Harbour Side Caravan Site

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View over the caravan site and marina
View over the caravan site and marina
View from one of the pitches
Overlooking maryport marina
The park in the evening
Aerial view of maryport
Aerial view of maryport marina and habourside caravan site
Gravel pitches
Site at full capacity
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View from one of the pitches
Overlooking maryport marina
The park in the evening

  • Peaceful coastal site next to Maryport Marina
  • Aquarium, museums, go-karting and golf course within walking distance
  • Scenic views of the Solway Firth, plus spectacular sunsets
Ahoy there… If you’ve been seeking a site right in the middle of the historic harbour town of Maryport – right next to the marina itself, in fact – then you certainly can’t do much better than Harbour Side Caravan Site. Better still, this site is within a very short walk of several of the town’s attractions, such as a Roman museum, a maritime museum, an aquarium and an indoor karting track. It's a mere two miles from the local coastal golf course, and within very easy reach of the Cumbria Coastal Way long-distance footpath too, which runs right through the town. The edge of the Lake District National Park is just a 15-minute drive away, good news for any of you who fancy fitting a few hikes into your trip. Scale Force is a 40-minute drive, Bassenthwaite Lake is a 45-minute drive, and Keswick and Derwentwater are a 50-minute drive. Harbour Side Caravan Site has a simple set of amenities, including a wheelchair-accessible bathroom block with hot showers, a parent and baby room, a laundry room and a washing-up area.

Site type

Motorhome pitches 28
Touring caravan pitches 28
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 3
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • If you bring an awning with your caravan, your car must be parked in the car park.

Languages spoken

English

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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
0 dogs

Reviews

9.6

Overall rating from 305 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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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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Peaceful

98% would recommend this site to a friend

98% would stay here again

What customers say

This is a highly-rated harbour-side campsite praised for its excellent location, friendly staff, and exceptionally clean, modern facilities. Visitors frequently highlight the beautiful views, peaceful atmosphere, and good-sized pitches with EHU and water. The on-site cafe is a popular addition. While most reviews are overwhelmingly positive, a few mention limited recycling options, occasional queues for facilities during peak times, and the town itself being somewhat run-down, though the surrounding coastal walks and beaches are a major draw.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

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Arrival date (latest first)

Best showers ever

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Peter l.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked First class toilet and shower facilities
site is a bit open as its next to the marina

Recommend to friends Visit again

A good site. Worth a visit.

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Duncan R.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked The locality of the site to the town centre is great. The pubs are excellent and the food in the lifeboats is very good.

Disliked Nothing was disliked

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good site. Very clean and modern facilities.

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Anonymous

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Location, peaceful and quiet.
Good size pitches
Easy check in
Good WiFi
Toilet and shower facilities very clean, modern and warm
Marina cafe served a good breakfast
Recommend visiting the Lifeboat pub for good home cooked food.

Disliked Only 4 toilets and 2 showers across 28 pitches and 3 pods, this would be a problem if the site was busier.
Site was very windy whilst we were there; no shelter.
Not a lot to do in Maryport - not a fault of the site, just a worthy point to note.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Definitely be visiting again. Best site I’ve been to in a long time

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Alison O.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Everything was great
Little gem of a place
Showers/toilets lovely and clean and warm.
Great breakfast at the Marina cafe,views are wonderful.

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Perfect little site. Toilets and showers were immaculate.

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Dan T.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Perfect little site. Very informative welcome at reception. Easy to check in. Entrance, exit and toilets are all fobbed to keep safe.
Toilets and showers were immaculate.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent Site

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Cathryn H.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Loved the site would stay here again, the facilities were very clean and well maintained site, lovely views over the Marine and the dogs enjoyed their walks off site on the coastal path or on the beach. Staff were friendly and very helpful. Some lovely places to visit round about

Disliked Apart from glass there were no recycling bins for plastic, tins, paper etc everything went into general waste

Recommend to friends Visit again

Absolutely fantastic little site. Spotless clean…

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Tom N.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Absolutely fantastic little site. Spotless clean and handy for the town. Def stay again

Disliked Nothing…maybe the WiFi 😂😂

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely stop over for us

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Sarah E.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Beautiful marina with a lovely cafe, friendly staff, spotless facilities and a cute town.

Disliked WiFi kept dropping out, not really an issue as we had 4g so we used this.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great place, nice gentle walks around, peaceful.

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Alison G.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked It's a great site overlooking the harbour and sailing boats. Always someone at reception during day. Very secure. Great facilities .

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall a nice site with clean facilities.

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Anonymous

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Showers were clean and tidy. Pleasant staff.

Disliked Unfortunately some people hadn't cleaned up after their dogs.

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 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

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Lake and/or mountain Peaceful 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

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Harbour Side Caravan Site

Maryport Marina,

Marine Road

Maryport

Cumbria

England

CA15 8AY

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

54.71411°N
3.50649°W

Nearest transport

Coach
5.2 mi Bus Station
6.6 mi Fairfield Junior School
6.7 mi Gallowbarrow
Rail
0.5 mi Maryport Rail Station
1.8 mi Flimby Rail Station
5.2 mi Workington Rail Station
Ferry
16.3 mi Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing
16.6 mi Hawes End Derwentwater Ferry Landing
16.8 mi Keswick Ferry Landing

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

Several excellent attractions lie around Maryport Marina and within very easy walking distance of the park. For a spot of local history, explore the exhibitions and collections at Senhouse Roman Museum (25 minutes' walk) and Maryport Maritime Museum (10 minutes). Or for something purely activities-based, take the kids for a day out to zoom around the tracks at West Coast Indoor Karting (15 minutes), or to marvel at the fish and other slimy sea creatures that inhabit the tanks at Lake District Coast Aquarium (15 minutes). If you’re into walking, then the highly scenic Cumbria Coastal Way long-distance footpath also passes through Maryport, and you can head along it in either direction for spectacular views out across miles upon miles of Cumbrian coastline. Tramp the path six miles north (or take the wheels out for a spin along the B5300), and you’ll happen upon the Victorian village of Allonby (15 minutes' drive); wander around its cobbled streets spying such historic sights as the Old Baths, North Lodge, Christ Church, and the workingmen's Reading Rooms and check out the cheerfully painted homesteads along the way. As well as lots of history and a couple of beaches, the village also has some rather fine views across the Solway Estuary towards the mountains in the south of Scotland; for avid anglers, a local company also operates fishing trips off the Solway coast.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Allonby 4.7 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Southerness 11.7 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Sandyhills 14.3 mi Sea N/AN/APoorPoor
Rockcliffe 15.5 mi Estuary N/APoorPoorPoor
St Bees 16 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 12.9 mi

Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens 13.6 mi

Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre 14.3 mi

Castlerigg Stone Circle 18 mi

Robert Burns Centre 24.8 mi

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 6.5 mi

Buttermere and Ennerdale 13 mi

Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon 21 mi

Grasmere and Great Langdale 27.2 mi

Coniston and Tarn Hows 29.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

WORKINGTON HALL 5.2 mi

Cockermouth - River Cocker 6.8 mi

MERSEHEAD (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 04/11/2003) 12.8 mi

Ullock Pike - Longside Edge - Skiddaw 13.4 mi

Bassenthwaite Osprey Walk 13.7 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 Harbour Side Caravan Site have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Harbour Side Caravan Site dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Harbour Side Caravan Site? Several excellent attractions lie around Maryport Marina and within very easy walking distance of the park. For a spot of local history, explore the exhibitions and collections at Senhouse Roman Museum (25 … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Harbour Side Caravan Site?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Harbour Side Caravan Site? From £31 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.