Golden Coast Leisure Park

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A bird's eye view of the leisure park, overlooking Woolacombe Sands
A bird's eye view of the leisure park, overlooking woolacombe sands
Swimming pool
Electric pitches
Arcade
The beach house bar and restaurant
The beach house bar and restaurant
Fully serviced pitches
Fully-serviced pitches
1/75
Swimming pool
Electric pitches
Arcade

  • Family-friendly north Devon holiday park with lots of activities
  • Under two miles from Woolacombe; Combe Martin 15 minutes
  • Surf machines, bungee trampoline, climbing wall, bowling and sauna
Join the thousands of sheep that flock to Woolacombe for the annual ovine hairdressing championships, with a trip to the green and pleasant gardens of the Golden Coast Holiday Village. Visitors have access to masses of activities on site, from the pumped up (cycling, tennis, water flumes, four indoor and outdoor swimming pools), to the more leisurely (bowling, fishing, pitch and putt, sauna and solarium). Although there’s no shortage of mod cons, the site retains an old-school charm, not least thanks to its Old Mill Inn, which has been keeping people fed and watered since the seventeenth century. In the evenings, guests can chill out and enjoy the valley views, grab a pint in the sports bar, or enjoy entertainment including game shows, family discos, tribute bands, comedians and illusionists. 'Messy mayhem' is promised at the various kids’ clubs for all age groups, and the little sprouts should have a fine time on the bungee trampoline and climbing wall; parents can confirm that their offspring actually do walk on water as they take to the inflatable human hamster balls in the pool, or show off their board skills on the Wavesurfer artificial surf machine. For a pit stop, try creating a family heirloom over a cuppa at the ceramic-painting café.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 77
Motorhome pitches 77
Open now
Opens 1 March

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • 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).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The outdoor swimming pool is open between 01/05 and 15/09 (subject to weather conditions).
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Reception is unmanned after 8 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.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Sat, 1 Mar to

This site is a member of Verdant Leisure group.

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Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

Tent pitchesTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome pitchesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsCaravans for hireRent a tent
Choose your dates
2 adults
0 children

Reviews

8.4

Overall rating from 182 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Accommodation
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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

82% would recommend this site to a friend

79% would stay here again

What customers say

This park offers a wide range of facilities and activities, including swimming pools, bowling, and arcades, which are popular with families. Staff are frequently praised for being friendly and helpful, and the site is generally described as clean. Pitches are often noted as spacious and well-equipped. However, some visitors found the touring pitches to be more like a gravel car park, with issues regarding levelling and dust. Booking systems for pools and occasional cleanliness concerns in shower blocks were also mentioned.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

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Arrival date (latest first)

The pool looked great, the staff were very helpful as I was very upset

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Julie T.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked The staff were great but unfortunately we couldn't stay as my husband scraped the caravan down a walled fence, so we had to leave 45 minutes after we got there
There was an Irish family that were so kind and helped us cover the window frames in the rain and the campsite gave us gaffa tape too.
We will return when the van is fixed

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

All round brilliant for family’s and great facilities

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8 out of 10
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
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Child friendliness
 7
Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Tara B.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked We really liked everything, staff where so welcoming supportive friendly did everything to help ☺️ everywhere was clean and modern, the bowling alley was so much more than expected great food drink and really decent bowling lanes, cosy corners to drink chill with friends too, arcades were fun little short staffed but they did the best they could, swimming pools great well organised and plenty of lifeguards on hands to keep everyone safe, both indoor and outdoor pools , outdoor was so lovely and warm super clean, crazy golf and extras like waves surfing and climbing wall, were reasonably priced and kids and dads thoroughly enjoyed it all, the restaurant by entertainment was great for breakfast, kids clubs discos all fantastic, lovely restaurants with kids play area outside was also lovely clean and good service again, the location is 2mins drive to beach or can catch bus so easy and parking for campers and vans as well as cars parking charges is£6 or £12 a day so helpful for us being able to take campervans, so good we booked an extra night, and didn’t want to leave thanks Golden coast leisure park

Disliked That you had only 1hr slot for outdoor pool I understand it keeps it fair, but to que in morning for tickets from 8am until reception opens at 9am felt Extreme, then to only be allowed a one hour slot, we only did this once I guess easier and quieter days you can select a couple of hrs maybe!

Also camping showers were not regulating well was too hot for kids and myself really, the button lasted 2seconds before water stopped running so then you have to keep one hand in button, quite hard to wash hair like that 🤣🫣

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would definitely return, great price and facilities

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Wifi
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Lucy O.

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch

Liked - having water and ehu on pitch
- activities
- swimming pool
- dog friendly
- super close to Woolacombe

Disliked - not much grass, pitches are gravel and a bit like a car park.
- booking system for outdoor swimming pool is awful.
- shower blocks could do with a refresh.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good pitch good facilities…

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Mark M.

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch

Liked Good pitch good facilities

Recommend to friends Visit again

Pleasurable stay. Kids enjoyed the outdoor pool.…

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10 out of 10
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Wifi
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Mark M.

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch

Liked Pleasurable stay. Kids enjoyed the outdoor pool.

Disliked No dislikes at all

Recommend to friends Visit again

A Gem of a site

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch

Liked Golden coast is a lovely site,very friendly and helpful staff,the toilet facilities were always clean and great showers ,fully serviced Motorhome pitches,if you had children plenty of entertainment for them and The Old Mill an on site pub that serves lovely food and still had the Mills old features,it’s nice to go to a site that doesn’t rip you off price wise ,we will definitely be going back,and Woolacombe is very pretty.

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fab holiday.. beautiful place. Excellent pitches

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10 out of 10
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Loved the sight. So much to docand so clean

Disliked The lanes traveling to get there whilst Towing.
Paid for WiFi but struggled to get a connection.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Definitely visit again as clean friendly quiet site

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7 out of 10
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Wifi
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Martin G.

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch

Liked Great facilities very clean easy to find, great staff and lots of room on the pitch

Disliked Evening entertainment which was kind of expected
Pub opening hours which again was kind of what we expected as not many people visit

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff. Clean site, great selection of facilities. Loads to do

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10 out of 10
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
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Dave M.

Electric gravel touring pitch

Liked Great price. Great facilities. Clean site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Laid back, friendly, lots to do for kids, nice cosy area for…

Overall

10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Russell P.

Fully-serviced gravel touring pitch

Liked Laid back, friendly, lots to do for kids, nice cosy area for pitch too, flat surface for caravan tourer.

Disliked Nothing

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 cafe On-site restaurant On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Waterslide 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 Local produce 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

Budget/backpacker Luxury Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise 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 Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Golden Coast Leisure Park

Station Road

Woolacombe

Devon

England

EX34 7HW

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.17274°N
4.17277°W

Nearest transport

Coach
3.3 mi Methodist Church
4.5 mi Opposite George Hotel
4.5 mi George Hotel
Rail
8.3 mi Barnstaple Rail Station
12.6 mi Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station
14.7 mi Umberleigh Rail Station
Ferry
3.7 mi Ilfracombe Ferry Landing
8.3 mi Appledore Ferry Landing
8.4 mi Instow 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

Venture out and you’ll find loads to see and do in this part of North Devon. Clamber down the steep cobbledy streets to the fishing boats at the fourteenth-century quay in Clovelly (50 minutes' drive), or pay a visit to Barnstaple Pannier Market (25 minutes) to browse the local foodstuffs, arts and crafts, and antiques. Watermouth Castle (15 minutes) has dungeon labyrinths and a gnome land (anyone who thinks this sounds like the stuff of nightmares will be pacified by the dreamy views…). Nature lovers might enjoy an outing to the wilderness of Exmoor National Park to spot wild deer and ponies, choosing spots like the ruggedly gorgeous Valley of the Rocks (35 minutes) for wild goats and fossil hunting. For other days out, the kids can come face-to-leg with scarily lifelike dinosaurs and go swimming with sea lions at Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park (15 minutes), or just get spaced out by the rides at The Milky Way Adventure Park (45 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Woolacombe Village 1.6 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Combesgate Beach, Woolacombe 1.8 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Putsborough 2.8 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Ilfracombe Tunnels Beach 3.3 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Croyde Bay 4 mi Sea N/AGoodExcellentGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

RHS Garden Rosemoor 15.9 mi

National Trust

Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum 8.4 mi

Heddon Valley 11 mi

Watersmeet 16.5 mi

Lundy 21.3 mi

Holnicote Estate 26.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Lee Bridge - Slade - Ilfracombe - Coast Path 0.8 mi

CHAPEL WOOD (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 21/11/1950) 1.4 mi

Woolacombe - Morte Point - Bull Point - Lee - Mortehoe 1.7 mi

Mortehoe NT Coast 1.7 mi

Morte Point - Rugged Coastal Headland 1.7 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Golden Coast Leisure Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Golden Coast Leisure Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Golden Coast Leisure Park? Venture out and you’ll find loads to see and do in this part of North Devon. Clamber down the steep cobbledy streets to the fishing boats at the fourteenth-century quay in Clovelly … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Golden Coast Leisure Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Golden Coast Leisure Park? From £14 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.