Black Swan Holiday Park

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  • Pub site with 17th-century inn and moor/vale views
  • Easily reachable from the A1, two miles from Masham
  • Walks starting directly from the site: route copies available
Here’s a site you’ll be happy to swan around: Black Swan Holiday Park is in a hidden spot in the Yorkshire Dales and just next to a 17th-century inn dishing up home-cooked food among views of the moors and the Vale of York. Hurrah, hooray and pass the Black Sheep bitter. No eating like a bird either: the Black Swan food is properly portioned with plenty to pick from, and there are several veggie options as well as themed evenings such as steak nights (occasionally with non-local samplings like springbok or ostrich). The bar meals are served at lunchtime, with a bistro in the evenings and a roast lunch on Sundays with locally sourced meat and homemade desserts, alongside local and guest ales. (As you can probably imagine, all this is rather popular, so you'd do well to book yourselves a table ahead of your trip as space can't be guaranteed otherwise.) Getting swanwards is simple: the pub is easily reached from the A1 and is in the old village of Fearby, two miles from Masham. Once there, two walks start directly from the site; ask staff for copies of the routes. Black Swan guests have access to a shower and toilet block.

Site type

Motorhome pitches 33
Touring caravan pitches 33
Tent pitches 10
Open now
Opens 1 March

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The restaurant is open between 01/03 and 31/10.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Sat, 1 Mar to

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

82%

would recommend this site to a friend

79%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

A great stay overall, we’ll be back.

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Tidy, well kept site. Beautiful setting/ views. Toilet and shower block clean and functional, showers hot. Pub on site, decent food, reasonably priced. Scott was friendly and welcoming.

Disliked: Wifi wasn’t great. No park or activities for kids but we knew that on booking.

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Friendly staff to check us in, booked us in for tea, gave…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Friendly staff to check us in, booked us in for tea, gave directions to walk into Masham. Quiet site no issues at all whilst there and would definitely come back.

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Peaceful and quiet midweek, rural with connecting footpaths.

Overall 7/10
Location 10
Value for money 7
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 7
Customer service 2
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 5
Wifi 1
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Early in season so had choice of pitches which are a good size, need levellers as field slopes. Quiet, peaceful site during the week.
Various walks from campsite but you do need a map or OS app as some footpaths rarely used! Easy walk into Masham.
We walked each day and totalled over 30 miles. We were able to walk to Masham, Druids Temple (very good cafe) along with Masham again, and on the last day Jervaulx Abbey passing Brymor ice cream parlour on the way, a perfect stop! Cafe not open at Jervaulx!
The walk to Jervaulx Abbey was the least travelled which included having to climb 2 fences as no footpath access, a hard dry ploughed field and an interesting route through a wood - under and over branches to avoid a boggy area! But the scenery was beautiful, we saw and heard numerous birds.
Our first trip away this year. Yorkshire is a beautiful county and the beer in this area is epic and well earned after a long walk.

Disliked: Owner not the friendliest! Told us where we could park but no other info.

Pub open limited hours - had to look on website. Need to book for food at weekend.
In the campsite information on pitchup it says walk information available from pub - no, we were told it’s online only.

I don’t think the toilet block was cleaned while we stayed (4 nights).

On the saturday, the last night of a lovely peaceful stay someone was playing music until 4am!!! A shame when you have a long drive home.

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Lovely friendly site, very nice staff, toilet block very clean. Food in…

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
Martyn D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely friendly site, very nice staff, toilet block very clean.
Food in the pub was fantastic.
Definitely be making a return visit, our favourite place to date.

Disliked: Nothing

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Peaceful site in a beautiful setting. Facilities were nice and clean. Staff…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Peaceful site in a beautiful setting. Facilities were nice and clean. Staff in pub friendly and food was fab.

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Good value for money and everything we needed.

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
Katina N. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely little campsite. We were greeted on arrival by the owner who showed us to our pitch giving us an option of the sunny side or the shady side as we had dogs.

The site is small but had everything we needed. The pub onsite was ideal after a long day of walking and exploring the Yorkshire Dales. The food was lovely.

I was worried with only two showers in the ladies block that we would struggle to get a shower on the Saturday as it was bank holiday weekend and most pitches were full, but it wasn’t a problem. We stayed 4 nights and I only waited two minutes at most for a shower. Most mornings I walked straight in no waiting.

Toilet block was clean and facilities fine.

We would be happy to return.

Disliked: Nothing all good.

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The scenery and rural location, Masham Village.…

Overall 4/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 2
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 2
Wifi No rating
Samuel C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: The scenery and rural location, Masham Village.

Disliked: The toilet shower block was in need of updating, we stayed for 3 nights 4 days and the camp site was completely full with approx 50 caravan/camper motor homes with 2 showers in male and female toilets and these were not cleaned over the 4 days.
The owner seemed to care more for seasonal pitch users and looking after them showing disinterest in weekend tourers, he was very rude to other groups of tourers and was very arrogant.
There is a pub on site which again was poorly managed for paying customers unless you were part of the locals (seasonal pitch users) whom got reserved tables although they invaded the outdoor area.
Overall this was a poorly run site and we will not visit again any time soon.

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Lovely little site .me and my wife stayed for 3 nights .pub…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely little site .me and my wife stayed for 3 nights .pub at bottom verry nice food .I would recommend the ale pie verry nice .

Disliked: Nothing will be back again

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We really enjoyed our stay. Masham only about two miles walk away.

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: In the midst of lovely rolling countryside. Behind a pleasant pub serving food. Nice walk to Masham and to the interesting folly of Druids Temple.

Disliked: Only two showers and three toilets in gents toilet block. Maybe a couple more would help when campsite full, as it was on VE Day weekend.

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It was handy having the pub there for a drink or a…

Overall 4/10
Location 4
Value for money 4
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 4
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 4
Wifi 2
kim M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: It was handy having the pub there for a drink or a meal.

Disliked: Owner was not very friendly. Little information when I checked in. Lots of weeds growing on and around my pitch. I didn’t see anyone clean the toilet and shower area while I was there. It was a 2.5 mile walk to get anywhere if you didn’t want to use transport (Masham), with no pavements and quite a fast road. No wifi at all, not even in the pub.

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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

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

Gastronomic delight Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery 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

Medium (26-50 pitches) Pub campsite

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Seasonal pitches Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Black Swan Holiday Park

Fearby

Masham

North Yorkshire

England

HG4 4NF

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.22323°N
-1.70804°W

Nearest transport

Coach
9.6 mi Bus Station Stand 1
11.1 mi The Angel
11.1 mi High Green
Rail
13.2 mi Northallerton Rail Station
13.6 mi Thirsk Rail Station
17.3 mi Harrogate Rail Station
Airport
22.8 mi Durham Tees Valley Airport
24.6 mi Leeds Bradford 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

Those Black Swan walks first: the pub team has put together details of two local walks direct from your pitch, including a five-mile trek to 19th-century folly The Druid’s Temple, built by a local squire as a mini Stonehenge. There are walks for all levels in this part of the Yorkshire Dales: if you’re feeling fit, you can stride off into the moorland; if not, ask about the easy riverside strolls nearby. Most Ordnance Survey paths around here are accessible but some aren't well used, so hone your navigational skills before setting off. Masham is easily reached by foot and has Georgian architecture, two breweries and one of the biggest markets in the area (on Wednesdays and Saturdays); bike hire is available here too. The Black Swan can be used as a base for beetling around the Yorkshire moors whatever your activity level after a few Yorkshire ales the night before: high ropes adventure courses are at nearby Aerial Extreme, clay pigeon shooting within a mile and off-road 4X4 driving/quad biking nearby for the energetic. The 18-mile route of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway or exploring the many nearby market towns are topping options for the more moderately minded. You may of course have no say in deciding your activity levels/options if the kids are with you; if so, you’ll probably end up at Lightwater Valley eight miles away, home of the country’s first Angry Birds activity park and with a farm park and falconry. And even culture-resistant kids should like the Beamish living museum in Co Durham with its regular events and costumed guides…

Must see

Jervaulx Abbey 3.3 mi

Fountains Abbey 8.9 mi

Richmond Castle 12.4 mi

Easby Abbey (EH) 12.8 mi

RHS Garden Harlow Carr 17.5 mi

National Trust

Braithwaite Hall 5.1 mi

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden 8.9 mi

Brimham Rocks 9.9 mi

Moulton Hall 14.1 mi

Mount Grace Priory 19.2 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

SWINTON CASTLE 1.2 mi

Masham, the River Ure and the River Burn 2.2 mi

HACKFALL 3.6 mi

Cover Bridge - Thornton Steward - Jervaulx - Cover Bridge 4.8 mi

THORP PERROW 5.1 mi

Local events

  • Great Yorkshire Show (Tuesday 8 July 2025 – Tuesday 8 July 2025)

    Harrogate, North Yorkshire 18.6 mi

  • Harrogate Autumn Flower Show (Friday 19 September 2025 – Friday 19 September 2025)

    Ripon, North Yorkshire 19.3 mi

  • Leeds Festival (Thursday 21 August 2025 – Thursday 21 August 2025)

    Wetherby, West Yorkshire 27.8 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

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Black Swan Holiday Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Black Swan Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Black Swan Holiday Park? Those Black Swan walks first: the pub team has put together details of two local walks direct from your pitch, including a five-mile trek to 19th-century folly The Druid’s Temple, built by … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Black Swan Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Black Swan Holiday Park? From £25 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.