Finchale Abbey Residential & Touring Park

The shower and toilet block was lovely, very clean, warm and had lots of cubicles and showers. Personally, I didn't like the site. It felt very crowded with touring vans, wood lodges and a couple of shepherd's huts all crammed in with very little space between. It also felt a bit impersonal with the online booking quickly followed with about 4 or 5 emails with rules and information such as the code which is used to gain entry to the site and the shower block, so we never dealt with an actual person.

The shower and toilet block was lovely, very clean, warm and had lots of cubicles and showers. Personally, I didn't like the site. It felt very crowded with touring vans, wood lodges and a couple of shepherd's huts all crammed in with very little space between. It also felt a bit impersonal with the online booking quickly followed with about 4 or 5 emails with rules and information such as the code which is used to gain entry to the site and the shower block, so we never dealt with an actual person.

Spent a couple of nights here in the van. Very nice peaceful site midweek with an easy cycle route into Durham which could be done on foot aswell, although it does sort of take you through the middle of the prison at one point! Some pitches look OK but most are far from level, and the hard standing ones are only just big enough to fit a small van on so be prepared so do some serious levelling (chocks are provided) Facilities block is very good and kept very clean. Showers are a good size and you get a decent time length from the push button. It's all done remotely with entry details sent via email so you don't have a personal greeting, and the reception isn't obvious as it looks like it's part of the Abbey set up. But once you find it there are some interesting leaflets and if you need wifi you can get it there but not on the site.