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Riverside Caravan Park
High Bentham
Lancaster
Lancashire (Browse area)
LA2 7FJ
Tel: 01524 261272
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Pitches: 59
Open: 14/02/2026 to 02/01/2027
14/02/2027 to 02/01/2028
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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 |
 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 |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop <1 mile |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing On Site |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <1 mile |
 Tennis <1 mile |
 No Beach |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 Riverside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
 Electric Car Charging Point |
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Date of Visit: July 2021  |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Gwalsh |
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 Fantastic site, couldn’t fault anything with it, would definitely stay again.
Close to town, only thing is that no shops are open on Saturday’s but can’t have everything, didn’t spoil the trip. 
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| Date of Visit: August 2020 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Bobnjean |
12 reviews from this member |
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Some of the best facilities we have seen on any site. Immaculate toilets and showers. Excellent waste disposal rooms (They even have an automatic toilet cassette cleaning device if you don't mind paying £2 for the privilege). Grandkids loved the adventure playground and the nearby river bank where they built small dams and went 'shrimping'.
Location is good for local exploring as covered by many earlier reviews.
Only negatives for us were the pitches were very tight. There just isn't enough space between your awning and the next van, not even for a car, so little privacy. And travelling from Lancaster involves a twisty and narrow road to Bentham. A heavy cement mixer, on our side of the white lines missed us by maybe 1" on one bend.
Great site that will suit many, but we wouldn't visit again, due to the lack of space between pitches.
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| Date of Visit: August 2020 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Alty55 |
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The site is very well kept, clean and tidy. We had a hard standing pitch there was plenty of room.
The site has some nice dog walking areas and is close enough to the town to walk in.
It’s also well located for loads of places to visit or just stay on site and chill out.
We had two dogs with us, there was a lot of people with dogs when we went.
COVID is still an issue for some at the moment but this site is handling it very well it didn’t do anything to upset the short stay we had.
Very nice thank you.
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| Date of Visit: July 2020 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Srbutt |
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Very well kept clean and tidy, staff extremely helpful, showers and toilets modern and clean.
Following Covid recommendations extremely well.
Lots of good walks and lots of interesting places to visit within a short car ride.
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| Date of Visit: October 2018 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Coopertroopers |
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Very well maintained site within walking distance of the town, follow the short cut given at reception, with its various pubs and shops. Nice walk to Lower Bentham with footpath all the way there or through the fields if preferred.
We had fish and chips from the takeaway in Higher Bentham and definitely recommend, although be prepared to queue !
The hardstanding pitches are on tarmac with a stone area at the side for the awning, this did mean that we couldn't quite peg right up to the side of the van due to the tarmac, didn't cause us an issue as the weather was fairly calm.
Facilities block very clean and warm. Individual, unisex shower rooms - the showers are operated by sensor and come on for five minutes and then go off for five minutes before they can be started again. I found this to be quite wasteful as five minutes is too long for a quick shower, but not long enough for washing hair.
There is an off lead enclosed dog walk but it was a fair walk back through the static part of the site so not overly convenient to the touring area.
Will return.
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| Date of Visit: September 2018 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Lally1972 |
9 reviews from this member |
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Wow this site has got to rank amongst the best. The facilities are excellent and everywhere is immaculate.
Dog friendly and has a walk. WiFi is included in the price, which was average for time of year. Staff friendly and helpful.
Local area has nice walks, pubs in village dog friendly and serve both good beer and food. Everybody very friendly. With a car Leeds or Lancaster not too far away. Not a lot to do in village itself bar walks
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| Date of Visit: March 2018 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: LesleyandPeter |
35 reviews from this member |
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This site is wonderful.
Facilities are amongst the best we have experienced, and are immaculate.
The whole site is very well maintained, quiet and relaxing.
We had booked on a grass pitch and advised it would be okay despite the wet weather, we had to be towed off within minuets of trying to pitch our van, it added to the fun of touring, first time for everything, although I expect the grounds men weren't very happy at the repairs needed to the grass.
The surrounding area offers lots of interesting places to visit for all ages and interest.
Dog owners won't be short of places to walk, and eat out. With lots of nearby villages, including Bentham, offering dog friendly pubs. ( we didn't sample any so unable to recommend)
Malham Cove is very pretty and worth a visit. Ingleton falls and Ingleborough cave are just a ten minuet drive away, we wern't unable to do the Ingleton falls walk as it was snowing and blowing a gale, a great reason to return.
The bakery in Bentham is very good, their savoury and fruit pies were delicious.
This area is close to so many other beautiful places we shall no doubt return.
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| Date of Visit: September 2017 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: TheParkers |
5 reviews from this member |
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Beautiful site with excellent facilities and a really nice location. Although a winding road to access off the M6 Motorway and a tight access into and out of small town/ village it is
Well worth the slight inconvenience.
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| Date of Visit: August 2017 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Valvelifter |
10 reviews from this member |
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This is without exception, the cleanest, most well cared for and pleasant site we have ever stayed on. The pitches are level and well spaced. The showers and toilets are immaculately clean, warm and comfortable. The staff were friendly and helpful. The site is less than a mile from the village centre. There is a well equipped playground and a dog exercise field. I would have rated this site higher but the pubs and restaurants in the village were rather disappointing. We will stay here again but will come prepared for self catering next time as we only found one pub worth revisiting.
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| Date of Visit: August 2017 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Raysmiffy |
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This site has a 5 star AA rating amongst it's many awards, and it is easy to see why.
Has to be one of the best toilet blocks I have ever used in 30 years of touring.
This huge site is very well looked after with attention to detail that a lot of other sites should take lessons from.
Not too expensive too, and to think we stumbled on this site by accident. A lucky find!
Bentham (Low and High) is an easy walk away, with good dog friendly pubs.
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| Date of Visit: April 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Coral67 |
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We stayed here over the Eater Holidays and as it was also my 50th Birthday. We had never been before and as it was my birthday we hoped it would be a lovely site, I need not of worried from the minute we drove up the drive way to the site I knew it was going to be a great holiday and it was.
The pitches are large and we had a fully serviced one which was great, they also have statics so makes it a large site but to be honest it didn't feel that big once we were there, It was very quiet and tranquil, our pitch was not far from the reception, (small shop in reception) toilet block, games room, Library, Launderette and play park. The receptionists were lovely and very welcoming although it didn't say on the website about £10. 00 for a key fob for the toilet block, but that wasn't a big deal and you get it back when you leave, the toilets were immaculate, and plenty of hot water, you run your hand over a sensor and it comes on for 5 mins so no having to keep pushing a button, there is also a family bathroom if your children prefer a bath and I think it was £1. 00 for hot water for that but we didn't use it, Disabled toilet was great as I am in a wheelchair and had no problems.
The Play area and Games room got my children's approval age 14 and 10 and games room is great for rainy days most items were 50p so not too expensive.
There is fishing on site which my children also enjoyed, (rod licence is needed) It was 3. 50 per day or £10. 00 for a week to fish in the river, the pond is more expensive but we didn't go there.
There are lovely walks along the river and a few pubs near by if you fancy a stroll.
All in all yes I will be going again very soon we loved it, and the children didn't want to come home.
If I had one little niggle it would be only one of the rules about NO segways /hoverboards but Non electric scooters and bikes are ok and they go faster than my children's hoverboards do, there does seem a lot of rules but I guess they are there for a reason and you can see the rules before you book, but as I say it was only a little niggle and they coped without there segways lol.
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| Date of Visit: August 2016 |
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| Reviewer: Sharn 46 |
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We stayed at the site over the Bank Holiday weekend - first impressions were great. Friendly welcome by Thonas the manager. Gave us lots of useful information about the local area and what was going on. Pitches were spacious and level. Site facilities were immaculate - showers & toilets very clean and well maintained, operated with a key fob. Great play park for children which was away from the main site so children could make a lot of noise which did not disrupt others. Play park locked at 9pm which I felt was great as my children would have wanted to be there all night! Lovely fishing lake and great riverside walk into Bentham where there were pubs & shops etc. Family games room which is great for wet weather. I read reviews prior to staying here and was a little apprehensive about the comments about rules & regulations which were mentioned. I needn't have been - this is not the place for a rave up but we sat outside in the evening having a quiet drink with friends and there were no problems. The rules keep this site enjoyable for everybody and didn't stop us from having a lovely weekend. I feel that first impressions are usually an indication of how the site might be and in this instance they were - I would recommend this site and would visit again ( even without the children!)
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| Date of Visit: July 2016 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Nikko136 |
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A one-night stop-over on the way south from Scotland. Although this is quite a way off the motorway the detour was well worthwhile. There’s good scenery in the surrounding area and the site itself is excellent, with 5-star hotel washrooms and toilets plus the river and fishing lake. Everything is well-tended. Some on uk camp sites object to rules and regulations, but in our experience it is often those campers who tend to spoil things for others when there are no rules.
We were amazed at the number of shops and pubs in the village and nearby. We will definitely look at this for a longer stay in the future.
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| Date of Visit: August 2015 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: MichelleNfran |
9 reviews from this member |
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First time at such a large site found it a bit too sterile and regimented for our liking.
Very clean and great for kids as there is a decent park for them. There are a lot of rules to adhere too which puts a bit of a dampner on things, the worst one being no noise after 21. 30 which we found was far too early and have never come across a curfew that is so early. The toilet facilities were ok but don't think they were cleaned properly everyday as one of the female toilets had run out of sanitary bags on the Thursday and was not replenished until the Saturday.
The pitches themselves were flat, well drained and the grass was very well kept and the pitches were large and well marked out. It was a great place if used as a base for exploring the area but nothing to keep you entertained on site. The town was nice and had a couple of good pubs.
Overall not bad but not for us we prefer a livelier atmosphere
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| Date of Visit: August 2015 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Bighairy |
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Beautifully kept site. Very big but sadly lacking in atmosphere. The pitches are more than adequate. Well drained & marked out. Toilet, showers & facilities block was spotless & well presented. Staff very welcoming too. The problem I have is we are sociable people & this is the kind of place where people arrive, set up & then sit in their caravans watching TV all weekend until it's time to leave. It's just not us. Way to many rules & regulations. CCTV watching your every move too. If your the kind of person who likes to sit out & socialise this isn't the place for you. Major wasp problem too. High Bentham isn't far & has a few pubs & shops but it's not a particularly pretty village. We ate in the Black Bull & although it wasn't the most well presented pub but the food was good & reasonably priced. One more niggle. On a personal level. We were in a tiny teardrop caravan with a gazebo & we were charged more than those with a huge twin axel caravan & awning as awnings are free & gazebos aren't. This did seem very mean.
We had a nice time but it's doubtful we would return.
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