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Ripley Caravan Park
Ripley
Harrogate
North Yorkshire (Browse area)
HG3 3AU
Tel: 01423 770050
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Pitches: 36
Open: 07/03/2026 to 01/11/2026
13/03/2027 to 05/11/2027
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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 |
 Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 TV Room |
 Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool On Site |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis <5 miles |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <10 miles |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: April 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Biosdoctor |
4 reviews from this member |
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 This was our second visit to Ripley, and as it was the week before Easter,we booked in advance, asking for a pitch near the play area so we could keep an eye on our 6 year old. When we arrived we booked in and were given a copy of the site rules and opening times, then taken to our pitch, which overlooked the play area, as we requested. The Wardens are always on hand, and were really friendly.
The site is made up of an area of Statics, a large Touring area, and a Tent field with EHU’s. There are some Super Pitches with water and drainage. All the pitches are marked, avoiding the temptation some site owners suffer packing 3 outfits into 2 pitches at peak times. Not so at Ripley, all the pitches are large enough for full awning and car.
The facilities are spotless, the toilet block is split , so when the staff are cleaning one side, the other is open. There is also a pot wash and laundry, and a chemical toilet disposal area. Hot water is free, and there are Hair Dryers in the washrooms.
There is an Indoor Pool (75p), Sauna, Games Room and a big Outside Play Area. The site also has a dedicated dog walk, which has several dog waste bins along its length. Or you can walk along the edge of an adjoining field into Ripley (15mins) if you fancy more exercise.
The site is about 4 miles from Harrogate, 12 miles from Ripon and close to the village of Ripley with a small shop selling “World Famous Ripley Ice Cream”, a Traditional Butcher (fantastic Ripley Sausages for the BBQ).
We had a relaxing week, and even though the site was full for the Bank Holiday it was still peaceful. We have booked for a further 2 weeks in August, and will try to get some weekends in as well. 
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Billie |
15 reviews from this member |
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We stayed here for a weekend. Great site. On arrival we went to reception and we booked in, paid, then were shown to our pitch, right at the side of the duck pond. It was lovely. The facilities were excellent, even a pool, although we didn't use it. We just got pitched and sorted and couldn't be bothered cooking, but they have a fish and chip van that calls in - great!
The village is about 5 minutes walk away and is very pretty, couple of pubs there too. We'll definitely use this site again.
Oh the site is well signposted too - easy to find!
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| Date of Visit: September 2006 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Bernie71 |
4 reviews from this member |
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What fantastic site we have just returned from a weekend at this site and I can highly recommend it.
This site is the best one we've been to this year there were 4 family's in our group 18 people altogether 2 trailer tents 1 tent and a caravan all with hook up.
The pitches we were given spread along the field.
The park was good for the kids and the showers were clean and smelt really nice.
We will definitely go there again. The staff were very friendly, just an allover very good site.
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| Date of Visit: September 2006 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Phil and shell |
6 reviews from this member |
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Excellent site showers free and warm although on the powerful side swimming pool on site and only 75p for a swim with no time limit playground on site with excellent play equipment staff are very friendly and helpful the toilet block is very clean.
Make sure you take rock pegs as the ground is hard ideal position for Ripley castle and knaresborough with york only about half an hour away will definitely be visiting again
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Theallens |
3 reviews from this member |
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Shown to our pitch (choice of three) at very top of the site. Obviously been heavily used over the summer as there wasn't much grass on it. But it was very spacious and clean and plenty of room for the car, front or side. Toilet / shower / washing-up facilities were all excellent and very clean, no queues which is always nice! And plenty of hot water whatever time of day. Showers a bit powerful for little ones though! Not overly impressed with the pool - didn't look desperately clean and it was very cold.
Visited the Railway Museum in York (admiss free, £7 to park car), the Viking Exhibition in City centre and Mother Shipton's Cave - all well worth a visit. Can strongly recommend Pinocchio's Italian Restaurant in Harrogate for a fantastic meal and very inexpensive (special offer £4.95 each for any pizza or pasta dish).
Planned a 3night stay at this site, but had to cut it short by a night due to very strong winds and a petrified 3 year old! Must admit hubby and I were also a bit nervous and neither of us relished the prospect of a sleepless night and having to hold the tent down at 3 in the morning so we made the decision to pack up at 6pm and head home! We would visit this site again as it is an excellent base for sightseeing in York and Harrogate.
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Gill_mag |
1 review from this member |
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Really enjoyed our stay here, only here for 4 days, will stay longer next time. Kids loved the pool, although judging by the way there swim shorts faded it did have an unusual amount of chlorine in it. They didnt bother with the games room, preferred to hang out with there friends in the park. We have a really large tent which I told them on booking and they were fine, didnt charge any extra. Fish and chips from mobile van on wednesday where lovely but quite small portions, hubby could have ate same again. Kids also enjoyed feeding ducks. Shower and toilet blocks where very clean, showers free and never too busy.
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| Date of Visit: July 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Karatejan |
17 reviews from this member |
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Enjoyed our stay at Ripley. Make sure you take rock pegs we did not expect it to be hard ground and struggled. There is a shop which is open various times,A games room with tv and a couple of arcade games, next door is a room with toys in for the very young. The showers knock you through to next week if your not awake when you go in you will be when you come out (great). The toilets were clean and had wash cubicles too.
The pool isn't that big but plenty of room for a decent swim our son loved it. The play area was close to us so we could see what the little loves where up to, it did get a bit to noisy at one point with some older ones but I did notice the wardens were on hand to shut them up when it got late. Some control from the parents wouldn't have gone amiss. Will be going back again.
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Ship |
2 reviews from this member |
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Arrived here for a 5 night stay in a folding camper requiring hook up, and was greeted by a very friendly man in a golfing cart who lead us to our pitch which was next to the football field and flat and spacious. Ground a bit hard due to the recent heat wave but no other problems.
The site was excellent for the children boy 9 and his pal and daughter 5, the play area is smaller than some other sites but the kids didn't seem too bothered. The ball field had what seemed like an never-ending football game going on and the boys loved it, and although we were right next to it there was little noise and no disturbance.
The pool was used on three days 75p per person - however passes were available if you wanted to use it more than once a day. Again the children loved it but found the rules quite restricting, no diving, no jumping, no splashing, no balls or inflatables etc. Etc. This is obviously due to the fact it is quite small. I ventured in once and found it too cold to be comfortable and soon got out! The only down side is that all kids under 15 must be supervised - due to no lifeguard - this meant either going in yourself or sitting for an hour or so reading, otherwise there was no problem, it was clean and never too crowded
The site was very quite after dusk although it was school holidays. Toilets and showers were immaculate and the showers were hot and free, chemical toilet point was clean and hygenic.
Whilst there our trusted Surf's battery died and the staff were helpful trying to jump start us.
The site is very easy to find and in a lovely location.
One word of warning if you walk into Ripley 'The Boars Head' is very expensive £11- £12 for a bar meal, £2.60 for a pint of biter, however there is an excellent bus service into Harrogate which also stops at the next village (Killinghall) right outside the 'Three horseshoes' which is good food much more reasonably priced. The Greyhound opposite gets you a pint for £1.29! We used the bus often due to the lack of a vehicle and found it excellent, short walk across a field but not far to the bus-stop.
The shop has strange opening times but you are given times when you arrive although it is very limited in its supplies.
All in all a good site - not as good as some others, shop small and play area also, but the location more than compensates and we are likely to return at some point.
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Dayglow |
2 reviews from this member |
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This was the first visit. The site was well kept and the cleaning block kept clean. No rubbish overflowing other than the tins and wine bottles, but that shows a good time had by all. The tent area in the purple area has trees very close to the tents and other tents may infringe onto your allocated space. Shaded on most of the tent site. Lots of well trained flies as they stay outside the tents. Location excellent to visit the dales and local town is only a 10 minute walk away. One of the best sites visited will go again. Chip man comes on Saturday. Very good showers lots of room to move about. Good Play area for the kids and a doggy walk.
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| Date of Visit: July 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Andrea Fensome |
6 reviews from this member |
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Just returned from 5 nights at the Park. Considered this to be great value for money, we had a spacious pitch, although busy as we were situated near to the only toilet block so people were passing by our caravan window constantly. However, aside from the first 3 days of hard rain, our stay was very enjoyable. The facilities were very clean and the staff were extremely friendly and helpful. Trips out to Knaresborough and Harrogate were very pleasant and York is an absolute must, however be prepared to wait in heavy traffic into the town.
Our 11 year old requested a return visit so it must have pleased her too! Good dog walk and a large football field for the kids. Very enjoyable!
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| Date of Visit: July 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Richard4848uk |
1 review from this member |
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Just returned from a fabulous weeks stay in this wonderful park.
I have to agree with earlier comments about the pool though, it is a pity it is not a bit bigger.
This site is an excellent base for visiting many beautiful areas of North Yorkshire.
One little tip for you if you use this site. My family and I found a truly fantastic deli tucked away in the courtyard of Ripley Castle which is within walking distance site. The deli is an independent business and has a fantastic selection of fabulous foods loads of local cheeses and goodies.Fresh bread every day hundreds of bottled beers and a lovely sheltered courtyard in which to have a picnic if the weather is nice.
Hope you manage to find it and enjoy it as much as we did.
Richard & Family
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Lisa6373 |
11 reviews from this member |
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Just returned from a weekend stay at Ripley. On arrival we were shown to our pitch by a very friendly member of staff. The pitches are very spacious with most being hardstanding for your caravan and awning and your car can either be put on the grass in front of the awning or at the front of your caravan. I thought it would have been easier to place the awning on the grassed area as the hardstanding was really rocky but we were told that we couldn't by someone. As a result we didn't put our groundsheet down because we thought that we might end up with a whole in it if we did due to the rough hardstanding area.
Trees separated the tents from the caravan area and there were loads of ducks quacking everywhere and a pond was also on the site. The shop opened at regular intervals throughout the day and was very reasonably priced. They even sold duck food at 20p for a large bag which kept our 2 girls entertained feeding them at the pond. They even ate the seed from your hands!
The showers and toilets were exceptionally clean at all times during the day and the showers were very hot and powerful - a bit too powerful for my 3 year old although I enjoyed a nice shower!
The Nippy Chippy called on Saturday tea time and we all enjoyed fish and chips at a reasonable price £3.50 for fish and chips and £1 for a portion of chips - saves on the cooking if you cannot be bothered. There is also a lovely play area, a playing field for ball games and an indoor play area for younger ones and a games room with table tennis and pool tables and arcade machines for the older ones. The play area opened at 9am and closed at 10pm or dusk which I though was a little on the late side especially if families with younger kids were trying to get their kids to sleep as even after 10pm there was still a lot of noise coming from the play area. Went to the swimming pool, 75p per person and ok but very basic - ie communal changing one for females and one for males and no lockers etc to leave your clothes or valuables. Also the pool was the weirdest shape, it started off at 1m deep virtually all the way round the outside and went to 2m deep somewhere in the middle so beware as it is deceiving for children and no lifeguard so you definitely need to watch your kids like a hawk.
All in all I would stay at this site again as was very pleased with the facilities and the high standard of cleanliness but next time would prefer a all grass pitch so we could use the awning a bit more.
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Ferrari_cat |
1 review from this member |
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What an excellent site! This was our first family camping holiday.and what a good one.we will definitely be going back. The site was very pretty. Extremely clean. Great facilities and spacious pitches.
The pool is a must at 75p per person. They even sell Pampers Little Swimmers in case you forget a swim nappy for the baby! The water was warm although we went on the hottest weekend of the year so far.
There is a children play area, a washing up area with two large sinks. Free hot showers and plenty of toilets. I went for a shower at 745am and the toilet/shower block was being clened, then later that day in the afternoon it was again being cleaned. It was immaculate.
The only thing I can moan about is the shop. It was a waste of time! Make sure you go with plenty of food, etc.
There is a kids room with pool tables etc, and a toddlers playroom which my 1 year old loved!
I would highly recommend this site, we will be visiting again.
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: TheMasons |
1 review from this member |
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A good little site with friendly staff. The ground is hard and so there were a few bent tent pegs. Don't expect a lie in with a resident dawn chorus of ducks and crows etc. Toilet, shower and washing up facilities were good, just a shame that there wasn't a freezer for ice blocks. Would certainly recommend this site to others.
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Marynov |
23 reviews from this member |
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Great site, spacious, well drained, kids loved it, pool was lovely and 75p a go or a 3 day or weekly ticket was available too. Shop basic but fine. Loos etc very clean and plenty of them.Handy for Fountains Abbey which is NT and lovely for walks around the water gardens. Could have stayed longer and will def be back as we love Harrogate!
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