Crows Nest Caravan Park

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Childrens Play Area with camping field and upper touring caravan area in the background.
Childrens play area with camping field and upper touring caravan area in the background.
Camping field at crows nest with sea views.
Heated indoor pool with waterslides
Family bar with guitar-shaped bar and music memorabilia
Sea view from the pitch
Swimming pool and slides
Aerial image of the upper touring caravan aera and camping field
Dogs can be let off their leads in the dog park
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Camping field at crows nest with sea views.
Heated indoor pool with waterslides
Family bar with guitar-shaped bar and music memorabilia

  • 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
Opens 1 March

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.
  • 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 Sat, 1 Mar to

This site is a member of Crows Nest Holidays group.

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Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

Tent pitchesTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome pitchesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsCaravans for hireRent a tent
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2 adults
0 children
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Reviews

8.6

Overall rating from 716 Pitchup.com customers

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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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Spectacular scenery

87% would recommend this site to a friend

83% would stay here again

What customers say

This is a popular, well-maintained site with stunning sea views and direct access to coastal paths. Facilities, including toilets, showers, and a swimming pool, are generally praised for cleanliness. On-site amenities like the fish and chip shop and supermarket are popular. Families highlight the excellent play park and entertainment. While many enjoy the friendly atmosphere and convenient location for exploring, some note it can be busy and noisy during peak times, with occasional issues regarding facility cleanliness and Wi-Fi availability.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Site Housekeeping let's an otherwise great campsite down.

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked The location, the shop is always well stocked and has a good variety of stock.
The fish and chips shop is great, really good quality

Disliked The shower blocks/toilets need attention. They are cleaned once a day but when it's busy they need to be cleaned more often. Often you had to check multiple cubicles before you found one clean enough to use.
Also the the pitches weren't checked often people left a lot of rubbish when they left. And though this isn't the sites fault . Someone needed to make sure it was clean and littler free. For our entire stay, there was a large tenet that was still pegged down but was flat to the floor with a porta loo. Under it, clearly abandoned.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Really good family friendly site.

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Stevie H.

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked The site is really good for kids. Brilliant park, swimming pool and entertainment. On site shop it's fantastic and has just about everything you need. The fish and chip shop is also a great little addition. We opted to stay on the overflow field as it was quiet windy on the top field. I am glad we did as it was a lot more peaceful than the top field. And not too far from amenities.

Disliked Just a few areas are in need of repair. Like the toilet block near the shop. And the bins were over flowing causing lots of littering around the main areas of the site. Maybe more frequent bin changes in peak season would help.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Loved the location, there was loads of space to play for the kids

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8 out of 10
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch (overflow)

Liked Live entertainment in the pub for the whole family including live bands. The shop and fish and chip shop was a bonus, prices were reasonable.

Disliked The shower blocks could be a bit cleaner, sanitary bins were always full and things falling out. We stayed in the overflow, other cars entering were racing down the field with kids playing out. Our neighbours played loud music until late at night

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site and clean

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10 out of 10
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Rebecca S.

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked The views the clean facilities

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your short but sweet review!

Good family site, great views - facilities need updating

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7 out of 10
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch (overflow)

Liked Huge camping field, great playpark, sea views. Pool is fun for little kids. Fish and Chip shop on site is really good.

Disliked Toilet and shower block are in need of refurb.

No facilities or lighting in the lower field - a car crashed into one of the raised drains in the darkness.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your feedback. We’re pleased you enjoyed the large camping field, play park, sea views, pool and fish and chips. The overflow field does not have lighting, however the car that crashed did. We’ll pass on your comments regarding the toilet and shower block to our team.

Convenient location, bus stops outside of campsite. On site facilities such as…

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Katie W.

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch (overflow)

Liked Convenient location, bus stops outside of campsite. On site facilities such as bar, shop, fish and chips, entertainments and ablutions. There’s probably much more to list but those were the ones we used. Campsite was nice and quiet, plenty of space! Staff was very friendly at reception and behind the bar. Check in and out times are great!

Disliked Toilet/shower block could do with a refresh. Rusty drain covers, tiles falling off and hand dryers aren’t very good.

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From the manager: Thank you for your lovely feedback. We’re pleased you enjoyed the location, facilities, space and friendly service. We’ll pass on your comments about the toilet and shower block to our team.

Facilities available clean and accessible. Staff friendly and helpful. Nothing over priced Campsite immaculately clean…

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked Facilities available clean and accessible.
Staff friendly and helpful.
Nothing over priced
Campsite immaculately clean and tidy

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your kind comments. We’re delighted you enjoyed the facilities, friendly staff, fair pricing and the cleanliness of the campsite.

We stayed in the lower pitches right next to the shower block…

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Michelle L.

Lower area fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (super)

Liked We stayed in the lower pitches right next to the shower block was a perfect spot for us with having 3 children aged 8, 14 and 15. Close to all the amenities. Loved the site, fish and chips was amazing, loved having an indoor swimming pool although the chlorine was really strong so recommend goggles. Had a lovely walk along the cliff path to Cayton bay. The onsite pub was good altho we sat in the quiet side playing card games. Lovely little park on site too. There's a bus stop right outside the site which we used to get into scarborough several times buses are regular and super cheap.
The showers were good there's a separate sink area with plugs so I straightened my hair there using it with the mirrors.
Onsite shop had everything you needed and good reasonable prices.
We ordered a curry from a local takeaway which delivered to us which was great.
We had an excellent time here and would definitely stay here again

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would highly recommend and will definitely be back

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Jane H.

Non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked Fabulous pitches and facilities, views are absolutely amazing. Very friendly and helpful staff, we arrived earlier than check in time and it was no problem at all.
Bus stop just outside going to Scarborough and Bridlington £3 one way, every 30 minutes.
Toilet and showers very clean and tidy.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your lovely comments. We’re so pleased you enjoyed the pitches, facilities, views and friendly service, and found the transport links handy. We hope to welcome you back soon.

Very clean facilities, lovely dog exercise field, lovely fish & chips

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Sue B.

Lower area fully-serviced gravel touring pitch (super)

Liked Well kept site with friendly staff

Disliked Small arcade, could be improved

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

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 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 2020201920182017
Cayton Bay 1.4 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Filey 2.6 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Scarborough South Bay 4.2 mi Sea PoorPoorPoorPoor
Scarborough North Bay 5.2 mi Sea N/AExcellentGoodGood
Reighton 5.5 mi Sea N/AExcellentGoodGood

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

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

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Frequently asked questions

  • 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.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Crows Nest Caravan Park? From £60 (for 2 nights, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.