The Skipworth Arms

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The Skipworth arms
The skipworth arms
Hardstanding pitches
Sunset at the lake
Hardstanding pitches with smart-meter electric columns
Pitches in the first field
All pitched and ready!
Classic bike nights during the summer months
Summer events
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Hardstanding pitches
Sunset at the lake
Hardstanding pitches with smart-meter electric columns

  • Family-run pub site near Market Rasen
  • Classic bike nights, biking weekends and free fishing
  • In a rural setting minutes from the Lincolnshire Wolds
You might wish this campsite was right next door to your office. For verily it includes a generous dollop of many people's very favourite things: it has ‘Arms’ in the name for a start, and thus is clearly attached to a pub. It’s tucked into the countryside but is only a couple of miles from the motorway and three miles from the nearest big town. It holds classic bike nights in the summer, biking weekends throughout the year courtesy of the Vulcan Riders Association and music festivals and events very close by. It has a free and properly stocked three-quarters of an acre fishing lake right on site. And it’s dog-friendly – cheers… Near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire, The Skipworth Arms is a family-run pub, caravan and camping park in a five-acre rural setting, minutes from the Lincolnshire Wolds and within 20-25 minutes’ drive of the seaside at Cleethorpes and the castle and cathedral of Lincoln. Pitches are behind the pub, which is a lively community bar with free weekend entertainment and the main sporting events shown on BT and Sky. And the pub serves real ale, beer and lager at good prices: you might like a pub like this right next door to your office too please… Caistor, three miles away, has all the usual tasty takeaway suspects (such as Indian, Italian, Chinese or fish and chips), plus restaurants, pubs and local Lincolnshire meals in the Heritage Centre on Plough Hill. Lots of tasty food and drinks on hand? That’s one of most people's very favourite things too.

Campground type

RV sites 10
Tent sites 34
Camper sites 10
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Please note that the pub does not currently serve food.

Languages spoken

English

Campsite types & availability

Accommodation

Tent sitesCamper sitesRV sitesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsMobile homes for rentRent a tent
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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

8.3

Overall rating based on 160 reviews View breakdown

Peaceful

Voted 62% of visitors View breakdown

83%

would recommend this campground to a friend

83%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

We had a great weekend second time been definitely going again

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Lindsay K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional cement/asphalt campsite

Liked: Had a great weekend

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would definitely return

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 1
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional cement/asphalt campsite

Liked: The pitch was perfect, nice friendly staff at the pub and animal friendly too. Had a great 2 nights away. Highly recommend

Disliked: None

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very nice site with friendly people same about the toilet blocks

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 5
Customer service 5
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 3
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional cement/asphalt campsite

Liked: The fishing pond is lovely

Disliked: Toilets and showers let this site down they were dirty and did not get cleaned from the Friday we arrived to leaving on the Monday.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will not return.

Overall 3/10
Location 4
Value for money 5
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 3
Customer service 5
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 1
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional cement/asphalt campsite

Liked: Proximity of pub ( although no food available); plenty of hot water in showers ( but not many on site at that time); friendly welcome.; pleasent lake - good if you want to fish.

Disliked: Shower block - bins had not been emptied; looked as if it hadn't been cleaned in a while; £5 on electricity card had run out by the morning ( we had arrived at 2pm - used cooker ring to cook potatoes, fridge, led lights and heating ); in the middle of nowhere - no apparent transport links ( I.e. bus). No wi fi.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great little campsite well looked after and staff all very welcoming. Will…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Samuel T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional cement/asphalt campsite

Liked: Great little campsite well looked after and staff all very welcoming. Will definitely be coming back.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good site, spoiled by noise and poor amenities.

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 2
Wifi No rating
Ged M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional cement/asphalt campsite

Liked: Wonderful setting, nice lake.

Disliked: Noisy campsite (obviously not monitored at all).
Toilets and showers were from the 1960s I thought.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Stunning little site next to fishing lake

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Dan P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional cement/asphalt campsite

Liked: Cracking little site, next to the fishing lake and pub - relaxing but fun location, will go again

Disliked: Toilets and showers clean and maintained but water pump tripped out a couple of time per day

Recommend to friends Visit again

Amazing little country pub with such lovely staff

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Helen B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional cement/asphalt campsite

Liked: Absolutely brilliant lovely clean camp site .we took the dog and it was really dog friendly we could take the dog in the pub so made our first time camping night even better , lovely staff they couldn’t do enough to help

Recommend to friends Visit again

We will definitely be back this year.

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Jason S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional cement/asphalt campsite

Liked: We stayed here the easter bank Holiday for 3 nights with friends, when we booked on pitch up, we asked if we could have 2 pitches with electric hook up next to each other. Upon arrival on the Friday we met the owners which were very accommodating and helpful, it was all sorted for us to be pitched up on numbers 16 and 17. The weather was good to us as well, Toilets and shower blocks were cleaned every day before midday and the site itself was tidy, it looks like there's some fencing been erected along 1 side which will make it look better.

Disliked: Nothing really I disliked.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely quite bank holiday weekend…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Sian g. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional cement/asphalt campsite

Liked: Lovely quite bank holiday weekend

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house 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

Bath available Car parking by site/unit 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 Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Themes

Forest Hikers’ paradise Remote location

Utilities

Charging facilities 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 Public transportation nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites) Pub campground

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Gray water hook-up for caravans Motorhome service point Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

The Skipworth Arms

Station Road

Moortown

Market Rasen

Lincolnshire

England

LN7 6HZ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.48203°N
-0.37402°W

Route directions

The campsite is located in the small hamlet of Moortown just off the A46 (Lincoln to Grimsby).

Nearest transport

Bus
7.1 mi Airport Terminal
12.8 mi Granby Inn
12.8 mi Granby Inn
Rail
6.5 mi Brigg Rail Station
6.6 mi Barnetby Rail Station
7 mi Market Rasen Rail Station
Ferry
18.6 mi Hull Ferry Terminal
Airport
7.1 mi Humberside Airport
26.2 mi Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport
26.3 mi Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield 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 Skipworth Arms is on the edge of the hamlet of Moortown near Nettleton village, which is a mere couple of miles from the A46 for easy access to Lincolnshire’s heritage, countryside, market towns and museums, and close to the Forestry Commission woods of Willingham and Nettleton for leafy strolls. Both Caistor Outdoor Pursuits and the Caistor Equestrian Centre are about two miles away from the pub; for a gentler time, wander the four-mile section of the Viking Way from Nettleton to Caistor. Dump the car at Caistor and take the bus from town to get to several Lincolnshire highlights like the market town of Brigg 10 minutes away, the National Fishing Heritage Centre and Ross Tiger deep-sea trawler at Grimsby, and a day among the seaside, pier and winter gardens at Cleethorpes, both within 15 minutes. Five miles outside Grimsby, the six sails of heritage site Waltham Windmill are surrounded by a golf club which welcomes visitors; more courses are at for Laceby and Market Rasen for those who like to tee off on hols. The market town of Louth, one of the most visited in Lincolnshire as it’s on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, is about 20 minutes away (if you’re wandering the Wolds, take time to steam along them too with a trip on the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway starting from Ludborough). Also by bus, take the 25-minute trip to lovely Lincoln for a day sightseeing around its cathedral, castle and museums. Closer to home and by car, a 10-minute drive will take you to Market Rasen – perhaps for the racecourse? – and to tours around the Three Sisters Vineyard at Claxby. If you’re happy to drive a bit further for a day trip, there's another soaring day out in the Lancaster bomber of Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre 45 minutes away.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Cleethorpes 15.3 mi Estuary N/AGoodExcellentGood
Humberston Fitties 16.1 mi Estuary N/AGoodExcellentExcellent
Withernsea 24 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Tunstall 24.5 mi Sea N/AN/AExcellentExcellent
Mablethorpe Town 28 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Far Ings National Nature Reserve 15.1 mi

The Deep 17.8 mi

Ferens Art Gallery 18.1 mi

Lincoln Cathedral 18.4 mi

Lincoln Castle 18.4 mi

National Trust

Maister House 18.1 mi

Tattershall Castle 27.4 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Nettleton - Viking Way - Caistor Top - Rothwell 1.9 mi

Nettleton and Nettleton Beck 2 mi

Walesby - Normanby le Wold - Stainton le Vale - Ramblers' Church 5.6 mi

Swallow, Irby Dale and Swallow Vale 6.4 mi

Barnetby le Wold - Airport - Somersby - Bigby 6.5 mi

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

Conditions apply - see campsite type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Skipworth Arms have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Skipworth Arms dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Skipworth Arms? The Skipworth Arms is on the edge of the hamlet of Moortown near Nettleton village, which is a mere couple of miles from the A46 for easy access to Lincolnshire’s heritage, countryside, … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Skipworth Arms?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Skipworth Arms? From $20.16 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.