Willow Caravan Park Reviews

Coronation weekend

Fantastic spot with grass pitch, electric hook up and a lovely café and farm shop on site. No kids makes it very much a quiet and peaceful setting with great woodland walks. Fabulous amenities and only 10mins from York City centre. Highly recommended. Many Thanks Willow Caravan Park, Dave & Sarah ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Site's response

Thank you so much for your review and I am pleased you both enjoyed your stay, Dave and Sarah! We look forward to welcoming you back :) - Anja

bird song beautiful

stayed two nights then booked another night as did not want to leave. grass pitch for tent next to a pond with rushes moorhens znd ducks picturesque quiet. birdsong very chirpy happy. hoots of owls at night. loo and shower block one of the best I have used. room to shower,unlimited time, chair provided, big enough wet room to dress in a dry area. brilliant very clean

Convenient and clean

Good location and easy access to the pitch. Facilities were basic but clean. The only downsides were that there was no security (reception/gates) and the road to and from facilities was pretty muddy and messy due to the rain. Would still recommend.

Quiet location

The site is very quiet, it was unfortunate that the shop/café wasn't open. We understand that it was between Xmas and over the New Year period, but we were not told it would be shut. Also, we had to mop out the showers before and after use, which we didn't think was great.

Camping

Really lovely campsite. So clean, nice and quiet and also great toilet/ shower facilities.

Site's response

Thank you so much for you review, happy to hear you enjoyed your stay with us! We look forward to welcoming you back soon!

No complaints

Stayed 2 nights. Took loads of BBQ and snack so never tried the café but others who we spoke to recommended it. Buses are a max rate £2 into York, taxi back was £11 at 8pm, so all was cheap. Campsite was quiet, plenty of room between tents. Toilets and showers were clean.

Site's response

Thank you so much for your review, we are glad to hear you enjoyed your stay at our site! We look forward to welcoming you back! - Anja

Lovely peaceful site on outskirts of the city

This is such a great location for a camp site, only just off the ring road, so within easy reach of the Park 'n' Ride and York City Centre. The tent area is at the end of the site and is very peaceful and quiet; the lovely ponds were full of wildlife - including a family of friendly moorhens. It was a long way from the toilet and shower block though. A single portaloo was provided for campers, though unfortunately, the people camping on the electric hook-up pitches seemed to think it was for their sole use, with one family pitching their tent right up against it and claiming it for their own! This made it very awkward and embarrassing if we wanted to use it. Likewise caravanners and those on the hard standing areas hogged all the water points so we were forced to walk all the way to the main shower block to get water. The 'real' campers seem to be an afterthought - priority is given to the caravan and large tent pitches. However, the site is still good value for money, and we enjoyed the peace and quiet, walking to the nearest village pub and foraging for sloes, wild damson, hazelnuts and crab apples in the hedgerows.

Site's response

Thank you for your review and glad to hear you enjoyed your stay. Lovely to know you enjoyed the wildlife ponds and saw the Moorhen family, they seem to like to see guests when staying! Each electric point does have a water point, there would've been one alongside the electric tent pitches, I apologise if this wasn't available when you needed this. We are working on improvements for the site and we will take this feedback on board and discuss with the team. We hope to see you back on site again - Anja

Wet week

Very wet, but not the site's fault. Pitches need to be marked out, and quite a hike to toilets. Asked for an electric hook up, but could not have one for all week but the ones by our tent were not used the whole time of our stay.

Site's response

Thank you for your review. We are looking into marked pitches, this is something we can't do while the campsite is open for this season. In regards to the electric pitches, I can see on your booking it is booked as a non electric pitch and due to being full on our system for electric bookings, we wouldn't have been able to accommodate you moving to an electric pitch. In regards to the campers not using electric, some do book this area as it is a more open space and may not always use the electrics for the full duration of their stay. Thank you for your feedback and hope you come back to the site again.

Lovely and peaceful place to stay

What a gorgeous place to stay, just a stones throw away from the centre of York. Amazingly peaceful, especially considering how close you are to the city. We got an Uber to and from York, which took a while to come and collect us from the site (it seemed the driver kept collecting extra trips within the city before coming out to get us which was frustrating, but a fault with Uber, not the camp site!), so would recommend either driving or getting the bus which we were told was very close by. The staff in the café were helpful too and gave us the card for a local taxi firm which probably would have been better too. The café and gift shop are really lovely, and we had a Kinder cookie pie which was absolutely delicious! Nice coffee too. We loved looking out the front of our tent and watching the baby coots by the pond. This was probably our favourite part of our stay - the peace and quiet and nature. The shower block is a fair walk from the tent part of the site, but that's just part of camping! It took us a while to figure out how to get the best pressure out of the shower, but when we did it was fine. Despite notices in the showers apologising for low pressure, we found no issue once we got the knack! We had a wonderful time and will definitely be back :) Thank you for a lovely stay!

Site's response

Thank you so much for your review and I am really glad to hear you enjoyed your stay with us! We are glad to see you went into the café and gift shop too, the cookie pies are amazing! We look forward to welcoming you back on site soon!

Beautiful campsite

Beautiful campsite, however ruined by teenagers. We pitched up our tent in a beautiful spot, the whole area of tent pitches is lovely and we loved you can pick where you camp. However, we went out for dinner in York to come back to the site being full of rowdy teenagers, which made the rest of the night very unpleasant.

Site's response

Thank you for your review, I am sorry to hear about 'teenagers' on the site, we are an adult-only site so there shouldn't have been any under the age of 18 booked in. We have someone on-site should there have been any issues. If you had called the number we would've sent someone down to check straight away. I hope you will come back to the site, as we would love to have you back. Thank you

Great location if visiting York

Great location. Good quiet site. Having a reception/human presence to ask questions of would have been helpful. We stayed in a tent but the tent-area is such a long way from the toilet and shower facilities. This didn't make sense to me really as it is the tent campers who need those services the most. It was clean though and a nice location :) Oh, other thing to be careful about, the showers seem to be on the same water circuit as the washing up sink outside. The shower got very very hot when someone ran cold water in the outside sink. Please be aware of that, particularly if you have little ones. Aside from that (which I hope they can fix) the showers were great, decent pressure, good heat and no extra charge. Thank you for the stay, I wish you well with your site and I hope the feedback is useful to you.

Site's response

Hi Kathrin, thank you for your review and glad to hear you enjoyed your stay! Thank you for your feedback regarding the toilets being far away, we understand they are a bit of a walk. We have only just started taking on camping bookings properly as of this April, we are looking into a lot of things to make this side of the site better for the future. In regards to the shower, we are aware of some issues and are trying to fix these the best we can, it can be a long process and a difficult one due to being in a field. Please note that no younger guests under 18 "little ones" will be using the showers or facilities as we are an adult only site. We appreciate your feedback and we look forward to welcoming you back! Anja.

Peaceful night

Had a peaceful night's stay at Willow Caravan Park, would definitely stay there again if travelling to York in the future.

Site's response

Thank you for your review! I am happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you back in the future! Anja.

Nice site, good location

Lovely site, very tidy and peaceful. Good location with a retail park nearby. Has a really nice café and gift shop on site, cakes were amazing. However, we were in a tent with electric hook up and upon arrival, found tents were the furthest away from toilets and showers and it was a bit of a free for all if you wanted to use electric. You just have find a spot, and hope your camping hook up reaches the socket that lots of people have to use. If you come later, you may be out of luck. This socket tower also houses the water tap, bit bizarre having electric and water together. It was a bit of a trek to the toilets, especially if you needed to go during the night. They should be nearer the tents as caravans don't have as much of a need for the toilets. I would recommend, but be aware about the little things that may make a difference to your stay.

Site's response

Thank you for your review, we are actively making changes to make things run more smoothly. We hope to see you back again!

Perfect

Everything was perfect. We stayed on an electric tent pitch with no problems at all. It was very peaceful, will be returning.

Site's response

Thank you so much for your review, Graham. We look forward to welcoming you back - Anja