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Go Ape - Thetford
High Lodge Forest Centre, Santon Downham, East Anglia, IP27 0AF
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Best Newcomer CL Award - 2019
Roger and Pauline welcome you to their fantastic new purpose built CL caravan site on their small Suffolk farm, offering a unique caravan/motorhome experience. Within 3/4 acre of level grassland, enclosed by fencing, sit the superb pitches with attractive open field views, beautiful sunsets, unpolluted night sky and a maximum of five pitches being used at any one time. This really is the place for a peaceful tranquil get away.
All five hardstandings are identical and large enough for your caravan/motorhome, awning and car! Two large all grass pitch options are available by arrangement. All of the pitches are fully serviced.
The onsite facilities are outstanding, including a beautiful unique custom built 5 star amenity building, with under floor heating harnessing the very latest energy saving technology. There is an indvidual WC and a washing up room with two sinks and drainers. We have two large personal bathrooms each fitted with luxury shower, toilet, hand-basin, shaving point, hand and hair dryers. One bathroom is fully fitted for people with disabilities and is wheelchair accessible.
An information room for guests to find what's on offer locally includes a bookcase with books that guests can borrow for the duration of their stay. There are some perfect places to read one of these books, maybe take a stroll around our hedge-lined field, stopping half way at a bench conveniently placed. Sit in a little corner there to relax for a while, enjoying the tranquillity and birdsong. Perhaps take a book over to the natural pond and find a bench there, or maybe the picnic benches ... The building has an office, which doubles up as a small shop facility supplying basic essentials including fresh milk, bread and free range eggs from a local smallholding (run by our daughter Shelly). Additionally the small holding supplies very tasty free range rare breed sausages, bacon, burgers, pork as well as lamb and more, perfect for morning fry ups and evening BBQ's.
The site is dog friendly, with a lovely dog walk around our 15 acre meadow and the dogs even have their own dog wash area.
Barn Owl Meadow gets its name from the barn owls that are often seen flying over the meadow and shares its home with a wide range of Suffolk wildlife such as sky larks, partridge's, pheasants, deer, lots of hares, and an amazing woodpigeon with no tail, and winter time sheep in the field!
Barn Owl Meadow is on the Suffolk/Norfolk border with Diss (8 miles), Stowmarket 8 miles and the beautiful historic town of Bury St Edmunds, with its Cathedral, Abbey Gardens and market days on Wednesdays and Saturdays, being well worth a visit 13 miles away. Within a 3 mile radius are four villages providing a useful mixture of pubs, cafes, post offices and village shops.
If you want a relaxing break, in lovely countryside surrounded by nature with mod cons at your door step then this is the place for you. For more information please visit our Website.
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Latest arrival time: 8:00 PM
Latest departure time: 11:00 AM
Minimum stay 2 nights (applies weekends)
0.75 acres
Electric amperage: 16
Lawned site
Recycling Facilities
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Great savings on days out
Offers available to Club members
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Adventure
East of England Land Rover Experience
Shire Farm, Uppingham Road, Rockingham, East Midlands, LE16 8TP
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Experience the challenges, fun and adventure of driving a Land Rover off-road on an extensive and varied course. Drive the latest Land Rover models over rough terrain, steep inclines and deep rutted tracks. Try a 1 hour taster session or enjoy a 1/2 or full day adventure. Need help with towing, hitching or any other trailer skills? Take a look at the professional training courses. Call 01536 772238 for more infomation.
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Camboats
Jesus Lock, Jesus Green (City), Chesterton Road, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, CB4 3AN and CB5 8SX
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Award-winning Narrowboat and Eco Solar-Electric Catamaran boat trips on the River Cam in Cambridge. 45 minute Public Hop-On tours or Private Bespoke bookings, from one hour to a whole day. Full up-to-date details of routes, times and availability on www.camboats.co.uk.
Two for the price of one or 20% family discount - Pre-booking required.
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Sites key:
- Postcode:
- IP22 1LX
- GPS:
- Lat 52.306082 / Lon 0.98672
- OS field ref:
- TM039719
- OS map ref:
- 155
Transport links
- Nearest port: Harwich (49 miles)
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Fantastic - can’t recommend enough!
What a beautiful site that would put many commercial sites to shame.
Pitches are spacious, fully serviced and well maintained. Each pitch has a countryside outlook and its own picnic bench opposite the pitch.
Great location for exploring the local area whilst maintaining peace and tranquility of being on a farm.
Would definitely recommend and we will definitely be visiting again!
Great facility CL
We stayed at Barn Owl Meadow CL for 4 nights in October 2020.
The site is only 2 years old but is really a mini club site and it has all the facilities required for a relaxing stay. As other have said, each pitch has its own EHU, water & grey water disposal point. We were there during the Covid period and the shower/toilet block was available to us but we chose to use our own onboard facilities.
All the hardstandings were the same size with plenty of space to be able to “distance” from your neighbours. There were also picnic benches on the grassed areas in front of the site roadway.
The dog walk around the perimeter of the paddock was welcome.
The area is quiet with a few footpaths & byways to explore. The village of Walsham le Willows is 2 miles west & Rickinghall & Botesdale are a similar distance north.
One small suggestion might be to plant some type of hedging between the pitches to give a bit more privacy. The site did seem to be a bit “open”.
Not a criticism – just a comment.
Outstanding CL
This is one of the best CLs we have ever stayed on. Clearly a lot of thought and expense has gone into the design and makeup of the site which is just perfect. Matched with the beautiful countryside and peace and quiet and a very helpful and lovely owner this CL is excellent
Eddieb333
Reviewed on 08/08/2020 09:42
What a wonderful site - March 2020
Stayed at Barn Owl Meadow for 3 nights this week (9/3/2020) and had a great time.
Wonderful site, amazing facilities, excellent customer service and great value at only £20 per night.
We used it as a base for exploring the area by bike and on foot and we weren't disappointed.
One minor issue that you need to take into account is the positioning of the grey waste drain on each pitch. You will need at least 5 meters of drain piping to reach it. Sadly my drain pipe didn't reach the drain - but luckily I did bring my Waste Master so all was not lost...
The washrooms were amazing with great showers and spotlessly clean. There was even piped music!!
Will certainly be recommending it to my caravanning friends and hope to return when the weather is a bit warmer..
Barn Owl Meadow Feb 2020
We had looked to stay at Barn Owl meadow, in January but all pitches were booked. so we managed to get a pitch mid Feb and I can see why Barn Owl Meadow is so busy. Lovely clean, peaceful site. The site has a safety barrier with an access code, which gives a feeling of security. The added bonus to us was that each pitch was fully serviced with EHU, drinking water and grey water drainage. With plenty of space on the hard standing for Car, Caravan and Awning and between pitches.
We visited the weekend of Storm Denis, the pitches are well drained and you get some shelter from the wind from the hedge behind. The small shop on site stocks items you may have forgotten, ie Shampoo, Toothpaste, Shower Gel, also some Jams, Sauces Salt, Pepper and a freezer full of Pork and Lamb. there are leaflets of things to do in the area. Plus some nice to have's for sale.
We use the facilities that come with the van, but the showers looked exceptional and Warm. There is also a Washing up area for those of you who prefer to wash up away from the van. Waste disposal was nice and easy to use, also a dog wash for muddy paws. The dog walk is around the edge of the field in front of the pitches. There are also picnic benches, which would get a lot of use in the summer. The site is well looked after and lovely short grass, even the dog walk was nice and tidy. The TV reception was good, as was the 4G phone signal.
The owners of the site are friendly and helpful, We will be visiting again some time in the future.
