The Railway Inn

View prices & book 7.8 181 reviews
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  • Spacious pitches in the grounds of a Northumberland village pub
  • A 10-minute drive from the A1 and east-coast beaches
  • Meals and drinks available Wednesday to Sunday; dogs and kids welcome
Plotting a stopover close to the A1, or perhaps in need of a nice rural spot to stay for a longer break spent exploring Northumberland’s countryside and coast? Either way, the pitches at the Railway Inn, on the edge of the village of Acklington, make a good pick – they’re spacious and set in two acres of tree-filled grounds for a pleasant and peaceful place to stay. Various handy facilities are provided – including electric hookups, a wifi connection and a bathroom block with separate ladies’ and gents’ toilets and showers – and it’s all less than 10 minutes’ drive from the A1. On top of all this, of course, there’s the huge bonus that you’ll be staying in the grounds of a pub – and a lovely traditional pub at that, in a restored building whose roots date back to the early 19th century. It’s open from noon from Wednesday to Sunday, serving up a tasty menu of pub meals and local ales either inside or out in the beer garden. Dogs and kids are welcome, and there’s a playground on site to entertain the latter. This is a handy spot for simply spending the night before returning to your journey north or south, but it also makes a great base for a longer break – the coast is about 10 minutes' drive away, and lots of excellent locations (including Alnwick, Bamburgh and Warkworth) are within easy reach.

Campground type

Tent sites 6
Camper sites 10
RV sites 10
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Continental touring caravans (caravans built with the passenger door on the right-hand side) are not permitted.
  • This is a quiet park: no music is allowed.
  • The charging of electric vehicles is not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

Campsite types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

7.8

Overall rating from 181 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

67% would recommend this campground to a friend

66% would stay here again

What customers say

Friendly staff & popular pub with good food. Well-spaced pitches, clean facilities. Great location for exploring. Some note dated restrooms, & train noise can be an issue.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

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Arrival date (latest first)

Great location, really good sizable pitches water and electric. Pub excellent.…

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Ian M.

Powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked Great location, really good sizable pitches water and electric.
Pub excellent.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff, not a quite site.

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5 out of 10
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Value for money
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Tony L.

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked The site team were warm and welcoming. The other campers very helpful.

Disliked The facilities were dated compared to other sites. Caravans on the grass pitches were very close together. The site was quite noisy with trains passing and people being loud coming out of the pub late on.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good location, friendly staff, tidy pitches.

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7 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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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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Steven B.

Powered grass tent campsite

Liked The staff were friendly even when busy. The food was nice but quite expensive for the main meals.
The location was good.

Disliked The showers were a bit gross.
The site had rules, but were not really enforced, especially with noise after 1030pm.
People playing football next to cars, with the inevitable happening, but fortunately no damage on this occasion.
Right next to the road, and train station/railway line.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Level pitch. Adequate facilities. Pub closed 2 days a week.

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sandra l.

Powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked Location. Harbour town of Amble 4 miles away . A gem of a find.

Disliked We stayed the wrong 2 days. The pub is closed Monday and Tuesday. Other than that lovely.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site with good facilities. Food in the pub is great too.

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Aaron L.

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Well spaced out pitches. Very friendly staff. Showers were hot, powerful and clean.
The pub had a lovely atmosphere too. We ate in there and the food was fantastic. The landlord (I presume) was friendly and welcoming. He was more than happy to have a chat and a laugh.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Advertised as a quiet site, it was anything but quiet, very noisy pub

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Anonymous

Powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked Nothing

Disliked Very noisy

Recommend to friends Visit again

A crackin caravan site, clean, tidy, great pitches n friendly staff

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10 out of 10
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Anonymous

Powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked My husband and l are really enjoying our holiday here at The Railway Inn, Caravan Site, Acklington. We are enjoying it so much, we have extended our stay for a further 4 days. This lovely friendly family run site has everything we need, well kept clean toilet n shower facilities, the onsite pub is the heart, has a restaurant with food available, take away if requested, entertainment is between Wednesday n Sunday, (Mon/Tues maintenance and repairs are carried out), however, Amble is a little town, only 10 mins from the site, it has supermarkets, gift shops, a pier, and the beaches are close by, also plenty of places of interest to explore, if we feel like it???

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic potential, great location, good site for our holiday

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7 out of 10
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Value for money
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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

Powered grass tent campsite

Liked Location was great for us to visit the local towns we like such as Amble and Alnmouth.

The pub is great with excellent food and selection of drinks.

Disliked Poor communication from the owner/manager to his staff who themselves were great.

The slide at the park could do with getting fixed as was broken in parts without any signage so you don't know until you slide down it!

Recommend to friends Visit again

The grass pitches looked lovely but I was on hard standing. I…

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7 out of 10
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Anonymous

Powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked The grass pitches looked lovely but I was on hard standing.

I choose the site for its proximity to Cragside House and that worked very well.

The owners were lovely and if you are into pubs it would have been a big bonus, but I’m not. My bad!

Despite it being a pub I was never disturbed by noise late at night - or any other time.

Disliked Because I booked late, all the grass pitches had gone and I was on a hard standing pitch, towards the far end of the area. The pitches there are odd shapes and pretty packed in. There was only one night when it was really bad, but my pitch was almost entirely in the shade, chiefly all morning, but it only got the sun for a small part of the afternoon. Memo to myself to make sure I get a pitch with morning sun in future! I feel the cold and would rather use solar heat than run up the site’s electricity bill.

The train line runs right next to the hard standing pitches and trains are frequent but most are short and the noise has gone almost as soon as you notice it. Not a problem for me, but others may not like it.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Not a lot I am afraid.…

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3 out of 10
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David N.

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Not a lot I am afraid.

Disliked Toilets are so dated, shower water drains away very slow so the tray fills up to the top, sorry but been to far better sites for the same money.

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

Hikers’ paradise Peaceful

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

Pub campground Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Sailing nearby Surf school nearby

Location

The Railway Inn

Acklington

Morpeth

Northumberland

England

NE65 9BP

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

55.30838°N
1.64994°W

Nearest transport

Bus
7.6 mi Bus station
9.2 mi Bus Station
9.2 mi Bus Station
Rail
0.1 mi Acklington Rail Station
4.8 mi Widdrington Rail Station
5.9 mi Alnmouth Rail Station
Ferry
22.6 mi North Shields Ferry Terminal
23 mi South Shields Ferry Terminal
23.2 mi Newcastle International Ferry Terminal
Airport
18.9 mi Newcastle 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

Head east from the pub and you’ll hit the coast with a drive of 10 minutes or so. Once you’re there you can sign up for surf lessons in Amble, look out for birds at Hauxley Wildlife Discovery Centre or wander through woods to hit the sand dunes at Druridge Bay Country Park. Looking a little further along the coast, there’s a nice long beach and a golf course in Warkworth (10 minutes' drive) and a couple of splendid seafront castles in Dunstanburgh (25 minutes) and Bamburgh (35 minutes). Holy Island (45 minutes) is another lovely place to visit, with lots of wildlife as well as an ancient priory and Lindisfarne Castle – don’t forget, access is via a causeway that’s inaccessible at high tide. Away from the coast, you can take a tour of Alnwick Castle (15 minutes) – a particular treat for Harry Potter fans – or take the kids to meet the animals at Northumberland Zoo (15 minutes). National Trust - Cragside (25 minutes) is a nice place for a gentle wander; for something more challenging, head to the trails of Northumberland National Park (35 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Druridge Bay North 3.4 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Warkworth 3.7 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Amble Links 4 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Druridge Bay South 6.3 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Newbiggin North 10.2 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Warkworth Castle 2.9 mi

The Alnwick Garden 7.6 mi

Alnwick Castle 7.8 mi

Cragside House, Gardens and Estate 9.2 mi

Howick Gardens & Arboretum 10 mi

National Trust

Cragside 9.5 mi

Dunstanburgh Castle 11.6 mi

Wallington 16.2 mi

Seaton Delaval Hall 16.8 mi

Holy Jesus Hospital 23.4 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Felton - Morwick Circular 2.5 mi

Felton - Brainshaugh Circular 2.5 mi

Felton circular 2.5 mi

Warkworth - Guyzance Circular 3 mi

Warkworth Village Circular 3.2 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.

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Railway Inn have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Railway Inn dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Railway Inn? Head east from the pub and you’ll hit the coast with a drive of 10 minutes or so. Once you’re there you can sign up for surf lessons in Amble, look out … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Railway Inn?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  8:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Railway Inn? From $46.44 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.