Stiffkey Campsite is on the sublime North Norfolk Coast, it is a true campsite, simple and easy. There is a clean ablutions block, a shed with information, phone charging and ice block service and that is it. No TV room or playground. Here your play ground is nature, the owls, the birdlife and crabs on the salt marsh, sure the wind and rain but when the sun is out it is simply beautiful. A real camp site for families, the kids run free and make friends, it is Swallows and amazons or pure Enid Blyton.
The place has a loyal following of returning customers, year after year. North Norfolk has so much to see and do, more of that in future posts. The campsite is right on the edge of the salt marsh and can be exposed to the sharp northerly winds, the squalls can charge over the wide open landscape, straight into your tent! I can tell you from bitter experience pitching in the rain is no fun, especially here. The kids need to sit in the car, there is nowhere else! But it is camping as we used to know it, your tent is your home not the bar or club room, swimming is in the sea not the pool, and the playground is all around, the trees to climb, the dens to make, not the swings and slides of some campsites.
If you want a real camping experience this is for you, despite the families it is the parents who are often the noisy ones at night, generally it is a quiet night. Dogs are welcome and their owners seem responsible, Millie Jessica and Lucy are lovers of dogs but not comfortable with the more boisterous and here they felt secure and at ease.
My only reservation in recommending it? Like all other patrons, we don't want to find it full next time we book!
