Fangfoss Park

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Aerial view
Shaded pitches
Gorgeous north yorkshire countryside
Entrance to the park

  • East Yorkshire caravan park 25 minutes’ drive from historic York
  • Castle Howard 25 minutes’ drive and Flamingo Land Resort 35 minutes
  • Grass and hardstanding pitches at a historic former railway station
It’s not every day that you get to camp up at a former railway station, and certainly not one used during World War II for troop movements. Such is your luck when you book a stay at East Yorkshire’s Fangfoss Old Station Caravan Park, 25 minutes’ drive from historic York and its many attractions. Covering 4.5 acres of prime Yorkshire countryside, the park has grown up around the former platforms and railway station (the latter now a Grade II listed building), with some pitches set along the old railway line (it closed in November 1965) and others in a well-drained field. All have electric hook-ups. The roads surrounding the park are good, and there’s no fiddly manoeuvring to be done to get in through the wide entrance gate. Once on site, a service road gives easy access to all the caravan and tent pitches too, and everywhere is lit up at night for ease of movement. Kids are welcome and they can keep themselves safely occupied at the play area. If you’re bringing dogs, please keep them on leads while on the park and pick up any mess. You can exercise your pets on several quiet rural walks direct from the pitches. Park owners Jo and Simon are constantly on hand to help you out and make your stay as enjoyable as possible.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 75
Motorhome pitches 75
Tent pitches 35
Open now
Opens 20 January
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Mon, 20 Jan to

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Reviews

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Customer service
8
Child friendliness
8
Cleanliness
7
Wifi
4

63% would recommend this site to a friend

66% would stay here again

What customers say

Peaceful countryside spot, Rocky's a gem! Friendly, flexible, and dog-welcoming. Facilities are clean but dated. Great for quiet breaks and exploring York.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

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Arrival date (latest first)

Friendly and hard working man (Rocky) maintaining the site.

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Danielle S.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked Really lovely welcoming people on arrival. Toilets & showers kept immaculate. Playground for the kids and relaxed feel to the site. Can tell there had been recent work done to improve the look of the site. Newly planted trees boarders and new fences. No complaints at all we look forward to camping here again.

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Fantastic little site

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Bethany K.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked Nice, clean site. Toilets and showers are always spotless. Rocky who runs it does a fantastic job. There is a little park for the children and a small area in the trees with a rope swing, which mine loved! I like how carefree the site is, there's not many rules as long as your respectful. We will be back again!

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Excellent site with clean facilities, friendly staff and residents.

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ROBERT B.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked Peacefull, Not alot of kids. Dog Friendly. Rocky was very helpful throughout our holiday. Very clean facilities and on site too. Even the permanent residents are very friendly and we talked to quite a few. Pitches are level.

Disliked 1 long term resident who keeps cats. Not 1 or 2 but around 20. Grumpy old man who hates dogs. Needs to move on.

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Location…

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4 out of 10
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4
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3
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9
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9
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3
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Michael S.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked Location

Disliked Shower and toilet facilities needed cleaning and updating

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Not quite what we expected - certainly not the same as the pictures

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2 out of 10
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TANYA W.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked Some of the regulars were very friendly along with the site manager.
Dog friendly - although if you are not a dog lover I could see it being a problem especially once one starts to bark all on site start.

Disliked On arrival there was no one to meet us so we ended up picking our own spot and pitching the tent.

The site looks very tired and needs some serious TLC. This includes the shower and toilet facilities. Certainly not like the pictures on Pitch Up. Such a shame as we were expecting to see a tidy old platform and a information point about its historical value from WW2.

Lucky for us we were doing a trial for a few nights of our tent with the dogs and kids. Speaking with a couple of other guests who arrived the same day as us they were just as disappointed as ourselves.

Some of the regular campers continued to make noise well after 2300 - again lucky we didn’t have small children with us.

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Overall, a pleasant stay.

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7 out of 10
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Anonymous

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked The park was nice and small, the kids had a tree swing to play on and the locals and their children, who I think live there were so friendly and played with my older kids.
Showers and toilets are on the older side but still very clean. Rocky who showed us around was very helpful.

Disliked One of the locals that lives there was very loud with music and shouting until 2:30am. I understand it was a Saturday night but this was not nice for us who wanted to sleep.

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Grotty facilities, rundown site. Nothing like images on website. AVOID

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked Nice manager but that did not make up for the unpleasantness of the site/facilities

Disliked Old, run-down, grim facilities. Couldn’t find any drinking water tap. Photos on website are very misleading and nothing like the campsite itself. Definitely would not recommend

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Disappointed but lesson learned read all reviews

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Pete T.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked Actually Leaving.

Disliked State of the site, not welcoming at all in fact looks scruffy. No reception on arrival apart from "Rocky" the warden who stunk of weed. Had to drive around site to get to pebble and weed pitch and the whole top end of the site is like a third world township.
The site looks nothing like the images on Pitchup.
We stayed 3 nights because we had paid in full and everywhere else was full. Would we go again. ... No

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice plots and great country side location.

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7 out of 10
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Peter B.

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked Location was nice and quiet.

Clean facilities.

Disliked Toilet and shower block needs updating but was clean.

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Absolutely the worst place we have ever stayed - drugs was rife.

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced grass and gravel pitch

Liked Open space

Disliked The site is predominately full of owners in run down and awful looking caravans. They was very clicky, rude to campers and had music blasting and I mean blasting till 11:30pm each night. The smell of cannabis was disgusting, starting from 9am in the morning by the owners and they openly smoked it outside all sat gathered together. The guy who runs it Rocky was nice but let his dog poo where it wanted and didn’t pick it up. The showers were clean but dated. Owners dogs barking none stop and wandering round the site which included to our tent door. The amount of stray cats was insane, young kittens so all left breeding albeit keeps rats down but there was ALOT of cats. The play park has seen it’s day but made worse by the lack of grass cutting and strimming leaving wild mushrooms of a variety of colours and thistles growing right where the kids where supposed to be able to enjoy playing.

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

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

Rules

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

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Fangfoss Park

Fangfoss Caravan Park

Fangfoss

East Yorkshire

England

YO41 5QB

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.96528°N
0.8615°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4.5 km The Square
4.5 km Stamford Bridge The Square
14.2 km Fridaythorpe A166
Rail
15.2 km York Rail Station
18.9 km Poppleton Rail Station
19 km Malton Rail Station
Ferry
45.8 km Hull Ferry Terminal

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 beguiling city of York (25 minutes’ drive) beckons with its landmark Gothic-era Minster (climb the tower for spectacular views over city rooftops), medieval dioramas at Jorvik Viking Centre and walks around the city walls. You can also take scenic cruises down the River Ouse, hang out in historic waterside pubs or frighten the whole family on guided ghost walks after dark. Cultural types among you might marvel at the sumptuous rooms and priceless antiques at Castle Howard (25 minutes), where you can also breathe in clean Yorkshire air as you explore the 18th-century follies and monuments that dot the surrounding parkland. Fans of war history could make a beeline for the World War II aircraft and armoured tanks on display at Eden Camp Modern History Museum (half an hour). Kids will probably fret until they’ve spent a day on rollercoasters or spotted big cats at Flamingo Land Resort (35 minutes); if they’re not behaving well, threaten to lose them – and find them again of course – in the corn labyrinth at York Maze (15 minutes, seasonal).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Fraisthorpe 43.3 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Skipsea 43.9 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Wilsthorpe 44.2 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Cayton Bay 45 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Bridlington South Beach 45.1 km Sea N/AN/AN/AGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Air Museum 8.2 km

National Centre for Early Music 14 km

York Castle Museum 14.3 km

York Minster 14.4 km

JORVIK Viking Centre 14.4 km

National Trust

Treasurer's House 14.4 km

Goddards Garden 16.1 km

Beningbrough Hall and Gardens 23.6 km

Nunnington Hall 27.7 km

Rievaulx Terrace 36.4 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066 3.5 km

ALDBY PARK 6.1 km

Millington and Givendale 8.3 km

Wandering in the Wolds: Millington to Huggate Wold 8.4 km

HOWSHAM HALL 10.2 km

Local events

  • Leeds Festival (Thursday, 21 August 2025 – Thursday, 21 August 2025)

    Wetherby, England 35.6 km

  • Harrogate Autumn Flower Show (Friday, 19 September 2025 – Friday, 19 September 2025)

    Ripon, England 41.6 km

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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Fangfoss Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Fangfoss Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Fangfoss Park? The beguiling city of York (25 minutes’ drive) beckons with its landmark Gothic-era Minster (climb the tower for spectacular views over city rooftops), medieval dioramas at Jorvik Viking Centre and walks around … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Fangfoss Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  Anytime –  Anytime
    Depart by:  Anytime
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Fangfoss Park? From R712,61 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.