Dragonfly Camping

View prices & book 9.8 49 reviews
Camping field (added by manager 14 Jul 2023)
Camping field
Setting up in the walnut orchard
Walnut orchard pitches
Wilder pitches in walnut orchard
Green surroundings
Some of our visitors
Trees in bloom on the farm
Around the farm
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Setting up in the walnut orchard
Walnut orchard pitches
Wilder pitches in walnut orchard

  • Pop-up campsite among woodlands at a Co. Durham working farm
  • Durham city centre 15 minutes' drive; 20 minutes to the coast
  • Dog-friendly site; choose from main field or wilder orchard pitches
Want to spend some time deep in the delightful Co.Durham countryside? Don’t particularly want to have to make a long diversion from the main road to get there? Book yourselves a space at Dragonfly Camping – this splendid spot is part of a working farm surrounded by woodlands, and yet it’s no more than 15 minutes’ drive from either the A1 or the A19. You’ll probably start to notice the peaceful atmosphere as you make your way down the farm track to the camping area. At this point you’ll need to make a choice – will you set up in the main field (a popular choice for groups and families because of its open space and proximity to facilities), or among the trees in the Walnut Orchard for more of a secluded wild camping-style experience? Either way, you’ll have access to toilets and showers, along with water points in the camping fields. You’ll be allowed to bring your dog along too – perhaps to accompany you as you wander through the woods and grasslands around the site, looking out to see what sort of wildlife you can spot. Once you’ve stretched your legs on site, there’s much more to explore in the area – including outings to the Durham Dales, the Durham Heritage Coast and, of course, the city of Durham itself, which is about 15 minutes’ drive away. You won’t have to go that far for your picnic supplies though, as you can pick those up at the convenience store five minutes’ drive away in Wheatley Hill (which also has a cafĂ© and a couple of takeaways).

Campground type

Tent sites 50
Open now
Opens 22 August
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • 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).
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the campground/park are unlit.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.

Languages spoken

English

Spanish

Open from Thu, 22 Aug to

Reviews

9.8

Overall rating based on 49 reviews View breakdown

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Brilliant location. The wild camping experience was great! Very peaceful and owners


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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Brilliant location. The wild camping experience was great! Very peaceful and owners were fantastic. Have told all my friends about this gem of a camping site that's right on our doorstep! Definitely will be coming back.

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Perfect, clean, beautiful views

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Owners are lovely , campsite very clean and easy access we will definitely be back

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Excellent site with good facilities

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: We stayed in the woodland tent pitches, which were fantastic b it the fields were also available. Plenty of areas between the trees and shrubs to choose from, compost toilet nearby. Campfires were permitted, with wood to buy there. Matt was fantastic, showed us around and was helpful with any questions.

Disliked: Occasional groups of people using portable speakers for disturbing, loud music, but this would be turned off by the later evening at least.

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Great site

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Very friendly owner. Great area to camp. Toiler and shower provided. Will go back again. Very quite

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The sitting of the camp is amazingly relaxing. The owners were extremely


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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: The sitting of the camp is amazingly relaxing. The owners were extremely welcoming.

Disliked: The facilities are not the best, but clean. The access is not great and can be tricky if wet.

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Spacious site with clean facilities and friendly owners.

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: The booking process was quick and easy. The campsite owners were welcoming and helpful. The facilities were clean and well maintained and serviced. The site was spacious with plenty of choice of pitches including open fiend and enclosed woodland.

Disliked: Price was a little higher than I usually pay for a non electric pitch for just a tent, 2 humans and a dog and I like to go camping to be in a natural environment so disappointed when people around us feel the need to play loud music.

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The choice of pitches amongst the trees were lovely. Felt like wild


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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: The choice of pitches amongst the trees were lovely. Felt like wild camping but on a campsite.

Disliked: The road leading in and out was to drive on in a regular car.

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Great place to stay

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: We really liked the camping spot in the forest, was really cute for daughters (5 year old) first time camping, the campfire was a really nice touch as well, we only stayed one night so didn’t manage to do much exploring but went to the garden centre nearby which was recommended by owner. Could hear the horses in the nearby field which was very nice. Will definitely come again. Great location from where we live.

Disliked: Nothing was great, well
 apart from the cockerel aha

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Absolutely amazing place and the owner we can't thank him enough our


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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Absolutely amazing place and the owner we can't thank him enough our power bank wasn't working and he was kind enough to charge our phones for us always checking in to make sure we were ok which I found fantastic and we made 2 new friends that stayed with us throughout our 3 night stay my daughter even names them chocolate and vanilla lol (roosters) we chose a woodland spot for out stay and it was absolutely lovely would definitely go back

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Wildish site with a cute woodland

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

Unpowered grass and earth tent site

Liked: Nice wildish site with a friendly owner. The woodland part was nice to camp in and there were fire pits available

Disliked: Facilities were very basic and pretty far off. But then that goes with the wild ish site so fair enough really. There were some noisy groups

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Features

Pop-up campground

Dogs allowed

Campfires 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 site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry 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 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 Bush Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities 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

Farm Medium (26-50 sites) Pop-up campground

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Location

Dragonfly Camping

Carr House Farm

Town Kelloe

Durham

Co. Durham

England

DH6 4PS

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.72923°N
-1.44885°W

Route directions

Turn down the signposted track (marked Carr House Farm) at Town Kelloe and follow all the way to the farm.

Nearest transport

Coach
10.1 km Bus Station
16.2 km Interchange Stand 1
16.2 km Interchange Stand 2
Rail
10.2 km Durham Rail Station
13.9 km Seaham Rail Station
15.7 km Newton Aycliffe Rail Station
Ferry
21.5 km Transporter Bridge North Side
21.5 km Transporter Bridge South Side
29.3 km Newcastle International Ferry Terminal
Airport
24.3 km Durham Tees Valley Airport
38.1 km Newcastle 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

Attractions and activities nearby include: - Wingate Quarry nature reserve: five minutes’ drive - Durham (cathedral, castle and botanic gardens): 15 minutes - White Hill Woods: 15 minutes - Blackhall Rocks beach and Durham Heritage Coast: 20 minutes - National Trust - Crook Hall Gardens: 20 minutes - Adventure Valley theme park: 25 minutes - Binchester Roman Fort: 25 minutes - Angel of the North: 25 minutes - Beamish, the Living Museum of the North: half an hour - Kynren live attraction: half an hour - Raby Castle, Deer Park & The Plotters' Forest: 35 minutes - Heddon-on-the-Wall (for Hadrian’s Wall): 45 minutes.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Crimdon 12.9 km Sea Good Excellent Excellent Excellent
Seaham Beach 14.9 km Sea N/A Good Excellent Excellent
Seaham Hall Beach 15.1 km Sea N/A Good Good Excellent
Seaton Carew North 18.4 km Sea N/A N/A Good Good
Seaton Carew Centre 18.9 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Durham Cathedral 9.5 km

Durham Castle 9.7 km

Durham Coast 11.7 km

Hartlepool's Maritime Experience 16.1 km

Locomotion:The National Railway Museum at Shildon 16.8 km

National Trust

Washington Old Hall 19.7 km

Ormesby Hall 26.8 km

Souter Lighthouse and The Leas 27.3 km

Gibside 28 km

Holy Jesus Hospital 28.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Cassop Vale 1.5 km

Cassop Vale - Cassop Moor - Old Quarrington 1.6 km

Littletown - High Haswell - Littletown 6.3 km

Haswell to Hart 6.3 km

Croxdale Hall 6.9 km

Local events

  • Festival of Thrift (Saturday 21 September 2024 – Saturday 21 September 2024)

    Stockton-on-Tees, England 21.2 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.

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Dragonfly Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Dragonfly Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Dragonfly Camping? Attractions and activities nearby include: - Wingate Quarry nature reserve: five minutes’ drive - Durham (cathedral, castle and botanic gardens): 15 minutes - White Hill Woods: 15 minutes - Blackhall Rocks beach 
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  • When can I check in and check out of Dragonfly Camping?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Dragonfly Camping? From $70.20 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.