Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park

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Aerial view of park and pitches
Indoor pool
Indoor pool
Electric grass pitches

  • Family park three miles from the Peak District town of Ashbourne
  • Seven and a half miles from Alton Towers
  • Indoor pool, licensed shop and picnic area
If you had to pick a Peak District place, you'd be displaying tiptop taste if you went for Ashbourne. For there are many whys: it’s at the southern tip of the Peak District and a gateway to the same; it leads straight on to the Tissington Trail, and it’s sevenish miles from the heady heights of Alton Towers. More? It's also been the site of a raucous game of football every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday since medieval times; and (possibly related), one in every four of its buildings is or has been an inn or brewery. It's not a bit surprising that illustrious visitors in its past have included Bonnie Prince Charlie and Charles I, although they probably didn’t have time to stop off for a game of footie… Add to your list Ashbourne Heights (formerly known as Highfields Park), three miles from town, well placed to reach a range of market towns like Bakewell and Buxton, and with a good range of facilities and services to fire the family up. From the site you can reach the main sights, activities, landscapes and history of the Peak District: too many to go into here, but do bring your camera. Ashbourne Heights has a heated indoor pool, and generously-sized pitches with room for awnings, gazebos and a car parked alongside. Other facilities at the park include a licensed shop, picnic area, launderette, covered washing-up areas, showers, toilets and a baby changing area. All in all, a pretty good Peak District pitstop…

Site type

Caravans for hire 27
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 10
Tent pitches 81
Touring caravan pitches 27
Open now
Opens 3 March

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Twin axle vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 21 consecutive nights.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.
  • Group bookings of four or more people under 25 are not permitted via Pitchup.com.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Mon, 3 Mar to

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

92%

would recommend this site to a friend

87%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Enjoyed the area staff everyone was very friendly…

Overall 6/10
Location 7
Value for money 5
Accommodation 7
Facilities / Activities 7
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 3
Karon T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Enjoyed the area staff everyone was very friendly

Disliked: Nothing

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All in all a decent site, well kept and clean, pods good.

Overall 7/10
Location 7
Value for money 6
Accommodation 9
Facilities / Activities 5
Customer service 7
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 9
Wifi 1
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Camping pod

Liked: We stayed in a pod for 3 nights. The pods were good, decent beds and a good size, site was clean and well maintained. Having your own en-suite is a proper bonus. Access to walks and especially the Tissington Trail was excellent and The Old Dog pub in Thorpe, which is easily walkable from the site is highly recommended. Approx and hour walk into Ashbourne and other villages are not far away on the trail. Small shop on site is pricey as you'd expect but had everything we needed

Disliked: The pitches are close together, ours was overlooked but not the end of the world. Our biggest disappointment with the site was not being able to use the pool. Despite trying to book ahead it was fully booked up for the whole time we were there which was annoying as we'd picked the site specifically as it had a pool. I recommend you try and book it the minute you arrive if you're thinking of going.

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Good site, well kept. Toilet block drains need attention

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 7
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 7
Customer service 9
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Paul G. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Staff

Disliked: Some drain smells from the toilet block.

Recommend to friends Visit again

This is a great site for families.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 9
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 1
Paul F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: This is a lovely site in a fantastic location with access right onto the Tissinngton Trail. Staff very helpful and friendly. Excellent park for the kids.

Disliked: The toilets, while nice, could have been checked and cleaned a little more often.

Recommend to friends Visit again

We had a lovely time and would visit again.

Overall 9/10
Location 10
Value for money 9
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 7
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Camping pod

Liked: Excellent site. Very clean and lovely park facility , shop and pool . Owners were particularly helpful and nothing was too much for them. They even gave us a kettle to use. Pod was clean and bathroom too. Shower had plenty of hot water. We had a lovely stay.

Disliked: First time staying in a pod. We didn’t realise that there was no kettle etc in the pod but this was not a fault of the site. Maybe it should state that there’s no cooking/water boiling facilities and that you need to bring all you would for camping.

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A lovely stay for me and my son

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 1
Ashleigh B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Camping pod

Liked: Clean cozy camping pod
Site was safe for kids to run around
Swimming pool

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good shower and toilet facilities, spacious pitches and access to swimming pool.…

Overall 9/10
Location 9
Value for money 7
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 7
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Alex L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Good shower and toilet facilities, spacious pitches and access to swimming pool.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Hope to visit again

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: New toilet block and shower facilities are great. Clean and tidy. Visited with my daughter, 6, and friends with similar aged children. They love the site and play area! Lovely area to go for a walk

Disliked: No zipwire anymore, Elsan waste disposal is a bit of a walk from the pitches. Why wasn't one installed with new toilet block?

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Good for walking around area but would not stay again

Overall 4/10
Location 9
Value for money 4
Accommodation 3
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 7
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 1
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (no awning)

Liked: In a great area for walks good park for kids to play

Disliked: Shower and toilet block to small for amount.of people on site tour waste disposal too far away from where they are pitched and there only one of them. Power to a few electric pitches keep tripping out .water tape at the back of my pitch 20 had no pressure water just drips out

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Not one level pitch on the camp

Overall 5/10
Location 10
Value for money 5
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 1
Child friendliness 5
Cleanliness 4
Wifi No rating
David H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (no awning)

Liked: Location

Disliked: Toilets were not cleaned very often.
Thought it was expensive for what you get

Recommend to friends Visit again

great site, great location.

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 9
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 7
Wifi 1
Wendy L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Swimming pool, toilet facilities, friendly staff, location. We were lucky to be there during a quiet week.

Disliked: esan disposal unit a long walk from touring pitches, pitches very close together, no lock on men's toilet by pool, reported it and no action taken before we left

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Features

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 pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette 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

Themes

Budget/backpacker Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Step-free access Smooth, hard roads e.g. tarmac Step-free or level access

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park

Fenny Bentley

Ashbourne

Derbyshire

England

DE6 1LE

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.05557°N
-1.74671°W

Nearest transport

Coach
8.8 mi Fishpond Hotel
8.8 mi Fishpond Hotel
9.7 mi Railway Station
Rail
9.1 mi Cromford Rail Station
9.2 mi Matlock Bath Rail Station
9.7 mi Matlock Rail Station
Airport
23.5 mi East Midlands Airport
27.9 mi Sheffield City 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 amount of antics available at Alton Towers near Ashbourne Heights might turn grownups grey among the thrill rides, river rapids and other heady highlights of the country’s biggest theme park. You’ll ensure Very Good Behaviour Indeed if you take the family on to Gulliver’s Kingdom at Matlock Bath, designed to keep all ages busy/tired out for later (beware the nerf guns). Other energetic Peak District pastimes include watersports, laser tag, climbing, caving and zipwiring; find out where’s what at Ashbourne’s tourist information centre, which is practised in all things Peak. More peacefully, the Peak District has a high amount of culture and heritage to explore: National Trust houses and estates, the old spa towns of Matlock and Buxton, museums of all sorts, prehistoric cave paintings, three vintage railways and aeons more. Lead mining was a main industry here from Roman times until recently and info on the industry can be mined at the Peak District Mining Museum at Matlock. Bolsover Castle, founded in the 12th century, has regular events to tempt the kids, such as exhibitions on torture for the gruesomely minded, an indoor riding school, and a theatrical room just for little darlings.

Must see

Alton Towers Resort 7.6 mi

Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills 8.6 mi

Arkwright's Cromford Mills 8.8 mi

Haddon Hall 10.4 mi

Kedleston Hall 10.4 mi

National Trust

The Old Manor 6.2 mi

Winster Market House 7.4 mi

Kedleston Hall 11 mi

Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood 11.6 mi

Biddulph Grange Garden 18 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Thorpe - Fenny Bentley - Parwich - Tissington - Thorpe 0.5 mi

Tissington - Fenny Bentley - Mapleton - Dove Dale 0.9 mi

Tissington - Hall Dale - Alstonefield - Tissington 0.9 mi

Tissington - Dove Dale - Biggin Dale - Tisington 0.9 mi

Dove Dale - Blore - Calton - Waterfall - Ilam - Dove Dale 1.5 mi

Local events

  • Download Festival (Friday 13 June 2025 – Friday 13 June 2025)

    Derby, Derbyshire 22.1 mi

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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park? The amount of antics available at Alton Towers near Ashbourne Heights might turn grownups grey among the thrill rides, river rapids and other heady highlights of the country’s biggest theme park. You’ll … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park? From £19 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.