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Forest View

Penkridge Bank, Rugeley, Staffordshire

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Please note that this site doesn't provide showers and so guests must bring their own facilities if required.

Forest View offers extensive walking and cycling in the Cannock Chase AONB with no main highway traffic and is set on a charming working farm with sheep, poultry and abundant bird life. There is an extension paddock ideal for rallies, and dogs are welcome to join you. The site offers grass and hardstanding pitches. Access to Kingsley Wood Road is from Stafford Brook Road.

Why you'll love it at Forest View

Close proximity to forest cycle tracks and Go Ape

Abundant wildlife - birds and deer

Small, peaceful site offering great views of the stars at night

About the site

This is a quiet and peaceful site in the Midlands. Forest View is within easy driving distance of many attractions including Alton Towers, Drayton Manor Park, the National Arboretum, RAF Cosford, Cadbury World and many more. Shugborough Estate is a good stretch of the legs across the Chase. It is a great central point to use as a base for an entire holiday of daily trips out. Pitches are on level ground. Campervans and bikers are welcome on the rally field. There are also four hardstanding touring pitches available. Deer are sighted regularly, sometimes visiting the site overnight, and there is abundant bird life and wildlife generally in the surrounding area. Pasture available, bring your own pony, by arrangement.

Open all year

Facilities and amenities

Accessible facilities

Adult only

Allow commercial vans

Allow pets on site

Café / restaurant / takeaway

Drinking water

Family friendly

Fires allowed

Shop

Showers

Toilets

WiFi

Communal BBQ

Electric hookups

Open year round

Peaceful

RV pitches

W.C. disposal

There is an information centre on site including a Midlands Air Ambulance Charity corner. There is a portable toilet onsite.

It's two miles to the nearest convenience store or 3 miles to Rugeley with major supermarkets, pubs, takeaways and a launderette.

A note from the site themselves...

The site is situated in the Cannock Chase AONB and in close proximity to a SSSI/SAC site.

We ask our visitors to respect the conservation area by keeping dogs on leads within that area especially during the summer months when there are ground nesting nightjar and woodcock and risk to your dog of adder bite. When out walking you are advised to keep to main pathways rather than rambling across the heath.

The fallow deer also have their fawns in June and conceal them in the undergrowth for the first few days. We provide bird feeding stations and have an abundant and varied bird population.

Map and address

Park address

Forest View,

The Smallholding, Kingsley Wood Road, Penkridge Bank, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2UF

Coordinates

52.7540, -1.9944 | SK 0 17

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Forest View is ideal for...

Couples

Older children (13+)

Peace and quiet

Rallies

Young children

There are 16 accommodation options on-site

6 x Grass Touring Pitches

Six grass pitches, some including electric hook-ups.

10 x Hardstanding Touring Pitches

Four hardcore pitches, some of which have electric hook-ups.

Interested in staying at Forest View?

Unfortunately Forest View doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.

Usual site rules - dogs on leads and under control at all times, no ball games on site, no fire pits. Visitors are allowed within reason.

BBQs are allowed provided they are raised from the grass surface or on the hardcore but no open flame fires are allowed anywhere on Cannock Chase.

Things to do on site and in the Rugeley area

The site doesn't offer on-site activities but you are welcome to create your own - such as rustling up a BBQ dinner under a starry sky.

Or you can simply enjoy what Cannock Chase has to offer - miles of walking or cycling without the need to travel away from the site to start your adventure.

There are two visitor centres on the Chase, from the County Council and Forestry Commission - they'll help point you to where you can swing through the trees with Go Ape or hire a bike to explore further.

This is an area touched by an everlasting memory of the Great War, with the German and Commonwealth Cannock Chase Military Cemeteries, the Katyn Memorial and lots of WW1 archaeology. Information is available in the information centre relating to 1914-1918 war camps.

The site is actually situated on the Rugeley camp area. The CC visitor centre is located on the old RAF Hednesford site at the top of Kitbag Hill.

Cannock Chase coalfield has a rich mining history too, with the last coal mines closing in the 90s, and you can uncover it all at the Museum of Cannock Chase.

Other great attractions nearby include:

  • Lichfield Cathedral
  • Garrick Theatre
  • The Monkey Forest
  • Trentham Gardens
  • Churnet Valley Railway
  • Shugborough Estate (National Trust)
  • National Memorial Arboretum
  • RAF Cosford Museum

Interested in staying at Forest View?

Unfortunately Forest View doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.

The listing for Forest View was last updated on March 11th, 2025 at 10:10 AM

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