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Cakes And Ale Holiday Park
Abbey Lane
Theberton
Suffolk (Browse area)
IP16 4TE
Tel: 01728 831655
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Pitches: 55
Open: 01/04/2026 to 31/10/2026
01/04/2027 to 31/10/2027
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 No Tents |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 Holiday Homes for Sale |
 Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 No Washing Up Area |
 Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <5 miles |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis On Site |
 Beach <5 miles |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
 Electric Car Charging Point |
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| Date of Visit: July 2025 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 14 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Caravancrackers |
8 reviews from this member |
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 We’re just back from 2 weeks at Cakes & Ale Holiday Park. On the plus side, this is a (mostly) peaceful site in easy reach of many interesting towns/villages, beaches, tourist attractions and beautiful countryside. This is a big site with a number of play areas and open spaces for children to play in safely. There is a Bar on site - we didn’t use that, so can’t comment except as to noise levels breaching the parks own rules occasionally.
However, for us, the negatives far outweighed the positives and we won’t be returning again. To begin with, a few days before we arrived we expected to receive arrival information. We tried telephoning a couple of days beforehand several times before we received any response. We emailed the park but never received a response.
Our main issue with this site however is that it is NOT a holiday park as represented and we feel we have been grossly misled on this. It is mixed use - a large proportion of residential caravans for workers on Sizewell C meaning lots of single men in high vis clothes and lots of commercial vehicles (prohibited on most good holiday caravan sites), particularly during the week. This does however mean that it is quieter during day and later in the evenings because they start work early and are mostly out all day. But, our experience on a number of occasions was that, one of the residents close to us had his workmates round, drinking, smoking and swearing and generally being loud until around 8pm. As a woman I found this particularly uncomfortable on one occasion as I didn’t feel I wanted to walk over to the shower block while they were there. I don’t blame the residents - they need somewhere to live while they work and they should be able to unwind after a day’s work, but holiday makers should not be sited next to them. It is a big enough park for there to be designated areas for residents and holiday makers separately. I wouldn’t have wanted to have had young children with us.
Toilets and showers were adequate, but are cleaned once only per day as far as we saw - not sufficient especially during the week. In one or two of the shower rooms hooks were missing from the walls and the hairdryer was broken. There was no proper mop and bucket with disinfectant to clean after showering either, just a big squeegee blade. But the biggest issue for us was the lack of ventilation, which meant that, coupled with the automatic closing doors, they stay unhygienically damp and smelly - particularly at times of high use. The toilets are unisex only and we often found they had been left by other park users in a horrible state.
Quiet times on the park in the information provided on arrival and on signs around the park state absolute quiet between 9pm and 8am. However, both weekends we were there, the on site bar did not adhere to this. Our pitch was some distance from the bar, but loud music was still playing till gone 11. 30pm followed by loud people going back to their caravans.
As the phone and data signal on site was virtually non-existent for us, we decided to pay for the WiFi. This was expensive at £38 for 2 weeks for multi devices but as we were just a few yards from an antenna we thought it would be a strong reliable signal. It wasn’t. The signal on my phone dropped out regularly and my husband could only connect his phone if he walked over to the reception building. We raised this with reception but were told it was nothing to do with the park and we should email the provider. It took 3 emails over 3 days - the final one threatening to raise a dispute with my credit card company over the payment made as we were not receiving the service we had paid for. The response was merely to refund the £38. Not to remedy the problem.
This could be a lovely holiday park, but at present it isn’t and isn’t likely to be for some time unless changes are made. I doubt we would come back or recommend to friends/family. 
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| Date of Visit: September 2024 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Wheresmebus |
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Found this to be a bit odd. It’s mainly statics, but the touring part of the site is huge, and all the pitches are very well spaced. The hardstandings are only one vehicle wide, so if you’re in a caravan, then you have to park the car either in front of the van or else on the grass at the side. Water is available on pitch, but not grey drainage.
The facilities block…ah, the facilities block…. Firstly, the only elsan point is in this. There are a number of cubicles marked as male or female showers, which contain about 3 of each, and then a number just marked as WC (no gender) - some of which also have showers. Confused? Generally, there’s few hanging or seat facilities inside any of them and it’s a case of much promised and little delivered, with a design that simply hasn’t been thought about at all.
The site literature stated that entry/exit from the site was by gatefob, but in fact the gates were open all of the time.
There seemed to be a lot of seasonally parked vans, and we suspected a number of pitches were being used by people working locally. It all felt a bit soulless and empty. It’s quite a step away from the village, the access roads are a bit narrow. Wouldn’t go back.
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Date of Visit: August 2024  |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Stephe |
2 reviews from this member |
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Excellent site, fantastic facilities and a lovely calm atmosphere.
All of the pitches are quite discreet so we had peace and quiet for the whole stay.
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| Date of Visit: May 2023 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Dadad |
8 reviews from this member |
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Excellent in every respect;
Bertie the dog particularly loved the miles and miles of walks provided around the fields.
Very good location for exploring the Suffolk coast.
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| Date of Visit: September 2021 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Barry Dearsley |
1 review from this member |
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Lovely clean, friendly site, really good size pitches and the facilities
Are spot on and kept spotlessly clean.
Really love all the dog walks, and the on site bar, and places to visit.
Definitely be back.
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| Date of Visit: September 2020 |
Unit: Other |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Family with older children |
| Reviewer: SteveJune1963 |
4 reviews from this member |
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Long weekend away as competition winner writing a blog during stay in on site lodge. Cosy warm comfortable lodge, weather was wet and windy but lodge was welcoming and relaxing.
Local shops are some 3 miles away by car in Saxmunden, local coastal towns of Aldburgh and Southwold worth a visit although in better weather, each location had plenty of cafes and bars plus fish mongers selling locally caught crabs and fish.
We found most places allowed dogs which was good to see as we had our little Pomeranian Rossi with us. We went to the Ship Inn at Dulwich for Sunday roast which was worth the visit and booked ahead, parking was tricky as access to beach close by and area is with nature reserve with narrow forest single track roads.
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| Date of Visit: September 2019 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 6 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Ghentjo |
5 reviews from this member |
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We stayed at the site for 6 nights mid September '19. The entrance and checking in was easy and pleasant.
Choose your own pitch, which are all fully serviced and flat. Awning pitching is easy on well maintained grass.
The park is beautifully kept and pretty much silent.
The birdsong was lovely including the local Owl which was great to hear.
Locally there is a Tesco and Waitrose supermarket.
There are some great places to explore within 15 miles or so.
Do not miss Snape Maltings, really good quality shops and good eating.
We would not hesitate to return.
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| Date of Visit: July 2019 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Family with young children |
| Reviewer: Hillbilly78 |
4 reviews from this member |
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Fantastic site and facilities, clean, spacious and great local places to visit.
We love it here and have been now a number of times.
The Tennis courts and play equipment is fab with lot's of room for the kids to have fun in a safe and friendly environment. 💯
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| Date of Visit: May 2019 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Lucie66 |
4 reviews from this member |
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Lovely site. Cean and tidy. Nice and quiet in the evenings. Family recreation area for kids to let off steam.
Small bar area but didn't use it. Shower, toilet and wash room facilities were central so where ever your pitch was you didn't have far to go.
Used the site as a base to visit Minsmere, Dunwich, Snape Maltings and Framlinglham. Would definitely recommend
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| Date of Visit: August 2018 |
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| Reviewer: Lorndria |
3 reviews from this member |
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Cakes and Ale is a lovely peaceful holiday park. There are 5 shower rooms that have sink, toilet and shower. And also a room that has, I think, 3 showers. There are also 7 toilet rooms so plenty of facilities. Didn't have to wait once for a shower, even when the site was full. There is a washing up area and a launderette that we didn't use.
No problem with WiFi. Don't use a TV so can't comment on that. The lady in reception told us we could walk through the fields opposite to reach Leiston one way and the Abbey the other. Both were lovely walks with the dog.
The dog area on the site is also good. The play areas are great but very underused. Think this is more that there is not much in the area for children. Not the sites fault.
Loved the villages around and about and was surprised by how foodie the area is. Had 2 lovely meals at The One Legged Eel.
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