Crows Nest Caravan Park

From £30 For 1 night, 6 adults 8.5 664 reviews
Large tent field with sea views. No set pitches so you choose where you go.
Aerial view of the main tent field and super pitches for touring caravans (added by manager 19 jan 2016)
Stunning views (added by manager 07 jul 2022)
Large tent field with sea views. no set pitches so you choose where you go. (added by manager 19 jan 2016)

  • Dog-friendly park five miles from Scarborough and 2.5 from Filey
  • Award-winning amenities block, family bathroom and launderette
  • Indoor heated pool, lounge bar, family bar, play area and supermarket
Feel free as a bird at award-winning Crows Nest Caravan Park between Scarborough and Filey – this well-maintained place is roomy, green and has sea views overlooking gorgeous Gristhorpe Bay and Scarborough Castle. Crows Nest is five miles from Scarborough and two and a half miles from Filey, but if you’re taking a break from the seaside/ exploring the North Yorkshire coast there’s loads to do on site too: a lounge bar with entertainment in peak season to suit all ages and tastes, a family bar with pool tables, a games room, a play area for little fledglings and a heated indoor pool with poolside assistants during high season. The award-winning amenities block a short walk from the tent field has free hot showers, wash basins, hairdryers and socket/shaver points, and there are also family bathrooms and a disabled-access shower room. Elsewhere on site there’s a washing-up area, launderette, chemical disposal point and well-stocked supermarket. And, as you can’t come to the coast and not have fish and chips, there’s also a chippy takeaway open in high season (but they do have more fish and chips in Scarborough too). Bringing the family friend? Crows Nest Caravan Park is dog-friendly and dogs are allowed in the conservatory area of the lounge bar; there's also a dog park on site.

Site type

Tent pitches 150
Touring caravan pitches 50
Caravans for hire 35
Motorhome pitches 50
Open now

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • All units: access to the swimming pool is not included in the rate and is charged £3.00 per person per session.
  • The grocery shop is open between 29/03 and 30/09.
  • The indoor swimming pool is open between 29/03 and 30/09.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • Touring caravan: the maximum size allowed is 26ft. Group bookings of 4 or more people (excluding couples) where over 50% of the guests are same sex are not permitted via Pitchup.com. The takeaway is open daily during high season. Pup tents are only suitable for up to children aged 14 or younger. Trailer tents, folding campers (or similar) require a grass tent pitch. They will not be allowed access to a caravan pitch.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 1 Mar to

AA 4 pennants

Pitch types & availability

Other pitch types

Reviews

84%

would recommend this site to a friend

81%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Clean site everything close by reception staff nice n helpfull…

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

Upper area fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (super)

Liked: Clean site everything close by reception staff nice n helpfull

Disliked: Bar needs a revamp but had to use the bland conservatory as we had dogs .no alcohol free .bar girl could benifit from a course at charm school .got charged extra when arrived to move from bottom to top same serviced ?

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Excellent site very clean

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

Upper area fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (super)

Liked: Really nice clean site with everything you need from onsite shop to onsite takeaway and pub and swimming pool really enjoyed it will be going back there

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Location is great - we could pitch-up our campervan right to…

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

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Location is great - we could pitch-up our campervan right to the cliff edge for amazing views of the east coast and sea. Facilities were fine, free hot showers, cleaning facilities for pot washing. The shower and toilet block was clean and nicely heated, which was welcome as the weather was windy and cold! :) Would definitely stay again.

Disliked: Not much really.

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Excellent site near seaside resorts, friendly, clean good sized pitch

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

Upper area fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (super)

Liked: The site was one of the best we've been to. The showers/toilets were warm, clean and warm inside, plenty of room too. The park was a very good size my daughter loved it. The site has a walk down to the cliffs, there's a doggy park where it's fencer off for them to run. The shop is well stocked, reception were lovely and helpful, the pitches were a good size fully serviced too. There was nothing really we didn't like. Oh my! The chippy on site tasted amazing too!

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Excellent site with clean facilities. Loads for Children to do!

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

Upper area fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (super)

Liked: The staff were very friendly and helpful. The toilet block was always kept clean of high standards. The pitches were very large and level. The park and swimming pool was really great. My son really enjoyed

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Great place to stay!

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

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Pool, bar, supermarket, loads of space, clean toilets, lots of space in shower block

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The campsite was brilliant very clean and tidy the staff where …

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

Lower area fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (super)

Liked: The campsite was brilliant very clean and tidy the staff where brilliant to and the pitches were level

Disliked: Nothing as we see

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Everything you need for a stay by the seaside!

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
Tiffany I. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Upper area fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (super)

Liked: We stayed on the fully serviced pitches and really enjoyed it. The site has everything you need and even the added bonus of a pool for a rainy afternoon! There are plentiful toilets and showers which are well maintained and family rooms available.

Disliked: We found a fair bit of litter in the bushes behind our pitches, it may have just been blown about because it was a bit windy. Not enough to put us off, still a lovely site.

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Loved staying

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

Lower area fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (super)

Liked: The play area is good, so is the indoor pool and bar area. Staff friendly

Disliked: Games room needs updating. Don't get me started on the WiFi...very very poor. Its the 21st century how any site can have such poor WiFi beats me. Showers need sorting out too on the lower block. Not much water pressure

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Camping was fun...weather let it down

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

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Facilities were brilliant. Well stocked shop. Parking not too bad. Staff seemed friendly enough and the site despite the weather/mud was immaculate

Disliked: Grass tenting pitches - unfortunately turned into a mud bath due to the weather, which is obviously out of the sites control. But I do think putting some kind of peat down would be beneficial. Children's play area could do with more age appropriate items for younger children. We had toddlers with us which could only really play on the smaller slide and baby swings (one of which wasn't very safe rubber coating has been worn off so just metal bar visible).

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Lovely to hear you enjoyed the facilities on site and would return to stay with us again. We hope to see you again soon.


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

Local produce

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. 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

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

Very large (over 200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Surf school nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Motorhome service point

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Crows Nest Caravan Park

Gristhorpe

Filey

Scarborough

North Yorkshire

England

YO14 9PS

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.23155°N
-0.33553°W

Nearest transport

Coach
1.4 mi Haven Holiday Park
1.4 mi Haven Holiday Park
2.3 mi Bus Station
Rail
2.3 mi Filey Rail Station
3.4 mi Seamer Rail Station
4.1 mi Hunmanby Rail Station

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

Leave the car behind: buses running between Scarborough and Bridlington pick up from the end of the Crows Nest Caravan Park drive and discount day tickets are available to keep more money for seaside rock. The kids will probably clamour first for Scarborough: there are the North Bay and South Bay beaches to bounce around as well as the traditional seaside fairground and donkey rides. But Scarborough’s also a hotspot for culture vultures, with the Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Scarborough Art Gallery and Rotunda Museum alongside regular festivals and events throughout the year. Fab Filey is even closer: this Edwardian town has a five-mile stretch of sand and is backed by the peninsula and cliffs of Filey Brigg – this is the place to birdwatch and wildlife spot, with rockpools along the beach and many species of birds and beasts to see all year round. The 110-mile Cleveland Way starts here for hiking your way around Yorkshire’s history and heritage: Scarborough Castle, Whitby Abbey and Dracula tales, Mount Grace Priory and Rievaulx Abbey are all along the route. Away from the seaside and vampires, puff between Whitby and Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, veer between villages in the North York Moors National Park or get citified around York and Hull, all within easy driving distance of Crows Nest.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Cayton Bay 1.4 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Filey 2.6 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Scarborough South Bay 4.2 mi Sea Poor Poor Poor Poor
Scarborough North Bay 5.2 mi Sea N/A Excellent Good Good
Reighton 5.5 mi Sea N/A Excellent Good Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Burton Agnes Hall 12.3 mi

Dalby Forest Visitor Centre 14.5 mi

North Yorkshire Moors Railway 17.9 mi

Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo 19.2 mi

Whitby Abbey 20.9 mi

National Trust

Yorkshire Coast 13.3 mi

Bridestones, Crosscliff and Blakey Topping 13.3 mi

Nunnington Hall 25.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Cleveland Way, Stage 1 - Filey to Scarborough 2.3 mi

VALLEY GARDENS & SOUTH CLIFF GARDENS 3.7 mi

PEASHOLM PARK 5 mi

Scarborough - Cloughton - Scalby - Peasholme Park 5.1 mi

Bonhomme Richard 5.3 mi

Local events

  • Whitby Goth Weekend (Friday 26 April 2024 – Friday 26 April 2024)

    Whitby, North Yorkshire 21.3 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.

Want to know more about camping in North Yorkshire?

  • Does Crows Nest Caravan Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Crows Nest Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Crows Nest Caravan Park? Leave the car behind: buses running between Scarborough and Bridlington pick up from the end of the Crows Nest Caravan Park drive and discount day tickets are available to keep more money … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Crows Nest Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Crows Nest Caravan Park? From £30 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.