Adult Only Touring Caravan Park & Camping
Self-catering Holiday Lodge Accommodation For hire
Sparkford Somerset
OPEN ALL YEAR CARAVAN PARK WITH JANUARY AVAILABILITY
We're open all year at Long Hazel Park with availability throughout January 2025. If you're looking to get away after Christmas and New Year and explore the county of Somerset in 2024, we have fully serviced hardstanding pitches available for touring caravans and motorhomes. Our shower block is winter heated and we're in a great location for lovely warm village inns; high quality farm to fork restaurants and fantastic walks across Somerset and Dorset.
Join in with the Somerset tradition of Wassailing, or blessing the cider apple trees for a bumper harvest in 2024! The Anglo-Saxon tradition typically falls on the Twelfth Night, although evens are often held from December until February.
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Enjoy mulled cider, singing and dancing across the county:
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Somerset Rural Life Museum Wassail, Glastonbury
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Mid-Somerset Agricultural Society Wassail, Shepton Mallet
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At the Chapel: A Wassail evening with Oliver Dowding, Bruton
January is the most popular month for time off in the farming community. Come and see over 200 tractors dating from the 1920s at the Somerset Vintage & Classic Tractor Show at the Royal Bath and West Showground at Shepton Mallet.
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The local bus route will take you directly from Sparkford to the showground and is free with a bus pass. Keep an eye out for events running at the Bath and West Showground all year, including the Royal Bath and West Show and the very popular South West Motorhome and Campervan Show from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September.
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There's three big horse racing events this January at the Wincanton Racecourse. As one of the Jockey Club racecourses, you will be guaranteed a great day out with track-side views. We're the nearest five star caravan park to the Wincanton racecourse.
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Saturday 4 January - Saver Sunday
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Thursday 16 January - January Jumps
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Thursday 30 January - Afternoon Racing
Visit the new Hauser & Wirth art gallery exhibition for 2025, with the previous Phillida Barlow exhibition ending early January 2024.
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Hauser & Wirth, situated in nearby Bruton, is holding an opening celebration of the new "Present Tense" exhibition on Saturday 27 January. The gallery and garden will be open from 10 am to 4 pm with complimentary food and drinks. The gardens at Hauser & Wirth are well worth visiting in all seasons, designed by renowned garden designer Piet Oudolf.
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Book tickets to some fantastic events this January:
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Friday 10 - Whitney - Queen of the Night 2025, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil
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Saturday 26 - Rob Beckett, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil
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​9 November - 5 January - The Festival of Light 2024, Longleat
Join us for the incredibly popular Shepton Mallet Giant Flea Market at the Royal Bath and West Showground. The first flea market of the year is held on Sunday 19 January 2024.
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The famous flea market houses all sorts of treasures, from furniture and garden ornaments, to vintage clothing and records. There's lots of stalls to explore both inside and outside.
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The local bus service takes you directly to the showground from Sparkford High Street.
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Further flea markets throughout the year are held on March 2nd; April 20th; July 6th; August 17th; October 5th and December 7th 2025.
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Motorhome Magazine Monthly named us one of their Top 10 sites for Festive Breaks. As a Premier Parks top site, and a VisitEngland 5 star Touring and Camping Park, we are also currently a Gold Award winner of the South West Tourism Awards Best Camping and Caravanning Park in the South West region.
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We are open all year, with hardstandings suitable for all weather conditions, even if we end up with snow!
Enjoy a bracing walk around one of the most undiscovered parts of Somerset and take in some of the West Country's most important history. Nearby Cadbury Hillfort is known to be the gateway to the South West and is thought to have been occupied by King Arthur in 470-580 BC. Take a look at our history of Somerset and learn about the wonderful surroundings:
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