Big Bear Lodge

Beautiful surroundings. Very clean and comfortable facilities. Probably the best shower I’ve had at a campsite. Friendly helpful owner, great range of additional services. Close proximity to good pubs. Quiet at night. Even well maintained pitches. Gorgeous sunset views. Lovely cats

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The site is in a wonderful location. Very quiet although within easy reach of other Shropshire towns and villages and of course, easy access to Wales. I liked the fact that it was not overcrowded despite it being August Bank Holiday (have had other bad camping experiences with site owners being greedy and accepting too many bookings). The site is very peaceful and has just the right number of pitches/lodges to keep it that way. The bathroom facilities were clean at all times and all the grounds very well maintained. I liked everything about the site.

This is not a dislike at all, more of a "would be even better if..." - there are no hook up electrical pitches for tents and whilst I understand that some sites take this decision to remain non electric and have stayed at them before, there is usually a plug socket accessible to charge phones and use a hairdryer etc. Therefore, I think it would be an idea to have a few sockets accessible even if no hook up.

There were some external sockets (presumably for the owners outdoor maintenance equipment) which I did cheekily use and then offered the owner a small donation to electricity which she kindly accepted. However, this is not normally allowed so I think a few sockets for occasional for charging etc would be an idea for the future.

Spectacular views

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Lovely quiet relaxing site very clean

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Liked Everything, small site with wide open spaces, my son loved riding his bike over the grass.
Clean amenities & loved the shower.
This campsite has a very relaxed feel.
The owners were about if we needed them but also left us to ourselves which is nice.
We will be returning Big bear lodge. ❤️

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Peacefullness

Lack of contact by hosts. Poor value for money

Really lovely, quiet setting.
Not over run with pods just 4 or 5 in close proximity.
Great place for kids to play just outside.
Clean and useful facilities a stones throw away.
Very reasonably priced accommodation
Communicative host throughout the booking process but left to own devices whilst there which we liked!
Would definitely recommend and return!

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Nice little campsite, hot water in washing up area, always clean toilets and showers. Can hire a fire pit for £10, which was nice in the evening.

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A lovely quiet campsite. We stayed during the week and stayed an extra night. The owners were very helpful. Facilities were good and kept clean. Nice walks and not too far to the river. One of the closest pubs Royal Hill serves very good food, fish and chips were the best we’d tasted in a long time!

Nothing to dislike as far as we were concerned.

The shower and toilet block were very well maintained, clean and spacious, easy to use. The details for arrival were emailed clearly and well in advance

The pitch we were on was on a slope which meant our tent was not flat. We worked around this, and as our tent is a long rectangle it was ok, a large square tent would have struggled.