Meadow View Campsite

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Log pod and picnic table
American motorhome
The pod
Mags caravan

  • Small level campsite on the edge of Wicken
  • A short walk from Wicken Fen Nature Reserve
  • Toilets, free showers, disabled facilities and free wifi
Ready to get out into the East Anglian countryside? Have a stay at small and level Meadow View Campsite about an hour from London, on the outskirts of the village of Wicken, an easy stroll from the walks of Wicken Fen, and within 10–20 miles of Ely, Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds and feeling clever at Cambridge. And as you might guess from its moniker, this is a rather greenly set site too. As are the site surounds, within easy walking distance of Wicken Fen Nature Reserve (the first ever property acquired by the National Trust way back in 1899, fact fans) and with the Sustrans National Route 11 running alongside the site for easy pedals into Ely. Walking routes around the village are displayed on the site's noticeboard. Meadow View has toilets, free hot showers, disabled facilities, a washing-up area and free wifi. The nearest petrol station and supermarkets are in Soham three miles away, while good pub grub and tipples can be had at Wicken's Maids Head pub overlooking one of the village greens.

Site type

Tent pitches 10
Touring caravan pitches 7
Motorhome pitches 3
Caravans for hire 3
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 1
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Static caravans: electricity is metered on site at £0.36 per kWh and must be paid onsite using a pre-paid topup card.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

79%

would recommend this site to a friend

75%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Clean facilities and friendly staff!

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

Camping pod (no pets)

Liked: Very nice campsite nice and peaceful!

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It was an adequate site for our few days…

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 8
ritanbert@hotmail.co.uk A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass pitch

Liked: It was an adequate site for our few days

Disliked: The pathsto the loos were unlit .

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Will not return

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

Electric hardstanding and grass pitch

Liked: Location between Cambridge, Ely and Thetford. Friendly residents. Grass was kept tidy, hard standing pitch. Directions given worked well, was easy to find

Disliked: Odd set up, mainly.people living in touring caravans- appear to be permanent fixtures. Our pitch also had a camping pod in it, no space to sit out, though we wouldn’t have wanted to. Showers and toilets not in any way clean and women’s shower didn’t work at all, we didn’t contact the site to fix it as I wouldn’t have used it any way. Road noise at rush hour.

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Asked for my money back, the owner refused any refund

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

Don 2 bedroom static caravan

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: The caravan was old and smelt damp.

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Good place to stop for one or two nights, value for money.

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

Electric hardstanding and grass pitch

Liked: Location, was excellent for Ely and surrounds.
Easy access to site.
Superb large area for pitching and very flat and level.
Easy access to water, electric, toilet emptying.

Disliked: Shower block was old and tired and could do with major update. no views as such and close to static caravans and caravan storage

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Peter (host) was really friendly. Greeted us on arrival and offered a…

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

Camping pod (no pets)

Liked: Peter (host) was really friendly. Greeted us on arrival and offered a taxi service to and from Newmarket. Quiet campsite. Easy to find.

Disliked: N/A

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Small flat site, down to earth facilities, & very accommodating host

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

Electric hardstanding and grass pitch

Liked: Really liked our flat pitch in a small grassy area right next to amenities - quiet relaxing site, host was really friendly and accommodating, even went the extra mile and dropped off & picked us up from Newmarket Racecourse on an evening out.

Disliked: Disliked nothing

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Good location, suitable for our group of campers, which included tents and…

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

Don 2 bedroom static caravan

Liked: Good location, suitable for our group of campers, which included tents and a caravan, we hired a static caravan. Pete who ran the camp site was friendly and approachable.

Disliked: Some parts of the static was showing wear and tear.

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Small and delightful site

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
Hannah B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass pitch

Liked: Small secluded campsite, great communication from owners but not at all obtrusive. Straightforward process finding pitch. Toilets all clean with handwash and paper towels, lovely to have hot water handwashing. Good recycling facilities and again hot water for washing-up area. Very reasonably priced, with extras included (we didn't need but superb if you did). Appreciated the lovely planting to create an ambience. Thanks so much for having us to stay.

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Close to kayaking, nature reserves…

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

Electric hardstanding and grass pitch

Liked: Close to kayaking, nature reserves

Disliked: Signage could be a bit brighter

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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 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

Walkers' paradise

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

Tiny (1-10 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

Meadow View Campsite

Stretham Road

Wicken

Cambridgeshire

England

CB7 5XH

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.31683°N
0.29173°W

Nearest transport

Coach
7 mi Horse Racing Museum
7 mi Horse Racing Museum
9.5 mi Bus Station
Rail
5.3 mi Ely Rail Station
5.5 mi Waterbeach Rail Station
7.3 mi Newmarket Rail Station
Airport
8.9 mi Cambridge Airport
29.5 mi London Stansted 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

The fenland village of Wicken has a twelve-sided smock mill, open to the public and still working to grind flour. The village is also the site of Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, a wetland habitat of fenland, farmland, marsh, and reedbeds that's home to birds, insects and plants like reed warblers, kingfishers and owls, dragonflies, damselflies and over a thousand species of moth, and fen violets, spearworts and water lilies. The reserve has a visitor centre, small café and several walking trails. Another walk in the area follows the River Lode to Upware, for meals at the splendidly named Five Miles from Anywhere No Hurry Inn, or you could take a bike ride along the river to Ely or along the Lodes Way across open fen countryside to the National Trust-managed Anglesey Abbey. Signposted Sustrans routes also run to Newmarket and Cambridge if you want to pedal further. For towns and cities, Ely, Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge are all under 20 miles from Meadow View Campsite; London is about an hour's train ride away.

Must see

Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve 0.4 mi

Ely Cathedral 5.7 mi

Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill 5.9 mi

The National Stud 6.5 mi

Newmarket Racecourses 7.1 mi

National Trust

Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve 0.4 mi

Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill 6 mi

Ickworth House, Park and Gardens 16.7 mi

Houghton Mill 17.5 mi

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds 18.7 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Wicken - Horsefen Drove - Bracks Drove - Wicken 0.4 mi

Upware 1.8 mi

Soham - Fordham - Fen Lode - Soham 2.2 mi

Burwell - Little Fen - Burwell Lode 2.5 mi

Reach - Devil's Dyke - Swaffham Prior - Reach 3.2 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

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Meadow View Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Meadow View Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Meadow View Campsite? The fenland village of Wicken has a twelve-sided smock mill, open to the public and still working to grind flour. The village is also the site of Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Meadow View Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  6:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  6:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Meadow View Campsite? From £35 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.