Aldenham Country Park

Open fields, able to have a camp fire, horses and sheep in next field, woods and lake plus plenty to do for my young son.

There’s a regional airport close by with planes landing until 10pm one night plus background noise from M1 & M25.

Nice quiet area, great pitches

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I liked everything:
THE KINDNESS OF THE RECEPTION STAFF WHO HELPED ME GET ACCESS WHEN I WAS ARRIVING LATE,
THE SITE ITSELF,
THE PARK
THE WALK ROUND THE LAKE
THE COFFEE AT THE KIOSK
THE AMAZINGLY CONVENIENT LOCATION
COMPOSTING LOO AND SHOWERS GREAT

NOTHING TO DISLIKE

Great site and friendly staff

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I pitched in 'the avenues', the field with lots of trees which had a superb atmosphere & felt like proper wild camping.

I loved having a small open fire as it's extremely hard to find a campsite that will allow this!

The location of the site was great and was easy to find.

Facilities are basic, but if you want a wild camping experience as they advertise they are more than adequate and were fine for the one night stay I had!

Compost toilets are a must try, even if it is only one time.

Peaceful, quiet and friendly staff.
Facilities were clean.
Perfect distance between campers which created a good atmosphere

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Location, facilities - cafe for top up breakfast,and late lunch, plenty of toilets,both compost and porta loos plus the main carpark had 'proper toilets' , shower facilities, washing up areas. A parkrun on site,100 acre wood walk, walk round the reservoir stopping off for a pint at The Fishery half way round. Campfires allowed, able to buy wood onsite. Farm shop (though we didn't use) looked lovely, free park for children as well as a fantastic looking SEN park that you could pay extra for, same as the petting farm. We didn't use them but great if you had younger children.

Unfortunately the downside of 'wild camping' is that people can pitch up where ever they want and can be particularly noisy. Our first night was fine, but the 2nd night a group came and camped really close to us when there was lots of other room and sat up talking until gone 3am. They sang a rousing chorus of happy birthday at 12.01am and woke me up. There was also a large group gathering in the other camping field when we came back through late afternoon, and people also came into the field to use it for late night bbq/picnics/drinking but not actually staying. No one seemed to really be monitoring the fields, 1 person did come round occasionally but looked to be more delivering hay bales/collecting up picnic benches etc and I don't think he'd have a clue who paid, who hadn't, who had a camp fire permit, who hadn't etc. That said, I would take my chances to come again, but try to tuck myself away from noisy neighbours!

Large Fields to camp on and not too far out of London, spacious and scenic.

Only 1 shower for everyone to use and the shower was way too hot.
Shower holder broken

Fantastic layout with trees, fields, open, closed areas etc.
Other campers were respectful of after hours noise limits and the amenities were plentiful.
Vans drove around collecting camp rubbish multiple times a day and the campsite overall was very clean.
Proximity to entertainment for kids was great - playgrounds, animals, walks etc.

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Toilets were clean and not at all like the negative reviews had stated. Lots to do on site for the children. We also liked the cafe and the breakfast was lovely!

Horse riding was over priced but the children enjoyed it.