Secret Spot Camping

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Visitor image of the campsite (added by manager 05 Sep 2022)
Visitor image of one of three large fields (added by manager 05 sep 2022)
Sunrise from my tent. (added by visitor 11 jun 2023)
No words needed! (added by visitor 15 aug 2023)

  • Peaceful site in a private home’s grounds 15 mins’ walk from Braunton
  • A five-minute drive from Saunton Sands beach and 10 from Croyde
  • Well-equipped guest kitchen and lounge area plus a communal firepit
Seek space at Secret Spot Camping, a site on open north Devon farmland 15 minutes’ walk from the pubs and shops of Braunton and five minutes’ drive from Saunton Sands beach. Pitches here form part of the grounds of a family home – guests are welcome to wander about and admire the gardens (a lot of effort goes into tending them, as you’ll see from the pics). Clubs and groups are welcome but be aware that the vibe here is very much peaceful rather than party. Facilities on site are centred around the convivial campers’ shelter, a hub full of handy things including a kitchen (with a fridge, freezer, microwave, kettle and toaster), comfy sofas, sockets for charging gadgets, and a wifi connection. If it’s a fine day, there’s also plenty of outdoor seating scattered around the place and a communal firepit area for campfire chats. Barbecues are welcome too, as long as they’re kept on the bricks provided. With several famed beaches nearby (not just Saunton Sands but also Croyde, 10 minutes’ drive away, and Putsborough within 15 minutes) this is a tiptop location for surfers as well as those who want to chill out; the site owners also manage a surf shop in Croyde, so folk who don’t have their own kit might want to hire or buy down there (with a little discount to aid proceedings).

Campground type

Tent sites 15
RV sites 15
Open now
Please note
  • Group bookings of 6 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Twin axle vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Units longer than 6 metres are not allowed.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.
  • Guests are requested not to pick flowers from the garden or go into any of the site outbuildings. Please note, this site does not accept motorhomes.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, May 3 to

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Gem of a place

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Lovely quiet little site with great amenities, level pitches and friendly owners. Enjoyed long dog walks in the dunes nearby and sunsets.

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Excellent site with lovely facilities, lovely welcome from staff

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Great welcome Great facilities Plenty of space Loved the different field for different needs

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It lives up to it's name, "Secret Spot" with beautiful surroundings.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Jacob A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Great family run, quiet & spacious campsite. Friendly & helpful with lots of useful tips about the local area.

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Perfect stay, well located near braunton and not far from local beach

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Ellen R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Small and well kept campsite. Lovely flat field in beautiful surroundings. Complete with communal kitchen and for our area for a real community feel.

Disliked: Really splitting hairs but some play space for kids and accessible water pipe that could be connected to the van.

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From the manager: We have heaps of space for kids to play! Rounders, Cricket, even kite flying we see it all on site.. We also have 4 square miles of Dunes and 7 miles of beach on our doorstep. We also have Soft Play and BMX Pump Track just half a mile in the other direction. We do not have kids play equipment on site if that is what you are referring to but what we do have or have not can be found on our listing before you book. If your own hose was too short to reach the tap you were trying to connect to we do have several taps and hoses including a very very long one indeed. We have over half an acre of gardens to irrigate and it's very easy to fill built in water tanks from the tap/hose in the car park next to the bungalow or from the tap next to the Fire Pit. We are here to help with any problem, just please ask if you are not sure about something.. we usually have a solution!

Great site. We will be back!

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Friendly welcome. Very family friendly. Good facilities. Great location for Saunton Sands.

Disliked: Nothing

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Staff was lovely very helpful and place was spotless.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Amazing site nestled in nature fantastic facilities showers, toilets very clean kitchen facilities in a beautiful setting.. Highly recommend this place guys but sadly the Great British weather was the only letdown..

Disliked: Nothing just the weather.

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Love the facilities - super clean and everyone super friendly. Doddle with…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Love the facilities - super clean and everyone super friendly. Doddle with a baby!

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Great covered areas for wet weather…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anna P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Great covered areas for wet weather

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I would recommend totally

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: Absolutely great hosts, immaculate showers and bathrooms, facilities excellent, more than expected

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Thoroughly recommend

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 4
Jane D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite

Liked: The welcome is second to none, and the bathrooms etc are constantly being cleaned/checked up on. the pitch is spacious, no using of every space here, there is room for children & others to move around. Excellent location for exploring North Devon including Lundy, if we can we'll be back. Met someone who has been visiting for 15 years which says it all really. Can recommend Braunton Burrows, Saunton Sands, and the Asparagus Farm next door!

Disliked: Nothing

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Features

Leisure on park

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Playground

Recreation room/arcade

TV room

Takeout

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available

Car parking by site/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Free wifi

Grocery store

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Laundromat

Parent & baby washroom

Payphone

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Restrooms

Shower available

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed

Barbecue provided

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Hikers’ paradise

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Communal freezer

Communal fridge

Dump station

Electric car charging point(s)

Propane/gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Convenience store nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Public transportation nearby

Type

Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horseback riding nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Surf school nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Location

Secret Spot Camping

Moor Lane Nursery

Saunton Road

Braunton

Devon

England

EX33 1HG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.10816°N
-4.18073°W

Route directions

Turn off the main Saunton Road into Moor Lane. Continue on Moor Lane past the lodges and farm stall until you drive around the sharp right-hand bend. Directly after the bend, turn left up the site's driveway by the dark blue postbox and drive up to the bungalow. The what3words address of this site is racetrack.touches.plums.

Nearest transport

Bus
0.9 mi George Hotel
0.9 mi Opposite George Hotel
2.2 mi Camp Gates
Rail
5.6 mi Barnstaple Rail Station
9.3 mi Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station
11.6 mi Umberleigh Rail Station
Ferry
3.8 mi Appledore Ferry Landing
3.9 mi Instow Ferry Landing
6.3 mi Bideford Ferry Landing

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

For a break from the waves, have a think about walks on the South West Coast Path (within five minutes’ drive) or bike rides on the Tarka Trail (15 minutes away). Wanders are also to be had around the Braunton Burrows sand dunes, the largest system of its kind in England and around 10 minutes' drive from the park. Tour tunnels instead at Ilfracombe – there’s a network of four carved out of the cliffside by locals back in the 1820s – followed by seawater swims in the nearby tidal pool. This seaside settlement 15 minutes’ drive from Secret Spot Camping also has an aquarium to amble around and is a gateway for wildlife-spotting boat trips. Kids keen to gaze at yet more animals? Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park (25 minutes' drive) is the place to go for meets and greets with meerkats and sea lions as well as animatronic prehistoric creatures.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Saunton Sands 1.9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Croyde Bay 3 mi Sea N/A Good Excellent Good
Putsborough 3.1 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Woolacombe Village 4.6 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Combesgate Beach, Woolacombe 5 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

RHS Garden Rosemoor 11.6 mi

National Trust

Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum 9 mi

Heddon Valley 13.2 mi

Watersmeet 18.3 mi

Lundy 21.3 mi

Holnicote Estate 27.6 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

SAUNTON COURT 1.3 mi

Saunton - Croyde - Putsborough - Fruit and Nut Trail 1.8 mi

Croyde – Saunton Down – Middleborough Hill – Croyde 2.5 mi

ISLEY MARSH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 05/04/1990) 2.6 mi

CHAPEL WOOD (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 21/11/1950) 3.1 mi

Local events

  • GoldCoast Oceanfest (Friday, June 21, 2024 – Friday, June 21, 2024)

    Croyde, England 3 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Want to know more about camping in Devon?

  • Does Secret Spot Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Secret Spot Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Secret Spot Camping? For a break from the waves, have a think about walks on the South West Coast Path (within five minutes’ drive) or bike rides on the Tarka Trail (15 minutes away). Wanders … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Secret Spot Camping?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Secret Spot Camping? From $44.58 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.