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… 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).

Site type

Tent pitches 20
Touring caravan pitches 70
Motorhome pitches 10
Caravans for hire 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 (excluding couples) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The indoor swimming pool is open between 01/01 and 31/12.
  • 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.

Languages spoken

English

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Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

8.6

Overall rating from 729 Pitchup.com customers

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Peaceful

86% would recommend this site to a friend

82% would stay here again

What customers say

A clean, well-kept spot with helpful staff. Lovely indoor pool, bar, and restaurant. Patios are spacious and private. Some facilities are a bit old, but still clean and work well. A bit of noise from neighbours or kennels sometimes, but most guests have a great time.

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Large pitch and very level,swimming pool…

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Lisa B.

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Large pitch and very level,swimming pool was nice and warm.

Disliked Nothing

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Excellent site with everything you want for your stay.

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Anonymous

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Level hard standing with electric & water nearby. Really good & warm wash room facilities & washing up area. Hot showers, hair dryer cost (20p) but gave plenty of time to dry short hair.
Private ‘hedged’ pitches.
Nice friendly welcome from lady at reception & map given to show pitch & site layout, which was helpful.
Elsan disposal point easy to use & grey waste disposal grid you just drive over.
Very quiet this time in October.
Other facilities including pool & restaurant like the rest of the site were clean & rubbish free.
Enjoyed the little nature walk.

Disliked Dogs barking off site occasionally

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Lovely views Well stocked shop Helpful staff…

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Naomi L.

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Lovely views
Well stocked shop
Helpful staff

Disliked Woken each night by dogs barking (kennels nearby??)
Pitch quite tight to get van, awning and car into

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Very nice site loved the bus…

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Maria H.

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Very nice site loved the bus stop outside

Disliked WiFi is not good could not use phone or tv as little signal
Dogs barking all night

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Excellent location, very peaceful…

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Anonymous

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Excellent location, very peaceful

Disliked Advertised with WiFi, which it has but very poor . Alot of the time no connection

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Very friendly reception will use this site again

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Sarah B.

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked It's a great location for a stopover , didn't have time to use the pool or bar this time but have in the past and it's been fine.
Free WiFi at pitch has great signal

Disliked Shower was flooded into toilet area but this was not the sites fault just meant I had to mop the whole floor even to use the toilet

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Everything was more than expected, we…

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Anonymous

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Everything was more than expected, we lovednthe views and our visit to chedder, next time it will be a visit to Wells, the bus was right outside the campsite, so we could have a few drinkies, just a lovely location

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Great getaway campsite for a few nights stop over and exploring.

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Anonymous

Strawberry Field electric grass touring pitch

Liked Lovely small campsite, clean facilities, good sized pitches and great welcoming feel in the lodge. Great base for exploring.

Disliked Nothing, did exactly as advertised.

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Lovely site for family stay. Pool…

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Darren O.

Strawberry Field fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Lovely site for family stay. Pool was really warm and clean.
Staff very friendly and helpful.
Looking forward to my next visit

Disliked Nothing to dislike

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The views of Somerset.…

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Wayne F.

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked The views of Somerset.

Disliked Some of the caravans that are pitched permanently look very untidy with multi coloured lights up poles and fencing with lights on them, looks like a circus. Very clean but tired.

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Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Hot tub 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 Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Local produce 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 Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wild camping

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 Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse 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 pitches

Location

Bucklegrove Caravan and Camping Park

Wells Road

Rodney Stoke

Cheddar

Somerset

England

BS27 3UZ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

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

Coach
6.9 km Wells Bus Station
10.7 km Glastonbury Town Hall
10.8 km Town Hall
Rail
17 km Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station
17.8 km Yatton Rail Station
17.8 km Worle Rail Station
Ferry
21.3 km Bridgwater Ferry Terminal
21.6 km Weston-super-Mare Knightstone Harbour
24 km The Cottage Ferry Landing
Airport
16 km Bristol International Airport
45.7 km 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 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 20.1 km Estuary PoorPoorN/APoor
Berrow North Of Unity Farm 20.4 km Estuary N/AExcellentGoodGood
Weston Main 20.6 km Estuary PoorN/APoorN/A
Weston-Super-Mare Sand Bay 21.2 km Estuary N/AN/AGoodGood
Brean 21.3 km Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Wookey Hole Caves & Papermill 4.5 km

Cheddar Caves & Gorge 4.9 km

Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve 6 km

Wells Cathedral 7 km

Glastonbury Abbey 10.7 km

National Trust

King John's Hunting Lodge 7.8 km

West Pennard Court Barn 13.7 km

Stembridge Tower Mill 20 km

Tyntesfield 22 km

Clevedon Court 22.9 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Wookey Hole - Priddy - Ebbor Gorge 3.2 km

The Mendip Hills – a circular walk from Priddy 3.9 km

Wookey Hole and Ebbor Gorge 4.6 km

Cheddar Gorge - Black Down - Rowberrow 5 km

Charterhouse - Black Down - Velvet Bottom - Charterhouse 6.2 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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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?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  noon –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site 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 R454,15 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.