Longleat Safari Park

thornton538096
thornton538096 Forum Participant Posts: 32
edited June 2014 in Your stories #1

Not long back from our week long tour where thanks to a school inset day we were able to stay for 2 nights at the Longleat Club site, lucky with the weather and a brilliant site sitting vertually next door to Longleat house. Here are some pictures from that day.

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  • brue
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    edited June 2014 #2

    Smile Lovely photos!

  • RowenaBCAMC
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    edited June 2014 #3

    Fantastic photos. Your family look like they are having a really wonderful time - it makes me want to go back to Longleat Caravan Club Site!! Smile

  • diblar
    diblar Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited July 2014 #4

    I have to agree, the Longleat site is an excellent site, suituated within the grounds of Longleat itself. We spent Christmas 2013 & New Year 2014 at this site and have to say that the Staff were impeccable, and made everybody welcome, with the additional
    suprise of Carol singing on Christmas Day. We can highly recommend the Longleat Site for both a relaxing break and having the added advantage of being able to walk into the grounds of Longleat at anytime of the day, however you do need to make additional piurchases
    if you wish to go around the safari park and various attractions.

  • Julia1000
    Julia1000 Forum Participant Posts: 7
    edited August 2014 #5

    We love the Longleat site and have been there twice this year. It's especially handy as my daughter works with the lions and tigers. It's lovely that you can just walk for 2 minutes and your in the Longleat grounds

  • woofydoggy
    woofydoggy Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited October 2014 #6

    We stayed there in August for a couple of nights on the way to Cornwall. Loved it and will be returning.

  • Ralph Rowlands
    Ralph Rowlands Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited December 2014 #7

    Longleat is unquestionable a lovely site with perfect facilities and access to Longleat House and grounds. Only sad part is the current approach through the narrow lane which was previously the exit road (and still is) whereas prior to this change the approach
    from the main entrance, exiting the trees to the meadow with the amazing view of Longleat House took my breath away the first time I stayed.

  • WinhallWanderers
    WinhallWanderers Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited May 2015 #8

    There is a brillian CL near there too, at Witham Hall Farm, Witham Friary.  It doesn't have electrics, but if you can manage without that it's brilliant.  Spacious, peaceful, lovely countryside, next to a fishing lake, lots of local walks and history.

  • ScreenName6BE38B3289
    ScreenName6BE38B3289 Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited July 2015 #9

    We are taking our 2 Grandchildren (5 and 2) on their first ever caravan trip at the end of July for 6 nights, choose Longleat because of its great writeups, lets hope it lives up to them (have every confidence it will), we are in Newport CC site at the moment
    and has a separate room for showering young children, do you know if Longleat CC has one of these.

  • TKT
    TKT Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited July 2015 #10

    Have just returned from a 2 week tour which included Longleat for the first time, the site is up to the usual exceptional caravan club standards, however the approach to the site is not good, it used to be safer and wider but I understand Longleat estate
    change the access some little time ago, as for Longleat itself very good for families with  young children but well over priced, with no entry to the grounds past the security hut without tickets, not the best experiance I must say, and no roaring lions just
    braying zebras.

  • lulabell
    lulabell Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited August 2015 #11

    no dogs no us great shame

  • Phil Jones
    Phil Jones Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited August 2015 #12

    We are in a motor home and have booked to stay at the site next week. We wish to visit the Safari park but obviously do not want to drive around the park ourselves. Is there a bus for "foot passengers"?

  • Jeffrey Reynolds
    Jeffrey Reynolds Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited August 2015 #13

    Cant wait reading this tonight and my wife and our three grandchildren are all packed and ready to go there tomorrow for 5 days

  • jf931578
    jf931578 Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited September 2015 #14

    Fantastic CC site, and 10 out of 10 for the CCstaff, but having used the site as a stopover on the way back from devon (intending to go to longleat) we were disappointed that Longleat A) felt that a 16 year old is an adult price... and B) we were not paying
    £125 (with discount) for a one day visit (extortionate price)....decided to travel into bath and probably spent £40 and had a great day out elsewhere.

  • terry1968
    terry1968 Forum Participant Posts: 6
    edited October 2015 #15

    Yes its a very nice site. Spent a week there so I could see everything instead of rushing. Well worth it and everything on the doorstep.

  • romarob
    romarob Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited December 2015 #16

    Just returned from the Festival of Lights rallie with east Dorset centre what a fantastic weekend with all the family the staff at longleat were very friendly and helpful, the site wardens were friendly and the fish and chip van freshly cooked all in all
    would highly recommend.

  • raycarroll
    raycarroll Forum Participant Posts: 1
    edited January 2016 #17

    Can you still walk around the grounds 'gardens'of longleat at night time.

  • chippedtdi
    chippedtdi Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited March 2016 #18

    We are taking our 2 Grandchildren (5 and 2) on their first ever caravan trip at the end of July for 6 nights, choose Longleat because of its great writeups, lets hope it lives up to them (have every confidence it will), we are in Newport CC site at the moment
    and has a separate room for showering young children, do you know if Longleat CC has one of these

    Having stayed at Longleat Site many times we do know it has a family room with bath etc hope this helps. 

  • measures
    measures Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited April 2016 #19

    Have stayed many times at Longleat over the years and seen many changes, not all for the best, but are returning again in late April with friends who have never been, lets hope its still as good as before.

  • measures
    measures Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited April 2016 #20

    Can you still walk around the grounds 'gardens'of longleat at night time.

    ..I assume you have visited by now, can you walk round in the evening?