Bucklegrove Caravan and Camping Park

From £17.95 For 3 nights, 4 adults 8.7 759 reviews
All service grass tent pitch
Some of our pitches are terraced (added by manager 03 jun 2015)
Swimming pools (added by manager 06 apr 2017)
Exterior view (added by manager 21 mar 2017)

  • 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…it’s all gouda. 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

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 (couples and immediate family members excepted) 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.
  • No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
  • 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

Pitch types & availability

Other pitch types

Reviews

87%

would recommend this site to a friend

83%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

It’s ok for 1 night stay, don’t feel like I would return

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

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: The staff were friendly and the check in was nice and easy

Disliked: The hard standing pitch was very muddy There was a constant sound of multiple dogs barking throughout the stay

Recommend to friends Visit again

10/10

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

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Great clean site

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Location /shop/restaurant/lodge…

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

Strawberry Field electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Location /shop/restaurant/lodge

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean toilets bus stop outside site. Lovely pool…

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

Grove electric gravel and hardstanding motorhome pitch

Liked: Clean toilets bus stop outside site. Lovely pool

Disliked: Showers floor got flooded so difficult to get dressed. No dog walking area

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice enough for a few days as a base for day trips.

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

Strawberry Field fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Pleasant enough reception team. Wifi was free but a bit intermittent. All pitches appear level.

Disliked: Showers a bit dated with flaking paint, but kept clean. Pitch itself quite small and I can imagine would be a little on top of each other in the summer. Clubhouse only available Friday and Saturday night ( this was advised advance, being out of season ), so no opportunity to comment with our Sunday to Thurs visit. Being the oldest site in Cheddar also means it needs some updating.

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The Reception are was great staff friendly…

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

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: The Reception are was great staff friendly

Disliked: We booked a hardstanding pitch due to the time of year but our pitch looked as if someone had got stuck in the ground we got covered in muck every time me left our caravan I use a mobility scooter and had to ask the next pitch to me if I could go through their side because of the muck we had a good look around the site and there was plenty of hard standing available without any muck I don't think our pitch had been checked to see the condition my wife wanted to go and complain and get another pitch allocated to us I said not to worry we would manage.The toilets were clean but there was no heating on the pot holes were very bad from the touring site I don't think I would go back my scooter looks as if I had been rallying

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Great site ,good facilities, lovely food and service, would recommend

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

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Good pitches ,clean friendly

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely campsite

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

Strawberry Field electric hardstanding motorhome pitch

Liked: Had a lovely week here. On pitch 202, it was close to all amenities. Also, campsite was close cheddar gorge, would stay again.

Disliked: Just wished the pool would of been open longer so we could of got to use it after we came back from touring.

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Staff were friendly, nice quiet location and good size pitches.…

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

Strawberry Field electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Staff were friendly, nice quiet location and good size pitches.

Disliked: Only complaint was that the toilets weren’t cleaned at all on Saturday so unfortunately there was toilet roll just chucked around.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Worth the stop. Excellent price.

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

Grove electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Clean and warm facilities, loved the warm swimming pool. Friendly staff.

Disliked: Pitch boggy and nearest toilet being repaired.

Recommend to friends Visit again


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

Rallies welcome

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

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

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

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
4.3 mi Wells Bus Station
6.7 mi Glastonbury Town Hall
6.7 mi Town Hall
Rail
10.6 mi Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station
11 mi Yatton Rail Station
11.1 mi Worle Rail Station
Ferry
13.3 mi Bridgwater Ferry Terminal
13.4 mi Weston-super-Mare Knightstone Harbour
14.9 mi The Cottage Ferry Landing
Airport
10 mi Bristol International Airport
28.4 mi 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 or the SeaQuarium at Weston-super-Mare 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 2020 2019 2018 2017
Weston-Super-Mare Uphill Slipway 12.5 mi Estuary Poor Poor N/A Poor
Berrow North Of Unity Farm 12.7 mi Estuary N/A Excellent Good Good
Weston Main 12.8 mi Estuary Poor N/A Poor N/A
Weston-Super-Mare Sand Bay 13.1 mi Estuary N/A N/A Good Good
Brean 13.2 mi Estuary N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Wookey Hole Caves & Papermill 2.8 mi

Cheddar Caves & Gorge 3.1 mi

Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve 3.7 mi

Wells Cathedral 4.3 mi

Glastonbury Abbey 6.7 mi

National Trust

King John's Hunting Lodge 4.8 mi

West Pennard Court Barn 8.5 mi

Stembridge Tower Mill 12.5 mi

Tyntesfield 13.7 mi

Clevedon Court 14.2 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Wookey Hole - Priddy - Ebbor Gorge 2 mi

The Mendip Hills – a circular walk from Priddy 2.4 mi

Wookey Hole and Ebbor Gorge 2.8 mi

Cheddar Gorge - Black Down - Rowberrow 3.1 mi

Charterhouse - Black Down - Velvet Bottom - Charterhouse 3.9 mi

Local events

  • Glastonbury Festival (Wednesday 26 June 2024 – Wednesday 26 June 2024)

    Glastonbury, Somerset 8.5 mi

  • Bristol International Balloon Fiesta (Thursday 8 August 2024 – Thursday 8 August 2024)

    Bristol, Greater Bristol 14.1 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 Somerset?

  • 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:  12 p.m. –  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 £17.95 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.