Cosy Camping Suffolk
🏖️ 2.98 miles from River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield (Good water quality)
Suffolk
Alton Water Campsite
Suffolk
Camping pitches
Glamping
Electric hook-ups
📍 Stutton, IP9 2RY
🚆 Nearest station: · 2.8 mi
🔌 Nearest public charging: · 0.8 mi (Open Charge Map)
Photo: Simon Mortimer (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Wake up to sunrise views over the reservoir
- Miles of tracks and trails for cycling or walking
- Short walk to watersports centre and cycle hire
- Fishing for roach, pike, bream and carp on site
- Bell tents available fully equipped for hire
Alton Water Campsite sits within a 400-acre water park in Suffolk, with level, hedged pitches and furnished bell tents available to hire. You're a short walk from the tea room, watersports centre and cycle hire, and within easy reach of the children's play area and sandpit. The park offers miles of tracks and trails for cycling and walking, plus fishing for roach, pike, bream and carp. Nearby pubs can be reached within 15 minutes' walk, while Manningtree and Ipswich are a short drive away. The campsite is close to Aqua Park Alton, Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park, and Manningtree Museum, with Manningtree Beach and Stour Estuary also within reach for a day by the water.
How far to…
- Bus stop
- 0.3 miles / 6 minutes walking
- Ipswich
- 8 miles
- Manningtree
- 5 miles
- Pubs within 15 minutes' walk
- 15 minutes' walk
- Station
- 2.8 miles away
Practical details
- Check-in
- 2pm - 8pm on day of arrival
- Check-out
- 12pm on departure day
- Open
- 1st April 2026 to 31st October 2026
- Minimum stay
- 2 nights (3 for bank holidays)
- Pets
- Pet friendly pitches (not bell tents)
Accommodation on site
- Bell tents
- Caravan and camping pitches
Details taken from the operator's own website on 5 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ Cafe
- ✓ Playground
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ Picnic Area
- ✓ Guided Tours
- ✓ Pet Friendly
- ✓ Parking
- 🚌 Near a Bus Stop
- 🔌 EV Charging Nearby
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