Whitlingham Broad Campsite
UK England East Anglia Norfolk Norwich
This Broadland campsite lies within the spacious Whitlingham Country Park on the edge of Norwich, and is a great place to stay, offering a truly peaceful waterside camping experience, plentiful activities, plus the delights of one of England's nicest cities on your doorstep. It's both a useful gateway to the Broads and a perfect base for exploring the medieval delights of Norfolk's county capital.
The spacious grass pitches are spread over the upper and lower fields, with a magnificent play area built on the slope in between. You can park up tent-side in the lower field while the upper is a car-free haven meaning there’s plenty of room for a run and a play (pooches are welcome too). There’s also a couple of fully furnished bell tents, a yurt, a shepherd’s huts and a converted railway waggon, plus brand new, luxury tree-house-like structures nestled against the trees, with views over the country park towards the Great Broad.
The lure of the Broads is inescapable in this part of the world. With scores of visitors flocking to enjoy the wet and wild delights of Norfolk’s many navigable rivers and waterways, Whitlingham Broad is ideally situated to join in the fun. The park’s award-winning Outdoor Education Centre provides a host of activities including kayaking, sailing and windsurfing. And if you’d rather keep your feet strictly on terra firma there are countless scenic walks and bike rides to enjoy. Why not nip in to Norwich for the day to walk the café-dotted lanes and visit its grand Gothic cathedral?
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Facilities
Our loos are modern and spacious and boast seperate male/female washblocks with four toilets (three and urinals in the mens), four showers and four basins apiece, plus two family washrooms (private toilet, shower and basin with lots of room for changing), one of which is fully accessible.
We have a small adventure play park with balance beams cargo net and a whizzy side. The site is surrounded by established woodland and in a country park setting with lots to explore in all seasons. The country park has a cafe, watersports centre and a dry ski slope just a stones throw from site.
Campfires are welcome in raised pits at all pitches. during the summer months we host a variety of pop up caterers including wood fired pizza and churros. There is a great calender of events ran by local buisnesses within the country park and city for you to enjoy
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Nearby
We are surronded by 80 acres of gorgeous country park within the Coleman estate - there are walking trails a plenty - we are in the Bodicca way and Wherryman's Man way footpaths plus national Cycle Route One path. Whitlingham Adventure just a 3 minute walk away from site offers plenty of broad-based aquatic activities including canoeing, dragon boat hire, sailing, windsurfing. You can hire hand made canoes from Thorpe Island boats and paddle through the city, Self drive boats from Bishy barnebees, paddles boards from Norwich Paddleboard hire for water based activities. Borrow a Beryl bike from the park or head out on foot.
The Broads will be your back garden for your stay with us - you can hit the beach within 20 minutes, explore mashes and nature reserves or check out the tourist attractions such as BeWILDerwood, Wroxham, Or Great Yarmouth for seaside fun and world class circus. A must see is a trip to Winterton on Sea or Sea Palling so see our seal colonys
Norwich has attractions galore as well plenty of places to eat and drink. A vibrant and arty city - you can wander the lanes for independent shopping, catch an arthouse movie or theatre production akin to the west end, drink a rooftop cocktail or storm the castle for your fill of local history - birdwatches may be intrested to see the resident Pergrine Falcon in the catherdral tower
Food & Drink
There’s a café in the Country Park (Barn Café), and nearby Trowse (15 minute walk) hosts an excellent coffee shop (Kofra), a lovely vegetarian restaurant (River Green Café) and two good pubs (The White Horse & The Crown Point).
Norwich is a treasure trove for small bars and cafés: we particularly recommend Frank’s Bar for relaxed Mediterranean-accented dining, Wild Thyme for vegetarian food and St Andrews Brew House for a pint.
Open
All year (pre bookings recommended at all times, and pre booking only in the winter season).
Pricing
Camping pitches £4–£8.50, children £2.50–£4.50, depending on season. Bell Tents £55–£75, Shepherds Huts £40–£80 for 2 people, £50–£100 for 4 people, including enough kindling and firewood for one fire.The Owner Says
Offering family-friendly accommodation is important to us, so we keep our Upper Camping meadow car-free, have a great play area (for kids and adults!) reserved for guests only, and ask guests to respect others by not playing music and keeping noise to a minimum after 1030pm.
We love a good campfire, so firepits can be rented and wood purchased from our shop: most of our glamping units come with either a woodburner, a firepit or both.
In the summer we welcome a selection of quality street food caterers to our site - please ask for details and availability.
New for 2021 are our Woodland Dens: a touch of luxury in the tree tops, with great views into historic woodland and across the Yare Valley.
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Accommodation
Around 80 grass pitches set over two fields (the upper field is vehicle-free). Also, a small range of glamping options, including bell tents, a shepherd’s hut, converted railway waggons, a yurt and two all-new woodland 'dens' on stilts (a bit like sleek modern treehouses).
Upper Field tent pitch (car free)
'Chalk' the woodland den
Berney - converted Railway Carriage
The Whitlingham Yurt
'Lola' Shepherds hut
Bell Tent 1 HAWTHORN (Platform and porch)
Bell Tent 4 - SPINDLE (field pitched)
Upper Meadow tent pitch (vehicle free)
Lower Meadow camping pitch (1 tent or 1 van)
Location
Contact Website 07794 401 591 Whitlingham Broad Campsite, Whitlingham Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR14 8TR
Getting There
By public transport, Norwich train station is approx a 35-minute walk away; the site is also reachable by taking bus 58 or 58a from Castle Meadow in the city centre to Whitlingham Lane, from where it's a 15-minute walk. By car, from the A47 around Norwich, take the A146 exit and turn lef at the traffic lights. At the end of dual carriageway get in the right hand lane and from here follow the brown signs to 'Ski Club and Country Park', making a right turn at the roundabout, over the rail bridge and a left into Whitlingham Lane.
Norwich train station is approx 35 mins walk (2.5 miles away). Book a ticket in advance and you can travel from London for as little at £8.
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