Raker Lakes Caravan Park

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Highbank Lake
Highbank Lake
Flagged grass pitches
Kingfisher Lake
Heron Pond
Hardstanding and grass pitches
Hardstanding and grass pitches
Shower room
Shower room
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Flagged grass pitches
Kingfisher Lake
Heron Pond

  • Level pitches at an adults-only site 20 minutes’ drive from York
  • Wheldrake 15 minutes’ walk; Yorkshire Air Museum five minutes’ drive
  • Five fishing lakes, including a specimen lake, among 28 lush acres
Some might say that the best way to explore 'God’s own country' is to walk its dales and moors, taking in Yorkshire’s spectacular rural landscapes from a hiking trail. If that all sounds a little too energetic, you might prefer to experience the splendours of this region from the setting of Raker Lakes Caravan Park. This adults-only caravan site occupies 28 lush acres of meticulously landscaped countryside to the south-east of York (20 minutes’ drive). The vibe here is very much one of quiet contemplation, with the main on-site activity being fishing. Raker Lakes has five bodies of water, including Kingfisher Lake, a specimen lake where you can catch carp weighing upwards of 20 pounds. If breaking records isn't important to you, Highbank Lake or intimate Heron Pond, both fringed by dense vegetation and both stocked with carp and perch, might be more up your street. Level hardstanding and grass pitches with electric hook-up are shaded by leafy trees and sheltered by tall hedges, and have access to modern toilets and shower facilities. The nearest shop is just under a mile away, in the village of Wheldrake (a short car drive or a 15-minute walk), which also has a traditional pub serving food and a café. Anglers travelling with fishing-averse partners might have to relent and agree to the occasional walk. Consider heading to Wheldrake Ings Nature Reserve (five minutes), a nesting ground for waders, or to Allerthorpe Common Nature Reserve (10 minutes), which is home to woodpeckers and roe deer.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 8
Motorhome pitches 8
Open now
Opens 27 March
Please note

Admission

  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.

Extras

  • Facilities/activities including fishing are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.

General

  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.

Occupancy

  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

Safety

  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Vehicles

  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri 27 Mar to

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Reviews

9.1

Overall rating from 68 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

97% would recommend this site to a friend

97% would stay here again

What customers say

This is a well-maintained, clean, and peaceful small site, ideal for fishing enthusiasts with its numerous lakes. Pitches are spacious, and owners are consistently described as friendly and helpful. Facilities, including toilets and showers, are reported as very clean. The site offers a tranquil atmosphere, though some guests note occasional daytime noise from a nearby road, particularly from motorbikes. It's well-located for visiting York and local attractions, with a village pub a short walk away. Limited shower/toilet facilities are mentioned by some, but generally considered adequate for the site's size.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Très bon emplacement calme et propre. Sanitaire…

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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Très bon emplacement calme et propre.
Sanitaire propre.

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Great site & location

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 Alan T. 2 reviews

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Brilliant as usual. Great small site with excellent fishing. The hardstandings are being gravelled a couple at a time. Excellent clean shower & toilet facilities.
Village with pub & a shop 15 mins walk & plenty to do in the area by car. Highly recommended.

Disliked Nothing for me. The road in front of the site is popular with motorcyclists but very quiet in the evenings & nights,

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Overall we had an enjoyable stay.

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 David M. 7 reviews

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Pleasant surroundings, close to York, facilities where clean and well kept. It felt tranquil. Welcoming and friendly book in.

Disliked Washing up area would have been a help.

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Overall, we enjoyed our visit and would go again.

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 Michael C. 7 reviews

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Very clean and small site great for fishing, we didn’t fish but it’s a great place to use as a base for many places to visit.

Disliked Very noisy because of the road during the day, but quiet at night between 10 pm and 6 am only one shower and two toilets, but wasn’t really a problem as there were only a few on site but they was very clean

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Everything it was our second visit…

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 Margaret C. 9 reviews

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Everything it was our second visit and love the peace and quiet and clean place

Disliked Nothing

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Fabulous little site. Owners were really…

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Liz W. 1 review

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Fabulous little site. Owners were really helpful but not intrusive.
Toilets clean and shower clean/hot.
Roadnoise could be a problem for some. Easy to get into York by park n ride. Would return.

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Would definitely recommend - lovely little site.

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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Quiet little site with only a handful of pitches and excellent facilities.

Disliked Was near quite a busy road and the traffic was occasionally loud.

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Robert F. 10 reviews

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Nice and quiet.

Disliked Nothing to dislike.

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Second stay all good

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 Lee H. 11 reviews

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Clean relaxing and excellent fishing

Disliked Nothing

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Lovely little site, perfect for us…

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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked Lovely little site, perfect for us to iron out set up etc as it was only our 3 trip out as newbies to caravaning. Very friendly. A walk around the fishing lakes was nice and a short drive from a few nice to visit places. Would definitely recommend.

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Features

No dogs allowed

Adults only

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 Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Adults only Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed No dogs allowed No pets allowed

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Shop nearby

Type

Tiny (1-10 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Level site, no steep slopes

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby

Location

Raker Lakes Caravan Park

Greengales Lane

Wheldrake

York

North Yorkshire

England

YO19 6BW

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.90827°N
0.95987°W

Nearest transport

Coach
6 mi Stamford Bridge The Square
6 mi The Square
6.4 mi Rail Station Stop J
Rail
6.4 mi York Rail Station
9 mi Poppleton Rail Station
9.5 mi Wressle Rail Station
Airport
28.7 mi Leeds Bradford International Airport
29.3 mi Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport
29.6 mi Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield 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

On a former RAF site in Elvington, the Yorkshire Air Museum and Allied Air Forces Memorial (five minutes’ drive) displays military aircraft, including a Spitfire and a Messerschmitt, plus reconstructions and replicas of other planes. There's also a vintage-style cinema showing archive newsreels from the war years. Among the museums in York (20 minutes) are the National Railway Museum and the JORVIK Viking Centre, which illustrates life in York in the 10th century. After a stroll past the half-timbered houses lining the Shambles, head to York Minster and climb up the tower for far-reaching views of the city. For a different kind of water-y action from fishing, head to Allerthorpe Lakeland Park (20 minutes), where you can hire paddleboards and canoes, or rediscover your inner child as you bounce and slide on the inflatable adventure course.
(within 6.2 mi)
Castle, Aquarium, Theme park and Zoo (within 10 mi)

Food and drink

  • Wenlock Arms Pub 0.8 mi
  • The Grey Horse Pub 1.3 mi
  • St. Vincent Arms Pub 1.6 mi
  • Swallows Nest Restaurant 1.6 mi
  • The Jefferson Arms Pub 2.7 mi
  • The Halfmoon Pub 3 mi
  • The Scrap Box Restaurant 3.6 mi
  • Piazza Restaurant 3.9 mi
  • Sangthai Restaurant 4 mi
  • Cross Keys Pub 4 mi

Groceries

  • Field & Fawcett Off-licence 4 mi
  • Budgens Supermarket 4.6 mi
  • Jorvine Off-licence 4.9 mi
  • The Co-operative Food Supermarket 4.9 mi
  • Co-op Food Supermarket 5 mi
  • The Co-operative Food Supermarket 5.1 mi
  • Aldi Supermarket 5.3 mi
  • Co-op Food Supermarket 5.6 mi
  • Waitrose Supermarket 5.6 mi
  • Lidl Supermarket 5.6 mi

Parks and play

  • York Maze 2.4 mi

Family days out

  • Yorkshire Air Museum Visitor attraction 1.2 mi
  • York Maze Visitor attraction 2.3 mi
  • York Maze Visitor attraction 2.4 mi
  • Murton Park Theme park 4.3 mi
  • Bishopthorpe Palace Visitor attraction 5.5 mi
  • York Barbican Visitor attraction 5.6 mi
  • Fishergate Postern Tower Castle 5.7 mi
  • Puzzling World of Professor Kettlestring Visitor attraction 5.9 mi
  • Clifford's Tower Castle 5.9 mi
  • Jorvik DIG Visitor attraction 6 mi
  • Bootham Bar Castle 6.3 mi
  • Piglet's Adventure Farm Park Theme park 8 mi
  • Web Adventure Park Theme park 8.1 mi
  • Cawood Castle 8.7 mi
  • Cawood Castle 8.7 mi

Public transport

  • Derwent Park 0.8 mi
  • Beck Lane 0.8 mi
  • Dalton Hill 0.8 mi
  • Wenlock Arms 0.8 mi
  • Wheldrake Post Office 0.9 mi
  • Walker Lane 0.9 mi
  • Alice Hawthorne 1 mi
  • Wheldrake Ings 1 mi
  • North Lane 1.1 mi
  • Elvington Park 1.2 mi

Beaches

  • York Beach 6.1 mi

Other nearby

  • Raker Lakes Fishing 0.1 mi
  • Westerly Lake Fishing 1.1 mi
  • Swallow Hall Golf Course 1.7 mi
  • Murphy's Pond Coarse Fishing 2.2 mi
  • Fulford Golf Club Golf course 3.6 mi
  • York Designer Outlet Shopping centre 4.9 mi
  • Naburn Marina 5.3 mi
  • The Oaks Golf Club Golf course 5.8 mi
  • Coppergate Centre Shopping centre 5.9 mi
  • Circuit Nightclub 6 mi

Local services

  • Elvington Medical Practice Doctors 1.3 mi
  • Esso Fuel station 3.3 mi
  • Elvington Medical Practice (Dunnington) Doctors 3.9 mi
  • York Road Garage Fuel station 3.9 mi
  • NoteMachine Cashpoint 4 mi
  • Dunnington Pharmacy 4 mi
  • Dunnington Health Care Centre Doctors 4 mi
  • Kimberlow Hill Surgery Doctors 4.1 mi
  • Escrick Surgery Doctors 4.1 mi
  • Cash Zone Cashpoint 4.2 mi

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Must see

Air Museum 1.1 mi

National Centre for Early Music 5.7 mi

York Racecourse 5.8 mi

York Castle Museum 5.8 mi

Clifford's Tower 5.9 mi

National Trust

Treasurer's House 6.2 mi

Goddards Garden 6.3 mi

Beningbrough Hall and Gardens 12.8 mi

Nunnington Hall 20.5 mi

Rievaulx Terrace 24.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

YORK CEMETERY 5.3 mi

ROWNTREE PARK 5.6 mi

MOREBY HALL 5.7 mi

Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066 5.9 mi

Snickets, Ginnels and Walls of York 6.3 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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Raker Lakes Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Raker Lakes Caravan Park dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Raker Lakes Caravan Park? On a former RAF site in Elvington, the Yorkshire Air Museum and Allied Air Forces Memorial (five minutes’ drive) displays military aircraft, including a Spitfire and a Messerschmitt, plus reconstructions and replicas … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Raker Lakes Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Raker Lakes Caravan Park? From £26 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.