Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre and Campsite

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Canoe on the lake
Aqua park
Tent pitches
Grass pitches on site

  • Family-friendly site and activity centre on the outskirts of Doncaster
  • Easy links to the national motorway network
  • A 10-minute walk to the local town of Hatfield
South Yorkshire activity seekers: sorted. Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre and Campsite on the outskirts of Doncaster has quite the heap of active options on site – and is in an area with plenty more in the surrounds, from golf to hiking to hurtling around indoors at the Doncaster Dome. The active options on site are land and water based, and include courses, group sessions, team building, parties, canoeing and outdoor swimming. Or you could just use the site as a base to potter around Doncaster and South Yorkshire, or as an overnight stopover easy to access because of its nifty links to the national motorway network. This site is family friendly, with facilities including a toilet and shower block, a chemical disposal point, a washing-up area and a deep sink for clothes washing. A play area and vending machines are also on site. It's a 10-minute walk to the old town of Hatfield, where supplies can be picked up at the local newsagent, post office, mini-market and off-licence and bakery; there are also restaurants and pubs for all manner of eats and drinks. Responsible dog owners are welcome at the site.

Site type

Motorhome pitches 21
Tent pitches 6
Touring caravan pitches 25
Open now
Opens 28 March
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 7 consecutive nights.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • A cable measuring at least 15 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
  • There is no reception on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • The Aquapark is open from 24 May, and dry and water activities are available from 27 April. Please note, however, that activities are subject to weather conditions and temperatures.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 28 Mar to

AA 2 pennants

Reviews

90%

would recommend this site to a friend

88%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Great family campsite

Overall 9/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 9
Facilities / Activities 9
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Sarah G. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Clean lovely family campsite, great facilities and feel you can let the kids wander off safely as it’s not too big, the lake is great for activities and the deal they had on with the inflatable aqua park with buy one get one half price, meant it wasn’t too expensive. The camp shop is a great little shop and seem to think of everything .. and the cafe/window hutch serving food was a hit with my kids who loved their curly fries and pizza

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Nice spot

Overall 9/10
Location 9
Value for money 9
Accommodation 9
Facilities / Activities 9
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Mark R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Great little site, good shop on site but obvs we were here for the Aquapark!

Disliked: Showers could be a little better designed, water always on the floor leading to dirt

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Great site will definitely be back again. Plenty to do, loads of…

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Great site will definitely be back again. Plenty to do, loads of space.
Only downside, no decent lager on draft in the bar.
Will definitely stay again👍🏻

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Lovely stay.

Overall 9/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 7
Anna M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Site size, park & kids activities.

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Excellent stay, fantastic site, clean and extremely child friendly.

Overall 9/10
Location 10
Value for money 7
Accommodation 7
Facilities / Activities 9
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 9
Wifi 6
Debbie G. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Staff were friendly and helpful, clean and nice hot showers . Plenty for kids to do and a nice secure setting to allow kids to explore whilst being able to see them. We come back every year. The pitch has always been respected and quiet at night and water park is a huge hit with the kids .

Disliked: More choice of beer for the husband on offer 😜 also the price increase from my last stay wasn't great. £50 a night for just me and my children in a touring caravan .

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Nice quiet site Single mum with 1 x 6 Yr old Felt very safe…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 7
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 1
Angela A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Nice quiet site
Single mum with 1 x 6 Yr old
Felt very safe and secure
Cafe for essentials, limited menu but handy
Lovely lake and paddleboard experience
Staff very friendly and informative
Clean and warm, manned shower block
Well lit with couple of small play areas for children

Disliked: Could do with couple more bins around the site and maybe more extensive menu at the cafe.. but then we are beginner campers so once we get used to alfresco cooking it'll be less needed.. :)

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Great site, great activities and friendly staff.

Overall 9/10
Location 10
Value for money 9
Accommodation 9
Facilities / Activities 9
Customer service 9
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Helen M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Really big pitches.
Busy but quiet site. Everyone respected the rules etc.
really great activities on site, well ran and the staff were really friendly.

The aqua park was so fun, and the staff really knew what they were doing.

Staff often seen in the toilets cleaning -
Although sometimes she would finish cleaning… yet everywhere wasn’t clean?
Almost half a job?
On a whole the toilets and showers were good though. Quite long timer showers too. Also we liked that they were large toilet and showers in a room together meaning so much space to get a family changed and dry etc.

We’l be back for sure!!

Disliked: Nothing

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location clean…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 7
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 9
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 1
Amin R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: location
clean

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Top place for kids...

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

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Great family camp site. Lovely space surrounded by trees for privacy and shelter. HUGE pitches, very comfortable and spacious. Facilities cleaned regularly, with super friendly and helpful staff. Great morning spent on the water park. Small, but well-stocked shop. No complaints - we had a wonderful time!

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A hidden gem that exceeded all expectations

Overall 9/10
Location 9
Value for money 7
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
mark h. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Lovely small, clean site with huge pitches (we got a trailer tent pitch), loads for the kids to do and safe for them to cycles around the site on their own. They loved the two playgrounds, the water sports centre, and the woodland playground where they made secret dens with all the new friends they met. There is also a great dog field, with football pitches, mini pump track and another park adjacent to the site and lots of bridal/public footpaths for bike rides and walks. The surrounding local area has lots of nice little villages with some stunning country pubs for afternoons off site. The café kiosk served draft beers which was perfect after a day on the water sat by the lake.

Disliked: Improvement opportunity to offer discounts on the activities to the camping guests and the price to launch your own paddle board was very expensive (£16/board/2hr session - you can't come back to the shore within that period or your session is over).

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Features

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

D. of E. 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

Themes

Lake and/or mountain Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal freezer 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

Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Level site, no steep slopes Pitch close to accessible bathrooms Step-free or level access Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud Well-lit path

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre and Campsite

Old Thorne Road

Hatfield

Doncaster

South Yorkshire

England

DN7 6EQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.58304°N
-0.98956°W

Route directions

The site is located just 5 minutes away from Junction 1, off the M180.

Nearest transport

Coach
7.4 mi Doncaster Interchange
9.7 mi Goole Airmyn Road
14.2 mi Bus Station
Rail
1.4 mi Hatfield & Stainforth Rail Station
2 mi Thorne South Rail Station
2.4 mi Thorne North Rail Station
Airport
6.8 mi Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport
7.1 mi Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport
20.8 mi Sheffield City 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

Doncaster town centre with its market is a 20-minute drive away, or you could get one of the buses running regularly to there from the Hatfield high street. If you're at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre and Campsite to be an active sort, head to the 25-metre pool, sports hall and gym of Thorne Leisure Centre 10 minutes away, to the Crookhill Park Golf Course half an hour's drive away, or to the 50 or so indoor and energetic activities of Doncaster Dome. Other good options in the area are the Yorkshire Wildlife Park eight miles from the site, Doncaster Racecourse, Pennines hikes to the county's west, a day out in Scunthorpe, or a wander around Yorkshire's many historic houses, like the halls of Normanby, Doddington and Brodsworth. Nature-spotting options are around at Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve, home to over 5,000 species of plants and animals, and Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, with flocks of bitterns among other wading birds.

Must see

Brodsworth Hall and Gardens 10.4 mi

Xscape Castleford 16.7 mi

Magna Science Adventure Centre 19.8 mi

Lotherton Hall & Gardens 21.1 mi

Wentworth Castle Gardens 22.1 mi

National Trust

Nostell Priory and Parkland 17.1 mi

Mr Straw's House 19.3 mi

Clumber Park 22 mi

Goddards Garden 25.1 mi

Treasurer's House 26.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Humberhead Peatlands from Crowle 6.2 mi

Ealand, Crowle and The Regen Way 7.1 mi

Belton - Epworth Turbary - Epworth 7.5 mi

THE DELL, DONCASTER 8.5 mi

CUSWORTH HALL 8.6 mi

Local events

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

    Wetherby, West Yorkshire 25.5 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre and Campsite have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre and Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre and Campsite? Doncaster town centre with its market is a 20-minute drive away, or you could get one of the buses running regularly to there from the Hatfield high street. If you're at Hatfield … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre and Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre and Campsite? From £75 (for 2 nights, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.