Fox’s Furrow

View prices & book 9.2 101 reviews
Gravel campervan/motorhome pitches (added by manager 19 Apr 2023)
Camping area (added by manager 19 apr 2023)
Mown footpath to tent pitches (added by manager 19 apr 2023)
Tent camping area (added by manager 19 apr 2023)

  • Peaceful Leicestershire site on a rural hillside
  • Leicester city centre and Rutland Water both 20 minutes' drive
  • Easy access from A47; surrounded by tree belt for quiet and privacy
The centre of Leicester is only about a 20-minute drive from Fox’s Furrow – and yet this site’s immediate surroundings are properly peaceful and rural, with fields and natural countryside views all around. The beauty of all this, of course, is that you can have a nicely varied stay here if you like, perhaps pedalling along National Cycle Route 63 one day (it’s about a mile away) and then heading into the city to visit the National Space Centre the next. There’s a bus stop just under a mile away in the village of Houghton on the Hill if you’d rather travel by public transport. Also in the village are a couple of pubs, a village shop, a pharmacy and a fish and chip shop – all of it handily a short walk away across the fields (or a couple of minutes in the car). Getting in, out and all around should be straightforward here as the site is about a quarter of a mile from the A47; there’s no hint of the main road while on site, though, as the place has a very natural feel to it and is surrounded by a tree belt that provides plenty of privacy as well as acting as a home to local wildlife. In keeping with this rural setting, facilities have been kept to a minimum here – the essentials are covered, however, with a wifi connection, a washing-up area and toilet/shower facilities housed in a very stylishly decorated classic shepherd’s hut.

Site type

Tent pitches 10
Motorhome pitches 8
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 1
Open all year
Please note
  • Group bookings of 6 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 30 consecutive nights.
  • No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • A cable measuring at least 10 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • Please note that the shower facilities are unisex.
  • There is no reception on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • Guests must only use green chemicals or no chemicals for the chemical toilet disposal. Units larger than 7.8 metres long and 3 metres wide are not allowed. Access to the site is via a rough farm track and may not be suitable for vehicles with lowered suspension.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

94%

would recommend this site to a friend

86%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

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

Electric gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: ,

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Lovely and quiet, clean and tidy…

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

Electric gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Lovely and quiet, clean and tidy

Disliked: Not easy to find where to empty waste water so brought it home

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Nice campsite, fairly new with good facilities. Pitches could be more level.…

Overall 2/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 6
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Claire P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Nice campsite, fairly new with good facilities. Pitches could be more level. Good location.

Disliked: Owners need to have a better control of park residents to and from site. To have a group arrive at 1.30am and party until 5am is not acceptable and very unfair to everyone there. This subsequently ruined our stay. A gate needs to be locked overnight.

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From the manager: Hi Claire. Thank you for your feedback. We had a very unfortunate situation where we had some guests that were very disruptive on site which of course upset us a lot when we found out about this in the morning. The guests in question told us they were planning on arriving much earlier. If we had known they were going to turn up at 1:30am we wouldn’t have let them book in the first place. They also booked a tent and were not truthful about the number of people staying. We have a strict no noise policy past 11pm which is in our terms and conditions. We are always on call and live ten minutes away from the site so would’ve happily come over to try and resolve the situation had we known about it had we known. I was very upset when I heard it had disturbed you but unfortunately this was a situation that was completely out of our control.

Communication was great the site was clean tidy and the facilities were…

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

Electric gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Communication was great the site was clean tidy and the facilities were good - this was our first trip out in our new and it was the perfect site for our test run!

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Super friendly small secluded site

Overall 10/10
Location 8
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

Electric gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet site in a secluded spot. Facilities were excellent and communication with the owner was super thank you for our first ever camper van trip . We were warned of sloping pitches and the site even had wedges to borrow .

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Great first stay at Fox's Furrow, will be back.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Gavin H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Space between pitches, small community feel, great dog walks. Communication and instruction from owners very clear.

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The setting was fabulous. Bathroom facilities were great but too near campers. Good…

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: The setting was fabulous. Bathroom facilities were great but too near campers. Good communication with hirers

Disliked: The toilet facilities were too close to the pitches. Whilst washing up you could hear the toilets. I think there were too many pitches for the site. Less pitches and away from the facilities would have been better. Our pitch was right next to the chemical disposal 🥴. Not sure how clean the facilities would stay clean after a morning ? Neighbouring campers played music etc

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From the manager: Hi there, thank you for your feedback. We are really glad you liked the setting of our site and the facilities! 🙂 We were very disappointed to hear that there were some things that weren’t to your liking. Hopefully this did not affect your stay too much. Thank you again for staying.

Great facility…

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

Electric gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Great facility

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Overall a lovely little site.

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

Electric gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet area. Small site. Facility Area very good. Everything working as it should and very clean.

Disliked: Pitch very uneven and a lack of information available for local facilities, shops, pubs, walks, etc

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What a great site

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

Electric gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Small well kept site, lovely hot showers,peaceful with lots of bird song

Disliked: Nothing

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

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

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful

Walkers' paradise

Wild camping

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Golf nearby

Restaurant nearby

Watersports nearby

Location

Fox’s Furrow

Gaulby Lane

Houghton on the Hill

Leicestershire

England

LE7 9HB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.61803°N
-0.97778°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4 mi The Old Greyhound
6.3 mi Station Street
6.7 mi St Margaret's Bus Station
Rail
6.3 mi Leicester Rail Station
6.9 mi Syston Rail Station
7 mi South Wigston Rail Station
Airport
20.7 mi East Midlands Airport
27.2 mi Coventry 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

Getting out to see more of your rural surroundings should be easy enough here, as there are some great walks in the vicinity, along with those bike rides on National Cycle Route 63. Rutland Water (20 minutes’ drive) is another good place for a walk or a bike ride (there’s a path that goes all the way round the lake), and you can also play golf, try your hand at sailing or bounce across the inflatable aqua park. If the kids are keen to meet cute animals, head along to Windmill Farm Park (15 minutes) for indoor and outdoor animals, play areas and a café. Bird on the Hand Falconry Experiences (15 minutes) makes a great day out for those keen to get up close to the big birds. Over in Leicester (20 minutes) there are plenty of options for a day out (especially if you need rainy-day activities) – the city is home to the National Space Centre as well as the Retro Computer Museum and King Richard III Visitor Centre.

Must see

National Space Centre 7 mi

Foxton Locks 8.2 mi

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe 10.9 mi

Rockingham Castle 13.1 mi

Barnsdale Gardens 14.4 mi

National Trust

Woolsthorpe Manor 19.5 mi

Lyveden New Bield 21 mi

Staunton Harold Church 21.7 mi

Calke Abbey 24.4 mi

Grantham House 24.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

QUENBY HALL 2.3 mi

Tilton - Lowesby - Tilton 3.6 mi

LOWESBY HALL 3.6 mi

BAGGRAVE HALL 3.7 mi

VICTORIA PARK, LEICESTER 5.9 mi

Local events

  • Global Birdfair (Friday 12 July 2024 – Friday 12 July 2024)

    Oakham, Rutland 11.2 mi

  • Burghley Horse Trials (Thursday 5 September 2024 – Thursday 5 September 2024)

    Stamford, Lincolnshire 21.8 mi

  • Download Festival (Friday 14 June 2024 – Friday 14 June 2024)

    Derby, Derbyshire 22 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 sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Want to know more about camping in Leicestershire?

  • Does Fox’s Furrow have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Fox’s Furrow dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Fox’s Furrow? Getting out to see more of your rural surroundings should be easy enough here, as there are some great walks in the vicinity, along with those bike rides on National Cycle Route … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Fox’s Furrow?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Fox’s Furrow? From £17.50 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.