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Again a very big thank to everyone who review sites on UK Campsite, this makes it easy to find the good sites in the area you wish to visit.
Willowmere caravan & camping site at Sudbury, lived up well to all the good reviews & having stayed at Willowmere for a week at the beginning of September, we fully agree with.
The whole site is well kept, the grass nice & short & being out of season there was plenty of room.
The facilities block was immaculate, always spotlessly clean & the showers or should I say individual wet rooms, nice warm showers with taps none of the buttons that need continuously pressing, there was plenty of room for mum or dad to take their children in with them.
Also a very large disabled wet room that required a key (provided free for those who required the disabled room); I believe this is good management as the room is reserved for those who require them.
A separate room for food preparation & two large modern sinks for washing up, with plenty of hot water, perhaps for safety reasons the water may have been a little too hot, but nice to have plenty of hot water.
Although the site was set back from the road by only about 300 yards, it was very quiet & surrounded by trees, on the far side of the site there was a lovely little pond, the home for the many ducks & other wildlife.
The site had a nice level of security lighting during all hour of darkness, which was appreciated when visiting the loo during the night.
I regard the site as being good value for money, the price is the same all year through, no high or low season, at £19 night including EHU, for this reason I think the UK Campsite rating of eight stars is perhaps a little low, as a very experience camper of many years I believe Willowmere deserves nine stars.
If I have to make any negatives, it would be that perhaps the pitches are just a little bit on the small side, but our visit being September, this was not a bother as there was plenty of space.
Willowmere is well situated for visiting the many beautiful little towns & villages of Suffolk, we did enjoy Sudbury, Long Melford, Lavenham, Castle Hedingham, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich & Felixstowe to name just a few, also Suffolk hosts many National Trusts properties, such as Ickworth, Lavenham Guildhall, Melford Hall, Thorington Hall & Flatford, which we enjoyed.
Sharon, the owner was a perfect host, very friendly & very helpful, so a big thank you Sharon for a wonderful & relaxing holiday on a beautiful site. Wishing you all the very best for the future.
Booked 2 pitches after looking at the write up and speaking to the management, sounded perfect for us. The pitches are small with no official boundry. Which is fine if you have nice neighbours (read further down) First night was lovely, peaceful (apart from the wildlife which is one of the plus points) and the surrounding area is lovely. The next day it seemed the management had agreed to rent as much space as possible! We had SIX large tents on the TWO neighbouring pitches. With around 10 children and 3 dogs (not to mention their loud radio) its fair to say they more than encroached on our pitch as well. The showers were cold, when we complained it was apparently due to the volume of people. Then even more people were booked in! If the facilities cannot accommodate a high volume, don't book them in. We were told that the river was easily accessible, within 400 yards. Turns out although you can see the river access is via private land. So we had to drive 10 miles to use the kayaks. There are no children's facilities but they are encouraged to play on the oval drive round the campsite, while lovely when the are in excess of 25-30 of them its not enjoyable. All in all the site is mediocre, clean but with cold showers and no room to do anything doesn't get a high rating from us.
We have stayed at Willowmere Caravan Park for the last three summers. The caravan park is well maintained, has friendly, helpful staff and competitive rates including hook up electricity.
The park is easy to locate, is situated back from the road with grassed pitches and a centre pitch for tents. It is an idyllic, quiet site that is also suitable for children. There are no determined playing areas but adequate room for the children to play and ride bikes.
The showers and toilets are excellent. They are checked at intervals throughout the day to ensure they are maintained in their spotlessly clean and fresh condition. There is a separate equally spotless, washing up area with laundry facilities.
Once settled onto your pitch, which depending on availability, you are allowed to choose, you are left to get on with your holiday, without interruption, unless that is, you require information or assistance, which is always available from the friendly owners and staff.
We stayed as part of a group of 5 families after being let down last minute by another camp site, 4 days before BH weekend! The camp site offered us pitches next to the pond area and although not level it was good enough to pitch. We were right next to toilets but this wasn't problem, they were spotless and very clean. There were 2 showers for each gender and sufficient toilets. There was washing up point and the waste areas were clean. I was very impressed.
We, as a group always attempted to be quiet and courteous but a couple of nights we carried on a little later bit there was no complaint. We were left to it from start to finish.
Everyone was polite and friendly. I've recommended to friends and we as a family will be returning. The site was cheap (£17. 50 per night with electric)!
The ONLY thing could be a negative is that there is no children's play area BUT our children were happy enough on their bikes and scooters and playing on the tarmac route around the site.
I know Sudbury well, it is what it is with all the amenities you want only 10 minutes away.
My husband and our two children and dog stayed here for a week end of July beginning of August. We were made welcome on arrival, left to choose our own pitch which sloped off towards the back of the caravan but this did not cause any problems for us. The washing up / shower / toilet facilities were perfectly adequate although perhaps needed a little more attention when the site got busy. Perfect site for exploring Suffolk and surrounding country side. Our two children took their bikes and the way the site is set up we were able to let them enjoy a little freedom without causing any problems to other campers. There appeared to be a small commune in the corner of the campsite but this did note cause any issues for us and they were perfectly polite when our paths crossed, keeping themselves to themselves. Would definitely recommend this site for exploring
So pleased I chose willow mere as where to stay for 2 weeks, all the staff we very helpful. I wanted to stay a extra few days and they was more than happy to let me with some alterations.
The guys who are apparently 'travellers' which willow mere strictly does not allow, as the owner told me the rules which were plain and easy to go by, hassle free. There were some real nice private park lodges too which were in beautiful condition. They were historical builders which come every few months a year, willow mere clearly takes pride in history around Sudbury and were great guys who told me all the places to go!
Facility's were very good, toilets and showers especially, cleaned thorough pretty much every day.
Definitely worth staying here for a really easy hassle free holiday without being hassled by staff and other campers like many other camps. You can exit and return at any time. The grass cuts fresh and pond area was also lovely to see, but safe. You can fish on it apparently.
Stayed here last weekend in June, and very pleased we did.
Firstly agreed there was a large group of travelers in one corner of the field, but they they gave no noise or any concern at all.
Toilet blocks excellent, toilets spotless with 2 not so much shower cubicles as Shower rooms with proper on off taps, a wide bench to put your belongings on and 4 hooks for clothes. Water pressure and temperature were very good.
Large open field, and you can chose your own spot, and we had a good size pitch backing to 'forest type' area. Not perfectly flat, but no real issues.
Water taps frequent with excellent pressure, grey waste point also frequent and low level so no lifting your waste container, easy access to Elson.
Anita who booked us in very courteous, friendly and helpful, and only £35 for two nights, with electric.
Close to Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford so excellent position.
Nice site, fairly quiet while we were there (three nights) and, after a quick book in and site explanation, we were left to choose our pitch with no fuss or bother. Seemed to be a small commune of working regulars over one side so we pitched on the other side adjacent the nature reserve. Site is fairly even, seems well drained and is frequented by the bird life from the reserve (mainly geese/moorhens). Great to see them but you need to watch where you're putting you're feet.
Toilet block seems to have been recently renovated with nice tiling and fittings. Three urinals, three cubicles and two showers in the mens with the showers being free of charge. Hot water available but difficult to juggle the balance to get the right temperature. The lack of a thermostatic shower control and the use of what appears to be the original shower trays (poor edge sealing to new vinyl flooring) detracted slightly from the overall experience.
No paths on road outside site but we walked a few hundred metres to a side road and then walked on into Sudbury on the back roads. Footpath opposite site takes you down to the river and, if you are keen, you can follow paths round past Sudbury and on to Long Melford (approx. 6. 5 miles). Well worth a visit. We did the walk, and caught a bus back to Sudbury and then another one which dropped us at the site entrance.
Overall a very good site and a good location to explore the Suffolk countryside.
We visited this site, which was fully booked, over a bank holiday weekend. It is a pleasant enough site - an open, level three acre field with a tarmac road running around the centre (which made for a great race track for children on their bikes!). The site is surrounded by trees although there are none on the field itself and no hedges to give any privacy between the pitches. The toilet block is modern and clean with two large showers in each of the ladies and gents. The floors are tiled and consequently slippery when wet and there were no duckboards. However, the big downfall was the lack of hot water in the showers on either of the mornings of the two days we stayed, despite the block being empty on each of the occasions we visited. There is no specific play area for children. The site accepts payment by cash or cheque only. There is a large Sainsburys supermarket about a mile away and the market town of Sudbury is half a mile further on which has a good range of shops and facilities.
Nice site with one large field for tents and tourers and a smaller area, where we pitched, next to the large pond and also close to the toilets.
Pitch was a bit uneven but this didn't bother us too much, not sure what the pitches on the larger field were like. Good to be close to the toilets and we had a nice view of the pond and adjacent lake and the ducks/birds didn't bother us too much or make too much noise!
Toilet/shower block was very clean and plenty of toilets. Although only two showers there was no queue. Shower cubicles are massive but the shower I used was not great, not very powerful and the water temperature kept going up and down. No extra charge though and not push button.
The site itself was really quiet but the nearby main road was fairly noisy as the site isn't set back very far away.
We didn't go into Sudbury but did visit Lavenham which is very pretty and also went to the Saracens Head pub in Newton which was good. Sainsburys is a five minute drive away.
Instead of staying a couple of nights after arriving from the ferry in Harwich, we spent 16 days there. We had planned to change camping sites in Suffolk and Norfolk every 5 days we just went for daytrips to Norwich, Woodbridge (you have to visit 2013s best british bakery there!) and Cambrigde. The site, town and surrounding 'Constable country' was everything we needed in the end to make an unforgettable holiday. We arrived with a few problems that needed making phone calls and using a computer, Sharon and her daughter did everything to help us - thank you again.
Lovely place with enough space for everybody, super toilet block, even use with a wheelchair would be possible. The town has every supermarket and lots of individual shops. We felt very much at home. The area is not very well known in Germany but I would very much recommend a visit there because for us after having visited Scotland, Wales, and most of England it is the quintessential England. The countryside and much more old villages and towns to see beside Lavenham and Dedham(Clare for instance)! Constable and the other painters simply had to paint - it is so beautiful. If you want to walk ask, because you cannot see the possibilities at first.
This was our first time camping and we couldn't have picked a better site. Positives: small, quiet well kept site, good base for exploring surrounding areas, dog friendly and as site was quiet our dog was allowed off lead, owner very friendly and was there when you needed her, toilet facilities were immaculate with proper taps on the showers allowing you to shower for as long as you liked rather than a 5 minute deadline, indoor dish washing facility which was also immaculate, bins and drinking water taps were never far away
Negatives: Not the campsite's fault but no pavements to walk into town and was quite risky with a dog, no hairdryer in the ladies, a fridge would have been handy and working washing machines.
Overall a great campsite, we didn't venture too far as we were soaking up the sun but visited Lavenham and it's quirky houses which is only 15 minutes by car away. Fabulous if you like walking as the nature reserve is right on the campsite's doorstep so you could walk for miles.
Greeted by owner very nice man, was allocated our space ( think this was cos it was school holidays ) nice pitch next to trees, very large pitch also plenty of space for us and our doggies, they do have a dogs on lead policy and the luxury of doggy poo bins which is also good for dog owners I personally hate putting dog poo in normal bins so well done on that one, well kept campsite. I also have to say this site has exceptional shower/toilet/wash facilities probably the best I've ever used on a campsite. Toilets spotless only drawback void busy times for showers as there is only two. But nice spacious showers and worth the wait, I didn't personally use the washing up facilities which was separate to toilets but they were clean and there was a washing machine and tumble dryer. We decided on first night to take a strollto local pub the brook inn, not very easy to walk down road quite narrow country lane so I would suggest a torch and something reflective if walking back in the dark, Had some food which we ate outside did have to wait a while and food was only ok, so I would maybe venture further for a nice meal but landlady was friendly and they were dog friendly pub which is quite unusual, back to local area footpaths very close by only drawback if you have a large dog which we do, difficult to get them over stiles but apart from that lovely walk and countryside. Back to site was busy our first nice but emptied out on the sunday and was a lovely peaceful site after that we only stayed two nights but would return again, sainsburys very close by for everything you need and a spar even closer than that. Was lovely to see people fishing in the pond on site and the ducks were great to feed with lovely willow trees very pretty. All in all a very good site with exceptional toilet/shower facilities, the great cornard mere was a let down very small unless we didn't find the right one, and the gate to walk through woods was locked so you had no choice but to use the public footpath to walk dogs but as I said a very good site I would use this again.
If seeing the sights that Suffolk has to show, then this is a great base from which to start. Stayed here with our caravan for ten days during the very hot spell, and even Clacton is only about 50 mins drive from here. Great cycling routes from the sight. Supermarkets and of course Sudbury are close for all shopping needs. The sight is well maintained, the facilities block is excellent, always clean and the showers always hot.
The owner is very friendly and helpful. And all for a very good price. A must stay site for this area.
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
No Hardstandings 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
Rallies Welcome 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Motorbikers Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
No Laundry 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
No Fishing 
Wild Swimming <1 mile 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
Outdoor Pool <1 mile 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
Golf <5 miles 
Tennis <1 mile 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport On Site
No Dog Walk 
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