The Hollies

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Pitches
Pitches
Spacious campsite
Views
Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitches
Beach
The beach with access from the camping site
Entrance
Fish and chips
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Spacious campsite
Views
Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitches

  • Kessingland site directly on the Suffolk coast
  • Three different pitching up areas over 28 acres
  • Two new amenities blocks, including disabled and family rooms
What a beach! And what a view… The gorgeous East Anglian coastline and an expanse of Suffolk sands sweep out for miles from The Hollies touring and camping park near Lowestoft: the site is set on a cliff and the views from your pitch or your firepit of an evening will be Hollie-wood worthy. It's Kessingland Beach below you at The Hollies, which is a highly scenic ten or 15-minute saunter along the clifftop path and an equally scenic scene on arrival with its miles of golden sand. And the beach is dog-friendly all year round, as is The Hollies – hurrah and woof. The amiable Hollies team has arranged three picks of pitches on its roomy 28-acre site: the Barley field for tourers and with electric hook-up; the Seaside field for tents and without electric; and the Hay field especially suitable for mixed groups with a mix of tent and touring pitches, all with electric. Amenities are newly built and include two large shower and loo blocks with family rooms and rooms for disabled guests; a newly built playground is on site too for Suffolk coast-based little squirts.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 50
Motorhome pitches 50
Tent pitches 150
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 14
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.

Languages spoken

English

This site is a member of The Beeston Group group.

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Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children
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Reviews

9.1

Overall rating from 554 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

90% would recommend this site to a friend

87% would stay here again

What customers say

This campsite boasts an excellent location right by the beach, with many guests praising the clean facilities and friendly, helpful staff. Pitches are generally spacious and well-maintained. On-site food vans are a popular addition. While most visitors had a positive experience, some noted steep beach access and occasional noise from fellow campers, with a few minor concerns about shower temperature and WiFi availability. Overall, it's a highly recommended spot for a relaxing getaway.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Amazing…

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10 out of 10
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Seaside non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Amazing

Recommend to friends Visit again

We will most definitely recommend and will return.

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10 out of 10
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Christine t.

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked A bit of a mix up on our pitch
Someone was on it. But the warden soon put us on another pitch
All sorted within 5mins.

Very clean site.

Freindly staff.

Plenty hubs for coffees, fish chips and fast foods.

Access to the beach albeit down a flight of steps

Plenty children on site but we'll behaved

Dog friendly.

Recommend to friends Visit again

We’re nice places…

Overall

7 out of 10
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 10
Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
 9
Cleanliness
 7
Wifi
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Marius K.

Seaside non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked We’re nice places

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would definitely recommend and visit again

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10 out of 10
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 10
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Lovely place very friendly highly recommend

Disliked Nothing was great

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff, but staff need to be more visible, and enforce rules.

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Sam W.

Seaside non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Location, friendly welcome at check in. Love the coffee van, and chippy!

Disliked Up all night as a large group of lads set up next to us. Quiet rule not enforced at all. Other tents/adults up all night with music playing, cars starting, very loud noise. Ruined my stay unfortunately. Had quieter nights at festivals…

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site great location beautiful view short walk to the beach.

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10 out of 10
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Accommodation
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Jenny R.

Seaside non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Lovely site, facilities lovely and clean, staff were excellent, allowed us to charge up our disability scooter battery at reception whilst they was open which was a god send. Will definitely return

Disliked Didn’t dislike anything about the site at all.

Just other campers who can’t be polite and adhere to the leave things how you would like to find them, always leaving the disabled toilet/shower room soaking wet

Recommend to friends Visit again

The whole campsite is lovely. The staff are very friendly and helpful…

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9 out of 10
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Helen B.

Seaside non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked The whole campsite is lovely. The staff are very friendly and helpful

Recommend to friends Visit again

A great place to stay. Would definitely stay again in the future.

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9 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Seaside non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Plenty of space available, clean and easily accessible facilities. Very Affordable.
Freezer access for ice blocks.

Disliked Price of onsite food was much higher than other local options.
Drains were very strong smelling (sulphur) even though cleaned multiple times daily and presentable at all times.

Recommend to friends Visit again

A lovely, relaxing few days away by the coast

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Sarah F.

Seaside non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked The most relaxing few days away. Pitched on the seaside field and could pitch where we like, we were one of three on the whole field so it felt like we had it to ourselves! So quiet and right next to the beach. Stairs are steep to beach but nothing to be too worried about, we walked for miles along the coast with our doggies which was lovely. Great amenities, coffee on site just a few meters away and two food huts (not open Sunday-Tuesday while we were there). Showers and toilets as expected, clean, tidy, nothing special but does the job! Close to local shops with everything you need, groceries, B&m, Homebase etc and Lowestoft and other towns just 15 minutes drive away. Great base! Fire pits and bbqs allowed, check out 10am but due to quiet period could leave when we wanted to which was great. We didn’t want to leave! Will definitely be returning, thanks again :)

Disliked Nothing!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Cleanliness, pitches are great, close proximity to town, right on the beach…

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Errol P.

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Cleanliness, pitches are great, close proximity to town, right on the beach

Disliked Almost zero mobile signal

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Beach access 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 Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Picnic table Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome 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 pitches

Themes

Budget/backpacker Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal freezer 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

Very large (over 200 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Level site, no steep slopes

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches

Location

The Hollies

London Road

Kessingland

Lowestoft

Suffolk

England

NR33 7PQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.43139°N
1.72108°E

Route directions

From the A12 heading towards Lowestoft, take the third exit off the roundabout on to London Road and we are just down the road on the right. On a local bus route and the bus stops at the entrance to the park.

Nearest transport

Coach
3.5 mi Gordon Road
6.9 mi Old Market Place
9 mi James Paget Hospital
Rail
2.7 mi Oulton Broad South Rail Station
3.2 mi Lowestoft Rail Station
3.2 mi Oulton Broad North Rail Station
Ferry
8.2 mi Southwold Ferry Landing
8.3 mi Walberswick Ferry Landing
11.3 mi Reedham Ferry South
Airport
24.9 mi Norwich 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

The Hollies is in a spiffing location to get to the best of Suffolk, Norfolk, the countryside and the Broads for a bit of whatever you fancy in boating, fishing, hiking, rainy day activities and family days out. Lowestoft, Southwold and Great Yarmouth are all within ten miles – Lowestoft is only about five minutes by car – and are all well worth a day trip each, as is lovely Norwich about an hour's drive to the north-west (services run regularly from Lowestoft Station too). Lowestoft has two theatres and a handful of small museums in Sparrow Park alongside the main Lowestoft Museum in Nicholas Everett Park; head to the library's local history section for more pics and info of days of yore. Lowestoft's lighthouse is probably its most well-known feature, but take time for a trip to Ness Point too, the most easterly location in the UK (just ask a Lowestoft local to point you towards Gulliver). If you're on hol with the kids, you'll find loads of family-friendly options in the area, like the Africa Alive animal park five minutes' drive from the Hollies (go here on a Sunday for a bonzer of a car boot sale) and the Pleasurewood Hills theme park about 20 minutes away. Kids might also like the wooden roller disco at Lowestoft's Claremont Pier, but if this doesn't have them wheeling around in joy, take them to walk the plank at the play park Adventure Island, or to see more species at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Park just outside Great Yarmouth. Finally, nautical sorts don't need to tie themselves in knots trying to find a craft to take care of, as fishing boats can be chartered near Kessingland for sea angling trips, and the Norfolk Broads Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is within easy reach to drift along wildlife-laden waterways.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Lowestoft (South Of Claremont Pier) 2.5 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Lowestoft (North Of Claremont Pier) 2.8 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Southwold The Pier 7.1 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Southwold The Denes 7.9 mi Sea N/AN/AN/AN/A
Gorleston Beach 9.6 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Somerleyton Hall and Gardens 6.5 mi

Fritton Lake Country World 8.2 mi

Pleasure Beach 11.3 mi

Framlingham Castle 21.4 mi

BeWILDerwood 22.3 mi

National Trust

Elizabethan House Museum 12 mi

Horsey Windpump 22.1 mi

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 24.7 mi

Sutton Hoo 28.4 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Mutford - Carlton Colville - Barnby - Mutford 2.6 mi

Carlton Colville 2.8 mi

BELLE VUE PARK 4.2 mi

North Cove 4.4 mi

Gunton 5.3 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Hollies have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Hollies dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Hollies? The Hollies is in a spiffing location to get to the best of Suffolk, Norfolk, the countryside and the Broads for a bit of whatever you fancy in boating, fishing, hiking, rainy … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Hollies?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Hollies? From £16 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.