Bowses Hill Farm

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Bell tent surrounded by trees
Grass pitches
Camping in the woodland
Grass pitches

  • Family-run 10-acre farm site with woodlands just outside Blackpool
  • A 25-minute drive to Blackpool Wake Park and Blackpool Zoo
  • Logs available to buy; firepits and barbecues permitted; shop nearby
Everything outdoorsy runs strong at Bowses Hill Farm, a family-run dog-friendly site with the tender touch of owners George and Charlotte, two big nature and outdoors lovers. It’s certainly nature-packed here, as the 10-acre farm is in a rural patch outside of Blackpool, and it has opened up its land for like-minded, keen explorers to get back to nature within the woodlands. You’ll be going down a privately-owned lane, tucked away… and once you're on site, there’s a nice mix of the homely and the wild. The owners want you to really appreciate nature, so an afternoon may look like wildlife spotting, den-building or searching for hidden tree drawings in the woodlands – or perhaps getting your hands dirty with some bushcraft activities or picking up wood and logs for a firepit. The site still has cosy creature comforts though, including a smart toilet/shower block opened for the summer 2021 season. There are logs available to buy from the site so that you may get a fire or barbecue going for some wild cooking, being sure to be mindful of their location, away from other guests and disposed of correctly. This is a wildlife haven with a peaceful stay in mind, so guests are asked to be respectful of the woodlands, leaving them unruffled, and noise levels must be kept down after 10.30pm to ensure little visitors and tired guests can get a good snooze. Conveniently, the local shop is just five minutes’ drive away from this site, so it’s easy to get your hands on more logs or other essentials ready to get exploring.

Campground type

Rent a tent 25
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 3
Tent sites 70
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.
  • No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
  • There is no reception building on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • A £20 deposit is required for the firepit hire.

Languages spoken

English

Campsite types & availability

Reviews

90%

would recommend this campground to a friend

87%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Great staff

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

Primitive grass tent campsite (woodland, wild)

Liked: Beautiful tidy site, wooded area was just how we like it

Recommend to friends Visit again

Was a beautiful site, quite small which I really liked as it…

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
Daniel B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Was a beautiful site, quite small which I really liked as it felt intimate! Had farm animals which were a nice touch as I'm a big animal lover and got to stroke a goat and lamb and even a pig.
The facilities were very well kept.
It's located not to far away from Fleetwood and Blackpool.
Not to far away from bowland national park for lovely walks.
Would definitely come back here again!

Disliked: Loved it all

Recommend to friends Visit again

bring the kids, lovely for little ones.

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

Primitive grass tent campsite (woodland, wild)

Liked: Everything..... peaceful, lovely grounds and layout, clean facilities, nice little animal section with ducks, pigs, sheep, goats..... plus a little natural play area.

Disliked: nothing really, just a reception area would have been good.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Recommended as good price, good grounds, lovely setting.....

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

Primitive grass tent campsite (woodland, wild)

Liked: clean shower/toilet block.
tidy grounds.
good layout.
quiet and peaceful.
nice site.

Disliked: no office/reception if any issues or checking in ,

Recommend to friends Visit again

The space given to set up, being greeted on site. The opportunity…

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

Primitive grass tent campsite (woodland, wild)

Liked: The space given to set up, being greeted on site. The opportunity to hire fire pits etc.
Good showers and toilet cubicle

Disliked: Small sink only for hand washing
No shop to buy anything

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great camping farm. We took our tentbox for a first night out…

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Great camping farm. We took our tentbox for a first night out here. Everything you need for camping. They also have glamping pods which we will definitely be back to use. Great quiet location. Thank you.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic, peaceful site

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

Primitive grass tent campsite (woodland, wild)

Liked: Lovely peaceful campsite. Everything you needed was easy to find, toilets and showers very clean.
Great nature walk for the kids to learn and plenty of areas for them to play safely.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Level pitches, very good site, plenty of options for accommodation

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Very friendly, good showers and toilet facilities, nice and peaceful, nothing seemed like too much trouble. Will certainly return.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site

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

Bell tent

Liked: The site was lovely so much for the kids, staff really helpful and lovely, toilet and shower block well kept all round a lovely stay

Disliked: Noisy neighbours at gone midnight

Recommend to friends Visit again

Brilliant site

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
Safeena C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Great site. It was our first camping trip and we thoroughly enjoyed it. ground’s are lovely, we loved the chickens and ducks strolling
Around.

Recommend to friends Visit again


Features

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

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

Rules

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

Themes

Forest Luxury Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transportation nearby

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Bowses Hill Farm

Ned's Lane

Stalmine

Poulton-le-Fylde

Lancashire

England

FY6 0LW

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.8925°N
-2.9474°W

Nearest transport

Bus
7 mi National Express Coach Facility
9.3 mi Clifton Drive North
9.3 mi Clifton Drive North
Rail
3.5 mi Poulton-le-Fylde Rail Station
5.2 mi Layton (Lancs) Rail Station
6.4 mi Blackpool North Rail Station
Ferry
3.2 mi Knott End-On-Sea Ferry Landing
3.4 mi Fleetwood for Knott End Ferry Landing
9.9 mi Heysham Ferry Terminal

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

You may know Blackpool for its seafront and 19th-century Central Pier (half an hour’s drive) complete with a funfair, but the attractions certainly don’t end there. You might have a hard time deciding between catapulting down waterslides in Sandcastle Waterpark (35 minutes), dropping from heights at Blackpool Pleasure Beach (35 minutes) or playing like a prisoner on the theatrical rides in the The Blackpool Tower Dungeon (half an hour). Water ready too? Blackpool Wake Park (25 minutes) has an aqua park where you'll be able to get your bounce on. Watersports are on full throttle here too, with everything from wakeboarding to kayaking. St Annes beach (40 minutes) will keep up this spirit too, as the sandy stretch is a hotspot for windsurfing and kitesurfing (and donkey rides, in typical seaside style too). To wind things back down, the town has a few spots for a more leisurely pace. Perhaps a tour of the enclosures in Blackpool Zoo (25 minutes), getting up and close with the wax figures at Madame Tussauds (half an hour) or seeing what life looks like underwater at SEA LIFE Blackpool (half an hour)?

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Fleetwood 3.8 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Cleveleys 4.2 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Bispham 5.3 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Blackpool North 6.9 mi Sea PoorPoorN/AGood
Blackpool Central 7.6 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

The Blackpool Tower 6.9 mi

Blackpool Illuminations 7.1 mi

Central Pier 7.1 mi

Sandcastle Waterpark 8.2 mi

Pleasure Beach Resort 8.2 mi

National Trust

Rufford Old Hall 18.4 mi

Dalton Castle 20.6 mi

Cartmel Priory Gatehouse 21.3 mi

Formby 23.3 mi

Fell Foot Park 26.4 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Little Eccleston - St Michael's - Little Eccleston 3.5 mi

Fluke Hall - Pilling - Presall - Knott End - Fluke Hall 3.5 mi

Fleetwood and Blackpool 3.5 mi

The Shore from Little Bispham to Fleetwood 4.5 mi

STANLEY PARK, BLACKPOOL 6.2 mi

Local events

  • Lytham Festival (Wednesday, July 2, 2025 – Wednesday, July 2, 2025)

    Lytham St Annes, England 10.9 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 campsite type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Bowses Hill Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Bowses Hill Farm dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Bowses Hill Farm? You may know Blackpool for its seafront and 19th-century Central Pier (half an hour’s drive) complete with a funfair, but the attractions certainly don’t end there. You might have a hard time … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Bowses Hill Farm?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  2:30 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Bowses Hill Farm? From $39.81 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.