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Blackland Lakes Holiday Centre
Blackland Lakes
Stockley Lane
Calne
Wiltshire (Browse area)
SN11 0NQ
Tel: 01249 810943
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Pitches: 110
Open: 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
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 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing On Site |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 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 |
 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Reviewer: Amanda and co |
21 reviews from this member |
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 May 2005
May bank holiday found us and another family here. Couldn't get on the site we wanted. The reason for the visit was to go to Longleat which was 45mins away. Camp field was very flat and we were near the play area which was great for keeping an eye on the children. Small walk / trail around perimeter of field. Two lakes for fishing and a bird hide near a duck pool. Very basic shop on site. No shops or pubs within easy walking distance. Calne had very little to offer. Showers were kept clean but the block is uni-sex! Cost approx £23 a night for tent two adults and two children with car. Premimum for bank holiday. Hook ups available at extra cost. 
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| Reviewer: Caths |
1 review from this member |
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August 2005
This is not a good campsite if you like somewhere peaceful. Although the staff were helpful and friendly, they tried to cram as many people in as possible (although it was bank holiday). If you don't want an electrical hook up, you can't go next to a hedge/border, you are just stuck in the middle of the field.
I personally would say that this is a site for big groups, who want to meet up and don't mind being on top of each other.
The toilet block was only superficially clean, and the showers didn't have a mop or bucket, so the floor was always very wet.
There is a small road running through the site which is good for children to cycle, but the campsite staff tend to keep driving around in a noisy tractor.
Not a tranquil and peaceful haven that their leaflet tries to describe, and not much sight of nature, for a nature reserve!
But if you like large sites with plenty going on, with friendly staff, then this is the site for you!
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| Reviewer: Smileycamper |
1 review from this member |
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August 2005
Well we arrived at the site with the distint impression from the website listing that there was more on this site than there is available for public use!!
The swimming pool on site is actually a club membership only (available at extra cost if you stay over 5 days). They do have a childrens playground with some nice equipment however for the size of the site if it fills up will be hardly enough. The laundrey room has one washing machine and tumble dryer and when your thinking in terms of a site with 180 pitches is not enough. The site was quite empty when we were there for our two days and we had trouble getting one load of washing done.
However all this said the staff were friendly and it was quite central to quite a few visiting places so if your only stopping for a short stay it would be ok. But I don't think we will be going again.
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| Reviewer: MorningCampers |
2 reviews from this member |
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July 2005
Nice site but pricey based on cleanliness of toilets/showers/washing up sinks. Dark, dingy and dirty facilitites. Shame as rest of site lovely. There is no way the loos and showers are regularly cleaned. Owners need to address this based on
high pitch prices. Use some of the overpricing to pay a cleaner - everyday. It really lets place down to have pooh encrusted dirty smelly loos and filthy showers that only dribble out water - like a dripping tap.
Little bit of surprise to find that loos and showers were unisex and that only sinks are separate, so you pooh, wee and shower together but clean your teeth as ladies and gents !
They neglect to mention this gem
in the brochure so make sure your dressed appropriately when leaving shower, Also does this account for state and smell of loos ? Sorry guys but ladies loos just aren't usually that bad.
Bird pooh on washing up sinks. Come on owners you've got a cracking site just clean it !
Staff forgot to issue us PIN No for barrier, so had a traffic jam when we left site.
Brochure says no all male parties, this is not true, there were, due to fishing lakes and fishing weekends with drinking and foul language. One guy even fell over his tent drunk in a star shape formation! Highly entertaining except for our children and others watching. Perhaps male fishing parties could be pitched away from families ?
Very entertaining few days but wont return saddly unless we read that cleanliness has improved. So lots of foul language near u
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| Reviewer: Swaudby |
8 reviews from this member |
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July 2005
Very "relaxed rules" and family friendly campsite.
Unfortunatly this has lead to a great deal of child noise, activity, ball games (several of which struck our camper van), dogs running around loose and a few obnoxious people. If you want a quiet weekend go elsewhere.
The staff were friendly - without actually being very helpful. We ended up parked in a field of noisy kids after specifically asking for a quiet pitch. The serviced pitch field was empty.
Facilities are only superficially cleaned, everything above eye level has seen any water for years. One toilet I visited had excrement on it's seat for the whole weekend. Showers are blocked up by limescale any barely more than a dribble.
The ponds are overfished and the carp are very challenging, plenty of easy bream to be had.
Overall somewhat expensive for the standard of facilities and clenliness.
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| Reviewer: Debsy |
122 reviews from this member |
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August 2004
Second time here - just for a night this time. Site still great with plenty of ducks to look at! I liked the division of the showers into hot and cooler - I had a cooler one and it was still really hot!
This site still seems really relaxed so I would recommend it to anyone!
Deborah
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| Reviewer: The Evans |
1 review from this member |
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June 2000, Oct 2002 and June 2003
As you can see from the dates visited, we went once, liked it, and went again!!
Site warden is welcoming and the site itself is peaceful and friendly, while the facilities are clean with plenty of hot water for the free showers.
The shop is well stocked and open every day, though the times can vary out of main season - usually well posted in advance. There is a supermarket in nearby Calne for anything you need that the shop doesn't have.
There are two lakes, one for fishing and one for wildlife (I think) and these make for great bird spotting and seem to be well fenced and gated to keep children safe.
Overall, a really lovely place to stay. Would definately recommend as a good 'first' site, as it's where we started out!!
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| Reviewer: Steve and Jan |
2 reviews from this member |
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September 2003
Just returned from a week here using our new Wynnster Venus 5 tent.
We decided to use paddock 9 as it seemed more 'pastural' and tent friendly, a nice level site and close to the shower/loo block too, very quiet and very relaxing. Nice welcome from the warden too.
This place is central to everything you may wish to see in Wiltshire, from Avebury and it's astonishing stone circles, to Lacock village just up the road. Even Stonehenge and Salisbury aren't too far away.
We just had a very lazy week, and once we decided to have our shower at 9ish rather than 7ish, even the shower block was warm enough!
We will definitely be returning next year, perhaps during the crop circle season:-)
Only one minor niggle, and it may have been due to the time of year we were there. But when the shop is supposed to be open from 9 to 11 and you turn up at 10 to retrieve your ice packs and it's shut.... This happened a lot and it was very hit and miss as to whether the shop would be open.
Overall though a very happy return to camping. We even had The University of Sheffield's Department of Archeology and Prehistory and their 20 odd tents with us for a bit of interest. They were doing a 2 week dig over at nearby Pewsey.
We were sad to leave Blacklands, which says it all really.
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| Reviewer: michaeladkins |
1 review from this member |
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AUG 2003
Hello.
Me and my wife (Deb) and our cocker spaniel (Jaydee) visited this site. It was only our second ever go at camping and we really liked it!
The showers and loos etc were all ok and clean, The shop was a bit "basic" but again ok, It's ideal if you like country walks BUT take your own OS map as there are no maps in the on site tourist cabin and nowhere to buy one locally.
We visited on bank holiday weekend and the site was busy but NOT cramped at all, we had a great break and would definetly return.
A nice site with a good atmosphere!
Michael
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| Reviewer: Rowan Cooling |
2 reviews from this member |
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16/5/03
This was our first time. Having purchased a 4 person tent at Easter we decided my cousin's wedding in nearby Trowbridge was an ideal time to try it out. There were only a few of us braving the weather this weekend which gave us a choice of pitch. The site was lovely, plenty of room for the kids to run around and wild life to chase!! Being only 8 and nearly 3 I was a bit concerned about security, but there was no need at Blackland Lakes, I was more than happy for them to go to and fro from the play area. The shower and toilets were execellent the only drawback was there was a party each of the 2 nights we were there but the fresh air must have tired me out as I have no idea who eventually won catch the jelly on the first night and American Pie was the last song I remember being squealed out the following night.
The weather was wet and windy and could have been warmer for the time of year but surprisingly I loved it and found camping incredibly relaxing, the campsite was fantastic (despite the noise, which I understand is very unusual)and I will definitely go back there again.
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