Rectory Farm Fishing and Camping Site

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Shepards hut
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Shepards hut
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  • Peaceful adults-only site in a wildlife haven
  • Two fishing lakes with carp, tench, roach, rudd and bream
  • A 10-minute stroll to Hingham with shops and a dog-friendly inn
Hoot. And (fishing) hook. Big folk, come and join the owls, hawks, red kites, muntjac deer and other local inhabitants round and about adults-only Rectory Farm Fishing and Camping Site in Norfolk. Bring your rod and licence to tackle the slippery specimens at Rectory Farm’s two fishing lakes, filled with mostly carp and tench, and smaller shoals of roach, rudd and bream to try your hand at for a day or half-day charge. The lakes are as well maintained as the site facilities, where guests have access to toilets, showers, taps with drinking water, a fridge freezer, sinks with hot water all day and night, waste disposal point and picnic benches to take in the views. Dogs are welcome and have special areas on site for energetic walks. From Rectory Farm, it’s a safe 10-minute stroll to Hingham, with the dog-friendly White Hart inn, shops, bakers and butcher to pick up sausages and other essentials for the evening campfire.

Site type

Tent pitches 30
Touring caravan pitches 30
Motorhome pitches 30
Rent a tent 1
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 1
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • 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).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.
  • Fishing is charged £8 per day and £5 per half day (4 hours). Strictly no night fishing.

Languages spoken

English

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Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children
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9.7

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What customers say

This is a peaceful, adult-only campsite praised for its friendly owners and tranquil atmosphere. Pitches are spacious and well-maintained, offering privacy. Facilities are generally clean, though some visitors suggest an update. The location is ideal for exploring the local village and surrounding areas, with fishing lakes on-site being a popular feature. Wildlife, including waterfowl and chickens, adds to the charm. Many reviewers express a desire to return.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Excellent, quiet, friendly site, walks on the edge of a pretty village

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Idyllic, pretty and quiet adults only site! Kitchen wash up area has paid for washing machine, tumble dryer, iron. It has a few fridge freezers too! Friendly owners. When you arrive check the small blackboard to see your pitch no. if owners are busy. The wild part is further over where we were and had a surprise of our own stand pipe for water, very convenient. Lovely walks around the camp, safe for dogs. Also the village of Hingham is a 10-15 min walk or 5 min bike ride on paths. There is a cricket club with exercise equipment outside you can walk to, just 2 mins walk from site. You can use the bar there "Abrahams " slightly nearer than White Hart in the village. Hingham has Fish and Chip shop, butchers, bakers, tea shop. A large co-op going out the other end of village but all walkable. Buses run to Norwich for a day out if you have no car. Bus stop just outside the site.

Disliked Only 2 showers so a queue forms or go at 07.30! Needs a refurbishment but we managed 😊
Wifi and signal for data flaky but they might be our pitch.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site, very laid back owners who were very welcoming

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Anonymous

Electric optional grass tent pitch

Liked Beautiful place, we never had to wait for the toilet or the shower.
We would go again but would go further on site to a more wilderness pitch.

Disliked Rules are not clear enough for us, as it reads Adults only but then we were woken up by 2 very very young children running around our tent screaming.
Apparently children are allowed with adults on the first fishing pond.
I question this as not being Adults only.
The owner was good and moved them to the other side of the pond, it was a compromise.
Other campers that were next to us were not happy either.
Site may benefit with an additional paragraph around fishing and children.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely, quiet and relaxing site

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Marie H.

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Lovely well kept site. Pitches are a nice size and most are surrounded by trees. The staff on the site was very helpful as I had problems with my gas cooker which he sorted.. I also have a dog that struggles in heat and he was very helpful to try and provide some shade for her. There is a nice size field attached for walking the dog

Disliked Toilets/showers are a bit tired and could do with more of them.
Unfortunately I had some young girls camp beside me that had a fire pit every night.. they were quite loud and stayed up until early morning.. once I bought myself some earplugs this was not a problem.. not a fault of the site but just a shame they chose me to park beside 😅

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will Defiantly come back was a lovely stay!

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Charlie B.

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Lovely Place! very quiet
toilets in good condition

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One for the notebook for another visit in the area.

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Robert W.

Electric optional grass touring pitch

Liked We had a warm friendly welcome.
The facilities were very good, the free DVD library was used by us.
The best thing was the dog walking areas around the campsite in the very quiet countryside.
We tend to book adult only sites and this one did not disappoint.
Its a well located site, the Tank Museum is a good day out.

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Rural quiet site in nice location.

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STEPHEN B.

Electric optional grass touring pitch

Liked Rural quiet site in nice location.
Not commercial, camping as it should be.
Owners were very friendly and helpful.
Adult only

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Everything you need brilliant place, staff so friendly and helpful.

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Deborah L.

Kestrels Rest shepherd's hut

Liked Love this place so relaxing 😌 while the other half go's fishing 🎣 take the dog for lovely walks all round the site brilliant. Lovely walk to the village and everything you need there from pub shops coffee shops and chippy. The kestrel lodge is so comfortable everything you need in there, and great sleep comfortable bed. Stayed in the kestrel last year as well, and in a tent twice everything you need there.

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

The peacefulness of the site.…

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JoJo K.

Electric optional hardstanding touring pitch

Liked The peacefulness of the site.

Disliked As everyone says - the 2 showers.

Recommend to friends Visit again

This a lovely campsite with generous pitches, very dog friendly it was…

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Ian E.

Electric optional grass tent pitch

Liked This a lovely campsite with generous pitches, very dog friendly it was our 1st time camping with our pup and the onsite areas you can walk your dog were excellent and really useful well located to walk to the local village about 15 mins to the local pub which served excellent food we really enjoyed our stay

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent camp site in a lovely part of Norfolk. The site has large…

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Ed V.

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Excellent camp site in a lovely part of Norfolk.
The site has large pitches and is very nicely laid out. It's picturesque, very clean and well kept.
The facilities are very well maintained and in excellent condition.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Adults only

Campfires allowed

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

D. of E. 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 Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Tourer storage facilities

Location

Rectory Farm Fishing and Camping Site

Rectory Farm

Watton Road

Hingham

Norfolk

England

NR9 4NN

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.57874°N
0.9693°E

Route directions

Rectory Farm has post and rail fencing leading up the drive; the site is on the right just after the front fishing lake.

Nearest transport

Coach
4.6 mi Queens Square
6 mi Millwrights
6.2 mi The Chestnuts
Rail
5 mi Attleborough Rail Station
5.8 mi Spooner Row Rail Station
6.3 mi Wymondham Rail Station
Ferry
24.5 mi Reedham Ferry North
24.5 mi Reedham Ferry South
27.2 mi King's Lynn Ferry Landing
Airport
14.4 mi Norwich 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

Once you’ve put down the fishing rod, head to Hingham with the camera to snap some shots of very fashionable houses: Hingham’s popularity with posh Georgians who came here in the 18th-century led to the town being labelled Little London. The eastern side of the market place is said to have the best collection of Georgian houses in Norfolk, perfect for pics and a possible rant about 21st-century property prices (buy a motorhome instead). From Hingham, it’s about 17 miles east to Norwich, Norfolk’s capital town and filled with a capital amount of attractions such as England’s biggest six-day indoor market, the greatly-sized Gothic fountain at the Plantation Garden and the ‘Norwich 12’, 12 listed buildings in the city including stupendous Norwich Cathedral. Keep driving your way east to reach the Norfolk Broads: their 125 miles of navigable waterways are where to go in Norfolk for all things boat, whether you want to try a guided river trip to wildlife spot, hire a boat to drift lazily down the water or take out a canoe for placid paddling. The Broads have several good angling lakes to pick from too, or try sea fishing off the beach from Sea Palling round to the coast at Great Yarmouth. A 45-minute drive from Rectory Farm will bring you to the gorgeous beaches of the north Norfolk coast and the 45 miles of the North Norfolk Coastal Path, going from Hunstanton to Cromer via Wells and Blakeney in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Sheringham 27.3 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
West Runton 27.7 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Wells 27.7 mi Estuary N/AN/AN/AGood
East Runton 27.9 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Cromer 28.1 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Banham Zoo 9.5 mi

Bressingham Steam and Gardens 14 mi

Grimes Graves 14.1 mi

Colman's Mustard Shop and Museum 14.1 mi

Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery 14.2 mi

National Trust

Oxburgh Hall 16.7 mi

Blickling Hall, Gardens and Park 19.3 mi

Sheringham Park 25.5 mi

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds 25.7 mi

Felbrigg Hall, Garden and Park 25.7 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Hardingham - Hingham 2.1 mi

Great Ellingham - Rockland St Peter - Great Ellingham 3.2 mi

Rockland All Saints 3.4 mi

Runhall 4 mi

Shipdham 4.7 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

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Rectory Farm Fishing and Camping Site have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Rectory Farm Fishing and Camping Site dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Rectory Farm Fishing and Camping Site? Once you’ve put down the fishing rod, head to Hingham with the camera to snap some shots of very fashionable houses: Hingham’s popularity with posh Georgians who came here in the 18th-century … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Rectory Farm Fishing and Camping Site?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Rectory Farm Fishing and Camping Site? From £10 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.