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Belvoir Castle Campsite
The Dirty Duck Pub
Woolsthorpe By Belvoir
Lincolnshire (Browse area)
NG32 1NY
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Pitches: 30
Open: 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
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 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 No Laundry |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <5 miles |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <1 mile |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
 Open All Year |
 Canalside Pitches |
 Public Transport |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: May 2018 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Daniella Nudd |
15 reviews from this member |
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 Booked for second May bank holiday. Straight forward process. £21 per night with electric hook up. Pay up front. Arrived at site and phoned ahead (number given when you book) Pitched up no problem. Very busy as expected. Lots of families enjoying themselves.
Dirty Duck pub immediately next door.
Campsite toilets and showers accessed via coded door. Very dirty when we first arrived and no toilet paper. No signage for washing up area but Elson point was by toilet block. Night time, very loud and could still hear talking at 1am. Site isn’t patrolled so you are left to your own devices. Guy in 4x4 did drive past checking everyone was ok and advised us we didn’t have to rush off in the morning. Toilets were eventually cleaned and stocked with loo roll.
Wouldn’t return here simply because of there being no one around (esp re the noise!) but good for groups of families. Grantham canal right near for walking. 
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| Date of Visit: May 2017 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Daveyboy187 |
1 review from this member |
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This campsite was in a fantastic location for our visit to Belvoir Castle, lots of room with only a few other people on site. Plenty of hookups available.
However, the toilet block was an absolute disgrace, no hot water for showers, not cleaned regularly, no toilet paper, washing up area was leaf covered. Only one loo in mens and two in the ladies, one of which had to be closed because of its state.
The people in the pub next to it, said they'd had many complaints about it.
This site is meant to be full over the bank holiday weekend, which will not be good. I recommend you change your site choice if you require working facilities.
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| Date of Visit: May 2016 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Corsa759 |
1 review from this member |
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Slightly bizarre long bank holiday weekend camped almost alone for the majority. Field to ourselves!
Toilet block tired, but functional and showers good hot / powerful.
Pub closed for refurbishment, but we brought enough supplies so wasn't a problem.
Water / elsan close to the pitches and plenty of electrical hooks ups around the site. Also hard standing, but you don't get a view of the castle then. Washing up was pleasant alongside the canal.
£21 seems quite expensive, but the view and the fact we had the place to ourselves made it worth the money in the end. Village / pub about a mile away, but we didn't need it.
Lovely position with or without good weather! We will be back, with pub open or closed, it won't matter to us.
I booked directly with the admin at Belvoir Castle, communication was great and no deposit required.
Not sure why his place isn't more popular used. It's lovely!
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| Date of Visit: September 2014 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Brendanr2004 |
662 reviews from this member |
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Location
A CL site located in the grounds of s great pub. Set in lovely countryside yet only a few miles from the busy town of Grantham. Ideal stopover if travelling on the A1.
Facilities
All pitches have electricity and there's a water supply. The pub is excellent - traditional real ale bar serving excellent food.
Price
Very reasonable at £12 per vehicle.
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| Date of Visit: June 2014 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Ian 256 |
1 review from this member |
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Clean, Friendly, good pub grub reasonably priced and great Beer. The TV reception was reasonable. In all a good site plenty of walking near by. Both Grass and Hard stand Power and non Power pitches. Water tap and laundry room. A very quiet setting but easy to find. A flat gradient with non boggy ground, Ideal for all vehicles.
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| Date of Visit: April 2014 |
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| Reviewer: Petraconmac |
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We visited the site with friends for 1 night, we pitched a tent and our friends had a caravan. It is a small site with a children's play area which was clean. The toilets and showers were very clean with toilet roll in both mens and ladies. The washing up area had hot water which was good.
We really enjoyed the walks we had with very unusual but quirky wooden painted objects situated on the way in the trees.
The pub food was excellent and the staff were very friendly our children were very comfortable playing pool most of the evening, they loved it.
I though £21 was expensive for a tent with hook up but it will not stop us from returning to explore more on our walks.
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Smoothies Girl |
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Arrived started to pitch and my old tent failed, had to de-camp and landlady kindly refunded us for the week. Purchased another tent so returned to the Dirty Duck. The owners are very welcoming and allow you to choose your own pitch.
The site was empty apart from us, the field is very well maintained, grass kept short and spectacular views of Belvoir Castle.
Shower block only has two women's showers and two mens showers and two toilets each. The block is very tired, reasonably clean but the showers are powerful. However, I found it very annoying that there aren't any bins in the blocks or a hand dryer, When you go to the loo you have to drip dry your hands! Another downside to the loos is that the owner turns off all the outside floodlights after closing time which means hat the walk from the field to the toilet block is hazardous over the rough gravel. All of the security lights on the outside of the block are broken bar one, so it can be scary to say the least, do take a torch.
My friend had stayed here before and was surprised to see how quiet it was in summer, maybe it's because the facilities need updating and become a little tired?
There is a kids play area which seemed well maintained, the canal is next to the pub and is very pretty.
There isn't really anywhere to buy supplies from other than Asda in Grantham and that is a 14mile round trip! It got on my nerves to be honest.
I think that this site is great for a weekend but a week here is a bit too much for getting food in etc. The pub prices are expensive at an average of £8. 00 a main course. The kids menu was very nice and had huge portions at £4. 45 ish a dish.
All in all, a nice little site for a weekend that offers tranquility, we never experienced any noise from the car park as others have suggested. We did enjoy ourselves.
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| Date of Visit: June 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: DEANO3528 |
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Despite the recent negative reviews, the wife & I spent a mid-week break here in the company of friends arriving Monday dinnertime and departing Friday late morning.
There's nothing I can add about the price, it is what it is, around the same as other sites in the area but this one didn't insist we go to bed with the chickens (several other sites made a big thing about noise after 10pm-ish, and we are all late-to-bed people).
Also a couple of sites said no commercial vehicles and as 4 of the 5 of us have commercial bodied Land Rovers we felt we would not be welcome: Furthermore not everyone is a member of a club with their hugely discounted pitch fees either.
There were 4 caravans and a tent and we were welcomed warmly and advised to pitch wherever we wanted to. We chose the end furthest from the road as there was an area where our tenters could pitch and not be in the way of an EHU as they don't use one.
Facilities were all laid out nicely with clean toilets and showers although I do use the ones in my 'van, but that was down to preference rather than necessity. Water was close at hand as was the sluice, which was also nice and clean.
Playground was huge and well maintained I thought, and often there were children playing there, possibly walkers 'doing' the canal walk or possibly locals from the village out for a stroll.
There were a couple of staff who were a bit aloof perhaps but on the last night we all went in the pub for a meal and have nothing but praise for the cooking, price and friendliness.
Importantly, we got caught in the hailstorm that caused so much damage across the West Mid's and despite the tent being flooded out, the ground drained very quickly which is another plus point, although we were asked not to drive onto the grass until it had dried a bit, which made perfect sense.
This site is in a beautiful setting with easy access to the various green lanes in the area and overlooked by Belvoir Castle. The Grantham Canal is adjacent and apparently makes for an enjoyable 5 mile hike into Grantham, which one of our couples did.
We visited the Newark Air Museum again, which is a fantastic place and only half an hour distant and great value for money. Lincoln is about another half hour's drive beyond that
There were a couple of 'Gary-boys' in their loud exhaust hatchbacks, but there is a pub on site after all and life goes on. It certainly didn't detract one bit from my enjoyment of the site and we will be going back again.
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Lizz99 |
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I thought I would write a positive review as most of the others do not paint this site in a good light.
I visited for the second time this weekend with 5 other adults and two children, we had one caravan and three tents. The field allows you to spread out a little as there are no 'set out' pitches which allows for a bit more flexibility. The site was clean. The facilities were also in good condition, hot showers, clean, always had loo roll in both the women's and men's. The washing up stations are not covered so this was a bit of a down point. The kids playground was also in good condition and the children had a lovely time playing.
There is a pub on the site selling very good food and drink, it does get busy so make sure to book in the summer. We ate here both nights and really enjoyed it.
Negatives: it is quite expensive £20 per night which I thought was too much (17. 50 without elec). Some of the staff in the pub were a little 'off' especially when busy. Not the place for you if you want a quiet weekend away, most people are up until midnight (including our party) so there is the potentiality for noise, especially as there did not appear to be any enforcements over the amount of noise people were making, so I reckon it could be annoying if a group of youngsters were up late.
In all a good site, very close to Grantham and Nottingham. Will definitely visit again.
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| Date of Visit: May 2011 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: RosePearl1960 |
17 reviews from this member |
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The only praise I can give this site is that it was reasonably placed for the Grantham canal and Belvoir Castle.
Negatives. Equipment on the children's play area in a dreadful condition. Toilets and showers were not very clean.
Washing up facilities have absolutely no protection from the elements.
No signage to tell you where to put rubbish, fill up with water or dispose of chemical toilet, but plenty advising you that only food purchased from the premises could be consumed there.
The worse bit the price, £20 is over the top for what is basically a small paddock.
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