Watermill Leisure Park

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Large field with electric hook-ups and lighting (added by manager 31 Aug 2022)

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  • Peaceful 55-acre site on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds
  • Half an hour from the beach at Cleethorpes
  • Two large and well-stocked fishing ponds; bar on site with food
The gentle bob of the float of the water, the drowsy buzz of a passing dragonfly, a flash of blue as a kingfisher darts over the water – sounds pretty idyllic, no? All this can be yours at Watermill Leisure Park, a family-run holiday park on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Anglers have plenty to look forward to here, with roach, perch, rudd and tench among the species in the two well-stocked ponds. Also lurking in the deep are all sorts of carp, including some rumoured to weigh around 20lb. Not into fishing? Panic not. The oak and pine woods around the 55-acre site provide safe havens for lots of wildlife: bring your binoculars, take a seat and see what you can see – kingfishers, owls, woodpeckers and dragonflies are among the regular visitors. For something a bit more active, you can easily join walking and cycling routes directly from the site. If you fancy a pint at the end of the day, you’ll be chuffed to hear there’s a country pub a three-minute amble from the site; it also serves food five evenings a week. For pitchside eats, head to Caistor, a 10-minute drive away, to pick up a takeaway or buy your barbecue bits from the supermarket. Easiest of all, just head to the on-site bar, where homemade pizzas are available from a clay oven at weekends in peak season.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 15
Motorhome pitches 15

Languages spoken

English

French

Polish

Spanish

Welsh

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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

Disabled facilities

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

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

Forest

Lake and/or mountain

Peaceful

Remote location

Walkers' paradise

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Location

Watermill Leisure Park

Station Road

Moortown

Market Rasen

Lincolnshire

England

LN7 6HZ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.48326°N
-0.37209°W

Nearest transport

Coach
7 mi Airport Terminal
12.8 mi Granby Inn
12.8 mi Granby Inn
Rail
6.5 mi Barnetby Rail Station
6.5 mi Brigg Rail Station
7 mi Market Rasen Rail Station
Ferry
18.5 mi Hull Ferry Terminal
Airport
7 mi Humberside Airport
26.3 mi Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport
26.3 mi Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield 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

Walkers and cyclists have plenty of choice of routes nearby: directly outside the site, a path leads into the woods and on to longer hiking trails, and the Viking Way starts from the village of Nettleton two miles away. Another good place for a walk is the Far Ings Wildlife Reserve, half an hour's drive away. Along the banks of the Humber estuary there’s lots for birdwatchers in particular, with geese, starlings and swallows among the birds nesting here. It’s also one of the UK’s best strongholds for bittern. If you’d like to get a bird’s-eye view of the forest, take to the trees at Wild Pines Park, 20 minutes away, where you can tackle the high ropes course and fly through the canopy on ziplines. Down on solid ground you can also follow a treasure hunt or have an archery lesson. Life gets even wilder half an hour away at Woodside Wildlife Park, where the inhabitants include tigers, lemurs and various reptiles. Fancy a beach day? It will take you just over half an hour to drive to Cleethorpes.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Cleethorpes 15.2 mi Estuary N/A Good Excellent Good
Humberston Fitties 16 mi Estuary N/A Good Excellent Excellent
Withernsea 23.9 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Tunstall 24.4 mi Sea N/A N/A Excellent Excellent
Mablethorpe Town 27.9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Far Ings National Nature Reserve 15.1 mi

The Deep 17.7 mi

Ferens Art Gallery 18 mi

Lincoln Cathedral 18.5 mi

Lincoln Castle 18.5 mi

National Trust

Maister House 18 mi

Tattershall Castle 27.4 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Nettleton - Viking Way - Caistor Top - Rothwell 1.8 mi

Nettleton and Nettleton Beck 1.9 mi

Walesby - Normanby le Wold - Stainton le Vale - Ramblers' Church 5.6 mi

Swallow, Irby Dale and Swallow Vale 6.3 mi

BROCKLESBY PARK 6.4 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.

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

wont stay again

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Lovely well kept park, if you like fishing this place is ideal

Disliked: expensive elson point disgusting not interested in campers more static caravans

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good clean peaceful site and we enjoyed a lovely walk in the woods.

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Quiet site Clean toilet/shower block Woodland walks

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site very clean and tidy grounds and pitches toilets & showers…

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Excellent site very clean and tidy grounds and pitches toilets & showers immaculate good walks fishing really good well stocked lakes nice bar area would definitely recommend to any one with touring caravan staff really helpful & friendly

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site with great facilities

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Very clean and tidy site (all aspects). Fishing excellent. Friendly warm welcome.

Disliked: N/A

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site,perfect for woodland walks

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: The facilities on this site are excellent. There are lovely showers which are clean and warm. There is also a free dog wash area, which was a godsend after a walk in the woods. No muddy pawprints in our caravan! The reception staff were friendly and welcoming. The woods were amazing, with some wildlife (not as much as we had hoped but maybe they are all building nests) and we explored them every day. The lake was great and we saw many good sized fish so will have to bring our fishing gear next time. There is an onsite bar, which we didn't use but it was clean and obviously popular. It wasn't open late so there was no late night noise to contend with. The whole site was really clean and the static part really well laid out. They are busy building some lodges with hot tubs around another lake, so that will be great. The touring pitch wasn't that big but it was close to everything.

Disliked: The showers could do with a floor squeegee in each cubicle to save getting wet trousers when getting dressed. There is no partition between shower and dry part so the water splashes over with no way of drying it off. The touring pitches could do with some hardstanding. The entrance to the field could be better with some gravel or tarmac as it was quite churned up. These are just suggestions that would make it better.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff and helpful, level pitches

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
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Love the local woods for walking, facilities were excellent and immaculately clean. Bar a bonus and reasonably priced

Recommend to friends Visit again

Well maintained friendly welcoming 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
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Beautiful surroundings. Friendly welcoming staff. Loved the fact that there was an on-site bar. Many local woodland walks without having to move the car. Clean toilet and shower facilities. The staff were on top of site maintenance. Added bonus of an on-site dog wash. Would highly recommend this site.

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Recommend to friends Visit again

Brilliant site, have been before and will definitely be returning

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
Josie S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Where do I start? The lovely big pitches, the peace and quiet, the friendly staff who remembered us from our last visit, the fishing, how clean it was and the dog shower and dryer- this was a lovely touch. We look forward to coming back in the Easter.

Disliked: Not being able to book direct with the site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Thoroughly enjoyed the fishing 315lb in one day is incredible

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Fishing and tidy look of the park

Disliked: Not disliked but the ponds need a lot of maintenance and peg clearing ,just an observation

Recommend to friends Visit again

Quiet site very clean…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 4
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Quiet site very clean

Recommend to friends Visit again


  • Does Watermill Leisure Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Watermill Leisure Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Watermill Leisure Park? Walkers and cyclists have plenty of choice of routes nearby: directly outside the site, a path leads into the woods and on to longer hiking trails, and the Viking Way starts from … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Watermill Leisure Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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