Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park

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Aerial view of park and pitches
Aerial view of park and pitches
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Indoor pool
Electric grass pitches
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Swimming pool
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  • Family park three miles from the Peak District town of Ashbourne
  • Seven and a half miles from Alton Towers
  • Indoor pool, licensed shop and picnic area
If you had to pick a Peak District place, you'd be displaying tiptop taste if you went for Ashbourne. For there are many whys: it’s at the southern tip of the Peak District and a gateway to the same; it leads straight on to the Tissington Trail, and it’s sevenish miles from the heady heights of Alton Towers. More? It's also been the site of a raucous game of football every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday since medieval times; and (possibly related), one in every four of its buildings is or has been an inn or brewery. It's not a bit surprising that illustrious visitors in its past have included Bonnie Prince Charlie and Charles I, although they probably didn’t have time to stop off for a game of footie… Add to your list Ashbourne Heights (formerly known as Highfields Park), three miles from town, well placed to reach a range of market towns like Bakewell and Buxton, and with a good range of facilities and services to fire the family up. From the site you can reach the main sights, activities, landscapes and history of the Peak District: too many to go into here, but do bring your camera. Ashbourne Heights has a heated indoor pool, and generously-sized pitches with room for awnings, gazebos and a car parked alongside. Other facilities at the park include a licensed shop, picnic area, launderette, covered washing-up areas, showers, toilets and a baby changing area. All in all, a pretty good Peak District pitstop…

Campground type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 10
Caravans for hire 27
Tent sites 81
Caravan sites 27
Open now
Opens 6 March

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dog Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Group bookings of four or more people under 25 are not permitted via Pitchup.com.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 6 Mar to

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Reviews

8.7

Overall rating from 457 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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PeacefulWalkers' paradise

89% would recommend this campground to a friend

84% would stay here again

What customers say

Top spot for walkers/cyclists (Tissington Trail!). Friendly staff, clean facilities (pool, playground), spacious pitches. Comfy glamping pods/tents. A bit of a trek to facilities for some, and showers can be iffy.

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9 out of 10
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 Paul L. 1 review

Powered grass caravan site

Liked Nice site,would visit again

Disliked None

Recommend to friends Visit again

Potentially a good site blighted by the toilet blocks

Overall

4 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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Andy d. 9 reviews

Powered grass caravan site

Liked Nice pitch and beautifully well kept site.
Useful shop and other facilities on site too. Didn’t use the pool, but a great asset.
Great access to the Tissington Trail 😁

Disliked This would have been a 9* review, but …
The toilet blocks had clearly not been cleaned for several days. The gents had an overwhelming smell of urine, caused by a leak from the urinals running across the floor to the shower units. The urinals and showers were unusable unless you fancied puddling in wee - hmmm, no thanks you.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall a great trip

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8 out of 10
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Value for money
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Customer service
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Anonymous

Powered concrete slab caravan site (no awning)

Liked The pitch, the space , the walks

Disliked Toilets could be cleaner . The sink area is clean and well kept, but the individual toilets and lack of toilet roll was not the best

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, great staff, great location, second visit.

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10 out of 10
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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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Anonymous

Camping pod (ensuite)

Liked Very well kept site, good friendly staff, food caravan, great walking in the area,

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site very clean LV place

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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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Wifi
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Anonymous

Powered grass caravan site

Liked Loads of walking lovely pitch

Disliked Showers only just warm to cold water was there five days toilets only cleaned once paper towels all over bin full

Recommend to friends Visit again

Pitches were spacious and toilets/showers were…

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7 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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Wifi
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 Sally F. 1 review

Powered grass caravan site

Liked Pitches were spacious and toilets/showers were good.

Disliked The food van was never opened.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good park for the kids.…

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3 out of 10
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Trent T. 1 review

Powered grass caravan site

Liked Good park for the kids.

Disliked No soap in the toilets.
Showers only have a hook, nowhere to put clothes.
Overflowing bins.
Poor pitches - sloped and worn out.
Not much going on at the site. Pool is worn.

Don’t like how anyone can drive onto the site. No security at all.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site right on the tissington…

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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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Wifi
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 Jason N. 1 review

Powered grass caravan site

Liked Great site right on the tissington trail walk. Facility's clean and tidy.

Disliked WIFI signal wasn’t great could have better signal.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with trails for walkers and cyclists. Clean 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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 Donna C. 2 reviews

Powered grass caravan site

Liked Specious pitches, clean shower and toilets.
Ideal trails for walking and cycling. Shop on site for all essentials also a coffee and snack van on the site.
Staff were very polite and accommodating, gardener man gave us loads of tips on the area for places to go and sites to see.
We would definitely go back to this site again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely place will definitely return .

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9 out of 10
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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John R. 2 reviews

Camping pod (ensuite)

Liked Love the place it has everything you could need.

Showers are clean and really nice and hot water.

Right on Tissington Trail.
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Disliked In the future it would be nice if the pods could have a wash up area indoors so out of the wind and rain.

Also can you turn the pressure down on the outside tap as you get soaked when washing the dishes.

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 Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry 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 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 Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Step-free access Smooth, hard roads e.g. tarmac Step-free or level access

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park

Fenny Bentley

Ashbourne

Derbyshire

England

DE6 1LE

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.05557°N
1.74671°W

Nearest transport

Coach
14.2 km Fishpond Hotel
14.2 km Fishpond Hotel
15.6 km Railway Station
Rail
14.7 km Cromford Rail Station
14.7 km Matlock Bath Rail Station
15.6 km Matlock Rail Station
Airport
37.8 km East Midlands Airport
45 km 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

The amount of antics available at Alton Towers near Ashbourne Heights might turn grownups grey among the thrill rides, river rapids and other heady highlights of the country’s biggest theme park. You’ll ensure Very Good Behaviour Indeed if you take the family on to Gulliver’s Kingdom at Matlock Bath, designed to keep all ages busy/tired out for later (beware the nerf guns). Other energetic Peak District pastimes include watersports, laser tag, climbing, caving and zipwiring; find out where’s what at Ashbourne’s tourist information centre, which is practised in all things Peak. More peacefully, the Peak District has a high amount of culture and heritage to explore: National Trust houses and estates, the old spa towns of Matlock and Buxton, museums of all sorts, prehistoric cave paintings, three vintage railways and aeons more. Lead mining was a main industry here from Roman times until recently and info on the industry can be mined at the Peak District Mining Museum at Matlock. Bolsover Castle, founded in the 12th century, has regular events to tempt the kids, such as exhibitions on torture for the gruesomely minded, an indoor riding school, and a theatrical room just for little darlings.

Must see

Alton Towers Resort 12.2 km

Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills 13.8 km

Arkwright's Cromford Mills 14.2 km

Haddon Hall 16.7 km

Kedleston Hall 16.7 km

National Trust

The Old Manor 10 km

Winster Market House 11.8 km

Kedleston Hall 17.7 km

Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood 18.7 km

Biddulph Grange Garden 29 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Thorpe - Fenny Bentley - Parwich - Tissington - Thorpe 0.8 km

Tissington - Fenny Bentley - Mapleton - Dove Dale 1.4 km

Tissington - Hall Dale - Alstonefield - Tissington 1.4 km

Tissington - Dove Dale - Biggin Dale - Tisington 1.4 km

Dove Dale - Blore - Calton - Waterfall - Ilam - Dove Dale 2.4 km

Local events

  • Download Festival (Wednesday 10 June 2026 – Wednesday 10 June 2026)

    Derby, England 35.6 km

  • Bloodstock Open Air (Thursday 6 August 2026 – Thursday 6 August 2026)

    Swadlincote, England 35.8 km

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 Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park? The amount of antics available at Alton Towers near Ashbourne Heights might turn grownups grey among the thrill rides, river rapids and other heady highlights of the country’s biggest theme park. You’ll … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  noon –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park? From $39.40 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.