Black Barn Farm

View prices & book 9.2 275 reviews
Grass pitches
Grass pitches
Electric pitches
On-site growing of a variety of flowers and vegetables
A diverse collection of apples, pears and plum trees in the orchard
Newly planted orchard
Night time lighting of the wood
Barn and wood behind the pitches lit at night
Pitch area with electric hook-up
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Electric pitches
On-site growing of a variety of flowers and vegetables
A diverse collection of apples, pears and plum trees in the orchard

  • Peaceful adults-only site two miles from the Norfolk Broads
  • A 15-minute drive from Norwich city centre; 25 minutes from the coast
  • Atmospheric night-time vibes from lit woodlands; café and farm shop
If boating on The Broads has long been on your bucket list, take a look here: the dog-friendly Black Barn Farm is a peaceful place to pitch up two miles from the edge of the national park. Here, the adults-only pitches are in a 22-acre field in an established orchard and surrounded by woodlands, making for a rather chilled-out stay. This area is known as the big sky country, so splendid sunsets and lights in the trees create a pretty nice night-time vibe. You’ll be able to kick off the evening with a firepit or barbecue too, as both are permitted on site. A 15-minute drive from Norwich, this site is on the edge of Salhouse, a rural Broads village. So, bridleways and footpaths may be the first thing to capture your attention, as they lead the way to walking, wildlife spotting and canoe hire in the Salhouse Broad – or there's a place to launch your own canoe or paddleboard, two miles away from the site. Convenience is key at this site, starting with the toilets and showers inside the barn, all heated with auto light switches for that extra ease. The barn also has a small farm shop and a café that serves up sizeable breakfasts plus sandwiches and snacks. Nearby, a train station and bus stop are within walking distance with regular services to Norwich city centre or the coast. Foodie? The local food shop is a 20-minute walk away along a public footpath (or a five-minute car journey). For more specific bits, there’s a bigger supermarket 10 minutes’ drive away and beer aficionados will find a brewery and pub five minutes’ drive away too.

Site type

Caravan sites 18
Tent sites 18
Motorhome sites 18
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Single-sex bookings of 2 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.

Languages spoken

English

Reviews

9.2

Overall rating based on 275 reviews View breakdown

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Voted 94% of visitors View breakdown

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would recommend this site to a friend

91%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Nice place and people

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

Powered grass site

Liked: The peace and quiet, easy access to many good sites, the coast and many stately homes
The barn was convenient for food supplies
Staff were very helpful

Disliked: Toilets shared with all shopkeepers in the barn and jointly used by both male and females on site
Showers nice and hot but only two and shared male and female
Elsan unit was fairly dated with no working hose
No signage from the road on the caravan park or where to go

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Excellent

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

Powered grass site

Liked: If Black Barn Farm could have done something about the weather, my stay would have been perfect. All facilities A1 with a generous pitch, great showers and excellent communications all at a very reasonable cost.

Disliked: nothing to dislike.

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Excellent quiet site with a farm shop on your doorstep.

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

Powered grass site

Liked: Great farm shop on site with good cafe. Flat pitch with water & EHU. HOT showers. Location near a station so easy to head into Norwich or explore the coast.

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Excellent 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 No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass site

Liked: The pitch was level, and the area was peaceful.The restaurant served a wonderful breakfast and the staff were very friendly.

Disliked: We need coat hooks on the toilet doors please. That is all.

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overall great place ok value for money, but the best breakfasts

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

Powered grass site

Liked: Great big barn with fantastic breakfast
Water and electric on pitch next to wood
new showers and wc, very clean and tidy

Disliked: comms signal poor
Wifi only available in barn
sink in wc very small
limited drying area in shower
only on grass

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Needs some lighting And

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

Powered grass site

Liked: Lovely size pitches
Nice area
Beautiful cafe and little shops inside the barn
Showers were warm
Peaceful

Disliked: No lights at entrance, drove past as couldn’t see it, no one on entire site to direct us to pitches and as we arrived after dark was hard to navigate where we were supposed to go with no lighting anywhere on whole site, totally pitch black other than couple of lights at base of a few trees. Also no barriers or anything to stop anyone who wants to drive in to do so , abit unnerving as we were the only camper on site.
Bucket and mop that was used to clean showers and loos was utterly disgusting, thick brown muddy water in bucket ..ewww
All grass pitches but grass really needed cutting as was somewhat long.
Price abit high for what is on off

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Excellent site, great facilities perfect to tour the Norfolk Broads and coastline.…

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
Jane A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass site

Liked: Excellent site, great facilities perfect to tour the Norfolk Broads and coastline. Great cafe on site for breakfast and lunches. Highly reccomend this was my second visit and will be using it again.

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Pleasant, clean site with good transport links into Norwich

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

Powered grass site

Liked: Clean toilets & showers
Transport links to Norwich city centre

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Friendly welcome, spacious pitches, lovely views excellent cafe on site serving delicious…

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

Powered grass site

Liked: Friendly welcome, spacious pitches, lovely views excellent cafe on site serving delicious breakfasts! Close to Norwich, railway station and bus stops
Toilets always clean, didn’t use the showers but there were two.

Disliked: The grass was quite long and the ground muddy but it was end of October. I felt the price (£34 pn) was a little higher compared to others we have stayed at.

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Great place to stay with great facilities

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
Paula K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass site

Liked: The pitches are well laid out, space, water and electric points on each one. The shower and toilet block are clean, hot showers and well maintained. The area.is lovely, love the lighted woodland. The new art, craft and cafe barn is just in the design stage look forward to returning on completion. First time to the area, that was the idea. Would come back. The dogs enjoyed the area. If I could give one improvement or wish list,.that no campsites ever has it have would be an enclosed dog run. However did find one locally which was amazing. Thanks for a chillout rest.

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Features

Dogs allowed

Adults only

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 Local produce 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

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

Themes

Peaceful Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump point 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

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 sites)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Fishing nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Black Barn Farm

Rackheath Road

Salhouse

Norfolk

England

NR13 6QG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

52.67094°N
1.39952°W

Nearest transport

Coach
8.9 km Bus Station
10.3 km Lime Tree Road
10.4 km Lime Tree Road
Rail
0.8 km Salhouse Rail Station
5 km Hoveton & Wroxham Rail Station
5.4 km Brundall Gardens Rail Station
Ferry
16.2 km Reedham Ferry North
16.3 km Reedham Ferry South
43.4 km Southwold Ferry Landing
Airport
8.2 km 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

Nosy about Norwich (15 minutes’ drive)? Those of you who aren’t familiar with this cultural city will find there’s much to stick your nose into, from bargain hunting around the old market to a full-on shopping trip or a pitstop tour of the independent eateries and historic sites… the highlight reel includes the hilltop Norwich Castle and the 11th-century cathedral. Those of you who are keen to weave a bit of the seaside into your way will want to head on over to the sandy beach and dunes at Winterton beach (35 minutes) or onto Great Yarmouth (25 minutes). This seaside resort town is all about the traditional, including a funfair, sandy beaches and the Sea Life Great Yarmouth aquarium. Once you’ve picked out those colourful fishies in the tanks, bigger animals wander around the local wildlife parks and zoos. Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens (25 minutes) has red pandas, tigers and leopards among them, while Pettitts Animal Adventure Park (25 minutes) couples up snakes, wallabies and alpacas with rides and playgrounds.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Sea Palling 19.1 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Hemsby 21.1 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Caister Point 23 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Mundesley 23.1 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Great Yarmouth North 23.5 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

BeWILDerwood 5.3 km

Norwich Cathedral 8 km

Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery 8.3 km

Colman's Mustard Shop and Museum 8.4 km

Blickling Hall, Gardens and Park 19.3 km

National Trust

Horsey Windpump 18.3 km

Blickling Hall, Gardens and Park 19.3 km

Elizabethan House Museum 23.1 km

Felbrigg Hall, Garden and Park 27.9 km

Sheringham Park 31.8 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Salhouse - Rackheath - Salhouse 1.4 km

Blofield 5.6 km

Hemblington 5.7 km

Hemblington - Blofield 5.7 km

South Walsham 6.7 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 pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Black Barn Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Black Barn Farm dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Black Barn Farm? Nosy about Norwich (15 minutes’ drive)? Those of you who aren’t familiar with this cultural city will find there’s much to stick your nose into, from bargain hunting around the old market … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Black Barn Farm?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  noon –  Anytime
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Black Barn Farm? From $76.40 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.