Banham Zoo – Applewood Countryside Park
Norwich, Norfolk
Open
All year
Contact
- Phone
Telephone 01953 715 319
| Telephone | 01953 715 319 |
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| Telephone | 01953 715 319 |
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| Motorhome pitches | 15 | £25.00-£45.00 |
| Touring pitches | 80 | £25.00-£45.00 |
| Tent pitches | 40 | £25.00-£45.00 |
| Serviced pitches | ||
| Seasonal pitches |
| Camping pods | 6 | £60.00-£80.00 |
| Shepherd huts | 5 | £280.00-£650.00 |
Directions
Follow the brown tourist signs to Banham Zoo from the A11 and A140. Enter the Banham Zoo carpark and follow the signs to Applewood Countryside Park.Make your stay a little more exciting and spend the day at Banham Zoo, Norfolk’s award-winning family attraction, only a 5-minute walk from the park.
The Zoo's spectacular wildlife will take you on a journey around the globe to experience at close quarters some of the worlds most exotic, rare and endangered animals. Set amongst 35 acres of beautiful Breckland countryside and landscaped gardens, you will discover over 2,000 animals ranging from big cats and giraffes to birds of prey and penguins.
Throughout the day there are plenty of feeding talks, animal encounter sessions and presentations and much, much more.
- St George's Distillery, home of The English Whisky Co. and the first distillery in England in over 100 years
- Redgrave & Lopham Fen, National Nature Reserve and the largest remaining lowland valley fen in England
- Bressingham Steam Museum & Gardens, a magnificent collection of working locomotives that take you on a tour of six beautifully landscaped gardens and woodland
- ROARR! explore this amazing world of dinosaurs, discover DINOMITE, a prehistoric paradise of climbing nets, bridges and ball pools and get wet and wild at Dippy's Splash Zone, a water play park filled with jets, fountains and slides
- Norfolk Broads, day boat hire and tours available
- Historic city of Norwich, for the castle, museums, theatre and shopping
- Busy market towns, including Diss, Attleborough, Bury St Edmunds
- National Trust properties, including Oxburgh Hall, Ickworth House
Overall rating
Based on 5 review(s)
ESSEX 01 May 2013
We love Applewood Campsite. We visit atleast twice a year. It is excellent for the children, wide open space, a pub, takeaway and a shop within 5mins walking and of course Banham Zoo its the only time we truely relax can't wait for our next visit, thank you Applewood.
NORFOLK 27 May 2012
A truly fab site, really relaxed, the kids can safely ride their bikes, playing in the park etc. while the parents relax. Always very clean with helpful friendly staff. We went last year that the kids want to go this year and have booked again and dont know why anyone would want to go anywhere else. The best part was paying a extra £2 on top of the entry price for the zoo and could go in everyday anytime for the whole stay of our holiday, which the kids loved as they could collect the different medals to show their friends. Has a shop at the enterance that has all the essentials for everyday, and a fanastic fish and chip shop too
Happy Camping
norfolk 25 May 2011
a truly fab site, really relaxed, the kids can safely play making dens, riding bikes, playing in the park etc. while the parents relax. Always very clean with helpful friendly staff. we go most weekends and dont know why anyone would want to go anywhere else.
essex 18 Mar 2011
we came to applewood for our freinds birthday as a treat and she enjoyed
herself immensly, we have been three times before and we were impressed by the cleanliness of both the site and the facilitys plus the arrangments with the zoo my grandson did like that, we will be back.
ray and family
Suffolk 03 Aug 2009
Went here as part of a Caravan Club Rally.
Excellent well maintained site with plenty of room around all pitches.
Two shower blocks one a bit dated but ok, the newer one had no seats to use after showering.
Banham Zoo next door with special rates for user of the site.
Lovely site
Applewood Caravan & Camping Park, Banham, Norfolk
We had the greatest stay at the park. Amazing staff, exceptionally helpful, nothing too much trouble, lots of advice on places to visit. Our Shepherd's Cabin was perfect and had everything we needed. A fab kingside bed, lovely duvet and great pillows. During our 2 week stay the linen was regularly changed, clean towels and tea towels what more could you ask for? Oh and the zoo is just next door!! Really fabulous time. We’re booking for next spring.
- 12 Oct 2025
A very nice site, laid out very well with good amenities. A mix of grass and hard standing pitches with plenty of room. The grounds are kept to a good order.
The toilets and showers were always very clean with ample hot water.
Cafe, shop and pub all within short walks.
Reception staff were warm and friendly, as well as being very helpful.
Nicely placed to visit Norwich and the coast, Great Yarmouth/Lowestoft being about an hour away.
Well worth another visit to this campsite.
- 08 Oct 2025
We had a lovely girls trip at applewood holidays. We stayed in one of the ‘posh glamping pods’ which was super cute & the beds were so comfy. It was so lovely how you could hear the animals from the zoo. We did have a visit to the zoo as well, definitely a bonus being so close. We went for a lovely walk around the meadow. The showers are lovely, really nice that they have private shower rooms! :)
- 28 Sep 2025
The site was very clean and the facilities were excellent.
Staff very helpful and friendly
Stayed on a touring pitch size was good and facilities very close
The pub and the shop being just across the road was a bonus
Would definitely stay here again
- 07 Sep 2025
Arrived on Friday 27th December for 3 nights with our touring caravan and hitched up to an xl hard standing pitch. Easy access, amenities all clean and ideal location for visiting Thetford forest and town. Our friends stayed in a shepherd’s cabin and that was adequate for the stay, very clean and well equipped. The best part about this place is the closeness to the Banham Barrel bar and the Trawlers Catch takeaway next door. You can order your dinner and take it into the bar then order your drinks. Dog and people friendly and great taste in music. A must visit
- 30 Dec 2024
