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Commons Wood Caravan And Motorhome Club Site
Ascots Lane
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire (Browse area)
AL7 4HJ
Tel: 01342 327 490
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Pitches: 68
Open: 01/01/2026 to 01/11/2026
01/01/2027 to 01/11/2027
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 No Tents |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Club Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 No Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop <5 miles |
 Bar <5 miles |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <5 miles |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 No Fishing |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 No Dog Walk |
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This is a club member only site - you may be able to join on site - please check direct with the site |
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| Date of Visit: May 2008 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Carousel |
25 reviews from this member |
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 Although an urban site Commons Wood is really quiet. Whilst there we were hardly aware of the hospital - certainly no endless sounds of ambulance sirens. In fact we were thrilled to see a fox walking across the central grassed area just as it got dusk.
If you visit with a dog the dog walk at the side of the site at first looks narrow and uninteresting but follow it through and it opens out into the woods with plenty of space for even the most boisterous of dogs.
Pay a visit to the Beehive pub , only five minutes walk away. We had a lovely meal here - cheap and cheerful interior with very friendly staff.
There is a lovely park just off the A1 roundabout with walks round a lake and a cafe for coffee.
There are aerial points on the bollards so tv is no problem - presumably previous contributor didn't discover this!
We shall definitely return to explore further. 
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| Date of Visit: April 2009 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Alvan |
31 reviews from this member |
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A great site and easy to find from the A1. Booking in was friendly and efficient. The site has a circular layout with a central grassed area.Bordered on one side by a large Caravan / Motorhome storage area and a Cricket Field on the other. Although the QE2 hospital is close it doesn't intrude.
The toilet block is clean and well maintained, there is a laundry and dishwashing area. The small information room is well stocked with re-cycling bins and a Caravan / Motorhome washing facility next door.
The pitches are large gravel hardstandings with box hedging giving a sense of privacy.
TV reception is poor, but there is lots to do in the area (Spent a lovely Sunday afternoon watching the cricket next door).
There is a bus stop opposite the QE2 hospital (stand B) with buses to Welwyn Garden City. Welwyn is a lovely place with the usual shops. 'The Howard Centre' is a modern indoor shopping Mall. If you take the escalator upstairs there is the entrance to the Railway Station. A cheap day ticket to London cost £16 each (Includes Tube travel). The helpful ticket office clerk told us to pick up the discount booklet (2 for 1 attractions) got in the Tower of London for one fare! brilliant time. Trains to London from Welwyn every 20 mins.
Commons Wood is a lovely popular site, a very rural feel, plenty of rabbits and lovely birdsong and there is a pub and shops a 10 min walk away. Would I visit again. Certainly!
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| Date of Visit: April 2009 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Caravankids |
4 reviews from this member |
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Used this site as a base over Easter. Usual high standard CC site, no playground but didn't matter as we were out everyday! An hour from Legoland and 20 mins from Cockfosters tube station which has a huge car park.The tube then takes you right into the centre of London in about 30 mins. Only cost us £1 to park all day at the station as it was weekend/bank hol.
Site is right next to a hospital but didn't really notice any noise. Only minor niggle was the floodlighting coming from the caravan storage area adjacent-if it bothers you then you might need to find a pitch away from this area.
We will definitely return to this site.
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| Date of Visit: March 2009 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: David Klyne |
257 reviews from this member |
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To Find Site:- Leave A1M at junction 4 onto 414 signed for Hertford and after about a mile take slip road for the A1000 towards Welwyn Garden City. At the end of the short slip road are traffic lights where you turn left onto the A1000, proceed carefully as you have to turn second right into Ascots Lane after only a short distance. Ascots lane is fairly narrow but fine if you take care. The entrance to the campsite is on the right immediately before the QE2 Hospital.
The Commons Wood campsite is in an urban setting on the southern edge of Welwyn Garden City, next to the QE2 Hospital, despite this it seems a peaceful location. This members only site is open all year. There are in the region of 70 pitches with the majority being on hardstanding. They are set out around a circular site road and some are unusual, for a Caravan Club site, in being bordered by hedges so giving a greater degree of privacy. It seems that pitches around the perimeter of the site have recently been converted to hardstanding. The centre section of the site, in front of the toilet block, is all grass pitches which seem only to be used in the summer season. All pitches have access to electrics and TV signal. WiFi is also available. There is a large storage enclosure as part of this site. There is one main toilet block which is up to the usual Club standards.
Commons Wood is close to the centre of Welwyn which has a good range of shops. For those not wanting to take a car in the bus stop is situated outside the QE2 Hospital. There are several supermarkets the nearest being either Tesco near the A1M junction or Waitrose near the centre of the town. This site is also convenient for visits to London by train, the information hut on site has lots of information. Hatfield House is close to the site but best to check opening dates on their website
There are several National Trust properties within travelling distance but the nearest is Shaw's Corner the country home of the playwright George Bernard Shaw.
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| Date of Visit: March 2009 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Babydaisy |
8 reviews from this member |
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It is a lovely quiet members only site. The wardens were very helpful and friendly. There is no shop on site, but the office will sell you a tv aerial cable for £15, as the service is horrendous. However, there is an Asda not far away in Hatfield and you can get the same thing for £6.99. Be aware that the EHU seem to be a longway from the vans and our 15m cable wasn't long enough to reach!
They have wifi, but charge £5 an hour, which I thought was a bit pricey. Vodafone signal was excellent.
Dog walk around the outside of the site, but no entrance to the site, you have to go right out and round which was a nuisance.
Toilet block was lovely and warm and very clean, showers were plentiful and hot.
This site is right next to the hospital, but you really forget that it's there, and there is virtually no noise from it. Woods on one side and a huge caravan storage facility on the other, all very well disguised with trees and shrubs.
Overall it's a very clean and tidy, friendly site. It's very close to the A1 and therefore great for London visits if you want; or indeed stay on site and forget where you are- just relax in the peace and quiet watching the squirrels and rabbits.
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| Date of Visit: April 2008 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Roger10 |
14 reviews from this member |
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Excellent Caravan Club site ( members only ) well up to the usual high standard. Has a large compound for storage of caranans with barbed wire lights etc. Next door to Q.E.2 hospital which is huge and there is a distant motorway and plane noise, but despite how this sounds it was reasonably peaceful for its location with lots of wildlife around. Staff were pleasant and helpful and security is good ( pass card barrier system ). There is a large area of woodland alongside the site which has extremely pleasant walks, although the nearest entrance to it is next to the hospital so there is quite a lot of litter there but don't let that put you off. Local shops are an easy 15min walk away. No specific childrens play area but there is lots of space. Toilets/showers, as you would expect, are to a good standard and very clean. Lots of leaflets/ maps etc. In the information room which was helpful also a book exchange system with donations to charity.
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| Date of Visit: September 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Judas_hill |
42 reviews from this member |
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Found the site very clean and tidy. The wardens very very helpful. A little disappointed that there was not a lot to do in the area. Hatfield house was closed and so were some of the other attractions. This site does have a very large storage area. The sat nav takes you right to the site.
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| Date of Visit: February 2006 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Kipperkid |
26 reviews from this member |
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Very spacious pitches, mixture of hard standing and grass pitches although only the hard standings were in use at the time we visited.
Usual high standard of facilities.
Also has storage facilities.
Wardens friendly and helpful.
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| Date of Visit: April 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Lion_tamer20 |
18 reviews from this member |
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This is a members only caravan club site. The toilet facilities are immaculate. We used it as a site with good access to London. A twenty minute drive from the site takes you Cockfosters tube station then a 35 min ride and you are in Leicester Square. We stayed here over the Easter Weekend and went into London everyday. We thoroughly enjoyed it.
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Family with young children |
| Reviewer: Ratty |
332 reviews from this member |
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March 2003
Although I didn't actually stay at this site they allowed me to have a look around.
The site looked like a typical Caravan Club site, well maintained grounds with immaculate looking toilet and shower block. Plenty of hook ups and fresh and waste water points.
The site is situated about a 5 minute drive from Welwyn Garden City centre with easy access to the A1M (J5). You have the historic city of St Albans only 15 minutes down the road and the County town, Hertford, again about 15 minutes drive away. For the youngsters there is a working flour mill and Roman Baths within a very short distance and both these are free entry but only open at certain times.
The wardens on site seem very friendly and also happy to help out in any way they can. Security on this site is top notch with barrier entry and exit systems.
If I didn't live around the corner I would visit this site.
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