The Eaves Inn

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View from the water supply
Views of the field
Rear view, site and car park
The restaurant

  • Small and peaceful adults-only site with pub and restaurant
  • A 20-minute drive from Skegness beaches, fairground and seal sanctuary
  • Within 25 minutes of the Viking Way and Lindsey Trail scenic routes
Country footpaths, home-cooked local produce and traditional ales, coastal walks and castles… half an hour’s drive from New York? No, there’s no mistake, but the New York in question is in rural Lincolnshire, as is the quiet, simple and very uncitylike Eaves Inn. As you may have guessed, there's a country pub to be found here... The site's at the back of a traditional country inn, open from Thursdays to Sundays to serve local ale from its cosy bar and a wide menu of eats in its restaurant. It's all rather scenic too, as pitches are in a wide field with views across farmland and fen, in the centre of the village of Little Steeping. Around the region, it's a 20-minute drive from here to Skegness. Shops and supermarkets are in Skegness and barbecues are allowed on this adults-only site, you can indulge in a bit of outdoor grilling any time you like. Work up an appetite by taking the dog for a brisk walk on the footpaths passing by the site. While the combination of pub plus field plus view is spectacularly simple, that doesn’t mean roughing it: a modern block combines hot showers, sinks and a washing-up area, all of it gleaming and heated.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 5
Motorhome pitches 5
Tent pitches 14
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Group bookings of 3 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Guests under the age of 21 are not allowed on site.
  • The pub opening times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, and Sunday lunchtimes. The full restaurant menu is served from 6.30pm on Thursday, and from 6pm Friday and Saturday, and for Sunday lunch (12pm - 3pm). Dogs are allowed in the pub but booking is required.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

92%

would recommend this site to a friend

87%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Proximity to pub is great…

Overall 8/10
Location 6
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 8
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Proximity to pub is great

Disliked: Whilst the food was excellent. It was a bit pricey

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice small field behind pub Remote and peaceful location First time staying here. Lovely…

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
Jo m. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Nice small field behind pub
Remote and peaceful location

First time staying here. Lovely little site nice and remote a place to relax and recharge.Ate twice in the pub excellent food both times. Staff friendly amenities clean no issue with the showers at all. Will be back to stay again

Disliked: Tight entrance for larger caravans but wont put us off will be back to stay again

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice site out the way

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 4
Allan H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Nice quiet site away from the busy life. Food in the pub was amazing lovely owners. Nice walks for the dogs

Disliked: Gravel pitches not laid out very well, toilets not always clean, smell of sewage when chilling in the sun. Be nice to have a sign in sight when you arrive. Lots of people asking us what to do when they arrived. These couple of things could make it perfect

Recommend to friends Visit again

Once you're on site, very peaceful rural location with level grass.

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Flat grassy pitch. Clean facilities

Disliked: Very narrow entrance and no name sign on entry. No pitch allocation (choose any empty pitch).

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great place and great people had wonderful stay at tye campsite and…

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
Rik K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Great place and great people had wonderful stay at tye campsite and great meal on Saturday night just a great place

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely little place to stay. Plenty of walks from the site

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 4
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Karen T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Peaceful site, clean toilet and showers

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely for a pub stopover, short stay or self contained motorhome.

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet site, with a friendly atmosphere in the pub, food was fantastic and plenty of it.

This site r would be better advertised as a pub stopover and as such would be excellent.

Disliked: Facilities on campsite were limited with only two toilets and showers for the entire site. This will be a problem when campsite has more pitches occupied. We had a problem with heating and hot water in these facilities with one morning having none at all.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Peaceful place and good for walking our dogs,had the site mostly to…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 6
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 4
Wifi No rating
Lesley M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Peaceful place and good for walking our dogs,had the site mostly to ourselves (just one other motorhome for a couple of nights) nice meal on Sunday in the pub (which is dog friendly)we both had starters,very large portions then Sunday lunch I had baked ham and my husband and steak and kidney pudding both were lovely.

Disliked: Only one of the two shower/toilet was open which was OK when we where the only ones there, on the first night the owner let us know it wouldn't be opened that day because of the cold weather,then on the 3rd day there was no hot water so my husband ended up having a cold shower,then again the next night no lights or hot water in the shower/toilet eventually got hold of the owner who apologized and said it had tripped and rectified it.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic stay eveyone friendly my dog was so welcome alway got 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 8
Brian A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Fantastic stay eveyone friendly my dog was so welcome alway got a biscuit..Fantastic food defo recommended Sunday dinner definitely coming back... thank u xx.... p.s don't forget the nuts in for when I come again lol

Disliked: None at all

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean facilities, great pub on site, lovely location.

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
Becca S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Had the campsite to ourselves so plenty of space!
Toilets were clean and facilities good.
Pub was lovely, would recommend the roast dinner.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so very much for your great review, Look forward to seeing you again


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 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

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

Themes

Peaceful Remote location Walkers' paradise 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

Pub campsite Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

The Eaves Inn

Main Road

Little Stepping

Spilsby

Lincolnshire

England

PE23 5BL

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.14514°N
0.14106°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4.8 mi Market Place
4.8 mi Railway Station
8 mi Coach Station
Rail
2.9 mi Thorpe Culvert Rail Station
4.8 mi Wainfleet Rail Station
5.9 mi Havenhouse Rail Station
Ferry
28.8 mi West Lynn Ferry Landing
28.9 mi King's Lynn 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

If seeking a taste of traditional seaside stuff, set course for Skegness for sands and dunes, fairground rides and pier promenades, and endearing encounters with the residents of Natureland Seal Sanctuary. For meetings of the furred and feathered kind, it’s 15 minutes to the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park, home to tigers, tapirs, lemurs and hundreds of species of rescued parrots. If you prefer your wildlife in the wild, make the half-hour journey to Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve, a prairie-like vastness of dunes and wetlands where you can spot terns and skylarks while walking the trails. For longer hikes and bike rides, Horncastle (25 minutes) is a hub for two major routes: the Viking Way links the Humber Estuary with Rutland Water over 147 miles of grand terrain, while the 80 miles of the Lindsey Trail focus on the chalk hills, woodlands and ancient history of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Wartime history lies thick on the ground in these parts too, thanks to the role played by Lincolnshire’s people and airfields in the Battle of Britain: learn more at the Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirkby, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre and the International Bomber Command Centre (20 minutes, half an hour and an hour away). Whether birdwatching or battlements are your bag, Tattershall Castle (half an hour) is worth a turn around, with 15th-century show-off interiors, woodlands full of wildlife and lakes nearby for wakeboarding and watery assault courses.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Skegness 8.6 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Ingoldmells South 9.3 mi Sea GoodGoodExcellentExcellent
Chapel St Leonards 9.9 mi Sea GoodExcellentExcellentExcellent
Anderby 11 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Moggs Eye 11.5 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Sandringham 27 mi

Ayscoughfee Hall Museum and Gardens 27.7 mi

Lincoln Medieval Bishops' Palace 28.7 mi

Lincoln Cathedral 28.7 mi

Lincoln Castle 28.8 mi

National Trust

Gunby Hall Estate: Monksthorpe Chapel 1.4 mi

Gunby Hall 3.2 mi

Tattershall Castle 14.2 mi

Brancaster 25 mi

St George's Guildhall 28.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

GUNBY HALL 3.2 mi

WELL HALL 6.4 mi

Hagworthingham - Sausthorpe - Hundleby Circular 6.6 mi

HARRINGTON HALL 6.7 mi

Snipedales - Ashby Puerorum - Hagworthingham Circular 6.8 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 The Eaves Inn have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Eaves Inn dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Eaves Inn? If seeking a taste of traditional seaside stuff, set course for Skegness for sands and dunes, fairground rides and pier promenades, and endearing encounters with the residents of Natureland Seal Sanctuary. For … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Eaves Inn?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.

    Check in between 12pm and 2pm and from 6pm to 9pm - arrival outside these times must be arranged using the details provided in the booking confirmation email. The booking ID is required.

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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Eaves Inn? From £28 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.