Oakwood Marina

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Sunset over the bell tent
Sunset over the bell tent
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Typical pitch - grass on matting. ehu and tap 👍
Blue skies and fluffy clouds
Overlooking the water
Tents overlooking the meadow
Take the paths through the meadow
Watch the boats drifting down the canal
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Typical pitch - grass on matting. ehu and tap 👍
Blue skies and fluffy clouds

  • Relaxed 30-acre campsite bordering the Trent and Mersey Canal
  • A 10-minute drive from Northwich; Chester 40 minutes
  • On-site tea rooms serving breakfasts, coffees, scones and cakes
Whether you're in the mood for merrymaking, meandering through the countryside or day trips to Manchester city centre, Oakwood Marina is a relaxed waterside campsite in rural Cheshire that ticks all the right boxes. As it borders the Trent and Mersey Canal, a wonderful waterway that runs all the way from Derby to Liverpool, walking and cycling routes along the towpath can be accessed in a few seconds – an excellent way to take in the scenery of the surrounding Cheshire Plains. The marina runs for almost a mile along the canal and hosts a constantly changing collection of up to 90 colourful narrowboats, while the campsite is similarly spacious, covering roughly 30 acres of gently sloping land with views over the water's edge. The surrounding fields are either grazed by cows or mown for hay just a couple of times a year, meaning there's lots of long grass around to shelter passing wildlife (a few footpaths have been cut between the pitches to help guide you through the fields). Guests staying at Oakwood Marina are welcome to light campfires and barbecues (in the designated areas) and have access to useful marina facilities like a laundry room, toilet block, showers and washing-up area. There's also an on-site tea rooms, where you can stop for all-day breakfasts, coffees, scones, cakes and other goodies. To top it all off, on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, there's a pizza trailer and an outdoor bar open from 4pm until late. Oakwood Marina is just under a mile from a local organic farm shop and roughly two miles from Rudheath, where there is a railway station and a well-stocked supermarket.

Site type

RV sites 5
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 5
Tent sites 16
Rent a tent 5
Open now
Opens April 18
Please note
  • Single-sex bookings of 6 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • A cable measuring at least 10 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • The bar is open between 29/03 and 30/09.
  • This is a quiet park: no music is allowed.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, Apr 18 to

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Reviews

9.4

Overall rating from 202 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Peaceful

95% would recommend this site to a friend

93% would stay here again

What customers say

Beautiful, peaceful marina-side camping with spacious, private pitches. Staff are praised as friendly & helpful, with a great cafe & bar with pizza. Facilities are clean. Minor notes: possible aircraft noise & limited showers/toilets leading to queues. No cars on pitches, gear transported by quad.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Great site, friendly staff and a good full English!

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Daniel D.

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked Spacious, quiet pitch with views of the marina.
Helpful staff and friendly residents.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean, welcoming and spacious site with great facilities

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Simon S.

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked Oakwood marina is very easy to find and convenient to motorway and stunning countryside
On arrival your greeted with a friendly welcome and information before all your camping gear is whisked off on the quad to your spacious site
Overlooking the canal, reed beds with geese, kestrels and a hunting owl as company, this is a special place to relax and enjoy nature but still have access to a cafe, hot showers and cleaning facilities if you wish
You couldn’t feel more welcome and I just wish I could have had a few more days to explore or just watch the ever changing sky - many thanks

Disliked I’d always prefer good compost toilets to portaloos (as spotless as they were)

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will be re-booking

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Anonymous

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked Lovely helpful staff, loads of space between pitches, able to pick up a pizza to save washing up.

Disliked Not a dislike, but clear signs for drinking and none drinking water may help.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site

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Margaret W.

Powered grass RV campsite

Liked Wonderful location
Fresh pizza at weekends
Tea room for breakfast
Friendly member of staff when there had been hiccup with booking

Disliked N/a

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Highly recommended site

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Kevin M.

Powered grass RV campsite

Liked Excellent site, good clean facilities, run by really nice team of people. No complaints at all and fantastic pizzas were an unexpected bonus!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Right next to a great tea…

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Elizabeth J.

Powered grass RV campsite

Liked Right next to a great tea room that served delicious pizza sat eve and a wide range of breakfasts sun morning. Lovely walks along the canal. Staff really friendly and helpful.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff love this site…

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Cheryl T.

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked Friendly staff love this site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Not worth 25 pounds a day.

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Edita T.

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked The distances between the tents are super large.

Disliked You can hear planes taking off from Manchester airport at night. The toilets are clean.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very disappointing visit

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phillip m.

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked Nothing

Disliked Being subjected to muck spreading on adjacent field for the whole day we were there, so close to tent the wind was blowing it onto the tent.
Planes going overhead constantly overnight depriving us of sleep.
Cafe/bar closed for both nights we were there
No staff on site. Therefore no communication.

Recommend to friends Visit again

A clean and family friendly campsite…

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Luke M.

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked A clean and family friendly campsite would recommend to friends and family

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Portable toilet

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Themes

Forest Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Spectacular scenery Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

Oakwood Marina

Davenham Road

Davenham

Northwich

Cheshire

England

CW9 7RY

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.23745°N
2.4759°W

Nearest transport

Coach
15.6 km Bus Station
18.7 km Scotland Road Alighting Only
18.8 km Bus Interchange
Rail
3 km Northwich Rail Station
3.4 km Lostock Gralam Rail Station
4.2 km Greenbank Rail Station
Ferry
39.4 km Liverpool Pier Head Ferry Terminal
39.6 km Liverpool Isle of Man & Dublin Terminal
39.7 km Woodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal
Airport
19.3 km Manchester Airport
19.4 km Manchester Airport Terminal 3
19.4 km Manchester Airport Terminal 1

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

Start off with some good old-fashioned industrial heritage at the Lion Salt Works in the nearby village of Marston (10 minutes' drive), or visit the Anderton Boat Lift (15 minutes) to see how ingenious Victorian engineers negotiated a 50-foot drop between the river Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal. The handsome market town of Northwich (10 minutes) and its bustling high street should be next on your agenda – especially if your stay at Oakwood Marina coincides with its monthly artisanal market. For cities where there's always something on, you could head to Chester (40 minutes) or Manchester (40 minutes), both of which have top museums, kid-friendly attractions, shopping opportunities and historic quarters to explore. Need a breather after all that? Fresh air – and plenty of it – is available at Marbury Country Park (15 minutes), Tatton Park (20 minutes) or Dunham Massey (25 minutes), a National Trust-managed property with a deer park and garden that makes the place well worth visiting all year round.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Wallasey 45.5 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Moreton 47.2 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Anderton Boat Lift - Lift Trips 3.8 km

Arley Hall & Gardens 9.7 km

Tatton Park Mansion 11.9 km

Delamere Forest 13.5 km

Capesthorne Hall & Gardens 15.7 km

National Trust

Nether Alderley Mill 16.6 km

Hare Hill 20.2 km

Biddulph Grange Garden 24 km

Speke Hall, Garden and Estate 28.7 km

Lyme Park 30.8 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Anderton and the Trent and Mersey Canal 5.5 km

Pickmere, Great Budworth and Arley Hall 5.8 km

Marbury - Anderton Country Parks - Anderton Boat Lift 6 km

Whitegate Way 7.5 km

TABLEY HOUSE 7.5 km

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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Oakwood Marina have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Oakwood Marina dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Oakwood Marina? Start off with some good old-fashioned industrial heritage at the Lion Salt Works in the nearby village of Marston (10 minutes' drive), or visit the Anderton Boat Lift (15 minutes) to see … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Oakwood Marina?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Oakwood Marina? From $46.93 (for 1 night, 5 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.