When can I check in and check out of Leadstone Camping?

Camping and touring Arrive: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. Please contact the site at the phone number provided for arrivals after 6pm Monday - Saturday and after 4pm on Sunday. Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Leadstone Camping?

From £25 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Leadstone Camping

View prices & book Last booked 5 hours ago 9.4 515 reviews

Level view from field 3 looking towards field 2 and sea in the distance

Hedge pitches and mid-field pitches for tents, motorhomes and touring caravans

Looking out onto field 2 with all types of pitches

Old-fashioned site with modern facilities
A 10-minute walk to beach, dunes and nature reserve of Dawlish Warren
Seven acres of grassland in a secluded setting

Old-style camping with new-style facilities, minutes from the Blue Flag Devon coastline and a 500-acre nature reserve stuffed with species of all sorts… you might want two weeks at least at Leadstone Camping (Leadstone Holiday Park) in Dawlish Warren, ta. This very friendly site, which has been around since 1974, one of those where the staff do their utmost to make sure guests have the best time possible: although this is traditional and uncommercialised camping, standards are modern, including a redeveloped amenities block with showers, toilets, free hot water to basins, a hairdryer, baby changing unit and an accessible room with shower, toilet and wash basin. Leadstone also has a launderette, playground, washing-up facilities and water points in the pitching fields. For other supplies and nosh, a supermarket is a mile away, and anyone walking the 10 minutes to Dawlish Warren will find a pub serving lunch and evening meals handily placed along the way.

Site type

Open now

Tourist board rating

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).
A charge of £0.20 applies for the use of the shower.
Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.

American-style RVs are not permitted.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Tue, 1 Apr to Wed, 1 Oct 2025

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

All setup for “celeste’s” 1st holiday after her renovation

Lovely view just 10 minutes walk from the camp site

Dawlish sea view beside overhead train track.

Good pitch size, our tent is 7.4x4.4 and we had lots of space!

The site was extremely clean and very friendly; the site is a…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Samantha D. Apr 2025

Owl electric grass touring pitch (XL)

Liked: The site was extremely clean and very friendly; the site is a little gem that we discovered and will be back.
easy walking distance to the town and beach.
something to don't get much at campsite is a dog wash, so this was a bonus.
plus, the signal is brilliant.
will be back.

Disliked: nothing

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From the manager: Thank you for leaving such a lovely review, we are really glad you enjoyed your stay with us and look forward to welcoming you again in the future.

Kind regards
Nikki and Team

A clean, well maintained campsite.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	6
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Sara M. Apr 2025

Badger electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch (large)

Liked: A spacious pitch for a camper van and tent. Water and electric hookup nearby. Well maintained grounds. Facilities very clean. Hot water. Well stocked shop. 15 minutes walk to beach and superstore.

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From the manager: Thank you for leaving a review, we are really glad you enjoyed your stay at Leadstone :) we look forward to welcoming you again in the future.

Kind regards
Nikki and Team

Excellent site with clean, warm facilities and a friendly welcome.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Caroline M. Apr 2025

Owl electric grass touring pitch (XL)

Liked: Very good shower & washing up facilities in warm, clean rooms. A lovely warm welcome and farewell. Great location for Dawlish Warren & Dawlish (bus stop right outside).

Disliked: Some of the pitches are sloped so choose carefully if this is important to you.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review, we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again in the future :)

Kind regards
Nikki and Team

Great site with good facilities. Would highly recommend.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	No rating
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Graham C. Apr 2025

Owl electric grass touring pitch (XL)

Liked: The toilet/ shower facilities were excellent. There was a bus stop outside the site which provided regular services up and down the coast. Would highly recommend.

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From the manager: Thank you for leaving a review, we are really glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you again in the future.

Kind regards
Nikki and Team

Fantastic run site, clean facilities! And very happy staff

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

Lyndsey O. Apr 2025

Badger electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch (large)

Liked: We love staying here!
2nd time visiting and will be booking for a third.
The staff are so friendly and helpful! The staff never seem to stop working, and even the music in the toilet areas is a great thought!
I don't mind paying 20p for a shower at all, they are hot and clean and spacious to allow an adult stay dry whilst helping with younger children. I stayed here as a single female with 2 children and I always felt self with them.
Amanda's on site (coffee shack) is so reasonably priced & my kids absolutely love the candy floss and that is a bargain!
The dawlish warren beach is a 10 minute walk away (slight uphill on way back) but there is so much to do and icecreams to help on the way back.
Shop onsite, again reasonable prices and hold all necessities.
We are already looking forward to staying in July!

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave such a great review, We look forward to seeing you again in July for your 3rd visit.

Kind regards
Nikki and Team

Everything, friendly staff, perfectly clean facilities, amazing 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	No rating

Kim P. Apr 2025

Owl electric grass touring pitch (XL)

Liked: Everything, friendly staff, perfectly clean facilities, amazing location

Disliked: Nothing

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From the manager: Thank you for leaving us a great review, so glad you enjoyed your stay, we look forward to welcoming you again soon.
Kind regards
Nikki and Team

We just felt uncomfortable and this was not a place for us

Overall	6/10
Location	6
Value for money	6
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	4
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Lucy D. Apr 2025

Fox electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch (large)

Liked: The ground was flat and even. The facilities were clean and warm. Hosts were friendly and welcoming.

Disliked: Paying 20p for the shower. The family room in the female toilets doesn’t warn you when running low and it cuts out. Put another 20p in and it’s freezing and takes a while to warm up again wasting your 5 minutes you get. There was viagra and vibrating cock rings which I really think is inappropriate on a family site in a vending machine in the toilets. The other people in caravans weren’t very friendly and I don’t know if this was due to them being residents but the whole atmosphere wasn’t very nice. We booked 4 nights and only stayed 1 night.

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to write a review, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy your stay with us, and you left early. We always hope that if there is a problem we can fix it at the time. We will have a look at the family shower and fix any issues so hopefully no one else experiences the same issue. we only have 9 showers so by having a small charge it helps to ensure no one has to queue for to long in our busy times. We have 4 camping fields that helps us to cater for all our guests requests were sorry that wasn't achieved for your holiday on this occasion.

Kind regards
Nikki and Team

Good site, friendly welcome, clean toilets and showers.

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

Deb C. Apr 2025

Badger electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch (large)

Liked: Clean facilities, easy to find, good access to bus and train. Second time here.

Disliked: 20p shower charge (I had forgotten about it but had some change with me) it does take longer than 10 minutes to walk down to the warren but not too bad (uphill on the way back!) WiFi available but at a charge.

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will return

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

Alan D. Apr 2025

Owl electric grass touring pitch (XL)

Liked: Facilities very clean,nice big areas to pitch our van the staff all very welcoming and very friendly and helpful and knowledgeable about the area

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leaving a review, we are really glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you again in the future.

Kind regards
Nikki and Team

Clean, well equipped site in a great location

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

Tracy b. Apr 2025

Owl electric grass touring pitch (XL)

Liked: Clean toilet, shower and utility block - including a dog shower

Very tidy site, friendly staff and great location

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your feedback, So glad you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to seeing you again soon
Kind regards
Nikki and Team

Features

Dogs 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

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Themes

Budget/backpacker Peaceful

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)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches

Location

Leadstone Camping

Warren Road

Dawlish Warren

Dawlish

Devon

England

EX7 0NG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.59408°N
-3.45157°W

Route directions

As you approach the site, avoid Week Lane as it is very narrow.

Nearest transport

Coach

1.2 mi The Green

1.3 mi Westcliff Road

2.3 mi Opposite Rail Station

Rail

0.5 mi Dawlish Warren Rail Station

1.1 mi Dawlish Rail Station

2.3 mi Starcross Rail Station

Ferry

2 mi Exmouth Ferry Landing

2.3 mi Starcross Ferry Landing

4.2 mi Teignmouth Ferry Landing

Airport

9.6 mi Exeter 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

Leadstone Camping's location makes it easy to get to most of Devon's attractions and it's simple to get from the site to wherever takes your fancy. Roads are relatively quiet for most of the year apart from in high season. Dawlish Warren is a top place to be in Devon, partly for its safe clean beach and partly for its sand dunes leading onto 500-acre Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve, a hugely popular spot with birdwatchers and botanists. On foot, walk the half mile to the Warren (it's a safe stroll and suitable for prams) or to the South West Coast Path within 10 minutes; it's also half a mile to the Exe Cycle Trail or the circular six-mile Dawlish Discovery Walk. A mile away is the Exe estuary – another top local spot and a hit for fishing, hiking, biking and birdwatching – and the town of Dawlish itself is a mile and a half away: look out for the famous black swans. Also nearby is the harbour and two good pubs at Cockwood, two and a half miles away, and golf at Starcross before taking the ferry from here to Exmouth. Shaldon, seven miles away, has another golf course and can be reached by ferry from the busy resort of Teignmouth. For towns, take off to Exminster (nine miles; more golf), Torquay (10 miles), Newton Abbot (11 miles; racecourse and ancient market), Exeter (13 miles) and Paignton (13 miles; take the steam railway from here to Kingswear and Dartmouth).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Dawlish Warren	0.7 mi	Estuary	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Dawlish Town	1.1 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Excellent
Dawlish Coryton Cove	1.5 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Teignmouth Holcombe	2.4 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Exmouth	2.5 mi	Estuary	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Crealy Great Adventure Park 8 mi

Exeter Cathedral - Church of Saint Peter 9.6 mi

Living Coasts 9.9 mi

Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site 11 mi

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park 12.9 mi

National Trust

A la Ronde 3.9 mi

Compton Castle 10.6 mi

Killerton: Clyston Mill 11.7 mi

Killerton: Marker's Cottage 11.8 mi

Killerton: Budlake Old Post Office 13.3 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

STONELANDS HOUSE 1.7 mi

LUSCOMBE CASTLE 2.3 mi

Exmouth, Geoneedle, Coast Path and Knowle Walk 2.6 mi

MAMHEAD PARK 3 mi

Church Rocks 3.5 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.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Admission

Admission is only permitted after registering at reception.
At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.

Arrivals and departures

No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.
Units will be allocated on arrival.

Dogs

Dogs must be kept on leads and supervised at all times.
Guide dogs are allowed on site free of charge.
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).

Extras

A charge of £0.20 applies for the use of the shower.
Motorbike(s) can be brought instead of the car(s) included.

General

BB guns and generators are not permitted.
In the event of a complaint, please speak to reception immediately. Complaints which are not brought to the management's attention during your stay cannot be dealt with once you have left the site.
Quiet hours must be respected between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m..
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and boots must be closed quietly.
The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behaviour is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.

Occupancy

The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.

Pitches

You must follow the management directives when pitching your tent/unit and related equipment.

Reception

Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Open fires are prohibited.

Vehicles

Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
Only one car is to be parked by the pitch. Extra vehicles must be parked in the designated area.

Visitors

Visitors are not permitted on site.

Additional terms

Guests must let the team know before arrival if they will be arriving on site with a twin axle caravan. Please do so using the 'Special request' box when you book.

If your dog has a bark or character that may accidentally upset visitors, please consider leaving your pet with a friend.

American-style RVs are not permitted.

Parents are responsible for their children at all times, which includes following social distancing guidelines.

Payment terms

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Frequently asked questions

Does Leadstone Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Leadstone Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Leadstone Camping? Leadstone Camping's location makes it easy to get to most of Devon's attractions and it's simple to get from the site to wherever takes your fancy. Roads are relatively quiet for most … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Leadstone Camping?

Camping and touring

Arrive: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Depart by: 11 a.m.

Please contact the site at the phone number provided for arrivals after 6pm Monday - Saturday and after 4pm on Sunday.
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How much does it cost to stay at Leadstone Camping? From £25 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.