Foxtail Holiday Park

From £39 For 1 night, 2 adults 9.4 167 reviews
Spacious pitches surrounded by trees (added by manager 02 Aug 2022)
Level hardstanding pitches (added by manager 02 aug 2022)
Site view (added by manager 14 jun 2021)
Reception area including the toilet and shower facilities. (added by manager 07 jun 2022)

  • Modern holiday park on the border between England and Wales
  • Oswestry and Wrexham within 15 minutes' drive; Chester 30 minutes
  • Dog-friendly site with all-weather pitches; pub five minutes' walk
Entertaining the idea of a cross-border break? For comfy hols on the England–Wales border, look no further than Foxtail Holiday Park, a modern site a couple of minutes' walk from the Llangollen Canal. Even savvy locals would be forgiven for being outfoxed by the geography around here, as this green agricultural landscape straddles the border in ways that make it difficult to keep up with which country you're in (any Cymraeg on the road signs is often a helpful clue). And letting yourself lose your bearings isn't without appeal in this part of the world – crisscross the surrounding terrain along the Llangollen Canal or Offa's Dyke Path if you fancy days of rambling (both are clearly signposted, so there's little chance of getting properly lost). Back at base, this well-kept park has an array of attractive all-weather pitches where you can settle down and relax after days of adventuring. Toilets, showers, disabled facilities, drainage points for tourers and free superfast wifi are all mightily handy to have. The on-site bar is open from 3pm on Fridays and Saturdays when you want to unwind or have a social drink, while fuss-free dinners can be fixed at the traditional inn five minutes' walk down the road. Foxtail Holiday Park also has the plus of being dog-friendly. Need a supermarket, leisure centre or takeaway? Oswestry and Wrexham are both within 15 minutes' drive.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 30
Motorhome pitches 17
Open all year
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

96%

would recommend this site to a friend

93%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Lovely clean site, friendly staff. Toilets and showers were very clean.…

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

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (deluxe, maximum 7 metres)

Liked: Lovely clean site, friendly staff. Toilets and showers were very clean. There's a clubhouse on site which serves pizzas and burgers. There's a canal walk which takes you over the aqueduct and into Chirk. There is also a couple of pubs within walking distance serving food.

Disliked: There was nothing we disliked about the site.

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Quiet, clean,well kept. Friendly staff, Excellent facilities for showers, toilets, disposal.…

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

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (deluxe, maximum 7 metres)

Liked: Quiet, clean,well kept. Friendly staff, Excellent facilities for showers, toilets, disposal.

Disliked: N/a

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5 stars

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

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (premium, XL)

Liked: Welcoming staff, great prices at the bar, good free WiFi, even made space for a friend that had been let down on another site, the photos on the website do not do the showers justice.

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Lovely site would definitely revisit.

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

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (deluxe, maximum 7 metres)

Liked: Site was very clean, well laid out, facilities were top notch, hosts were very friendly and helpful. Great addition to have a bar on site. Good WiFi strong enough to stream TV.

Disliked: Only negative is there can be a bit of road noise from the A5

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Excellent but need some shower tweaks

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

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (premium, XL)

Liked: Very very hel-ful and welcoming team who went out of their way to make sure everything was ok. Everywhere very clean

Disliked: Lot of builders debris left near the pot washing room. Not fault of staff - builders had not cleaned up after themselves, Showers had no hooks to hang clothes or shelves/ seat to keep shoes etc off the wet floor. Bit annoying trying to juggle and balance clothes and towels on top of the door. But everything was spotlessly clean.

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Lovely site.

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

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (deluxe, maximum 7 metres)

Liked: Lovely clean site. Facilities are spotless. Manager very friendly and knowledgeable about local area. There is a garden centre and a pub nearby. Plenty to see and do in the area including Chirk Castle

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Excellent site, will be back 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
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (premium, XL)

Liked: Everything, Bar on site a bonus

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We found the site to be very clean and tidy with plenty…

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

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (deluxe, maximum 7 metres)

Liked: We found the site to be very clean and tidy with plenty of room for car and van / All fully serviced. The staff were very helpful and polite we will certainly use this site again.

Disliked: Ladies and gents wash rooms need somewhere to hang coats when using them.

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Excellent overall site.

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

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (deluxe, maximum 7 metres)

Liked: EVERYTHING. Amazing site, lovely warm welcome, great spacious pitches, modern clean facilities. Site is in a brilliant location just perfect for flat walks along the canal. Lovely reasonably priced bar on site, poachers pub across the road does excellent food, booking a table is recommended. Yes you do get some road noise but didn't bother us at all. We will definitely be returning. WiFi speed excellent.

Disliked: No pot washing facilities and would of liked an enclosed dog area but you can't have everything you want.

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Absolutely loved our 3 days at foxtail. Well maintained site, clean facilities. The…

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

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (deluxe, maximum 7 metres)

Liked: Absolutely loved our 3 days at foxtail. Well maintained site, clean facilities. The club house was amazing. Staff were friendly, polite and helpful. Great pitches well maintained. Will definitely be back. Location is excellent. Bus stop 5 minutes away from site.

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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

Baby-changing facilities

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

Luxury

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

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Motorhome service point

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Foxtail Holiday Park

Gledrid

Weston Rhyn

Shropshire

England

LL14 5DG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.92459°N
-3.04303°W

Route directions

From the Gledrid Roundabout (with the large petrol station and M&S food hall), follow signposts for Chirk. In approximately half a mile, take the first turning on the right, immediately after the garden centre. White caravans signs are located on the grass verge. If you pass the Poachers Pub, you have driven too far past the site entrance.

Nearest transport

Coach
0.7 mi St Mary`s Church
0.8 mi Hand Hotel
2.1 mi Bus Stop No 3
Rail
1.1 mi Chirk Rail Station
2.2 mi Gobowen Rail Station
4.3 mi Ruabon Rail Station
Airport
29.6 mi Liverpool John Lennon 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

Longing for the outdoor life? Rafters can hire a craft and splash their way down the rapids at Llangollen (15 minutes' drive), a pretty village in the foothills of the Berwyn Mountains. Those with courage left to spare can abseil, walk through gorges or clamber over rocks at the place's couple of outdoor activity centres; there's also scope for more relaxing rides aboard a volunteer-run heritage railway and horse-drawn jaunts in a restored barge. The ancient town of Chester (30 minutes) is also close if you're up for a change of scene – with museums, Roman remains and one of the finest zoos in all of England, there's a lot here to please any curious kids you've brought along. Additional hands-on activities can be sorted with a trip to Wrexham's Xplore Science Discovery Centre (15 minutes), where live science demos should put a sparkle in any budding boffin's eye. Other likeable local spots include engineering triumphs such as Chirk Aqueduct (20 minutes' walk) and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (10 minutes' drive) or historic houses like Chirk Castle (10 minutes) and Plas Newydd (15 minutes).

Must see

Chester Castle 19.1 mi

Cheshire Military Museum 19.2 mi

Powis Castle & Garden 19.5 mi

Chester Cathedral 19.6 mi

Chester Zoo 21.9 mi

National Trust

Chirk Castle 2.1 mi

Attingham Park 22.9 mi

Attingham Park Estate: Cronkhill 23.1 mi

Sunnycroft 27.1 mi

Carding Mill Valley and the Shropshire Hills 27.7 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Chirk - The Aqueduct - Shropshire Union Canal - Chirk 0.8 mi

Chirk Castle and the Afon Ceiriog 2.2 mi

Pontcysyllte Viaduct and the River Dee 3.1 mi

BROGYNTYN 3.7 mi

Oswestry Old Racecourse 4.7 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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  • Does Foxtail Holiday Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Foxtail Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Foxtail Holiday Park? Longing for the outdoor life? Rafters can hire a craft and splash their way down the rapids at Llangollen (15 minutes' drive), a pretty village in the foothills of the Berwyn Mountains. … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Foxtail Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Foxtail Holiday Park? From £39 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.