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Whitemead Forest Park
Parkend
Lydney
Gloucestershire (Browse area)
GL15 4LA
Tel: 03301 230374 or 01594 560400
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Pitches: 110
Open: 16/01/2026 to 31/12/2026
16/01/2027 to 31/12/2027
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 Small Campervans |
 Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
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 Hardstanding Pitches |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 No Fishing |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool On Site |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <1 mile |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <5 miles |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: August 2025 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 9 |
Travelling as: Extended family |
| Reviewer: Grandad essex |
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 Nice site, plenty to do, nice forest walks, swimming pool, sauna steam room, jacuzi, cafe, entertainment venue.
Site area clean and tidy, small shop on site, main shops 10 mins drive away.
Had a few niggles but management team are addressing them, nothing serious. Food and service in restaurant good.
Site was nice and quite at night, we were pitched in the Dell area which is sheltered. The Meadow area is a bit more exposed.
Overall a good 9 nights. 
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| Date of Visit: June 2025 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Hymervan |
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1st of all, rule of thumb. If you're not travelling or in the company of young ones, go term time or mid week! It's a different ball game during this time. With that out of the way, in my opinion it has all the attractions Centre Parks have to offer.
I love the place.
Easy to locate, wide pitches but some large motorhomes & caravans were struggling to reverse on as not enough space between opposite pitches. They don't ask on booking your unit length. One Motorhome failed miserably to get on. It was June & a weekend.
Everything is immaculate. Pool is a big hit. Included with pitch fee. No need to book a slot. Changing rooms out of use atm, change pool side in put up tents, children loved this idea! Swimming pool open 8-8, adults only 1st & last hour of this time.
Certain weekends tribute acts. Plenty of playareas for children. Can recommend Forester Restaurant, no need to book, prices & quality of food really good. We sat outside, good atmosphere with coloured sail roofing.
Plenty of cycling / walking routes from site. Bike hire available in the grounds too. We were fortunate to go on the steam train, about 10 mins walk from site. Check dates if you're interested.
Can be pricey peak time. But what you get for your money you cannot complain. Try it it's a must.
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Date of Visit: June 2024  |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Telmor |
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First time on this site, very clean and tidy,
Food was great and the staff were helpful and friendly.
Lovely forest walks with our dogs.
Would highly recommend.
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| Date of Visit: December 2022 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Nuevoboy |
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Just had three rather chilly nights at Whitemead, arriving one day after the 2 to 3 inches of snowfall. Temperatures stayed below freezing for the time we were there and yes, obviously it was mighty cold (but not as bad as the minus 15 for our first visit).
Reception and shop staff were all very friendly and welcoming.
It was a relief to go for a swim in the warm indoor pool and it was so quiet that one evening we had the pool to ourselves, though were disappointed that the jacuzzi was out of action.
There were no water taps in use except for the laundry, but we managed fine.
We were hoping to cycle but even the bike trails were hazardous with compacted ice, so we walked, once to Nags Head nature reserve and once to Cannop Ponds.
We ate in the Fountain pub on two occasions; very friendly people and very good food.
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| Date of Visit: January 2023 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Jacjones |
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Good location and facilities. You can walk straight into the woodland or further afield. Pubs within walking distance.
You can order food from your caravan via qr code if you like and pick it up as a takeaway. We had a pizza. It wasn’t bad but way too much cheese.
Shop was well stocked.
Pool are great.
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Pet friendly to a point. Dogs not allowed in the bar area, should accept them in part of the bar at least.
No phone signal and the Wifi was terrible
Not many water taps
There were too many people packed in like sqrdines and a lot of them were up late and rowdy
Wouldn't return as it’s too commercial
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| Date of Visit: March 2022 |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Solo traveller |
| Reviewer: Elton3 |
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If you want the full "butlins" experience then this is the place to go.
Loads of good facilities including a pool and spa which are all very well maintained.
It's a huge site with a large amount of people crammed in but it is in a beautiful setting.
Do note there is very little phone signal and the wifi barely works.
Great for families and the older generation but not good if you want to get back to nature.
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| Date of Visit: October 2021 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Mandie |
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Absolutely amazing weekend at Whitemead. We have stayed there many times over the past 10 years.
We would highly recommend it to anyone.
Beautiful setting and dog friendly pubs within walking distance.
Just brilliant.
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| Date of Visit: September 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Lizst1 |
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Lovely clean campsite enjoyed the bike rides and the stem train ride. Staff very friendly and helpful.
Toilets and showers cleaned regularly. Good dog walk on site through the woods.
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| Date of Visit: August 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Philhe |
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The stay was excellent with superb landscape views of wales, on a sunny afternoon.
Would highly recommend and shall return soon.
The portable toilet facilities were excellent too.
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| Date of Visit: July 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Family with older children |
| Reviewer: Mrs Bear |
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Been visiting here for 20 years and this year was a disappointment. So in regards site rules and pitching instructions - do what you want no one enforces anything!. We were advised that pup tents had to go on the hard standing and not on the adjacent grass areas this did not apply to several people, social distancing a joke, fire pits popular, lots of groups getting together and drinking to the early hours.
Children and adults on bikes, skateboards and scooters racing around the plots at the top of the site up and down the hills, we even had one kid and his skateboard crash into our awning when misjudging a down hill corner, how a kid did not get hit by a car I wonder!
On a positive note the Miners Arms at Whitecroft a pleasant walk through the woods did a good pint, canoeing on the Wye was great and as usual the cycling and walking from the site were excellent.
On a general note the toilet facilities are looking a bit tired and could have done with more cleaning, the outside bar area needs more tables and chairs and protection from the rain whilst social distancing measures are in place. Would also be good to see hand sanitisers at the play areas.
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| Date of Visit: July 2020 |
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Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Billmcarea |
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Surroundings were beautiful
However our stay was spoilt by noisy drunken families until late and the staff doing nothing about it till past midnight.
Adults wanting a peaceful time should avoid during school holidays.
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| Date of Visit: July 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Young couple |
| Reviewer: Wizzy Seas |
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We have used this site for over 20 years but tend to avoid school holidays - we remember why now! We expected in these post-covid times that there would’ve have been some limits on numbers but it was the busiest we’ve ever seen.
The campsites looked very disorderly and cluttered with tents campers and caravans mixed everywhere with no respect of the pitching instructions. Some of the units were clearly not road-worthy and there were a lot of first-time campers!
Our neighbours pitched their table and chairs inches away from our caravan - luckily it rained so they went elsewhere to continue drinking. We didn’t use any of the facilities since they were overcrowded and non of the staff or customers were using gloves or masks.
The forest is beautiful and so was this site until they overdeveloped it :-( There are better places to stay to explore the area.
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| Date of Visit: March 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Nuevoboy |
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This was probably our sixth stay in a motorhome, having originally used the log cabins and apartments. We were surprised how full the site was (given the Coronavirus issue) but all was well on the park.
The facilities were absolutely spotless and the cleaning staff should be praised for their efforts. It was noticeable that there was a lot more cleaning going on in the leisure centre too.
The facilities really are top class and we used the pool, jacuzzi and steam room on three consecutive days.
The weather though, was rather poor, which restricted our cycling somewhat, but then that's when the leisure facilities really come to the fore.
We ate in the Woodman pub each night and the food and service was again top notch.
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| Date of Visit: September 2019 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Jacquimeadows |
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Gorgeous site, fantastic facilities in the heart of the forest of dean.
The only down side was a school was in the apartments across the way and they were very noisy.
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| Date of Visit: February 2019 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Family with older children |
| Reviewer: MrsHaze |
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This was our fourth visit to Whitemead and once again it was fantastic,
A lovely clean and well maintained site with an indoor pool and children's entertainment which was suitable for all ages.
A great base to explore the Forest of Dean and a lovely restaurant and bar to come back to.
We're already planning our fifth visit.
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