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Golden Sands Holiday Park (PHolsUK)
Week Lane
Dawlish
South Devon (Browse area)
EX7 0LZ
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Pitches: Caravans for Hire & Sale
Open: 06/03/2026 to 02/11/2026
06/03/2027 to 02/11/2027
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 No Tents |
 No Caravans |
 No Motorhomes |
 No Campervans |
 Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 Holiday Homes for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 No Electric Hookups |
 No Hardstandings |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 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 |
 No Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 TV Room |
 Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 Fishing <1 mile |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool On Site |
 Outdoor Pool On Site |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis <5 miles |
 Beach <1 mile |
 Watersports <1 mile |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Youngfamily |
1 review from this member |
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 We stayed at this site as a second stop on a long week away. We have to say it had its good and bad points so here is our honest review.
Good: Staff were friendly and we were given a large pitch for our large outfit. We were even told the extra room would be good for the kids. The site is being taken over by statics, not a problem as this meant the showers were empty and thus pretty clean.
Although the play area was at the top of a large hill and was in need of some attention it did provide good entertainment for our two. The views from the pitch (and most of them) were good, we could even see a smll bit of sea.
Not so good: we had a slight concern over the speed limit as the site is used as a run through from one site to the main road at the lower end, cars were much too fast considering young children were playing everywhere. The bins had over flowed one night and a fox (or alike) had made a big mess of the place although it was quickly cleared up.
The site shares facilities with two other sites owned by the same group and this park has nothing apart from the reception (shop closed, no club house) so you need to go to the other sites for anything.
Swimming pool was ok but cold, no showers and changing rooms were not clean. The rules were very strict and the lifeguards gave a more than uncomfortable feeling (for the ladies).
All in all we will not return but don't let this stop you going to the area as it's great for the kids. 
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Zoe-Louise |
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This was our first camping holiday with the kids by ourselves. The park itself was ok the static vans took pride of place then the camping ground seemed to be an after thought. Saying that though it was more than adequate.
We stayed for carnival week in Dawlish, which includes a carnival, air show and lots of other events happening through the week. Fantastic time to be in Dawlish.
The showers were ok not the best we have seen but they got you clean. Themselves were ok cleaning of them could have been better though.
We never waited for either toilet or shower, which was good.
The pitch had very good views over the estuary. Very level. Plenty of space for a large tent plus extras.
The Staff were excellent and very helpful. 10/10 for customer service.
We had to cut our holiday short as halfway through our stay we had a car accident.
We have booked up again for this August carnival week. The staff have been very helpful indeed as we visited this site again last week and choose our preferred pitch for no extra cost.
If in doubt about visiting this site, just do it. It caters for a good family holiday especially in the summer.
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Blagdad |
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Nice level pitches, but in a dwindling number as the park is been overtaken by static caravans.
Every night was a late one for most campers I believe as the noise from inconsiderate campers and the club house/entertainment centre went on till the early hours.
There seemed to be no rules to stop this. The sea was just a short walk away, 10 minutes.
Local shops were ok but needed to go further for meat etc. The warren is well worth a walk.
If you go at low tide then the walking is much easier and you will find lots of shells.
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
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| Reviewer: KenPrice |
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We arrived by tow truck as our car had broken down and the reception had closed, but after a quick phone call a member of staff came to our rescue and helped us to our site with all our equipment and tent.
The site was very family friendly the pitches were very good with great views. The entertainment was excellent, especially for kids our 2 1/2 yr old loved the disco.
In our experience the site and staff were excellent and we look forward to returning some day.
The facilities were adequate although the showers could do with a temperature control as they were a bit hot for very young children.
The beach was within easy walking distance and there is also a great little cafe by the entrance to the site that did a really good cooked breakfast and was very reasonable in cost too.
There is a train station a few minutes walk away, near the sea front that has good connections for getting to Paignton and other surrounding towns which was great as we were car-less for most of our holiday.
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| Date of Visit: June 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Loulou31 |
2 reviews from this member |
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Enjoyable stay. Suitable family site.
The entire family enjoyed paighton zoo, many close attractions for all.
Clean and friendly site. South Devon is definitely worth a visit.
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| Date of Visit: April 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Chipmonk |
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Stayed over the Easter weekend.
The reception staff were very helpful.
The showers were very clean and the hot water plentiful.
The pitch was big enough to take our 9 man tent, only downside, was there was not much room to park the car. It did not help that the next door tent had a 2 man on it, yet they managed to put their lines next to our pitch line! The people before moved over and we parked both our cars next to each other.
The shop on the site is shut, but their are plenty nearby to choose from.
You can use the facilities at the two other parks, but would not recommend it.
As others have stated, the touring section with the EHU are at the top of the park as statics are taking over. Because of the fewer pitches available, the showers etc. Are not too busy.
The non EHU are on a steep hill that has steps cut into it. Pay your money take your choice.
A lovely park and as this was our second visit, would return.
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| Date of Visit: April 2011 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: ROMANA31 |
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The reception staff at this park were very helpful.
The pitch was big enough for campervan and an awning.
The shop on this site was not open when we were there but there are convenience stores and chip shops near the entrance to the park so this was not to much of a problem. We also had use of the other parks nearby.
Their toilet and shower facilities were nice and clean and well maintained. The surrounding area was lovely for walking and exploring with great railway links to go to other towns. The beach and railway station was short walk away.
I will be visiting this site again as it was nice and peaceful with good facilities, plenty of shops, restaurants, entertainment.
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| Date of Visit: September 2010 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Jandbc |
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Just returned from a week's holiday at Peppermint Park. Very disappointed with the site. It seems as if Static vans and lodges are far more important than touring vans and tents, which were all pushed way up the hill and crowded together, possibly almost too close in places.
Facilities were clean, showers adequate, but the toilets were far too small. The doors opened right against the toilet seats so anyone over a size 18 would have great difficulty actually getting into the loo!
There is a 10mph speed limit which was not often adhered to - rather dangerous as there were many young children (and some dogs) on the loose. No notice given that the small on site shop was closing for the winter, although we found the shops in Dawlish Warren plentiful, cheap and well stocked. Lovely fresh bakery next door almost, along with a good fish and chip shop.
Dawlish Warren itself was OK, nice beach when the tide was out and pretty clean. If you like amusement arcades and trains, then this is the place for you. Nice walk along the South Coast Path to Dawlish which was quaint but not a lot to it. Don't try the walk at high tide though!
Unfortunately Peppermint Park will NOT be on our 'Must go again' list.
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
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| Reviewer: LynnPhil |
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Disappointed in the camping facilities. Booked with friends and 'reserved' 2 pitches next to each other. Checked this again the day before and told 'yes' 2 pitches together - so surprised to arrive and find it casual camping. The slope on the 2 fields is not suitable for camping, apart from the flat pitches around the edges which we weren't allowed to use under any circumstances even though they were several empty and we offered to pay extra.
The kids kept sliding off their air beds at night and we could hardly get the table flat enough to eat from.
We unfortunately had torrential rain on the last night and could not even get our vehicle up the slope to the tent and had to de-camp carrying everything up & down the hill - not much fun with 2 toddlers!
The toilet blocks and washing facilities were absolutely fine and there was plenty of hot water and no queue for the showers. The shop was reasonably priced for an on site shop and had the essentials.
There is no water tap in the camping fields, the nearest is outside the shop but we had to find this for ourselves.
The recycling facilities were very good but the general rubbish skip was overflowing and the seagulls spread the rubbish everywhere - horrible! They started on it about 5am every morning.
We tried the club house on both adjoining parks, they were packed full both nights but OK if you like Bingo and slot machines. We didn't try the swimming pools as they didn't look big and we thought they'd be packed because of the bad weather.
The playground kept the children amused for a bit but it was in need of repair.
The town itself is typically 'british seaside' but on a small scale. The pubs are family friendly and food reasonably priced. There is a lovely pub on the sea front with a mini soft play area and the beach is fine for the kids to run around on. Good size supermarket and lots of little shops for all things seasidy. Several take aways too.
Dawlish Sands itself is great, the park is designed for caravans and tourers. It doesn't seem to have put much effort into it's camping facilities.
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
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| Reviewer: TRISH750 |
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I would like to say we had a great time. I have never felt so relaxed and chilled out while on holiday. The pitch was plenty big enough for our 16 man tent the facilities are basic but clean and tidy. The staff were always happy to help when approached.
There are plenty of places to visit close by and the beach is only a short walk away. There are many very nice places to eat in the Daytime/evening and the shops are well stocked with everything you need whilst camping.
We have three teenagers and they really enjoyed the holiday. We had a day out on the train as it was so close and easy to use. We will be returning to the site to have lots more great family holidays.
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Kat3009 |
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Very disappointed with this site!
Probably due to paying £160 for a pitch tent without electric and was expecting heck of a lot more than:-
Huge hill, did pitch on the flattest bit we could but hard to eat off your table when everything slides off and the kids kept sliding off there air beds at night!
Playground with swing bars and no swings, a zip swing but nothing to slide on. We did find a lovely looking playground in the sister site dawlish sands but it was fenced off and securely locked!
Full club house at 7.30pm with no table free in sight (at another sister site goldens sands, there are 3 sites all close together)
All of which is nothing major but not good, nevertheless, for such a big, well known, company, not what I was expecting. But what I found, as did others in tents in the 2 hilly casual camping area's unacceptable was the state of the toilet block. The toilets on the beach were more modern and cleaner!
No hand soap and constantly running out of loo roll. I complained twice on the 2nd and 3rd day and the situation did improve on the 4th day. By then a lot of people where commenting and I think where going to complain too!
But the worse was the overflowing sanitary bins! Also overflowing rubbish bins which the seagulls would scatter all over the place and was left for some time.
Hense I would never use UK Park Holidays ever again, because I believe that they don't deserve the business.
However I would recommend dawlish sands, a beautiful area with nice family pubs serving great food, a Chinese, a few rides by the beach,(go karts and dodgems) a cafe, amusement arcade, and a fantastic, reasonably priced beach shop that sold some fab clothes, body boards, wet suits for £20! gifts, toys, flip flops. And lovely clean toilets with loo roll and soap!
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| Date of Visit: July 2010 |
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| Reviewer: JESa |
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We are 2 adults with 2 young children who were camping for the first time. Our pitch was in the quieter of 2 fields for tents and we had lots of space and beautiful views.
The shower and toilet facilities were clean and the hot water was plentiful. The washing up facilities were also clean and convenient and the small supermarket was reasonably priced.
We enjoyed the facilities that we were entitled to use at the adjoining campsites, particularly the playgrounds and swimming pools.
The beach was not the prettiest in Devon but it was clean and we all enjoyed our afternoons building sandcastles!
A negative for us was that we struggled to find suitable places to eat out with our children in the evenings.
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Draycoaj |
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Very disappointed with the park, it seems that the owners are more interested in static vans and the general maintenance of the park was poor. The rubbish bins where smelly, the toilets also could have been better kept.
The pitch sizes are very small it’s like other campers are walking through your awning. If I was asked to describe the park I would say it was Skegness on a Devon beach, On a positive nice walk to beach good for pet’s Will not be going back!
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Taf123 |
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My first camping trip, awful. Not as described on internet. Arrived at 6-15 had to find our own way to the field, no one to meet us. , The shower block was at the bottom of what seemed like Mount Everest. No security whatsoever. No electric sockets in shower block as described on advertisement. Had to make sure you had a shower between 7+7-30am or they started getting really messy. View from camp site was fantastic, as was the surrounding area. Needs a total re-vamp. On site shop was convenient for milk and daily paper. Definitely wont be going again. I suggest you don't.
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| Date of Visit: June 2010 |
Unit: Static |
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| Reviewer: Sunsearcher |
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After reading very mixed reviews I was unsure.
But it seems that the company have spent some money on fixing the problems highlighted to them.
Our caravan was fairly new and spotless. The site is basic, but is small and friendly. We booked through the Sun and feel lucky that we got such a nice caravan. The 'Chalets' looked terrible - prison block style, this would make me hesitant to book through the Sun for this park again. If we have ended up in these I think we would have had a very different holiday!
The club house was a good size and entertainment was ok. Didn't use the pool but the kids all seemed to enjoy it. We walked down to Dawlish Warren through Peppermint Park, the caravans here seemed to a much higher standard (most privately owned I think).
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