Prattshayes Campsite

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  • Family-friendly countryside site 30 minutes’ walk from Exmouth beach
  • A 25-minute drive from Crealy Adventure Park and 30 from Exeter
  • A few metres from a watersports centre and the river Exe
What do you picture when you think of your fantasy hols? If it’s beaches, stately houses and coastal walks through dinosaur country, then scurry over to Prattshayes Campsite (a green-field site 35 minutes’ drive from Exeter in Devon) to live your dream. Prattshayes Campsite is a top spot for venturing out around country and coast: three-mile-long Exmouth beach is a 30-minute walk from the site and it feeds into the Jurassic Coast at Orcombe Point 15 minutes down the beach. You can see more of the Devon coastline by picking up the 630-mile South West Coast Path at Exmouth beach, or following the Exe Estuary trail from Exmouth to Exeter and over to Dawlish. More of a water-based creature? Exmouth Watersports – where you can try out windsurfing, paddleboarding and kayaking on the river Exe – is very close, or you could stick to Exmouth beach for some swimming and basking. Back on site, reward yourself for all your hard work by firing up the barbecue, piling it high with calories (pick up supplies from Exmouth, less than 10 minutes’ drive away) and tuck in before heading over to the on-site bar to wash it all down. If you’d prefer to venture off site for your dinner, there are plenty of restaurants worth trying within 10 minutes.

Campground type

Camper sites 38
RV sites 38
Tent sites 45
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 25 or over.
  • The bar is open between 04/01 and 10/31.
  • Please note that the site is also a wedding venue so there may be music and noise until 11pm.

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English

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Reviews

9.1

Overall rating from 247 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

95% would recommend this campground to a friend

94% would stay here again

What customers say

This is a clean, well-maintained, and friendly campsite in a great location, a short walk from Exmouth beach and coastal paths. Visitors frequently praise the excellent, modern toilet and shower facilities, spacious and private spots, and the helpful staff. Despite a few mentions of a nearby sewage smell or narrow access lanes, the overall sentiment is highly positive, with many guests planning to return.

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Pitch size. Location - a 20-25…

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Craig T.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite (maximum 7 metres)

Liked Pitch size. Location - a 20-25 minute stroll to the beach.
Quiet after 11pm.

Disliked Proximity to sewerage plant and the stench that it gives off.
Cleanliness of toilet/shower facilities.
Noise from 7am from families with uncontrolled children.
Felt very much like, pay over the odds, turn up and sort yourself out, no engagement and friendly support from any staff, then leave.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Really good and great staff

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matt b.

Primitive grass tent or campervan campsite (maximum 6 metres)

Liked Really nice place. Family friendly and lovely staff

Disliked Nothing. It was great

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great place to stay! Very friendly…

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Anonymous

Primitive grass tent campsite (backpacker, solo, no cars)

Liked Great place to stay! Very friendly staff, clean bathrooms, calm campground. I really enjoyed my stay!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would stay again.

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Chris B.

Primitive grass tent or campervan campsite (maximum 6 metres)

Liked Great shower toilet block. Washing up stations. Short walk to pub and half hour walk from beach.

Recommend to friends Visit again

We enjoyed our stay at Prattshayes campsite we would go again.

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Anonymous

Powered grass campsite (maximum 6 metres)

Liked We really enjoyed our stay at Prattshayes campsite in our campervan. The site was well run, all the facilities were New kept clean and well maintained. The staff were friendly.
We went in August and as an older couple with just our dog, we were expecting it to be a bit overly busy with it being main school holidays, fortunately this was not the case, despite the site being fairly full, it never felt overcrowded.
We enjoyed our first visit to Exmouth, the beach is just at the bottom of the campsite lane about 20 mins walk. Dogs can go on either end of the beach but not the middle section, the end where the cliffs are is best suited to dogs.
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Disliked In some areas of the site the pitches are sloping, so you will likely need to take levellers for caravans and motorhomes, but you can make special requests on the sites booking form which they will do their best to honour.
The showers water pressure was fairly low, but this could be due to being peak season usage.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great little pitch up

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Russell H.

Primitive grass tent, campervan or trailer tent campsite (maximum 7 metres)

Liked Lovely quiet location not too far from the sea front. Nice big pitches, we had a non electric pitch 308 which was flat, great views too. The reception is the bar and shop too which offered the essentials ie milk bread butter etc. lovely warm welcome and the toilets and showers block is ultra clean and the hot water is plentiful. Nice pub 10 min walk down the lane, take a torch 🔦 if it’s late on.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall good

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George Y.

Maximum 7.5 meters powered grass campsite

Liked Nice large pitches, but tight to get car and caravan round corner into correct area, but ok. Nice simple arrival with map and pitch very good

Disliked Difficult tight lanes, recognised route on website would be useful. Cafe bar with choices of what’s available would have been good, price but it was august

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely stay at this cosy campsite

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Paulien B.

Primitive grass tent or campervan campsite (maximum 6 metres)

Liked We feld really relaxed at this campsite, the mood was realy warm. The surroundings of the campsite feld very natural and the view was stunning. We had a nice spot to put our tent. The staff was friendly and the sanitary area was very clean. There is a good bus connection to Exmouth, only a ten minute walk.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Loved the site, very clean and…

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Patricia L.

Maximum 7.5 meters powered grass campsite

Liked Loved the site, very clean and well cared for. Staff were very friendly. Great pitch, well spaced. Little genuine fowl running around. We will book to return.

Disliked Small lane going in with the caravan, although the site gave good directions to make sure we used the best route in. Satnav really not useful for directions to this site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall couldn’t fault the campsite - well organised and quiet.

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Charmaine R.

Maximum 7.5 meters powered grass campsite

Liked Brilliant from start to finish.

Disliked Would be nice if toilets/showers were cleaned later in day as well again after evening showers leaving them pretty wet and dirty.

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 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

Hikers’ paradise Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities Communal freezer 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)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at site Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Bathrooms: Wide doorways (over 32 inches) Site close to accessible bathrooms Step-free or level access

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Prattshayes Campsite

Prattshayes Farm

Maer Lane

Exeter

Devon

England

EX8 5DB

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.61853°N
3.37962°W

Route directions

It's best to approach the site from the Littleham end of Maer Lane, rather than from the beach end, and avoid Castle Lane as it is very narrow.

Nearest transport

Bus
3.1 mi Opposite Rail Station
3.1 mi Rail Station
4.6 mi The Green
Rail
1.6 mi Exmouth Rail Station
3.1 mi Lympstone Village Rail Station
3.1 mi Starcross Rail Station
Ferry
2 mi Exmouth Ferry Landing
2.9 mi Starcross Ferry Landing
4.9 mi Turf Lock Inn Ferry Landing
Airport
7.9 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

Start your stay at Prattshayes Campsite by sticking close to site, as there’s loads nearby to keep you (and the whole fam) busy. Head into Exmouth for the Exmouth Museum, then venture a little further out for the World of Country Life park, Hawkridge Bird of Prey Centre, Bicton Park Botanical Gardens and the weird and wonderful 16-sided National Trust property A la Ronde, all less than 15 minutes’ drive from the site. A la Ronde whetting your appetite for history and stately piles? Fab Powderham Castle is just over half an hour from Prattshayes Campsite, and is open for tours and lots of special events. If that’s still not quite enough, the museums, underground passages and cathedral of Exeter (worth a visit for shopping and food too) are also a little over half an hour from the site. If you have kids in tow starting to protest about the walk down (centuries-old) memory lane, there’s oodles nearby to get them back on side… Start 20 minutes away with some go-karting to blow off steam, get their adrenaline pumping on the rides at Crealy Adventure Park (25 minutes), then pile them into the car for a jaunt to Paignton Zoo, less than an hour away.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Sandy Bay 0.8 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Exmouth 1.1 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Budleigh Salterton 2.8 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Dawlish Warren 2.9 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Dawlish Town 4.5 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Crealy Great Adventure Park 6.3 mi

Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site 7.5 mi

Exeter Cathedral - Church of Saint Peter 9.8 mi

The National Trust Killerton House & Gardens 12.4 mi

Living Coasts 12.8 mi

National Trust

A la Ronde 2 mi

Killerton: Clyston Mill 10.4 mi

Killerton: Marker's Cottage 10.5 mi

Branscombe: the Old Bakery, Manor Mill and Forge 11.7 mi

Killerton: Budlake Old Post Office 12 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Exmouth, Geoneedle, Coast Path and Knowle Walk 1 mi

A LA RONDE AND THE POINT-IN-VIEW 1.9 mi

Woodbury Common and Woodbury Castle 3.5 mi

POWDERHAM CASTLE 4.2 mi

BICTON 4.4 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 Prattshayes Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Prattshayes Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Prattshayes Campsite? Start your stay at Prattshayes Campsite by sticking close to site, as there’s loads nearby to keep you (and the whole fam) busy. Head into Exmouth for the Exmouth Museum, then venture … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Prattshayes Campsite?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  9:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  3:30 p.m. –  9:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Prattshayes Campsite? From $16.15 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.