not have to queue for long to use it.

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From the manager: hi lisa many thanks hope to see you again soon kind regards woodleigh team

Don’t waste your money. Go elsewhere

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The initial service from Louise was amazing. She was so friendly and helpful. The park is well maintained and fairly easy to find

Disliked: The customer service is appalling from the man. Unsure of his name. He couldn’t even crack a smile when our kids were playing or said hello. He was rude about where we had put our tent and claimed we were on two pitches (despite being the only one on there! And Louise letting us know to pitch up anywhere!) he would stare at our kids if they dared to make noise and was generally creepy. We actually left a day earlier because we felt uncomfortable and didn’t enjoy our stay. The facilities are average, they could do with updating but reasonably clean. We Will not be returning unfortunately.

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From the manager: you was parked on the pitch next door and when asked to move so i could pitch someone else you were fine we are a quite park and dont tolerate ferrell children which were rowdy and misbehaved we have to think about other campers and holiday home residents on site i would suggest a more built up theme park site were your children can run around being annoying that is not what we at woodliegh are about kind regards woodliegh team

The Pub just a short distance..…

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The Pub just a short distance..

Disliked: Lakes wasn't available to fish,no soap in men's toilets for two days..Very noisy traffic, electricity in shower/toilet /utility block was hit and miss..1st night no hot water to wash up in utility room or in showers.No lights during the night in toilets.We left a night early.

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From the manager: we were having new electrics fitted as part of the park development soap was refilled the next morning as the cleaner doesnt work 24hrs a day THERE WAS NO FISHING AS YOU DIDNT HAVE A ROD LICENSE AND ALSO THE LAKES WERE CLOSED DUE TO SPAWNING AND WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE LAW KIND REGARDS WOODLEIGH TEAM

Friendly staff, very helpful, layout of site, plenty of space and site…

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Friendly staff, very helpful, layout of site, plenty of space and site was near the A30 easy access. Will stop again. ,

Disliked: A little noise from the nearby A30, make sure you have levelling blocks for some pitches.

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From the manager: many thanks richard hope to see you soon kind regards woodleigh

Enjoyed our stay and will return.

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Great location for exploring the area or a stop-off on the way to Cornwall.

Disliked: Hook up was very unreliable and constantly tripped out.

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From the manager: MANY THANKS HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOON kind regards woodleigh team

Perfect site to pitch as a stop off to carry on a…

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Perfect site to pitch as a stop off to carry on a long journey. Cheap. Lots of maintenance work currently undergoing, guessing to make upgrades to park and didn’t effect us…very clean shower room and toilets

Disliked: No park 😅 kids were bored… but it was perfect for one night

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From the manager: thanks harriet hope to see you again soon kind regards woodleigh team


  • Does Woodleigh Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
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  • What attractions are near Woodleigh Caravan Park? For all you avid cyclists and walkers, there are plenty of local routes out into Dartmoor National Park (five minutes’ drive) – one of the most popular is a hike along the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Woodleigh Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  Anytime –  Anytime
    Depart by:  Anytime
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