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Lower Lacon Caravan Park
Soulton Road
Wem
Shropshire (Browse area)
SY4 5RP
Tel: 01939 232376
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Pitches: 270
Open: 01/01/2026 to 31/12/2026
01/01/2027 to 31/12/2027
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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 |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 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 |
 No Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 TV Room |
 Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <1 mile |
 Outdoor Pool On Site |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis <1 mile |
 No Beach |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
 Open All Year |
 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport On Site |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: June 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Melbel |
2 reviews from this member |
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 This is a great site we will visit it again. The facities are all great here. Swimming pool clean. Toilets clean and also the showers. Near to the village of Wem with pubs a big Co-Op. Nice location. Jaks Bar great for kids if it rains they put games out for them. Very friendly and helpful. This is a site which has wardens patrolling, so after a certain time you don't get the nuisance families that make loads of noise and make it hard for everyone else. They soon tell them. 
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| Date of Visit: May 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Cockney14 |
3 reviews from this member |
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Just got back from a great Half term week at this site. Two families of four on two large pitches with ehu (purple area) children aged 2-7.
On arrival we were booked in and showed to our pitches very efficiently, all the staff were friendly and helpful the rangers helped a family who were struggling to pitch in blustery wind and the hard ground. Yes the ground is hard we bent about 20 pegs but you are warned take rock pegs.
Some parts of the site are looking a bit tired could do with some tlc but nothing that a lick of paint and a quick clean up wouldn't sort.
We found the toilet blocks to be great didn't have to Q for a shower at all and there was plenty of hot water (a bit too hot for young ones). They are push button showers and they are free I agree they could do with some hooks on the backs of the doors, there were some stick on hooks but some campers had pulled them off.
They did get untidy at times due to older kids throwing loo paper everywhere but it wasn't long before someone was cleaning up even in the middle of the night midnight ish I think.
The play area was brill the children could all play and it was close enough for us to see from the comfort of a deck chair.
We ate in Jakks Barn £20 ish for four meals basic food but perfectly adequate the kids meals were a good size (just right). The Barn itself opened a bit too late for our children 7.30/8.00 pm depending on the day.We went in once and it was a good setup the older children onsite could go and be served at their own bar,they had pool and air hockey. Th Dj got all involved and really did a good job.
We ordered a curry from wem King of Spice, I would recommend it you can sit in or take away and the food was great. Nans are for sharing they are huge. Raf Cosford air museum was a full day out with free entrance (bargain)
Overall a great family site with something for everyone we will be going back
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| Date of Visit: May 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Janex |
7 reviews from this member |
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Just returned after spending 3 glorious days at this park. We pitched, with 3 other families, in the large field at the backend of the site. There are no restrictions on where you pitch or indeed how big your tent is. Some people however did choose to pitch right in the middle of the field which made it a bit awkward when driving in and out but hey ho.
The facilities were good although we never went to Jakk's Barn. The toilet block was plenty big and mostly clean. They do however close them for an hour and a half each day to clean (two blocks closed at different times so there was always somewhere to go).
The kids absolutely adored the animals on the site: alpacas, pigs, chickens, rabbits, etc.
All in all we had a great time and there is plenty to do in the surrounding area. We went to Hawkestone Park (3 miles away) and had a fantastic day out.
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| Date of Visit: May 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Ruane |
10 reviews from this member |
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Visited site on bank holiday at end of May . Family of 5, Arrived on Sat as we were booked to stay till Wed 27th. Arrived at 1pm told to proceed to non electric camping field. It was packed, people had just pitched anywhere with no supervision from the owners? We pitched near to the entrance to the field as this was only place where we could fit our tent. Very hard ground so went for some rock pegs from shop 40p each (very cheap).
Site very nice, plenty to do with pool, 2 club houses & play area. Toilets, showers closed for hour in morning for cleaning? 10p for hot water for washing up?
First night I was ready for bed @ 10.30. Club house not very far away loud live music till late, even though it said in rules of site quiet after 11pm?
Walked into Wem on one night (30 mins walk) went into first pub after level crossing, beer garden backs onto local play-ground good beer & kids played for a good hour. Going back to area in Aug, but I'll find another site.
Overall I would not recommend if you like a quiet site!
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| Date of Visit: May 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Danfish |
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Did a long Spring Bank Weekend here. The place was crammed to capacity all weekend. Perhaps the best time to review how the site coped.
We had an electric hookup for our tent, so were in the 'Green' section of the site. Away from the main drag of the site it was fairly peaceful. All the pitches on site were reasonably flat - can't vouch for the tent fields though.
**Caravanners** The hard standings are little more than a car park under trees. It didn't look too inviting as people were having to sit in the roadway at the front of their vans - ask for a grass pitch - much better!
As other people have mentioned, the pitches are a pain to peg down on as there's a couple of inches of soil and then concrete underneath - take rock pegs (although we found acrylic pegs did remarkably well!) The pitches are a decent size, we got our 7mx5m tent on no problems and still had plenty of room.
There are only 2 toilet/shower blocks on a site that can accommodate so many people (approx 1000!). No more than 10 mens showers! As such the queues for the showers were horrendous unless you were up at 7am! Showers are basic - 30 seconds of water (usually warm). Not all cubicles have hooks in them, so try and take the absolute minimum with you! No mop to clear up after you, so the shower floors did get a bit of a state at times.
Be warned that you need to take plenty of 10p coins with you as you need to pay for the sink water to wash your pots - for this you get about 2/3 sink of tepid water. We gave up and boiled the kettle instead.
The takeaway on site does reasonable food - not the cheapest, but not too bad. The shop is very well stocked, although lacking in fresh fruit 'n' veg. The pool looked OK - didn't try that or the bar. Noise on site wasn't too bad to say that there were so many people, although we were pitched next to a noisy family group who were playing loud music until gone midnight - so much for the 11pm quiet rule!
Despite the negatives, the site is well maintained, the staff are brilliant and very friendly. The wardens patrol regularly and always stopped to say hello. We (me, wife & 2 kids under 5) enjoyed our stay. Ironbridge and Blists Hill are about a 45 minute drive from the site, which we though was a decent distance. I'd recommend this site - if we were in the area again we would stay there again.
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| Date of Visit: July 2007 |
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| Reviewer: Dawnlw |
6 reviews from this member |
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Great site with good facilities and children's play park. Kids went in outdoor pool a couple of times and enjoyed it. We went to jakks bar a few times and had a good time.
The onsite shop was handy selling essentials. I liked the little shed with a freezer where you can freeze your freezer blocks for free.
Campsite is in a good location for visiting various places in shropshire, would recommend iron gorge bridge, tar tunnel and blist hill victorian village.
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| Date of Visit: December 2008 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Travellinglight |
6 reviews from this member |
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We booked this camp site over the New Year -2008 - and arrived New Year's Eve about 2pm. We were welcomed by a very friendly member of staff to the secure site. She told us to wait a few minutes so that we could be escorted to the pitch. We were escorted to a pitch and everything was explained to us, he must have known we were novices. He even took the time to show my husband how to reverse!
The camp itself was very well run and very clean. The shower blocks / toilets were also clean and tidy. The entertainment was geared for children, as you would expect and the food was OK. And all this was out of season!
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| Date of Visit: October 2008 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Dgeohegan |
7 reviews from this member |
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We stayed at the site for the beer festival weekend, we really enjoyed it. Everyone's very friendly & down to earth! Toilet & shower blocks were clean. Good family entertainment on the night time, we tried the takeaway weren't impressed, although the prices are not bad.
All the wardens were very friendly too.
We will be going back! It can be hard to peg down but the pitch we were on wasn't too bad.
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Dawn price |
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My family and our friends stayed here for the last weekend in August, I called the night before and there was no need to book for that weekend but I'm sure most weekends you do. We arrived on the Friday afternoon and was told we could use either field to put our tents up so we had a look at both, we decided on the large field as we had 6 children between us and thought more room for them the better!
We were pleased with the site as soon as we got there and realised how big it was, there was plenty for the kids to do and having the family club on their was an even bigger bonus.
The toilets were nice and clean the showers were ok, quite a lot of grass in the cubicle area but I suppose this can't be helped, plus they were free hot showers so don't want to grumble about that at all, there wasn't anywhere to hang your towel or clothes in the cubicle a little hook on each door would be good to have. I stood my son in the sink to wash him down as he is only 9months old, when I came to get him dry there was no baby change unit so I had to lie him by the sinks and get him dry there, (had a funny look of someone who wanted to brush their teeth but not much I could do about it really), so I also think baby change units should be fitted in both toilet / shower blocks.
We let our kids go swimming on the Saturday afternoon as the weather was ok and we thought it would wear them all out, it was so nice to be able to sit round the pool with them and have a well deserved pint!
We pre-ordered pizza and chips for the kids teas and we collected at tea time which is ideal, no waiting around, we thought the price of the food was really good and everything was nice and hot, excellent I would recommend this its so much easier especially with 6 kids. The shop is also very good and not too expensive either.
We packed up early on Sunday as it looked like rain and we all went in the cafe for a full English (adults) cheese toasties (kids) we all enjoyed the food and the service we received it was really nice clean and friendly.
When leaving we enquired about booking a static for the bonfire event they hold there but sadly it was fully booked, better luck next year, I would recommend this campsite to anyone its fantastic and we will be visiting again soon if the weather picks up!
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Lisadurkin |
5 reviews from this member |
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In summary this site grows on you - from a tent camping viewpoint. I would describe it as a 'bit rough round the edges' and is in need of a good tidy up /more attention to detail, but we did enjoy our 4 night weekend stay. The biggest downside is trying to peg the tent in! Pegging into a concrete base - covered in only 4inch of grass with a large family tent(diablo 900) was a nightmare - we ruined 35 tent pegs! We did read it on the reviews but it was far worse than we imagined-rock pegs don;t help much. There is only about 4-5inch of grass b4 you hit concrete - pegs need to go in at an angle but its doesn't hold down . Just glad we were not expecting windy weather! Once we got over the 'pitching' experience, we then noticed there were loads of stinging nettles around the field we were in - with a 17 month old toddler who loves football - this was a nightmare keeping him away from the nettles. We feel the site should control & cut back the nettles in a family area. They were everywhere on the green field section. To top it off there were loads of wasps- which bothered us over the weekend - had to keep the tent closed at all times. But having said that once we got over the 'pitching' experience, nettles & wasps, we had a really good break and enjoyed the facilities. The animals on the site ( Lama's/alcapas & pigs/piglets - were very cute & entertained our kids). Jakks barn was great - good family entertainment & disco. The swimming pool was a bit dirty and needed a good clean /more paving round the sides of the pool would help. The toilets blocks and facilities were very good - well maintained. The site is quite noisy at weekends near to Jakks barn until 11.30pm as the music is still playing quite loudly until then - but it settles down soon after. Childrens park was ok - but could do with some TLC - the wooden ramp/play bit/slide is all rotten and dangerous. In general,the good points do outweigh the bad points but only just - would we return? Only if we wanted somewhere quite local and everywhere else was booked - but possibly - especially if they tidy /clean it up a bit.
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
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| Reviewer: Martyn404 |
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Arrived at Lower Lacon on Fri 22 Aug 2008. Weather was dry but very overcast.
Receptionist was very polite & helpful on our arrival and drew us directions to our pitch site giving us the choice of 2 fields to use.
We had to pay a refundable £10.00 deposit for our electric barrier key. I feel more secure knowing that not just anyone can access the site by car. If you departed after 12.00pm on your designated departure day you would forfeit this deposit.
We were not allocated a pitch position but had to pitch in a vacant space. We chose the top overflow field as it was a bank holiday weekend and the site was very busy, the field nearest the amenities was almost overflowing.
The entrance to the field was wet and very churned up by cars. Tents were pitched on the outer perimeter of the field due to it being slightly waterlogged in the middle.
The position we chose (only because there was vacant space here.) was near to the railway and trains came past at regular intervals even during the night.
There was only one water tap in this field and it was near to the entrance, quite a walk if you're pitched at the top end.
The site always had a warden patrolling, and they were easily identifiable by their bright reflective red coats and were always ready to help. Warden mobile phone numbers were posted about the site.
The take away was reasonably priced and offered the usual fish, chips, burgers, chicken, tea, pop, & coffee etc. It closes at 10pm.
The shop was sited near to the entrance of the campsite and was furthest away for us, it reminded me of a little corner shop. It suited our needs. It closes at 8pm. More choice in Wem only a 10-15 min drive away.
This site definitely caters for children with its two little animal paddocks where the kids can feed and pet the piglets and other farm animals. There is also an open air heated swimming pool which was very busy during our stay.
We didnt use Jakks barn or the other bar during our stay, we preferred to make our own entertainment. We could here the music from the barn even at the top of the field.
The toilet block we used was fairly basic but kept clean, the downside to this was that it was closed for cleaning for an hour once each day. It would have been handy if there were hooks on the shower cubicles as there was nowhere to hang your clothes. It did get busy and queueing for 10-15mins for a shower was not out of the ordinary.
All in all we enjoyed our stay at this site and we would definitely go back for another stay.
8 out of 10 in our book for Lower Lacon.
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| Date of Visit: July 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Bobysox |
2 reviews from this member |
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We loved this site. Difficult to peg but we were warned about this. Great facilities. Plenty of showers and toilets, very clean and plenty hot water. Good club for families and field for the kids to play footie/cricket etc also a childrens play ground. Pool was rather cold. Shop well stocked and all staff very friendly and helpful. Cafe and take away were a bonus for when I wanted a rest from cooking. Prices at club, shop, cafe all reasonable. Definitely going back
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Bad100602 |
2 reviews from this member |
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Fantastic for families very clean site. Toilets and showers immaculate, lots of hot water. Plenty of security , lots of very friendly park rangers on hand. Shop ok for essentials. Cafe open for sit in or take away until 10.30pm they do a great 12 inch pizza for a fiver great for the kids after a night in jakks barn. A really family orientated club entertainment inc dancing musical chairs play your cards right all aimed at the kids keeps them occupied for ages they even have their own bar to buy from. Club at top of site for adults only. Only downfall swimming pool was very cold although when asked they did say it was heated? Have booked again for end August for all what's on this site it is very reasonably priced
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| Date of Visit: June 2008 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Jnewitt |
6 reviews from this member |
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This is a good site stayed here in June 08 very clean and staff very friendly. The toilet blocks we found were very clean and the pub had friendly staff. Also they have a barn where you can go with the children which has a bar and snooker tables. The cafe is cheap and the food was good. They have a childrens play area and a sand pit which was of good quality. The area had some good shops and there was a few pubs in town, altogether we had a great weekend here and will be going back again soon.
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| Date of Visit: June 2008 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: 2+2+DOG+AWN=££ |
3 reviews from this member |
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This site has lots to offer, good facilities, but all could do with a good clean up. Toilets not as clean as could be, showers the same. In brief the whole site looks untidy with old caravans with awnings that look like they have been up for years with moss etc on them, canopy near pool the same. All this just puts you off. Would make for a great site if clean.
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