Willow Caravan Park

From £20 For 1 night, 2 adults 8.1 134 reviews
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Grass pitches (added by manager 04 apr 2023)

  • 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 (at the back of the site). Back on site, you'll be able to use the wet room and washing up area on site, as well as extra facilities near the café, which include showers and toilets (including facilities for disabled guests), plus a laundry area.

Campground type

Tent sites 16
Camper sites 20
RV sites 20
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 10
Open all year
Please note
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 30 consecutive nights.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

Campsite types & availability

Reviews

79%

would recommend this campground to a friend

78%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

If visiting again would only go when dry weather Price also too high

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

Powered gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Location near to York Adult only

Disliked: The road paths. Absolutely shocking as lots of crevices. Filled with rain so lots and lots of puddles. Was like hardcore gravel

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Clean, Functional, No Frills Site

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

Powered gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Showers were spotless, had a problem with the electric in the shower block on the first night but these things happen. Pitches were nice and level and electric and water easily accessible. It's not too far from a Park & Ride to get into York and there's a bus at the edge of the campsite if you don't mind being restricted by bus times.

Disliked: Didn't like not being allocated a pitch. We were in a VW T4 that we used for our trips round and about York and had a different pitch each of the 3 nights we stayed. Not a problem if you go with a caravan. The path to the nearby villages was a massive patch of mud (it has rained for ever) and the site is on a main road so you can't walk into York.

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Clean facilities, quiet and close to facilities…

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Clean facilities, quiet and close to facilities

Disliked: The ground was very wet and when we arrived they wasn't really sure where to put us, as they wasn't expecting any tents. I know the weather cannot be helped, however it was felt that we should have been told that the ground was not really suitable and ultimately this resulted in everyone in tents having to leave early. Lack of communication really, but a lovely sitr

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Really lovely well kept site…

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

Powered grass tent campsite

Liked: Really lovely well kept site

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Large pitches, clean facilities. Easy location to shops etc. Good cafe on…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Lisa D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Large pitches, clean facilities. Easy location to shops etc. Good cafe on site

Disliked: Lack of personal touch, ie. no reception

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Won’t rush back

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

Powered gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Not much to like to be honest. Too many seasonal vans

Disliked: Poor site. Ground and roads needed attention. Electric was inadequate continually tripping in van. tripped 7 times when trying to boil kettle

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Good site with good clean facilities. The pitches were good and fresh…

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

Powered gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Good site with good clean facilities. The pitches were good and fresh water taps close. There was an excellent cafe on site so had a cooked breakfast Sunday. Excellent food 👍had a trip into York on Saturday bus stop outside 2 pounds each no charge for our dog . Excellent weekend.

Disliked: None

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3☆ site. Toilets & Shower rooms nice and warm in this cold season.

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

Powered gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: This site is a base with easy access to York. £2 per person on the the bus. No service on a Sunday. Take a stroll to the local Pub. Take your wellies and have a laugh the mud is quite thick. Toilets and Shower block warm and spacious. Theres quite a few seasonal caravans sited (some could do with a clean and tidy up... lets the site down) so you just find a space and pitch up. Onsite cafe.... lovely peole lovely food and a very popular place. 10/10 for the breakfast. Site was very wet in places but considering the amount of rain its not surprising. Overall happy. Its what you make it.

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Won't be visiting again

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

Powered gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: Bus stop at end of the site straight into York, taxis will also pick you up from there.

Disliked: Poor facilities, some pitches could not be used due to flooding, pathways and road full of massive potholes so be careful whilst walking as on I went over on my ankle a few times. On the plus side great cafe on site

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Close to Haxby a lovely village

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

Powered gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked: The onsite cafe was really good The pitches are large and all hard standing The information hut is a good idea about the local area Pub 40 mins walk away the Black horse gorgeous food The site is close to a shopping area

Disliked: We found it hard to fill up with water in our motorhome. The water taps run all down the middle of the grass a distance from the hard standing. The site was waterlogged in places due to all the resent rain So we couldn't drive on grass to get water Bring a long hose to connect to tap

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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 cafe

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

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Adults only

Barbecue grills allowed

Barbecue provided

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful

Wildlife haven

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)

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

Bus
3.1 mi Rail Station Stop C
3.2 mi Rail Station Stop J
7 mi Stamford Bridge The Square
Rail
3.2 mi York Rail Station
3.2 mi Poppleton Rail Station
8.1 mi Hammerton Rail Station
Airport
25.2 mi 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 Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (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.

Must see

York Minster 2.8 mi

YorkBoat Guided River Trips 3 mi

National Railway Museum 3 mi

JORVIK Viking Centre 3.2 mi

York Dungeon 3.3 mi

National Trust

Treasurer's House 2.8 mi

Goddards Garden 4.4 mi

Beningbrough Hall and Gardens 5.2 mi

Nunnington Hall 14.6 mi

Rievaulx Terrace 17.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

MUSEUM GARDENS, YORK 2.9 mi

Snickets, Ginnels and Walls of York 3.3 mi

YORK CEMETERY 3.7 mi

ROWNTREE PARK 3.8 mi

BENINGBOROUGH HALL 5.2 mi

Local events

  • York Early Music Festival (Saturday, July 6, 2024 – Saturday, July 6, 2024)

    York, England 2.8 mi

  • Leeds Festival (Wednesday, August 21, 2024 – Wednesday, August 21, 2024)

    Wetherby, England 15.1 mi

  • Harrogate Autumn Flower Show (Friday, September 13, 2024 – Friday, September 13, 2024)

    Ripon, England 16.8 mi

  • Great Yorkshire Show (Tuesday, July 9, 2024 – Tuesday, July 9, 2024)

    Harrogate, England 16.9 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.

Want to know more about camping in North Yorkshire?

  • 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?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    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 $25.09 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.