Woolacombe Sands Holiday Park

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  • Family-run holiday park with stunning views over Woolacombe beach
  • Three-mile sandy beach 15 minutes' walk away along a footpath
  • Indoor and outdoor pools, restaurant and kids' activities on site
Sandy beach on your holiday wishlist? You got it. As the name suggests, Woolacombe Sands Holiday Park is in an excellent location for days on the sands of Woolacombe, on the north Devon coast. A path runs from the site to the beach, taking you down there in about 15-20 minutes without the need to get on the road. And what a beach this is, with three miles of gorgeous golden sand, rockpools to poke about in, and gentle waves for swimming and bodyboarding. Add in summer lifeguards to keep everyone safe and a regular beach cleaning routine and it’s easy to see why this has previously been voted Britain’s best beach. Being so close by, you’ll be able to wander down whenever you like – and you’ll still be able to look at it while you’re on site too, as the pitches are in an elevated position overlooking the sea. And what might you get up to while not at the beach? Well, this family-run park has been in operation for more than 30 years now, and over that time it’s developed a great list of ways to keep everyone happy while on site. The long list of leisure facilities includes indoor and outdoor swimming pools, an amusement arcade, UV bowling, crazy golf, a play park and a kids’ club with all sorts of fun activities (circus skills, painting and bug hunts among them). Keeping everyone fed is easy too – barbecues are allowed, and there’s a well-stocked shop on site, or you can grab a table at the Clubhouse for meals and drinks along with evening entertainment. Dogs are welcome at this park, with a pet wash area provided; human facilities are just as good, with five bathroom blocks and a launderette.

Site type

Tent sites 75
Caravan sites 75
Motorhome sites 75
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 9
Caravans for hire 85
Open now
Opens 20 March

Tourist board rating

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Occupancy

  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Single-sex bookings of 5 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.

Dogs

  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dog Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

Pool

  • The outdoor swimming pool is open between 01/04 and 01/09 (subject to weather conditions).

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 20 Mar to

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Reviews

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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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Spectacular scenery

94% would recommend this site to a friend

90% would stay here again

What customers say

Stunning sea views from this terraced site, a short stroll to Woolacombe beach. Praised for top-notch, clean facilities (showers, pools). Friendly, helpful staff. Convenient location, good amenities. Some found pitches small, terrain steep, occasional noise in busy times. WiFi can be patchy.

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Clean facilities…

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8 out of 10
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Wifi
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 Linus T. 1 review

Unpowered grass campervan or tent site (six person)

Liked Clean facilities

Disliked Poor wifi

Recommend to friends Visit again

Extremely family friendly. Our kids…

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Child friendliness
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Jennie B. 1 review

Unpowered grass tent site (four person)

Liked Extremely family friendly. Our kids absolutely loved the pools. Amazing proximity to Woolacombe beach and other attractions.

Disliked The ground can be very hard so can be tricky to peg tents.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would definitely come back

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8 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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Wifi
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Anonymous

Powered concrete slab site

Liked Location, cleanliness and how helpful the staff were. Pizzas from the shop are beautiful.

Disliked Pools were abit unruly but still nice. £7.50 for a pint of beer was a bit steep considering 10 cans of beer from the shop is £16.99

Recommend to friends Visit again

Could be better

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8 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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Wifi
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 Peter F. 12 reviews

Powered concrete slab site

Liked Good size pitch, lots of showers, good shop and family club.
Also walking distance to excellent beach.

Disliked Hard standing... Not level you will need leveling ramps or corner steadies.And required the best possible rock pegs and hammer you can find.
Very few awnings were fully secured. I've been to many sites with difficult ground to peg, this rates as possibly the hardest ever. It appears to be concrete with a 5" covering of sand and pea gravel.
Showers... Choice of blocks, all a little different. Some flood easily making dressing difficult, some with a bench, some with a button that is only on when held down permanently.
None of this was insurmountable but made what could be a very pleasant stay a little more challenging than I would expect from a premium priced camp.

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Loved the views, short walk to…

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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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 MATCH D. 1 review

Fully-serviced grass site

Liked Loved the views, short walk to the sea, very clean and well looked after.

Disliked Nothing to dislike

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice holiday park, but could be better.

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8 out of 10
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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

Unpowered grass tent site (four person)

Liked The shop and club house was very handy and had everything you needed, food and entertainment wise. The included use of the pool was great. 15-20 min walk to beach.

Disliked Tent pitches was a bit small and cramped. We had 2 pitches and they not together, when we requested ones next to each other at reception, they said there was none available. We went to out pitches to discover one was blocked by with a massive oversized, back to reception we went, and suddenly 2 pitches next to each other was available. Not really the most trustworthy reception...

Staff vehicles always driving around throwing up dust wasn't very pleasant.

The toilets blocks only had 2 toilets and only 3 showers, nowhere near enough, and sometime need to queue.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Peaceful and scenic location with all…

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9 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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Maryann T. 1 review

Unpowered grass campervan or tent site (six person)

Liked Peaceful and scenic location with all facilities for young families. The beach and town is a short walk away. Super convenient facilities with a shop, restaurant/pub, and playground/activities for the kids. Would recommend!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Close to sea and very tidy…

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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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 Dan d. 1 review

Unpowered grass campervan or tent site (six person)

Liked Close to sea and very tidy campsite

Recommend to friends Visit again

I will definitely go back there.

Overall

10 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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 Malgorzata M. 1 review

Powered grass campervan or tent site

Liked This is a great place. I like everything.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Everything could not fault it.…

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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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 Heather H. 3 reviews

Powered concrete slab site

Liked Everything could not fault it.

Disliked N/A

Recommend to friends Visit again

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 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

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

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Very large (over 200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities Drainage hook-up points for caravans Motorhome service point Seasonal sites Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

Woolacombe Sands Holiday Park

Beach Road

Woolacombe

Devon

England

EX34 7AF

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.17135°N
4.19169°W

Nearest transport

Coach
6.4 km Methodist Church
7.4 km Opposite George Hotel
7.4 km George Hotel
Rail
14.1 km Barnstaple Rail Station
20.8 km Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station
24.3 km Umberleigh Rail Station
Ferry
7.1 km Ilfracombe Ferry Landing
13.1 km Appledore Ferry Landing
13.4 km Instow 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

The attractions of Woolacombe beach are likely to fill much of your time – but Devon’s not short of excellent beaches, so if you fancy a change of seaside scenery you might like to hit the surf at Croyde (15 minutes’ drive) or Saunton Sands (20 minutes), or head to Ilfracombe (10 minutes) for the Tunnels beaches – it’s also the port for trips to wildlife-packed Lundy Island. Elsewhere along the coast, you might like to spend the day at Watermouth Castle (20 minutes) and its attached theme park, take a walk around the National Trust’s Baggy Point (25 minutes) or step back in time at the traditional fishing village of Clovelly (50 minutes). Keeping kids amused should be simple around here, with the likes of Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park (20 minutes), Exmoor Zoo (25 minutes), Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (25 minutes) and The BIG Sheep amusement park (35 minutes) to choose from.

Food and drink

  • The Jube Pub 0.9 km
  • Woolacombe Bay Pizza Restaurant 0.9 km
  • Captain Jacks Pub 0.9 km
  • The Mews Pub 1 km
  • The Captain's Table Restaurant 1 km
  • Tides Inn Pub 1 km
  • The Barn Pub 1.1 km
  • The Boardwalk Restaurant 1.2 km
  • The Old Mill Pub 1.3 km
  • Chichester Arms Pub 1.9 km

Groceries

  • Lidl Supermarket 6.1 km
  • The Big Apple Off-licence 6.5 km
  • Tesco Supermarket 6.6 km
  • Cawthorne's Foodmarket Supermarket 7.2 km
  • Tesco Supermarket 7.8 km

Parks and play

  • Woolacombe Fields park 0.7 km
  • Woolacombe Play Area Playground 0.8 km
  • Charles H Cowler Garden park 1.5 km
  • Greenways Play Area Playground 5.6 km
  • Greenways Play Area park 5.6 km
  • Brook Farm park 5.7 km
  • Bicclescombe Park 5.7 km
  • Oxford Park play area 6.3 km
  • Keypitts Quad Bikes park 7 km

Family days out

  • Segway Safari Visitor attraction 0.8 km
  • Sunspot Amusements Amusement arcade 1 km
  • The Story of Two Villages Visitor attraction 1.2 km
  • Tunnels Beaches Visitor attraction 6.2 km
  • Sunspot Amusements Amusement arcade 6.5 km
  • Hawker Hunter jet Visitor attraction 6.9 km
  • Remains of a Matilda tank from World War II Visitor attraction 7.5 km
  • Watermouth Castle 9.8 km
  • Kids cabin Amusement arcade 9.9 km

Public transport

  • Parish Church 0.8 km
  • Sands 1.1 km
  • Damage Barton 1.3 km
  • Watersmeet Hotel 1.5 km
  • Mortehoe Apartments 1.8 km
  • Mortehoe Post Office 1.9 km
  • Lee Bay Sea Wall Bus Stop 3 km
  • Pathfields 4.9 km
  • Jones's Hill 5 km
  • Bridge 5.1 km

Beaches

  • Barricane Beach (SSSI) 1.6 km
  • Combesgate Beach 1.6 km
  • Woolacombe Sands 1.7 km
  • Grunta Beach 2 km
  • Rockham Beach 2.6 km
  • Putsborough Sands 3.3 km
  • Croyde Beach 5.5 km
  • Wildersmouth Beach 6.6 km
  • Hele Beach 7.9 km
  • Hele Beach 8 km

What’s nearby

  • Mariscos Nightclub 0.9 km
  • Bay Hotel Golf Course 1.1 km
  • Mortehoe and Woolacombe Golf Club Golf course 1.7 km
  • Willingcott Valley Golf Course 2.8 km
  • Digz Nightclub 6.4 km
  • Larkstone Pitch & Putt Golf course 7.2 km
  • Illfracombe Golf Club Golf course 8.6 km

Local services

  • Murco Woolacombe Service Station Fuel station 0.6 km
  • Woolacombe Medical Centre Doctors 0.7 km
  • Barton Pharmacy 1 km
  • Golden Coast Service Station Fuel station 1.5 km
  • Warwick Practice Doctors 5.8 km
  • Knowle Garage Fuel station 5.8 km
  • Combe Coastal Practice, Ilfracombe Medical Centre Clinic 5.8 km
  • Scottishpower Charging station 6 km
  • Ilfracombe Tyrrell Hospital 6 km
  • Murco Fuel station 6.1 km

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Must see

RHS Garden Rosemoor 25.7 km

National Trust

Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum 14.8 km

Heddon Valley 19 km

Watersmeet 27.9 km

Lundy 32.9 km

Holnicote Estate 44 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Woolacombe - Morte Point - Bull Point - Lee - Mortehoe 1.5 km

Woolacombe - Twitchen - Coombgate Valley - Woolacombe 1.5 km

Morte Point - Rugged Coastal Headland 1.9 km

Mortehoe NT Coast 1.9 km

Mortehoe - Lee Bay - Bull Point - Mortehoe 1.9 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.

Offers

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Fully-serviced grass site

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Powered grass campervan or tent site

  • 30% off

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Tent pitchMotorhome or campervan pitch
Unpowered grass campervan or tent site (six person)

  • 30% off

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Unpowered grass tent site (four person)

  • 30% off

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Unpowered grass tent site (two person)

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Woolacombe Sands Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Woolacombe Sands Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Woolacombe Sands Holiday Park? The attractions of Woolacombe beach are likely to fill much of your time – but Devon’s not short of excellent beaches, so if you fancy a change of seaside scenery you might … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Woolacombe Sands Holiday Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Woolacombe Sands Holiday Park? From $48.62 (for 2 nights, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.