Hexham Racecourse Caravan Site

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  • Spacious and scenic Northumberland site two miles south of Hexham
  • Hadrian's Wall and Northumberland National Park within easy reach
  • Dog-friendly pitches with views across Hexham Racecourse
If you’re heading to Hexham and hoping to find a suitable spot nearby for an outdoor stay, take a look at Hexham Racecourse Caravan Site. This spacious park is two miles south of Hexham and well placed for visits to the market town and time spent exploring the scenic Northumberland surroundings. You don’t have to be a horse lover to stay here – but you’ll probably particularly appreciate it. As the name suggests, this site is part of the town’s racecourse (known as ‘Britain’s most scenic racecourse’), with pitches right next to the course for a real sense of atmosphere on race days. Things get pretty lively during those race days, but at other times this is a very peaceful place to stay, with lovely views over the countryside and a south-facing aspect to give you a full day of sunlight. The main amenities block has a laundry room as well as ladies’ and gents’ toilets and showers along with accessible facilities. You’re welcome to bring one or two dogs along provided they’re kept on a lead at all times on site. Getting out and about, it’s a five-minute drive to Hexham for shops, pubs and restaurants, or about half an hour to Newcastle. Hadrian’s Wall is very close by too, as are the fabulous scenery of the Northumberland National Park and North Pennines National Landscape.

Site type

Tent pitches 10
Touring caravan pitches 35
Motorhome pitches 20
Open now
Opens 29 March
Please note

Pitches

  • A cable measuring at least 10 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.

Admission

  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Safety

  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Reception

  • Reception is unmanned after 18:00. 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.

Dogs

  • 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) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Sun, 29 Mar to

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Reviews

8.9

Overall rating from 68 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Spectacular sceneryPeaceful

96% would recommend this site to a friend

94% would stay here again

What customers say

Great views and staff, but some uneven pitches and shower drainage issues. Convenient hook-ups. Remote but peaceful and good value, recommended. No racecourse access.

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Great views, excellent spotless facilities and…

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 Alison F. 2 reviews

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Liked Great views, excellent spotless facilities and thank you for your help.

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Beautiful views all around but you…

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Anonymous

Electric grass pitch

Liked Beautiful views all around but you are very high up. Very peaceful site and kept lovely.

Disliked Nothing to do with the site but it is a very narrow road to get there once leaving Hexham town centre.

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From the manager: We are delighted you have enjoyed your stay, would return and recommend to a friend.
Thank you for taking the time to post a complimentary review.

Modern and immaculately clean facilites. Great…

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Jane S. 29 reviews

Electric grass pitch

Liked Modern and immaculately clean facilites. Great view. Plots are high up and exposed which is great for the view but it was very windy the night we stayed! Fabulous when the sun was shining though. Friendly staff. Site very clean and tidy, lots of bins.

Disliked Nothing.

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Really easy to pitch up a…

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Anonymous

Electric grass pitch

Liked Really easy to pitch up a campervan for the night. Good price. Good, clean toilet and shower facilities.

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to post a review.
Delighted to see you would visit again, recommend to friends and we look froward to seeing you in the future.

Tremendous views from this site. A…

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 Martyn T. 1 review

Electric grass pitch

Liked Tremendous views from this site. A friendly welcome. A relaxed, casual set up with no long list of rules. It was quiet. Wonderful dark skies - do bring a torch. Wifi worked fine. Bargain price and open to early arrivals and late departures. Recommend you approach via Eastgate in Hexham.

Disliked I suspect the facilities would struggle if the site was busy but they coped for our stays.

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From the manager: Thank you for your comments, pleased to see you would recommend to friends and visit the site again.

Fantastic site, clean facilities, welcoming owner…

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Joanne H. 1 review

Electric grass pitch

Liked Fantastic site, clean facilities, welcoming owner that cant do enough for you, lovely park on site and beautiful surroundings. Great visit will highly recommend

Disliked N/a

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From the manager: We are delighted you have scored us 10 in every department and have taken time to post a review.
We look forward to seeing both you and any friends you recommend the site too, in the future.

would recommend

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Ian & Shirley W. 1 review

Electric grass pitch

Liked very clean site, well looked after. very nice welcome. clean toilets/showers.

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From the manager: Thank you for posting a report, it is good to see customers appreciate the effort made to keep the site in good order.
Also pleased to see you would be prepared to return and recommend to friends.

Good for an overnight stop

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Anonymous

Electric grass pitch

Liked Lovely location with fab views
Good showers and facilities

Disliked Not any facilities near if you are looking for closeness to pub and shops. Would need to get in car/van
Don’t think there is WiFi either

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From the manager: Good to see you are prepared to stay again and recommend to a friend.
Wi Fi is available with passcode obtained from the site office

Fantastic view. Would be helpful to have…

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Carolyn U. 1 review

Electric grass pitch

Liked Fantastic view.
Would be helpful to have a notice stating where the fresh water and disposal points were.

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From the manager: Thank you for taking time to submit a post.
Your comments are helpful and we will look into installing signage.
Pleased to see you would visit again and recommend to friends.

Hat uns sehr gefallen

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Georg F. 1 review

Electric grass pitch

Liked Sehr schöner Campingplatz in sehr guter Lage. Gute Facilities

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From the manager: Thank you for posting a complimentary review.
Delighted to see you would be prepared to visit again next time you are in the country and recommend to friends.

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 Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette 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 Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Pitch close to accessible bathrooms Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

Hexham Racecourse Caravan Site

Yarridge Road

Hexham

Northumberland

England

NE46 2JP

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.95597°N
2.12904°W

Nearest transport

Coach
22.6 km Road end
23.5 km Village road end
24.3 km Hotel
Rail
2.9 km Hexham Rail Station
7.2 km Corbridge Rail Station
7.9 km Haydon Bridge Rail Station
Ferry
33 km Tower Knowe Ferry Landing
35 km Belvedere Ferry Landing
36.3 km Leaplish Ferry Landing
Airport
28.3 km Newcastle 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

Hexham (five minutes' drive) is a lovely place for a wander, with lots of independent shops and cafés as well as its Grade I-listed abbey and the Hexham Old Gaol museum. Just a little further east is Corbridge (15 minutes), best known for the Corbridge Roman Town English Heritage site. That’s just one of the sections of Hadrian’s Wall you can visit nearby – other top spots include Vindolanda and Housesteads Roman Fort (both 25 minutes). Heading to the east, you’ll reach Newcastle in about half an hour to see the famed Tyne Bridge and visit the city’s numerous museums and arts venues. There's also the option of some time on the beach at Whitley Bay (45 minutes’ drive). For a total change from urban life, set off to explore the North Pennines National Landscape or Northumberland National Park – for the latter you may like to start at The Sill National Landscape Discovery Centre (25 minutes) for an introduction to the area. There are lots of excellent places to visit, but a highlight must be Kielder Water (an hour), for its watersports and dark sky observatory.
(within 10 km)
Castle, Aquarium, Theme park and Zoo (within 16.1 km)

Food and drink

  • The Dipton Mill Pub 1.8 km
  • The Fox Pub 2 km
  • Golden Dragon Restaurant 2.3 km
  • Stalida Restaurant 2.3 km
  • The Globe Inn Pub 2.3 km
  • Danielle's Bistro Restaurant 2.4 km
  • The Victorian Tap Pub 2.4 km
  • Buongiorno Restaurant 2.4 km
  • The Grapes Pub 2.4 km
  • The Old Tannery Pub 2.5 km

Groceries

  • Aldi Supermarket 2.7 km
  • Tesco Extra Supermarket 2.8 km
  • Waitrose Supermarket 2.8 km
  • Lidl Supermarket 2.8 km
  • Majestic Off-licence 2.9 km
  • Corbridge Wines And Spirits Off-licence 7.3 km
  • The Co-operative Food Supermarket 7.4 km
  • The Co-operative Food Supermarket 7.8 km
  • Humshaugh Village Shop Supermarket 9.1 km

Parks and play

  • The Sele park 2.2 km
  • Sele Playground 2.3 km
  • Hexham House Grounds park 2.4 km
  • Bell Terrace Play Area Playground 2.8 km
  • Tyne Green Country Park 3 km
  • Rocket Park Playground 3.1 km

Family days out

  • Moot Hall Castle 2.5 km
  • Dilston Physic Garden Visitor attraction 5.7 km
  • Beaufront Castle 5.8 km
  • Corbridge Roman Town Fort Visitor attraction 6.8 km
  • Chesters Roman Fort Visitor attraction 7.8 km
  • Langley Castle 8.4 km
  • Aydon Castle 9.2 km
  • Halton Castle 9.6 km
  • Staward Peel Castle 12 km
  • Simonburn Castle (Remains) 12.6 km
  • Bywell Castle 13.1 km
  • Chipchase Castle 13.9 km

Public transport

  • Hexham, Police Station 2 km
  • Lowgate, Plain Trees Farm (East-bound) 2.1 km
  • Woodbine Terrace 2.1 km
  • Hexham, Woodbine Terrace 2.2 km
  • Hexham, monument 2.2 km
  • Hexham, Broadway Garage 2.2 km
  • Shaws Park 2.4 km
  • Hexham, Priestpopple 2.5 km
  • Tourist Information Centre 2.6 km
  • Hexham Aldi 2.7 km

Other nearby

  • Hexham Golf Club Golf course 2.7 km
  • Tynedale Golf Cub Golf course 2.9 km
  • Langley Dam Fishing 9.2 km
  • Slaley Hall Golf Club Golf course 9.3 km

Local services

  • Specsavers Cashpoint 2.4 km
  • HSBC UK Cashpoint 2.4 km
  • Boots Pharmacy 2.5 km
  • Halifax Cashpoint 2.5 km
  • Shell Fuel station 2.6 km
  • Hexham General Hospital 2.7 km
  • Lloyds Pharmacy 2.7 km
  • The Sele Medical Practice Doctors 2.7 km
  • Burn Brae Medical Group Doctors 2.7 km
  • Tesco Pharmacy 2.8 km

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Must see

Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail 2.3 km

Chesters Roman Fort 8.1 km

Housesteads Roman Fort 14.3 km

Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Hadrian's Wall 15.1 km

Prudhoe Castle 17.3 km

National Trust

Allen Banks and Staward Gorge 12.9 km

Hadrian's Wall and Housesteads Fort 13.6 km

Cherryburn 15.6 km

Wallington 24.5 km

Gibside 25.6 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Diptonmill - Ordley - Dukesfield - Juniper - Diptonmill 1.7 km

THE HEXHAM PARKS 2.3 km

Acomb - River North Tyne - Acomb 3.4 km

Hadrian's Wall Part 6 - Port Gate to Heddon-on-the-Wall 9.4 km

Allenheads - Allendale Town - Hexham: Part 2 9.9 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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Hexham Racecourse Caravan Site have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Hexham Racecourse Caravan Site dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Hexham Racecourse Caravan Site? Hexham (five minutes' drive) is a lovely place for a wander, with lots of independent shops and cafés as well as its Grade I-listed abbey and the Hexham Old Gaol museum. Just … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Hexham Racecourse Caravan Site?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  11:00 –  17:30
    Depart by:  11:00
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  11:00 –  17:30
    Depart by:  11:00
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Hexham Racecourse Caravan Site? From €29.15 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.