The Old Rectory Caravan and Camping Park

From £14 For 1 night, 4 adults 9.1 61 reviews
Spacious grass pitches (added by manager 30 May 2013)
Lots of space (added by manager 26 aug 2015)
Electric pitches, with the shower block in background, under the trees (added by manager 30 may 2013)
Hardstanding pitches (added by manager 08 may 2013)

  • Family-run park on the border of Devon and Cornwall
  • Free-range eggs, bacon and sausages produced on site
  • Dog-friendly with designated dog-walking field
Devon or Cornwall, Cornwall or Devon? Settle yourself down at The Old Rectory Caravan and Camping Park, three miles from Tavistock, to explore both with ease. Amenities at this self-sufficient smallholding include toilet and shower blocks, laundry facilities and a washing-up area; there's also a play area with swings and a slide, and animals to meet and greet. There are little extras around too, such as welly loan, a welly and bike cleaning area and plenty of recycling facilities (to keep your stay green through and through). You can also tuck into the free-range eggs, sausages and bacon produced on site, and, when the weather’s right, homegrown veggies fresh from the polytunnel. After dinner, pick up a tome from the on-site book exchange, or get starry eyed at the dark skies above in this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. If you’re bringing your own well-behaved four-legged companion, they can be exercised in the site’s designated dog-walking field.

Site type

Tent pitches 22
Touring caravan pitches 12
Motorhome pitches 12
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 5
Open now

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • The pin sockets in the pods are only usable with suitable camping equipment, phone chargers and low wattage equipment (they are not suitable for domestic 13-amp appliances). Please note: November to March, all the facilities (including the toilet block) are closed except for water, chemical disposal and refuse disposal points. Electricity is metered on-site at 0.30p per kWh. A £5 per night deposit is required on arrival and unused credit will be refunded at check-out

Languages spoken

English

Open from Thu, 28 Mar to

Silver David Bellamy Conservation Award AA Holiday Centre

Pitch types & availability

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Quiet, good sized pitch, great views of Dartmoor , good basic facilities…

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

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Quiet, good sized pitch, great views of Dartmoor , good basic facilities and a warm and friendly welcome.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good location shame about the facilities.

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 4
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 4
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 4
Andrew H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Good location close to Tavistock and central for travelling to coasts. Easy to find and tow to.

Disliked: Very uneven pitches, shower block not in a good state of repair, only one point on whole site to collect water from and quite a lot of road noise.

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It was our first caravan adventure and we could not have stayed…

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

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: It was our first caravan adventure and we could not have stayed at a better place then the Old Rectory Sarah and Declan the owners were especially welcoming and could not do enough to make our stay a pleasurable one. I would recommend this park to anyone it was quiet with a farm feel about it. Free range chickens and George the pig made the experience for us. Thank you Sarah and Declan

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Great place to explore Devon/Cornwall border regions and Dartmoor.

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

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Wonderful views across Dartmoor. Very peaceful off season. Very friendly hen. The owners were nice, pleasant to chat to, but not intrusive.

Disliked: The entrance was not obvious and we overshot it! Had to go a long way to turn around.

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Excellent, friendly, quiet site near Tavistock.

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Very friendly, we were given choices on available pitches. Site is quiet although road runs past the site, but traffic was light. Water, waste, recycling all OK. Shop has essentials with plans for more next season...

Disliked: Only one male toilet so you may have to wait...

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A quiet site, well located for western side of Dartmoor and Tamar…

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

Non-electric grass tent pitch (small, two person)

Liked: A quiet site, well located for western side of Dartmoor and Tamar valley. Clean. Friendly and helpful owners. Open all year. Will definitely go back there.

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Great site quiet dark (good) friendly helpful owners

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Everything from the pitches, the views, the facilities and the friendly park owners.

Disliked: Nothing

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Excellent site, clean facilities, great size pitches and nice owners.

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Lovely campsite with some great views. Area we were in each pitch is separated with a hedge which we liked and each pitch was a good size. Facilities were always kept clean. Small store on site for any amenities you may have forgotten. Supermarkets 10mins away but far enough away to not know it's there. WiFi was available and signal was good. Owners very friendly and explained a bit about the area to us. Would definitely recommend.

Disliked: Nothing

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Amazing site with great views and owners…

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Amazing site with great views and owners

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent friendly owner with great local knowledge.

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Everything. Perfect small but well appointed site with excellent owner. Campers/caravanners should ignore the poor 'milk machine' reviews as... 1. The milk machine has been removed. 2. The reviews were from locals who used the milk machine but behaved badly and invaded campers space, were noisy etc. They no longer visit the site.

Disliked: Nothing

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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

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

Local produce

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. 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

Spectacular scenery

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

Farm

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Tourer storage facilities

Location

The Old Rectory Caravan and Camping Park

Gulworthy

Tavistock

Devon

England

PL19 8JA

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

50.53233°N
-4.19068°W

Route directions

Just off the A390 Tavistock to Callington Road, about two miles out of Tavistock at Gulworthy roundabout, turn left towards Bere Alston. The entrance to the park is just past the school and church hall.

Nearest transport

Coach
2.2 mi Bus Station
8.4 mi Burraton Cross
8.4 mi Burraton Cross
Rail
1.7 mi Gunnislake Rail Station
2.5 mi Calstock Rail Station
3.3 mi Bere Alston Rail Station
Ferry
10.8 mi Devonport Ferry Terminal
10.8 mi Torpoint Ferry Terminal
11.6 mi Plymouth Stonehouse Ferry Terminal

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

Did someone say cream tea? Of course they did, for the market town of Tavistock, three miles away, is the home of this most English custom: the only quibble you might have is deciding whether it's clotted cream or jam to go on your scone first. As well as the cream teas, history buffs with have plenty to explore about the town, which has World Heritage status as it sits just on the edge of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. Horrible History fans can step back in time too at Morwellham Quay (two miles south of the park), a live-action Victorian museum with a historic village, port, copper mine and railway. The site is 10 minutes' drive from the edge of Dartmoor National Park and 25 minutes from one of the Dartmoor visitor centres at Princetown. Also within easy reach are the Tamar Trails activity centre, less than a five-minute drive away, and Maddacleave Wood and Gawton Gravity Hub (an intense 500-foot mountain bike descent trail), within a couple of minutes. Trethorne Leisure Park, about half an hour’s drive north, has something come rain or shine, including dodgems, soft play, farm animals, bowling and crazy golf.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Plymouth Hoe West 11.8 mi Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Plymouth Hoe East 11.8 mi Estuary N/A Good Excellent Excellent
Portwrinkle 12.9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Sharrow 13.1 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent N/A
Tregonhawke 13.4 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent N/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

National Marine Aquarium 11.7 mi

Dartmoor Zoological Park 12.1 mi

Buckfast Abbey 18.4 mi

Castle Drogo 20.1 mi

Tintagel Castle 26.8 mi

National Trust

Cotehele Mill 3.1 mi

Cotehele 3.1 mi

Buckland Abbey 4.3 mi

Lydford Gorge 8.4 mi

Lawrence House 10.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

COTEHELE 3 mi

Cotehele Quay - River Tamar - Calstock - Metherell 3.1 mi

ENDSLEIGH 5 mi

Clam Oak - Tamar Valley - Bere Alston - Clam Oak 5.2 mi

Bere Ferrers Station - River Tavy - Ley Farm - Liphook 5.6 mi

Local events

  • Eden Sessions (Wednesday 12 June 2024 – Wednesday 12 June 2024)

    Par, Cornwall 27.1 mi

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 Devon?

  • Does The Old Rectory Caravan and Camping Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Old Rectory Caravan and Camping Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Old Rectory Caravan and Camping Park? Did someone say cream tea? Of course they did, for the market town of Tavistock, three miles away, is the home of this most English custom: the only quibble you might have … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Old Rectory Caravan and Camping Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Old Rectory Caravan and Camping Park? From £14 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.