Camping Les Epinettes, 62231 Peuplingues, Tel 0321852224
To Find Site:- Leave A16 at junction 40 and head for Peuplingues.
Continue through village and just as you start ascending hill watch out
for sign to campsite pointing to the left. Final approach is down a
short narrow road but with clear sight of the entrance.
Les Epinettes is a small campsite to the west of Calais about two
miles from the motorway and is handy as an overnight stop to and from
the Channel crossings. There are about 90 pitches but many of these are
taken up with permanent and seasonal users leaving between 20/25 pitches
for touring units.
The site will reserve a pitch without deposit, although they
put reserve labels on the pitches they don’t put names on! Generally the
form seems to be to find a pitch and report to reception when it opens.
All pitches are on grass and vary in size. Many used by touring units
are long rather than wide, especially those near reception. Further into
the site there are a few larger pitches and anyone wanting to stay
longer might want to look here. All pitches will require some degree of
minor levelling. Electric hook-ups are in the main via CEE17 blue
connectors but they are only rated at 4 amps, however we found we could
use most of our appliances perfectly satisfactorily. There are two small
toilet blocks which are of a nice quality with seated pedestal toilets
and paper provided. Showers require a token from reception. The chemical
deposal is in the second block although strangely there is no means of
rinsing the cassette when emptied! Reception keeps very restricted
hours, only being open in the morning and for an hour in the evening.
You therefore have to be aware of this when wanting to pay and of course
to purchase your shower tokens! Bread can be ordered from reception. The
site has free WiFi available to campers. I think this campsite is fine
for a day or two stop over en route to the ferries but it did not strike
me as a sitting about site. Mind you for €13 a night for two people with
electrics it is certainly excellent value, there are better equipped
sites nearby charging almost three times that in high season. Although
not open all year I understand the owner is prepared to allow people to
stay overnight by special arrangement.
For children there is a play area in the far corner of the
site.
The convenience of this site is its closeness to the Port of Calais and
the Channel Tunnel and reasonably easy access. It is also not far from
the Cite De Europe for shopping. For those staying longer there are all
sorts of excursion close by including the coast.
