Jacobs Mount Caravan Park

8.6 91 reviews
Hardstanding and grass pitches (added by manager 02 Aug 2022)

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  • Well-maintained quiet family park close to Scarborough town centre
  • Excellently set for days at Whitby, Pickering, Filey or Bridlington
  • Shop, launderette, two play areas and games room
How do you fancy a family hol in a family-run park near smashing Scarborough – but in a serene and sheltered setting surrounded by woodland and wide open North Yorkshire countryside? Giddy up to Jacobs Mount Caravan Park, on the edge of the Forge Valley Woods National Nature Reserve but only two miles from the town centre and beaches of North Yorkshire's seaside capital. It's within easy trotting distance of other county attractions like Whitby, Pickering, Filey or Bridlington if your tastes tend to towns… and the North York Moors, hiking and biking routes, Dalby Forest, steamy vintage railways and a whole heap more if you're more of a countryside connoisseur. Although it's a quiet family park, Jacobs Mount is well set up with facilities including two play areas and a games room. Barbecues are allowed and a shop is on site for essentials. Amenities are well covered here too, with heated shower blocks, disabled facilities, a launderette, a washing-up area and a parent and baby washroom.

Campground type

Camper sites 140
RV sites 140
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 4

Tourist board rating

Languages spoken

English

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Features

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

Disabled facilities

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

Rallies welcome

Scouts welcome

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

Budget/backpacker

Hikers’ paradise

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities

Dump station

Electric car charging point(s)

Propane/gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horseback riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Sailing nearby

Surf school nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities

Gray water hook-up for caravans

Seasonal sites

Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

Jacobs Mount Caravan Park

Stepney Road

Scarborough

North Yorkshire

England

YO12 5NL

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

54.26782°N
-0.43297°W

Nearest transport

Bus
1.4 mi Railway Station Stop S
1.4 mi Railway Station Stop S
1.4 mi Railway Station Stop S
Rail
1.4 mi Scarborough Rail Station
2 mi Seamer Rail Station
6.9 mi Filey Rail Station

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

Splendid seaside days are easily had at Scarborough, two miles from Jacobs Mount Caravan Park and home to the Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Scarborough SEA LIFE Sanctuary, the Rotunda Museum and the North Cliff and South Cliff golf clubs alongside its two beaches (shore fishing from here is rightly recommended too). Also rightly recommended in the area are days at Filey for birdwatching at Filey Brigg, Bridlington for the RSPB reserve Bempton Cliffs, and Whitby for abbey, fish and chips and Goths lurking gloomily among the churchyard tombstones. The 110-mile Cleveland Way starts at Filey for those who fancy a hike or an amble. As it's North Yorkshire, history is all around too: potter along to the historic highlights of the Cleveland Way like Whitby Abbey, Mount Grace Priory and Rievaulx Abbey, or have a city day out in York to see its magnif minster, the Jorvik Viking Museum and many tiny cobbled streets.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Scarborough South Bay 1.8 mi Sea Poor Poor Poor Poor
Scarborough North Bay 2.1 mi Sea N/A Excellent Good Good
Cayton Bay 3.2 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Filey 7.3 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Reighton 10.1 mi Sea N/A Excellent Good Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Dalby Forest Visitor Centre 10.3 mi

North Yorkshire Moors Railway 14 mi

Burton Agnes Hall 15.5 mi

Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo 15.8 mi

Whitby Abbey 16.8 mi

National Trust

Bridestones, Crosscliff and Blakey Topping 8.8 mi

Yorkshire Coast 9.5 mi

Nunnington Hall 22.3 mi

Rievaulx Terrace 27.4 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

VALLEY GARDENS & SOUTH CLIFF GARDENS 1.6 mi

PEASHOLM PARK 1.7 mi

Scarborough - Cloughton - Scalby - Peasholme Park 2 mi

Cloughton - Ravenscar - Robin Hood's Bay 4.9 mi

Yorkshire Wolds Way Stage 6 - Ganton to Filey 6.2 mi

Local events

  • Whitby Goth Weekend (Friday, April 26, 2024 – Friday, April 26, 2024)

    Whitby, England 17.1 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.

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Lovely spot, nice pitches, beautiful views

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

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: High standard of touring pitch, individual tap and drain, well drained despite heavy rain

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very, very friendly owner and staff Site spotless,toilets and showers kept clean and…

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

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Very, very friendly owner and staff Site spotless,toilets and showers kept clean and everything works. Level pitch and plenty off room also. Really peacfull and enjoyable stay (2nd time here). Site is idealy located for scarborough (30 min walk,10 min drive) park area for kids and roads laid out really safe,nice to see kids out on bikes and hover boards having safe fun.

Disliked: Can't really think of anything,but to be honest if thier was a problem,ime more than confident that it would be sorted 👍👍

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Friendly approachable chap in reception. Clean showers and toilets.

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

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Woodland walk for dogs. Close proximity to showers etc

Disliked: Our pitch would have been perfect for the hot summer but the shade of the trees made our pitch cold in October as the lovely autumn sunshine couldn’t get through

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Nice clean site with everything o the pitch.…

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

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Nice clean site with everything o the pitch.

Disliked: Not happy on arrival to be told that the manager decided to close the club house and go away on holiday as he was tired, I thought we would have recieved a text just informing us it would be closed as it should have been open until 30/10/2022.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review, The club house was not closed due to the manager being tired but through a family matter. As a park, the club house is not advertised anywhere so should not be taken as available on site nor open all season.

Would stay again, nice family run site and polite.

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

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: The site was lovey and quiet even though there were plenty of kids enjoying themselves. Great facilities in terms of the park for my 3 year old. Was able to let her play on her scooter while not worrying. Nice food and beer on the club house.

Disliked: Wasn’t a fan of tokens for showering etc. but we worked around that.

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Quiet,C clean and well maintained park

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

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Good security and park well maintained.

Disliked: I was allocated to a smaller fully serviced pitch despite having a large twin axle caravan. I asked to move and I was given an alternative. The park knew we were staying with friends and despite the park being relatively empty with lots of space around us, they were placed well apart from us. We are all over 55s. Poor public transport link as bus stop miles away so a 3 mile walk to Scarborough. The electric card system was a bit confusing and I felt we were really careful with use however we used £37.70 over 9 days so not bad as the site was reasonably priced.

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Value for money Pay as you use electricity Park for children…

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

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Value for money Pay as you use electricity Park for children

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Cleanliness & Hot water…

Overall 4/10
Location 8
Value for money 2
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 4
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Craig r. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Cleanliness & Hot water

Disliked: Rules & Regulations. Cant leave before 8am & have to be back by 11pm. Electric & showers cost extra. Site full of empty caravans made it feel like a caravan graveyard. Booked for two nights only stayed one.

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Would return again deff . Clean friendly site

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

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Lovely clean well kept site very well set out all geared up for families play park area ideal.for the kids clean shower block and toilets also laundrette on site .Good friendly staff well.organised

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The second to worst campsite I've visited

Overall 4/10
Location 2
Value for money 2
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

FHU cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: Paying for showers, deposit for barrier card, paying for electricity, awning had to be on hard standing not on the grass

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  • Does Jacobs Mount Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Jacobs Mount Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Jacobs Mount Caravan Park? Splendid seaside days are easily had at Scarborough, two miles from Jacobs Mount Caravan Park and home to the Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Scarborough SEA LIFE Sanctuary, the Rotunda Museum and the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Jacobs Mount Caravan Park?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  5 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  5 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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