Claylands Caravan Park

From £25 For 1 night, 2 adults 9.3 195 reviews
Stepping stones (added by manager 17 Aug 2022)
River flows through the site (added by manager 17 aug 2022)
Stunning views from stepping stones conservatory (added by manager 17 nov 2015)
Large tent pitches (added by manager 26 feb 2015)

  • Family-owned park on the banks of the River Wyre
  • Carefully landscaped wildlife haven with over 5000 trees
  • Four well-stocked and well-maintained fishing ponds
If you're a sucker for a place with a bit of family heritage, have a look at Claylands Caravan Park. The Robinsons have owned Claylands for more than 50 years, when it was a simple 14-acre farm; since then, it’s been transformed into a landscaped holiday park, while keeping an edge of wilderness. This lush place is on the banks of the River Wyre, surrounded by more than 5000 indigenous trees and in a haven for wildlife and birdwatching: look out for squirrels, foxes, deer, rabbits and around 85 different species of bird. On site are carefully pruned hedges, shrubs and trees, loads of green space, and excellent amenities including a modern shower and toilet block, a laundry room, and drinking water taps and waste water disposal points all around. Anglers will be well chuffed with the four well-stocked and well-maintained fishing ponds, abundant with roach, carp and tench: to be in with your fishing chance, arrive with your kit and the appropriate licence, and pick up a day ticket from the family team. Other facilities on site include a handy shop for the essentials, as well as a kids' adventure playground swish enough to make grownups green with envy. Light snacks and homemade meals can be had at Stepping Stones Riverside Bar and Restaurant, just adjacent to the park (open Tuesday-Sunday all year round), which has a takeaway service, pretty views from inside the restaurant and a spacious garden for dining outside.

Site type

Tent pitches 15
Touring caravan pitches 18
Motorhome pitches 18
Open all year

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • 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) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • The restaurant is open between 27/12 and 24/12.
  • 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.
  • Touring pitches: eectricity is metered on site at £0.58 per kWh and must be paid onsite using a pre-paid top-up card.

Languages spoken

English

Gold David Bellamy Conservation Award AA 4 pennants

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

93%

would recommend this site to a friend

89%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Excellent stopover with excellent facilities

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Quiet, well maintained site. Stopped on level pitch, with water and electric. Toilet facilities excellent, with four available showers.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Glad you enjoyed your stay, we look forward to seeing you again in the future

Really helpful staff and nice clean site

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Clean

Disliked: Too far from toilet

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for your review and we note your comments, we do have limited pitches near the facilities block, when you book again if you give the office a call we will do our best to get you near to them

Lovely clean site. Friendly staff. Bar and restaurant on site. Fabulous dog walks Dog friendly bar…

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely clean site. Friendly staff. Bar and restaurant on site. Fabulous dog walks Dog friendly bar

Disliked: Expensive electricity

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your review, we note your comments regarding the electricity, the rate charged is .42pkwh which is currently the price we are fixed to. We do hope you will return to us in the future.

Great site.

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely site great walks good pub. Very clean showers etc.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your review, see you again soon hopefully

Really enjoyed our weekend and will return.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Thomas R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Well run site, excellent staff. The parks amenities were excellent, toilets and showers available to everyone clean all times. Grandchildren enjoyed their stay. Free WiFi with a good reception. Great fishing ponds

Disliked: People not adhering to site speed restrictions, young children on site.

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to review our site and the great photos, your comments regarding the speeding have been passed to the management team, we do our best to ensure everyone is adhering to the restrictions but its often difficult to fully control this. We look forward to welcoming you back to the park in the future.

Excellent

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Great friendly welcome . Great food in the restaurant. Clean warm toilets and showers

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for your review, see you again

Perfect!

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Scenery, pub meal was wonderful very good value! Will be returning and booking before they are full.

Disliked: Just a small one was finding a good walk but we need to come again for longer to find one. The set up itself perfect and what I wish all the sites were like.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review and great pictures, we have lots of walks from the park so can help with that next time to visit us, see you again

Good site with park and clean showers Nice restaurant/bar…

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Good site with park and clean showers Nice restaurant/bar

Disliked: Would have liked a better stocked shop and been given WiFi details on check-in I think electric fees should have been included with pitch fee at this was charged as an extra payment on check out

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From the manager: Thank you for your review, sorry if you had problems with the WIFI, it is free throughout the park. With regard to the electricity being charged separately this was felt the fairest way for everyone staying, we have not put the pitch fee up in low season this year and you only pay for the amount of electricity you use but apologise if you were not happy with this. We wish you well for your future holidays

Great site, large pitches, good facilities and close to motorway, ideal stop…

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Great site, large pitches, good facilities and close to motorway, ideal stop off if going north

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From the manager: Glad you enjoyed your stay, see you again

Excellent site ,friendly staff good pitches , good pub ans food

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Dale C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: The grounds are well kept Lovely on site pub Friendly and helpful staff Clean and tidy Good pitches Nice views Great WiFi Would definitely visit again

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From the manager: Thnak you for taking the time to review the site, we look forward to welcoming you back


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

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Local produce

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. 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

Themes

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Claylands Caravan Park

Cabus

Preston

Lancashire

England

PR3 1AJ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

53.92951°N
-2.7684°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4.4 mi Crossroads
5.6 mi University Underpass
8.5 mi Bus Station
Rail
8.4 mi Lancaster Rail Station
9.3 mi Heysham Port Rail Station
10.4 mi Bare Lane Rail Station
Ferry
9.3 mi Heysham Ferry Terminal
9.3 mi Knott End-On-Sea Ferry Landing
9.7 mi Fleetwood for Knott End Ferry Landing

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

You’ll find postcard-worthy surroundings all about Claylands. Water fans can meander along the winding banks of the River Wyre (so winding in fact, this is how the river got its name) and take a stroll on the river’s footpaths; Lancaster Canal is also nearby for lazy waterside ambles. The good news is that the river really is right on the doorstep at Claylands, so all you have to decide is which way you want to go. (If you’re really stuck, the staff on site will be more than happy to point you in the right direction, and reception is full of information leaflets and people ready to share their local knowledge.) Or you could just amble about snapping shots of this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty... The market town of Garstang, five minutes' drive from Claylands, is an excellent option for this latter, as its whitewashed cottages, uneven streets and country drinkeries may make the imaginative feel like they're in a Jane Austen novel. Further afield, Blackpool is half an hour away, and both the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales are reachable in under 40 minutes.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Fleetwood 10.2 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Morecambe South 10.8 mi Sea N/A N/A Good Good
Morecambe North 10.9 mi Estuary Good N/A Good Good
Cleveleys 11.9 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Bispham 12.9 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Beacon Fell Country Park 5.6 mi

Lancaster Castle 8.4 mi

Forest of Bowland 12.5 mi

The Blackpool Tower 14.1 mi

Blackpool Illuminations 14.2 mi

National Trust

Cartmel Priory Gatehouse 20.2 mi

Rufford Old Hall 20.2 mi

Gawthorpe Hall 21.1 mi

Dalton Castle 23 mi

Sizergh Castle and Garden 24.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Scorton - Bowland - Nicky Nook 0.4 mi

Garstang and Calder Vale 1.9 mi

Garstang and Lady Hamilton's Well 1.9 mi

Cockerham - Glasson - Lancaster Canal - Cockerham 3 mi

Green Bleasdale 5.2 mi

Local events

  • Lytham Festival (Wednesday 3 July 2024 – Wednesday 3 July 2024)

    Lytham St Annes, Lancashire 15.6 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 Lancashire?

  • Does Claylands Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Claylands Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Claylands Caravan Park? You’ll find postcard-worthy surroundings all about Claylands. Water fans can meander along the winding banks of the River Wyre (so winding in fact, this is how the river got its name) and … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Claylands Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Claylands Caravan Park? From £25 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.