This was our first time to visit this part of the coastline and we were mightily impressed with the beauty of the coves and beaches that are within easy walking distance of the site. Buses run very regularly into Whitley Bay and onwards to Newcastle. The best trip we made was to Tynemouth (bus 308 or 309 to the bandstand stop in Whitley Bay and from there the number 1 to Tynemouth). Very quaint and we loved Riley's Fish Shack which is situated down on the Castle beach. It is quite expensive, but the food was excellent - sipping a glass of wine sitting on the balcony of the shack and watching the waves role in - it just couldn't get better. It rained quite a bit when we were there and the field started to become quite churned up. Ideally the access roads need to be completed throughout the site. The pitch we chose was one of the more level ones and we used large Milenco levelling ramps with our motorhome wheels on the highest level. Even so, we could have done with even more height to fully level the unit. So beware, little/light ramps will not be very effective on this site.