When can I check in and check out of Wick River Campsite?

Camping and caravan Arrive: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. Please select the relevant extra if you wish to arrive between 8pm and 10pm. Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Wick River Campsite?

From $35.47 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Wick River Campsite

View prices & book Last booked 20 hours ago 9 411 reviews

Sheltered and peaceful pitches on the banks of the Wick River
A 10-minute walk to Wick; 25 minutes' drive to John o' Groats
Part of a community enterprise

What a splendid spot for a break in the Caithness countryside – the sheltered pitches at Wick River Campsite sit in a secluded and quiet location right on the banks of the Wick River, and yet they’re only a handy 10-minute walk from the various shops, pubs and takeaways of Wick. That setting also means that you’ll be within easy reach of plenty of things to keep you busy for several days – a short stroll into town gives you the opportunity to board wildlife-spotting boats, sample the delights of the Pulteney Distillery or take a bracing dip in the outdoor tidal pool (or the indoor pool if you’re not quite brave enough to face the chilly waters of the North Sea…) This is a site that’s run as a community enterprise, with all profits fed back into improving the site or contributing to local projects that will benefit visitors and residents alike. Stay here and you’ll be supporting a great cause as well as putting yourselves within easy reach of places like John o’ Groats and activities like fishing, golf and coast walks. The site has modern facilities including male and female toilets and showers, a family shower room and a disabled toilet and shower room. There's also a washing-up area and a laundry room. A play park is just next door. Dogs are welcome to stay here too and join you for walks along the riverside trails that start just outside the site (these are great for a family bike ride too).

Campground type

Open now

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
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).
Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
The charging of electric vehicles is not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Tue, 1 Apr to Fri, 31 Oct 2025

Site types & availability

Other site types

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

So many super clean sinks in the facilities

Chilling in the van , brilliant shower block to the left

Lovely site

Overall	10/10
Location	7
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Kathryn R. June 2025

Powered grass site (XL)

Liked: Wick River site was a lovely site. Great location on the river with bunnies & swallows everywhere!!
Lovely friendly staff & well maintained site.
Toilets and showers were spotless!!
Not much to do in Wick so we used it as a base for exploring the NE coast!!
Loved our stay!!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with clean facilities, friendly staff and level pitches

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	9
Wifi	10

Anonymous June 2025

Powered grass tent or motorhome site (large)

Liked: Clean and new facilities, 10 minutes river walk to the city, one of best camping sites we stayed.

Disliked: N/a

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the amazing review about our site. We hope you enjoyed your stay and will come back and visit us again.

We had a lovely stop over . The town dissapointing boarded up shops.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Joanna S. June 2025

Powered gravel caravan site (XL)

Liked: Lovely site.
Great showers.
Dog walk

Disliked: Wick town . Pub serving food was short staffed and food basic many boarded up shops.
Come on Wick town Council your touring site outshines the surrounding town facilities bringing visitors to the town is great just support your local businesses.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the amazing review about our site. We hope you enjoyed your stay and will come back and visit us again.

Regarding Wick town centre, it is no different than most town centres these days post COVID, especially with the turn towards online shopping, and is due to get a £2m investment later this year, however Wick has so much to offer, with a number of great places to eat, loads of beautiful walks with stunning sea views and cliffs, ruined castles, Caithness Sea Coast, the Heritage Museum, an award winning marina, the Black Stairs where L.S. Lowry painted his famous "Steps at Wick", Orcas and Dolphins, to name but a few.

Great place

Overall	10/10
Location	7
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Neil R. May 2025

Powered grass tent or motorhome site (large)

Liked: Everything is top class

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the amazing review. We hope you enjoyed your stay and will come back and visit us again.

100% recommend this site and next time I will stay for a few nights

Overall	10/10
Location	9
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	8

Michelle M. May 2025

Powered grass tent or motorhome site (large)

Liked: Site was super clean, spacious pitches, toilets/showers were so new and spotless. Outdoor area to eat and use microwaves was amazing!! Shop and staff again not enough words to say how amazing they were!! Felt so safe being solo traveler also price was unbelievable for the saty

Disliked: Notiing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the amazing review. We hope you enjoyed your stay and will come back and visit us again.

The campsite is really nice with great facilities and a nice walk…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Alexander W. May 2025

Unpowered grass tent site (backpacker, motorcyclist, no cars)

Liked: The campsite is really nice with great facilities and a nice walk in to Wick. Staff are very welcoming and friendly

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the amazing review. We hope you enjoyed your stay and will come back and visit us again.

Shower block and all amenities clean and accessible. Quiet site, plenty…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Neil T. May 2025

Powered gravel caravan site (XL)

Liked: Shower block and all amenities clean and accessible. Quiet site, plenty of room. Lovely area

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the amazing review. We hope you enjoyed your stay and will come back and visit us again.

I would recommend this site

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	9
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Tanya G. May 2025

Powered gravel caravan site (XL)

Liked: Very friendly and helpful staff. Clean toilets & showers

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the amazing review. We hope you enjoyed your stay and will come back and visit us again.

Would come again

Overall	7/10
Location	7
Value for money	7
Accommodation	7
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	8

Anonymous May 2025

Powered grass site (XL)

Liked: Clean, good wash rooms, restaurant on site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the review. We hope you enjoyed your stay and will come back and visit us again.

Unfortunately we do not have a restaurant on site, but we do have an indoor lounge that has a self serve bean to cup coffe machine that uses lovely premium Lavazza Italian coffee beans. The coffee machine serves espresso's, latte's, americano's, cappachino's, flat white's, mocha's, hot chocolate and tea.

We also have two built in microwaves in the lounge for guests to use to heat their own food, and our shop stocks a good selection of ambient and frozen ready meals which can easily be heated in the microwaves for convenience.

Excellent site

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Christine M. May 2025

Powered gravel caravan site (XL)

Liked: Very well run campsite with a shop at reception. Very clean showers and toilets and plenty of them. laundry room was clean with 2 washers and 2 dryers Beautiful area with plenty of walks from the site Would definitely recommend.

Disliked: None

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From the manager: Thank you for the amazing review. We hope you enjoyed your stay and will come back and visit us 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

Baby-changing facilities 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 Picnic table Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups 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

Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Bathrooms: Wide doorways (over 85 cm) Site close to accessible bathrooms Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point

Location

Wick River Campsite

Riverside Drive

Janetstown

Wick

Caithness

Scotland

KW1 5SP

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

58.44313°N
-3.10545°W

Route directions

High vehicles over 2.89m will need to use the alternative entrance on Station Road, before the bend leading to Bankhead.

Nearest transport

Coach

Rail

0.5 km Wick Rail Station

21.7 km Georgemas Junction Rail Station

26.4 km Scotscalder Rail Station

Ferry

22.1 km Gills Bay Ferry Terminal

22.5 km John O' Groats Ferry Terminal

31.7 km Scrabster Ferry Terminal

Airport

1.3 km Wick 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

Wick, of course, is the place to start – you can walk into the centre of town to visit the Wick Heritage Centre, grab a dram or two at Pulteney Distillery or head to the harbour to book a boat trip taking you out among the sea stacks and along the cliffs to see if you can spot seals, puffins and other marine life. Elsewhere along the coast, find the ruins of Castle of Old Wick (10 minutes’ drive) and Sinclair Girnigoe Castle (15 minutes), explore the intriguing stone creations at Hill O’ Many Stanes (15 minutes) or check out the natural rock formations at Whaligoe Steps (15 minutes) and Duncansby Stacks (25 minutes). Of course you can’t miss the opportunity to go up to the very north of Scotland to visit John O’Groats (25 minutes) and RSPB Dunnet Head (40 minutes). While you’re in the area, stop by at the 16th-century Castle & Gardens of Mey (half an hour) or take a detour to Reiss Sands (10 minutes) for a stroll among the dunes.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Dunnet	23.3 km	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Thurso	29.6 km	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	N/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

The Castle & Gardens of Mey 22.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Staxigoe to Noss Head 3.2 km

Noss Head and Sinclair and Girnigoe Castles 4.6 km

The Stacks of Duncansby 22.7 km

BLAR NAM FAOILEAG (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 19/02/1999) 23.6 km

Dwarwick to Castletown 24.9 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.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Admission

Admission is only permitted after registering at reception.
At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.

Vehicles

Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Dogs

Dogs must be kept on leads and supervised at all times.

Safety

Firearms are not permitted.

Reception

If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Arrivals and departures

No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.

Vehicles

Only one car is to be parked by the pitch. Extra vehicles must be parked in the designated area.

Safety

Open fires are prohibited.
Please do not touch or feed the animals.

General

Public areas are non-smoking.
Quiet hours must be respected between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m..
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and boots must be closed quietly.

Reception

Reception is open from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. between 01/04 and 31/10.

Dogs

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).

Vehicles

The charging of electric vehicles is not permitted on site.

General

The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behaviour is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.

Admission

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

Arrivals and departures

Units will be allocated on arrival.

Pitches

You must follow the management directives when pitching your tent/unit and related equipment.

Payment terms

Offers

Conditions apply - see site type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Frequently asked questions

Does Wick River Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Wick River Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Wick River Campsite? Wick, of course, is the place to start – you can walk into the centre of town to visit the Wick Heritage Centre, grab a dram or two at Pulteney Distillery or … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Wick River Campsite?

Camping and caravan

Arrive: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Depart by: 11 a.m.

Please select the relevant extra if you wish to arrive between 8pm and 10pm.
Read more
How much does it cost to stay at Wick River Campsite? From $35.47 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.