Willow Caravan Park

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  • Adults-only, dog-friendly site 15 minutes’ drive from York
  • Clifton Moor shops five minutes’ drive; Castle Howard half an hour
  • Café on site for breakfasts, sandwiches and afternoon teas
Those who wish to experience the attractions of the city of York while also waking up to the sight of endless green fields and dense woodland should consider staying at Willow House Caravan Park. From this peaceful, adults-only site (over 18s only), it’s a 15-minute drive to reach York Minster – that’s pretty handy, right? Even handier, though, is letting someone else do the driving into the city: you can catch a bus at the end of the drive. What’s more, you’re only a five-minute drive from Clifton Moor Retail Park, with its supermarkets, stores and entertainment options for rainy days (a multiscreen cinema and ten-pin bowling among them). But what about the site itself? In addition to two wildlife ponds – where you can stroll along looking at the ducks as they swim in and out of the bullrushes – there’s a café serving huge cooked breakfasts, sandwiches and wraps, all made with locally sourced produce. Oh, and afternoon teas with home-made cakes and other sweet treats. There is also a gift shop in the café. Your four-legged companion is a welcome guest here, and you can take them (or yourselves) for a walk through Westfield Wood nearby. Back on site, you’ll be able to use the wet room and washing-up area, as well as extra facilities near the café, which include showers and toilets (including facilities for disabled guests) plus a laundry area.

Site type

Tent pitches 16
Touring caravan pitches 20
Motorhome pitches 20
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 10
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 30 consecutive nights.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

Reviews

8.2

Overall rating from 245 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Peaceful

80% would recommend this site to a friend

77% would stay here again

What customers say

This adults-only site offers a peaceful retreat with spacious, well-maintained pitches and excellent facilities, particularly the modern wet rooms. Its proximity to York, with a bus stop conveniently located outside the entrance, is highly praised. The on-site cafe receives consistent positive feedback for its food. Minor criticisms include occasional low shower pressure and some areas of the site being waterlogged after heavy rain.

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Excellent Caravan Park. The cafe was amazing…

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Anonymous

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Excellent Caravan Park. The cafe was amazing

Disliked Showers had low water pressure but were clean

Recommend to friends Visit again

Peaceful site

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Lisa W.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Nice peaceful site, great to have the cafe and the bus stop straight outside. Easy access to York by bus in 15 minutes.

Disliked Nothing, everything was as advertised.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great place definitely would go back

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Kevin S.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Great place to stay with everything you need .
There is a bus stop outside the camp to get you into the city centre

Disliked The camp is supposed to be adults only however there was a family of Asians there with their kids and a baby obviously the rules don't apply to them and if we object we will be classed as racists

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Lovely place really tranquil and peaceful, pitches were huge we loved our…

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Anonymous

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Lovely place really tranquil and peaceful, pitches were huge we loved our stay :)

Really close to York made it a perfect stay.

Recommend to friends Visit again

A good site for visiting York by bus. A cafe on site was a bonus!

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Anonymous

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked A level pitch with a central grass area along the length of the site. Cafe on site was excellent and good value. Laundry facilities were good and not expensive. Bus stop outside site for trip into York.

Disliked The coded barrier had been removed therefore site not as secure as advertised. Taxis exceeding site speed limit when returning people to their pitch, creating a dust cloud and flying stones! Long hose required for shared water tap. No MH service point. Hot water supply to pot wash not guaranteed.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent adult only relaxing site

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seth n.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked What a lovely peaceful well maintained site, ideal location for doing nothing or going in to the city of York. Toilets and showers were cleaned every day , grass well maintained, perfect size pitches with electric hook up and water supply. Lovely cafe just down the path and we fell lucky as the weekend we went Haxby village was holding a festival which was an added bonus. We will be coming back.

Disliked We didn't book longer

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice campsite, awful location

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Gary R.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked This is a nice quiet campsite just outside York. A very peaceful setting as I was only there for one night. The basic amenities were very good, the showers/wet rooms were clean and surprisingly spacious, although not everyone cleaned up after using one (mop supplied to clean the floor), as I found out.
There is a lovely farm style café , which unfortunately, was closed when I arrived at 3:40. A very nice lady told me the best way to get to the nearest town for a pub meal, although there are 'fast food' outlets nearby - more on that later. She also told me it was difficult to get Uber to pick up at the site, but there was a bus service, followed by a ten minute walk to the Black Horse in Wigginton. No problem getting an Uber back though.
Breakfast in the café was lovely and filling before leaving the following morning.

Disliked Getting to the site was a real faff. The surrounding roads were mad busy when I was approaching, long queues everywhere. I thought about (briefly) stopping at one of the 'fast food' outlets but traffic was ridiculous, so I didn't.
Following morning, traffic was just as insane getting away from the site - and that's the reason I wont be back

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Great location and walks from campsite. Easy walking to local pubs that…

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Sarah S.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Great location and walks from campsite. Easy walking to local pubs that allow dogs and good food. Fabulous facilities.
We went to the cafe for breakfast and that was fabulous.

Recommend to friends Visit again

The best site I have been to yet, we have rebooked to come back.

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Julian W.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Clean & tidy with friendly staff, bus stop right outside to take you straight into York.

Disliked Needed plugs in toilets for hair straighteners.

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Nice Pitch, peaceful. Great site would come again.…

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Mick S.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Nice Pitch, peaceful.
Great site would come again.

Disliked One guy charging is Range Rover overnight when its not allowed.
people like this spoil it for everybody else.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

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 cafe 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 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 Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful Wildlife haven

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

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wide doorways (over 30 inches/75cm) Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Willow Caravan Park

Wigginton Road

York

North Yorkshire

England

YO32 2RH

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.00341°N
1.08607°W

Route directions

What3words: thatched.mutual.line.

Nearest transport

Coach
3.1 mi Rail Station Stop C
3.2 mi Rail Station Stop J
7 mi Stamford Bridge The Square
Rail
3.2 mi York Rail Station
3.2 mi Poppleton Rail Station
8.1 mi Hammerton Rail Station
Airport
25.2 mi Leeds Bradford International 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

Unmissable sights in York (15 minutes’ drive) include the medieval Minster, with its colourful stained-glass windows, and the JORVIK Viking Centre, where you can learn all about the early history of the city. Trainspotters make a beeline for the ​​National Railway Museum York, where locomotives on display include a replica of Stephenson’s Rocket and the Art Deco-inspired Duchess of Hamilton. With a patchwork landscape of hills, arable fields and woodland, the Howardian Hills National Landscape (20 minutes) is a popular destination for hikers and cyclists. Wildlife enthusiasts can keep an eye out for roe deer, stoats and badgers, plus birds of prey. An 18th-century stately home, Castle Howard (half an hour) has elegant rooms adorned with paintings by Italian Old Masters and English artists like Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough. There’s also a pre-Raphaelite Chapel, decorated by William Morris, plus expansive parkland dotted with lakes and follies.

Must see

York Minster 2.8 mi

YorkBoat Guided River Trips 3 mi

National Railway Museum 3 mi

JORVIK Viking Centre 3.2 mi

York Dungeon 3.3 mi

National Trust

Treasurer's House 2.8 mi

Goddards Garden 4.4 mi

Beningbrough Hall and Gardens 5.2 mi

Nunnington Hall 14.6 mi

Rievaulx Terrace 17.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

MUSEUM GARDENS, YORK 2.9 mi

Snickets, Ginnels and Walls of York 3.3 mi

YORK CEMETERY 3.7 mi

ROWNTREE PARK 3.8 mi

BENINGBOROUGH HALL 5.2 mi

Local events

  • Leeds Festival (Thursday 21 August 2025 – Thursday 21 August 2025)

    Wetherby, West Yorkshire 15.1 mi

  • Harrogate Autumn Flower Show (Friday 19 September 2025 – Friday 19 September 2025)

    Ripon, North Yorkshire 16.8 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

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Willow Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Willow Caravan Park dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Willow Caravan Park? Unmissable sights in York (15 minutes’ drive) include the medieval Minster, with its colourful stained-glass windows, and the JORVIK Viking Centre, where you can learn all about the early history of the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Willow Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Willow Caravan Park? From £31 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.