Hammer and Pincers Caravan and Campsite

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View across the site
Ny
Hardstanding and grass pitches
Pub at the front of campsite available for food and drinks
Beer garden

There’s much to see and do in County Durham, so it’s only right that you pick a quiet base to unwind after a day’s exploration. And a very good choice would be Hammer and Pincers Caravan and Campsite, a laidback spot barely five minutes’ drive from Newton Aycliffe and with one very important USP. Yes, the site has well-kept grass pitches tucked in between the trees, plus a facilities block with showers, loos and a washing-up sink. But much more importantly, it has pedestrian access to the Hammer and Pincers – a pub with a restaurant and spacious beer garden, where you can dodge any self-catering issues with a menu of good home-cooked food for breakfast, lunch and evening meals. Should you need to stock up on anything, there’s a deli and gift shop on the premises selling homemade jams, chutneys, cakes and takeaway savoury dishes as well as beers and wine. If you’re after entertainment, there’s an occasional schedule of live music events at the pub too.

Pladstype

Campingpladser for kørende campingvogne 30
Teltpladser 30
Autocamperpladser 30
Åbent hele året
Åbner

Turistrådsbedømmelse

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  • Børn under 18 år skal være i følge med deres forældre eller værge.
  • På denne campingplads er der ingen adgang for hunderacer eller krydsninger, som figurerer på listen over farlige hunde.
  • Rabatkort og gavekuponer kan ikke anvendes ved reservationer foretaget via Pitchup.com.
  • Opladning af elbiler er ikke tilladt på stedet.
  • Electricity is metered on site at £0.30 per kWh and must be paid onsite using a pre-paid topup card.

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Lovely scenery…

Samlet 8/10
Beliggenhed 8
Værdi for pengene 8
Indkvartering 8
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 6
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 8
Renlighed 6
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
Anonym Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal med hårdt underlag og græs med valgfri elektricitet

Syntes om: Lovely scenery

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Friendly staff,easy access and clean and well kept…

Samlet 8/10
Beliggenhed 8
Værdi for pengene 8
Indkvartering 8
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 4
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 8
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi 10
Derek H. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal med hårdt underlag og græs med valgfri elektricitet

Syntes om: Friendly staff,easy access and clean and well kept

Syntes ikke om: With being a bank holiday it was very cramped

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Clean friendly site with very helpful staff

Samlet 8/10
Beliggenhed 8
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering Ingen bedømmelse
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 8
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 8
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
David W. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal med hårdt underlag og græs med valgfri elektricitet

Syntes om: Lovely quiet site family friendly, pitches were level, owners were new and we had a couple of hitches mainly due to our inexperience and theirs but it was all sorted out quickly. Site is in a rural location and travelling is Necessary to go anywhere. Site is 30 minutes from Beamish museum with Durham, Hartlepool, Darlington and Middlesbrough all within about an hour

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Nice and clean & friendly.

Samlet 8/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi 10
thomas r. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal med hårdt underlag og græs med valgfri elektricitet

Syntes om: Very friendly site.The pub is very nice.But couldn't you get away with electric top up

Syntes ikke om: None

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Good location for what we wanted. Good price. Friendly staff. Loos and…

Samlet 8/10
Beliggenhed 8
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 8
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 8
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt Ingen bedømmelse
Renlighed 6
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
Caoímhin O. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal med hårdt underlag og græs uden elektricitet

Syntes om: Good location for what we wanted. Good price. Friendly staff. Loos and showers.

Syntes ikke om: Occasionally sewage smell. Some might find the proximity of the train track an issue

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Excellent site with very clean facilities friendly owners

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi 10
Julie K. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal med hårdt underlag og græs uden elektricitet

Syntes om: Great peaceful very friendly site with all the facilities you need for a fantastic camping experience.
Dog friendly too which is a bonus
We had a great sleep ready for our journey to Scotland the next day
A great location for seeing north east ie Durham Hartlepool Newcastle etc
Owner was very friendly and welcoming and gave us great information on arrival of where the facilities were.

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Absolutely beautiful site booked again for August…

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi 10
Claire P. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal med hårdt underlag og græs med valgfri elektricitet

Syntes om: Absolutely beautiful site booked again for August

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10 /10

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
John W. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal med hårdt underlag og græs med valgfri elektricitet

Syntes om: Absolutely brilliant specially as restaurant is dog friendly big bonus as we could take our doggy in with us have already booked again site is well maintained

Syntes ikke om: None

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As soon as we got there, the owner, an older gentlemen, I…

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 2
Værdi for pengene 6
Indkvartering 6
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 6
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 2
Renlighed 6
Wi-fi 2
Samantha G. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal med hårdt underlag og græs med valgfri elektricitet

Syntes om: As soon as we got there, the owner, an older gentlemen, I didn't catch his name so please forgive me, he couldn't do enough for us! He made sure we had the electric hook up & that it reached our tent (we did have our own but he said he had one, saves us packing ours away when finished with it I suppose 🙈) & then we forgot out pump for the tent... nightmare! But the camping community are one of the more generous & again, with the help of the owner, we managed to borrow one off another camper, truly grateful! The site is split into 2 parts, the touring & then the tents, like most sites that accommodate both, the electric points are close to the tent also, there was no pre-paid card like it states on the webiste though & this certainly wasn't 30p per kwh. We were required to pay £10 as well as the cost to stay. There is a pub on site & the food looked like lovely british pub food when we popped in to pay on arrival. There is a park on site as well as toilet & shower facilities, also washing up & a waste disposal point.

Syntes ikke om: The grass is uneven which makes for awkward lumps & bumps under the tent & loose bits because the ground is uneven & the guy lines can't be tightened properly to prevent this (hope that makes sense).
There is a train track about 200 yards from the site & about every 5-10 minutes there's a train going passed & its quite loud, this stopped at around about 23:30 & started again at about 7am. There is no barrier from the site to the track (or at least it was broken in places) so very unsafe for children who may wonder.
The toilet blocks could do with someone popping in every so often through the day as there were times where I tidied up after someone else, and child had obviously pressed the soap pump & there was soap all over the sink & another time someone had put the toilet roll tube down the toilet... could have easily been a mistake but again, just someone popping in to give it a once over a few times a day to keep it tidy 😊
Another thing I disliked, but you would get anywhere really, there was a family right in the middle of the site & one man clearly couldn't handle his alcohol and was shouting very aggressively at a child, very threatening and abusive things. Luckily this noise stopped at about midnight... I say luckily because we weren't too bothered as we were (trying) to enjoy a rare child free night away, but if we'd of had our children it would have been a different story.

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Very nice stay at this site , friendly people both in the…

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 8
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 8
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt Ingen bedømmelse
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
Anonym Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal med hårdt underlag og græs med valgfri elektricitet

Syntes om: Very nice stay at this site , friendly people both in the site and the pub area , I would definitely recommend for touring vehicles

Syntes ikke om: Nothing

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Faciliteter

Fritidsaktiviteter på stedet

Aftenunderholdning Bar eller klubhus Børneklub Cykelleje Fiskeri Fitnesscenter Fjernsynsrum Indendørs swimmingpool Legeplads Restaurant/Bar på pladsen Spillerum Takeaway Tennis Udendørs swimmingpool Vandsport

Faciliteter på stedet

Afhentning fra offentlig transport Bad til rådighed Bilparkering ved campingarealet/enheden Bruser til rådighed Familietoiletter Fryser med køleelement Gratis wi-fi Hundepark Internet-adgang Komposttoilet Købmandsbutik Møntvaskeri Offentlig telefon Offentlige toiletter Opvaskeområde Portabelt toilet Toiletblok Tørrerum Wi-fi

Grupper er velkomne

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Regler

Bål tilladt Erhvervskøretøjer tilladt Grill kan lånes Grill tilladt Hunde tilladte Hunde tilladte hele året rundt

Service

Gasflasker til rådighed Genbrug tilgængeligt Grøn energi Kemisk bortskaffelse Ladestationer til elbiler Opladningsfaciliteter

Faciliteter i nærheden

Bar i nærheden Hundevenligt område

Type

Campingplads med pub Mellem (26-50 arealenheder)

Fritidsaktiviteter i nærheden

Cykling i nærheden Fiskeri i nærheden Golf i nærheden Restaurant i nærheden

Beliggenhed

Hammer and Pincers Caravan and Campsite

Preston Lane

Newton Aycliffe

Co. Durham

England

DL5 6JH

Rutevejledning

Tidszone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54,60898°N
-1,54143°V

Nærmeste transport

Bus
9,5 km Dolphin Centre
15,6 km Roseberry Road
15,6 km Swan Hotel
Jernbane
2,9 km Heighington Rail Station
3,2 km Newton Aycliffe Rail Station
6,4 km Shildon Rail Station
Færge
20,4 km Transporter Bridge South Side
20,5 km Transporter Bridge North Side
43,1 km Newcastle International Ferry Terminal
Lufthavn
13 km Durham Tees Valley Airport

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Lokale seværdigheder

There are loads of outdoor activities to keep the family happy: golfers can be out on the greens within 15 minutes’ drive, and there’s much alfresco fun to be had on wake boards or kayaking at the North East Wake Park (10 minutes’ drive). There’s plenty of options of a cultural nature in the region too. Raby Castle, Park and Gardens (25 minutes) has tours of opulent interiors, fabulous gardens, a kids’ adventure playground and a deer park for family walks. Visit The Bowes Museum (35 minutes) for its important collection of Spanish paintings, and in summer, book tickets for the historic outdoor extravaganza ‘Kynren’ in Bishop Auckland (15 minutes). If the kids are not objecting to all the history, set off for Durham (25 minutes) to explore the UNESCO-listed cathedral and castle. However, if tiny tempers are getting fractious, make a detour to Adventure Valley (35 minutes) for an afternoon of blowing cobwebs away on the crazy golf course and go-kart track.

Vandkvalitet for nærliggende badevand

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Seaton Carew North Gare 24,7 km Hav Ikke RelevantFremragendeFremragendeFremragende
Seaham Beach 29,6 km Hav Ikke RelevantGodFremragendeFremragende

Datakilde: Det Europæiske Miljøagentur

Bør opleves

Locomotion:The National Railway Museum at Shildon 6,8 km

Durham Cathedral 18,3 km

Durham Castle 18,7 km

mima 20,2 km

Captain Cook Birthplace Museum 21,8 km

National Trust

Moulton Hall 21,6 km

Ormesby Hall 24,3 km

Mount Grace Priory 29,4 km

Washington Old Hall 32,6 km

Gibside 36,7 km

Cykelruter

Find lokale ruter på det nationale cykelnet - over 19,000 kilometer cykelruter.

Andet

Brafferton 2,6 km

WINDLESTONE HALL 5,5 km

Hardwick Hall Country Park (Durham) 7,1 km

HARDWICK PARK 7,3 km

Ceddesfeld Hall Gardens 7,7 km

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Tilbud

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