Solway Holiday Park

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Touring pitches
Touring pitches
Camping for all the family
Beach close by
Entrance to the site
Spacious touring pitches
Family-friendly site
Camping and touring pitches
Family camping
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Camping for all the family
Beach close by
Entrance to the site

  • Top-notch family holiday park on the edge of Silloth
  • Close to the Galloway Hills and Lake District National Park
  • Indoor pool, restaurant-bar and busy activity/entertainment programme
Off to explore the Lake District, the Scottish Borders or Hadrian's Wall – and want to stay at a holiday park with heaps to do on site for when you’re not out and about? Nearby Solway Holiday Park should fit the bill, as it's had several million pounds on updating its leisure facilities to make this 130-acre holiday park a highly sought-after place to stay on the stunning Solway Firth coast. It’s also located within walking distance of the Victorian seaside town of Silloth, in a handy spot for all sorts of outings on both sides of the England/Scotland border. That mix means you can really tailor your holiday to your own tastes, whether you’re planning to explore the scenery of the Lake District National Park and Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, hit the beach or focus your attentions on the activities available on site (or some combination of all of the above…) And those activities… well, there are lots and lots of them to fill your time with. The indoor pool, sports field and games arcade might be a place to start (all of these being free to use) while you consider which of the other activities you might like to join in with. Might it be aqua games, teddy bear hunts or pirates and princesses adventures for the younger kids, or archery, zorbing, axe throwing and bird of prey experiences for older guests? Head over to reception to find out the options and put your schedule together. It’s really worth finding some time for the entertainment too – there’s a packed programme of all sorts from kids’ shows through karaoke and bingo to live music from top-notch performers. Of course, all the practicalities are covered here too – the site has a launderette, a mini market and a restaurant/bar that’s open through the day for breakfasts, lunches, dinners and drinks.

Site type

Tent pitches 95
Touring caravan pitches 95
Motorhome pitches 95
Open now
Opens 11 April

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Minimum spacing of 3 metres between pitches.
  • Same-sex male or female groups under 30 years of age are not accepted. Please specify the type and size unit when making a booking. Please note that there is currently no public access to the farm or the pitch and putt.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 11 Apr to

This site is a member of Cove UK group.

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Reviews

7.6

Overall rating based on 344 reviews View breakdown

Peaceful

Voted 45% of visitors View breakdown

71%

would recommend this site to a friend

67%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Would stay again but site needs a facelift in some areas

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 4
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Staff very friendly and helpful peaceful site

Disliked: Touring area very poorly lit most pitches were very muddy and toilet block very dirty not cleaned in a regular basis

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good variety of things to do, nice clean facilities…

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Good variety of things to do, nice clean facilities

Disliked: It would be preferable to have separate grass pitches for caravans and tents. A good many of the pitches we saw (including ours), had deep hollows and deep tracks in the grass from caravan wheels, which isn't good for pitching a tent on

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site, family friendly…we will be back

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Brilliant park!

Had a great time loads for the kids to do.

The toilets were clean(ish) they said they cleaned them every hour but wasn’t sure about this as they were blocked a couple of times and the toilet paper wasn’t changed all of the time. Would say take your own.

The shower block was clean and tidy and the showers were hot. I have seen a couple of people comment that there wasn’t enough places to hang clothing and I agree. But I will take a warm shower any day.

The pitches were great but if camping take hard ground pegs as we struggled with the pegs in areas.

I saw a few comments about the pitches and worried before we went. They were fine, no flooding when we got there and there were some hard standing pitches for camper/caravans. It rained Friday night (the site can’t help the weather) and we got some puddles under the tent. But it did not let the place down.

The swimming pool was warm every time we went, you have to book every time you want to swim and only get an hour but it was enough as there aren’t slides or anything but was a welcomed break in the day.

The staff were very friendly and welcoming.

I again worried that there would be noise past 9pm. Honestly there was but I think we must have had a great group of campers as it was quiet before 10pm and there was no arguing or shouting.

We were not bored at all and we will be back!!

Disliked: Honestly the only thing that let it down was that there wasn’t allocated pitches. When we arrived there was no guarantee that you would get an electrical pitch despite paying for one.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Sorry don't think will go there again

Overall 4/10
Location 6
Value for money 4
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 4
Wifi 4
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Is good for family with children

Disliked: Fish and chips were expensive ground for caravan was not even

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean pitches nice bathrooms and utilities lots of things to do with…

Overall 8/10
Location 6
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Clean pitches nice bathrooms and utilities lots of things to do with children

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will be back

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Was met by a member of staff on arrival and shown around the site,
Showers and toilets were regularly clean.
Activities were well priced and the children loved the pottery painting (£10-£20 per item)

Disliked: No play park/swings etc for kids

Recommend to friends Visit again

I will come back there

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Piotr H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Absolutely great place to stay

Recommend to friends Visit again

Liked all the amenties. Toilet and shower rooms were all nice n…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Liked all the amenties. Toilet and shower rooms were all nice n kept clean. Also got a wash room for dishes. Entertaintment was great as the incorporated the kids into everything.

Disliked: Didmt like the fact the ground for tent pitches werent nice n flat esp with us just staying on forst day of opening for season. Would expect flat grounds n grass to be in good condition. Holes, lumps, patches were grass wasnt fixed etc

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Terrible touring site. We will not be back

Overall 4/10
Location No rating
Value for money No rating
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness No rating
Wifi No rating
Jacqueline M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: I could imagine this site was good if you have children.

Disliked: The touring site was very muddy and not a lot of room between pitches. The toilets were terrible, very dirty, toilet roll everywhere on the floor and none to use. Toilets should be cleaned more than once a day. There was rubbish everywhere with no sign of anyone cleaning it up. Not enough signage either around the site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall a fantastic site will definitely be returning

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 8
Danielle C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Loved the arcade and different food options. Night time entertainment was fab too!!

Disliked: The swimming pool lacks a slide or something of the sort for the kids.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Forest Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Solway Holiday Park

Skinburness Drive

Silloth

Cumbria

England

CA7 4QQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.87725°N
-3.38028°W

Nearest transport

Coach
8.9 mi Market Square
8.9 mi War Memorial
8.9 mi War Memorial
Rail
8.4 mi Aspatria Rail Station
8.7 mi Annan Rail Station
9.2 mi Wigton Rail Station
Ferry
21.5 mi Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing
21.8 mi Keswick Ferry Landing
22.3 mi Hawes End Derwentwater Ferry Landing

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

On the English side of the Firth, Solway guests can reach the north-western lakes of the Lake District National Park, day trips to Carlisle and the hills and stargazing of Northumberland National Park. On the Scottish side, you could hike the Galloway Hills, run away to Gretna or drive further afield to urban days out at Edinburgh or Glasgow. (To see it all at once, take a trip to championship Solway Golf Course where you can tee around to views of the Lakeland Fells, Galloway Hills and across to the Isle of Man.) Moseying towards Northumberland (stop off at Carlisle Castle and The Lanes shopping centre on the way), friends, Romans and countrymen can walk as much of the Hadrian’s Wall Path as they can manage: it’s the north of England’s most visited tourist attraction and most of it runs along the Solway Firth on its way to Northumberland. Happily for such a family-centred site, kiddish fun is all around Solway Holiday Park too: farm park Orton Grange, getting open-mouthed at the fish and other inhabitants at Lake District Coast Aquarium, or going on a hop around award-winning World of Beatrix Potter.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Allonby 7.9 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Southerness 8.7 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Sandyhills 13.7 mi Sea N/AN/APoorPoor
Rockcliffe 16.6 mi Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor
St Bees 28.3 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 8.3 mi

World Famous Old Blacksmith's Shop Centre 15.4 mi

Robert Burns Centre 16.2 mi

Carlisle Castle 17.4 mi

Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens 17.9 mi

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 14.8 mi

Buttermere and Ennerdale 24.9 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

CAMPFIELD MARSH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 14/11/2006) 6.9 mi

Carsethorn - Powillimount - Arbigland 8.3 mi

Hadrian's Wall Part 1 - Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle 8.5 mi

Caerlaverock Castle and Nature Reserve 9 mi

Criffel 10.5 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Solway Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Solway Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Solway Holiday Park? On the English side of the Firth, Solway guests can reach the north-western lakes of the Lake District National Park, day trips to Carlisle and the hills and stargazing of Northumberland National … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Solway Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Solway Holiday Park? From £23 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.