Sourton Down Caravan and Camping Park

View prices & book 9.4 58 reviews
Site pitches
Site pitches
Easy access to dartmoor
Areal view
Plenty of walks
Excellent cycling
Sourton down caravan and camping park, right on the edge of dartmoor
Grass and hard standing pitches
Grass and hard standing pitches
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Easy access to dartmoor
Areal view
Plenty of walks

  • On the northern edge of Dartmoor National Park
  • Within walking distance of the moors via an easy off-road path
  • Close to the Granite Way; cycle hire within 100 yards
Easy access to Dartmoor, Devon, Cornwall, moorland walks, close to the A30, Lydford Gorge, the Granite Way and with a bike shop and licensed café next door: the location of Sourton Down Caravan and Camping Park rocks. A small, friendly and family-run site, Sourton Down is on the northern edge of Dartmoor National Park near Okehampton, and a nifty touring base for Devon and Cornwall north and south. National Cycle Route 27 the Granite Way is adjacent to the site; if you haven't brought your own wheels, bike hire is available within 100 yards. The moors are within walking distance via an easy off-road path. Sourton Down has a barbecue area. There's also an amenities block with toilets, showers and disabled facilities, all heated in winter, as well as a laundry room and a washing-up area.

Campground type

Tent sites 15
Caravan sites 11
RV & Motorhome sites 11
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dog Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Languages spoken

English

AA 3 pennants

Site types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

9.4

Overall rating based on 58 reviews View breakdown

Walkers' paradise

Voted 90% of visitors View breakdown

100%

would recommend this campground to a friend

97%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Super site!

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Location- direct access to cycle path and Dartmoor- brilliant cafe next to entrance, spotless facilities and friendly owner

Recommend to friends Visit again

Perfect pitch-up to explore Devon

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
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Unpowered grass site

Liked: Warm and friendly owners who acknowledged you when they see you during your stay.

Location, altho near dual carriageway is convenient for car trips out to surrounding areas.
Easy access on to Granite Way for walkers and cyclists - you can head towards Okehampton and Lydford... with a few tors and routes to scenic places within walking distance.
Clean facilities.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice clean site very friendly…

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Nice clean site very friendly

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely clean site with friendly hosts...…

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Lovely clean site with friendly hosts...

Recommend to friends Visit again

Highly recommended

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Very welcoming, clean well kept.
Level pitches.

Disliked: N/a

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean showers good spaced pitch level…

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

Unpowered grass site

Liked: Clean showers good spaced pitch level

Disliked: Noise from main A30 at times

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with great access to lovely walks and cycling

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Spacious pitches. Spotless facilities.
Convenient locations for household waste and water. Very helpful and friendly hosts. Direct access from the site to some beautiful walks and cycling routes. Will visit again

Disliked: Nothing to dislike

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great location, easily accessible off the A30. Very well kept site. Nice…

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Great location, easily accessible off the A30. Very well kept site. Nice welcome.
The Granite Way is immediately behind the site. The Pump & Pedal, a bike shop, come cafe, come bar is on the doorstep and we were really impressed.

Recommend to friends Visit again

I’d booked to come hiking and cycling with my son for the…

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
Matt P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: I’d booked to come hiking and cycling with my son for the weekend… sadly he got a better offer and went surfing with his mates instead 🤣 so it was just me as my wife wasn’t keen.

It’s an excellent site, good, well maintained and very clean facilities, plus a warm welcome from the owner when I arrived.

This is a perfect location for hiking and cycling on the north end of Dartmoor, with direct access to the hill.

Definitely recommend and will be back.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Location and quality of the site were excellent. Ian the owner is…

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
Jim D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Location and quality of the site were excellent. Ian the owner is a lovely chap. Direct access onto car free walks (or rides) straight off the site, this was excellent. We were on foot, walking our dog, but if you like a bit of push biking you could clock up some miles on the old railway line. We ate pizza at the bike shop located right by the front gate, this was lush. Then went back in the morning for the breakfast roll. A great short break for us not far from home.

Recommend to friends Visit again

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 site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry 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

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

Themes

Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby

Type

Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities

Location

Sourton Down Caravan and Camping Park

Sourton Down

Okehampton

Devon

England

EX20 4HT

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.70559°N
-4.06013°W

Route directions

Take the A30 from Exeter and travel west until the slip road for Tavistock, the A386. At the end of the slip road turn left and after 100 yards turn left again. Sourton Down is at the end of the lane just before the Prewley Moor Arms.

Nearest transport

Coach
5.4 km Thomas Cook
18.6 km Bus Station
34.6 km North Road
Rail
5.4 km Okehampton Rail Station
10.6 km Sampford Courtenay Rail Station
23.9 km Gunnislake Rail Station
Ferry
36.3 km Bideford Ferry Landing
37.7 km Devonport Ferry Terminal
37.9 km Torpoint Ferry Terminal
Airport
45.5 km 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

Nearby Lydford Gorge, the valley carved into hard Dartmoor rock, is the deepest gorge in England's south west and a popular walking pick throughout the year for its 100-foot high White Lady waterfall and the Devils Cauldron whirlpools. Several walks are around here; pick up a National Trust leaflet at the site for details on routes. Heaps more outdoorsy pursuits are easily found in the Sourton Down Caravan and Camping Park surrounds, like the hiking trails and horse riding of Dartmoor, golfing and fishing in the nearby countryside, and surfing and sunbathing north of the site at Bude and Widemouth Bay. The old tannery town and Francis Drake's birthplace of Tavistock within a short drive is an award-winning option for shopping, at its Pannier Market on Fridays, regular events like antique and craft fairs, and the farmers' market fortnightly in the Square, voted the best in the southwest. More history is all around at places like Plymouth, where you can take the crew on a boat trip to see the navy ships in dock; Princetown, with its famed prison and museum; the old river port Morwellham Quay, and historic houses like 700 year old Buckland Abbey near Yelverton and the early twentieth century country house Castle Drogo, near Drewsteignton.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Widemouth Sand 36.3 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Summerleaze 37.3 km Sea N/AExcellentGoodGood
Crooklets 37.6 km Sea N/AExcellentGoodGood
Northcott Mouth 38.4 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentN/A
Plymouth Hoe East 38.4 km Estuary N/AGoodExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Castle Drogo 17.5 km

RHS Garden Rosemoor 27 km

Buckfast Abbey 31 km

Dartmoor Zoological Park 33.2 km

Exeter Cathedral - Church of Saint Peter 37.4 km

National Trust

Lydford Gorge 7.8 km

Finch Foundry 9.7 km

Castle Drogo 17.5 km

Lawrence House 22.6 km

The Church House 22.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Meldon Reservoir - Brat Tor - Meldon Reservoir 1.5 km

SIMMONS PARK 5.4 km

WOOD HOUSE 11.7 km

HAYNE MANOR 13.5 km

SYDENHAM HOUSE 13.8 km

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 site type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Sourton Down Caravan and Camping Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Sourton Down Caravan and Camping Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Sourton Down Caravan and Camping Park? Nearby Lydford Gorge, the valley carved into hard Dartmoor rock, is the deepest gorge in England's south west and a popular walking pick throughout the year for its 100-foot high White Lady … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Sourton Down Caravan and Camping Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Sourton Down Caravan and Camping Park? From $50.08 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.