Brook Meadow is so beautiful over the New Year, it is the ideal place to celebrate the coming of 2019! With the weather being cold and unpredictable we strongly recommend bringing along your touring caravan or stay in one of our Lakeside Lodges

Spending New Year at Brook Meadow is a great kick starter to a mindful 2019. Return to nature amongst a 400 acre farm with rolling hills, beautiful hikes and gorgeous pub lunches. Whether your New Year resolution is to loose weight, spend more time with the family, eat better, reduce plastic you can start your resolution at Brook Meadow. 

Taking a camping or glamping holiday over January is a great time of year. The farm is so quiet, the meadows are dewy and the misty mornings are refreshing to wake up to. When the evenings draw in early you can pop your left over bottles of mulled wine on the hob and indulge in New Year television with cosy blankets. 

To book your touring caravan in to Brook Meadow simply check out our pitch rates then drop us an email.

If you are looking to book one of our beautiful Lakeside lodges then our remaining dates are as below. We take 7 night bookings, the perfect length of stay to completely refresh yourself ready for 2019. 

Woodpecker is available on: 7th – 14th.
Kingfisher is available on : 1st – 14th.
Skylark: BOOKED
 
These are our LAST dates available to book a New Year 7 night retreat.

Email us at [email protected] to snap up the last few weeks remaining!

If you're visiting Brook Meadow over Christmas we have gathered a list of things to do. Market Harborough is our closest town just 7 miles away.  A quaint market town with many independent shops perfect for looking for special gifts.  We love Quinns Book Shop & Gallery, Eight Church Square - Art and Antiques, The Range - cook shop, The Growing Tree - magical children's clothing and toy shop, Lavender Blue - florists, Doyles - ladies boutique and these are just a handful of the delights on offer.   

Winter Wonderland - Northampton

Ice rink, Santa's grotto, mulled wine and Christmas gift chalets.  Visit the festive Winter Wonderland at the Billing Aquadrome holiday park up until 30th December. A true festive activity for a Christmas break.

Late Night Shopping in Kettering

Support the local independent retailers with late night shopping in Kettering. Every Thursday from 29 November up until 9pm.

Free Town Centre Parking!*
Thursdays (6, 13, 20 December) – after 3pm
Saturdays (1, 8, 15, 22 December) – all day
Every Sunday – all day
*In all Council owned car parks

12 Days of Christmas Festive Trail - Kettering

1, 8, 15, 20, 21 & 22 December in the town centre is a festive trail open to all. Grab a map from the Manor House Museum and explore the town centre to find twelve clues in different shops and claim your treat!

A Christmas Carol as told by Jacob Marley - Kettering

In celebration of the 175th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’, join the Kettering Arts Centre this festive season for a special performance of James Hyland’s award-winning stage adaptation, a Christmas Carol as told by Jacob Marley. Told from the perspective of Scrooge’s deceased business partner, this ground-breaking theatrical event has been hailed as the “definitive telling of A Christmas Carol” and rated as one of “the top Christmas shows in London, Edinburgh and around the UK”.

Saturday, 15th December 2018
Tickets £12 (+booking fee), Concessions £8 (+booking fee)
Doors open 5.30pm. Show starts 6pm.

We're incredibly lucky to be surrounded by such beautiful towns with lovely events, independent traders and passionate communities. If you would like any ideas for your holiday itinerary at Brook Meadow then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will make some suggestions. 

Commenting on their awards success, Jasper and Mary Hart, owners of Brook Meadow said: “We started out focused entirely on farming but spotted an opportunity to diversify after dipping our toe into hospitality through a simple bed and breakfast in our bungalow.  Plans quickly grew to building a lake to create a stunning backdrop for lodges, fishermen and campers to enjoy. Over the last 20 years the business has grown with vigour and our invaluable input from our daughter Claire over the last year has transformed the standards of our accommodation and the quality of experience offered. The lakeside lodges offer all the benefits of being close to water with the comforts of central heating, luxurious quality and unique botanical design so fitting for the idyllic setting to bring the outside in. Whether you are outside enjoying a walk round the lake or tucked up on the sofa with a book you’ll feel connected to nature and the stunning view.
 
To have our success acknowledged by these awards is testament to all our staff, their hard work and support to bring the vision home. We also love to promote other rural businesses too and hope our guests can enjoy the exciting activities and places to eat close by.  It’s obviously a great honour to be named “Most Enjoyable Stay -  Self Catering” at this year’s ceremony and we can’t wait to continue improving our facilities in the future”.

1. Brook Meadow Lakeside Lodges, Fishing, Glamping, Camping and Caravanning Vouchers
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Kickstart the best Christmas present with a voucher for Brook Meadow. See all of our special offers here.

Book today and get up to half price offers. This is our first year joining in Black Friday and Cyber Monday so we've cut our prices by up to half and extending these offers through to the end of November! Team a special offer stay at Brook Meadow with fishing on our lake, a gliding experience, an Avalanche Adventure or a pampering treat with Park Grove all within walking distance of Brook Meadow. We also highly recommend Farndon Fields, only a cycle or short drive away.
We're super excited to open this offer to everyone as our own little Christmas gift to all of our fabulous customers!

2. Gliding Experience at the Gliding Centre.

​A once in a lifetime experience to enjoy a trial glider flight with beautiful views from a whole new perspective. This is an ideal voucher for any keen aero-enthusiasts or those who just love a thrill! This stunaramic experience promises to be iunforgettable.

3. Parkgrove Beauty Therapy Gift Vouchers

The perfect gift for someone special. How about a 4 night glamping retreat at Brook Meadow then a deep cleanse facial with Parkgrove Beauty. Treat your Mum, your Gran, your Sister, your Auntie or get the voucher now for an upcoming bestie's birthday.

4. Avalanche Adventures Gift Voucher

A gift for the adrenaline junkie. Close to the Brook Meadow site is the fantastic Avalanche Adventure offering an array of thrilling activities from quad biking to off roading all with first rate tuition. A great gift for those who love to be fast and furious. Kick up the mud around the Avalanche Adventure course then head back to Brook Meadow for a long hot shower and to discuss tactics around a camp fire.

1. 2 Night Weekend Caravan / Camping pitch
We all know a free spirited traveller, someone who loves to be outdoors seeing the world living out of a backpack. Our large camping area with fantastic facilities are ideal for the adventurous families. Make the most of our fantastic gift voucher option and give the gift of camping this year.   Take a look at all of our gift voucher options.

2. Omeril Head Torch
This is a must-have for camping. The late night reading and evenings around the camp fire, a good head torch makes the night times much easier. We recommend the Omeril headtorch that you can charge via USB and has a battery life up to 6 hours.

3. Snugpak Softie Sleeping Bag
We love the Snugpak Softie sleeping bag. It's super warm, packs up small and even has a reinforced bottom so you can wear your shoes while you're sleeping. This is a sleeping bag for a serious camper as it is on the upper price range but it is the perfect gift a keen camper.

4. Alpaca Fluffy Socks
We love these super cosy Alpaca socks with reinforced heel. They're perfect to wear with hiking boots or wear to bed for extra warm feet. They are suitable padding around the house, perfect for riding, walking, gardening, skiing, golf, sailing or just for everyday outdoor use.

5. OUTXE Solar Charger
With great reviews this OUTXE power pack is ideal to charge phones, speakers or any other electronics. It's a great gift for digital nomads who enjoy travel blogging or has an active Instagram feed.

6. Fugoo Speaker
A highly recommended portable speaker, super tough and mud, snow, rock and splash proof. This speaker has great volume, great bass and great woofer. Ideal for some tunes around the campfire. With plenty of accessories this is a great speaker for the adventurer who's camping in the evenings and hiking during the day.

7. Water-To-Go Filter Bottle
Every keen campers essential piece of kit. This saves them buying lots of plastic water bottles and filters any unseen bacteria if you're filling your water bottle from local taps this water bottle ensures the water is super clean. 

8. Apexel Camera Kit
If you know a traveller who loves to blog and take photographs then this handy small piece of kit can change the focus on most smart phone cameras. This handy interchangeable lens kit clips on to a phone and can add effects such as wide-angle and fish eye.

9. Telescopic Nordic Walking Poles
Light, ergonomic and telescopic, these nordic walking poles pack down small for those who are limited on space. Super light at only 180g, these poles are made of 100% wrap around high density carbon poles. Ideal for the rural rambler.

10. Moon Camping Chair
A comfy chair to curl up in in the evenings is key to a great camping holiday. Make sure there's enough for one for every person otherwise there will be arguments on who gets the moon chair. Perfect gift for any member of the family.

Use these gifts as little hints to the family of the fantastic Brook Meadow camping holiday you're going book! Our pitches book up very quickly in the summer to be sure to book early to avoid disappointment. 

Initially you would think a caravan holiday in the colder seasons would just be wet and miserable but we encourage you to think again. There are many benefits to having a low season holiday from the price to the peacefulness, which brings us to our first reason.

2. Ideal for the artists
If you're an avid photographer or keen painter it is perfect to set yourself a new scene and a new challenge. Frosty mornings, dewy fields and icy ponds give you an opportunity to test your skills and work in lower light atmospheres. Portraying the cold, wintry ambience can be difficult but incredibly powerful in a final piece.

3. It's cosy
You would think a caravan is cold but they have amazing insulation properties and radiators! If you haven't taken your caravan for a spin in winter then make this year the year you do. You'll be amazed at how homely and warm it is with Christmas films on, mulled wine on the stove and a frosty winter view from your window.

4. Great winter walks
It's a great time to dig out the hiking boots and cosy coat and go out on a huge hike with a traditional pub at the end. Doing a large walk is not appealing in the heat of the summer sun so book a hiking caravan trip in the low season. Great views, lots of fresh air and exercise is all good for the mind, body and soul. Then a pint in a pub to reward yourself.

5. Good excuse to spend evenings in the pub
Speaking of the pub, who doesn't love a cosy traditional pub with wooden beams, cosy arm chairs and a log fire. Getting in to a warm welcoming pub after a brisk hike is the best feeling. Indulge in mulled wine or a hot chocolate to warm your hands through and then you won't feel like leaving. 

6. Perfect romantic break
It's perfect to focus on just you two. Caravan holidays can be a very raw experience where you can escape from the 9 - 5 rat race. All these little things make for a memorable experience and after a blustery day out walking there is nothing better than getting tucked up in bed with the TV on and a cuddle in your pyjamas.

7. More wildlife
With less guests being on site there are less threats to the local wildlife. You'll be sure to see more of the local friends enjoying their natural habitat. Winter is a great time to see different types of birds due to migration so ideal for any wildlife photographers. Take bird food, nuts and seeds to feed them. Winters are always tough on animals if they don't have enough food stocks.

8. It's an experience
​It won't all be singing and dancing in the rain, you will have to go prepared. Welly boots and rain macs for the bad weather. Ear plugs for the rain at night. Well timed water tank fill-ups and storm-straps for the awning. If you're an outdoorsy, brave and adventurous person you will gain a lot from a winter caravan holiday; living to the full during the days and treasuring every cosy warm cup of tea in the evenings.

9. Experience Christmas in a quaint village
Christmas is such a beautiful time of year with quintessential British villages lighting up with Christmas trees and fairy light window displays. Pubs serving Sunday lunches, carol singers in the square and warm mince pies from the brave cafe opening up in low-season.

Here at Brook Meadow our local villages, Welford and Sibbertoft, hold traditional craft fairs at stately homes, see our Christmas blog here for more information. 

10. Like-minded neighbours.
If you have neighbours when you turn up to your chosen caravan site, neither of you are there with your flip flops and sun hats. You're both like-minded gritty true campers. You both know patience from boiling a kettle on the stove and have learnt to ration from a tiny fridge. You both are geared up to change gas in the pouring rain and have a tool box brimming with emergency supplies. And when times get tough, without any previous communication, you know they will be willing to help a fellow camper out as you would to them. 

Our campsite, Brook Meadow, is open all year for the adventurous campers and we warmly welcome you with fantastic facilities. We have hard standing pitches, modern toilets and showers on site, accessible wet room, wash up facilities, onsite shop, fishing lodge with additional washrooms, utility area inc: washing machine, ironing equipment and power socket to blow up your air beds, fire pits available for rental, drinking water taps, elsen point and plenty of space.

Enquire here to book your Winter Caravan Holiday today!

Our closest villages to Brook Meadow are Sibbertoft and Welford both with lovely local country walks, perfect to add in to your Winter Lodge Holiday. As Christmas is creeping up on us quickly we are prematurely putting on our hats, scarves and gloves gearing up for the crisp country walks close to Brook Meadow.

Bring a flask and fill it with some home made mulled wine, grab some mince pies and embark on some of our local walks. 

Don't forget to check out our Christmas Guide if you're visiting Brook Meadow over the festive season. If you haven't booked yet but would like to do some winter walking here in Northamptonshire then check out our last minute availability in our beautiful lakeside lodges!

We find ourselves incredibly lucky to be able to provide this beautiful campsite to others. Every day, all year round, we see happy smiling campers, families, couples, grandparents, fisherman, hen dos and all come to our 400 acre idyllic farm with excitement and apprehension to see what their holiday holds. The most wonderful reviews are left and makes us feel so warm and grateful inside we would like to take a moment to share some of the kind words of our customers:

'We stopped in one of the lodges. skylark. it was so lovely and clean. the kids really enjoyed running around and playing in the fresh air. We will definitely be returning soon. We would recommend this place. lovely people to help too.'

'We had a great weekend. Loads of space, great facilities. Would recommend to all camping types!!!'

'Our family of four plus 2 small dogs stayed in the Skylark Lodge this August. The lodge met our every need and was more than we expected. The accommodation was excellent and furnishings were top quality,beds comfy and exceptionally clean towels and bedding provided. The lodge has a wonderful lake view and the whole site was peaceful with easy routes to larger surrounding towns. Many thanks from us. Would recommend and would definitely stay again.'

'This wonderful place is so great to stay at especially if you have kids and dogs! A really relaxed vibe where you are free to unwind and do your own thing, at the same time as having spotless modern facilities. Keep up the good work Brook Meadow, we will be back!' 

Without our happy campers we wouldn't be making it into these fantastic magazines that help promote Brook Meadow. We hope to see you all return in the near future and we are looking forward to seeing the new faces too. 

If you would like to book your holiday please do not hesitate to drop an email to [email protected] or call us on 01858 88088601858 880886

Brook Meadow is open all year round with plenty of close by activities so don't let the cold weather stop you from booking a winter break. Christmas is a time of year where we can focus on ourselves, our close friends and family and this can emerge mixed feelings for everyone.  

Whether you're a young family and need an escape from the Christmas wrapper mess or if you're a couple of long distance friends reconnecting over a quieter period, Brook Meadow can cater for your needs. We offer our lodges Christmas decorated or not decorated depending on your preference. With beautiful crisp hikes on your doorstep and a large 5 acre fishing lake there is a dewy wilderness to be explored on your lodge doorstep. If you're bringing the children then ensure you save a day to head to one of the Christmas activities listed below.

Our lodges have the luxury of central heating so crank it up and keep warm on a winters night. The lodges have been styled with extra attention to comfort with quality mattresses and Egyptian cotton bedding. The kitchens are well equipped with ovens, hobs and a microwave so you can cook up a huge roast dinner! 

Welford Christmas Tree Farm - This activity is great if you have children, come along and look at the variety of wonderful Christmas trees ready to be decorated and then pet Santa's reindeer. While the children get giddy about Christmas, warm your hands up on a warm mug of mulled wine.
 
Christmas Fair,  Market Harborough  - Friday 7th December 6pm - 9pm is a traditional Christmas fair. There will be a snow machine and Santa's Grotto, mulled wine, hot chestnuts, Elsa and Olaf from Frozen, choirs, elves and more. Loads of festive stalls with crafts and great gifts ideas. This is a Christmas fair not to miss!
 
Kelmarsh Hall Christmas Fair - On Friday 30th November, 5.30 - 9pm this fair will be drawing in the locals and doesn't skimp on indulging their guests. The fair is an artisan Christmas market and costs £10 for adults, you will be greeted with a glass of prosecco and a mince pie. Browse the boutique hand crafted items and indulge in classic delicious food. A great evening out with the girls.
 
West Lodge Rural Centre – The Christmas Experience - This lovely event is happening throughout the end of November up until 24th December. Children can take part in a nativity play, visit Santa, help the elves make reindeer food, get a photo with Santa and indulge in Christmas treats. There is an indoor and outdoor adventure play park and plenty more activities to join in. Visit their website for more information! 
 
There are also carol services in the local churches so nip in to reception to find the closest church and when the carol services happen.