Frequently Asked Questions

Friendly, quiet dogs are very welcome to join you camping and are charged at £8 per dog, for the duration of your stay. 

Dogs must be kept on a lead whilst onsite and customers are responsible for their dogs at all times and are asked to please always clean up after them. Irresponsible dog owners are not tolerated. 

Please be aware that there is livestock in adjacent fields so dogs do need to be kept on a lead and under control at all times.

Regrettably, dogs are not allowed in our Nomadic Bell tents, Glamphouse Safari tents or Bunktent accommodation.

Dogs are unable to join you on any of our activity sessions, other than Frisbee Golf. If you are bringing a dog, ensure you make arrangements for its care during your activity session. 

Yes! fires and barbecues are what camping is all about! 

You are welcome to bring your own off-ground Fire Pits and BBQ's or hire a Fire Pits with a fire-starter kit (matches/kindling/firelighters) from our Basecamp onsite shop for £12 per stay. Fire pit hire can be reserved when you book online or you can add on when you arrive (subject to availability). 

Firewood, kindling and firelighters are available to purchase from the shop. We kindly ask that you please do not bring firewood with you or collect from the woodland. Marshmallows are available from the shop! Perfect for toasting around the fire!

Yes, fire pits can be hired for £12 for the duration of your stay and include a basic fire lighting kit to get you started. You can add one to your booking now or pick one up when you arrive (subject to availability). 

We do take a fully refundable £10 deposit on hire which must be paid by card. 

Yes! We have free wifi at the campsite and activity centre. There is also a great 4G mobile connection and phone signal around the whole site. 

We have a simple pricing structure for all of our accommodation options. 

Tents, Campers and Campervanners

*Bank holidays are priced at weekend rates

Rental Tents 

We have two types of rental tents: 

Nomadic Bell Tents - Sleeps up to 6 people on foam mattresses. Each tent will have a picnic bench outside the tent. Sleeping bags/bedding are not included.  Priced at £75 per off peak night and £85 per peak night. Bookings are for a minimum of 2 nights. 

Glamphouse Tents - Only 2 available! Exclusive tent, sleeping up to 6 people on foam mattresses. Each tent includes an indoor picnic bench. Sleeping bags/bedding are not included. Priced at £80 per off peak night and £95 per peak night. Bookings are for a minimum of 2 nights.

Lodge Bunk Rooms 

Lodge bunk room prices are based on the number of beds. Bookings are for a minimum of 2 nights. 

We are open all weekends and school holidays from 17th May 2025 - 7th September 2025.

Yes, there are a couple of wash up areas. These are marked on your map. Please bring your own washing up liquid and tea towels. 

Mendip Activity Centre, Mendip Lodge and Mendip Basecamp are all cashless. 

We accept all major credit and debit cards (excluding American express). 

Mendip Basecamp is located within the grounds of Mendip Activity Centre. This is part of the Mendip Hills, National Landscape. Located just off the A38, between Weston-super-Mare and Bristol with easy links to the M5. 

Our address is Mendip Basecamp, Lyncombe Drive, North Somerset, BS25 5PQ. 

When you arrive onsite, follow signs up the drive, keeping to the right rather than entering the main carpark on the left. After a hairpin bend, you will go under the ski slope bridge (max clearance 2.7m). Continue driving past Mendip Lodge.  Continue to follow the signs to Mendip Basecamp which will take you up the hill to the camping fields.

Head for the large white marquee in the middle of the field, the Pavilion. This is where you will check in.

Click here for a Google maps link.

We ask all customers to please not bring generators with you. 

There is USB charging available in the Pavilion for all customers to use. 

Yes, you can view our full campsite guide here: www.mendip.co.uk/guide 

Our site is situated at the top of a hill. This makes for some brilliant views but it also means access can be a little tricky. 

We have a low sloping bridge with a strict height restriction of 2.6m and a tight hair-pin bend on a hill. 

Campervans are welcome but the site is not suitable for motorhomes.  

Trailer tents are welcome onsite but the hair-pin bend may not be suitable if it is your first time towing. Caravans are not permitted onsite. 

Check in for campers is between 2pm and 8pm (9pm on a Friday) on your day of arrival. 

If you have rented a Nomadic Bell Tent, Glamphouse or Bunktent check in is between 4pm - 8pm (9pm on a Friday). 

Camping, Bell Tent and Glamphouse check in are all located at the Pavilion which is the large white marquee in the middle of the camping fields. 

If you are camping, you are very welcome to make the most of your final day. Please decamp and leave site by 5pm on your day of departure. 

If you have booked a Bunk tent, Glamphouse or Bell Tent, we will ask you to check out of your accommodation by 10am however you are welcome to stay onsite all day and continue to use the Basecamp facilities. 

No problem, just make a booking online for the extra people and/or nights that you would like to add. 

There are no set pitches so additional units will be able to camp with you, even if  you have separate bookings. 

If you are unable to add the dates or people you require, this does mean that the site is at capacity for pitches and facilities and we are unable to accept an increase in people or nights. If we receive any cancellations, the availability will become available online to book so please do check back at a later date in this instance. 

Yes. We allow day guests to visit our campsite for £3 per person. Day guests must leave the Basecamp site by 9pm.  They must come to the Camp Check where they will receive a writstband.

You are more than welcome to meet day guests at the activity centre, our onsite cafe-bar or on the activities you book for no additional charge. 

Basecamp is a very family-orientated campsite and we would love for you to visit with groups of friends and families of mixed ages.

Small adult-only groups are accepted on the understanding you respect our noise and behaviour policy at all times. Please understand that this is a family campsite and we have a zero tolerance towards anti-social behaviour. We have a no noise/music policy in place after 10pm. 

Sorry, groups of adults of any size under the age of 25 are not permitted.

When making a booking, any campers aged 16 and above are adults

If you click on Book Now at the top of this page you'll be able to check availability live. If it lets you book then we have space and your booking will be confirmed.

We will always do our best to accommodate changes to bookings. 

As per our terms and conditions, you are welcome to cancel your booking and receive a full credit voucher for the full value of your booking, minus a £5 admin fee. This will allow you to rebook when you are ready. Credit vouchers are valid for 12 months. 

If you know when you would like to move your booking to, please be aware that the campsite can be fully booked, especially at weekends. Moving bookings to an alternative weekend may not be possible. 

To amend or cancel a booking, please contact us via email to camp@mendip.co.uk with details of your existing booking and how you would like to change it. 

If your booking is due to take place within the next 4 days we are unable to cancel or move  your booking. 

If you do need to cancel your booking please let us know by emailing camp@mendip.co.uk as soon as possible. Your booking will be cancelled with effect from the day we receive your email notification and subject to the following cancellation charges:

- Up to 4 days prior to the booked event: you may cancel your booking and receive a full credit voucher for the full value of the booking valid for 12 months for any of our activities, minus a 5 pound admin fee. Alternatively, you may move your booking to an alternative date, minus a 5 pound admin fee. Please note, if you have booked through a third party they may withhold your booking fee.

- Within 4 days of the booked event: you will not be entitled to cancel or move your booking or receive any refund or credit voucher.

If you cancel your booking after the booking start date, we cannot issue any refund for any remaining nights of your booking. This does include where you need to cancel your booking for any reason outside of your reasonable control, including without limitation, inclement weather and illness. We strongly recommend you take out travel insurance to cover you in these circumstances or should you need to cancel for medical reasons or due to a period of enforced quarantine. 

If for whatever reason, you do not turn up on the arrival date stated on your booking confirmation, without prior notice this shall be considered a cancellation. 

Basecamp is a family campsite. Children are not permitted to camp without an adult.

If you do not have children as part of your booking, we can only accept small, adult only groups of up to six over the age of 25. Please understand that this is a family campsite and that we have a zero-tolerance towards anti-social behaviour. We have a no noise/music policy in place after 10pm.

Sorry, groups of adults of any size all under the age of 25 are not permitted. 

Yes! We are now taking bookings for camping in 2025! 

Basecamp will be open for all weekends and school holidays from 17th May 2025. 

Click here to book

Yes! We want to keep things as relaxed as possible so we don’t have pitches. Our camping field is massive so there will be plenty of options of where to pitch.

We want to keep an area for kids (including big kids) to be able to run around in, and obviously, we wouldn’t recommend setting up camp on any of the tracks but we will give you a map on check in to show any no-go areas.

If you are camping with friends or another family you are welcome to pitch together but please keep at least 3m between tents of the same group and 6m of tents from different parties.

Yes! We don't have pitches, just various 'zones'. It does not matter if you book at the same time or together, just find each other on-site.

Yes, you can park next to your tent. Our field and track can be quite bumpy and uneven in places so please take it steady and driving in the camping field is done so at your own risk.

We do limit vehicle movement after dark. If you’ve been out for the evening and get back after 10pm there is an overnight parking area near the entrance to the field. You can park up here for the night and walk back to your pitch.

Please always drive very carefully and with the assumption that children are playing nearby.

We have a strictly enforced, zero tolerance, 5mph speed limit.

Basecamp is a basic, off-grid camp without the facilities and services caravans and motorhomes usually expect.

Our camp can only be accessed by a steep road with a tight hairpin bend which is not ideal for towing vehicles. There is also a low, sloping bridge with a low point of 2.7m which restricts access to tall vehicles. Trailer-tents are welcome if you are confident your vehicle has the torque to get up to the camp and understand the limited facilities available.

We offer a range of activities with self-led activity prices from just £4 per person!

Activities available onsite include: frisbee golf, orienteering, tobogganing, skiing, snowboarding, archery, axe throwing, air rifles, climbing, abseiling, bushcraft, archery active and caving.

Just a short drive away we also offer canoeing, kayaking and caving.

Our activity and snowsport centre is just a short woodland walk away where most of our activities take place. Our watersports site is a 15-minute drive from the campsite and our private rocksports quarry is a 15-minute drive or a beautiful 20-minute walk.

Click here to view our activities and availability 

Activities can be booked on our website here - https://mendip.me/book/outdoor/

We strongly recommend booking all activities in advance as we regularly sell out of our instructor-led activities, especially during peak times.

Activities that do not require an instructor (frisbee golf and orienteering) will always be available wihtout prebooking.

All activities can be booked online - https://mendip.me/book/outdoor/

Tobogganing is available for ages 4+

Skiing is available for ages 5+

Snowboarding is for ages 8+, but must also have at least a size 2 adult shoe and be 1.2m tall

Frisbee Golf does not have an age restriction and under 6's play for free!

Our outdoor activity sessions can be run in two ways, with different minimum ages:

If you are booking individual spaces on an activity session, the minimum age is 8.

You are also able to book a session privately just for your group. If you book the session exclusively we can real the age restriction and you can bring up to four children aged 6 or 7 - everyone else must be eight or over. If you have anyone under eight in your group, at least one adult must take part.

Not at all! You are welcome to use our site as a base to explore the local area or just to enjoy the beautiful Mendip Hills. There is no obligation to book activities with us during your stay.

Yes! The large white marquee, the Pavilion, is also our camp shop. We stock all the essentials plus lots of treats! 

The shop sells:

• camping essentials including storm pegs, air beds, disposable BBQs, charcoal, camping has, mallets, foot pumps and even a few sleeping bags!
• farm shop items including local burgers, sausages, bacon, cheddar, halloumi, bread, milk and eggs. 
• a selection of dried foods (e.g. pasta, sauces, porridge pots) and essentials such as ketchup, olive oil and tea and coffee!
• toiletries including sun cream, shower gel, shampoo and conditioner, toilet paper and sanitary products.
• a wide range of snacks, treats, crisps, ice creams and S'more kits!
• camp games and toys such as frisbees, rackets, footballs, kits and card games and colouring books
• a range of Mendip Activity Centre and Basecamp merchandise including t-shirts, hoodies, caps, wristbands, pencils and mugs!
  
  Top tip, if you purchase a mug, we'll throw in your first barista hot drink for free! 

Yes, we have a coffee shop cafe within the Pavilion marquee right in the middle of the campsite. Here you can get barista coffee, breakfast rolls and pastries every morning. The daytime/evening menu includes paninis, pizzas, fries and cakes. You can buy hot and cold, soft and alcoholic drinks here too. 

If you are looking to explore the site further, the Alpine Lounge is our cafe-bar at Mendip Activity Centre which is just a 10 minute walk from camp. 

Our rental bunk tents are located in the heart of the Basecamp camping field. 

You are able to park next to your tent and they will be just a few minutes walk from the toilet and shower blocks. 

Both Nomadic Bell Tents and Glamphouses are all equipped with the following: 

- Six foam mattresses 

- Picnic bench 

Linen and bedding is not included. Please bring bedding/sleeping bags and pillows.