Smugglers Rock Certificated Location

Ravenscar, Scarborough, North Yorkshire

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Please note that this site doesn't provide toilets or showers and so guests must bring their own facilities.

Set in the National Park, Smugglers Rock Certificated Location (CAMC members only) in Ravenscar offers glorious countryside and sea views to tempt guests. There are five fully serviced grass pitches for touring vans and motorhomes with very easy access to the main Scarborough to Whitby road. Enjoy the sea views and real home-from-home atmosphere of a small site and get to know all that North Yorkshire has on offer.

About the site

Tucked in the North York Moors National Park with views across the countryside toward the sea, the site is a great spot for exploring the moors and coast. The pitches are well spaced, grassed and fully serviced with water, drainage and electric to the pitch. It's well placed for Scarborough, Robin Hood's Bay and all the Gothic attractions of Whitby. The North York Moors are a very popular walking and cycling area and excellent routes are everywhere you look, such as the Esk Valley Walk, Tabular Hills Walk and Lyke Wake Walk. The site benefits from easy access, being just a couple of miles from the main Scarborough to Whitby road, great for touring caravans and motorhomes. A local beach lies just a couple of miles away and from there you can walk to Robin Hood's Bay or to Ravenscar to see the seal colony there.

The site is open from Easter until the start of October.

Facilities and amenities

Accessible facilities

Allow commercial vans

Allow pets on site

Café / restaurant / takeaway

Drinking water

Family friendly

Shop

Showers

Toilets

W.C. disposal

Electric hookups

EV charging

Near beach

Peaceful

Water hookups

WiFi

Facilities include fresh water points, toilet emptying facilities, and an electric car charging point (charged at cost and by arrangement only), Wi-Fi at 80 mbps speed is available at a cost of £1 per night per pitch. There are no toilets or showers at the site.

Map and address

Park address

Smugglers Rock Certificated Location,

Smugglers Rock, Staintondale Road, Ravenscar, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0ER

Coordinates

54.3918, -0.4997 | NZ 97 0

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Smugglers Rock Certificated Location is ideal for...

Couples

Members only

Older children (13+)

Peace and quiet

There are 5 accommodation options on-site

5 x Fully Serviced Grass Pitches

The site is all grass and slightly sloping. There's pitches for 5 touring caravans on the one acre field adjacent to the house. Each of the pitches has access to a 16A electric hook-up, water tap and drainage.

Site tariff

Interested in staying at Smugglers Rock Certificated Location?

Unfortunately Smugglers Rock Certificated Location doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.

Site rules and policies

Up to 2 dogs are allowed at each pitch at no extra charge.

For the comfort and convenience of all guests, dogs must be tied up whilst on the site and must be exercised off the premises with no fouling of the site.

Things to do on site and in the Scarborough area

This is a lovely spot for exploring the North Yorks National Park as well as Scarborough, Whitby and Robin Hoods Bay. Pickering, Goathland and York are just a bit further away.

Keen walkers will be pleased to hear that the site is close to the Cleveland Way walking trail and the Moors to Sea cycle route, as well as the Old Cinder Track which runs between Scarborough and Whitby.

Cycling and walking are very popular in the national park and you'll be rewarded with unbelievable sea and moorland views in all directions.

There is access to the pebbly beach from Ravenscar. There is a path round the edge of the golf course at Raven Hall Hotel and access depends upon the tide, but once reached the location is well worth it, although the 600ft climb down and back up is very strenuous.

The beach at Stoupe Beck Sands is lovely and sandy and is accessed two miles from the site. It is a lovely walk to Robin Hood's Bay along the beach (tide permitting, or on the cliff top path when the tide is in).

A disused railway line from Whitby to Scarborough is very pleasant for hiking and passes by the Hayburn Wyke Pub. Alum shale shaped the coast you see now, so why not explore the old Alum Works in Ravenscar and the National Trust Centre which offers hands-on activities and exhibitions for adults and children.

For hot meals, The Bryerstones Inn at Cloughton (4 miles away) is highly recommended, as is The Falcon Inn (2 miles away), but there are many other good options in the area.