Tetford Road, Greetham, Lincolnshire. LN96PT
Date of Visit: March 2025
Overall View
This is a CAMC members only 5-pitch site near the village of Greetham in Lincolnshire. It is an adults only site. This CL also won CL of the year in 2013.
Access is from the A158, please see arrival video HERE. Please note the site is not in the village of Greetham itself.
The site is very peaceful and relaxing. This is an agricultural area, so some farming noise is expected and also due to its proximity to a number of RAF bases there is some intermittent aircraft noise. Neither of these detracted from our stay in anyway.
Finally, the site is almost blackout at night and star gazing was very clear. You do need torches.
Facilities
Each of the pitches has 16amp EHU included within the pitch fee. The usual Club standard service point is at the bottom end of the site. The site also offers an exclusive use shower and toilet room, these are kept immaculately clean and the shower is a domestic style which is very helpful.
There is also a well-stocked information room, with dog friendly activities indicated by labels on the relevant stand. To the side of the information room is a fully equipped laundry room with domestic standard washer and a dryer. Ironing board and iron are also available. There is an honesty box system for paying for these services and at the time of writing, £4 each per wash and drying. They provide an eco friendly washing liquid and softener which is compatible with their sewage system. Again, these are kept at the highest standard.
There are also a number of self-catering units incorporated within the whole block which are available to rent for non-caravanning friends and family. You do not have to have someone staying at the CL to use these units, again they are adults only.
There is a BBQ area – you can use your own BBQs here with tables and chairs too. To one side is a large, floor level chess and draughts board for you to use if you choose.
The site is dog friendly with lovely mown grass walks to use with plenty of dog poop bins as well. Dogs must be on leads at all times as there are geese and other animals around.
Access is through a wooden gate system, this is not locked however.
TV Reception was good and there is free on-site WiFi. We found the latter to be good during the day but the signal dropped off considerably once the caravan blinds were down at night. We were furthest away from the mast however.
Mobile service was full 5G on EE, Three fluctuated between 5G and 4G but was perfectly acceptable.
There is no bus service direct from the site – the nearest bus stop we could find was in the village of Greetham itself – a good 25 minute or so walk along the country lanes. This is a request only stop and the bus must be booked a minimum of 2 hours in advance for both the outward and return journey. www.lincsbus.info This operates on a Monday to Saturday only. Regular bus services operate along the A158, again a 10 minute or so car drive away.
The nearest fuel station is a Shell Garage, Spilsby Road, Horncastle on the A158. There is a basic shop and it is open 7am to 8pm, 7 days a week.
Review of Site Pitch
The five pitches are tiered on a small slope and each is completely level. The pitch will take a caravan and awning by the side, cars parked to the front although there is plenty of space to park your car close by. There is one grass only pitch – this is available during the summer months only.
The pitches are laid to fine gravel and using awning pegs was straightforward and the level nature of the pitch meant the awning sat very well.
Around and about
The site is quite centrally located for a number of visits – www.visitlincolnshire.org.uk is a good starting point.
If you are a National Trust member then there are a number of sites around the area. We visited one at Tattershall Castle, a different type of castle to the one you would normally expect. There is level access to the ground floor and there are staircases to the top of the castle and into the basement. Toilets are available but you should note that the pathways are of a fine deep gravel and pushchairs and possibly wheelchairs may find it difficult to transverse. www.nationaltrust.org.uk There is no café here but the entrance lodge does have a limited cold drink offering and the usual range of National Trust shop items for sale.
It is quite possible to combine this with a visit to nearby RAF Coningsby. Home to the RAF Eurofighter Typhoon group. There is an official ‘spotters’ car park – this can fill up very quickly indeed – especially if there are operations underway – as they were the day we visited. We saw part of the Eurofighter Typhoon display team at work and also a couple of Battle of Britain Memorial planes including a Spitfire. There are no catering trucks available so best to take drinks and lunch with you if you want to stay a while, no toilets too. There are also a couple of roadside places to park unofficially to get a really close up view. Please note that the noise when these jets take off, up close, is considerable. www.raf.mod.uk
The site is pretty equidistant between two towns, Spilsby and Horncastle. Spilsby is the home of the nearest vets, Fenwold. (Please note that this is not a recommendation or otherwise). There is a small Sainsburys next door and there is a pleasant hour or so to walk round the main part of the town which also holds local markets on various days of the week. www.spilsby.info There are a few independent shops, a PO and several bars and restaurants. The White Hart Hotel is a lovely olde worlde pub, dogs are allowed in the bar area. However on a hot and sunny day it is great to sit outside overlooking the square. A coffee or tea and a cake is a special offer – cake was homemade and delicious. Real ales are also available. Please check Facebook for further details and it is also listed on the visit Lincolnshire website above.
A visit to Lincoln is a full day out and there are any number of car parks around and inside the city. www.visitlincoln.com
Horncastle – this is a market town with regular markets on various days. Plenty of shops and the occasional smaller version of the main supermarkets. There is a free heritage trail – the site has leaflets which self-guide you and give you plenty of information.
Mablethorpe – a straightforward drive to the coast and can be done as a round trip driving down the coast and back via Alford. Mablethorpe is a traditional seaside resort with the usual amenities and a fairground which operates on a seasonal basis. The beach is lengthy and there is parking overlooking the beach at cost. www.mablethorpe.info
Cleethorpes – this is the furthest day out from the site we undertook but it was well worth it. Cleethorpes does have a small central area of traditional seaside amenities but overall much quieter than Mablethorpe and certainly Skegness. There are plenty of car parks around the area and there is also a road train at weekends during the year and daily during the summer months. www.visitcleethorpe.co.uk
One of our main reasons for visiting was to have a ride on the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway www.cclr.co.uk – a miniature set up which runs up and down part of the front of the town. The engines are gleaming and accessible and dog friendly. There are cafes at either end of the line but the main one, where the car parking is, Lakeside is the main terminus. A bar and café are situated here along with a souvenir shop. A fun 9 hole crazy golf course is to the right of this and a joint ticket can be purchased – great fun for all ages!
Skegness – where to start, probably www.visitskegness.co.uk It is a large and very traditional seaside resort and attracts many visitors each year. There are a couple of fun fairs with all the traditional fairground rides. There is also a very large Tesco Supermarket by the Railway Station. Definitely a full day out to be had.
Gunsby Hall – NT. We had passed this on our way back from Skegness, as a member of the National Trust is it usually good value, we were not disappointed. The weather played fair again and we spent a good few hours viewing the house, a stroll round the kitchen and flower gardens. We were lucky enough to find a bench by the greenhouses in the sun to eat our lunch. The house tour is very interesting and helpful guides, not intrusively so, provided a good commentary on the history of the house. There is the usual stable yard café, facilities and second hand bookshop. All easily accessible. Interestingly, on the day we visited they were trialling a wheelchair lift trolley, good to see that they are increasing their accessibility. Pathways were good and there is a shuttle bus running between the car park and the house/gardens. This is wheelchair accessible too. A lovely visit, helped by the glorious weather.
Eating out – a significant number of the pubs in rural areas here close on Monday and Tuesday, however we found the Leagate Inn, a twenty or so minutes’ drive from the site. Good food – Tuesday night is pie night but the full menu is available too. Dog friendly as well.
Summary
A beautiful site, location, standards is all you can want in a CL site. The owners are friendly and helpful and the one site facilities are a real plus point. It is one to which we would definitely return.