Claylands Caravan Park

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Stepping stones
Fishing lake
Around the site
Restaurant

  • Family-owned park on the banks of the River Wyre
  • Carefully landscaped wildlife haven with over 5000 trees
  • Four well-stocked and well-maintained fishing ponds
If you're a sucker for a place with a bit of family heritage, have a look at Claylands Caravan Park. The Robinsons have owned Claylands for more than 50 years, when it was a simple 14-acre farm; since then, it’s been transformed into a landscaped holiday park, while keeping an edge of wilderness. This lush place is on the banks of the River Wyre, surrounded by more than 5000 indigenous trees and in a haven for wildlife and birdwatching: look out for squirrels, foxes, deer, rabbits and around 85 different species of bird. On site are carefully pruned hedges, shrubs and trees, loads of green space, and excellent amenities including a modern shower and toilet block, a laundry room, and drinking water taps and waste water disposal points all around. Anglers will be well chuffed with the four well-stocked and well-maintained fishing ponds, abundant with roach, carp and tench: to be in with your fishing chance, arrive with your kit and the appropriate licence, and pick up a day ticket from the family team. Other facilities on site include a handy shop for the essentials, as well as a kids' adventure playground swish enough to make grownups green with envy. Light snacks and homemade meals can be had at Stepping Stones Riverside Bar and Restaurant, just adjacent to the park (open Tuesday-Sunday all year round), which has a takeaway service, pretty views from inside the restaurant and a spacious garden for dining outside.

Site type

Tent pitches 15
Touring caravan pitches 18
Motorhome pitches 18
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • 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.
  • The restaurant is open between 27/12 and 24/12.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Continental touring caravans (caravans built with the passenger door on the right-hand side) are not permitted.
  • Touring pitches: eectricity is metered on site at £0.58 per kWh and must be paid onsite using a pre-paid top-up card.

Languages spoken

English

AA 4 pennants

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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9
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9
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10
Child friendliness
9
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
9

93% would recommend this site to a friend

88% would stay here again

What customers say

Grand spot with top-notch facilities, sound staff, and lovely scenery. Clean pitches, great food at the pub. Family-friendly too. A few grumbles about road/train noise, pylons, and pitch distance.

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Arrival date (latest first)

would definitely stay again

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Anonymous

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Beautifully kept park, very large pitches with EHU fresh water stand pipe on the camping area, large play area for the kids, plus access to the river were we spent an afternoon kids loved playing and fishing and paddling, toilets /showers lovely and clean, reception staff very friendly, small shop with basic necessities, we didn’t use the bar but everything looked lovely, kids loved the free roaming ducks/ducklings, quiete and peacefull place to stay.

Disliked the walk to the bathroom is a good couple of minutes walk up a slight incline which is fine during the day but not so good during the night for small kids, the water in the showers was very hot and unsuitable for kids but fine for adults.

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Great site would recomend

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5 out of 10
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8
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5
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8
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Tom B.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Pitch location access to water

Disliked No bins around pitches no toilets near touring

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: We welcome you taking the time to review the park and note your comments which have been forwarded to the management team, we look forward to seeing you again

Excellent stay

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10 out of 10
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10
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10
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Mal M.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Pub facilities and price

Disliked Long way to toilets

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your review we look forward to welcoming you back to the park

Definitely recommend & will be back.

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8 out of 10
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Anonymous

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Lovely site. Friendly staff. Situation was ideal for Blackpool.
Toilet block spotless.

Disliked The stepping stone restaurant not serving food after 19.00

Recommend to friends Visit again

Amazing place. Customer service was amazing. We can’t wait to come back…

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Kirsty D.

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Amazing place. Customer service was amazing.
We can’t wait to come back x

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From the manager: We welcome your review and great photos, we look forward to seeing you again

Highly recommend

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Dionne J.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Great site

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for the review, see you again

Excellent place friendly staff

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10 out of 10
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Michael L.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Great fully serviced pitches very clean site good facilities restaurant served lovely food
This is my second time here.

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your review and photos, we look forward to welcoming you back to the park

Great site shame about the Pylons

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9 out of 10
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Anonymous

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked The site is immaculate! Great facilities, friendly staff and easy to find.

Disliked I didn't realise we would be staying right underneath a huge row of electrical pylons. My fault for not reading the reviewd as they are mentioned a lot. The static electricity from these effected most metal surfaces in our tent, not enough to shock us but enough that they all felt odd to touch and it set us both on edge knowing there was some electrical charge being conducted. We wouldn't want to stay again due to this sadly.

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to review our site. We are really sorry to hear the problem with static electricity, we understand that sometimes due to weather conditions there is some static electricity, please accept our apologies, we cannot guarantee this but this is usually never a problem in dry weather, regards Andrew
We wish you all the best for future holidays

Fabulous 2 night stay

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10 out of 10
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Julie P.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Checked in by a lovely lady in reception - we were given instructions of where to go, what facilities we could use. We didn't use the electric hook up as we are self sufficient. We also didn't use the WIFI. We were in bay 6 right next to the pond. The site is so peaceful with plenty ducks to keep you entertained and if you are lucky the cows come to the gate for a scratch. We had food in the Stepping Stones Restaurant and had the rump steak......it was so good. The bar staff were lovely and very helpful. We sat in the conservatory for the meal and the views were beautiful. We spent one of the days fishing ( hubby's past time ) £6 per day to fish. The pond is well stocked and we got a few big ones. The site itself is clean, tidy and very quiet. We have booked again to come in Sept for a couple of nights.

Disliked Nothing

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From the manager: Thanks so much for your review, we look forward to see you in September

Most things…

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4 out of 10
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Kenneth B.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Most things

Disliked Shower's need up graded as no regulator to ajust temperature as it was to hot to get under for tolong

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your review, we have passed your comments onto the management team to look into the issues you had with the showers. We wish you all the best for future holidays.


Features

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 pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Local produce 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

Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Claylands Caravan Park

Cabus

Preston

Lancashire

England

PR3 1AJ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.92951°N
2.7684°W

Nearest transport

Coach
7.1 km Crossroads
9.1 km University Underpass
13.6 km Bus Station
Rail
13.5 km Lancaster Rail Station
14.9 km Heysham Port Rail Station
16.7 km Bare Lane Rail Station
Ferry
15 km Heysham Ferry Terminal
15 km Knott End-On-Sea Ferry Landing
15.6 km Fleetwood for Knott End Ferry Landing

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

You’ll find postcard-worthy surroundings all about Claylands. Water fans can meander along the winding banks of the River Wyre (so winding in fact, this is how the river got its name) and take a stroll on the river’s footpaths; Lancaster Canal is also nearby for lazy waterside ambles. The good news is that the river really is right on the doorstep at Claylands, so all you have to decide is which way you want to go. (If you’re really stuck, the staff on site will be more than happy to point you in the right direction, and reception is full of information leaflets and people ready to share their local knowledge.) Or you could just amble about snapping shots of this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty... The market town of Garstang, five minutes' drive from Claylands, is an excellent option for this latter, as its whitewashed cottages, uneven streets and country drinkeries may make the imaginative feel like they're in a Jane Austen novel. Further afield, Blackpool is half an hour away, and both the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales are reachable in under 40 minutes.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Fleetwood 16.5 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Morecambe South 17.4 km Sea N/AN/AGoodGood
Morecambe North 17.5 km Estuary GoodN/AGoodGood
Cleveleys 19.1 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Bispham 20.8 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Beacon Fell Country Park 9 km

Lancaster Castle 13.6 km

Forest of Bowland 20 km

The Blackpool Tower 22.7 km

Blackpool Illuminations 22.8 km

National Trust

Cartmel Priory Gatehouse 32.5 km

Rufford Old Hall 32.6 km

Gawthorpe Hall 34 km

Dalton Castle 37.1 km

Sizergh Castle and Garden 39.4 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Scorton - Bowland - Nicky Nook 0.7 km

Garstang and Calder Vale 3 km

Garstang and Lady Hamilton's Well 3 km

Cockerham - Glasson - Lancaster Canal - Cockerham 4.8 km

Green Bleasdale 8.3 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Claylands Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Claylands Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Claylands Caravan Park? You’ll find postcard-worthy surroundings all about Claylands. Water fans can meander along the winding banks of the River Wyre (so winding in fact, this is how the river got its name) and … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Claylands Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Claylands Caravan Park? From €28.87 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.