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Cartref Caravan And Camping
Ford Heath
Shrewsbury
Shropshire (Browse area)
SY5 9GD
Tel: 01743 821688
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Pitches: 38 Fully Serviced Hard Standing 6 serviced Grass
Open: 01/01/2026 to 31/12/2026
01/01/2027 to 31/12/2027
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| Who's it for |
 Adults Only |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
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 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
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 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 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 <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Wilkins |
28 reviews from this member |
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 This was our second visit to Cartref Camping & Caravan site, our first visit being in August 2008. The owners acquired the site three years earlier; they had made some wonderful improvements including flower beds and had planted lots of shrubs and privet hedging as well as building a new facilities block, including an undercover pot wash.
We returned this August and was delighted to see just how well the site had matured, the flower beds were full to overflowing and the private hedging had now grown too give the pitches a high degree privacy. The pitches are of good size with plenty of room without feeling cramped, the facilities block was as good as the day it had been built, maintained and cleaned to a very high standard, even although the site was almost full we never had to wait of a shower.
The owners had added an adult only area consisting of eleven hard standing pitches, so the site now has a total of forty six pitches, but it never felt crowded as the site was well laid out with plenty of space.
The children had a separate field to play in so they could enjoy their game of football without interfering with the campers.
The site was fairly well full most of the time, this I believe to be down to the dedication and hard work of Pat and Alan, always tending the site from early morning to late at night, also the pitch fees are very inexpensive for such a wonderful site. The owners were always available to give help and advice, about what not to miss in the local area during your stay.
There is much to do and many places to visit within easy driving distance, although this being our second visit, we still did not manage to visit all the places on our list.
We are campers of many years experience; I would rank this site very highly on my list sites that I much visit again.
Do keep up the good work. 
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Peggy159 |
8 reviews from this member |
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I'll start with the positives. Everything! We stayed here for 3 nights to attend the Shrewsbury Flower show. Was greeted at the gate in the evening by the owner a very congenial man who guided us to our pitch and watched/guided me in reverse into the pitch. He then explained all site facilities and locations.
First impressions are vital and this site is immaculate. The grass is mown and edged and boarders are landscaped. Most of the pitches are private, we stopped on No. 8. All areas of the site are well kept.
The toilet block is the jewel in the crown. They are very new with flowers and plants in the gents let alone the ladies. Showers are plentiful and hot on a push button system.
A board is put out at the entrance every day letting you know local news such as traffic delays or in our case Flower Show information.
The Oxon Park and Ride is easy to get to about 10 minutes up the road with a large co op store, chippy and Chinese takeaway alongside.
We liked it so much we managed to get the last pitch to return over the August Bank holiday to visit the Shrewsbury Steam fair another excellent local event.
So for £15 a night it was excellent value for money and would of been happy more!
If I could put 100 out of 10 I would.
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Colleywobble |
19 reviews from this member |
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Wow! what a gem, stayed overnight enroute to anglesey, arrived about 8pm and was greeted by a most charming owner who showed us to our pitch, and then told us where everything was even stating that if you need any help just give me a shout. This is one of the best sites we have ever stayed on, toilets and showers are first class along with the spotless grounds. I highly recommend this site to anyone looking for a top class site in the shrewsbury area. Also many thanks to the owner for fitting us in at such short notice.
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: WENDY09 |
18 reviews from this member |
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We have just spent 6 sun baked days at this fabulous campsite.
We were welcomed by the owner who showed us to our pitch, he explained where things were and said 'give me a shout if you need anything'
Our pitch (27) was spacious, flat and had a pleasant outlook.
The showers are spotless and cleaned at least 3 times a day, no queues and always hot water.
There is a information shed that Alan put the days weather forecast on for those without TV or radio.
The gardens and grounds are well maintained and
You can see a lot of time, care and money has been spent on this site, with more improvements to come. Its such a quiet, relaxing place, everyone waves or passes the time of day with you, it has a happy atmosphere.
Both the owners often did a little walk about chatting with the campers and would say ' give us a shout if you need anything'
Well, day 3 into our holiday we did need to 'give them a shout', we had car trouble and Alan put us in touch with a garage to sort the car out, but this would take a while, so the exceptionally kind lady that she is handed us the keys to her car and said ' its yours to use while you need it'
I was extremely touched by this act of kindness and don't mind saying I had a tear or two, our holiday would not be ruined after all.
We were very grateful.
When did you last hear of owners doing that?
I cannot recommend this site highly enough, if only more campsites had this level of customer service and such helpful owners/wardens.
100/10 and highly deserved.
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| Date of Visit: June 2013 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Mangaliso |
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What a fantastic find! The owners are really helpful, the pitches all have electrical hook ups and hard standings, the site is immaculately kept and the shower and toilet facilities are the cleanest and best we've experienced! There is an adults only section which is a nice touch if you want peace and quiet. The site is set in lovely countryside. All in all we would highly recommend this site and have booked to go back again!
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| Date of Visit: June 2013 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Keithchadd |
14 reviews from this member |
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This is the second time we have stayed here this year.
The site is an absolute gem. Pitches can be either hard standing or grass but all are excellent.
The site is well laid out with little hedges between each pitch and central gardens in both the family and adult sections.
Alan seems to always assist in unhitching and ensuring everything is ok, along with a host of information about where to go or things to do.
Shower block is kept immaculate with free hot showers. The toilet disposal and waste water points are attached to the shower block and are excellent.
For £8. 50 per night for pitch and electric, awning and adjacent car parking and £3. 25 per person is exceptionally excellent value.
I would recommend this site to anyone whether with or without children.
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| Date of Visit: June 2013 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: LawmanSmith |
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Well what can we say that has not been said before in the reviews of this site.
All we can think of is that if we could afford it we would like to buy it!
Well set out, well run, well situated and apparently well liked by everyone.
A perfect gem at a very reasonable price for both family's with or without children! (decent traditional play area)
Will we be returning again? you can bet your life we will be. We loved it and so did our two children.
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| Date of Visit: June 2013 |
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| Reviewer: NannaB |
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I rang a couple of other sites and got no answer so the third one was this one. The owner sounded a bit gruff and I thought, oh dear not sure about this but we had a warm welcome. They helped unhitch the caravan and pulled it straight and told us where everything was. He also went and got a key for the disabled loo, told us of the information shed and where a couple of good food pubs were.
Well I can say it was third time lucky because this site is lovely. We were on the adults only section but there were no kids about any way and it was lovely and quiet. There seemed to be only a couple of touring vans and campers there at the time as most were seasonal vans although there are plenty of touring pitches and it seemed they where all hard standing. I used the disabled loo's but also peeked into the ladies and every where was spotless. Hair drier in the ladies but not in the disabled loo but I have my own in the van any way. The gardens are tidy and Alan and Pat were mowing the grass or tidying the garden whilst we were there. It was also easy to find as when you come off either of the main roads there is a caravan sign, in fact it's the easiest one we have had to find.
We visited Shrewsbury a couple of times. If you have a Blue Badge you have to pay in all the car parks which we found we had to in all the other towns we visited. We went to a pub called Hand and Diamond not far from the site and off the A458 - you will have to ask Alan where it is because I cannot remember the name of he village. We had two steaks, chips, mushrooms, tomato and onion rings at £18. 99 but the good news is it was buy one get one free between 6. 00pm and 7. 30pm. Went to Welshpool but not much there if the steam train is not running. The tourist board told us to visit Church Sutton as it was lke Austria. Well no it isn't and there's no much the either. Absolutely loved Ludlow. It has a wearth of Tudor buildings, a castle, tea rooms and a beautiful river. One thing that spoils it is the Tesco store which I know from a TV programme that non of the locals wanted. You pass beautiful, Georgian, Edwardian, Victorian and Medieval buildings and there sits Tesco. It's such a shame.
If we come back to the area we will use this site again. Oh and another thing, between 3rd June and 28th June and 2nd September and 25th October, Alan and Pat offer a special price of one night free if you stay between Monday and Friday.
On this trip we have clocked up 6 weeks away from home and every site has been good. This was a lovely site to end our holiday on.
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| Date of Visit: May 2013 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Youngwelsh |
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We have stayed at Cartref several times and the welcome is always warm!
This site is owned by caravanners who have invested a lot of hard work into making this site just the way caravanners want a site to be!
Over the past few years we have seen the hedges and landscaping take shape and the site is now beautiful!
The toilet block is always spotless!
We feel at home here even got sheep in the field over the fence just like at home in Wales!
Close to Shrewsbury and all the other places to visit in Shropshire yet this site is in a beautiful peaceful setting.
If I could I would give this site 100 out of 10!
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| Date of Visit: April 2013 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Keithchadd |
14 reviews from this member |
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Excellent site.
Met by Alan on arrival who showed us to our pitch and after reversing and parking the caravan Alan had it unhitched before I had even got out of the car. Really helpful.
The pitches are spacious for caravan, awning and car. Pitches separated by little hedges which is nice. Pitches are level with electric, 16amps. No extra fees for awnings.
Toilet block was always immaculate. Showers are free with plenty of instant hot water.
Water points, chemical disposal and waste water disposal are convenient.
There is a washing machine on site at a cost of £2. 00.
The site caters for tents, trailer tents, caravans and motor homes.
The site is divided into a family half and an adults only half.
The site gardens are quite nice and there is a children's play park in the adjacent field.
Very quiet and convenient for Shrewsbury and other local attractions.
Their is a hut with an abundance of pamphlets on local places of interest and other local information.
We have already booked again for June.
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| Date of Visit: September 2012 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Vmccar |
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Very well kept site. Lovely flower beds. Nice big pitches, clean loos, friendly owners etc. It's also a great feature that if the pitch has no one booked on after you, you can pay to stay later in the day. The only thing we found being walkers, was that the paths and stiles in the immediate area are quite over grown and difficult to walk without fighting with farmers and brambles. Had a lovely weekend though and it's very well placed for lots of sight seeing and visiting in the area.
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| Date of Visit: September 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Thevacuum |
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Just spent a very relaxing week here. We chose the adult only area.
The toilet block was spotless every day. All the pitches have free electric hook up. No charge for the dog or the awning. Superb dog walk in an adjoining field with a football pitch and playground for the kids.
The owners were very helpful and always around with ideas of things to do.
The shed full of leaflets with local pubs and activities was a very useful feature.
We will be going back as soon as we can. Highly recommended.
My only slight criticism is that the adult field was mainly gravel which was a little stark. However there is a nice garden feature currently under construction which when finished will make it a lot more inviting.
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| Date of Visit: September 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Mjlincs |
26 reviews from this member |
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Our third visit and we will be back.
The site is perfect for visits to Ludlow Food Festival, Bridgnorth should not be missed especially on a Saturday for the markets and Much Wenlock the home of the Olympics is very lovely. We took advantage of the great weather and ventured into Wales up to Lake Bala and came over the hill tops on our way back, beautiful.
To some the site up; they have got everything right.
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Scats.miller |
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Spent a few nights here on the way North. Lovely quiet site, a credit to the owners who take great care of what they've got. Nice size pitches lovely garden and a nice field. Dog walk around the perimeter and play area in the middle. Very peaceful overall.
Immaculate toilets and a shedload of leaflets to illustrate the many attractions nearby including Much Wenlock the birthplace of the Olympics. Attingham Park is also a must for National Trust addicts and Wroxeter Roman Ruins for English Heritage. Not forgetting Ironbridge. Shrewsbury also of course nearby with an excellent Park & Ride arrangement and very good River Walks. Will return again without doubt.
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Gillbee |
8 reviews from this member |
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Have visited this site a few times, and will visit again and again, the owners are very friendly and are always at hand to welcome you on your pitch.
We have stayed on the adults only part of the site and find it very quiet and peaceful. The site is very clean and well maintained.
The toilets and shower blocks are excellent and well looked after, water and waste disposal are very easily accessed.
Very handy site for all Shropshire attractions.
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