Ruda Holiday Park

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Tourer & Motorhome Electric Pitch on Grass Base
Tourer & Motorhome Electric Pitch on Grass Base
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Croyde Bay
Croyde Bay
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Croyde Bay

  • Holiday park a short stroll from the sandy surfing beach Croyde Bay
  • Surfboards and wetsuits for hire; surfing lessons available
  • Tropical indoor pool, indoor/outdoor play, beach café and kids' club
Sick of being rudely awakened by your alarm clock? Try a Ruda wakening instead: after a blissfully peaceful lie-in, take a gulp of fresh, clean air and stroll a few steps down to the golden sands and sparkling waves… Ruda Holiday Park sits right alongside the sweeping sandy surfing beach of Croyde Bay on Devon’s Gold Coast. Croyde is a popular destination for surfers, and it’d be rude not to have a go while you’re here. Guests can hire a variety of boards, wetsuits and other kit from Ruda Holiday Park’s dedicated surf shop, and instructors from the renowned Surf South West school are on hand if you want lessons. If the weather isn't playing nice, head for Ruda’s tropical indoor pool complex, where there are water rapids and underwater geysers, waterfalls, hydrojets and one humongous slide. This site is great for kids of all ages, with the children's club, adventure playground, indoor soft play area, tennis court and activities like 'tots and tunes' or character dining (this last one's during high season only). There's also a good choice of on-site food options, including a beach café and an ice-cream parlour, plus a sprightly schedule of evening entertainment, and comprehensive essential amenities.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 89
Tent pitches 168
Motorhome pitches 89
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 39
Caravans for hire 254
Rent a tent 21
Open now
Opens 6 March

Tourist board rating

Please note

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Dogs

  • 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.

Safety

  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.
  • Single-sex parties of three or more people under 25 are not permitted on site. All activities and swimming sessions are bookable on our app John Fowler On Park, or at reception.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri 6 Mar to

Open from Fri 5 Mar to

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Reviews

8.2

Overall rating from 364 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
 8
Child friendliness
 9
Cleanliness
 8
Wifi
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Spectacular scenery

84% would recommend this site to a friend

81% would stay here again

What customers say

This campsite boasts a fantastic location, just a short walk from the beach, with friendly and helpful staff. Many visitors enjoyed the spacious pitches and the proximity to local amenities. Facilities, particularly shower blocks, have received mixed reviews, with some finding them clean and modern while others noted they are dated and in need of an update. On-site entertainment and food options are popular, though some found them pricey. Wet weather can lead to waterlogged pitches, requiring assistance from staff.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Sea view.…

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6 out of 10
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Wifi
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 Rebecca B. 1 review

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch (no pets)

Liked Sea view.

Disliked Groups of young lads drunk at 3am.
Swiming booked up.
Very expensive drinks.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Plenty of entertainment for kids and…

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10 out of 10
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Anonymous

Taw electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch (no pets)

Liked Plenty of entertainment for kids and good choice of different food. The facilities were clean and well maintained. Great access to the beach and public footpaths.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would be back mainly for the location

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6 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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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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 Danielle B. 1 review

Taw electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch (no pets)

Liked Lovely location easy to find right near the beach loads of amenity’s

Disliked Wasn’t informed before arriving swimming needed to be booked, toilet/shower block at camping wasn’t clean

Recommend to friends Visit again

Booked already for 2027

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8 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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J f. 7 reviews

Electric grass touring pitch (no pets)

Liked Lots of activities for the children
Excellent location for the beach
Staff pleasant and Hard working
Food in the main building very good and quick service
And Ruby is a credit to the company.
Pleasant and Hard working

Disliked Bar prices a little high,
The chip shop needs to get staff who have some customer service skills

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would go back to Croyde in a heart beat but a better managed site

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7 out of 10
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Value for money
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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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 Luke Daniel H. 1 review

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch (no pets)

Liked The beach access and location were great

Nisa shop on site was fantastic

Disliked really disappointed with John Fowlers and the lack of site monitoring. There were numerous fights and parties going in past midnight and yet no one tried to stop it. I can fully appreciate people are having a good time but when I say it was a lot, it was ridiculous. The fact that no one stopped it when it it was right next to the main building means either the staff didn’t want to get involved or there was simply no one actually around.

Toilets looked nice and modern but were not cleaned enough, I assume it was linked to the parties but they were a mess each morning including vomit across multiple stalls.

Recommend to friends Visit again

The campsite was lovely with great…

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6 out of 10
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Value for money
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch (no pets)

Liked The campsite was lovely with great views. Toilets and showers were clean and looked newly constructed.

Disliked The food on site was not good. The fish and chips were okay but the curry sauce was not edible. All other takeaway food was not edible.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lage direkt am Meer…

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3 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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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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 Wolfgang S. 2 reviews

Croyde Burrows electric grass touring pitch

Liked Lage direkt am Meer

Disliked Kein wifi am Platz (auch nach mehrmaligen nachfragen), dreckige und sehr einfache Sanitäranlagen

Recommend to friends Visit again

Brilliant views and good facilities…

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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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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 Laura J. 1 review

Taw electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch (no pets)

Liked Brilliant views and good facilities

Disliked Couldn’t book onto activities and swimming until we arrived as the booking reference from pitch up is different to the one they give you on site which meant all swimming slots were already pre booked

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful location, wish the site cleaning standards were as good.

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6 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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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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Alec S. 1 review

Croyde Burrows electric grass touring pitch

Liked Gorgeous location close to the beach with lots of food options at the site and within walking distance including Pizza (Robertos, Stoned (van), Hollerbird - fried chicken and slim chicken style sauces, bar food, and a fish and chips which we didn’t sample). Also there is a tea room at Baggy point and beyond that a pub with great views of the bay. A walk up the road to Croyde check out the Hub for outstanding ice cream and also there is the Hideout at the back of the shop which has an Ibiza vibe with cocktails, food and a roof terrace. Billy buddy was also good burgers and nachos - totally recommend a visit although busy. Blue Groove we enjoyed a drink at too. Croyde was ace.

Disliked We arrived on Sunday and the toilet and shower block had definitely not been cleaned as of Monday evening despite complaints from multiple families to the central team, which was gross. Apparently the camp toilets were even worse. They operate check in days (Thurs Sat and Mon?) which are the only days when team are there until 9pm - we luckily arrived by 5pm Sunday else who knows……

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beach access, pitches, restaurant…

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8 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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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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Anonymous

Croyde Burrows electric grass touring pitch

Liked Beach access, pitches, restaurant

Disliked Entertainment was poor, pool was poor

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

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

Very large (over 200 pitches)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Ruda Holiday Park

Croyde Bay

Croyde

Devon

England

EX33 1NP

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.13472°N
4.24126°W

Route directions

By bus: The nearest bus stop is at the park's entrance - the Red Bus 308 is the service from Barnstaple to Croyde. Buses run approximately 25 minutes past, and on, the hour.

Nearest transport

Coach
4 mi George Hotel
4 mi Opposite George Hotel
5.4 mi Camp Gates
Rail
8.8 mi Barnstaple Rail Station
12.5 mi Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station
14.7 mi Umberleigh Rail Station
Ferry
6 mi Appledore Ferry Landing
6.3 mi Instow Ferry Landing
7.7 mi Ilfracombe 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

Don’t miss the chance to explore the Devonshire coastline surrounding Ruda Holiday Park. Recommendations include a walk to the headland at Baggy Point where you’ll be rewarded with outstanding views; a saunter along spectacular Saunton Sands, and a delve into the dunes at Braunton Burrows. Croyde is a perfectly pretty village of thatched cottages, tearooms, pubs, restaurants, cafés and (but of course) surf shops. There are umpteen visitor attractions in the area, particularly for animal enthusiasts, who can come face to face with life-sized model dinosaurs and a host of their living, breathing descendants at Combe Martin Wildlife Park; practise their trout pouts on some fishy friends at Ilfracombe’s aquarium; or get hands on with the animals at the Big Sheep, the area’s most eccentric day out: sheep racing and stunt ducks, anyone…?

Food and drink

  • Hobbs Bistro Restaurant 0.8 mi
  • The Thatch Pub 0.8 mi
  • Billy Budd's Pub 0.8 mi
  • New Coast Kitchen Restaurant 0.8 mi
  • The Manor Pub 1 mi
  • The Kings Arms Pub 2 mi
  • The Rock Inn Pub 2.1 mi
  • The Mews Pub 3 mi
  • The Captain's Table Restaurant 3 mi
  • Woolacombe Bay Pizza Restaurant 3 mi

Groceries

  • Cawthorne's Foodmarket 3.8 mi
  • Tesco 4 mi

Parks and play

  • Woolacombe Fields park 3 mi
  • Woolacombe Play Area Playground 3 mi
  • Charles H Cowler Garden park 3.3 mi
  • Anchor Park 6 mi

Family days out

  • Remains of a Matilda tank from World War II Visitor attraction 2.3 mi
  • Hawker Hunter jet Visitor attraction 2.8 mi
  • The Story of Two Villages Visitor attraction 2.9 mi
  • Sunspot Amusements Amusement arcade 3 mi
  • Segway Safari Visitor attraction 3.8 mi
  • Lifeboat House Visitor attraction 5.7 mi
  • Skern Lodge Visitor attraction 5.9 mi

Public transport

  • Ruda Holiday Park 0.2 mi
  • Pathfields 0.5 mi
  • Downend 0.6 mi
  • Bay View Farm 0.7 mi
  • Jones's Hill 0.8 mi
  • Bridge 0.8 mi
  • Sands 3 mi
  • Parish Church 3.1 mi
  • Watersmeet Hotel 3.4 mi
  • Mortehoe Apartments 3.5 mi

Beaches

  • Croyde Beach 0.2 mi
  • Putsborough Sands 1.3 mi
  • Woolacombe Sands 2.3 mi
  • Barricane Beach (SSSI) 3.1 mi
  • Combesgate Beach 3.3 mi
  • North Tail 3.4 mi
  • Grunta Beach 3.5 mi
  • South Tail 4.1 mi
  • Rockham Beach 4.3 mi
  • Pulley Ridge 4.6 mi

What’s nearby

  • Bay Hotel Golf Course 2.9 mi
  • Mariscos Nightclub 3 mi
  • Mortehoe and Woolacombe Golf Club Golf course 4 mi
  • Willingcott Valley Golf Course 4.7 mi
  • Royal North Devon Golf course 5.7 mi

Local services

  • Barton Pharmacy 3 mi
  • Woolacombe Medical Centre Doctors 3.1 mi
  • Murco Woolacombe Service Station Fuel station 3.6 mi
  • Knowle Garage Fuel station 3.8 mi
  • Allied Pharmacy 3.9 mi
  • Golden Coast Service Station Fuel station 4.1 mi
  • Esso Fuel station 4.1 mi
  • Murco Oasis Service Station Fuel station 4.3 mi
  • Murco Chivenor Service Station Fuel station 5.3 mi

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Must see

RHS Garden Rosemoor 14 mi

National Trust

Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum 11.2 mi

Heddon Valley 14.7 mi

Lundy 18.4 mi

Watersmeet 20.1 mi

Holnicote Estate 29.8 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Croyde – Saunton Down – Middleborough Hill – Croyde 0.8 mi

Saunton - Croyde - Putsborough - Fruit and Nut Trail 1.5 mi

SAUNTON COURT 1.9 mi

Woolacombe - Twitchen - Coombgate Valley - Woolacombe 3.1 mi

Woolacombe - Morte Point - Bull Point - Lee - Mortehoe 3.2 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 Ruda Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Ruda Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Ruda Holiday Park? Don’t miss the chance to explore the Devonshire coastline surrounding Ruda Holiday Park. Recommendations include a walk to the headland at Baggy Point where you’ll be rewarded with outstanding views; a saunter … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Ruda Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Ruda Holiday Park? From £12 (for 1 night, 8 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.