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Bearse Farm near the ancient village of St.Briavels is in the glorious Forest of Dean in South Gloucestershire. Set in the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and near the Welsh border.
We offer 4 grass pitches and 1 hard-standing pitch for adult-only use. All pitches individually fenced for privacy, each with water, drainage, and electricity hook up. The countryside is beautiful, with many footpaths and a Site of Special Scientific Interest within walking distance. Local wildlife includes, Roe & Red deer, nesting flocks of swifts, swallows, and house martens, and a resident colony of bats in the farmhouse attic.
Once a working farm we now host dog training groups and horse livery in the adjacent paddocks and indoor sand school. Please feel free to bring your dogs. Horses can be accommodated by prior arrangement.
Availability and bookings are all online via our website allowing you to arrive and set up on your chosen pitch without booking in.
We would like your stay to be enjoyable and peaceful, if we have missed anything please let us know straight away and we will attend to it promptly and we look forward to seeing you again.
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Latest arrival time: 9:00 PM
Latest departure time: 12:00 PM
1 acres
Sloping pitches
Levelling blocks required
Electric amperage: 16
Lawned site
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Sites key:
- Postcode:
- GL15 6QU
- GPS:
- Lat 51.744007 / Lon -2.62096
- OS field ref:
- SO572052
- OS map ref:
- 162
Transport links
- Nearest train station: Lydney
- Train station within 5 miles
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Excellent facilities
Bearse Farm
We found the facilities excellent (including the free wi-fi), and the site was well kept. Whilst the road was busy during the day, it fell practically silent by late evening and throughout the night so we slept very well. Lovely to see the swifts flying in and out of the stables. We enjoyed watching the dog agility classes take place, but be aware it is quite a noisy activity. The agility field was busy throughout our 3 night stay but the dogs were all gone by about 4pm. The surroundings are delightful with wonderful sunsets and there are great walks nearby including into St Briavels where there is a superb pub. We didn’t see the owners at all although we were on site quite a lot. That was disappointing but the pre-arrival emails were excellent and informative. We would definitely return
Lovely stay at Bearse Farm
Bearse Farm
We spent a delightful night at Bearse Farm. We were lucky with the weather as we had a beautiful sunset and the evening was made even more mellow by the house martins flying to and fro. The pitches are larger than average and well maintained. We had our own tap and grey water and hook up; and the toilet disposal is easy to use and clean. There are several handy walks from the site and dogs are easy to look after there. The area is perfect for making the most of the Forest of Dean. Yes we were by a road but the noise didn't bother us. All in all - excellent and we'd go again.
A very peaceful week
Bearse Farm
Just back from a very relaxing week at this delightful CL. The weather was extremely wet, but fortunately, we had booked the hard standing pitch and we had the whole site to ourselves all week. Made very welcome on arrival and everything explained. The site is an old farm that is now used for stabling and dog agility, although all the dog agility was inside while we were there, probably because it was a *bit* wet.
The pitches are huge with a slight slope, so some form of levelling is likely to be necessary and all overlook a paddock where horses are grazed. There is a road to the back of the pitches, so some road noise is inevitable, but it isn't that intrusive and only local traffic with the odd tractor.
TV signal is a bit intermittant; phone signal is non-existant - but there is fast and free WiFi available if you want to use the phone or watch TV.The location is ideally placed, being in the centre of a triangle between Chepstow, Monmouth and Lydney and there is plenty to do within easy reach. A day trip into Bristol or Cardiff is a possibility and we easily found things to do every day, despite it beng mid March and really out of season.
Overall, it is a very good CL with friendly, helpful owners, in a location where good sites especially with serviced pitches are few and far between and provides easy access to all the attractions of the ancient Forest of Dean.
One helpful suggestion - the roads are quite rough in places, especially on the obvious route from Chepstow, which also has a couple of narrow points. It's a bit further, but an easier journey via Lydney, especially if towing a twin axle caravan as it makes the approach into the site a little easier
Lovely site
Bearse Farm
Have just spent ten days here and enjoyed every moment. The owners are very pleasant and helpful and the serviced pitches are very big and well tended. There are lovely walks across the fields and through woodlands, which was excellent for our dog. It was also entertaining to watch the dog training on site!
You can walk to the nearby village of St Briavels where there are the remains of a 12th Century castle, a pub, a community shop and two cafés. There is also a small but very good farmer’s market on the first Saturday in the month.
Will we be back next year? Absolutely!
Another wonderful stay
Bearse Farm
We have stayed at Bearse Farm three times now and we really love it there. The owners are really helpful and welcoming and maintain the site to a high standard. We were lucky to be able to watch the deers first thing in the morning in the adjacent cornfield, and being able to explore the woods is wonderful. Personally we have never found the road noise to be too much, there's a few cars during your general commuting hour but it's not persistent and there's only the odd car in evenings and over night. We have a reactive rescue dog and I have always found the dog training groups to be respectful of this, they will always give you the space if it's needed and we've never had any problems with them. This place is really worth a visit.
