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Why stay here ...
Meadow Cottage CL is a peaceful level field situated near the Somerset/Dorset border, just 1 mile from the A303, equidistant to Sherborne to the south and Castle Cary to the north.
It is a very good base for a touring holiday in the south-west, or as a stop-over on your way from London to the west country or vice versa.
We are a 5 minute drive from Haynes Motor museum, 15 minutes from Yeovilton Air Museum. The Jurassic coast resorts of West Bay, Lyme Regis and Weymouth can all be reached in under an hour and Stonehenge is a 40 minute drive east.
Due to the CL entrance being on a narrow lane we can only accept single-axle caravans and small motorhomes (max 7.5 metres).
We provide 16 Amp hook-up and free Wi-Fi.
The small village of Weston Bampfylde has a licensed farm shop, a dog grooming parlour and a beauty salon.
A pleasant 20 minute walk on footpaths leads to a dog-friendly pub in South Cadbury which serves good food every day. There are also several other pubs in the area just a short drive away.
Our nearest large supermarkets are in Wincanton (Morrisons and Lidl) just off the A303. The nearby village of Queen Camel (2 miles west) has a Premier store which is open 8am-9pm every day and Sparkford Services has a Spar and a McDonald’s.
There are three National Trust properties worth visiting in the area: Stourhead, Lytes Cary and Montacute.
On your approach to Meadow Cottage CL you will pass through Little Weston which has a farm that makes very good cider, which can be purchased direct from the farm (a pleasant half mile walk from our CL).
We are a working smallholding with pigs, geese and chickens and welcome well-behaved dogs with some fantastic walks straight from our gate.
We don't have any hidden fees but we do ask that you only use breathable groundsheets.
The approach road to the CL is also Sustrans bicycle route 26. It is a country lane with passing places therefore we ask that you don't arrive before 12:30 on your arrival date and you leave before midday on your departure date making sure vans don’t meet on the lanes.
If you have any questions about the CL or the local area, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Julie and Peter Ebsworth
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Latest arrival time: 9:00 PM
Latest departure time: 12:00 PM
0.7 acres
Electric amperage: 16
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Sites key:
- Postcode:
- BA22 7HU
- GPS:
- Lat 51.027609 / Lon -2.545748
- OS field ref:
- ST618255
- OS map ref:
- 183
Transport links
- Nearest port: Weymouth (37 miles)
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2 weeks of bliss - wish we had stayed longer
Meadow Cottage CL
We booked Meadow Cottage CL so that we could explore a new part of England.
Julie was very charming and helpful from the outset whilst we juggled our dates.
The site is a delight - a good sized mown field with plenty of space for 5 vans to spread out.
This is the depths of the Somerset countryside, wonderfully peaceful and with attractive views.
We used the CL as a base to visit several NT properties within easy reach and also nearby towns, Sherborne and Yeovil.
With good weather we also enjoyed just relaxing on site.....
There are several recommended pubs in the area and a wonderful farm shop and café less than a mile away down the lane.
Breakfast and lunch at the farm shop are perfection. Try the smashed avocado on toast.......
TV signal is good and WiFi excellent - we appreciated the latter for keeping in touch with family abroad.
Thank you Julie and Peter for a lovely, relaxing break in our busy lives.
An easy 5 stars!
Meadow Cottage CL
This is a lovely site. Welcoming host, great location, lots of walks. Would certainly stay here again.
Friendly, Peaceful & Tranquil
Meadow Cottage CL
A warm welcome right from when we arrived. Beautiful site (very cute Alpaca) easy access to a number of interesting places to visit. Beautiful walks and countryside with a number of local pubs within easy distance. This site is also great if you just want to sit back and relax without any noise. We cannot praise this site enough, we will return without doubt. A big thank you to the owners.
Bok Doos
Reviewed on 10/04/2023 21:30
Tranquil site with warm welcome.
Meadow Cottage CL
I cannot recommend this site enough.
The owners offered us a warm welcome and gave a very detailed guide to the area.
The site is only a mile from the A303, but you can barely hear it.
The sights of the animals on site make a welcome diversion and I personally could watch all afternoon!
True, you can use the site as a stop off to Cornwall, but Somerset has so much to offer in it's own right and this site offers a perfect refuge to access it all!
Brilliant site in great surroundings
Meadow Cottage CL
We stopped at this lovely CL for a night on our journey both to and from Sussex and Cornwall. Julie was very friendly and welcoming, explaining where everything was located and offering further help if needed. The Covid precautions were excellent with barcode scan points and anti-bacterial sprays available. Peter came to our rescue, loaning an electric hookup cable, when my long cable developed a fault.
An excellent CL to which we hope to return on many future occasions. Thank you Julie and Peter.
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