Alpine Grove Touring Park
Alpine Grove Touring Park
4.76 /5
Nestled into the countryside of South Somerset bordering both Devon and Dorset, Alpine Grove Woodland Park offers an ideal base for exploring the Jurrasic Coast. This rural touring and camping site is set in 8.5 acres of parkland, with pitches set amongst mature trees and rhododendrons for tents and tourers. You'll be just 20 minutes from Lyme Regis beach and there is even an onsite outdoor heated swimming pool if you fancy a dip!
Great onsite facilities including a play area, small shop and outdoor heated swimming pool!
Peaceful woodland campsite nestled between the Blackdown Hills and Dorset AONB
Just 20 minutes from the Dorset Coast, Lyme Regis Beach and Charmouth Beach
About Alpine Grove Touring Park
Set just outside the town of Chard, this family-friendly woodland site is an ideal base for exploring Somerset, within easy reach of Devon, Dorset and the Jurrasic Coast. Just 20 minutes from Lyme Regis, spend days out at the beach enjoying an ice cream and evenings wildlife spotting from your pitch. For tents and small campervan campers, there are ample pitches where you can enjoy the feeling of seclusion in a totally natural setting, with an abundance of both flora and fauna. There are non-electric woodland pitches set on a leaf littered floor, along with some electric pitches which are in a woodland grassy area with a mix of sun and shade. Caravans, campervans and motorhomes are served with hardstanding, naturally draining and level pitches, arranged in an arc with the freedom to erect awnings. These pitches have an optional 10 amp electric hook up. Some pitches are bathed in sunshine while others enjoy gentle shading from the leaf canopy of magnificent oaks. Picnic benches are arranged around the site for eating alfresco and are ideal for picnics and BBQs. Raised fire pits are also welcome onsite so don't forget the marshmallows. As well as camping and touring, the site has five luxury Scandinavian log cabins, four with private hot tubs. Friendly dogs are welcome, as long as they are on leads.
Camping and touring is available from April until October. The site's luxury log cabins are available throughout the year.
Facilities include an amenity block offering toilets, hot showers, hand basins, shaver points, hand and hair dryers, laundry facilities and dish washing sinks. There are also compost toilets and a urinal in the woodland area, ice pack freezing and a disabled/family bathroom.
The heated outdoor pool offers seasonal opening times, open daily from late April to mid-September. There is also a play area and table tennis table.
The combined reception and small shop stocks most provisions, including bacon, sausages and burgers from the local butcher, milk in glass bottles and fresh bread. The site can exchange CampingGaz and Calor Gas bottles (subject to stock) and there are two 7kw EV charging points on site for guests to use.
Adult only
Allow commercial vans
Allow pets
Bike hire
Café / restaurant
Communal BBQ
Disabled facilities
Drinking water
Electric hookups
Entertainment
Family friendly
Fires allowed
Fishing
Games room
Glamping
Golf
Horse riding
Hot tub
Internet access
Kids club
Kids playground
Laundry
Near beach
Near pub
Open year round
Peaceful
RV pitches
Shop
Showers
Swimming pool
Toilets
TV room
Vineyard
Water hookups
Watersports
W.C. disposal
There are 40 accommodation options on-site
Bookable pitches and accommodation options
8 x Non Electric Woodland Pitches
Max 6 people
Secluded woodland pitches for tents, trailer tents and campervans, with leaf litter floor and without electric.
2 x Non Electric Grass Pitches
Max 6 people
Grassy areas for tents and trailer tents, with sun and shade. No electric.
4 x Optional Electric Woodland Pitches
Max 6 people
Secluded woodland pitches for tents, trailer tents and small campervans, with leaf litter floor. Optional 10 amp electric hook up available, please add this as an extra if you'd like to use the hook up.
10 x Optional Electric Grass Pitches
Max 6 people
Woodland grassy areas for tents and trailer tents, with sun and shade. Optional 10 amp electric hook up available, please add this as an extra if you'd like to use the hook up.
11 x Optional Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches
Max 6 people
Double width hardstanding pitches on a gravelled base with optional 10 amp electric hook up available, please add this as an extra if you'd like to use the hook up. Suitable for trailer tents, campervans and motorhomes.
Other accommodation
5 x Scandinavian Log Cabins
Max 5 people
Self contained Scandinavian log cabin accommodation. Includes skylights over the bed for stargazing, balcony for dining outside, all mod cons, a wood burning fire in the lounge area and outdoor hot tub. Dog friendly.
4.76 /5
92%
would recommend
"The site was clean, family-orientated and best of all, eco friendly!"
Lola I - Aug 2024
"The woods are just beautiful"
Mary M - May 2024
"By far the best campsite we have stayed at. It was perfect for the kids"
Adam F - Jun 2023
"The campsite pool was a little gem"
Ceri M - May 2023
So relaxing
Recommends site
Rebecca F
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A lovely quiet spot to camp for a night (or longer if we had the time!), beautiful and quiet in the woods. It had everything you'd need on site, a friendly welcome and a nice footpath off the site for walking the dog.
Well maintained forest setting with swimming pool
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Rebecca V
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Very beautiful trees and good spacing. Lovely heated pool for small kids. Even though we there for bank holiday and the site was fully booked, it was remarkably quiet. If we visited again, we would avoid the woodland setting as the bark floor covering got everywhere and was very dirty. We had a down pour of rain and we felt we were in the dark and dank for 2 days after. The toilet block was well maintained and the owners had rented extra luxury showers for the weekend. Very well stocked shop. The location is in the middle of nowhere with nothing reachable on foot. We walked the dog to the nearest pub but quite a bit was on the road. But, if you're willing to jump in the car, there are some great family days out within an hours' drive.
Perfect
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Georgina T
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I really appreciate the thought that has gone into this site. The pitches are a good distance apart and tucked away for privacy. The toilet and showers are good and very clean. The play park is right outside and can occupy a child for a good length of time. Washing up station ideal and recycling point like a filing system. The pool is heated and big enough for a family to have good fun. Lots of water points. Woodland walk is flat and simple, ideal for all ages. I would definitely stay here again, for the quiet and the trees.
Site tariff
Things to do on site and in the Chard area
With the different customs and traditions of the three adjoining counties, there is plenty to see and enjoy. The historic town of Chard is only a five minute drive away, the birthplace of powered flight, and here you will find the Chard Museum.
The South Coast at Lyme Regis is only 20 minutes away, with its famous and picturesque Cobb, beach and world renowned fossil hunting. At the beach resort of Seaton (25 minutes away) is a pretty tramway for you to ride
Forde Abbey and Gardens, one of the top ten gardens in the country, is only five minutes away. The stunning house has over 900 years worth of history and the gardens even have an Asian woodland and praise garden area.
For cyclists, either follow the level cycle network path to Illminster or, for the ambitious, perhaps try the 80 mile South Somerset circular cycle route which travels past the campsite.
For walkers and dog owners, a public footpath on the eastern boundary of the site runs north towards Chard Reservoir Nature Reserve (where fishing permits are available) and south towards Perry Street.
Other nearby attractions include:
- Axe Valley Wildlife Park (20 minutes)
- Dinosaurland Fossil Museum (25 minutes)
- Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium (30 minutes)
- Seaton Tramway (30 minutes)
- Museum of Somerset (35 minutes)
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