The Hollies

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Pitches
Pitches
Spacious campsite
Views
Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitches
Beach
The beach with access from the camping site
Entrance
Fish and chips
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Spacious campsite
Views
Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitches

  • Kessingland site directly on the Suffolk coast
  • Three different pitching up areas over 28 acres
  • Two new amenities blocks, including disabled and family rooms
What a beach! And what a view… The gorgeous East Anglian coastline and an expanse of Suffolk sands sweep out for miles from The Hollies touring and camping park near Lowestoft: the site is set on a cliff and the views from your pitch or your firepit of an evening will be Hollie-wood worthy. It's Kessingland Beach below you at The Hollies, which is a highly scenic ten or 15-minute saunter along the clifftop path and an equally scenic scene on arrival with its miles of golden sand. And the beach is dog-friendly all year round, as is The Hollies – hurrah and woof. The amiable Hollies team has arranged three picks of pitches on its roomy 28-acre site: the Barley field for tourers and with electric hook-up; the Seaside field for tents and without electric; and the Hay field especially suitable for mixed groups with a mix of tent and touring pitches, all with electric. Amenities are newly built and include two large shower and loo blocks with family rooms and rooms for disabled guests; a newly built playground is on site too for Suffolk coast-based little squirts.

Site type

Travel trailer sites 50
RV sites 50
Tent sites 150
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 14
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • 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).
  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the park while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.

Languages spoken

English

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Reviews

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Overall rating from 631 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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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

90% would recommend this site to a friend

87% would stay here again

What customers say

Fantastic location with beach access & sea views! Staff are friendly, facilities clean, pitches spacious. Food's a hit. Minor notes on toilet cleanliness during peak times & steep beach steps. Good value, many want to return.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Great stay even supermarket 5 mins…

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Stephen G.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Great stay even supermarket 5 mins away fish chip van on site evenings

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Helpful staff and toilets and showers are cleaned regularly.

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9 out of 10
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Mary W.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked The site is lovely as are the staff. Very helpful to any questions asked of them.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Definitely worth a visit.

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7 out of 10
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Anonymous

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Nice environment, with pleasant dog walks around the site and on the beach. Site of special scientific interest. Clean facilities and pleasant, helpful staff.

Disliked The showers could have been a little warmer, as could the heating in the shower block. There was no private washroom - all wash basins were public. The smell from the elsan emptying point was prevalent on the site on a few evenings.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Everyone was welcoming and kind Absolutley spotlessly…

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10 out of 10
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Anonymous

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Everyone was welcoming and kind
Absolutley spotlessly clean
All facilities and grounds are clearly well cared for and maintained
The best fish and chips, we ended up having it for both nights or our stay!
So close to the beautiful beach
Lovely walks
Quiet and peaceful

We will be back soon!

Disliked Nothing :)

Recommend to friends Visit again

Absolutely great site. One of our favourites!

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Mark S.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked What a great site. It's very well maintained. Clean and tidy. Facilities are modern and clean. Great view and access to the beach. An onsite fish and chips van is a game changer, with many food options. Also a coffee van and a breakfast bar also. Staff are very friendly and helpful. We loved our stay. Will definitely be going back!

Disliked Nothing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly reception staff & the sites facilities were very clean.

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Tracy R.

Seaside primitive grass tent campsite

Liked For our first time camping we got lucky, loved the fact that it was an open camp on the seaside pitch & we were told we could pitch up anywhere we liked, we parked & pitched up in a corner so the hedges would block out some of the wind & we ended up being the only campers in that part of the field. It was great, our 2 spaniels loved it as it was less than a 5 minute walk down the steps from the cliff top to Kessingland beach where they could run around & into the sea until they'd had enough! Very peaceful but then guess its quieter for this time of year but it was perfect for us. Close to other areas we wanted to visit while staying in Lowestoft We will definitely be returning.

Disliked Nothing really, only gave a 9 for facilities as the shower was cold on the day we were going but I believe it was being dealt with as we were leaving, the two days prior it was fine, lovely & hot.
It didn't bother us but but there is no WiFi on this part of the camp hence no rating for it.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good location

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Debbie T.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Location, friendly and helpful warden, clean toilet and showers

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

We had much, flat, space for…

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6 out of 10
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Tim D.

Seaside primitive grass tent campsite

Liked We had much, flat, space for our tent as it was a quiet weekend. It is very close to the beach and a lovely view, and close to other attractions. Picnic tables available and good dog walking, particularly if your dog can't walk far. There was a chip van on site which was nice. Toilet block generally clean.

Disliked We prefer tent pitches that are clearly marked out so as not to get hemmed in, the tent area is a free for all - a roblem at busy times.
Unfortunately we couldn't go on the beach because of the 100 or so steep steps down to it from a sheer drop, our dog is very infirm.
The site was never dark because of lights through the hedge from another chalet site being on all night and illuminating our tent.
We are not far from the A12 and there was traffic noise all through the weekend and through the night. It wasn't very relaxing in that respect.
The ladies showers had several broken lights so were dark. The shower was luke warm and kept switching off quickly. Authoritarian signs up all over the place about covid (still??) and being nice to staff, so it didn't feel very friendly.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very clean facilities & quiet site…

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Anonymous

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Very clean facilities & quiet site

Recommend to friends Visit again

No problems

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Graham D.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Clean
Friendly staff

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Beach access 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

Baby-changing facilities 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 Picnic table 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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Budget/backpacker Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Spectacular scenery Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Communal freezer 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 Nearby farmers' market Public transportation nearby

Type

Very large (over 200 sites)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at site Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Level campground, no steep slopes

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal sites

Location

The Hollies

London Road

Kessingland

Lowestoft

Suffolk

England

NR33 7PQ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

52.43139°N
1.72108°E

Route directions

From the A12 heading towards Lowestoft, take the third exit off the roundabout on to London Road and we are just down the road on the right. On a local bus route and the bus stops at the entrance to the park.

Nearest transport

Coach
5.6 km Gordon Road
11.2 km Old Market Place
14.4 km James Paget Hospital
Rail
4.4 km Oulton Broad South Rail Station
5.2 km Lowestoft Rail Station
5.2 km Oulton Broad North Rail Station
Ferry
13.3 km Southwold Ferry Landing
13.4 km Walberswick Ferry Landing
18.2 km Reedham Ferry South
Airport
40.1 km Norwich International 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 Hollies is in a spiffing location to get to the best of Suffolk, Norfolk, the countryside and the Broads for a bit of whatever you fancy in boating, fishing, hiking, rainy day activities and family days out. Lowestoft, Southwold and Great Yarmouth are all within ten miles – Lowestoft is only about five minutes by car – and are all well worth a day trip each, as is lovely Norwich about an hour's drive to the north-west (services run regularly from Lowestoft Station too). Lowestoft has two theatres and a handful of small museums in Sparrow Park alongside the main Lowestoft Museum in Nicholas Everett Park; head to the library's local history section for more pics and info of days of yore. Lowestoft's lighthouse is probably its most well-known feature, but take time for a trip to Ness Point too, the most easterly location in the UK (just ask a Lowestoft local to point you towards Gulliver). If you're on hol with the kids, you'll find loads of family-friendly options in the area, like the Africa Alive animal park five minutes' drive from the Hollies (go here on a Sunday for a bonzer of a car boot sale) and the Pleasurewood Hills theme park about 20 minutes away. Kids might also like the wooden roller disco at Lowestoft's Claremont Pier, but if this doesn't have them wheeling around in joy, take them to walk the plank at the play park Adventure Island, or to see more species at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Park just outside Great Yarmouth. Finally, nautical sorts don't need to tie themselves in knots trying to find a craft to take care of, as fishing boats can be chartered near Kessingland for sea angling trips, and the Norfolk Broads Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is within easy reach to drift along wildlife-laden waterways.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Lowestoft (South Of Claremont Pier) 4 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Lowestoft (North Of Claremont Pier) 4.5 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Southwold The Pier 11.4 km Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Southwold The Denes 12.8 km Sea N/AN/AN/AN/A
Gorleston Beach 15.4 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Somerleyton Hall and Gardens 10.5 km

Fritton Lake Country World 13.3 km

Pleasure Beach 18.2 km

Framlingham Castle 34.5 km

BeWILDerwood 35.9 km

National Trust

Elizabethan House Museum 19.3 km

Horsey Windpump 35.6 km

Orford Ness National Nature Reserve 39.8 km

Sutton Hoo 45.8 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Mutford - Carlton Colville - Barnby - Mutford 4.3 km

Carlton Colville 4.6 km

BELLE VUE PARK 6.7 km

North Cove 7 km

Gunton 8.5 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 The Hollies have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Hollies dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Hollies? The Hollies is in a spiffing location to get to the best of Suffolk, Norfolk, the countryside and the Broads for a bit of whatever you fancy in boating, fishing, hiking, rainy … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Hollies?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Hollies? From $29.84 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.