York Naburn Lock Caravan and Camping Park

The site’s less than 10 minutes’ drive from the York ring road, bringing some of Yorkshire’s must-visit attractions within easy reach. Be sure to start stays, though, a lot closer to home base with a jaunt into the city itself. The city’s a treasure trove for historical types, with explores around the famed Minster, shops along the Shambles, tours of the Jorvik Viking Centre, and internments in the Gaol and Castle Museum all highly recommended. Those same history buffs will find plenty else nearby to appeal, with the Yorkshire Air Museum within 20 minutes, the spectacular Castle Howard estate and Lotherton Hall half an hour away, and the Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum 35 minutes from base. Anyone more keen on nature than on forays into the past will be well served with flower-filled rambles in the vicinity. It’s five minutes from the site to the cottage-style Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens (check dates before travelling) and 15 minutes to the National Trust’s Goddards House and Gardens, once home to the family behind Terry’s chocolate oranges. Taste buds tingling at the mere thought of that chocolate? The York Chocolate Trail should yield satisfaction...