Box End Park

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Aerial view of the site and lakes
Box end park site in the springtime
Electric pitch
Our pitches are fully serviced by our toilet & shower block facility.

  • Rural Bedfordshire campsite with 100 acres of parkland
  • Golf and horse riding 20 minutes’ drive; Santa Pod Raceway 35 minutes
  • Lakeside café, bar and restaurant; free hot showers in the clubhouse
Set in 100 acres of landscaped parkland, the tourer and tent pitches at Box End Park campsite await sporty families for a few days of fun on two purpose-built water-sports lakes, filled with natural spring water. No worries though if you’d simply prefer to relax lakeside and enjoy the peaceful rural Bedfordshire setting. Activities to be booked separately and enjoyed on site include a giant floating aqua park, open-water swimming, paddleboarding, cable kneeboarding and cable wakeboarding. Out of the water, you can try frisbee and football golf, or the lakeside running-and-nature trail. All the pitches are on flat, well-drained grassland, and the site has its own dedicated toilet block with washing-up sinks. Free hot showers are located in the main clubhouse and are shared with the water-sports facilities. When you need to refuel, there’s a bar, restaurant and café offering a range of catering throughout the week (the café is closed in winter and the restaurant on Mondays). Barbecues are permitted off the ground at the pitches, but no campfires please. This is a quiet family site with a strict no-noise policy after 10.30pm, so perhaps it’s not the place for you if you’re after a wild nightlife – having said that, the historic market town of Bedford is only 15 minutes’ drive away, with its healthy helping of pubs and restaurants.

Site type

Motorhome pitches 12
Touring caravan pitches 12
Tent pitches 12
Open now
Opens 1 April
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Group bookings of 2 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • Minimum spacing of 6 metres between pitches.
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • Electricity is metered on site at £0.30 per kWh and must be paid onsite using a pre-paid smart card. A minimum of £5 credit must be added. An additional £5 deposit is taken when the card is issued, refundable on return of the card. Please note activities are seasonal and do not run every day.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Tue, 1 Apr to

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

86%

would recommend this site to a friend

84%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

What a treat place, friendly reception, great staff , went for a…

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
Anthony H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: What a treat place, friendly reception, great staff , went for a walk round thw nature trail on thw lakes and came across 3 members of staff each one asked how I was doing and went out of way to say hi.

Great facilities are very clean and tidy.

The bar and restaurant are great and friendly staff.

The location is great, such a busy area and an oasis in the middle .

And to cap it all off they had free WiFi what a hit.

Disliked: Traffic noise from main road nearby

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, clean facilities, level pitches and good size

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
Chris T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Clean site, enough for what we needed, if the children where older then would of made use of the water activities but had a nice relaxing time either way, staff friendly in reception when checking in and out

Disliked: Although the shower and toilets where cleaned to a high standard there was times when the cleaners wouldnt let you in to use these as they where cleaning yet they wouldnt open the family shower to use

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From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your lovely 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you back again soon. We've been up to check the accessible shower & toilet which is now fully open for use. Thank you for bringing this to our attention on the day as well.
Many thanks,
Box End Park

Perfect, spotless site with fantastic facilities and watersports

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Beautiful clean site, fantastically clean toilet and shower facilities, watersports on site (great to watch them too!). My 9 year old daughter and I had a ball on the Aqua Ninja course! Incredibly friendly staff throughout reception, watersports, bar and restaurant. The on-site bar and restaurant was absolutely superb - beautiful setting inside and out, cosy, menu and food incredible - despite camping there (in our van) we definitely weren't slumming it here!

Disliked: Nothing to note here. Absolutely spot on, we'll be back!

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From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your outstanding10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and really do look forward to welcoming you back again soon.
Many thanks,
Box End Park

Very nice clean site

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Really nice site, very clean and new looking facilities. Friendly staff. Activities on site too.

Very big pitches

Disliked: Nothing

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From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your lovely 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you back again soon.
Many thanks,
Box End Park

Excellent site with good facilities, will define be returning

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 4
Robert V. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Cleanliness and great size pitches

Disliked: Paying separately for electric

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From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your lovely 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you back again soon.
Many thanks,
Box End Park

Great service, enjoyable stay

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

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Friendly staff, excellent facilities

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From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your lovely 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you back again soon.
Many thanks,
Box End Park

very good site with nice helpful staff.well spaces out

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 8
Joseph J. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Very spacious and park quiet clean and tidy, Staffe pleasant and helpful

Disliked: Pitch side toilets located near to pot wash not so good. quite run down and not very clean

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From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your review and we're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay here with us this season!
Regarding the toilet block thank you for your feedback. We are working this winter period to upgrade our facility and look forward to welcoming you back next year to enjoy our new toilet facility that will be located up at the campsite.
Looking forward to seeing you back here with us again soon.
Many thanks,
Box End Park

Lovely location. Nice walks. Lovely staff at check in & out .…

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Lovely location. Nice walks. Lovely staff at check in & out .

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From the manager: Hi there,

It was an absolute please having you stay here with us and thank you so much for your wonderful 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay + experience with our check-in team. We can't wait to see you back here with us in the not so distant future :)

Many thanks,
Box End Park

Overall would stay again.

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Beautiful site would definitely stay again.

Disliked: Shower facilities, a bit run down.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your lovely review and we're glad to hear you loved the site.
We're installing a brand new facilities block next year & so will be great to see you again and hear your feedback once the new block has been built.
Look forward to seeing you back again soon.
Many thanks,
Box End Park

Would return in the future,

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

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked: Lovely site, everything we needed at hand. Lovely couple who owned the site, very helpful. Nice meal in the restaurant.

Disliked: Nothing to dislikem

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi there,
Thank you so much for your lovely 10/10 review. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your stay & meal in the restaurant and look forward to welcoming you back again soon.
Many thanks,
Box End Park


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site cafe On-site restaurant On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports Wild swimming

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Lake and/or mountain

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Restaurant nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Box End Park

Kempston

Bedford

Bedfordshire

England

MK43 8RQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.12538°N
-0.52193°W

Nearest transport

Coach
2.3 mi Bus Station
6.8 mi War Memorial
6.8 mi War Memorial
Rail
2 mi Bedford Rail Station
2.3 mi Bedford St Johns Rail Station
2.4 mi Kempston Hardwick Rail Station
Airport
18.1 mi London Luton Airport

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

Local attractions and activities include: - Towers Health and Racquets Club: 15 minutes’ drive - Herrings Green Activity Farm and Bird of Prey Centre: 20 minutes - Old Warden Tunnel Nature Reserve: 20 minutes - Summerfields Miniature Railways: 20 minutes - The Forest Centre and Millennium Country Park: 20 minutes - Golf course: 20 minutes - Horse riding: 20 minutes - Santa Pod Raceway: 35 minutes.

Must see

The Shuttleworth Collection 8.8 mi

Woburn Safari Park 8.8 mi

Wrest Park 9.4 mi

Woburn Enterprises Limited 9.6 mi

Gulliver's Land 10.2 mi

National Trust

Ascott 17.6 mi

Dunstable Downs, Chilterns Gateway Centre and Whipsnade Estate 18 mi

Whipsnade Tree Cathedral 19 mi

Wimpole Hall 20 mi

Wimpole Home Farm 20 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

BEDFORD CEMETERY 2.9 mi

BEDFORD PARK 2.9 mi

Bedford Riverside Promenade 3.7 mi

Houghton Conquest and King's Wood 4.7 mi

Turvey - Gorewelle - Turvey Circular 5.1 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Box End Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Box End Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Box End Park? Local attractions and activities include: - Towers Health and Racquets Club: 15 minutes’ drive - Herrings Green Activity Farm and Bird of Prey Centre: 20 minutes - Old Warden Tunnel Nature Reserve: … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Box End Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  5 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Box End Park? From £20 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.