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Woodlands Grove Caravan & Camping Park
Blackawton
Dartmouth
Devon (South) (Browse area)
TQ9 7DQ
Tel: 01803 712598
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Pitches: 225
Open: 01/04/2022 to 30/10/2022
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 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics on Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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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 |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 TV Room |
 Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <1 mile |
 Outdoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <1 mile |
 Tennis <5 miles |
 Beach <5 miles |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport On Site |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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Date of Visit: August 2021  |
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| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Group |
| Reviewer: Fairbr |
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 Even though we didn’t stay this camp site has been amazing
We have been back year after year from when our son was 6 years old and is now 25
It’s just a shame because of COVID we couldn’t attend but a must for any family 
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| Date of Visit: June 2021 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Family with older children |
| Reviewer: Bbdawes |
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So many activities for the children in the park, you get free entry everyday to Woodlands when staying for a few nights.
It obviously gets busy in the school holidays (we were there at half term), but the toilets/showers are kept as clean as possible while dealing with large numbers of campers.
Well organised on arrival but you may have to wait a while for the wardens to show you to your pitch at peak times.
Pitches were a good size, level and all were within a reasonable distance of showers/toilets.
On site shop had a fairly poor selection but the food outlets on site were good, food priced as expected for this type of venue.
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| Date of Visit: September 2020 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Thebig |
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We liked the way the caravan pitches were set out in bays of 8. We were pitched with 3 other caravans/ motor home without children which meant we could have a quiet stay feeling very relaxed.
We also liked the separate shower rooms. We only used the general store once and unfortunately it only had one of the items we needed in stock. A swimming pool would be nice.
Overall though we thought the site was very clean and attractive and the wardens were very friendly.
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| Date of Visit: August 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Family with young children |
| Reviewer: Marine |
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I liked the organisation with the people on the little cars, I was near the toilette, great, being alone with an active small child!
The rides and leisure park was great! disinfected and safe, well done!
Also good to have the play park in the evening,
The park near the camping is great!
There is NOT GOOD FOOOD to eat at all, just JUNK, CHIPS, AMERICAN PIZZA, ice creams!
It was difficult to RECYCLE, I could see in the metal bin, bag with many recycling things,
There should be Those container NEAR THE TOILET, necessary for the environment!
I do not like barbecue smell, BUT I can tolerate it!
I give 9 score
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| Date of Visit: August 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Family with older children |
| Reviewer: Clintw |
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Beautiful setting but spoilt by chavs pumping out music till 3 in the morning
Not very good security either
Toilet and shower was dirty with only 4 shower for 4 fields
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| Date of Visit: July 2020 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Family with young children |
| Reviewer: Craigb |
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We loved that they looked after us with great social distancing & cleaning of the rides in the theme park.
Giving a great plot of land for our motor home.
Great facilities too!
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| Date of Visit: June 2019 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Exlincolngirl |
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I'm not sure if many people know this, but every year, they do an amazing offer for up to July 19th (some exclusions over Easter, May Holidays etc), which is 5 nights, including your pitch, 2 people, a dog, awning, car, electric etc, for just £65 (2020 prices, last year we paid £58)- & considering this includes entry daily to the huge theme park, then it's a bargain.
We even had a go on a couple of scary rides (sat next to a 7 year old - it was me, (69) doing the screaming)! We pay £4 a night extra due to 2 dogs (small dog walking area, but as the top huge field is empty until the summer holidays - so much walking space!).
It is situated in a wonderful area, just a few miles from Dartmouth, and we enjoyed it so much last year, we rebooked for this year. Not many places are in such a great area, with so many facilities nearby for such a small fee.
Wardens are friendly, shop looks like it's come straight off the OK Corral set, loos & showers are very clean, if a little dated. Above the block near to us, were bandit style machines, games machines, pool table & a huge TV.
All in all, we loved it, and those we spoke to whilst there, also loved it.
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| Date of Visit: July 2018 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Jenleejam |
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We stayed here for 3 nights in our own motorhome, we had a nice spot more or less next to the shower facilities which were spotless, we were also close enough to the park, which we got to use for free for the full 3 days we were there, we got to go into the park at night but obviously couldn't go on the mechanical rides but could use the rest of the facilities which the kids thought this was great as they were the only ones there at the time, the food areas were a bit expensive which these places usually are, overall all adults and kids had a great time and would highly recommended there was so much to do for all ages
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| Date of Visit: May 2018 |
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| Reviewer: Decto |
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We stayed here for a week in the late May bank holiday, booked after a few reviews and a look at the website but not really knowing what to expect.
As others have said, there is a choice between levelled pitches holding up to 8 units and open fields. Groups are supported and the site indicates there a kennels available if your pet needs somewhere to stay while you're off doing activities.
We were in the older tiered area on electric hookup which worked perfectly all week. The pitch was a level small field approx 100m square with three electric hookups though other tents did join later in the week. The middle area is kept free for children to play or to drift into with your chairs following the sun.
The toilet block and showers are a little dated but are clean with ample free hot water for showers or washing up. There is a nominal 20p charge for a bath full of hot water in the family room which is great for children but too much water and too slow for babies so we filled a bucket with hot water and used a 'Really Useful' 18Lt container as a makeshift baby bath.
Washing machines are a little expensive at £4 however drying is relatively cheap at £1 for 30 mins which will dry a reasonable load in the industrial driers and 40p is sufficient to dry a few damp ex-shower towels on those drizzly days which occur.
Customer service was great, friendly wardens, lots of people about but not intrusive.
As ever, with a child focused site, you have to expect some noise and as we were located near to a tarmac roadway there were constantly children there on scooters which were not in other areas. This didn't impact us significantly though as we're all easy sleepers.
The killer feature is the attached theme park which is a good size and caters for most ages. There is little for a baby to do other than watch, however once they reach 90cm and especially at 110cm a lot more rides become available.
Our baby was occupied mostly by the continuously changing scenery.
There are a number of key rides which are fun even for adults and all are well staffed. However there are also lots of climbing towers and slides, zip wires etc outdoors with a couple of big 'wacky warehouse' style indoors areas. While these are mostly probably suited to pre-teens, there seems to be lots to do everywhere on the site and it took us about 4 days before we had covered it all.
For balance there are a number of areas that could use some redecoration and the windows cleaning, especially in the animal areas which don't really seem to be loved with the exception of the super cute meerkats.
Having visited the 'World of Country Life' with it's ample petting opportunities it feels like Woodlands is really missing out on good interactive facilities no doubt due to over zealous risk assessment. I'd encourage them to visit WOCL and see just how much properly managed open access and interaction to animals can add. Either make it into a feature or remove it, currently it feels like it's in limbo not really knowing what it wants to be.
Also be aware that the theme park is in the base of a valley and the site is next to it, up a hill. There will be a lot of walking, an nearly all of that walking up or down a hill. I swear I climbed the equivalent of Everest 3 times in the week.
The site shop is a little skinny on supplies, plenty of camping gear but not much that doesn't need to be barbecued. Not an issue though as the nearest supermarket is 3 miles away down a good road with cash machines and petrol so supplies are plentiful.
That said we had a fantastic time and are already planning to revisit next year, although we really should investigate the surrounding areas a little more rather than indulging the little ones in the park.
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| Date of Visit: April 2018 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Tetters |
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Nice pitch location just below the wash facilities. Electric kept tripping out, when checked, 6 out of 6 pitches had electrical problems. Paid for an extra car and was told it couldn't stay on the pitch, it had to go in the main car park, when we checked the car the following day, it had been bumped. The reception staff were not helpful and were very quick to return the money we had paid for the cars stay. The theme park is looking very tired and dirty, many animal pens were empty. Toilet facilities whilst clean are very dated. The whole place could do with a major facelift.
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