Castle Howard Lakeside Holiday Park

Liked Toilets showers clean fish and chip van very good

Disliked No body on reception when we arrived
Pitch not level under large trees
Very noisy kids shouting cars in and out so no peace
Crows making a racket at 4.30am
When i booked i booked for 2 nights but got a email saying they was a problem with the booking system and it had taken a deposit
If there had been someone on reception when we arrived we could have confirmed 2 nights but no
Saturday afternoon a lady came round and asked us to leave as we had only paid for 1 night
We said we would pack up and go we searched somewhere else in the area
After a short time she turned up again and said we could go on a grass pitch (5ton Motorhome on a grass pitch in pouring rain WHAT)
We left and never to return
We actually went to a lovely site very accommodating when we told them the situation
Thank you for completely ruining are weekend

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Liked Beautiful area, loads of space, well maintained toilets and showers, on-site shop, reasonable price.
We stayed for 2 nights and were very impressed. There are many other sites around York that are more expensive but have far fewer features! There are a few nearby attractions, including the Great Lake (directly next to the site, which is full of fish, swans, butterflies and dragonflies), Castle Howard and the arboretum with its red squirrels. Most everything else is a significant drive away though.
One of our nights was a Friday, possibly the start of the school holidays, and the site became much busier then. Despite this, there were no issues with noise at bed time or early in the morning. Would definitely visit again.

Disliked Very poor phone signal (not their fault really, just be aware depending on network!), very out the way so tricky to get around with public transport.

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Liked Friendly helpful staff.
Not too far from Castleford Howard (ask at reception for directions.)
Clean and tidy site.
Quiet (apart from some of the birds!)

Disliked Electric point too far from the pitch for my 15m cable.
Luckily reception lent me an extension.

The promotional pics online show hard-standing areas with guests' awnings pitched on nice grass areas alongside.
Unfortunately my pitch was next to a tree surrounded by tall nettles and weeds so insects came out and bit my legs.

The grass by my pitch was very hard, I only managed to get a couple of awning pegs in.
If you have a campervan with a tent-style awning then you're best booking an all-grass pitch because I was told that guests using hard-standing areas are not meant to pitch on the grass at all. That is NOT mentioned online. It's not possible to comfortably pitch a tent-style awning on stones :(

You won't get a phone signal on this site, which is fine, but there's no WiFi option available to compensate.

The dog walking area is a small field that is not enclosed, and people have to walk through it to get to the kids playing area. This needs to be made clear on the website. There's no signs saying where the dog walking field is either. You have to ask reception. It can only be accessed via the private holiday homes area.

The toilets/shower block was clean but narrow and basic. I image it'd be hard to manoeuvre in there when it's busy.

I couldn't find any plastic/cans recycling bins onsite, only glass, which is a shame.

Overall, I think the cost per night doesn't give value for money, considering the basic facilities. I have paid the same price at other campsites but they have enclosed dog walking areas, free WiFi and more modern toilet block and shower facilities.

The site seems to focus a lot more on holiday homes sales than the camping side.

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Liked Nice location by the lake

Disliked Some of the pitches were a bit bumpy, requiring some manoeuvring and levelling

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Liked Good welcome helpfull, plenty of space, showers were very good plenty of hot water. Clean and tidy

Disliked None

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Liked Amazing vacation 🫶

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Liked Plenty of space, short walk to facilities, great sun spot, beautiful sunset

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Liked Location, site size

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Liked Space between pitches and the setting, toilets and showers were good, staff at reception very polite and helpful. Only negative was the ridiculously loud firework display which started at 10:50pm at a private function at castle Howard!!!!

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Liked The views of the castle and the lake were stunning. The campsite was so peaceful. It was a great first stop on our northern tour. Friendly staff.

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