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We have just had a fantastic 2 night stay at this campsite. Staff were friendly and helpful at all times. We chose our own pitch, close to the playground to keep the children happy, which made it very easy to supervise them. The site was very clean overall, the toilet block was immaculate. The positives of this site are level pitches, good walking and cycling directly from the site (routes happily explained by the staff), great staff, good children's playground and ball field, superb cleanliness. The downsides for us were lots of yappy dogs (I guess we were unlucky!), bins that are outside the exit (but maybe this was a positive as the weather was very hot but there were hardly any wasps!) and showers that lasted a mere 4 seconds when the button was pushed! The positives far outweighed any negatives, however, and we will definitely be back!
We have just spent the weekend here with friends who have been here 4 times before and loved it. No wonder it really is a fantastic site, the pitches are huge and really well laid out.
The facilities are brilliant but have a shower outside normal times if you want hot water. The owners could not have been more helpful and pleasant.
We took our 2 jack russells who absolutely loved the fact that the forest is right on the door step. We spent 4 hours out walking on saturday and only met 3 other people.
We didn't need the children's facilities but our friends 9 year old son had a fantastic time in the play park as well as the huge games field.
The little shop is ok for emergency bits and bobs but we used Tesco in Thetford 6 miles a way.
If you are looking for a weekend or a week site this one and the local area have lots to offer.
Arrived here for our weeks stay and had a very warm welcome from staff. Shown to our pitch by the wardens.
Big site, surrounded by forest. Lots of wonderful forest walks. Clean toilet/shower blocks, good washing up facilities with plenty of hot water, nice cabin with tourist info and laundry fac (£3. 50 wash, £1. 50 30 min dry). Fruit trees everywhere and were told we could pick fruit if wanted. Good children's play area although very busy when we were there.
Piped TV to EHU posts, £5 for week or £1 per night. £30 cash deposit for cable. You will need to have a freeview box or TV to use this. If you have a portable satellite system you struggle because of trees (we found this out and ended up buying a freeview box).
Bad points.
Lacking facilities, showers etc. When busy there are potentially 157 pitches on site, pods and 10 jumbo pitches. 5 showers in one block, 2 in the other, definitely not enough when busy.
Fruit trees everywhere, nice but attract wasps when sunny.
Laundry was expensive and wash did not get clothes clean, clothes were still not completely dry when came out of dryer.
The narrow road on access to the site seems to be used as a lorry trailer park. There were always trailers parked there, ok if in a car but I can imagine that if you were trying to get a caravan/motorhome out you could have problems. This was not mentioned anywhere.
It is a nice site, friendly staff but definitely for out of season. Would not recommend in peak season as too busy.
Immaculately kept site. We were on a large hard standing, but the grass pitches would have been just as firm. (Rock pegs required for the hard standings for awnings)
There are two bike trails through the forest, accessible from the site - a 1 mile green run and a 2 and a bit mile yellow run. These are marked out by posts with the colour code on top - though it's easy to take a wrong turn as not every junction is marked.
We were second in the queue for the Friday night chip van after reading the reviews below (the first chap in the queue also being a UKCampsite.co.uk user!) The van was still there two hours later, so most of the campsite must have queued up.
Round and about, we visited Grimes Graves - a prehistoric flint mining site (11 miles - mildly interesting but expensive for a 5 minute climb down a ladder), Castle Acre Priory (20 miles - an 11th Century monastery - excellent, Denver Windmill (21 miles - working Windmill - fascinating!) and Norwich Castle (26 miles - excellent and only £1 entry each during lunch hour)
Entry to the campsite is via keycode barrier, and no entry/exit is allowed between 11pm and 7am. Recycling bins are at the exit just after the barrier.
The access road is about 200 yards long and is in need of repair with many potholes making for a bumpy trip - there's a passing place around half-way up if you meet an oncoming vehicle.
We visited this wonderful site for a 2 night stay on the 8th and 9th July.
It was a real pleasure from start to finish. On arrival we were made most welcome at the lovely reception / shop and after being shown our pitch on the site map we followed the Gentleman to our pitch (on his bike!). We were given clear safety instructions regarding where to pitch and where to park. Our pitch was on perfectly flat neatly cut grass as were all of the pitches.
The site was busy but the facilities were never stretched and the cleanliness never waived.
The site is immaculate in every way with the cleanest toilet and shower block I have ever seen. The site is visited on a Friday by an excellent fish and chip van which I can recommend (just be prepared to queue as it is extremely popular)
A good little information shed in one corner with local attractions leaflets and pub / restaurant info.
Fab walks straight from the top corner of the site into Forestry commision marked circular walks of the forest.
All in all a site that is a real credit to the owners and employees with a lovely little play area for our children who also had a wonderful time.
Stayed here for 2 nights arrived at short notice, we could basically pitch where we wanted as site was not full. Shower blocks immaculate although as others have mentioned the button needs to be pressed every 5 seconds on the shower to get any water and the cubicles are really small, and could do with another hand dryer.
Staff really friendly and hard working.
6 miles to Watton for small Tesco or 7 miles to Thetford for larger Tesco and pub that serves meals although we did not try this. About 12 miles away is High Lodge Forest Centre where there are great cycle routes all clearly marked with different levels, there is a Go Ape here and Segways, this is a must visit.
You can here the road noise from where we pitched but ear plugs sorted that.
Thetford is famous for where Dad's Army was filmed and there is a bronze statue of Captain ManWaring in the centre
We visited Puddleduck Farm for the second time this June. We had a very good break and enjoyed our stay, extending this by an extra night. The next time, we will choose a pitch away from the park, as there is a lack of control from both the site wardens and the parents of children, allowing children to play beyond the signed closure time.
On balance, this is a nice site, well maintained and with good facilities. The wardens are nice and do react when asked to.
It is very likely that we will stay again in the near future. I would also add that my father also joined us for a couple of days, staying in a standard pod following his recovery from Cancer treatment, and had a wonderful time.
Only our second trip in our caravan and we were very pleasantly welcomed and taken to our pitch and guided in to position. The warden spent time going over the facilities. The toilet and showers were spotless.
My only criticism is the push buttons on the showers and the fact that if you only pop in to use the loo, there is only one hand basin and one poor hand dryer.
There are some lovely circular walks and cycles from the site and a pleasant fishing pond, which my son and his granddad spent an afternoon on.
Despite rain and a bad summer cold, we are already planning to come back.
This was actually our second visit to this site. We arrived on the day of the Royal Wedding. Great fun to watch the wardens all kitted out in wedding gear.
Still cycled us to our pitch too.
A rally was taking place, but this did not cause any problems.
Facilities usual C&CC standard, although there was a visitor in the ladies, a hawkmoth.!
Chip van still visits, great food.
Walks from site are fantastic.A must is a stroll along the old crab and winkle line to Swaffham, you pass the pingo ponds, a sight on their own, deer roam freely.
Stayed here for a 3 day break in March. Very warm welcome from staff and was allowed to choose my pitch. When I pitched my tent I realised that my electric hook up lead was short so the staff sorted an extension lead out for me.
Wash rooms, showers and toilets kept very clean and nice and warm which was a godsend at this time of year. God area for dishwashing.
Great area for woodland walks and cycles on tracks and empty side roads. A good range of pubs in the area many of which were in easy cycling distant on quiet tracks and roads from the campsite. Also great for viewing wildlife. During one walk spotted both roe and muntjac deer, massive variety of birds and even a hedgehog.
All of the area seemed very quiet and was a great place for a spot of relaxation. Will definitely be returning for another visit. Thanks again to the friendly site staff.
This was the second time we had stayed at the campsite as we enjoyed our first visit so much the year before. This time we were staying in one of the pods on site.
We arrived about 1.30 in the afternoon and was promptly seen to and was shown our Pod straight away, which is always a nice touch I think when you arrive and shown to your pitch. Straight away we were so pleased to see where we would be staying for the next 4 days.
We had booked the pod basically from seeing them the year before, but now there were more on site, first impressions were exciting from the outside. We were very happy where we were positioned away from the pond where the rest of the pods were. We were shown inside and what was expected of us and how to leave it on our departure. We unpacked the car nearby and got settled. Not long after we got our welly boots on and wraped up and went for a lovely walk nearby in the woods.
This campsite is perfect, it's toilet facilities are immaculate and the showers are hot and kept so clean. We ran out of gas whilst we set up for a cuppa tea, but promptly the staff helped us out by replacing our old with a new cylinder straight away, very helpful staff!
We enjoyed our stay so much that we didn't want to go, we came for peace and quiet and fresh air and that's exactly what we got 10/10 without a doubt!
We arrived to a very warm welcome and were given a variety of pitches to choose from. We chose one near the exit which was a great choice for TV and Wifi signal but also for the weather as we pitched south facing, the sun rose on the east and set on the west so on the days we were lucky with the weather we had the sun all day through. We were shown to our pitch and offered any help we needed. Very pleasant and friendly staff.
The site is deceptively large and spacious. It operates a barrier system where you must enter a code (given to you on check-in) when you drive into the site and the barrier on the exit lifts automatically. There’s a fish & chip van on a Friday night which arrives approx 7.30pm and we can definitely recommend them. We were there 9 nights and had them both Fridays.
There is a central block with wash up facilities and toilets. The ladies had 5 toilets, a wash basin, five enclosed cubicle wash basins and five showers. The showers were hot and a decent water pressure but they are push button and had to be pressed far too regular, every 8-12 seconds infact which is awkward for folks like me with long, thick hair when trying to rinse out the shampoo! I’m told they’re the same in the gents and there’s a similar number of utilities in there.
There are 5 washing up sinks and the water is nice and hot there too. All facilities were spotless and clean. There is a second toilet block between two sets of camping pods, round the back of the fishing pond. Again 4 toilets but only two showers, three wash basins but none enclosed in cubicles.
Next to this is an information hut with an abundance of leaflets, a laundry area with washer, dryer, iron and ironing board and a further two washing up sinks. We didn’t use these but again they looked clean and tidy. The shop has plenty of gear, we even got some oil for our bike chains. It’s small but has all essentials and a little bit more.
We didn’t have children with us to try out the recreation field and play equipment but it certainly looked ample and there were plenty of kids enjoying it as we walked past.
There are a few entrances to the forest at the back of the site, one via the dog walk and one further down but both paths link up. We cycled through there a few times and it’s great with marked routes for walks and rides. You soon get to know your way round as it is nowhere near as large as Thetford Forest itself but it’s nice for a decent walk or an easy bike ride.
If you are interested in aviation this would be the site for you as it is positioned between RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath and the fighter planes go over regularly which we loved but I can imagine some people would be disturbed by the noise as they are very loud and fly at literally all hours. We didn’t hear or see any over the weekend so may not cause problems for weekend campers but they were definitely rife during weekdays.
Thetford town centre is nothing special although it does have plenty of shops. Norwich was about a 40 minute drive which is a nice city with everything you could want and need. Closest pub would probably be The Eagle at Great Hockham and the Dog and Partridge on the main road to Thetford.
The Eagle don’t do food apart from some baguettes which someone local supplies them with (they didn’t have any when we went). Dog and Partridge has a snacks menu and the food was good and reasonable prices. They do a better evening menu but we didn’t go back to try it.
We did, however, visit The Stag (Brecklands Lodge) at Attleborough which was a lovely place and we’d definitely recommend there for food and drink. Nearest supermarkets would be the Tesco at Watton about 6 miles drive or the Sainsburys at Thetford, about 20 minute drive. A great day out would be Thetford Forest (High Lodge, Brandon). Journey takes about 15-20 minutes by car.
It is £1.80 per hour to park but that is per car and pays for the family day out at the forest. There is a shop and cafe, a Go Ape, walks, bike rides, loads of kids activities and play equipment and the new Go Trax which are Segways, a two wheeled machine that you stand on and control with balance and can fly through the forest on. It was £20 for an hour but well worth it. I think Go Ape is a similar price.
Walks and bike routes don’t cost anything but there’s a bike hire shop which was £7 for first hour and £3 per hour thereafter. There’s four routes for cycles the hardest being the black route which was closed when we went due to bad weather so we followed the red route and it was fab. Not as difficult as it suggests on the website and definitely well worth a go.
The only negatives we can come up with for the site are, lack of lighting on a night, grass could have done with a cut and the showers not staying on long enough but none of them put us off. All in all the site is in a fantastic location with plenty to do nearby and is well kept and clean with helpful staff and great facilities. What more could one ask for. Needless to say we will definitely be returning.
We booked this site purely based on the recommendations on this site, and we weren't disappointed.
When we arrived, we checked in and were shown to our pitch in person! The staff/owners are extremely welcoming, and friendly and once he had explained where everything was on the site, we were left to our own devices.
The site itself is very well maintained, with both normal pitches, and electric hook ups, the pitches themselves come in 2 sizes, normal & jumbo. We had a 10 man tent, and the jumbo had loads of room.
There is a playing field for rounders, cricket etc and a separate kids play field, which has swings, slide & climbing frame, not a large amount of equiptment, but definitely enough. We took 3 boys (9, 6 & 4) & a baby, and hardly saw the boys while we were there.
There are also a few walking paths around the site through the woods (Green about 1.5 miles & Yellow about 3-4 miles)
The facilities were always clean and tidy (closed between 11 & 12 daily for cleaning) and the showers are free. The site shop has all essentials you need, including freeze block hire. Bigger shops are only 5 or 6 miles away if you need them.
One thing to bear in mind, is the main field is reasonably open, so did get a bit windy (not a problem when the tent is actually up, but proved to be a challenge while we were putting it up)
All in all, a very very lovely site, and one we will certainly revisit as soon as we can.
This was our first camping trip for over 10 years and the first time we've camped with our kids. There were four of us, 2 adults, a 5 year old and a 1 year old.
We booked this site the day before we stayed having read the positive reviews on UKCampSite and in the hope that as a Camping and Caravanning Club site it would be clean and pleasant. We weren't disappointed.
When we arrived we were shown the map and where pitches were available and we chose to stay near the play area. We were personally escorted to our pitch and the boundaries explained. This was a comfort to us as being relative newbies it didn't leave us having to work out what to do on our own. The pitches were nicely spaced out and flat and there was plenty of room for our tent and car. Despite a busy time of year we never felt squashed in or crowded.
The facilities were very clean and there were plenty of showers and toilets. The water was nice and hot and the shower was powerful enough for a decent wash. The only criticism I would make of the shower is the press button to turn it on only keeps the water flowing for around 5 seconds. It was quite difficult to wash my hair with the shower turning off all the time. However this was a minor inconvenience. The washing up facilities were also plentiful and clean.
There's a small shop that stocks essential items and a supermarket within a 15 minute drive. There's a barrier system to allow you in and out to secure the site.
I was impressed with the noise levels as everyone seemed to observe the 11pm curfew, even the kids. There were no rowdy groups and everyone we met was friendly and pleasant.
It rained when we pitched and when we were striking camp but despite this we had a great time. We visited BeWILDerwood while we were there and had a fabulous day out. Thankfully the sun did shine that day.
Overall we liked the Thetford site and would recommend it. We will definitely visit again.
This was our first time camping at this site and we were very impressed.
The toilets and showers were sparkly clean and we never had to wait although the site was really busy when we arrived.
We camped with our 3 children who all enjoyed the play area, there's even bikes to hire but take your own helmet as they charge an extra £2.Oo to hire them and you need to have one.
We were greeted warmly by the staff and were shown to our pitch, we were asked if we would like to be near the playarea as we had the children.
We needed directions to Snetterton races and the owner got out his OS map and told us the way to go through the back roads to avoid the queues which was lovely of him.
The whole site was very well maintained and everyone seemed to be smiling! and plenty of hot water which is always a bonus even at busy times.
We would definitely return again
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No Tents 
No Caravans 
No Motorhomes 
No Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
No Electric Hookups 
No Hardstandings 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
No Toilets 
No Showers 
No Washing Up Area 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
No Laundry 
No Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
No Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
No Shop 
No Bar 
No Restaurant 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
No Fishing 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
No Golf 
No Tennis 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport 
No Dog Walk 
We have just had a fantastic 2 night stay at this campsite. Staff were friendly and helpful at all times. We chose our own pitch, close to the playground to keep the children happy, which made it very easy to supervise them. The site was very clean overall, the toilet block was immaculate. The positives of this site are level pitches, good walking and cycling directly from the site (routes happily explained by the staff), great staff, good children's playground and ball field, superb cleanliness. The downsides for us were lots of yappy dogs (I guess we were unlucky!), bins that are outside the exit (but maybe this was a positive as the weather was very hot but there were hardly any wasps!) and showers that lasted a mere 4 seconds when the button was pushed! The positives far outweighed any negatives, however, and we will definitely be back! 
