Holme Pierrepont Country Park

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  • Water- and land-based event centre in 270 acres of parkland
  • Easy access to Nottingham city centre, rail network and airport
  • Country walks, nature trails and lots to do for kids on site
What do you reckon is the main flavour of activities at this Nottinghamshire site? Yup, top of the menu at the Holme Pierrepont Country Park, near Nottingham, are all sorts of watersports: you'll be able to tackle a whitewater course for canoeing, kayaking, rafting and tubing; paddleboarding; and open-top canoeing. This is a land-based activity centre too, so if you don't fancy plunging into the foamy depths or would quite like to stay dry for a day, other options can be tackled at the outdoor adventure zone where there's an aerial adventure course, miniature golf, a kids' activity club and archery combat. A large play park, country walks and nature zones are also on site (please note some activities are subject to availability and must be booked at reception; early booking is advisable). Feeling a bit faint just from reading all this, and think you'd rather spectate? The centre has kindly included a country park café and a regatta lake where it hosts its own events like rowing and canoe regattas, dragonboat racing and triathlons. Lots are on offer too to keep the kids amused, including a woodland adventure playground and a nature trail, a short stroll away. Although all this energetic excellence is only 10 minutes' drive from Nottingham city centre, it's well into the countryside and away from anything townie, as it's deep in the 270 acres of parkland of Holme Pierrepont Country Park. The campsite part of the park covers 18 acres and has a facilities block with showers and toilets, and a site shop selling selected groceries and camping supplies.

Site type

Tent sites 139
RV sites 225
Travel trailer sites 100
Rent a tent 5
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 10
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • 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 21 or over.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
  • Group bookings of 6 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • A cable measuring at least 25 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • Group bookings of 4 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The height barrier is pulled down from 8pm until 8pm so any taller vehicles above 1.98 meters (6ft 6 inches) needing to arrive or depart outside these times will need to use the exterior car park.

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Reviews

7.5

Overall rating from 871 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
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

72% would recommend this site to a friend

73% would stay here again

What customers say

This campground has a great location, perfect for visiting Nottingham and the National Water Sports Centre. Guests love the spacious sites, friendly staff, and easy check-in. While generally clean and well-kept, some mention the washrooms are a bit dated or not always tidy. Still, its family-friendly vibe and nearby activities make it a top pick.

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Arrival date (latest first)

felt tired and not enough staff looking after facilities

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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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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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 Daniel H. 1 review

Primitive grass campsite

Liked Stayed in rafters field toilet nearby and good size pitches, ice cream van visiting site was nice in this hot weather

Disliked Toilet doors kept braking during stay and wouldnt. Close properly, forcing us to go to the toilet in pairs to hold the door closed for one another. Park shown on pitchup with slides for kids is not nearby , is a 15-20 min+ walk down road opposite camp this wasnt clear as signage and maps for the site are poor

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Its a great site for most…

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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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Child friendliness
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Anonymous

Primitive grass campsite

Liked Its a great site for most pitches with a good location to the water sports centre. Family friendly, dog friendly and decent size pitches. Showers were hot

Disliked Our pitch was close to the road side so we found it a little noisy when trying to sleep.
The shop on site doesn't offer a good variety of produce.
Shower and toilet block a little outdated mostly clean but occasionally dirty.

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V happy

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10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
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

Powered grass campsite

Liked Clean, not expensive ,easy to book

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Good site location for a nice walk down the river. Useless showers

Overall

6 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 5
Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
 5
Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Powered grass campsite

Liked Location was great to walk down to the river to see the boats. The rafters area where we stayed was nice enough

Disliked The toilets and showers was only cleaned once per day. They then shut the water off half way through washing my daughters hair so this had to be washed out using the water in the tent. My partner went to the shower blocks in the next field which only had 2 showers working. Then the next day 2 out of 4 showers on our field was out of order

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The facilities massively let this site down, has much more potential

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5 out of 10
Location
 9
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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Chelsea C. 1 review

Powered grass campsite

Liked Big site, with plenty to do around. Not far to drive to local shops too.

Disliked Facilities were not great at all. Nowhere to change babies, which made things very difficult with a little one, luckily the weather was nice as we had to bath and change baby in a paddling pool at the tent. Showers were either scolding hot and no way of changing the temperature or freezing cold in the second shower block. The showers were constantly blocked, meaning the water was backing up and you had to stand in water up to your ankles.
The shower blocks were also very dirty, we were there for 4 days and didn't once notice them being cleaned, with how busy it was this should have been done several times throughout the day.
Also most campsites that we have stayed on have had communal fridges/freezers for ice packs etc, there wasn't any here and the electric cut out twice whilst we were there, so this would have been good to have especially in the warmer weather.

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Family friendly

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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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Claire M. 1 review

Powered grass campsite

Liked Lovely clean campsite. We had a fantastic bank holiday weekend. It's a friendly site with lots of families. We had our own shower etc so cant comment on the shower facilities. However we did use the toilets whilst the children were on the park and found them to be fine. Great location for walks, watersports, cycling and close enough to walk into town. We will definitely return.

Disliked We couldn't stay longer due to work.

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Couldn’t stay due to travellers invading the site

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Anonymous

Powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked I have given 5 stars purely because we were given a full refund as we could not stay due to travellers on the site. We were only advised on Friday morning so spent a considerable amount of time trying to find that needle in a haystack BH 3 day break on the hottest May BH since the records began. We did manage to find someone and my heart did go out to the site owners. They must have lost a lot of customers/cash this weekend

Disliked Can’t say as didn’t stay

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Great trip

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 10
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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Gemma B. 3 reviews

Powered grass campsite

Liked Open clean site large pitches . Lots of space
Toilets clean

Disliked One toilet block little bit of a walk , second park for kids small for the amount on site

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Great site marred by the small But noisy and unpleasant minority.

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3 out of 10
Location
 9
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

Powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked The location for access to Nottingham is great, the pitches are clean and well kept. Very good walking routes along the Trent river.

Disliked Large groups on the site with little or no regard for the site rules or basic manners, towards the other campers. There was an almost dangerous use of vehicles between nearby areas of the site, at all hours, vehicles parked anywhere with no regards to other campers. Probably most disturbing was some of the music being played from vehicles was politically motivated. Specifically republican songs.

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Great location, easy to get to…

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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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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Primitive grass campsite

Liked Great location, easy to get to Nottingham sauna cold plunge
Good sized flat pitches, shop.

Disliked Toilets/shower block, no water on final morning, too many people for the 8 toilets/shower rooms, no loo roll in some toilets by early evening. Need more toilets and showers.
Only one water point for Rafters field.

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Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Scouts welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transportation 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 32 inches) Level campground, no steep slopes Site close to accessible bathrooms

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal sites

Location

Holme Pierrepont Country Park

Home of The National Water Sports Centre

Adbolton Lane

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

England

NG12 2LU

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.94042°N
1.09999°W

Route directions

If you are using a satnav to find the site, use the name ‘Holme Pierrepont Country Park’ rather than the postcode as some satnavs will direct you to Colwick Race Course as opposed to the centre. As you approach Nottingham, follow the brown tourist signs for the Holme Pierrepont Country Park which will direct you to the site.

Nearest transport

Coach
3.3 km Broad Marsh Bus Station
3.4 km Broad Marsh Bus Station
3.7 km Friar Lane
Rail
2.7 km Netherfield Rail Station
3.1 km Carlton Rail Station
3.2 km Nottingham Rail Station
Airport
20 km East Midlands 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

If you've any energy left over or you're hardily thinking that the watery and land-based activities of the Holme Pierrepont Country Park just aren't enough, get along to the cycle paths of Colwick Country Park on the outskirts of Nottingham, which have miles of waterside biking alongside the River Trent. Wildlife watchers can wander around Skylarks Nature Reserve, owned by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, highly recommended by the Holme Pierrepont Country Park team and 15 minutes' drive from the site. The cricket ground of Trent Bridge, home of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, is 10 minutes' drive away.

Must see

The Lace Market Centre 3.3 km

Nottingham Castle 3.8 km

Wollaton Hall and Park 7.5 km

Castle Donington Museum 19.5 km

Belvoir Castle 21.9 km

National Trust

The Workhouse, Southwell 19 km

Staunton Harold Church 28.4 km

Hardwick Estate: Stainsby Mill 28.9 km

Hardwick Hall 28.9 km

Calke Abbey 29.2 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

HOLME PIERREPONT HALL 2.3 km

MEMORIAL GARDENS, NOTTINGHAM 2.7 km

Old Market Square Nottingham - Wollaton Hall - Nottingham 3.6 km

HUNGER HILL GARDENS, STONEPIT COPPICE GARDENS AND GORSEYCLOSE GARDENS 3.9 km

GENERAL CEMETERY 4.3 km

Local events

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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 Holme Pierrepont Country Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Holme Pierrepont Country Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Holme Pierrepont Country Park? If you've any energy left over or you're hardily thinking that the watery and land-based activities of the Holme Pierrepont Country Park just aren't enough, get along to the cycle paths of … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Holme Pierrepont Country Park?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Holme Pierrepont Country Park? From $37.24 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.