Leadstone Camping

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Visitor image of part of the site
Sea glimpse from some of the pitches
Looking across field 2
Level view from field 3 looking towards field 2 and sea in the distance
View of the field
Hedge pitches and mid-field pitches for tents, motorhomes and touring caravans
Looking out onto field 2 with all types of pitches
Lots of space
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Sea glimpse from some of the pitches
Looking across field 2
Level view from field 3 looking towards field 2 and sea in the distance

  • Old-fashioned site in Dawlish Warren with modern facilities
  • A 15- to 25-minute walk to the beach, dunes and nature reserve
  • Seven acres of grassland in a secluded setting
Old-style camping with new-style facilities, minutes from the Devon coastline and a 500-acre nature reserve stuffed with species of all sorts… You might want two weeks at least at Leadstone Camping in Dawlish Warren. This very friendly site, which has been around since 1974, is one of those where the staff do their utmost to make sure guests have as good a time as possible. Although this is a traditional and uncommercialised site, the standards are modern. Amenities stretch to a redeveloped amenities block with hot showers, toilets, basins, a hairdryer, a baby changing unit and an accessible room with a 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 food, a supermarket is a mile away. Anyone walking the 10 minutes to Dawlish Warren will find a pub serving lunch and evening meals handily placed along the way.

Campground type

Tent sites 55
Camper sites 55
RV sites 27
Open now
Opens April 1

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • A charge of £0.20 ($0.26) 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 park 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 park while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time so that the team can provide information about your unit/site.
  • 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, Apr 1 to

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Accommodation

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Reviews

9.4

Overall rating from 651 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

96% would recommend this campground to a friend

93% would stay here again

What customers say

This well-maintained park offers a friendly welcome and clean, spacious sites. Facilities are generally spotless, with hot showers available (20 cents). It boasts a fantastic location, within easy walking distance of Dawlish Warren beach, pubs, and public transport. Popular with families, it provides a pleasant atmosphere and is highly recommended. Some guests noted sloping sites and paid Wi-Fi.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Fantastic place for anyone to stay, great for children as well.

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Anonymous

Fox powered grass campervan, tent or trailer tent campsite (large)

Liked The staff were so lovely and welcoming. Lovely quaint sight with clean modern facilities. Whilst we were there, there was a portable coffee and cake van. It took me and me and my partner 13 minutes to walk down into Dawlish Warren.

Disliked Only thing I can say is it took a while to work out the showers, we decided to go early in the morning and the temperature was perfect then.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent camping site

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Roy C.

Owl powered grass travel trailer campsite (XL)

Liked Staff very helpful. Well kept clean site shower toilet block was spotless plenty room on pitches

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean site great facilities Helpful staff Layout…

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8 out of 10
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Anonymous

Fox powered grass campervan, tent or trailer tent campsite (large)

Liked Clean site great facilities
Helpful staff
Layout well thought out

Disliked Area

Recommend to friends Visit again

Everything.…

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Anonymous

Badger powered grass campervan, tent or trailer tent campsite (large)

Liked Everything.

Disliked Nothing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly site in a great location in Devon

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Wes C.

Owl powered grass travel trailer campsite (XL)

Liked Location, on site food, shop, clean toilets, showers, children’s park

Disliked Sloped field, WiFi cost. No signal at all on o2 mobile, slow 4G on Three mobile.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with clean and well maintained facilities

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Nicola M.

Badger powered grass campervan, tent or trailer tent campsite (large)

Liked *Warm welcome and shown to pitch, accommodated for us to be pitched with extended family
*Very clean and well maintained
*Toilet/shower facilities very clean, well stocked. Always available when we needed them, even with a full site in summer holidays
*Hot showers, only 20p for 5 minutes. Showered myself and 3 young children in that time!
*Baby change facilities with toilet and shower making it very family accessible
*Site felt very safe, happy to give children some independence (go to toilet block by themselves etc)
*Play park was a huge hit with my children. Open 8am-9pm which is enforced well, giving children time to come wind down
*Quiet time after 1030pm, which meant no issues with getting children to bed etc
*Huge size pitches, very accommodating with plenty of space. Easy access for electric hook ups and drinking water taps at pitches too
*Hot food available all day, along with ice creams, fresh candy floss and cakes. All reasonably priced
*Small shop with essentials on site
*Supermarket less than a mile drive away
*Funfair and beach 15 minute walk away
*Excellent farm shop cafe next door

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, clean facilities, friendly staff

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Danielle S.

Badger powered grass campervan, tent or trailer tent campsite (large)

Liked We all enjoyed the campsite. Very friendly staff. Staff doing a great job cleaning bathrooms and showers

Recommend to friends Visit again

Too many pitches for facilities. No good for dogs

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3 out of 10
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Value for money
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Julia a.

Badger powered grass campervan, tent or trailer tent campsite (large)

Liked All the staff were lovely. Helpful and friendly.
Near enough to great pub and restaurant with amazing views.
Short walk to bus stop
Good size pitches
Showers good costing 20p which I didn't mind
Cheap snacks and food onsite.

Disliked Completely fully booked in school holidays so really busy in showers and toilets.I
Queues..
NOISE a lot of it. Screaming and shouting . Mostly kids,teens congregated in playground area. When it's dark kids mostly go in and adults start. Fair enough 10.30 it's quiet.
Not much supervision going on..
no wifi. Toilet waste BLOCKED . Don't take your dog. Miles for walk off site. Not allowed on beach

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely campsite, with very friendly helpful…

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Laura J.

Fox powered grass campervan, tent or trailer tent campsite (large)

Liked Lovely campsite, with very friendly helpful staff, fantastic facilities and spotlessly clean! Food onsite was also an added bonus! We found this the best campsite we have stayed on for our little ones they thoroughly enjoyed it as much as we did and we can't wait to return.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great place to stay well thought…

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Steven W.

Fox powered grass campervan, tent or trailer tent campsite (large)

Liked Great place to stay well thought out campsite
10 minutes walk to beach and shops, pubs plenty of places to eat.
Staff were very helpful
Toilets and showers were very clean

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

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 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

Budget/backpacker Peaceful

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 Public transportation nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

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 sites

Location

Leadstone Camping

Warren Road

Dawlish Warren

Dawlish

Devon

England

EX7 0NG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (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

Bus
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 to the Warren (it's a safe stroll and suitable for prams) or to the South West Coast Path within 15 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 2020201920182017
Dawlish Warren 0.7 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Dawlish Town 1.1 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Dawlish Coryton Cove 1.5 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Teignmouth Holcombe 2.4 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Exmouth 2.5 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

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.

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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?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Leadstone Camping? From $33.64 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.