Otterington Park

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  • Well-maintained park in the Vale of York
  • Near James Herriot and Brontë country in Thirsk and Haworth
  • Private fishing lake, nature trails and heated amenities block
Set in the Vale of York near the market town of Thirsk (Darrowby in the James Herriot books), Otterington Park is a place to please all creatures great and small. Grownups can angle for a spot to land several fishy types at the park’s private one-acre fishing lake, while tiddlers can caper along the nature walks laid on exclusively for Otterington Park fry of all sizes. Then try a tramp along the stream or breaking out the hard-boiled eggs in one of the picnic areas: the park covers 25 acres so even solitary types should be able to find a secluded spot to sink down in. The site has a heated amenities block with ladies’ and gents’ toilets, shower rooms, a bathroom and disabled facilities. There’s also a parent and baby washroom, launderette and a play area for the tadpoles...

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 65
Motorhome pitches 5
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 5

Tourist board rating

Languages spoken

English

Gold David Bellamy Conservation Award AA 4 pennants

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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

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

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

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Tourer storage facilities

Location

Otterington Park

South Otterington

Northallerton

North Yorkshire

England

DL7 9JB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

54.28786°N
-1.42201°W

Nearest transport

Coach
5 mi Market Place
10.4 mi The Angel
10.5 mi High Green
Rail
3.2 mi Northallerton Rail Station
4.6 mi Thirsk Rail Station
14.5 mi Yarm Rail Station
Ferry
21.9 mi Transporter Bridge South Side
22 mi Transporter Bridge North Side
Airport
15.4 mi Durham Tees Valley 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

Use Otterington Park as a base to explore the Yorkshire moors and dales: local rights of way are a short distance from the park and walking maps are available from reception. Brontë and James Herriot country are both nearby for hikes, cycling or horseback cantering; the James Herriot visitor attraction and museum is in nearby Thirsk. York and the spa town of Harrogate are easily reachable too, as is Durham, a must-see with its Norman cathedral and 11th-century castle. There are Park and Ride schemes at both Durham and York if you’d rather not take the car. And no trip to Yorkshire would be complete without a trip to the seaside: scare the kids silly by ghoulishly relating Dracula’s tale to them over fish and chips on the beach at Whitby, then cruise along to coastal fishing villages such as Staithes and Runswick Bay, or arrow along to Robin Hood’s Bay just an hour’s drive from Otterington. The kids can paddle in the beck at the Falling Foss waterfall before behaving very nicely during a cream tea in the acclaimed tea garden at the waterfall’s top, then get scared silly all over again on the Robin Hood’s Bay ghost walk telling the story of the bay’s smugglers, sailors, myths and folklore (details from the Robin Hood’s Bay visitor centre or Whitby's tourist information centre).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Redcar Coatham 26.8 mi Sea N/A Excellent Good Good
Redcar Stray 26.9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Good Good
Marske Sands 27 mi Sea N/A Good Excellent Excellent
Seaton Carew North Gare 27 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Redcar Lifeboat Station 27.2 mi Sea N/A Excellent Good Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Rievaulx Abbey 12.5 mi

Rievaulx Terrace & Temples (NT) 12.7 mi

Jervaulx Abbey 12.8 mi

Fountains Abbey 13.3 mi

Duncombe Park 14.4 mi

National Trust

Mount Grace Priory 7.6 mi

Rievaulx Terrace 12.7 mi

Moulton Hall 13 mi

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden 13.3 mi

Braithwaite Hall 15.8 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Battle of Northallerton, 1138 6.2 mi

THORP PERROW 7.4 mi

Osmotherley Circular Walk 7.4 mi

Osmotherley to Sutton Bank on the Cleveland Way 7.4 mi

Osmotherley - Mount Grace Priory - Arncliffe Wood 7.5 mi

Local events

  • Festival of Thrift (Saturday, 21 September 2024 – Saturday, 21 September 2024)

    Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham 18.2 mi

  • Great Yorkshire Show (Tuesday, 9 July 2024 – Tuesday, 9 July 2024)

    Harrogate, North Yorkshire 21.3 mi

  • Harrogate Spring Flower Show (Thursday, 25 April 2024 – Thursday, 25 April 2024)

    Harrogate, North Yorkshire 21.3 mi

  • Harrogate Autumn Flower Show (Friday, 13 September 2024 – Friday, 13 September 2024)

    Ripon, North Yorkshire 22 mi

  • York Early Music Festival (Saturday, 6 July 2024 – Saturday, 6 July 2024)

    York, North Yorkshire 26.4 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.

Excellent site with great amenities and lovely staff

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
A M G. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: The facilities on this site are some of the best we have seen they are always clean and available at all times, the park is beautifully laid out with designated childrens play areas, dog walking areas and there is also a wildlife walk through the woods where if you are lucky like i was you can come face to face with a fox and some squirrels. We love coming to this site as everyone is so friendly and this time was no exception with all the children on site dressed up for halloween, we even had a dog called Maisie call in a pumpkin outfit.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic stay and will definitely be back

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: We had the best weekend its such a lovely camp and they did some great Halloween things for the kids. It was very clean and tidy the play area was great for our 5 year old.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Pitch good size toilets excellent…

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Pitch good size toilets excellent

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent clean site with superb flat pitches and great toilet and shower…

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Excellent clean site with superb flat pitches and great toilet and shower blocks

Disliked: None

Recommend to friends Visit again

Spacious pitch very clean toilet/shower blocks, great play park for kids.…

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Spacious pitch very clean toilet/shower blocks, great play park for kids.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely pitches and well maintained site. Toilet blocks brilliant and staff very…

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Lovely pitches and well maintained site. Toilet blocks brilliant and staff very helpful. Lovely areas for kids to play, 2 parks and a football field and great dog exercise field. Fishing pond ok we had a few small fish out. 1 pub within walking distance.

Disliked: Nothing in the local area to walk to.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Brilliant site we will definitely recommend and return.

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
Katherine W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Site facilities were fabulous, very clean and spacious. Kids park was very nice and looked like new.

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Large level pitch’s, great site.

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: The big football pitch but no goals. Dog walking field, 10 mins drive away from Northallerton. 10 min walk. Size of pitch. Showers are great. Nice walks as part of site. Friendly staff. Pub nearby in Otterington the Shorthorn Inn. We did not get to go as food only from Wednesdays until weekend. Both kids play areas are great. Picnic spots near fishing ponds.

Disliked: Not having a place to eat nearby on Monday or Tuesday night. Train track nearby but that did not bother us. Trains not frequent as night draws in. Signal not brilliant but Wi-Fi available on site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site. Good facilities, level pitches & very helpful staff.

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 gravel touring pitch

Liked: No faults at all. Great shower block and all facilities as new and the whole site is well presented and looked after.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Everything. Facilities excellent. Pitches large spacious.…

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

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked: Everything. Facilities excellent. Pitches large spacious.

Recommend to friends Visit again


  • Does Otterington Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Otterington Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Otterington Park? Use Otterington Park as a base to explore the Yorkshire moors and dales: local rights of way are a short distance from the park and walking maps are available from reception. Brontë … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Otterington Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
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