The Hollies

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Pitches
Pitches
Spacious campsite
Views
Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitches
Beach
The beach with access from the camping site
Entrance
Fish and chips
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Spacious campsite
Views
Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitches

  • Kessingland site directly on the Suffolk coast
  • Three different pitching up areas over 28 acres
  • Two new amenities blocks, including disabled and family rooms
What a beach! And what a view… The gorgeous East Anglian coastline and an expanse of Suffolk sands sweep out for miles from The Hollies touring and camping park near Lowestoft: the site is set on a cliff and the views from your pitch or your firepit of an evening will be Hollie-wood worthy. It's Kessingland Beach below you at The Hollies, which is a highly scenic ten or 15-minute saunter along the clifftop path and an equally scenic scene on arrival with its miles of golden sand. And the beach is dog-friendly all year round, as is The Hollies – hurrah and woof. The amiable Hollies team has arranged three picks of pitches on its roomy 28-acre site: the Barley field for tourers and with electric hook-up; the Seaside field for tents and without electric; and the Hay field especially suitable for mixed groups with a mix of tent and touring pitches, all with electric. Amenities are newly built and include two large shower and loo blocks with family rooms and rooms for disabled guests; a newly built playground is on site too for Suffolk coast-based little squirts.

Site type

Caravan sites 50
Motorhome sites 50
Tent sites 150
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 14
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dog Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the campground while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time so that the team can provide information about your unit/site.

Languages spoken

English

This site is a member of The Beeston Group group.

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Reviews

9

Overall rating from 622 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Value for money
 9
Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
 5
Peaceful

90% would recommend this site to a friend

87% would stay here again

What customers say

Great beachside spot, clean facilities, and helpful staff get a big thumbs up! Spacious pitches and food vans are a hit. Access can be steep and noise happens, with minor gripes on showers/WiFi. Still, a top choice for a chill break.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Loved the whole sits…

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9 out of 10
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Nicole s.

Seaside unpowered grass tent site

Liked Loved the whole sits

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent first experience with our new motor home. Perfect site.

Overall

10 out of 10
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 10
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 No rating
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Customer service
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Jo-anne M.

Powered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked So much to like:

Proximity to beach
Clean and tidy site
Very well maintained showers and toilets
Greeted by warden (we arrived just after reception closed) who couldn't be more helpful
Well laid out and well sign posted
Coffee hut and fish and chip hut on site - both great

Recommend to friends Visit again

Staff very helpful and friendly Clean…

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Seaside unpowered grass tent site

Liked Staff very helpful and friendly
Clean campsite
Location of campsite
Quite campsite
Level and well kept pitches

Disliked Toilet block although cleaned several times a day never felt clean.
Smelly mops and buckets left by showers made a terrible smell

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great location, good facilities for families…

Overall

9 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
 7
Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Seaside unpowered grass tent site

Liked Great location, good facilities for families and clean campsite. Very dog friendly and gosh and chips and coffee available on site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Location…

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8 out of 10
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Marius B.

Seaside unpowered grass tent site

Liked Location

Recommend to friends Visit again

Pitch is a good size, facilities…

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Clare E.

Powered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Pitch is a good size, facilities very clean, staff friendly and helpful if need any help..
Great access to the beach.. this is my second visit here and will be back again :)

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very quiet the staff are really…

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6 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 6
Accommodation
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Customer service
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Wifi
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Vanessa D.

Powered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Very quiet the staff are really friendly and drive you down to your pitch

Disliked The smell from the men’s toilets was really bad. Would have been nice to have a camp shop to get basic items

Recommend to friends Visit again

Reasonable cost

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8 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Seaside unpowered grass tent site

Liked Flat pitches.

Disliked Very busy

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice site. Would stay again

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8 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Andrew J.

Powered concrete and grass caravan site

Liked Camp had a nice holiday feel to it. Lots of amenities, chip shop most evenings, breakfast butty shack most mornings and an artisan coffee wagon. Excellent location backing onto an interesting beach. Pitch was flat and well drained. Electric worked without a hitch.

Disliked Waterless urinals in the gents meadows toilet block weren’t being serviced properly so stank.
They had a boiler breakdown when we arrived so a hot shower could be taken in the Seaside fields block. However ,in the morning the water was freezing in that block too.
Get the urinal and boiler maintenance right and it’s a great stay.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would recommend

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9 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Sandra P.

Seaside unpowered grass tent site

Liked Close to beach. Friendly staff. Clean amenties

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Beach access 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

Baby-changing facilities Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Picnic table 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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Budget/backpacker Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Communal freezer Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby

Type

Very large (over 200 sites)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at site Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Level campground, no steep slopes

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal sites

Location

The Hollies

London Road

Kessingland

Lowestoft

Suffolk

England

NR33 7PQ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.43139°N
1.72108°E

Route directions

From the A12 heading towards Lowestoft, take the third exit off the roundabout on to London Road and we are just down the road on the right. On a local bus route and the bus stops at the entrance to the park.

Nearest transport

Coach
5.6 km Gordon Road
11.2 km Old Market Place
14.4 km James Paget Hospital
Rail
4.4 km Oulton Broad South Rail Station
5.2 km Lowestoft Rail Station
5.2 km Oulton Broad North Rail Station
Ferry
13.3 km Southwold Ferry Landing
13.4 km Walberswick Ferry Landing
18.2 km Reedham Ferry South
Airport
40.1 km Norwich International Airport

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

The Hollies is in a spiffing location to get to the best of Suffolk, Norfolk, the countryside and the Broads for a bit of whatever you fancy in boating, fishing, hiking, rainy day activities and family days out. Lowestoft, Southwold and Great Yarmouth are all within ten miles – Lowestoft is only about five minutes by car – and are all well worth a day trip each, as is lovely Norwich about an hour's drive to the north-west (services run regularly from Lowestoft Station too). Lowestoft has two theatres and a handful of small museums in Sparrow Park alongside the main Lowestoft Museum in Nicholas Everett Park; head to the library's local history section for more pics and info of days of yore. Lowestoft's lighthouse is probably its most well-known feature, but take time for a trip to Ness Point too, the most easterly location in the UK (just ask a Lowestoft local to point you towards Gulliver). If you're on hol with the kids, you'll find loads of family-friendly options in the area, like the Africa Alive animal park five minutes' drive from the Hollies (go here on a Sunday for a bonzer of a car boot sale) and the Pleasurewood Hills theme park about 20 minutes away. Kids might also like the wooden roller disco at Lowestoft's Claremont Pier, but if this doesn't have them wheeling around in joy, take them to walk the plank at the play park Adventure Island, or to see more species at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Park just outside Great Yarmouth. Finally, nautical sorts don't need to tie themselves in knots trying to find a craft to take care of, as fishing boats can be chartered near Kessingland for sea angling trips, and the Norfolk Broads Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is within easy reach to drift along wildlife-laden waterways.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Lowestoft (South Of Claremont Pier) 4 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Lowestoft (North Of Claremont Pier) 4.5 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Southwold The Pier 11.4 km Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Southwold The Denes 12.8 km Sea N/AN/AN/AN/A
Gorleston Beach 15.4 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Somerleyton Hall and Gardens 10.5 km

Fritton Lake Country World 13.3 km

Pleasure Beach 18.2 km

Framlingham Castle 34.5 km

BeWILDerwood 35.9 km

National Trust

Elizabethan House Museum 19.3 km

Horsey Windpump 35.6 km

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 39.8 km

Sutton Hoo 45.8 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Mutford - Carlton Colville - Barnby - Mutford 4.3 km

Carlton Colville 4.6 km

BELLE VUE PARK 6.7 km

North Cove 7 km

Gunton 8.5 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 The Hollies have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Hollies dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Hollies? The Hollies is in a spiffing location to get to the best of Suffolk, Norfolk, the countryside and the Broads for a bit of whatever you fancy in boating, fishing, hiking, rainy … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Hollies?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  noon –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Hollies? From $36.66 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.