Oliver's Mount

View prices & book 8.9 84 reviews
The Mere lake and race paddock
Motorhome pitch
Toilet block and picnic tables
Walking field

  • Grass pitches at a racing circuit a 10-minute drive from Scarborough
  • Filey Brigg 15 minutes’ drive; North Yorkshire Water Park 25 minutes
  • Dogs welcome; splendid views of the coast; nearby restaurant
Motorcycle racing and sandy beaches might sound like a fairly unusual combo, but you do get prime access to both at Oliver’s Mount. First of all, for the sporting enthusiasts among you: this green pop-up site is part of the road-racing circuit of the same name, a historic track that sees roaring action six weekends a year. It’s a top spot to catch some motorcycle races and car rallies. Having said that, away from those motorbike-focused weekends, the site is remarkably peaceful, and an excellent base from where to explore Scarborough and its seaside attractions (10 minutes’ drive) and the coast of North Yorkshire. On site are level grassy fields for your tent or motorhome, with heaps of space for children to run around and play, plus woodland walks that ought to make your dog’s tail wag with delight. Not forgetting the pretty epic views of the coastline from this elevated plateau… From a practical point of view, there are two toilet blocks, showers and a washing-up area. Water is available too, as are chemical disposal facilities. Barbecues are allowed, and the nearest shop is a five-minute drive away. But why cook when you can be cooked for? There’s a café/restaurant within walking distance (about 10 minutes), and you get spectacular views over Scarborough South Bay with your breakfasts, burgers or locally sourced fish.

Site type

Motorhome pitches 50
Tent pitches 50
Open now
Opens 4 April
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) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • 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.
  • Please note that the shower facilities are unisex.
  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.
  • Due to access restriction, the maximum campervan/motorhome height is 3.5 metres. Please note that motorsport events will be held at the venue on 16-17 August and 23-24 August, so there will be engine noise during the day. On the evening of Saturday 23rd August there will be live music onsite.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 4 Apr to

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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9
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
9
Child friendliness
9
Cleanliness
9
Wifi
6

95% would recommend this site to a friend

95% would stay here again

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Arrival date (latest first)

Lovely

Overall 9/10

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9
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Holly A.

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Big Clean campsite loads of room to pitch up wherever you want, clean bathrooms with showers overall good campsite loved that it was on the racetrack, gorgeous views from the edge beautiful to watch the sunrise

Disliked Some additions could be to have some more benches as there are a few here and there (not disliked but if you have a very low car ie lowered on springs/slammed the little incline at the campsite entrance might be a little issue but aside from that it’s amazing

From the manager: Thanks for the great review. Glad you enjoyed your stay.

Lovely clean site…

Overall 9/10

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9
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Lovely clean site

From the manager: Thanks for the great review. Glad you enjoyed your stay.

Great site within walking distance of the town

Overall 10/10

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Samantha D.

Non-electric grass motorhome pitch

Liked Great location, within walking distance of town and seafront (about 30 mins to the sea). Friendly welcome on arrival and plenty of space to set up.

From the manager: Thansk for the great review Samantha, glad you enjoyed your stay.

Peaceful, big flat site, clean facilities, each pitch has own bin. Friendly…

Overall 9/10

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10
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Carna S.

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Peaceful, big flat site, clean facilities, each pitch has own bin. Friendly owner.

Disliked Lack of option for electric hookup

From the manager: Thanks for the great review, Electric Hookups should be coming later this season.

Great site. Quiet, well maintained with a friendly owner. Clean toilet block…

Overall 10/10

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Elaine B.

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Great site. Quiet, well maintained with a friendly owner. Clean toilet block and shower. I will definitely book again.

Disliked Nothing to dislike.

From the manager: Thanks for the great review, glad you enjoyed it.

Good campsite if looking cheap and easy to stay for the night

Overall 7/10

Location
5
Value for money
8
Accommodation
6
Facilities / Activities
5
Customer service
3
Child friendliness
3
Cleanliness
7
Wifi
1
Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Openness of the field, multiple toilet blocks.

Disliked Seemed to be along way from anywhere,

no real clear instructions where to pitch up.

No signs saying where the front entrance was, just “follow the road” or where to sign In

From the manager: Thanks for your review. Great point re signs, we have just ordered a load of directional signs and they will be installed very soon.

It's a free form camping field so you can just pitch up where you like on it rather than being restricted to a set pitch size. This is relly good for those with multiple cars etc. and for those wanting to stay a long way away from other campers.

It's not that far from eklsewhere, it's actually the clsoest campsite to Scarborough centre and beaches, bith within an approx 30 minute walk.

We are pretty new and always looking to improve, so as well as much better signage, Wi-Fi is coming soon too.

Toller Platz, Romantik pur, Stellplätze frei wählbar, sehr sauber

Overall 8/10

Location
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Value for money
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8
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Customer service
8
Child friendliness
5
Cleanliness
8
Wifi
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Carmen M.

Non-electric grass motorhome pitch

Liked Fantastischer Stellplatz in der Natur, Feuerstellen mit Holz kann man mieten. Duschen und Toiletten einfach jedoch sehr sauber. Personal sehr freundlich. Lage am Fluss ideal.
Auch mit 7m Wohnmobil gut erreichbar!

Disliked Nichts!!Wir fanden es wunderschön

From the manager: Vielen Dank für die tolle Bewertung und wir freuen uns sehr, dass Ihnen Ihr Aufenthalt gefallen hat. Wie Sie sehen, bieten wir viel Platz für große Wohnmobile oder mehrere Autos.

10/10

Overall 10/10

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CRAIG B.

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Great pitch and facilities. Huge thanks to Trigger who helped me out when I had a tent malfunction and saved my camping weekend with my two daughters. He was so very kind, thank you.

Disliked Nothing to dislike.

From the manager: Thanks for the great review, glad you enjoyed it.

Excellent site, suited our needs.

Overall 10/10

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Great site and once greeted by Trigger, we were left alone. Facilities were clean, water was roasting.

Disliked Nothing, except the weather!

From the manager: Thanks for the great review, glad you enjoyed it.
Trigger is amazing and very welcoming.
Sorry about your weather, you've been unlucky as the weather has been unbelievably good so far this season.

Good site, pretty basic but we would stop here again. Super staff x

Overall 8/10

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass motorhome pitch

Liked Very large field with plenty of space. Great views over Scarborough and lovely walks nearby.
Toilets clean enough, showers ok.

Disliked Field cut whilst long which resulted in loads of dead grass which you end up dragging through into camping area. Not a major dislike however worth mentioning .

From the manager: Thanks for the great review. Apologies for the grass after the cut. The camping field is so large, we need to do it by tractor whenever we can borrow one.


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 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 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

Peaceful Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

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

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Oliver's Mount

Jackson's Lane

Oliver's Mount

Scarborough

North Yorkshire

England

YO11 2UG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.25765°N
0.40481°W

Route directions

Aim for the postcode YO11 2UG, but be aware that nearby Jackson’s Lane has been closed for a number of years, so please make sure that Satnav devices do not take you that way. You need to arrive via the Mountside or Mere Lane entrances, which each have a 3.5 metre/11.6 inches height limit. The postcode will take you to Oliver’s on the Mount café. The site is still half a mile away, so the team suggest you follow the directions on What3words. What3words: scope.churn.camp. Coordinates 54.25766351164052, -0.4049603311916132.

Nearest transport

Coach
1.6 mi Railway Station Stop S
1.6 mi Railway Station Stop S
1.6 mi Railway Station Stop S
Rail
1.3 mi Seamer Rail Station
1.5 mi Scarborough Rail Station
5.6 mi Filey 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

Scarborough’s two sandy beaches (South Bay and North Bay) are separated by a headland topped by the ruins of a medieval castle. At the back of North Bay, the Scarborough Open Air Theatre puts on live music by big international names, and there are more events at the elegant Scarborough Spa, built in the late 19th century. Residents at Filey Bird Garden and Animal Park (10 minutes’ drive) include meerkats, lemurs and alpacas, plus friendly farmyard animals that enjoy being fed (please only use the site-approved feed bags, though). From there, drive a further five minutes to Filey Brigg Cliffs, where you might spot puffins flying overhead. Keen to have a go at paddleboarding or kayaking, but nervous to do it in open water? Head to North Yorkshire Water Park (25 minutes), where you can try these (and other) watersports, or just bounce, slide and splash around the inflatable adventure course.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Scarborough South Bay 1.7 mi Sea PoorPoorPoorPoor
Cayton Bay 1.9 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Scarborough North Bay 2.5 mi Sea N/AExcellentGoodGood
Filey 5.9 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Reighton 8.8 mi Sea N/AExcellentGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Dalby Forest Visitor Centre 11.4 mi

Burton Agnes Hall 14.5 mi

North Yorkshire Moors Railway 15.1 mi

Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo 16.7 mi

Whitby Abbey 18 mi

National Trust

Bridestones, Crosscliff and Blakey Topping 10.1 mi

Yorkshire Coast 10.5 mi

Nunnington Hall 23.3 mi

Rievaulx Terrace 28.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

VALLEY GARDENS & SOUTH CLIFF GARDENS 1.1 mi

PEASHOLM PARK 2.2 mi

Scarborough - Cloughton - Scalby - Peasholme Park 2.4 mi

Cleveland Way, Stage 1 - Filey to Scarborough 5.6 mi

Cloughton - Ravenscar - Robin Hood's Bay 5.8 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Oliver's Mount have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Oliver's Mount dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Oliver's Mount? Scarborough’s two sandy beaches (South Bay and North Bay) are separated by a headland topped by the ruins of a medieval castle. At the back of North Bay, the Scarborough Open Air … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Oliver's Mount?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Oliver's Mount? From £23 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.