Purple Badger Camping and Fishing Lakes
Purple Badger Camping and Fishing Lakes
4.74 /5
Purple Badger Camping and Fishing Lakes is uniquely placed, offering peaceful woodland and quiet relaxation for you to fish, camp or even glamp in one of three lovely shepherd's huts, perched on the lakeside, as well as bell tents. You'll also be close enough to Leicester and the various local market towns for those who yearn for a bit of culture, shopping or eating out! 40 mins from Rutland Water, with a secluded feel.
Located just 25 minutes to Leicester city centre
Variety of glamping with lake views, including a yurt, bell tent and shepherd's hut
Great onsite coarse fishing lakes close to Reedbed Nature Reserve
About Purple Badger Camping and Fishing Lakes
This site offers guests a variety of ways to stay, catering for those who favour traditional tent camping as well as glampers seeking out a luxury break in a handcrafted shepherd's hut or pre-pitched bell tent. If you simply would like to camp with all your own equipment, non electric tent pitches are mowed 10m wide and bordered by wildflowers and long grass. The camping field is car free so children can roam and explore and, as there are only 7 pitches (all 6m apart), you can relax and unwind in plenty of space. All have a space for a log fire too. Wheelbarrows are also provided to help move your camping gear, just 100m to the furthest pitch. The camping field can also be made available to hire for your exclusive use, including private use of facilities. Or leave the tent behind and choose a stay in one of three beautifully handcrafted shepherd's huts sitting amongst the trees and located on the edge of the top lake. All huts have wonderfully snug interiors including a double bed, perfectly formed kitchen, wood burner and their own private bathrooms with electric shower and waterless toilets. They also include the fishing pegs that are just in front and to the side of each hut, great for a glass of wine or ideal to catch that carp. You'll also find ready pitched bell tents in the camping field. Millie the bell tent is furnished, sleeping up to five, with a standard double bed and camp beds for additional guests. It has a cute outside mini shed/storage unit which holds all you need for your stay away, including a gas stove, plates, glasses, pots and pans! Val, the second bell tent, is also ready pitched for you but unfurnished so you can bring your own camping kit to set up your home from home. Both bell tents have outside chairs, a bench and fire pits ready for stargazing and marshmallow toasting with your loved ones!
Shepherd's huts are open all year except January. Camping and the bell tents are available from 31st March to 30th October.
The camping fields include two showers and a sink area in a converted horse box, plus two flushing toilets with hand sinks in each. The Old Chicken Shed houses two washing up sinks, a fridge, freezer and electricity points.
There is also a toilet and hot shower near the top carp lake for night anglers. The shepherd's huts have their own showers, toilets and kitchens. Bell tents have access to shared facilities.
The site also has its own coffee cart open at weekends in low season and all week in the summer months 8am - 1pm. Plus a wood fired pizza oven is open Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings serving traditional wood fired pizzas. There is also the Badgers Den in the camping field - an up-cycled wooden shelter great for socialising in all weathers.
Within ten minutes is a local Co-op and there is a wider range of supermarkets and restaurants just 15 minutes away. The Dog and Gun pub is a five minute drive away at Keyham.
Adult only
Allow commercial vans
Allow pets on site
Bike hire
Café / restaurant
Communal BBQ
Disabled facilities
Drinking water
Electric hookups
Entertainment
Family friendly
Fires allowed
Fishing
Games room
Glamping
Golf
Horse riding
Hot tub
Kids club
Kids playground
Laundry
Near beach
Near pub
Open year round
Peaceful
RV pitches
Shop
Showers
Swimming pool
Toilet
TV room
Vineyard
Water hookups
Watersports
W.C. disposal
WiFi
There are 12 accommodation options on-site
Bookable pitches and accommodation options
7 x Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches
Max 6 people
10m mowed grass pitches with fire pits. Each are 6m apart and bordered by wildflowers and wild grass. No cars are allowed on the camping field so wheelbarrows are provided to help move your camping kit.
4.74 /5
100%
would recommend
Beautiful site and lovely people
Recommends site
Benjamin K
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The site is very orderly and pretty, even if you don't want to use them, the fishing lakes by the campsite are pretty and a great spot for an evening chat. The toilets were always clean and sanitary, they were nice toilets as well, not port-a-loos as there were sinks for washing up. There was a little spot to buy coffee in the mornings and restaurant-quality pizza was available on Saturday evenings. The owners were incredibly nice, they lent us a sleeping bag free of charge when we realised we'd forgotten one, they helped us start a campfire and were friendly all-around. One of my friends (who camps quite often), said it was the best site they'd been to.
Site's response
Thank you for your lovely review. We are so happy that you all enjoyed your stay at Purple Badger and the facilities available to you. We hope to see you again. Thank you, Mark and Helen.
Fantastic setting
Recommends site
Stephen B
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Stayed for 2 nights with my son while visiting an event at Donington Park Circuit. The hut was comfortable and the wood burning stove was a great asset on a cold April night! The setting and wildlife are fantastic, and the pizzas are really good too. We'll look to stay here again in the future.
Site's response
Thank you for your review. We are pleased to hear you had such a great time. See you soon again. Mark and Helen
Amazing place!
Recommends site
Nicky N
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Fabulous location, we used for staying for Party in the Park. Owners really friendly and helpful. Food and Coffee van delicious. We stayed in the Millie bell tent with 2 adults and 3 kids, really spacious and easy! We will definitely return.
Site's response
Thank you for leaving your feedback from your stay with us. We are really pleased to hear that you had such a great time and look forward to seeing you again. Thanks, Mark and Helen.
Site tariff
Things to do on site and in the Leicester area
There is plenty to occupy you in the surrounding area whilst staying at the site, though of course fishing is the most obvious starting point. The bottom lake is ideal for coarse fishing and the top lake includes Carp up to 25lbs! To ensure a lakeside spot, booking is advised.
The site is also ideally situated just 25 minutes from Oakham/Rutland Water and Leicester city centre.
Popular nearby attractions include:
- National Space Centre (22 mins) - full of space interest and excitement
- Richard III Visitor Centre (25 mins) - tells the now famous story of how Richard III was found in one of the city's car parks!
- Belvoir Castle (50 mins) -historic castle and home to the Duke of Rutland
- Oakham Caste (25mins)
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