Wildlands Reviews

Wonderful site

Great small campsite - really enjoyed the peace and quiet and being surrounded by nature. Lovely hosts.

My favourite kind of place

Absolutely lovely place. Beautiful part of Suffolk. A lot of thought has been given to setting up this campsite and it shows. My pitch was perfect. Very quiet despite there being children around. I loved it here. There are a couple of tweaks I think would be helpful. I find myself wondering how larger people manage in the loos. It would be good to find a solution to the green mould beginning to grow on the floor of one shower. It's the kind of thing which puts people off and could get slippy. It may just need going over with a stiff brush every day or so but really not the kind of issue which would put me off going.

Fantastic stay in a beautiful location

My partner and I enjoyed a wonderful 3-night stay at Kingfishers in Suffolk. Lots of land to explore, walks to enjoy, and wildlife to spot. Matthew (the site host) greeted us shortly after we arrived, with a booklet featuring info on local walks and attractions. He was very friendly, had lots of great advice for us during our stay, and was welcoming of any and all questions we had. The toilet and shower facilities are fantastic. Cleaned daily, these were always smelling fresh and looking good. There was also a good spread of these around the camp site, meaning that there was never a time where we had to queue up or wait to use a facility. A particular bonus was the delightful smelling handwash that every sink was provided with. The area where we pitched out tent was full of lush, green, freshly mowed grass, and each pitch offers a full sized park bench to go with it. Which made cooking and preparing meals etc...much easier. We would 100% go back to Kingfishers, and hope to book again very soon. 10 out of 10 from us.

Excellent

It is well off the beaten track in some beautiful wild countryside. You'll be hearing loads of owl noises at night here. If you like your creature comforts like brick built showers, toilets & a bar, it will not be for you. If you like wild, rugged nature, then this is great. We'll be back.

Peaceful site

Nice peaceful site, in fact we had the whole field to ourselves the first night! The facilities are basic but spotlessly clean, the showers once again basic but plenty of hot water, so all you needed. Only one small complaint was that my wife found the step into the facilities a little high and had difficulty getting up and down, maybe another step would help. On the whole the site is in a lovely position and was right for the places we wanted to visit. The site is advertised as near wild camping and that is what you get. The 5 minute walk to the local pub looked more like 15 to 20 minutes, unless there was a short cut we didn't find. In general, a very pleasant stay for a couple of nights.

Wonderful, peaceful stay

This beautiful campsite had lots of space between pitches. Run by a very friendly family. Well kept and toilets and showers were clean. The showers were really good, hot and powerful. The toilets and showers were quite kooky in wooden individual cubicles but dotted around the site. Meadow areas and trees create stunning surroundings. It was about 15 minutes to Framlingham and the coastal areas, about 30 minutes. Lovely homemade and well-priced food at the Cretingham Bell, which was about 10 minutes easy walk. Looking forward to going back in the glamping tent soon. Don't usually visit the same place twice but this site was so serene and peaceful and so central to all the places worth visiting, we will definitely be going again.

No reception

Very disappointing. I tried to contact the park for five days before my visit, by phone and email to enquire if I could check in earlier. Finally got an email on the fifth day to say no its 4p.m. Go to the park at 3.20, empty electric pitches. Rang the number provided only to get an answer phone, again. Later that afternoon I saw a person on a golf trolley, I said are you a member of staff, he said yes, I said I have been ringing all the numbers on the email, he replied I didn't answer the phone as it wasn't 4 o'clock! I said have you got a site map for walking etc, he said he would drop it off to my caravan. I never saw him again until 10 a.m. a few days later. A family arrived at 4.40 pm one day and asked me if worked here. I said I didn't but could help. They explained they had rung the number but got no reply. I said we are the only ones left on the site, so I said you should put your trailer tent near us. This site needs a point of reference, a reception or more than one member of staff. It is also not lit on any of the roads. The toilets do not have any wash basins. This site is not cheap either.

Really peaceful stay

Really peaceful mid week stay, in beautiful surroundings. Very clean facilities.

Rural Suffolk campsite

Great campsite in a lovely rural location. Spacious pitches and clean facilities. We particularly enjoyed watching the hares play as we ate our breakfast!

Lovely stay

We had a lovely stay with lots of room. Great base for exploring. I think we would have benefited from an earlier check in and later check out to make the most of our stay.

Lovely stay!

We had a lovely stay however there were a few things which could be improved on. Firstly, we booked 2 pitches on the same booking as we were 2 families together. When we arrived we had been allocated 2 separate pitches at either end of the field which was very frustrating. The pitches are a decent size though so we both shared one pitch and one of the other campers kindly moved their electric wire to help us out. It was rather frustrating as it should be obvious if you book 2 pitches that you want them together! The second thing is that there was 1 toilet/1 shower/1 sink for our section. You can walk into the next field to the non electric pitches however there is only 1 there too. We felt there should be more facilities. We did not like the fact there is only 1 sink in which to do both your washing up and brush your teeth - it's not hygienic! Aside from the above, the site is very attractive and in a great location. The lake and adventure play area is lovely as is the restaurant area. We had a lovely time and we would definitely return.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. We appreciate all feedback and we will take your comments on board. As we continue to develop our nearly-wild campsite offering, we will be adding some additional facilities for the coming year without spoiling the beautiful surroundings of the country park. We appreciate your frustration that your pitches were not allocated together in the first place as we do try to our best to keep parties together. We would always advise parties booking in different names to make a quick note in the special requests box when booking if they would like to be next to another family. However, pitches booked in the same name should be allocated together unless we are advised otherwise so please accept our apologies for this error. However, we are however that you enjoyed your stay with us and look forward to welcoming you back soon. The Team at Kingfishers.

Great campsite with friendly staff

We had a fantastic stay at Kingfishers. We loved how quiet and calm the site was and really enjoyed the adventure play area and the lake area. We liked the simplicity of the campsite area itself and enjoyed walking around. We found it to be a good base for days out (Aldeburgh, Colchester zoo). The shower was hot but basic, but this was fine for us. If it was busier, we may have found it more difficult only having one shower (we were one of two pitches on our site). It was a shame the shack cafe at the lake wasn't yet serving food, but also picnics were not allowed. It meant we couldn't make the most of kayaking etc with young children who like regular food! We loved our stay and hope to go back next year.

Great campsite

A lovely site, could have been more toilets/showers near the camping area.

Wonderful little hidden gem

WOW. This place is a little hidden gem, I'm reluctant to give this review in case people find out about it. The setting is beautiful. We stayed in our motorhome but they also have lodges and yurts. There is a restaurant that does delicious pizzas in their pizza oven and the staff were really friendly and helpful. There is a small shop/deli on site as well and if you fancy it, you can even hire a rowing boat or canoe for a trip on the lake, followed by a coffee or beer at the little lakeside café - 'The Shack'.

Happy days

I think the toilet shack & shower shack should be away from each other more. Also would be good if there was at least 2 of each & same with washing up sinks.

Site's response

Thank you for your review and we will take your comments on board. As we continue to develop our campsite, additional facilities will be added, including this summer. We are however pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us and would recommend us to others. The Team at Kingfishers