Camping Site
This campsite is attached to Okehampton Youth Hostel, an activity centre on the edge of Dartmoor with all sorts of outdoor adventures for all ages arranged on site. With direct access to Dartmoor and the Granite Way (NCN 27), there's plenty for those that enjoy walking and biking of Dartmoor and the Devon Countryside, with cycle hire on -site if you forget to pack the bike. The level grass pitches at Okehampton are in the grounds of the youth hostel which has been converted from a Victorian railway shed. All campers have full use of the facilities including showers, toilets, free wifi, TV and games rooms and a self-catering kitchen.
If you're an adventurer, then you can have a go at mountain boarding, archery and scaling the climbing wall or ropes, with watersports including surfing, gorge scrambling, kayaking and canoeing on offer at the hostel’s private lake; those with a true headfor heights can also have a go at the Big Oke Abseil.
If all the adrenaline above sounds a tad too much, plenty of people come to Okehampton for a chill-out time: there are activities like walks, quiz nights and campfire fun laid on in the evenings, or you could go for proper Devon downtime in the on-site licensed restaurant to try our locally sourced food, local beers and cider. The latest addition being locally produced buffalo which chef Gareth has made into the most awesome Buffalo Burgers.
Full Details on Adventure Activities on Site
July/August 2014
We will be running our popular adventure activity programme over the summer period, and would like to invite you to pre-book some sessions in order to ensure that you will get places on the activities that you would like to do. In terms of age limits:
5 upwards: Archery, Bush Craft, Climbing Wall, Gorge Scrambling, Kayaking, Weaselling, Watersports Day
8 upwards: Mountain Boarding, High Ropes, Rock Climbing, Family Rock Day, Wild Camp.
12 upwards: Big Oke Abseil, Mountain Bike Tour, Mountain Bike Tour, Family Paddle Day*
*May take younger participants dependent on the age range within group.
Saturday:
am Mountain Boarding or Gorge Scrambling or Big Oke Abseil
pm Bush Craft or Archery
Sunday
am High Ropes or Weaselling
pm Archery
Day activity: Watersports Day
Monday:
am Weaselling or Rock Climbing
pm Kayaking or Archery
Day activity: Mountain Bike Tour
Tuesday:
am Rock Climbing
pm Gorge Scrambling
Day activity: Geocaching Day or Watersports Day
Wednesday
am Kayaking or Gorge Scrambling
pm Mountain Boarding or Weaselling
Day activity: Family Rock Day
Day activity: Paddle Half-Day sessions on the River Exe (Both can be booked for full day)
Thursday
am Climbing Wall or Big Oke Abseil
pm Kayak or Archery
Day activity: Wild Camp
Friday
am High Ropes or Kayak
pm Gorge Scrambling or Archery
Day activity: Paddle day down the River Exe
To see our activities:
www.adventureokehampton.com/activity-days
Call us 9am-5pm Monday to Friday with any specific queries about the activity session. Outside this time reception should be able to advise what activities are available on specific days and take a booking enquiry. In order to confirm any bookings, we will need to take payment.
Directions
From the east
Leave the A30 at Okehampton (B3260) junction, and turn right at the end of the slip road. Follow this road for two miles into Okehampton town centre. In the town centre, you will pass straight through two sets of traffic lights. Pass a set of traffic lights (Pelican Crossing) and at the next set of traffic lights turn left, following the signs to Okehampton station and Youth Hostel. After about 200m, take the third turning right up Station Road, and after about 400m turn left at the monument following signs to the station. Follow this road, passing under the railway bridge, and take the first left to enter the Youth Hostel, where the car park is behind the goods shed.
From the west
Leave the A30 at Okehampton (B3260) junction, and follow the road for about two miles into the town. At the first set of traffic lights, on a crossroads junction, turn right following the signs to Okehampton station and Youth Hostel. After 200m, take the third turning right up Station Road, and after about 400m turn left at the monument following signs to the station. Follow this road, passing under the railway bridge, and take the first left to enter the Youth Hostel, where the hostel car park is behind the goods shed.
