Norfolk schools broke up on Friday. Suffolk goes on Monday. For the next week every touring park between Yarmouth and the coast fills up, the play areas get busy, and the site that was perfectly peaceful in September turns into something else entirely.
Not here. We are adults only, 18 and over, all year round, no exceptions and no half term amnesty. Which makes this the one week of the year when the difference is most obvious.
The dates, so you can plan around them
Norfolk half term: Friday 23 to Friday 30 October.
Suffolk half term: Monday 26 to Friday 30 October.
The clocks go back on Sunday 25 October, so from Sunday evening it is dark by late afternoon. That is worth knowing before you set off rather than after.
What is actually on this week
The Norwich Beer Festival, Monday 26 to Saturday 31 October
The 47th Norwich Beer Festival runs all week at The Halls in Norwich. Six days, and it is the sort of thing that is genuinely better without a car.
Haddiscoe station is a thirty minute walk from our gate, on the line into Norwich. That solves the problem that every other campsite within reach of Norwich has this week. You can go to a beer festival and come back without anybody having to stay off the drink.
The birds are in
Breydon Water is about ten minutes away and the autumn wader passage is in full swing. Curlew, redshank and dunlin working the mud at low tide, and the pink-footed geese coming over in numbers at dusk. Take the tide times with you, because at high water there is nothing to look at and at low water there is everything.
The seals, with an honest caveat
Everybody wants to know about the seals. Here is the accurate version.
Grey seal pupping on the Norfolk coast runs November to January. Through late October the pregnant females start hauling out at Horsey and Winterton, and a voluntary beach closure goes in, with viewing from two marked areas on the dunes above Horsey Gap car park.
So if you come this week you may well see seals. You will probably not see pups. Come back in late November and you will see a great many of them.
Walking straight off the pitch
The Angles Way footpath runs past the site, so the dog gets walked without anybody getting back in the car. The ground is at its firmest now, the flies have gone, and you can do two hours along the Waveney in half term week without meeting anybody at all. We have four marked routes from the gate with PDF maps on the walks page, and printed copies at reception.
The practical bit
Eighteen touring pitches. Every one is hardstanding, 8 metres by 10 metres, with a 10 amp electric hook-up. From £24 a night.
What is included that other places charge for: no booking fee, no charge for an awning, a porch or a gazebo, no charge for an extra car, and up to two dogs per pitch at no extra cost. Free cancellation up to 28 days before you arrive.
Minimum stay is one night. If you want to come for Tuesday and Wednesday only, that is a booking, not a phone call that ends in an apology.
The Bell Inn is across the road and gives our guests 10% off food and drink. The toilet and shower block was built in 2024.
Three things you should know before you book
It gets dark early and there is no WiFi. Mobile signal here is poor. It is the thing our reviews mention most often. Bring a book, or do not come this week.
There is one shower and one toilet per gender. The block is new and it is clean, and that is still the number. If you want six cubicles, there are sites that have them.
We share a boundary with a working farm and an animal sanctuary. That is the reason we are adults only, and it is also why there are llamas on the way in.
Booking
Pitches are still free this week and over the weekend. Adults only, one night if that is all you want, no booking fee.
Check availability and book, or ring us on 01493 764400.
Prices and what is included are on the pitches and prices page.