Makins Lakes

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Lake and Cabins (added by manager 25 Mar 2021)
Lake
Lake and pitches
Hardstanding touring pitch

  • Fully serviced pitches with access to fishing lakes
  • Around 30 minutes’ drive from Warwick, Birmingham and Leicester
  • Café, wheelchair accessible facilities, parent and baby washroom
Would waking up and walking just a few feet for a spot of fishing be something of a holiday win for you? And how about finding that around 30 minutes by car from Warwick, Birmingham and Leicester? At Makins Lakes, in the village of Bramcote and 10 minutes’ drive from the Warwickshire town of Nuneaton, your pitch won’t just be close to a peaceful peg, you’ll also have a long list of Heart of England holiday highlights close by. Of course, the lakes on site aren’t just for the enjoyment of anglers. Being by the water brings a peaceful feel to all the pitches. There are views over the Warwickshire countryside too, but this isn’t a middle-of-nowhere kind of place. Each pitch is hooked up with electric and water access points. The shower and toilet block have accessible areas for disabled guests and there’s also a family-friendly parent and baby washroom. There’s an on-site café and bait shop and if you can’t bear to leave the lakeside, they’ll even deliver food out to you so you need not stop fishing all day. When you’re ready to rest your rod for a bit, it’s a 25-minute drive to catch a bit of culture in Coventry (UK City of Culture 2021) or 40 minutes to Stratford-upon-Avon, the must-see town for all things Shakespeare.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 10
Touring caravan pitches 40
Tent pitches 50
Motorhome pitches 40
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Dogs are not allowed if you are staying in the accommodation units.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • No charcoal barbecues allowed.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

83%

would recommend this site to a friend

79%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Lovely site with clean facilities, friendly staff, big pitches

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 No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely site, friendly staff, toilet & showers clean & warm.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Definitely stay again

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
Nicholas C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Great shower / toilet block nicely heated and clean Choose your own pitch was nice Lovely location countryside but near a village and good roads Great cafe on site which opens early for fishing folk Easy booking and check in

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very nice and peaceful, very nice clean site and facilities…

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 No rating
Anthony G. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very nice and peaceful, very nice clean site and facilities

Recommend to friends Visit again

Tranquil, calm, clean and quiet.

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

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Loved it, just what I needed, peace and quiet, to rest a very over worked body and mind. I also received a very warm welcome at reception. Thanks to the people that were around. I will definitely be back, shower block lovely and warm, exactly 💯 what is needed in the winter.

Disliked: Not much loo rolls in the female toilets, many cubicles without. Caught me off guard. Luckily had clean tissue in pocket. I am sure it would have been sorted if I had informed them, but in all honesty I had forgot, as carried a spare loo roll with me just in case.

Recommend to friends Visit again

we will definitely be coming back, great family site,

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: very clean toilets and showers, hard standing with grass or just grass, tgs touring fields and fetched off from ghe lakes easy access to local pubs and shops,

Recommend to friends Visit again

Well worth a visit good value for money

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Clean facilities, quiet surroundings, nice food at the cafe.

Disliked: Sounds daft to moan but the toilet and shower room Was roasting far too hot for me 😂

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Lovely area, but won't be back

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely area used clean showers on the evening travelled. Useful and polite staff.

Disliked: I know it's fishing lakes which I didn't use. Disliked the swearing of the early fisherman on lake 3 as parked in that area. Had a shower and the toilets and the floor wasn't clean. Was cold when vacated as both doors was left wide open!! There is posters up but no respect!! Recommend to give them a portable toilet to use

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely quiet site. We stayed mid week and apart from the road…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet site. We stayed mid week and apart from the road noise, it was very quiet

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Very nice site and staff laid back,toilets clean and warm.Nice site as…

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
Philip L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very nice site and staff laid back,toilets clean and warm.Nice site as wanted to visit Birmingham NEC and the motorcycle museum.If going to the NEC again would definitely stay here.Thanks for the stay.

Disliked: Going home!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overnight stay with the MH en route to the NEC.

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely war m welcome at reception The heated shower blocks would put a 5-star hotel to shame Enormous cubicles with plenty of hot water and Very very clean. The campsite was empty so we had a choice. This is a fisherman’s utopia. Well-stocked bait shop and miles of lakes. Would be stunning in summer but quiet in October when we stayed

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 cafe 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

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

Themes

Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Spectacular scenery

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

Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Makins Lakes

Makins Fisheries

Bazzard Road

Bramcote

Warwickshire

England

CV11 6QJ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

52.48862°N
-1.38837°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4.1 mi Bus Station
7.4 mi Pool Meadow Bus Station
9.8 mi Clifton Road
Rail
3.3 mi Hinckley Rail Station
3.4 mi Bedworth Rail Station
3.6 mi Bermuda Park Rail Station
Airport
9.1 mi Coventry Airport
14.7 mi Birmingham International Airport Terminal 1
14.7 mi Birmingham International 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

If you’re in the mood for a quiet picnic or woodland stroll, Coombe Abbey Country Park (15 minutes’ drive) is a 500-acre parkland made for whiling away a day outdoors. There’s also a play area, zip lining and climbing forest if the family’s up for an active day. Or you could always try out the angling here too if your break really is all about fishing. Entertaining the kids shouldn’t be too tricky around these parts either. Immerse yourself fully in the medieval world of dungeons, knights and princesses, jousting and falconry with a visit to Warwick Castle (35 minutes). Or scream if you wanna go faster at Drayton Manor Theme Park, home to rollercoasters, Thomas Land and a 15-acre zoo. Animal antics of all kinds are also order of the day at Twycross Zoo (30 minutes).

Must see

Coventry Transport Museum 7.4 mi

Coventry Cathedral - St Michael's 7.5 mi

Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre 7.5 mi

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum 7.5 mi

Stoneleigh Abbey 11.9 mi

National Trust

Baddesley Clinton 16.7 mi

Packwood House 18 mi

Staunton Harold Church 20 mi

Birmingham Back to Backs 21.5 mi

Charlecote Park 21.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

BEDWORTH CEMETERY (COVENTRY ROAD CEMETERY) 3.6 mi

The Fosse Way – High Cross and The Claybrookes 4.9 mi

Burbage Common and Woods 4.9 mi

NEWNHAM PADDOX 4.9 mi

ARBURY HALL 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Makins Lakes have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Makins Lakes dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Makins Lakes? If you’re in the mood for a quiet picnic or woodland stroll, Coombe Abbey Country Park (15 minutes’ drive) is a 500-acre parkland made for whiling away a day outdoors. There’s also … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Makins Lakes?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  5 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  5 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Makins Lakes? From £13 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.