Forest View
Penkridge Bank, Rugeley, Staffordshire
Please note that this site doesn't provide showers and so guests must bring their own facilities if required.
Forest View offers extensive walking and cycling in the Cannock Chase AONB with no main highway traffic and is set on a charming working farm with sheep, poultry and abundant bird life. There is an extension paddock ideal for rallies, and dogs are welcome to join you. The site offers grass and hardstanding pitches. Access to Kingsley Wood Road is from Stafford Brook Road.
Close proximity to forest cycle tracks and Go Ape
Abundant wildlife - birds and deer
Small, peaceful site offering great views of the stars at night
About Forest View
This is a quiet and peaceful site in the Midlands. Forest View is within easy driving distance of many attractions including Alton Towers, Drayton Manor Park, the National Arboretum, RAF Cosford, Cadbury World and many more. Shugborough Estate is a good stretch of the legs across the Chase. It is a great central point to use as a base for an entire holiday of daily trips out. Pitches are on level ground. Campervans and bikers are welcome on the rally field. There are also four hardstanding touring pitches available. Deer are sighted regularly, sometimes visiting the site overnight, and there is abundant bird life and wildlife generally in the surrounding area. Pasture available, bring your own pony, by arrangement.
Open all year
There is an information centre on site including a Midlands Air Ambulance Charity corner. There is a portable toilet onsite.
It's two miles to the nearest convenience store or 3 miles to Rugeley with major supermarkets, pubs, takeaways and a launderette.
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 16 accommodation options on-site
6 x Grass Touring Pitches
Six grass pitches, some including electric hook-ups.
10 x Hardstanding Touring Pitches
Four hardcore pitches, some of which have electric hook-ups.
Site tariff
Interested in staying at Forest View?
Call 01889 576642 to book.
Unfortunately Forest View doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.
Site rules and policies
Usual site rules - dogs on leads and under control at all times, no ball games on site, no fire pits. Visitors are allowed within reason.
BBQs are allowed provided they are raised from the grass surface or on the hardcore but no open flame fires are allowed anywhere on Cannock Chase.
Things to do on site and in the Rugeley area
The site doesn't offer on-site activities but you are welcome to create your own - such as rustling up a BBQ dinner under a starry sky.
Or you can simply enjoy what Cannock Chase has to offer - miles of walking or cycling without the need to travel away from the site to start your adventure.
There are two visitor centres on the Chase, from the County Council and Forestry Commission - they'll help point you to where you can swing through the trees with Go Ape or hire a bike to explore further.
This is an area touched by an everlasting memory of the Great War, with the German and Commonwealth Cannock Chase Military Cemeteries, the Katyn Memorial and lots of WW1 archaeology. Information is available in the information centre relating to 1914-1918 war camps.
The site is actually situated on the Rugeley camp area. The CC visitor centre is located on the old RAF Hednesford site at the top of Kitbag Hill.
Cannock Chase coalfield has a rich mining history too, with the last coal mines closing in the 90s, and you can uncover it all at the Museum of Cannock Chase.
Other great attractions nearby include:
- Lichfield Cathedral
- Garrick Theatre
- The Monkey Forest
- Trentham Gardens
- Churnet Valley Railway
- Shugborough Estate (National Trust)
- National Memorial Arboretum
- RAF Cosford Museum
Interested in staying at Forest View?
Call 01889 576642 to book.
Unfortunately Forest View doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.