Pitch on the Wall Campsite

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Camping Field (added by manager 24 Jul 2024)
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  • Family-friendly back to basics site in rural Northumberland
  • A five-minute drive to Heddon-on-the-Wall and Hadrian's Wall
  • Campfires and barbecues allowed; historic pubs and alpaca farm nearby
Dubbed Hadrian’s Wall country, this was once the land of the Romans. It's hard to imagine the world of crossbows and armour now, but timeworn battlements, fortresses, and ramparts will help you to travel back in time… In the Northumberland countryside, close to the ancient Hadrian’s Wall (could this be the longest UNESCO World Heritage Site, at 75 miles long?), Pitch on the Wall Campsite is a small, family-friendly site smack bang in the middle of Hadrian’s Wall country. Within 15 minutes’ drive of Newcastle upon Tyne and five minutes from the historic town of Heddon-on-the-Wall, this is a fine base to conquer the country Roman-style, explore its networking of hiking and cycling routes, or chase through the sloping countryside, using the wall as your guide. This a back to basics site with just running water and portable toilets, so it's a real rural Northumberland experience. It wouldn’t be right to let your pooch miss out on all this greenery, so dogs are welcome too, and noise is kept to a minimum after 11pm so you can stock up on your snoozing for another day spent out exploring. You'll be able to keep warm of an evening as campfires are allowed on site (grab a firepit on site before they all go…) with wood available for purchase. Pub grub and wholesome meals are served at several pubs and cafes with a five-minute drive, but you may prefer to pull out all the stops for a family barbecue on site. Grab all the extra buns and bits for the grill at several shops five minutes away, or simply sign up for food shopping delivered through your tent flap on site.

Site type

Tent sites 20
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Please note
  • This park has no on-site shower facilities.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Group bookings of 4 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Facilities/activities including firepit hire are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.
  • Please note that the toilet facilities are unisex.
  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.

Languages spoken

English

Reviews

93%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

This campsite was absolutely perfect for our personal needs in walking along…

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: This campsite was absolutely perfect for our personal needs in walking along the Hadrian's Wall path. The toilet facilities were very clean and user friendly. The owner of the site could not have been more helpful and friendly.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice site, but very noisy.

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Spacious, reasonable priced, good location for Hadrian's Wall, adquate portaloos & bins.

Disliked: Noisy: close to major A-road, which is noisy even throughout the night, also a tractor in the adjacent field was very noisy until 11pm. Airplanes overhead every hour or so through the night. Site un-manned, so noise from people partying isn't controlled.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Had a very good time

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: The tree swing was a great touch the kids played all day on it. Clean toilets. Friendly and cheep to stay

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Toilets clean Would def stay again

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Plenty clean toilets Lovely area Not crowded

Disliked: There was music on till after 2am but this is people not the site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great value semi wild camping with the convenience of a loo!

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Great space and views! Toilets although portaloos were very clean. Drinking water tap on site. Firepits available to hire for £5 a night were really sturdy, we hired for one night but would definitely do it again. Wood sold were lovely seasoned logs that lit well and burned beautifully and well priced at £8:50 a bag. They took both card and cash which was very convenient. Rubbish bins on site so you don't have to cart your trash home with you. Site owners were really friendly too. A brilliant pop up seasonal campsite at great value.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean no frills camp site

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Clean site toilet clean loads of green space for kids to run around

Disliked: Fire pits and logs a little expensive to buy and hire and not many to hire if a few are camping

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent basic site spacious and well maintained 👌…

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Excellent basic site spacious and well maintained 👌

Recommend to friends Visit again

Everything about the stay, the scenery was amazing. Very peaceful place…

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Everything about the stay, the scenery was amazing. Very peaceful place to relax.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent Site toilets on site very clean

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Everything

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent, clean and friendly

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
Carolyn B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Easy to find. Close to A69 and local amenities. Extremely clean portaloos on site. Beautiful sunset and sky was dark enough to see meteor shower and the northern lights!

Recommend to friends Visit again


Features

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 Car parking by site/unit 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

Budget/backpacker Spectacular scenery Wild camping

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) No hot water Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transportation nearby

Type

Pop-up campground Small (11-25 sites)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Pitch on the Wall Campsite

Heddon-on-the-Wall

Northumberland

England

NE15 0JB

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.99758°N
-1.84122°W

Nearest transport

Coach
8.4 km Main Street
8.5 km Main Street
9.4 km Newcastle Airport: Terminal Building
Rail
3.1 km Wylam Rail Station
3.8 km Prudhoe Rail Station
7.4 km Stocksfield Rail Station
Ferry
25.1 km Newcastle International Ferry Terminal
25.4 km North Shields Ferry Terminal
25.7 km South Shields Ferry Terminal
Airport
9.5 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

For rural explores, wander right into the farmlands from the site, join the Hadrian’s Wall at Heddon-on-the-wall (five minutes' drive), or feed the grinning alpacas at the nearby alpaca farm (five minutes). Those who prefer to travel on two wheels can hire a bike locally, glide alongside the river at Riverside Country Park (five minutes) or tackle England's largest forest in the west, Kielder Forest, where you'll need to pedal harder and faster to catch up with wriggling red squirrels and soaring ospreys overhead. History follows you everywhere you go in this area, whether it's Hadrian's wall (five minutes), the many historical beamed pubs or the birthplace of 'the father of the railways', George Stephenson’s cottage (five minutes). For a sandier day out, visit the craggy headlands of Tynemouth (35 minutes), whip out your bodyboard for Long Sands Beach, or raise your spears for action behind the battlements of the clifftop castle overlooking the beach.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Seaton Sluice 25.2 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Blyth South Beach 25.2 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Whitley Bay 25.9 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Tynemouth Cullercoats 26.5 km Sea Poor Poor Poor N/A
Tynemouth Long Sands North 26.6 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

George Stephenson's Birthplace 3.1 km

Prudhoe Castle 3.8 km

Gibside 11.1 km

Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens 11.6 km

Great North Museum: Hancock 14.7 km

National Trust

Cherryburn 5.2 km

Gibside 11 km

Holy Jesus Hospital 15.2 km

Wallington 18.8 km

Washington Old Hall 23.2 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Hadrian's Wall Part 7 - Tyneside Country Park - Wallsend 3.1 km

BRADLEY PARK 4.4 km

Throckley - Scotswood - Riverside - Newcastle 4.7 km

Newburn - Wylam Circular 5.8 km

Battle of Newburn Ford, 1640 6.6 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 sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Pitch on the Wall Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Pitch on the Wall Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Pitch on the Wall Campsite? For rural explores, wander right into the farmlands from the site, join the Hadrian’s Wall at Heddon-on-the-wall (five minutes' drive), or feed the grinning alpacas at the nearby alpaca farm (five minutes). … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Pitch on the Wall Campsite?
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    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
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