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Price Drop - we've lowered our prices this year by up to 5% at Knaresborough Club Campsite on selected dates in 2024^ (price reductions already applied).
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One of our many caravan and motorhome sites in North Yorkshire, the Knaresborough Club Campsite is set in Lower Nidderdale and serves as a perfect gateway to the Yorkshire Dales and the many attractions of the North of England. The site is surrounded by mature trees and hedges and on fine days it is sunny yet well sheltered.
The historic market town of Knaresborough is within easy access of Knaresborough Club Campsite and boasts a nostalgic town crier, ancient walkways, atmospheric castle ruins, cobbled alleys and secret passages that lead to picturesque tea rooms, delightful restaurants and quaint traditional pubs.
The central market is home to the weekly Wednesday market which is still famous for its locally prepared lavender water. Summer activities include the annual Bed Race in June and Knaresborough Festival in August. This campsite has it all: boating on the River Nidd, scenic walks, excellent dog walk nearby, tennis and pitch 'n' putt - all in all a family destination likely to prove a winner throughout the season. Don't miss beautiful Ripley Castle, the old Court House Museum, magical Mother Shipton's Cave and Petrifying Well.
Throughout the year, you can take advantage of the Wanderer Cafe Bar on site, and the children can burn off their energy at the site's play area.
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Directions
Care required for larger outfits through Knaresborough. Leave the A1 at junction 47 onto the A59 (signposted Knaresborough, Harrogate). In 2.25 miles at the roundabout turn right onto the A59 (signposted Knaresborough). Continue through Knaresborough. In 1.25 miles at the two mini roundabouts continue left on the A59 (signposted Harrogate) and turn immediately right onto the B6165 (signposted Ripon, Pateley Bridge). In about 1.5 miles turn right into New Road (signposted Farnham). The Site is on the right in 50 yards. Please note: ignore the first turning to Farnham and Scotton if approaching from Ripley.
Sites key:
- Postcode:
- HG5 9HH
- GPS:
- Lat 54.02373 / Lon -1.501564
- Plan a route to this site
- OS field ref:
- SE327588
- OS map ref:
- 104
- Handbook map ref:
- H10
Transport links
- Bus stop within 1 mile
- Buses go to: Knaresborough and Ripon
- Car hire on site
- Daily public Transport within 1 mile
- Nearest train station: Knaresborough
- Train station within 5 miles
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top spot to stay
Knaresborough Club Campsite
hi all
another super stay was had last weekend
could not fault the site
great facilitys, great weather
even went into the cafe which was very nice
super location with some great walks
pleny of space between each allotted parking space
will be back again in the near future
staff super helpful and friendley what more could you want
robert peckover
Great for a spa break
Knaresborough Club Campsite
We spent a pleasant few nights here in October. The site is open and level with great facilities and very welcoming and efficient wardens. The information room is great, particularly around practical information such as bus timetables, taxi firms and local car parks that do not have height barriers. There is road noise but to be expected given the location of the site alongside a busy road.
The walk into Knaresborough along the road isn't great. Narrow pavements that often require single file walking and heavy traffic with large vehicles passing very close by. Walking with children may be difficult in parts. We didn't have time to do the safer and more pleasant walk via the gorge and after our first foray on foot opted to use the bus. It runs every two hours and is a quick journey into Knaresborough although be aware that the last bus returning to the site (at time of writing) leaves Knaresborough at 5.30pm. Thanks to the members, also on the bus who helped us to get off at the right stop!
Knaresborough was less interesting than I had thought although there are some lovely old buildings to look at. The bus into Harrogate leaves Knaresborough every 15 minutes and is an easy 20-30 minute trip. We used the bus to travel into Harrogate and can recommend Bettys (no queue as we arrived for breakfast at 10am) and the Turkish Baths. Both are a real treat, the historic baths are beautiful to look at and at around £25 for two hours are not bad value. Best to book in advance though as the sessions soon fill up.
The only spoiler is members who choose not to control their dogs allowing them to use my motorhome and grass alongside as a toilet. Five dogs. A warden was very helpful and said that he would keep an eye on those outfits and talk to the owners if he saw what we had described. Unreasonable though for members with dogs to submit other members to this sort of thing and unpleasant for wardens to be in a position where they have to ask adults to observe simple and reasonable requests to control dogs and keep them on a lead.
A lovely site in a picturesque area
Knaresborough Club Campsite
We've been touring 16 years and never had previously visited Knaresborough. Although you have to be careful going through Knaresborough town centre, it's a straightforward enough route as long as you keep looking well ahead and anticipating the movement of other vehicles.
The site itself is 2 miles away from the town centre - about a 40 minute walk if you use the main road. It's busy but with a footpath alongside most people won't have an issue. There's certain points near the town where you need to cross over to keep on a footpath and this can be a bit tricky if the road is busy. There is another way into town via the Nidd Gorge - a lovely route through the woods that we recommend. We got an Uber taxi from town back to the site and this was only £5 which we thought reasonable. The bus service sadly isn't good - a cursory check of the local services revealed a 2 hourly service which obviously you'd need to plan in advance.
There's a great pub 10 minutes walk (into Scotton) from the site and we recommend a visit for a beer or two and a meal.
The site is very well kept and there are 2 main facilities blocks. The older (upper) one did seem to be a bit cold when we were there - perhaps this is down for a refresh sometime. The lower block was modern and comfortable, no similar issues. The wardens team were great, very friendly and knowledgeable about the things worth seeing locally. We weren't too keen on the main bins being down at the entrance but understand this is a central CAMC thing and not something the site team did.
We did have minor issues on our pitch with the electric - the alarm kept going off on our fridge which warns of a potential capacity overload (even when the caravan heating was set to 1kw) so we switched to gas when we were there. This could have been unique to our pitch I don't know - I didn't bring up with the site team as to be honest everyrthing else about the site was perfect. We moved on after our planned 3 night stay to Cayton Village site in Scarborough and the fridge behaved itself perfectly on electric leading me to assume it must have either been an issue with our electric post or an overall capacity issue on the site.
That aside, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. With the distance away from the town centre I'd say it wasn't that brilliant for families, although like us, a shorter stay is fine as long as you can get off in your car somewhere. Motorhomers might struggle if they leave their unit on site though.
Hope this review doesn't appear to be negative - our honest opinion is it's excellent for short stays, but the location makes it less effective for longer stays
Great Site
Knaresborough Club Campsite
Love this site, has the addition of the Wanderer bar and now can take your dog's in. Wardens lovely and friendly, very helpful with info. Easy walk to local pub Guy Fawkes arms, amazing food. Can walk into Knaresborough 40 mins or bus stop outside, great location. Pitches excellent and big. Will be back x
Mrs T 1968
Reviewed on 16/10/2024 14:34
A great site
Knaresborough Club Campsite
This really is a good site, tidy, clean, great wardens and a lovely dog walk. The only criticism I would have is that the bin location for me who is less abled means driving out of the exit site barriers, and back in the entrance stopping across the access to get access to the bins. I was on the serviced pitches at the top of the site, the farthest point from the entrance and exit. Great supporter of loosing the black bags, but why not put a couple of bins at the top of the site as well as other non CAMC sites I have been on. Easily moved by the wardens when full with their tractors.
One other point I am not really sure about and that is if the cafe/bistro should really be open to members of the public given it is not that big and access is well inside the site boundary.
RKJ52
Reviewed on 07/10/2024 17:04
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- Telephone:
- 01423 860196
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