Most campsite pages tell a motorhome owner almost nothing they need. They say the pitches are spacious and the welcome is friendly, and they leave out the four or five facts that actually decide it: how wide the internal lanes are, what the hook-up really delivers, whether you can empty a grey tank without filling a container, and whether you can stay one night or have to take three.
This is the list we would want if we were booking somewhere else. It is written about Priory Farm at St Olaves, because that is the site we know, but the questions are worth asking of anywhere on the Broads.
1. Whether you can get in, and get out again
The approach here is off the A143 at St Olaves. From the main road you drive down the track towards the Priory Farm Restaurant, past the llamas, then round to the right of the restaurant car park to the rear, where the caravan park entrance is.
Two things matter once you are through it. The internal lanes are wide, and they were built that way for large motorhomes rather than adapted for them afterwards. And there is no security barrier, so there is no height bar, no card to fumble for and nothing to reverse away from at ten o’clock at night.
There is also no reception to wait at. The site is not permanently manned and you do not check in on arrival. You drive in, check the sitemap at the entrance, and go to your allocated pitch. Pitches are allocated rather than picked, because not all of them are the same size, so the one with your name on it is the one to set up on.
2. Hardstanding, and how much of it
Every pitch is hardstanding and every pitch is 8 metres by 10 metres. There are eighteen touring pitches in total, which is the other number worth knowing, because it sets how quiet the place is.
Awnings, porches and gazebos are free. So is an extra car.
Fab quiet site. Biggest pitches I’ve ever seen. Local pub opposite is great and offers 10% discount.
Curiosity10431209570, TripAdvisor, August 2026
3. Ten amps, not sixteen
Every pitch has a 10 amp electric hook-up, fused and switched at the side of its own utility post, and each post carries a switched light.
Ten amps at 230 volts is about 2.3 kilowatts. That runs a fridge, a laptop charger, a kettle on its own and a modest heater on its own. It does not run a 2kW fan heater and a kettle at the same time, and if you are used to 16 amp bollards you will notice. Better to know that before you arrive than to go looking for the trip switch in the dark.
4. Grey waste, and whether you have to carry it
This is the question that separates sites that have thought about motorhomes from sites that have not, and almost nobody publishes the answer.
There is a separate grey waste disposal point next to the chemical point, and it has a drive-over drain. If your van has a grey waste valve you can pull up over it and pull the valve. No container, no six trips across a field carrying something you would rather not be carrying.
5. Chemical disposal, fresh water and the bin
All three sit together at a central service area, which is the arrangement you want when you are doing the whole lot in one stop before you leave.
The chemical waste point is covered with a green top and has separate taps for cleaning and for rinsing, which is worth using in the order intended. Fresh water is a separate point at the same service area. Rubbish is a single bin, bagged waste only, and it is emptied by hand, so bagging everything is not a formality.
6. Whether one night is allowed
It is. Minimum stay here is one night, and two over bank holidays.
That sounds small until you try to book a Tuesday somewhere else. Several adults-only sites within half an hour of St Olaves sell two-night blocks only, and bank holiday minimums of three and four nights are common across the region. Pitchup’s 2026 figures put 38% of all trips at a single night and 10% of 2025 stays booked on the day of arrival, so a good deal of real demand gets turned away by minimum stays rather than by full sites.
If you are passing through on the A143 and want one night before moving on, that is a booking here, not a phone call that ends in an apology.
7. What it costs once the extras are added back on
£24 a night low season, £32 high season, for a hardstanding pitch with 10A hook-up, fresh water, waste disposal and use of the toilet and shower block.
Then the list of things other sites charge for and this one does not: no booking fee, no charge for an awning or a porch or a gazebo, no charge for an extra car, no bank holiday supplement, and up to two dogs at no extra cost. Cancellation is free up to 28 days before arrival.
The Bell Inn is across the road and gives guests 10% off food and drink, which is the closest thing to a catering arrangement here. The on-site restaurant is weekend-only and a wood-fired pizza truck visits in summer, so plan on cooking or walking over the road.
8. Where you can actually take the van once you are here
St Olaves sits on the A143 and inside the Broads National Park boundary, not near it. St Olaves Bridge is the first bridging point on the River Waveney above Great Yarmouth, and the Broads Authority’s own navigation notes record 24-hour moorings with electric charging points at St Olaves, just before the bridge.
For anything on the north bank of the Yare, the Reedham chain ferry is the short way round, and it is the one piece of local infrastructure a motorhome owner needs to check rather than assume. As published by the operator and checked on 24 September 2026, it carries up to three cars and a maximum of 12 tonnes, at £4.30 for a car or light van and £2.00 for a caravan or trailer, running 6.30am to 10pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 10pm at weekends. Know your plated weight before you commit to the ramp. The alternative is a long way round through Acle.
Otherwise, approximate drive times from the gate: Great Yarmouth about twenty minutes, Beccles about fifteen, Lowestoft about twenty-two. The Angles Way footpath passes the site, so the dog gets walked without moving the van at all. There is more on the area on our what’s nearby page, and on the Broads walks that start at the gate.
If you are in a campervan rather than a motorhome
All of the above applies, and the hardstanding and the drive-over drain matter less when you are in a conversion with no grey tank. The block matters more, because plenty of conversions have no toilet or shower on board. There is a page for that: campervan sites in Norfolk.
Booking
Eighteen pitches, 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, and the practical detail, including the service point layout and the electricity instructions above, is on the site information page.