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From $26.77 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Bowland Escapes

View prices & book Last booked 11 hours ago 9.7 71 reviews

Site in a wildlife centre in the Forest of Bowland’s Ribble Valley
Just under 10 minutes’ drive from Chipping and 40 from Preston
Petting zoo, play area, café and pond; marked walking trails on site

For a family escape with an educational twist consider a stay at Bowland Escapes, in the middle of a wildlife centre that aims to get kids up to speed on conservation and animal welfare. This place – part of the Bowland Wild Boar Park – is topnotch for groups with younger members keen on cuddling creatures like lambs and baby chicks, or seeing more exotic breeds such as white wallabies, emus and water buffaloes… and wild boar, of course. Other activities with a farmyard focus available at this spot in the Forest of Bowland Area of Natural Beauty include tractor and trailer rides (in the school holidays and on weekends) as well as wildlife walks inside the lush green Ribble Valley with fells and woodland all around. Named paths aimed at kids and adults alike range from the Cartoon and Totem Pole trails to the Bluebell Walk. A play area is also on site. (Please note the Bowland Wild Boar Park is only open to visitors during the school holidays and bank holidays from February to October; check opening times before booking your stay to see if you'll be able to visit the animals or not.) If you’d rather sit and watch the wildlife, a café is opposite the pond at the park where birds fly in to take titbits from the feeder; for other ways to spy winged critters in their natural habitat, you could also wander beside the nearby Hodder river. After lunch at the café, spark up the barbecue for dinner – local produce is plentiful at the nearby farm shop. Another café plus a couple of pubs are in Chipping just over five minutes’ drive away if you’d prefer to spend less time cooking and more time spreading out next to the firepit back on base after a meal made by someone else. Bowland Escapes has shower and toilet blocks and washing-up stations with hot water.

Campground type

Open all year

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
No cars/motorcycles at the site. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
The park caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.

Please note that the animal park is only open during school holidays from February half term through to October half term. Stays can be booked outside of these times but please be aware that the animal park will not be open. Please also note that tickets for the animal park must be booked separately.

Languages spoken

English

Campsite types & availability

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Camping area, with tables just to the side and its level.

Sneaky peacock having an early morning bimble.

Brilliant

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

Catherine P. Apr 2025

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Great toilet/ shower
Amazing location
Super staff

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Amazing... thank you for your super review and great photos :)

Great site for my daughter’s first camping trip.

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

Aaron F. Apr 2025

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Great little site, clean & good toilet/ washroom facilities. The boar park was good. Friendly staff.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Great review, thankyou for visiting :)

Lovely and Friendly staff at check in and throughout. Lovely camping pitch safe…

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

Toni Louise D. Apr 2025

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Lovely and Friendly staff at check in and throughout.
Lovely camping pitch safe and secure for our young child to play.
Quiet
Had a great day out at the wild boar park too.
Shower and toilet facilities very clean and modern

We really enjoyed our first family camping trip and will be back! 🏕️

Disliked: Nothing!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Lovely review, thankyou so much and really pleased you enjoyed your first family camping trip :)

Staff, cleanliness, shower block,…

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

Paul W. Mar 2025

Camping pod (pet friendly)

Liked: Staff, cleanliness, shower block,

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks Paul :)

Clean,beautiful and peaceful

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

Dawn B. Mar 2025

Shepherd's hut (no pets)

Liked: The shepherds hut was lovely ,we had a log burner blazing away so lovely for a cold night,we had a barbecue on outside fire pit which was large and very easy, right outside hut with bench and chairs
There were emus ,shetlands and many other animals around site, we saw young deer dashing across the fields
Peacock came to investigate out hut in the morning
I loved this site and will be returning soon

Disliked: Can’t think of anything

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Fantastic review thank you so much Dawn, yes the shepherds hut are a great little getaway with log burner 🔥

Friendly staff, clean facilities…

Overall	8/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	6

Andrew P. Oct 2024

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Friendly staff, clean facilities

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: thank you Andrew, maybe see you again in 2025

A fantastic place to stay

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

Catherine P. Sep 2024

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: The location
Site
Reception

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: thanks Catherine for the 10 review we are pleased you enjoyed your stay :)

Perfect

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

Stuart W. Sep 2024

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Everything. Peaceful, rural and restful. Great facilities . Friendly staff

Disliked: Leaving

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thankyou Stuart, great review thanks for taking the time to leave your pics and thoughts :)

Nice quiet campsite, clean toilet / shower room. Lovely walks and…

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

Gill N. Aug 2024

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Nice quiet campsite, clean toilet / shower room. Lovely walks and animal park. Really helpful staff.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: :) thanks very much for your great 10 review

This is a beautiful site in a beautiful location, couple of issues

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	6
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Ben N. Aug 2024

Iron Age Roundhouse cabin (pet friendly)

Liked: Fire
Round house
Toilet facilities

Disliked: Poor WiFi despite claims
Reception not open on arrival at 5pm. Couldn’t buy firewood.
No access to wildlife park because we booked through an agent

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for your 10 review however i can see you had a few queries, reception always has the basics for sale including firewood but sometime staff members have to go our on the park to attend and help guests so we apologise we missed you on arrival.
Bowland Wild Boar Park is a chargeable extra on the park if the stay is booked through Pitch Up

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site cafe 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 Scouts 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 Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Remote location 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

Type

Farm Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby

Location

Bowland Escapes

Chipping

Preston

Lancashire

England

PR3 2HB

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.90099°N
-2.53372°W

Nearest transport

Bus

10.7 mi Coach Stop C3

11.7 mi Bus Station

12.2 mi Crossroads

Rail

6 mi Clitheroe Rail Station

7.3 mi Whalley Rail Station

7.5 mi Langho Rail Station

Ferry

18 mi Heysham Ferry Terminal

19 mi Knott End-On-Sea Ferry Landing

19.4 mi Fleetwood for Knott End Ferry Landing

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

There may be much to keep you at this wildlife park but family-friendly activities are all around the region too, with the rare breeds of cattle at Cobble Hey Farm & Gardens 25 minutes’ drive away and the rainy-day workshops and events at Barton Grange Garden Centre within half an hour. If it’s sunny, Brock Bottoms Picnic Site (25 minutes) is an excellent spot for an outdoor meal – followed up with an ice cream made courtesy of the milk from the dairy cows at Mrs Dowsons Farm half an hour away. Famous places for the kids are also within an hour’s drive, like the rides at the Blackpool seaside; for grownups, the fell walks of the Lake District are the same distance away.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Morecambe North	18 mi	Estuary	Good	N/A	Good	Good
Morecambe South	18.3 mi	Sea	N/A	N/A	Good	Good
Fleetwood	19.9 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Cleveleys	21 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Bispham	21.5 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Beacon Fell Country Park 5.3 mi

Gawthorpe Hall 11.9 mi

Oswaldtwistle Mills 12.1 mi

Forest of Bowland 12.5 mi

Lancaster Castle 15.1 mi

National Trust

Gawthorpe Hall 11.8 mi

Malham Tarn Estate 20.1 mi

Rufford Old Hall 21.5 mi

Hardcastle Crags 22.8 mi

East Riddlesden Hall 26.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Journey through the Centre of the Kingdom, Section 6: Whitewell - Chipping 1.2 mi

Chipping - the Southern Pastures 2.1 mi

Chipping and Burnslack 2.1 mi

Journey through the Centre of the Kingdom, Section 7: Chipping - Bashall 2.1 mi

Chipping and Dinkling Green 2.1 mi

Local events

Lytham Festival (Wednesday, July 2, 2025 – Wednesday, July 2, 2025)
Lytham St Annes, England 20.9 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.

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Offers

Conditions apply - see campsite type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Frequently asked questions

Does Bowland Escapes have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Bowland Escapes dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Bowland Escapes? There may be much to keep you at this wildlife park but family-friendly activities are all around the region too, with the rare breeds of cattle at Cobble Hey Farm & Gardens … Read more