Gorsey Meadow

Our second visit to Gorsey Meadow and it was just as magical! The kids had a super time (12, 8 and 6yrs) swinging on rope tree swings, toasting marshmallows, teaming up with the other kids staying, and generally playing outside dawn till dusk (and then falling asleep very quickly!). Little did we know the farm also has a vineyard and thanks to a special 'chilled delivery' to our tent (courtesy of Sam) we can now highly recommend buying some during your stay! We went to Pensthorpe, which the kids adored, and the beach twice, and even saw seals on the beach the second time and then rounded the evening off with the best fish and chips. Gorsey Meadow is a hidden gem....shhh, don't tell anyone about it!!The Giltinan Gang

Really lovely place, owner are very helpful

We had the most wonderful stay at Gorsey Meadow...perfect spot to share with other families, kids and we had our labrador with us - everyone had a brilliant time. Sam and Oliver are the perfect hosts. Would love to be back soon!!

Totally fantastic place ,has every thing you need to rest relax and have fun ,Tents are fully stocked , you don't need to bring anything and outside you have a massive field to share between 5 tents .We had a truly magical time had by all , this being our 3rd year as a group, it started out with 3 family's and every year we have increased our numbers, now there are 5 family's and we have booked for next year before we left this year !Lovely people who run it , they are really helpful and always around to help with anything ,

A group of friends and I hired the bell tents for the weekend. Tents were lovely; clean, tidy and were well equipped. Toilet and shower were just as described, clean and suitable for a weekend of camping. Shower stayed hot after 10 people showering.The meadow is a lovely setting and we really enjoyed our stay.The owners were really helpful and had suggestions of places to go. We would happily come back again.Thank you very much Sam for a lovely stay.

Just returned after a fabulous weekend at Gorsey meadow. We had a fantastic time - the tents were gorgeous and the facilities were excellent. A big thanks to Sam for looking after us - making sure we were warm enough at night and lots of lovely extra touches. The kids had “the best weekend ever” playing on the rope swings, toasting marshmallows on the campfire, searching for firewood and playing rounders. Bella, our dog, absolutely loved it. It’s a fantastic place - would thoroughly recommend!!

A repeat visit with more friends - just as fantastic as we remembered with the added bonus of sunshine! We all feel relaxed and rejuvenated after a lovely stay - exclusive hire was brilliant! There was a wedding at the nearby venue on the Saturday evening but we didn’t hear a thing! Thanks Sam!!

What a lovely quiet site! Seriously, I meant it when I wrote in their visitors' book that it felt like Gorsey Meadow had been dusted with magic.We visited for just one night mid-week in June while touring Norfolk in our campervan. While Gorsey Meadow focuses on glamping in bell tents, it's happy to accept tents and small campervans. The access lane sets you up for your stay, a tunnel of tree boughs leading to a wooden gate. Being a bit taller that VWs, those trees brushed the top of our van: no room for motorhomes!The meadow is cocooned in a circle of oak trees and native hedgerow, encouraging birds to be your neighbours and blocking out the outside world. The grass is skimmed off, but left long enough to mean that it’s comfortable to go barefoot around the site. There's two firepits for campfire gatherings and each of the five bell tents has a family-sized charcoal BBQ waiting on the decking. Barrow-loads of wood can be bought and the on-site honesty shop has bags of charcoal and instant BBQ packs available.You need to come prepared with food and drinks, BUT what better excuse than to stop by the butcher, baker and other shops in Lenwade. Having said that, the shop shed will help you out if marshmallow supplies run low.Other facilities? Alongside the shop shed, there's an information shed that's full of leaflets about the local area and things to do if you can tear yourselves away from Gorsey Meadow. There's also novels to curl up and read, toys and crayons for the little ones, candles to give extra light around the firepit at night, and wine glasses to give adults a break from the usual plastic cups. Another shed houses a flushing loo, and its neighbour has a gas-heated shower - the best and most powerful we encountered on our tour of Norfolk... complete with a battery lantern for late-night showering. Even the washing up is a joy with a double-drainer kitchen sink, out in the fresh air.The second loo (or is it the first) is an eco-composting loo ... which everyone should try once...but will probably return to repeatedly.We came in our beloved campervan, but sneaked a look into a tent and would have loved a night or two in one of those. Well decorated and equipped, like everything at Gorsey Meadows, there’s been great attentions to detail and little touches that make you feel at home.As a camper this was a great break from the regimented sites lining the coast, and it was a great joy to be the only ones on site, a magical stay, back to nature, but not back to basics.