camping in somerset / devon / dorset

blondie81_2

can anyone recommend a campsite in somerset / devon / dorset areas for a tent, for a week in august got 2 boys age 9 and 6 so would love a site with a pool and playground and somewhere to go in the evening.
I have looked on ukcampsite but need help as there are many to choose from.

thanks

greenface

It may feel like i am stalking you but broadway house in Chedder may be good for you and yours (check they have ellecy hook up) http://www.broadwayhousepark.co.uk/ it a very nice site in a great location for somerset area Glasto Wells Cheddar Bath and not too far from the beaches too. Good luck. We only stayed in a caravan but there was tents too

citykid5

watermouth valley camp site in ilfracombe,used to be called big meadow, but still run by the same owners.absolutly brilliant,tobogans and tractor rides for the kids all free,great kiddy play areas.and only £13 per nite.good pub at one end of the site,sorry no pool though

hartcjhart

try here plenty to do

http://www.millfarm.biz/index.html

blondie81_2

has anyone stayed at lady's mile, oakcliff, or cofton holiday parks, can't seem to fins any reviews

thanks for you replies

davehills

Have you looked at Sandy Balls and Merley Court?

blondie81_2

has anyone stayed here thinking about camping here but can't find any reviews.

greenface

http://www.zoover.co.uk/england/south-west/dawlish/ladys-mile/camping
just google ladys mile reviews there are a few more.

I went way back in 1993/4 things have changed too much to comment on the place but the location is very good.

blondie81_2

greenface wrote: »

http://www.zoover.co.uk/england/south-west/dawlish/ladys-mile/camping
just google ladys mile reviews there are a few more.

I went way back in 1993/4 things have changed too much to comment on the place but the location is very good.

thanks for that glad i asked reviews don't seem that good
:eek:

will have to keep looking where is your caravan in wales

vax2002

ladys mile is excellent for kids, nice adventure playground, rope slides, 2 swimming pools with water slides and first class life guards, chip shop, amusements, supermarket, club with entertainment and its in walking distance of the beach at Dawlish warren which is a lifeguard beach and Dawlish town is just lovely.
The wardens keep an eye on the kids.
Now, if you want a holiday where there is "plenty to do" on site this is for you. the site is pointed towards kids having fun and can be a bit noisy, but thats why many go, to have fun
If you want peace and quiet, the across the road is Leadstone camping, which is basically 3 expensive fields, well kept with one small long queue shower block and damned expensive for very little, The staff at leadstone spend most of the time telling the kids off for having nothing to do and constantly complaining to parents for their children acting like children .
On Dawlish
I would chose on the basis:
Family fun and a rest from the kids as they are never in = Ladys mile
Sit in a well kept field like statues + leadstone camping
Decide are you taking the Kids on holiday, or yourself ?

artichoke

HI

i would second BroadWay house near Cheddar - they have an outdoor pool, a skatepark (which is located near one of the tent areas- we camped just by the skatepark and my would have been on their scooters 24 hours a day if we had let them),

plus a bmx track - which looked a bit too serious for my 5 and 6 year old - but great for older kids..

plus a fantastic adventure playground, and a toddler playground...

We would go back here -it was not cheap but the kids loved it.

there was a bar with entertainment, but we never went to it - we were a party of 20 and so just met up outside the tents each night for a bbq, one of our party's tent overlooked the adventure playground, ours the skatepark, and another the toddler play area so we just rotated our evening bbq so we could watch the kids whilst we chatted.

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