Standing Stones Lodge

View prices & book 5.8 66 reviews
Picnic area on a sunny day
Picnic area on a sunny day
Camping area
Pod with a picnic table
Camping pod exterior
Pods under the sunset
Firepit
Hardstanding pitch
Hardstanding touring pitches
1/60
Camping area
Pod with a picnic table
Camping pod exterior

  • Spacious property in the Co.Down countryside, next to Divis mountain
  • A 15-minute drive to central Belfast; 35 minutes to Antrim Glens
  • Restaurant and play area on site; direct access to walking trails
To the countryside or to the city? You’ll be able to pick and choose day by day when staying at Standing Stones Lodge. This spacious Co.Down property sits just next to Divis mountain and is about 15 minutes’ drive from central Belfast, so it’s a handy spot indeed for those who like to pack a lot of variety into their break. That location gives you some pretty spectacular views of your surroundings – and there’s plenty more gorgeous scenery around this part of Northern Ireland too. Getting out to see some more of it should be straightforward, as the lodge is only about 10 minutes’ drive from the M1, for access to the motorway network for journeys to the coast, up into the Mourne mountains or in fact to any spot you’ve chosen for a day out. Staying here in the open air is a fabulous way to soak up some of that scenery, and the team that run the property have made sure there are plenty of useful facilities available to help you have a relaxing stay. Well-kept toilets and showers are available, along with added extras like a chemical disposal point and a washing-up area. The whole park is monitored by CCTV to keep guests safe and secure. Sunny days at Standing Stones Lodge can be spent with the kids running around at the play area while you tend your barbecue; there are picnic tables provided for outdoor meals with a view. On less clement days, or if you just don’t fancy cooking, stop by in the park's restaurant – it’s open for breakfast and lunch every day, and dinner from Thursday to Saturday, with a tempting range of good-value classic dishes.

Campground type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 7
Tent sites 5
Camper sites 2
RV sites 3
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • Facilities/activities including Hot tub are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.
  • Reception is unmanned after 10 p.m.. Please inform the park while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time so that the team can provide information about your unit/site.
  • There are maintenance works currently in progress on site, therefore there may be associated noise and disruption.

Languages spoken

English

No availability here for your search criteria

Campsite types & availability

Accommodation

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

Reviews

5.8

Overall rating from 66 Pitchup.com customers

  • 30%
    10
  • 6%
    9
  • 10%
    8
  • 1%
    7
  • 4%
    6
  • 0%
    5
  • 9%
    4
  • 4%
    3
  • 15%
    2
  • 18%
    1
Location
 8
Value for money
 6
Accommodation
 5
Facilities / Activities
 5
Customer service
 8
Child friendliness
 7
Cleanliness
 5
Wifi
 5
Remote location

48% would recommend this campground to a friend

41% would stay here again

What customers say

This site has a stunning country location with great views, close to Belfast. Staff are friendly and helpful. However, many guests found the facilities, especially toilets/showers, dirty and poorly maintained, with issues like no hot water and a lack of cleaning areas. Some felt it was overpriced for what's offered.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

Reviews page 1 of 7
Arrival date (latest first)

Great for a night! Probably not great for winter camping.

Overall

6 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 4
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 4
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 4
Wifi
 6
Kapeela D.

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked location was great! Less than a mile from the Divis and Black Mountain Carpark and we had an amazing meal at the lodge for dinner!

Disliked Facilities at the site were dirty and not suitable for winter camping really - should consider reducing price from £35 a night to £20 a night for winter time camping because it’s exposed and the toilet cubicle had no hot water (had to flick the heater on near the top of the wall and only realised after having the water running for a while…) no hand drying options like towels or dryer and one of them didn’t even have soap refilled. We thankfully used the toilets at the lodge when we checked in and before/after dinner but the lodge naturally closes at night so was an uncomfortable experience. Also no running water near each site it was just the main one at the entrance of the campsite as far as we were aware.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lieu situé sur les hauteurs de…

Overall

9 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 8
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 6
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 7
Wifi
 10
Bertrand M.

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked Lieu situé sur les hauteurs de Belfast.
Facile d'accès en camping car
Emplacement large électricité pour chacun.
Pour l'eau Un seul endroit pour recharger les cuves

Disliked Beaucoup de vent en cette fin octobre.
Le camping car à vibré toute la nuit

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would not recommend.

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 1
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 1
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 1
Wifi
 1
Irene P.

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked area

Disliked Site was dirty, no signage for toilets, grey waste water or chemical waste. Toilets were filthy and showers were also filthy. Very noisy, people walking around at midnight drunk and talking/shouting loudly. Cars coming and going all night, also cars sitting in the car park with engines running and lights shining onto pitches. Cars revving at 0730.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Discussing,

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
 1
Value for money
 1
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 1
Customer service
 1
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 1
Wifi
 1
Vanessa R.

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked Nothing

Disliked Absolutely filthy, we booked this place before reading the reviews, explained to the guy at reception, who really didn't care, but he let us look around and inspect the place, we decided not to stay. We had booked for 3 nights and paid a deposit to Pitch Up, I really don't know why Pitch Up advertise this site it seems to be a Traveler's site. Don't book it, find somewhere else.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Do not stay here. Read the reviews.

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
 No rating
Value for money
 No rating
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 No rating
Customer service
 No rating
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 1
Wifi
 No rating
Stephen T.

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked Nothing, apart from the friendly receptionist.

Disliked We had an uneasy feeling when we arrived and our suspicions were confirmed when we checked out the toilets, showers and washing up area. They were all filthy and unfit to be used; the worst we’ve seen.
The other people on the site were clearly not on holiday and seemed to be more permanent residents who eyed us with suspicion during the two hours we lasted there.
When I told the receptionist that there was no way we were staying, she looked a little embarrassed and offered us a refund immediately, without any discussion. This tells its own story.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff. Poor facilities.

Overall

2 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 2
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 1
Customer service
 9
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 1
Wifi
 8
David B.

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked Handy for Belfast city centre visit. Short drive to 'park n ride' train station. Free parking all day and approx £4 train fare into centre of Belfast. Staff are friendly and try to make your stay as good as possible with the facilities available. Nice bar on site.

Disliked Poor camping/motorhome site. Campsite toilets and shower are a disgrace. Thankfully we were allowed to use the toilets in the Lodge.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Staff. Apart from that, absolutely nothing…

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
 4
Value for money
 2
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 1
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 1
Wifi
 6
Timothy P.

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked Staff. Apart from that, absolutely nothing

Disliked Dreadful. Dirty and poor toilet facilities. No washing up area. Like a vagrant site. Staff friendly but doing a good job under difficult circumstances. Owners should be ashamed.

Recommend to friends Visit again

A well organised site with everything the camper / caravanner needs

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
 7
Value for money
 6
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 7
Customer service
 No rating
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 7
Wifi
 No rating
Anonymous

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked The location in the countryside close to Belfast, the view and the sunsets. The convenience of having a high class restaurant on the doorstep including for breakfast (although we didn't make use of it, being self contained). The size of the pitches for caravans / campers is very good and clearly divided.

Disliked The toilets and dishwashing facilities could be better. It would be useful to have a grey water disposal point that vans could drive over. The hills (for elderly cyclists!)

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful location and very convenient for boucher road event.

Overall

9 out of 10
Location
 9
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 9
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 7
Grainne M.

FHU grass and gravel travel trailer campsite

Liked Friendly, helpful staff, large pitch, clean site

Disliked Toilets quite tight

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great experience, I would return if visiting the area again.

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 9
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 8
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 9
Wifi
 7
Kimberley T.

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked The area, cleanliness, the staff and other people camping were all lovely and welcoming, easy to navigate, breakfast was also incredible!

Disliked N/A didn’t dislike anything. Very much what it says on the tin. What it says, is what you get

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

Baby-changing facilities 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 Picnic table 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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent sites

Themes

Forest Hikers’ paradise Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery

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

Type

Large (51-200 sites) Pub campground

Nearby leisure

Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Standing Stones Lodge

16 Divis Road

Hannahstown

Belfast

Co. Down

Northern Ireland

BT17 0NG

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.60313°N
6.04498°W

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

Boots at the ready… you can walk straight from the lodge onto the Divis mountain trail, or the Black Mountain trail, both of which have gorgeous views along with a good amount of wildlife to spot (see if you can spot any red grouse or peregrine falcons overhead as you look out towards the Belfast skyline). More walks? Head out into the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (35 minutes’ drive) or aim south to the mountains of the Mourne Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (50 minutes). If you’ve not managed to spot any big birds along the trails, you’ll surely have better luck at World of Owls (35 minutes). For magnificent buildings, meanwhile, try Antrim Castle (20 minutes) or Carrickfergus Castle (half an hour). Belfast (15 minutes) is a grand place for a day out too – perhaps visiting the Titanic Museum and Crumlin Road Gaol or taking a black cab tour to learn about the city’s troubled history.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Helen`S Bay 13.2 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Crawfordsburn 13.5 mi Sea ExcellentGoodGoodGood
Ballyholme 16.4 mi Sea N/AN/AN/APoor
Groomsport 18 mi Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Brown`S Bay 20.6 mi Sea GoodGoodGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Harland And Wolff Shipyard 4.4 mi

Grand Opera House 4.6 mi

Belfast City Hall 4.6 mi

Belfast Castle 4.9 mi

Castle Ward 24.2 mi

National Trust

The Crown Bar 4.4 mi

Patterson's Spade Mill 6.6 mi

Rowallane Garden 13.8 mi

Mount Stewart House, Garden and Temple of the Winds 18.3 mi

Castle Ward 24.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

BELFAST LOUGH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 10/10/2003) 6.7 mi

PORTMORE LOUGH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 19/08/2002) 9.9 mi

LARNE LOUGH ISLANDS (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 01/01/1998) 18.7 mi

STRANGFORD BAY & SANDY ISLAND (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 09/09/1994) 25.1 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.

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Standing Stones Lodge have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Standing Stones Lodge dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Standing Stones Lodge? Boots at the ready… you can walk straight from the lodge onto the Divis mountain trail, or the Black Mountain trail, both of which have gorgeous views along with a good amount … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Standing Stones Lodge?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  noon
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Standing Stones Lodge? From $19.86 (for 1 night, 3 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.