Thurston Manor

From £18 For 1 night, 6 adults 8.7 288 reviews
View over the site (added by manager 03 Aug 2022)
Fishing in the pond (added by manager 25 feb 2015)
The indoor swimming pool (added by manager 25 feb 2015)
Hardstanding pitches (added by manager 03 aug 2022)

  • At the foot of the Lammermuir Hills on the East Lothian coastline
  • Fly fishing available on the site's freshwater lake
  • 25 miles to Edinburgh
Dreaming of rolling hills and golden beaches, with the fringe benefits of close proximity to Edinburgh? Then feast your eyes on award-winning Thurston Manor, a former country estate near Dunbar in East Lothian. You'll find Thurston Manor at the foot of the Lammermuir Hills and near the famous East Lothian coastline. However, the temptations are not just limited to the dramatic backdrop of the Lammermuir Hills. There’s the lure of fly fishing on the site’s beautiful freshwater lake, or of relaxing in the heated pool, sauna and steam room, plus a well-equipped fitness centre and wonderful wildlife and walks in the surrounding woods. Thurston Manor has a shop, lounge bar and restaurant with free wi-fi and Sky and BT Sports and there is a great outdoor children’s play area. There is also entertainment during peak season.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 56
Motorhome pitches 56
Open now

Tourist board rating

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 hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Facilities/activities including access to the swimming pool, spa, sauna and entertainment are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
  • The sauna and steam room are currently closed.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 16 Feb to

Pitch types & availability

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Other pitch types

Reviews

86%

would recommend this site to a friend

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Excellent site with level pitches and clean facilities.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Peter D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (super)

Liked: Large level pitch. Toilet block and facilities were very clean. Well stocked shop. Didn’t use the pool or restaurant.

Disliked: Wi-fi signal was poor.

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As it was the first time we towed a caravan we struggled…

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (super)

Liked: As it was the first time we towed a caravan we struggled to reverse the caravan in the site, I went to the office and they sent a guy to put it in for us

Disliked: Nothing

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Excellent customer service

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: This is a lovely site, lots of facilities on site, likeswimming pool, park, arcade, club house, and shop, nice walks around the scenic park, to keep the whole family happy. I would definitely recommend this site to others and we will be visiting again soon.

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From the manager: Thank you so much for sharing your experience. We look forward to welcoming you back at a Verdant Leisure Park again in the future. Thanks, Team Verdant.

Plenty of space for walking the dog, very friendly and helpful staff.…

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Plenty of space for walking the dog, very friendly and helpful staff. Good facilities for tourers.

Disliked: Pool is quite small imagine it will be difficult to book on busy weeks.

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're glad you had an excellent time. We've passed on your comments to the team on park and hope to welcome you back on park soon. Thanks, Team Verdant.

Nice clean site , handy shop, close to Dunbar with beaches and…

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (super)

Liked: Nice clean site , handy shop, close to Dunbar with beaches and shops cafes etc. nice quiet stay at this time of year.

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From the manager: We’re so pleased you love the park as much we do and we can’t wait to welcome you back! Thanks, Team Verdant.

Showers were nice clean and big…

Overall 8/10
Location No rating
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 4
Christina M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Showers were nice clean and big

Disliked: Only 1 toilet block for whole area and bins were only at shower block there was dog poo on our pitch robert said he would come back and clean it but never came back

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From the manager: We have read through your review. We have sent this to our Senior Management Team at the park to ensure that we look into the matters you have brought to our attention. Thanks, Team Verdant.

Nice site with good facilities, shop and restaurant.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 6
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (super)

Liked: Nice site and well located for visiting East coast. Good food and beveridge.

Disliked: Workers living onsite awake and revving engines at 5am.

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From the manager: Thank you so much for sharing your experience. We have passed on your comments and hope to welcome you back again soon. Thanks, Team Verdant

Very nice place to stay.. The staff were very pleasant and helpful...…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Harry G. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Very nice place to stay.. The staff were very pleasant and helpful...

Disliked: No wifi ....

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From the manager: Thank you so much for sharing your experience. We have passed on your comments and hope to welcome you back again soon. Thanks, Team Verdant

Nice site. Great price for early season. Would definitely visit again

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Lovely site with lots of different types of pitches. I stayed on a hard standing pitch with EHU. Lovely shower/toilet block. Very clean. The bar and restaurant was great too. Food was reasonably priced and good choice

Disliked: Ground was really boggy everywhere. The small bar lacked atmosphere and the smoking area right outside the front door was unpleasant to walk through when leaving the bar Not sure why there are codes for toilet block over night/early am

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From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're glad you had an excellent time. We've passed on your comments to the team on park and hope to welcome you back on park soon. Thanks, Team Verdant.

pitch sizes returant and bar facilities well stocked shop …

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

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (super)

Liked: pitch sizes returant and bar facilities well stocked shop pleasant helpful staff

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From the manager: We’re so pleased you love the park as much we do and we can’t wait to welcome you back! Thanks, Team Verdant.


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

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

Forest

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

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Surf school nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Motorhome service point

Seasonal pitches

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Thurston Manor

Innerwick

Dunbar

Lothian

Scotland

EH42 1SA

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

55.95887°N
-2.46248°W

Nearest transport

Coach
22 mi Golden Square
22 mi Golden Square
22.7 mi Heriot Rd End
Rail
3.4 mi Dunbar Rail Station
12.4 mi North Berwick Rail Station
12.9 mi Drem Rail Station
Ferry
28.5 mi Leith Newhaven Harbour 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 won’t find yourselves thirsting for action at Thurston Manor; there are lots of inspiring places to visit in East Lothian, Berwickshire and beyond. Peer at the puffins and gawk at the gannets at the Scottish Seabird Centre - you can zoom in on the nesting colonies on the islands (including Bass Rock, home to a gobsmacking 150,000 gannets) using the Centre’s interactive live cameras, or zoom off on a boat trip to see them in the flesh/feathers, along with grey seals and dolphins if you’re lucky. For more fresh air fun, there are clifftop walks, castle ruins, picnicking and pony trekking across the grassland, woods and salt marshes at John Muir Country Park in nearby Dunbar. Or you could go for a clamber around Tantallon Castle, a majestic fourteenth century stronghold in a photogenic location atop the cliffs overlooking the Firth of Forth and Bass Rock. Not to mention the magnificent golf courses, fishing, horse riding, yachting and water sports in the surrounding area. Whisky lovers will definitely want to make a pilgrimage to the nearby Glenkinchie Distillery, which has an excellent visitor centre and guided tours as well as tastings (and a discount in the shop is included in the very reasonable entrance fee). Last but not least, the brilliant and bonny city of Edinburgh is only 25 miles away.....

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Whitesands 2.1 mi Sea N/A Excellent Good Good
Thorntonloch 2.6 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Good
Dunbar (East) 3.6 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Good
Dunbar (Belhaven) 4.9 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Pease Bay 5.4 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks & Main Guard 22.1 mi

Berwick-upon-Tweed Museum and Art Gallery 22.1 mi

Berwick-upon-Tweed Castle & Ramparts 22.2 mi

Palace of Holyroodhouse 27.5 mi

Our Dynamic Earth 27.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Deuchrie – Beltondod (Dunbar Common) 5.8 mi

Abbey St Bathans - Edin's Hall Broch - Abbey St Bathans 7.9 mi

St Abb's Head - St Abbs - Coldingham Bay - Eyemouth - Coldingham 13.1 mi

FIDRA (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 23/08/1988) 14.6 mi

Stobshiel – Lammer Law – Longyester 14.9 mi

Local events

  • Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Friday 2 August 2024 – Friday 2 August 2024)

    Edinburgh, Lothian 28.4 mi

  • Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (Friday 2 August 2024 – Friday 2 August 2024)

    East Calder, Lothian 28.5 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 Lothian?

  • Does Thurston Manor have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Thurston Manor dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Thurston Manor? You won’t find yourselves thirsting for action at Thurston Manor; there are lots of inspiring places to visit in East Lothian, Berwickshire and beyond. Peer at the puffins and gawk at the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Thurston Manor?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Thurston Manor? From £18 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.