Suggestions - within 2 hours of Durham
Hello all 
Sadly circumstances mean that we are probably only going to get about 10 days away in our little caravan this year at some point in August. We live in London but my caravan is at my parents in Durham so we're looking for a CL within a couple of hours drive or Durham (We often do South West Scotland but are looking for somewhere new this time). We don't need ehu and we have 2 dogs. We really like the quiet basic sites - does anyone have any suggestions please?
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We are booked into a non EHU site on the N Yorks moors in a couple of weeks - Grange Farm Bungalow. We haven't stayed there before but it has good reviews. The Lake District would also be feasible but we have only stayed on EHU sites there to date.
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Athel, our find of last year was a wonderful private site called West Kyloe Farm. It is a mile or so from the A1 opposite the Beal turn off to Lindisfarne! in Northumberland. Gorgeous location, quiet, stunning views, clean and tidy showers and loos. You
have the fabulous beaches of North Northumberland on your doorstep, Loads of castles, houses and gardens to visit, Berwick on Tweed a few miles North. Walking and cycling are a dream. Very dog friendly, off lead walk on site up farm path. I did a proper review,
possibly with photos on Caravanchat, so take a look over on that website. Hope this helps
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We are booked into a non EHU site on the N Yorks moors in a couple of weeks - Grange Farm Bungalow. We haven't stayed there before but it has good reviews. The Lake District would also be feasible but we have only stayed on EHU sites there to date.
Would be really interested to hear how you get on - that is one of the ones I already had to consider.
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Athel, our find of last year was a wonderful private site called West Kyloe Farm. It is a mile or so from the A1 opposite the Beal turn off to Lindisfarne! in Northumberland. Gorgeous location, quiet, stunning views, clean and tidy showers and loos. You
have the fabulous beaches of North Northumberland on your doorstep, Loads of castles, houses and gardens to visit, Berwick on Tweed a few miles North. Walking and cycling are a dream. Very dog friendly, off lead walk on site up farm path. I did a proper review,
possibly with photos on Caravanchat, so take a look over on that website. Hope this helpsSounds good - I love Northumberland.
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If you are happy to go on a site with EHU there is a lovely CL at Richmond Scarr Close. The field is big and when we were there it was mowed almost like a golf course. At the bottom of the field is an entrance to woods which was a really fab place for
walking the dog. I understand that you could walk all along the river and into Richmond but we didn't do that. The CL is really peacefull, in a quiet village with a local pub....I shall try to remember to post after we have been to North Yorks.0 -
Another Northumbrian gem, Elf Hills Farm, which is probably under Rothbury CLs. Farm is on the Wallington NT Estate, walled, level grass area, up on moors, so a nice alternative to more coastal West Kyloe. Cragside House isn't far, Rothbury is a lovely place,
and you have miles of moorland to explore. Long tarmac farm drive gives safe off lead dog walking, fenced from stock. No facilities other than EHU, but another site we return to again and again. I have left a review on their CL page at some point! Can't remember
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Hi Athel, there is a lovely CS (C&CC) site called The Croft, located between Durham and Seaham.
It has a small copse for dog walking and an adjacent farm track that can also be used. There are plenty of interesting coastal towns to explore with dog friendly beaches.
This is an adults only site, please see
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Hi Athel, there is a lovely CS (C&CC) site called The Croft, located between Durham and Seaham.
It has a small copse for dog walking and an adjacent farm track that can also be used. There are plenty of interesting coastal towns to explore with dog friendly beaches.
This is an adults only site, please see
this link .Thanks for the suggestion - we're not members of the C&CC and as we would only be using this one site this year I'm not sure it would be worth joining but I have added it to my book of places to remember for the future
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I haven't stayed at the one in Northallerton that you mentioned but I have stayed at a one called Spring Thyme not too far away from Northallerton which is a nice little site at a good price.
Agreed, we stopped there last year. It was fine for us.
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Hello Athel. I am just back from Grange Farm Bungalow in North Yorkshire Dales. It was absoutely lovely. Just a rather large field, extremely tidy (mowed 3 times whilst we were there), peaceful, with good walks in the area. There is also a lovely tea
room (Sunday lunch and Sandwiches were delicious either two fields over or 20 minutes walk by road. Andy the farmer could not be more helpful. We loved it. There was a rally field nearby but no noise issues for us. The only slight downside is the narrow
lane on entry but if you look far enough ahead you would be able to see if another caravan was coming. We loved this CL. Whilst in the middle of nowhere, it was really near Scarborough and not too far from Whitby.0 -
Glad that you've found a couple of good CL that suit you. Not a lot of use to us though as neither have EHU.
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We stayed at a lovely one last weekend also Fearby Grange. Tidy field with stunning views. Just outside Masham in North Yorks. 5 mins by car into Masham or a nice 30 min walk over the fields. Easy to get to off the A1.
that one is also on my list for a future visit, I think we must have similar taste in cls.
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Love CL's. We went to our first "proper site" last week before moving onto a CL for the weekend. Whilst the site was fine, it is CL's for us all the way. Solar panel was a good investment as in summer we save a fortune using basic CL's.
We are the same Tracey, some little beauties for a fiver a night. Great in the Summer, and you often get the site to yourself, even at the height of Summer.
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