Firth Tower Overnight Camping
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Firth Tower Overnight Camping
The Firth Tower Museum carpark allows overnight stopovers for a small fee.
Un-powered sites $15
Powered Sites (6 available) - $20
Self-contained vehicles only.
A free dump station is available at Railside on the Green, 41A Hetana Street along with public toilets and the Matamata Citizens Advice Bureau. - There is another dump station on the Rockerford Street in Matamata (right outside the Swaps)
Dogs are on lead except inside the actual historic reserve.
Public toilets are available.
The Firth tower website is very useful for more info about the site. - https://firthtower.co.nz/
(Fees for the museum are not included in the camping fee)
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Matamata-Piako District CouncilCouncil organisation |
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North Island ▷ Waikato ▷ Matamata |
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Quiet and peaceful -
Clean facilities
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Affordable pricing
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Close to Hobbiton
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Museum often closed -
Some bugs at night
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Limited powered sites
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This place is beautiful!
Diana -
Stopped here one night heading for Hobbiton.
Sam & Mal -
First campsite in NZ for us.
Paul S -
Très agréable pour une nuit proche d'Hobbiton.
Elodie -
Great spot!
Mo Allgood
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Très agréable pour une nuit proche d'Hobbiton.
On s'endort avec le champ des oiseaux, et on peut amener les enfants voir les animaux de la ferme d'à côté. Le musée était hélas fermé quand on y était.
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This is such a beautiful spot to camp, lovely and quiet, beautiful surrounds, clean facilities… museum is immaculate also despite being unfortunately closed on day I arrived.
FEES HAVE BEEN UPDATED:
$20 Powered
$15 Unpowered
Just slip cash in one of their marked envelopes if museum is closed.
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This place is beautiful!
Pretty quiet, well maintained. It was perfect for us and the kids enjoyed exploring the museum park which you can do even when the museum is closed. $20 for powered site (a bargain) and $15 unpowered. Lovely clean toilets with fly screens to stop the bugs that like to buzz around lights at night. Really enjoyed this spot and recommend it.
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Very cheap ($10) public toilets were clean, situated next to lovely museum, picnic tables under enormous oak trees.
20 min drive to Hobbiton
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First campsite in NZ for us.
Not sure what to expect. Far beyond expectations, quirky museum attached which was very good. Small, clean, quiet
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Beautiful spot with clean toilets open 24/7.
Too bad the museum was closed.
15$ powered site.
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I agree with the earlier reviews.
You can also pay for your stay by bank transfer. The cash envelope is also still available.
There's 6 powered sites and plenty more space for non-powered.
I stayed on a Wednesday night right at the end of Spring and there were only 3 other cars/trailers in the car park.
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Clean 24/7 toilets and a convenient location for accessing the Hobbiton movie set (less than 20 minute drive).
We used a powered site and had a great night sleep.
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Nice, small place if you want to visit “Hobbiton movie set” as its nearby.
Clean toilets
1 night= 10$ unpowered
or 15$ powered site
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24 hour well lit proper flushing toilets (lots of dead flies though).
$10 per van non powdered, $15 with power. Felt safe and quiet. Good little spot, would recommend.
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Powered site for only $15 per motorvan, nice place by the fields.
Self-Checkin/pay available 24/7
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Great spot!
$10 per van, $15 for power. There’s an ‘honesty box’, if the museum is closed & security come trough at night.Just off the road, but didn’t notice any traffic at night. Your allowed to wander around the historic buildings even when the museum is closed.- ground was too wet to park on the grassed area at the rear. Public toilet open 24/7. Clean flushable!
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A fantastic place to stay.
Heaps of Spence for a large camper. Powered sites were only $12 a night. Clean toilets. Very safe place to stay with kids.
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So beautiful and quiet!
The site is level and cheap! We paid $12 for powered site, it says you need to be there by 4pm but they had an after hrs kiosk to put your money in so you can get there later. You need to back up to the power boxes so other people can use them too. It was very busy so don't get there too late if you want power otherwise it was a big spot so you will still find room. Toilets were open all night and nice and clean.
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Sept 19.
Does exactly what it says on the tin. It's a car park with some power stations available if required. $12 for powered when we were there and they work on an honesty system (even providing envelopes for posting the cash). Clean toilet available 24 hours. Sadly the museum was closed as it' looked quirkily interesting. Good staging point for Matamata.
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Stayed two nights, each night 6$, really friendly people working at the museum and public toilets were good!
Thank you!
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Très agréable pour une nuit proche d'Hobbiton.
On s'endort avec le champ des oiseaux, et on peut amener les enfants voir les animaux de la ferme d'à côté. Le musée était hélas fermé quand on y était.
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This is such a beautiful spot to camp, lovely and quiet, beautiful surrounds, clean facilities… museum is immaculate also despite being unfortunately closed on day I arrived.
FEES HAVE BEEN UPDATED:
$20 Powered
$15 Unpowered
Just slip cash in one of their marked envelopes if museum is closed.
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This place is beautiful!
Pretty quiet, well maintained. It was perfect for us and the kids enjoyed exploring the museum park which you can do even when the museum is closed. $20 for powered site (a bargain) and $15 unpowered. Lovely clean toilets with fly screens to stop the bugs that like to buzz around lights at night. Really enjoyed this spot and recommend it.
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Very cheap ($10) public toilets were clean, situated next to lovely museum, picnic tables under enormous oak trees.
20 min drive to Hobbiton
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First campsite in NZ for us.
Not sure what to expect. Far beyond expectations, quirky museum attached which was very good. Small, clean, quiet
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Beautiful spot with clean toilets open 24/7.
Too bad the museum was closed.
15$ powered site.
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I agree with the earlier reviews.
You can also pay for your stay by bank transfer. The cash envelope is also still available.
There's 6 powered sites and plenty more space for non-powered.
I stayed on a Wednesday night right at the end of Spring and there were only 3 other cars/trailers in the car park.
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Clean 24/7 toilets and a convenient location for accessing the Hobbiton movie set (less than 20 minute drive).
We used a powered site and had a great night sleep.
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Nice, small place if you want to visit “Hobbiton movie set” as its nearby.
Clean toilets
1 night= 10$ unpowered
or 15$ powered site
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24 hour well lit proper flushing toilets (lots of dead flies though).
$10 per van non powdered, $15 with power. Felt safe and quiet. Good little spot, would recommend.
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Powered site for only $15 per motorvan, nice place by the fields.
Self-Checkin/pay available 24/7
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Great spot!
$10 per van, $15 for power. There’s an ‘honesty box’, if the museum is closed & security come trough at night.Just off the road, but didn’t notice any traffic at night. Your allowed to wander around the historic buildings even when the museum is closed.- ground was too wet to park on the grassed area at the rear. Public toilet open 24/7. Clean flushable!
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A fantastic place to stay.
Heaps of Spence for a large camper. Powered sites were only $12 a night. Clean toilets. Very safe place to stay with kids.
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So beautiful and quiet!
The site is level and cheap! We paid $12 for powered site, it says you need to be there by 4pm but they had an after hrs kiosk to put your money in so you can get there later. You need to back up to the power boxes so other people can use them too. It was very busy so don't get there too late if you want power otherwise it was a big spot so you will still find room. Toilets were open all night and nice and clean.
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Sept 19.
Does exactly what it says on the tin. It's a car park with some power stations available if required. $12 for powered when we were there and they work on an honesty system (even providing envelopes for posting the cash). Clean toilet available 24 hours. Sadly the museum was closed as it' looked quirkily interesting. Good staging point for Matamata.
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Stayed two nights, each night 6$, really friendly people working at the museum and public toilets were good!
Thank you!
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Stopped here one night heading for Hobbiton.
Great site, clean & quiet. $6 non power $12 powered, clean toilets open all night, fresh clean water supply. We both really liked this site, spoke to staff in the morning who are enlarging the site, really helpful. Stay here for a relaxing night. Top marks!!
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Before heading to Hobbiton, we stayed here for a night in one of the eight powered sites for a really reasonable amount of money (can't recall the actual value we paid).
We had access to a very clear public toilet, and almost nobody was spending the night there, so we basically had the (public) place for ourselves.
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