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Why stay here ...
Bruce and Anne would like to welcome you to Valais Caravan Park. Based in Colebatch Shropshire 1.2 miles from Bishops Castle.
The caravan park has 5 pitches all of which have electric points, all have available fresh water point, along with chemical toilet disposal point. The site will allow you to experience true “back to nature”, being surrounded by beautiful Shropshire hills and countryside and an area of outstanding beauty.
There is good access to surrounding areas such as Bishops Castle, Clun, Church Stretton, Craven Arms Welshpool, Newtown and surrounding areas. In Bishops Castle there is a great choice of pubs and cafés with unusual shops all offering a welcome atmosphere and it’s still a busy market town holding cattle market once weekly with farmers and craft markets in town hall on first and third Saturday of the month.
Bishops Castle holds many activities throughout the year, and is great walking country with many circular walks and places of interest.
For those of you who enjoy good food and real ale there are two breweries in the town - The Six Bells and The Three Tuns. Altogether there are six pubs in the town with realise festival held in July.
Music and art also play a big part in the town’s heritage with art festivals, walking festivals, Michaelmas fair to name a few. There is a local swimming pool and SparC theatre which host films and screened theatre.
There is plenty for all ages both in the town and surrounding areas, with the caravan park being not just a base to explore but also to relax and unwind in this beautiful back to nature experience whilst sat at your caravan enjoying views.
We hope you enjoy your stay with us and welcome all comments, and information as you explore this beautiful, tranquil countryside.
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Sites key:
- Postcode:
- SY9 5JY
- GPS:
- Lat 52.476577 / Lon -3.000475
- OS field ref:
- SO322870
- OS map ref:
- 137
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- Daily public transport within 1 mile
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A lovely site
Valais Caravan Park
We spent 10 nights here in September (during the heatwave!) and thoroughly enjoyed the site, and the area too. It is everything you would expect from a rural CL. It is an ideal base to explore the Shropshire Hills, and there are easy walks from the site into Bishops Castle, as well as quiet lanes for cycling. Bruce and Anne were really welcoming and helpful, and happy to chat if you wanted to whilst they got on with looking after their horses, sheep, ducks, etc etc!
The large flat grass pitches are separated by longer grass which was cut for hay for the horses whilst we were there, but that was good to see as nothing is being wasted, and Bruce spent ages raking the turned grass back off the pitches to keep everything tidy. The facilties are perfect and I won't re-iterate all that has been said before, suffice to say when we next visit the area we will definitely stay here again. Thank you Bruce and Anne, you have a lovely place.
Great CL site
Valais Caravan Park
Stayed for two nights, really liked the long meadow grass between pitches ( the pitch itself nicely mown). A choice of fresh eggs every morning, we went for the lovely duck eggs. Great walks very close by for the dog. A really nice welcome together with an information pack on the local area. Exactly what a great CL should be. Highly recommended.
Great CL, a little gem
Valais Caravan Park
After a wee break of 3 weeks while the weather has been doing a practice run for autumn, we’ve come to Bishops Castle in Shropshire. We stayed at this lovely CL, approximately a mile from the town. All grass (mown) pitches, spaciously separated by long meadow grass which makes for such a nice relaxing environment, with the owners goats and horses in the paddocks next to the CL. The very welcoming owner Bruce came out to greet us, and supplied us with a superb pack of information about the local walks, pubs etc and more. Such a peaceful and well managed CL, it’s a credit to the owners Bruce and Anne. As it was a hot day, we chose to do a short walk with our dog Oscar to and from Bishops Castle, but there are so many walks in this area you are spoilt for choice. You can also download both walking and cycling routes from the website www.bishopscastle.co.uk. We walked into the town via the Shropshire way trail, circa 1.5 miles there, and we ended up doing a 4.5 miles round trip. The landscape is very picturesque and peaceful, being mostly a farming area, with both animals and arable. Bishops castle is such a quaint and old small town, with brightly coloured building and small individual shops - several places to eat, with the castle hotel (dog friendly inside and out) at the top of the hill being in such a prominent and picturesque position, built on the site of the original castle. Even the church is an interesting place to visit, having its own history trail leaflet to follow. Definitely a place and CL worth visiting if in the area, you won’t be disappointed
Lovely peaceful CL site
Valais Caravan Park
We have visited this area a number of times over the years and were delighted to find such a beautifully laid out, quiet site near to Bishops Castle. The views of the surrounding hills were lovely.
The pitches are large and well laid out, with long grass in between each pitch but well cut short grass on the pitches. Power and water to each pitch was very welcome.
Bruce and Anne were very helpful and provided us with an local information pack when we arrived.
We would love to come for another stay if we’re in Shropshire in the future!
Jan Henley
Reviewed on 04/08/2023 14:06
A Superb Site
Valais Caravan Park
We stayed here for 5 nights in July 2023. Bruce couldn't have been more welcoming. He's made an excellent job of setting out the very large grassy field. We liked the way each of the pitches were subtly divided by leaving long uncut grass in between each one. The actual pitches were neatly mown and collected. Attractive views up to the nearby hills too. The facilities, EHU and water at each pitch are firmly fitted to strong posts and the emptying point for the toilet is very well positioned and arranged.
We visited the many castles in the area and took the 552/3 bus from Bishops Castle to Shrewsbury, one hour's fast ride leaving at 12.20 and returning at 16.22. The last bus back is at 17.40. In Shrewsbury castle gardens there is currently an amazing Salvador Dali installation.
Congratulations Bruce on running an excellent site.
wooburnwanderer
Reviewed on 04/08/2023 13:33
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