Adult Only Touring Caravan Park & Camping
Self-catering Holiday Lodge Accommodation For hire
Sparkford Somerset
TOURING CARAVAN PARK CHRISTMAS AVAILABILITY AND CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY LODGES FOR HIRE - CHRISTMAS 2024 AND NEW YEAR'S EVE 2025
Don't miss out on a New Year pitch to see in 2025! All of our remaining availability is on our booking system with the last of our fully serviced pitches.
We are one of the few touring and caravan parks open all year in Somerset and throughout Christmas and New Year. We make a great base to visit family and friends or just get away from it all!
Following such a busy Christmas and New Year in Somerset for 2023/2024, our booking system is now accepting caravan, motorhome, RV, Fifth Wheel and lodge bookings for 2024/2025. Our New Year's Eve celebrations were fully booked for New Year's Eve 2024 and we have already taken many bookings for the coming year!
As an established Open All Year caravan site, we know we provide safe, clear access to the park in all weathers and you can rest assured your pitch will never flood or be snowed under. We make a great base to visit friends and family in Somerset and Dorset, with your touring unit an extension of your own residential home bubble for the Christmas period. Our caravan park is open with availability in December with many great events outlined below.
We are open all day, every day over Christmas and New Year and are available to take bookings for touring caravan and motorhome pitches. Our all-weather hardstandings and access via main roads make us easily accessible, and easy to get back out and see friends and family too! With three great pubs within a two mile radius, you'll be spoilt for choice for your Christmas lunch if you don't fancy cooking in the caravan!
If you would like to make a touring booking for Christmas in Somerset, please take a look at our online booking system:
TOP TIP FOR CHRISTMAS VISITS:
Visit the Christmas lights at Stourhead National Trust property and gardens, just a 15 minute drive away!
"We increased our stay from 4 nights to 7 due to the peaceful and well organised site. There are lots of beautiful places to visit including Stourhead and Montacute NT houses open all year. We even had a day trip to the coast (Lyme Regis). All good where Covid cleaning etc is concerned. Quiet and friendly." - Ross Billingsley
"We were visiting a local country home for their Christmas lights and Long Hazel was booked for us by our friends who also stayed. What a lovely well run facility. Brilliant." - Carole Allcock
"Met friends and parked motorhomes together. Staff were very helpful and friendly. Their Christmas decorations are fab! Fantatsic stay. Local pub, lovely meals for us all. Highly recommend it. Convenient for many attractions. We did Stourhead Xmas lights Saturday and Bath show ground flea market Sunday." - Barbara Smith
PLAN YOUR CHRISTMAS 2024 AND NEW YEAR'S EVE GETAWAY!
We welcomed more guests than ever in touring caravans, motorhomes and in our holiday lodges for Christmas and New Year's Eve 2023 and, unsurprisingly, many of you are already looking forward to spending the holidays with friends and family in 2024! With so many events in Somerset in the build up to the festive season, we'd suggest enjoying the National Trust Christmas lights; local makers markets and fantastic food and drink!
WHAT'S ON IN SOMERSET FOR CHRISTMAS IN 2024?
NOVEMBER
2 & 3 - Christmas Artisan Market, The Bishop's Palace, Wells
9 November - 5 January - The Festival of Light 2024, Longleat
30 November - eat:Yeovil Christmas market
DECEMBER
Every Tuesday - Castle Cary Market
Sunday 1 - Haynes Breakfast Club, Sparkford
Frome Independent Market
3, 4 & 5 - Christmas Cards & Calligraphy course with botanical inks, The Newt, Hadspen
6, 7 & 8 - Christmas late night shopping, The Newt, Castle Cary
Sunday 8 - The Giant Shepton Mallet Flea Market
3, 4, 5 10, 11 & 12 - Foraged Festive Decorations, The Newt, Hadspen
Thursday 17 - Christmas Raceday, Wincanton Racecourse
Thurday 26 - Boxing Day Racing, Wincanton Racecourse
JOIN US FOR AN ADULT ONLY CARAVAN HOLIDAY
Our adult only, privately run caravan site is open all year for holidays. We're the only VisitEngland five star rated Touring and Camping Park in South Somerset and have been given a Gold Award from The AA, making us one of the top small sites in the UK. We're also a Premier Parks member, chosen as one of their Top 100 sites.
Our caravan park has 25 standard and fully serviced touring pitches available and has capacity for RVs up to 40ft. We have availability for 25 tent pitches for camping in the summer months. We also have two holiday lodges available for hire all year round.
GO ICE SKATING AT CLARKS VILLAGE, STREET
Clarks Village is the best spot for your last minute Christmas shopping in Somerset, where you can pick up designer discounts at 60% off RRP at more than 90 stores.
With some great homeware and camping stores, you'll likely find some bargains for your caravan too!
The ice skating rink will be back again from November 2024.
COCKTAILS, CURRY AND CAROLS
Get in to the Christmas spirit at top local restaurant, Roth Bar and Grill in Bruton. Housed in the grounds of Somerset's most famous art gallery, Hauser & Wirth, you'll recognise the farm as the filming location for "Chocolat".
Gather around the piano to join in with Christmas carols, sip festive cocktails and enjoy curries made with local Somerset produce. This is always a sell out event, dates TBA.
CHRISTMAS FLEA MARKET
Visit the December Giant Flea Market at The Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet on Sunday 8 December 2024. Featuring all things retro, vintage and antique, you'll find homeware, garden ornaments, fashion, music, jewellery and more!
Our local bus route runs from 100 yards from our entrance on Sparkford High Street directly to The Bath and West Showground.
CHRISTMAS WREATH MAKING WORKSHOPS
There's lots of Christmas wreath making workshops around Somerset and Dorset this festive season. Enjoy a day out and take home a wreath - or hang on your caravan door during your stay!
Monday 2nd December - Christmas door wreaths, Flowers & Home, Castle Cary
3, 4, 5 10, 11 & 12 - Foraged Festive Decorations, The Newt, Hadspen
Saturday 7th December - Christmas Wreaths, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury
Saturday 14th December - Christmas Wreaths and Swedish Stars Workshop, Carymoor
APRES SKI, WINCANTON RACECOURSE
Join Wincanton racecourse for an apres ski themed Christmas party on 13 December. The "join us on the mountains" Christmas event includes cocktails, a three course meal and DJ until the early hours.
For Wincanton Christmas racing, there's dates in the diary for afternoon racing on 5 December and Christmas horse racing on 17 December, as well as the fantastic Boxing Day racing event. Book tickets now via their website.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT UNDER CONCORDE, YEOVILTON
Visit the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton for a truly unique experience this December. Enjoy the HMS Heron Royal Navy Volunteer Band performing carols under Concorde 002. Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December.
Tickets are available to purchase via fleetairarm.enquiries@nmrn.org.uk or telephone 01935 840565
WELLS CHRISTMAS ILLUMINATIONS
The Bishop's Palace gardens at Wells will hold their own festive Christmas illuminations. Seasonal indoor decorations will also decorate the interior of the Bishop's Palace.
The medieval Palace grounds house 14 acres of gardens including the famous Wells moat where mute swans have learnt to ring a bell by the Palace drawbridge to ask for food.
7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 2024
FIVE STAR CHRISTMAS
Enjoy a truly five star Christmas, with events from The Newt at Hadspen, near Castle Cary. The Newt has been the sponsor of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the past two years and boasts 300 acres of gardens and woodlands to explore.
13, 20, 21, 28 November - Christmas Creatures in Willow
3, 4 & 5 December - Christmas Cards and Calligraphy with Botanical Inks
5 December - Dawn Walk: Enchanted Winter Trail
6, 7 & 8 - Christmas Late Night Shopping
3, 4, 5, 10, 11 & 12 December - Foraged Festive Adornments
MOTORHOME MAGAZINE MONTHLY
Long Hazel Park has been featured in Motorhome Magazine Monthly as one of their Top 10 sites for Festive Breaks! Visit our Five Star, Premier Parks Top 100 campsite in Somerset for a Christmas break to get you in the spirit for the season in November and December. As an open all year caravan park, we're also open all over Christmas and New Year for touring holidays. We also have holiday lodges for hire, which are ideal for a luxury winter break.
SOMERSET CHRISTMAS TRADITION
The "ashen faggot" is a Christmas tradition across Somerset and Devon, held on Christmas Eve. Seemingly linked to the "yule log", the ashen faggot is made from ash tree sticks and bound with nine green lengths of ash to hold it together. The sticks are thrown on to the fire, with the flames bursting each binding, one at a time. As the withy bindings break, it is tradition to raise a toast and make a wish. When all the bindings have broken, a piece of the half-burned ash sticks is taken to form the log for the next year. The use of ash is though to relate to the birth of the baby Jesus, who was said to be kept warm at his birth by the burning of an ash tree.
WINCANTON RACES BOXING DAY
One of the most popular horse race days in the calendar is the annual Wincanton Boxing Day races. As one of the West Country's courses owned by The Jockey Club, Wincanton is situated just a few miles from Paul Nicholls' stables and often features his young horses in races.
Tickets for the Boxing Day races are from just £10.00 and are selling fast! Wincanton racecourse is just 8 miles away from Sparkford.
NEW YEAR'S EVE CARAVAN PARK 2024/2025
As an open all year caravan park, we've also got pitches and holiday lodges available for New Year. On the border of Somerset and Dorset, we're a great base for a touring caravan holiday for New Year. We're within two miles of three local pubs to celebrate New Year's Eve 2024, with our nearest just 100 yards away. Alternatively, you could order in some local cider and spend a quiet night in in your own caravan!
If you're looking for a great local New Year's Eve party, we'd recommend Roth Bar and Grill's New Year's Eve Extravaganza, 7 miles away in Bruton.
NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY 2024/2025
The Sparkford Inn are, just 100 yards away from us and make an ideal location to ring in 2025.
As the pub is so close, you can walk to and from the party and you won't need to worry about booking a cab back, or having a designated driver. We send out our gate code with your welcome pack, so you're welcome to come back to your caravan or motorhome whenever suits you!
Campervan Magazine featured us in their "Christmas Campervanning" article as one of the best Christmas touring caravan parks!
NEW YEAR 2025
Start the new year of 2025 off with some bracing Somerset walks. Our nearest view across Somerset and Dorset is at Cadbury Hillfort, otherwise known as King Arthur's Camelot at South Cadbury. The old Iron Age hillfort has 7 hectares of open space and is ideal for dogs to run around. There's also a great pub at the bottom, The Camelot.
If you'd like to go a bit further afield, why not travel over to Glastonbury and climb Glastonbury Tor? You'll see Cadbury Camelot from the top and they're both 500 feet above sea level, providing great views of the ancient Isle of Avalon.
TRADITIONAL SOMERSET WASSAILING
Stay a little longer in Somerset and enjoy the tradition of wassailing! Traditionally taking place on twelfth night, so around 5th or 6th January, this ancient celebration takes place in orchards across the county.
Join in with singing and the tradition of blessing the apple trees for next season's crop by tying toast to the branches. It's also custom to enjoy a mulled cider!
Whilst you can often visit small cider farms, the most well attended ceremony is usually at Glastonbury Tor, visited by local druids.
The Mildmay Arms at Queen Camel
The White Post at Adber
TOURING PRICE LIST 2024
OPEN ALL YEAR
FIXED CHARGES PER NIGHT INCLUDING 16 AMP ELECTRIC HOOK-UP AND COMPLIMENTARY HOT SHOWERS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ON ARRIVAL UP TO 31 DECEMBER 2024
NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN
Serviced Touring Caravan or Motorhome Pitch on a hardstanding and 2 Adults £32.50
(Serviced Pitches include access to a standpipe and drainage on your pitch)
Serviced Touring Caravan or Motorhome Pitch on a hardstanding and 2 Adults with extra vehicle £35.00
Standard Touring Pitch Car, Caravan on a hardstanding and 2 Adults £29.00
Standard Touring Pitch Motorhome on a hardstanding and 2 Adults £29.00
Standard Touring Pitch Motorhome on a hardstanding and 2 Adults including one extra vehicle £31.50
Serviced RVs and Motorhomes over 28 foot and 2 Adults on a hardstanding including extra vehicle £38.00
Serviced Fifth Wheel Pitch on a hardstanding and 2 Adults £32.50
Car, Tent and up to 2 Adults £29.00
Motorcycle(s), Tent and up to 2 Adults £24.00
Pedal Cycle(s), Tent and up to 2 Adults £24.00
Larger Tents (more than 6m x 6m) Extra Per Night £5.00
Extra Adults (each) £13.00
Fitted Awning Large or Small (please lift groundsheet daily) £4.00
Gazebo (with or without fitted sides) £5.00
Extra Vehicle (car, motorcycle etc) £5.00
Trailer £5.00
Boats £10.00
Small tent (storage tent, toilet tent etc - please note any extra tents to sleep in will be charged at the full rate and set on a separate pitch) £5.00
Early Arrival Fee 9:00am - 2:00pm £10.00
Early Arrival Fee 11:00am - 2:00pm £5.00
Late Departure Fee 11:00am - 6:00pm £10.00
Late Departure Fee 11:00am - 2:00pm £5.00
Ice Blocks Frozen (Each) 50p
Dogs (each) £1.50
Solo Adults in a Motorhome, Caravan or Tent (standard pitches only) £26.00
Day Visitors (until 9:00 pm) £5.00 per person (18+ only)
After seven nights all tents and awnings to be pitched on fresh grass
If you intend to stay on you must book and pay in advance otherwise your unit may be removed from the pitch and your pitch forfeited
Please make all cheques payable to Mrs P M Walton
Long Hazel Park, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7JH