4.42 /5
118 reviews
85%
would recommend
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Clear filters Fantastic stay
Sprinter-Type Campervan - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Oct 2024 A fantastic site, very tidy and well kept. The toilets and showers were clean and modern. There were some lovely walks in the area. 10/10, I would definitely stay again.
Site's response
Thank you David, there are some beautiful walks. We look forward to greeting you again one day.
Brilliant place and surrounding area
Extra Large Tent - Electric Grass Pitches Oct 2024 Brilliant place and surrounding area, will definitely visit again. I could see there being a shortage of shower and toilet facilities in the bust peek.
Site's response
Very glad to hear you enjoyed your stay and our fabulous location. Thank you.
Really enjoyed this beautiful site and surrounding areas
Single Axle Caravan - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Sep 2024 We will return. A brilliant site and a lovely area.
Site's response
We shall look forward to greeting you again. Thank you for your review.
Quiet campsite with excellent facilities
Sprinter-Type Campervan - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Sep 2024 Castle Howard Lakeside Holiday Park was a lucky find. Most of the other visitors were very quiet and respectful, and arrived and stayed a couple of days, weekends or week days.
The site was easy to navigate and kept clean and tidy, with an ample supply of bins to deposit your rubbish in. The site facilities were central in the tourer field and kept clean and fully stocked. The showers were hot and there were free hairdryers should you need one. There was also an attached washing up room with a washing machine and dryer.
Apart from a little bit of bad weather, it was a pleasant and easy stay for us, we are relatively new to the motorhome holiday but found it easy to position our van and place our awning. Thank you for a great stay.
Site's response
What a detailed review! Thank you Stephen. We are pleased to hear that your experience here was a good one.
Very friendly
Medium Tent - Non Electric Grass Pitches Aug 2024 Made extremely welcome on first arrival. Loads of space, excellent, clean facilities. A little bit noisy at night due to the main road but apart from that, all good.
Site's response
Lovely to hear that our receptionists gave you a good welcome and thank you for reviewing Lakeside.
New happy place
Single Axle Caravan - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Aug 2024 A beautiful place with stunning surroundings, very peaceful and amazing skies at night due to the lack of light pollution. Great place for the dogs as has a lovely lakeside walk.
Facilities cleaned daily, just a shame the shop wasn't open longer and the pub was nearer. Would definitely come back again and again.
Site's response
Many thanks for reviewing Lakeside. We agree; the stars on a dark night really are fantastic and our lovely countryside is great for walking. We hope to welcome you again.
Nice for family
Large Tent - Non Electric Grass Pitches Aug 2024 I stayed for 3 night to explore north Yorkshire. It was lovely and spacious, but I think they were very poor on showers and toilets.
Also, the tumble drier wasn't working properly so we had to bring everything wet back home, but it was worth it still. It had a lovely lake and it was dog friendly 😊
Site's response
August is always a popular time for our lovely site. We're sorry that you found the facilities so busy but glad to hear that this didn't spoil your visit. The lake is beautiful!
Thank you for your review.
Quiet
Single Axle Caravan - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Aug 2024 Site was very quiet as we wanted. Shower and toilet block could do with an update as they were quite old, but I must say the water was lovely and hot in the shower. Only 4 toilets for the whole site.
Site's response
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Glad to hear you had a peaceful stay. There are four showers and toilets in both the ladies and the gents facilities and a separate cubicle for our less able guests.
Most congenital
Motorhome - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Aug 2024 Booked at the last minute at half the cost of other sites. Perfect for our requirement of an overnight stop with showers and electricity. Very polite and helpful staff.
If I was coming this way again, would just come again without looking elsewhere.
Site's response
Many thanks Andrew. It's good to know you were made to feel welcome and that our facilities were to your liking. We hope to see you again one day.
Great location
VW-Type Campervan - Non Electric Grass Pitches Aug 2024 Lovely meadow with a lake beside it. Adjacent to Castle Howard.
Site's response
We're glad you enjoyed our surroundings Lee. They look lovely through all seasons. Do come again.
Great
Large Tent - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Aug 2024 Perfect little campsite. Lovely and quiet! We had a hard standing pitch for our tent, which was hard to peg down but managed in the end. I think I only saw one member of staff and that's when we checked in.
Perfect for wildlife, fishing and watching the stars. Little girl loved it and it was great for her riding her bike around and not having to worry too much about cars.
Only thing that would be great if there was a play area, but you would probably loose the peace and quite of the site.
Site's response
Thank you for taking the time to write your detailed review. We agree that our quiet, rural location is lovely and, on a clear night, the stars really are special. Glad you enjoyed your time here.
Friendly staff
VW-Type Campervan - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Aug 2024 Friendly staff, great welcome, nice little shop and good camping spots 😃
Site's response
We appreciate your feedback. Thank you.
Our stay
Medium Tent - Non Electric Grass Pitches Aug 2024 First time camping for my wife and she loved the location. I thought it was perfect for a quiet relaxing day/night. We stayed in the over flow part of the site. Next time we will be booking with the kids as I'm sure they would love it.
If you or the kids want to spend time on technology, then I'd not recommend the site as we couldn't get any internet at all but a 5 star rating from us and wait to come again.
Site's response
We look forward to your return with the children. Thank you for your lovely comments.
Good location
VW-Type Campervan - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Aug 2024 I stayed one night at Castle Howard on my journey south from the Borders.
It is well located, being a 2 minute drive from Castle Howard or a 30 minute walk. There is a shop onsite and helpful staff. All the facilities you would expect are provided. The grass camping area was busy and I was situated on a hardstanding pitch which was level and well maintained.
A good site to explore the surrounding area.
Site's response
Many thanks for reviewing Lakeside so thoroughly. We hope that you will 'pass through' again or maybe stay a little longer to explore North Yorkshire?
Motorhome
VW-Type Campervan - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Aug 2024 Amazing site. Well sign posted.throughout the site. Clean facilities. Definitely visit again.
Site's response
It's good to hear that you enjoyed your visit to Lakeside. We look forward to greeting you in the future. Thanks for writing your review.
Camping etiquette
Sprinter-Type Campervan - Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches Aug 2024 A lovely campsite but only one toilet block for campervans/caravans and campers, so it was very busy at times and cleaned once a day. I was sited on a pitch next to the lake walk entrance, the number of people who cut across my pitch and walked between my van and windbreak was unbelievable- what has happened to camping etiquette?
I would go back but would ask to be placed on a different pitch.
Site's response
Summer at Lakeside can get busy; we're sorry to read that other campers heading to the lake were not respectful of your space.
However, it is good to know that you would like to return. We hope to see you soon.
Beautiful setting, excellent families, accommodating staff
Extra Large Tent - Non Electric Grass Pitches Aug 2024 Just came back from a fantastic stay at this site.
Originally booked a non-electric pitch by mistake and the hosts were wonderful, moving us to a more suitable pitch and even ensuring we had the sun during the heatwave! Facilities are the best we have encountered. Hot showers, free hairdryers, washer, drier, freezer etc. stunning location, we visited the lavender fields and Castle Howard, and both were breath-taking.
Could not recommend this site more, we will definitely be back. Thank you again to the hosts for their patience and kindness.
Site's response
What a lovely review of our site, our staff and the area! Thank you. We shall look forward to welcoming you again in the future.
Lovely site
Large Tent - Non Electric Grass Pitches Jul 2024 Very clean site. Nice location next to the lake. Facilities were clean and plenty. Nice little shop on site too. Will stay again.
Site's response
Your review is appreciated. Thank you.
Lovely site
Large Tent - Non Electric Grass Pitches Jul 2024 Lovely clean and friendly site. Really enjoyed our stay with everything needed, toilets, showers, shop and beautiful scenery.
Site's response
We hope to see you again. Thank you for your review.
Overcrowded, noisy and inadequate facilities Medium Tent - Non Electric Grass Pitches Jul 2024 The main camping field was overcrowded with tents, people and cars everywhere. It was also very noisy, with music and loud talking until early in the morning.
The main problem with the site is the lack of loos and showers to cope with the number of campers they try and squeeze onto the site. Queues to use everything!
Site's response
Thank you for taking the time to let us know about your visit. We're sorry that other guests were not adhering to our site conditions and that you found the facilities lacking.
I will pass your comments to the relevant management team.
Stunning
Small Tent - Electric Grass Pitches Jul 2024 Very beautiful location. Well maintained. Quiet and peaceful.
Site's response
We agree. Once seen you can understand why this location is classed as an 'Area of Outstanding Beauty'. There are lots of lovely places to explore. Glad you enjoyed your stay.
Camping
Small Tent - Non Electric Grass Pitches Jul 2024 Excellent, very happy with my stay.
Site's response
This is good to hear. Thank you.
Beautiful location and lovely staff!
Medium Tent - Electric Grass Pitches Jul 2024 The campsite is just across the lake from the beautiful Castle Howard and only 25 minutes from York. We had a great stay, would definitely recommend!
Site's response
We're so pleased to hear that our staff and location helped to make your visit to Lakeside a memorable one.
Never stay here unless you want no sleep! Extra Large Tent - Non Electric Grass Pitches Jun 2024 I would never stay here again! Booked for two nights and left after one! Large groups were playing music until 2am, shouting, banging car doors and no security or staff on site.
I wish I hadn't paid to stay as there was no point in paying as it felt like anyone could just turn up and party all night as there no staff after 5pm. Felt very uneasy and not safe.
Site's response
We're sorry to hear that, on this occasion, you did not enjoy your stay at Lakeside. This was not the norm for our site as you can read in other reviews.
We are also disappointed that your holiday was spoilt by an inconsiderate group of people. Your comments have been passed to management and our security will be reviewed.
Terrible! Jun 2024 Well where do I start? Nice location. However, extremely isolated, no shops or pub etc.
Now the negatives. Castle Howard house is made out to be here, yet it is a 1.5 mile walk, along a road with no path. The "lakeside view" doesn't exist and finding the lake took some doing. You can only walk along the lake for approx. 10 mins before being stopped by a locked gate. No staff or reception after 17:00. No security or warden. No way of identifying if the tent next to you has even paid to be there. Noise curfew is not enforced - resulting in loud music/laughing/shouting etc all night until 02:30 in the morning.
No control of group sizes, think 4 car loads of people to one large tent. People arriving in large groups, then also setting up marquees for a canteen etc. Flying drones. Poor facilities (basic hostel style showers etc). Camping field is near a main road, which also appears to be used as a local race track. Fishing is advertised, yet no explanation on site how or where. No management on a weekend, reception is staffed however, we were told about our complaints, "this is above my pay grade". Some pitches are used as walk through for the woods and could be disrupted.
To summarise, a noisy, unmanaged, uncontrolled site. Shame as it could be lovely! I highly recommend you don't visit, I've been to many smaller privately owned sites which outclass this site in every way.
Site's response
Thank you for taking the time to review Lakeside. We're sorry to read that your stay was not to your liking or as we would expect.
It is a shame that other guests did not adhere to our site conditions regarding noise and permitted equipment as generally we are a family-friendly and peaceful site where, during our busiest times of the year, we have regular security patrols throughout the night.
Our location is described as rural on the Campsites information page; it also mentions that Castle Howard itself is a 20-30 minute walk away.
I am pleased to report that since your visit, a footpath now runs along the road and we also have a newly refurbished reception area with a small shop selling some essentials and some luxuries. Our reception and shop is open daily, where our friendly staff will give you all the information needed regarding campsite rules, fishing, activities in the area and the closest pubs.
