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What a fab site! We couldn't get on the year before as the owner wouldn't book us an electric hook up as 'it was bank holiday and they might get busy'? This utterly confounded us, but we tried again and were able to book (not BH this time!) and it was well worth it.
You can see Dunstanborough castle from the main entrance and there's lovely countryside all around. The facilities were extensive and clean. Miles from the tents, but that seems often to be the case. Nice flat field with a very countryside feel. Quiet and peaceful. The pub in Dunstan served nice food. Nearest supermarket was in Alnwick. Must see attraction-Alnwick gardens, they are fabulous!
Had a great 4 night stay at Proctor's Stead at the end of August and it was brilliant. I used these reviews in choosing this site, so thought I'd add my comments too! It was the first time that my wife and I had been camping together (although we both grew up camping) so it was great to have such a good experience. Excellent location. About 10 minutes off the A1, and the country lanes aren't too scary. Although you'll need to remember your lefts and rights! Very close to the sea but not too breezy. We were in a two-person tent in the second field, and were given plenty of space. Found it generally very quiet. Paid £16 per night. Facilities were spotless. Very clean toilets & showers. Was a busy site but only had to wait for a cubicle once. 10p in the showers lasted about 5 minutes, but very good & hot! Milk, eggs and 'pop' for sale (honesty box) on owner's doorstep which was very handy. Freezer to put blocks in too, 10p per block. Great access to lots of attractions. Alnwick Garden was well worth a day, as was the town itself. NT Cragside was about 40 mins drive and beautiful (even in the drizzle). Holy Island about 40 mins too. The walk to Dunstanburgh Castle from the site, then back via Craster is a must. Cottage Inn only 5 mins away, and serves great food and beer. Would recommend the site, and use again.
Site was full but far too few toilets to cope - although clean - remainder of site was well tended and a good sized pitch. A good site to visit if you want to test your awning against the wind!
Castles just about round every corner - great!Plus no end of attractions to spend days out - Farnes are a must.
Just returned home after a week at this great campsite.The site is large and flat catering for tents,motorhomes,caravans,statics as well as holiday cottages.The facilities were very well kept all day long even though the site was packed not once were the toilets/showers dirty.The owner works hard all day long in keeping the place neat and tidy and making sure that all of his customers are happy.The site is about a mile from Craster which has a pub(not very good)fish shop and restaurant.The Cottage Inn which is a 5 min walk from the site is a great pub,fine real ales and good food!The site is central for various historic sites which are within short driving distances or there is a bus stop outside the Cottage Inn which goes Berwick-Newcastle.If you want a relaxing stay in Northumberland you will find it hard to better this site!
Fabulous camping site, plenty of space and pitches not too close (more room than the caravan/campervan area if I'm honest). Good solid earthy ground for pitching, we were over by the trees/bushes which provided good protection from the wind.
Very quiet in the evenings, no need for earplugs for me. Owner provides milk, eggs, juice etc and there's a freezer for ice packs. He's also round every day mowing the grass and checking everyones OK, very attentive and the site looks very well kept. Toilets and showers good and clean, not many of them, but only had to queue once.
Craster within easy reach with a nice fish restaurant at the smokery. Otherwise the Cottage Inn is just around the corner and does simple pub grub and a nice selection of beers, plenty of tables too, so no issue getting in.
Otherwise loads to see and do; fantastic beaches, castles, boat trips to the Farne Islands, Lindisfarne not too far away, as is Alnwick, Cragside etc.
We enjoyed our stay at this site. It was larger than we expected and although the site was full, being the middle of summer, it was very quiet both during the day and at night time. The owner took all new arrivals to their allocated pitch, which ensured people pitched within their correct space, and he was often around checking the site which was reassuring. We were in the main field next to the track. Caravans/awnings were pitched reasonably close side by side, but with loads of room at the back/front for parking and sitting out. We had no problem with children playing ball games at all, or dogs being off leads, including our own children and dog! It was handy having milk, eggs, fruit juice and cream available at the owner's bungalow.
Remember to take a supply of 10p coins for the showers. I got up early one morning for a shower, only to find out they were 10p, which I unfortunately didn't have at the time. After having paid £27 a night for a family of five, I assumed showers would be included in the price. However, once we had got the 10ps, we found that one coin supplied a very generous amount of hot water. The showers were also spacious, with a separate area for dressing - great for keeping clothes dry and also for showering young children.
I would advise taking any receipts for deposits paid and a printed copy of the quoted nightly charge with you, especially if this was given by email, as there was some confusion over this on our arrival, which is the last thing you want after a long journey. Although there was a record of our deposit, the owner didn't seem to know the price we had been quoted. We hadn't got a copy of the quote either as our computer had recently broken and we had lost all our emails!
The village store in Crastor was temporarily closed, but Embleton had a well stocked village shop. There were good children's play areas in both villages. The nearest sandy beach was at Dunstan Steads where there are parking places along the lane. Get there early on a sunny day though. It was only a short walk from here over a small part of the golf course to reach the beach, which has lovely views of Dunstanburgh Castle. Further afield, Alnmouth Bay has parking right next to the beach (chargeable),with a pathway leading back to the village, which has small shops and public toilets!
We loved visiting Cragside (National Trust), which was £30 for a family of five. Alnwick Castle was good, but very expensive - about £70 for entry to the castle and gardens for a family of five. Tesco Days Out tokens are valid for the castle but not the gardens. We just visited the castle. There were guided tours around the grounds plus good quality children's entertainment provided by look-a-like characters from the Harry potter films, scenes of which were filmed on location at the castle. To get the most benefit, it might be useful to look at the castle one day and the gardens on a different day. It's £2 to park in the Alnwick Garden car park for the day. For less able walkers just wishing to visit the castle and not the garden, it's closer to park in Alnwick town centre. There were long queues to buy entrance tickets, so get there early in high season. Alnwick itself is a lovely town and has some larger shops, including an Iceland store which we found useful.
Seahouses (good for fish and chips) and Banburgh Castle were also well worth a visit, being a half hour drive from the site. All in all, a very beautiful part of the country to visit.
We recently visited this site as a group of families and received a very warm welcome from the owners on arrival. (By the way, be prepared to pay site fees in cash as you arrive.)
The site is lovely and flat for pitching tents, and there are hedges of various heights around the edge of the fields to shield the wind. The facilities are spotless - there are 4 separate ladies toilets and 4 showers (I think it's the same for the gents) as well as an area with wash hand basins (and sockets for hairdriers!). The washing up area is indoors and there's plenty of hot water.
There are signs asking children not to play ball games, but members of our group did play ball, and fortunately were not 'told off.' There was not an allocated area for children to play, which is a shame, really!
The campsite is well-located within easy reach of Dunstanburgh Castle and Embleton Beach (easy walking distance) and further afield, Seahouses - famous for boat trips out to the Farne Islands (bird and seal watching!) We walked to Embleton beach most days - it's about a mile away, and takes about 30 mins to walk to when you have little people with you. Be warned that there's no shelter down there - we all got drenched when a thunderstorm came over.
We'll visit the site again, to take in all the sights we missed this time round!
The tent area is in a dedicated enclosure at the rear of the campsite, which guarantees some tranquillity away from the campervans.
There is a drinking water tap at the corner of the enclosure so that the little distance to the amenities block is not a problem.
The ground was the right texture to pitch the tent. Since the campsite is not right on the seashore, it was slightly windy but not too much, and the sea can still be heard from there.
All facilities were clean.
Paid £16pn for 2 adults, a car and a 4-people tent.
Was a bit surprised with having to pay 10p for the shower, but the duration was long enough so nothing to complain about there.
The pitch has to be cleared by 12 noon.
Craster is not far away, a nice walk indeed, with a pub and restaurant. It is also the access to the coastal walk towards Dunstanburgh Castle - leave the car on campsite and walk to the castle via Craster to avoid the Pay and Display car park at the entrance of the village.
It's a good campsite on the way up/down the coast, but it's a long drive to get to Cragside / Wallington, both well worth the visit in their own style.
We have just spent 2 nights at this campsite. Very quiet with friendly staff. 10 minute walk to Craster where there is one of the best walks on the NE coast to Dunstanburgh Castle. Craster is a traditional fishing village with a pub and restaurant. There is also a shop selling fresh crab, kippers, lobster etc.
Showers and toilets are dated but very clean. They are a little open to the elements but will be fine in summer.
The site is on a working farm and the kids loved seeing the cows in the barn from a viewing area. No playground but plenty of open space.
The site is in an excellent location for visits to Northumberland's best attractions.
The site was one of the cleanest and quietest sites we have been to, and we did not mind paying 10p to use the shower as this was offset by the cheaper cost of ice pack freezing compared to other sites, which the owner donates to charity.
We found the owner both pleasant and approachable. It was nice to see him regularly checking the site on his bike, and we observed other people maintaining the site both cleaning and mowing the grass. The owner also came over to say goodbye on our last day and checked we had a good stay.
The ground was soft enough to pitch a tent without needing to use the mallet.
The local pub was within walking distance and served good food and we went on the pub quiz night which was very entertaining, even though one of our party insisted Honduras was the capital of Cuba and lost us 10 points!
We will definitely stay at this site again if we visit Northumberland.
If you want a quiet site this is the one. We stayed in the furthest away field which was just for tents, only one child in a dozen tents in the hols ! No playground, no ball games! The jolly fisherman in Craster a real disappointment, lovely position but no food and a bit dated, the cottage inn was good though the beer garden and fish and chips were both lovely
It's the 1st visit to this site and if you want quiet then it's highly recommended. It's spotless and well maintained. We must have went on the wettest and windiest weekend of the year so it was only open to those who had booked and it was still full. We walked to craster and along the cliff tops to dunstanburgh castle when rain stopped. Windy and breathtaking. We walked back and stopped in the cottage inn pub 5 mins walk away from site I recommend it prices very reasonable. Will use this site again as we found the owner friendly and he gave us directions or should I say short cuts to some of the sites. As I said at the beginning I highly recommend this site
Nipped off for a long weekend (Thurs pm to Sunday) without the children in our 8 man tent (oh, the space!). Beautiful campsite with spacious level pitches. It's lovely and quiet - we decided that we wouldn't take the children to this campsite as there are lots of 'no ball games' etc signs and no space where they could kick a ball about or just let off steam.
The surrounding area is amazing. Lovely walk down to Craster (set your alarm and walk down to the harbour to watch the sunrise). Seahouses, Bamburgh, boat trip to the Farne Islands (wear a hat, infact a helmet would be best and a coat you're not precious about!), Holy Island. Honestly, it's the most beautiful part of the country.
Walk for miles on the golden beaches, try the Copper Kettle at Bamburgh (cream tea to die for), see the beautiful memorial to Grace Darling in the churchyard and then get a piece of steak (T-bone was so tender) or whatever you fancy from the butcher and some salad from the greengrocers and go back to the campsite for a gorgeous bbq.
From Seahouses, the boats don't always land on Farne Islands in the morning but the people at the 1st ticket booth don't tell you, they just say they can't land so if you want to go onto the Island then ask what time they will be landing. I would recommend The Golden Gate (2nd booth) which is the boat we went on. If the National Trust man is at the harbour, he is really friendly and if you join you can land for free on the Island. There are loads of NT places here - Dunstanburgh Castle and Cragside, near Morpeth, is well worth a visit.
Cragside is an amazing house. Unfortunately we didn't have time to go round the grounds as we had to head for home (3 hours away!) but we did drive round the grounds and they are gorgeous. We had a lovely lunch in the restaurant.It's very, very steep (as in Crag- side) so you need to be mobile to get around or have strong arms if you are going to push a buggy around.
Sorry for such a long review but this campsite is the perfect base for exploring this most lovely part of the world. Facilities were always clean - make sure you have 10p's for the shower. I needed 2 x 10p's but my husband only needed 1 !
We spent 5 nights at this lovely quiet site. The site was well maintained, toilets and showers were always clean, the only grip regarding the toilets was there was no soap at the gents wash basins to wash your hands after visiting the loo, unlike the ladies. There was a great wee pub just round the corner serving good food. The warden lived in a bungalow on site and sold eggs, milk etc. Great base for visiting Alnwick Castle and other surounding attractions. We would recomend this site to anyone who enjoys a peaceful and friendly campsite.
Lovely site- me and my boyfriend and our dog stayed one night here and found it very easy to find. On arrival you need to book in at the bungalow on the left hand side. I found the owner to be friendly and very helpful (not grumpy at all like some reviews describe!) We were then shown to our pitch and given a choice of 3 areas to camp- each tent is well spaced and it didn't feel crowded even though the site was very busy.
There are 4 fields at Proctor Steads- the first has a few statics only, the second seemed to be mainly caravans and the toilet/shower block, the third larger field was a mixture of lots of tents/caravans/motorhomes and our field was the furthest away and also the smallest. We were in the far corner of our field with a large hedge and some trees behind so were quite sheltered which was good. There is a large paddock with cattle to the side of this field which our dog was fascinated by!
The showers and toilets were all extremely clean which was amazing as there were so many people on site when we visited! There is also a dishwashing room and seperate laundry area as well as taps for drinking water all over the site. A payphone is also near the entrance and as others have mentioned the bungalow has pop/milk/eggs and fresh juice for sale outside. Electric hook ups are ready to use all over the site, not sure about cost as we didnt need this.
It is only a very nice 5 minute walk along to the lovely pub, The Cottage Inn which looks tiny from outside but is actually quite big. We didnt have food there but it smelt fab! They do not allow dogs inside but have a few tables out front where you can sit with your furry friend or they will let you walk through the bar to sit out the back too. The prices where cheap (we thought so anyway) at £2.60ish for a pint of Stella and £2.35 for Bacardi and coke.
Its about a 5 minute drive to Craster where there is another pub, The Jolly Fisherman (which apparently lets dogs inside) and the famous kipper smokehouse too (but not much else really!) Check out the fantastic food from the nice Scottish man in the little van next to the tourist info though! lovely!
Had a really great stay at Proctors Stead and we will definitely be returning- paid £14 for our large tent and 50p for the dog.
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No Tents 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
Holiday Homes for Sale 
Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <1 mile 
Wild Swimming <5 miles 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
Golf <5 miles 
No Tennis 
Beach <5 miles 
Watersports <5 miles 
Boat Launch / Mooring <1 mile 
Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
What a fab site! We couldn't get on the year before as the owner wouldn't book us an electric hook up as 'it was bank holiday and they might get busy'? This utterly confounded us, but we tried again and were able to book (not BH this time!) and it was well worth it.
