Willow Caravan Park

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  • Adults-only, dog-friendly site 15 minutes’ drive from York
  • Clifton Moor shops five minutes’ drive; Castle Howard half an hour
  • Café on site for breakfasts, sandwiches and afternoon teas
Those who wish to experience the attractions of the city of York while also waking up to the sight of endless green fields and dense woodland should consider staying at Willow House Caravan Park. From this peaceful, adults-only site (over 18s only), it’s a 15-minute drive to reach York Minster – that’s pretty handy, right? Even handier, though, is letting someone else do the driving into the city: you can catch a bus at the end of the drive. What’s more, you’re only a five-minute drive from Clifton Moor Retail Park, with its supermarkets, stores and entertainment options for rainy days (a multiscreen cinema and ten-pin bowling among them). But what about the site itself? In addition to two wildlife ponds – where you can stroll along looking at the ducks as they swim in and out of the bullrushes – there’s a café serving huge cooked breakfasts, sandwiches and wraps, all made with locally sourced produce. Oh, and afternoon teas with home-made cakes and other sweet treats. There is also a gift shop in the café. Your four-legged companion is a welcome guest here, and you can take them (or yourselves) for a walk through Westfield Wood nearby. Back on site, you’ll be able to use the wet room and washing-up area, as well as extra facilities near the café, which include showers and toilets (including facilities for disabled guests) plus a laundry area.

Site type

Tent sites 16
Caravan sites 20
Motorhome sites 20
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 10
Open all year
Opens
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General

  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.

Occupancy

  • Group bookings of 3 or more units travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

Admission

  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.

Safety

  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

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Reviews

8.3

Overall rating from 279 Pitchup.com customers

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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

81% would recommend this site to a friend

76% would stay here again

What customers say

Adults-only spot for peaceful stays, handy bus to York. Pitches neat, spacious; showers clean & warm. Cafe gets rave reviews for food. Some mention iffy shower pressure/drainage after rain. No reception, no pre-allocated pitches.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews. Last updated 1/09/2026

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Arrival date (latest first)

Amazing, definitely returning

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Debra G. 3 reviews

Powered gravel caravan site

Liked Absolutely brilliant little site, never went to the café as only there 1 night but will definitely return. Shower/toilets where lovely and clean and able to set temperature.. easy to find, quiet, stones through from York, dog friendly 👌

Disliked For some maybe difficult due to no official plot for you, basically turn up and pick a plot. Sometimes good, sometimes not so good

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Willow caravan /campervan nice location Gravel…

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Karen M. 1 review

Powered gravel caravan site

Liked Willow caravan /campervan nice location
Gravel path instead of parking on the grass . Quiet

Disliked The showers 🚿 trickling water but just enough for a wash maybe change the shower head

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Quiet site.…

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Dion J. 9 reviews

Powered gravel caravan site

Liked Quiet site.

Disliked Portaloo wasn’t nice, it’s quite a walk from the top of the site to the toilet and shower block. Someone to greet us on site and explain things would have been useful. Pitch isn’t allocated

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Would Recommend for a stay, I will deffo use again.

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James E. 1 review

Powered gravel caravan site

Liked Toilets were clean, folk on the site were super friendly and its a nice spot to see York from

Disliked Nothing.

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Quiet spacious pitches friendly people and…

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 Anthony M. 2 reviews

Powered gravel caravan site

Liked Quiet spacious pitches friendly people and good surroundings

Disliked Toilet and water waste points a bit far away from our pitch one at each end would be a sound investment

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Peaceful location, cafe on site which…

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8 out of 10
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Simon K. 3 reviews

Powered gravel caravan site

Liked Peaceful location, cafe on site which is handy,bus stop at the bottom of the drive for access into York.

Disliked The boiler was broken so no hot water in the sinks

Electric showers, there are 4 showers
The first one I went into said on the poster to press the botton behind the door to turn on the power to the shower, but no button as it had been blanked off, so had to get dressed and use the one next door, the one next door had a temperature issue is was either scolding hot or freezing cold and nothing in between.

Other than the showers/hot water everything else was ok.

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Nice quiet site and location excellent…

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Catherine J. 4 reviews

Powered gravel caravan site

Liked Nice quiet site and location excellent if wanting to go into York No 40 bus stops right outside

Disliked Showers need updating

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Happy stay!

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susan c. 1 review

Powered gravel caravan site

Liked Clean facilities, lovely cafe and pleasant staff. Quite place too rest.

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Pænt og rent område, fine rene…

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Jannik G. 3 reviews

Powered gravel caravan site

Liked Pænt og rent område, fine rene toiletter.
God gåtur til lokal by

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Beautiful site but not massively welcomed by those on seasonal pitches

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6 out of 10
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Anonymous

Powered gravel caravan site

Liked It was quiet, the pitches were well maintained, the dog walk was great and everyone was lovely.

Loved the cafe too, and great transport links to York.

Disliked There are a limited number of touring pitches and we didn’t feel massively welcomed by those with seasonal pitches.

Plus I was bitten by a dog owned by a seasonable pitch holder which didn’t go down well.

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Features

Dogs allowed

Adults only

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site cafe On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

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 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

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

Themes

Peaceful Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities 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

Medium (26-50 sites)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wide doorways (over 85 cm) Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal sites

Location

Willow Caravan Park

Wigginton Road

York

North Yorkshire

England

YO32 2RH

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.00341°N
1.08607°W

Route directions

What3words: thatched.mutual.line.

Nearest transport

Coach
5.1 km Rail Station Stop C
5.1 km Rail Station Stop J
11.3 km Stamford Bridge The Square
Rail
5.1 km York Rail Station
5.1 km Poppleton Rail Station
13 km Hammerton Rail Station
Airport
40.6 km Leeds Bradford 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

Unmissable sights in York (15 minutes’ drive) include the medieval Minster, with its colourful stained-glass windows, and the JORVIK Viking Centre, where you can learn all about the early history of the city. Trainspotters make a beeline for the ​​National Railway Museum York, where locomotives on display include a replica of Stephenson’s Rocket and the Art Deco-inspired Duchess of Hamilton. With a patchwork landscape of hills, arable fields and woodland, the Howardian Hills National Landscape (20 minutes) is a popular destination for hikers and cyclists. Wildlife enthusiasts can keep an eye out for roe deer, stoats and badgers, plus birds of prey. An 18th-century stately home, Castle Howard (half an hour) has elegant rooms adorned with paintings by Italian Old Masters and English artists like Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough. There’s also a pre-Raphaelite Chapel, decorated by William Morris, plus expansive parkland dotted with lakes and follies.

Food and drink

  • The Parvin Restaurant 0.9 km
  • Paddyfields Restaurant 1.6 km
  • Tiger Inn Pub 1.6 km
  • Red Lion Pub 1.6 km
  • The Cottage Inn Pub 1.8 km
  • The Black Horse Pub 1.8 km
  • Caramba Restaurant 1.9 km
  • Flying Legends Pub 1.9 km
  • Bella Italia Restaurant 2 km
  • The Hogshead Pub 2.1 km

Groceries

  • Sainsbury's Supermarket 1.6 km
  • The Co-operative Food Supermarket 1.6 km
  • Tipsy Fox Drinks Company Off-licence 1.6 km
  • Tesco Extra Supermarket 1.8 km
  • The Food Warehouse Supermarket 2.2 km
  • Aldi Supermarket 2.3 km
  • Lidl Supermarket 3 km
  • Sainsbury's Supermarket 3 km
  • Spar Supermarket 3.2 km
  • Aldi Supermarket 3.2 km

Public transport

  • Willow House Caravan Park 0.4 km
  • Eastfield Avenue 0.6 km
  • Oak Tree Lane 0.6 km
  • Clifton Gate 0.7 km
  • Old Dike Lands 0.7 km
  • Oak Tree Lane Shops 0.8 km
  • Haxby Crossing 0.8 km
  • Crompton Terrace 0.8 km
  • Wheatfield Lane 0.9 km
  • Wigginton Road Roundabout 0.9 km

Beaches

  • York Beach 5.1 km

What’s nearby

  • Melodie Park Golf course 1.5 km
  • Forest of Galtres Golf Club Golf course 2.8 km
  • York Golf Range Golf course 4.7 km
  • Club Salvation Nightclub 5 km
  • Forest Park Golf Club Golf course 5.1 km
  • Popworld Nightclub 5.1 km
  • Ziggy's Nightclub 5.1 km
  • Coppergate Centre Shopping centre 5.2 km
  • Circuit Nightclub 5.2 km
  • York Golf Club Golf course 5.7 km

Local services

  • Boots Pharmacy 1.6 km
  • Haxby Pharmacy 1.8 km
  • Tesco Instore Pharmacy 1.8 km
  • Haxby Group Pharmacy 1.8 km
  • Haxby & Wigginton Health Centre Doctors 1.8 km
  • New Earswick Surgery Doctors 1.8 km
  • Pod Point Charging station 1.8 km
  • Tesco Fuel station 1.9 km
  • Mill Lodge Hospital 1.9 km
  • S G Petch Fuel station 1.9 km

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Must see

York Minster 4.6 km

YorkBoat Guided River Trips 4.8 km

National Railway Museum 4.8 km

JORVIK Viking Centre 5.2 km

York Dungeon 5.3 km

National Trust

Treasurer's House 4.6 km

Goddards Garden 7.1 km

Beningbrough Hall and Gardens 8.4 km

Nunnington Hall 23.6 km

Rievaulx Terrace 28.4 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

MUSEUM GARDENS, YORK 4.7 km

Snickets, Ginnels and Walls of York 5.3 km

YORK CEMETERY 6 km

ROWNTREE PARK 6.1 km

BENINGBOROUGH HALL 8.4 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.

Offers

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Willow Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Willow Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Willow Caravan Park? Unmissable sights in York (15 minutes’ drive) include the medieval Minster, with its colourful stained-glass windows, and the JORVIK Viking Centre, where you can learn all about the early history of the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Willow Caravan Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Willow Caravan Park? From $62.51 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.