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Finchale Abbey Touring Park
Finchale Abbey Farm
Durham
Co Durham (Browse area)
DH1 5SH
Tel: 0191 3866528 or 07989854704
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Pitches: 41
Open: 01/01/2026 to 31/12/2026
01/01/2027 to 31/12/2027
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 No Tents |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Adults Only |
 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 |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <5 miles |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing On Site |
 Wild Swimming On Site |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <1 mile |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <10 miles |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
 Open All Year |
 Riverside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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Date of Visit: June 2021  |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Shirle |
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 Absolutely loved it here. The setting is extremely picturesque and in an ideal spot for visiting many other places. The grounds and facilities were spotless.
Ann was extremely accommodating when making a special request to arrive early and cannot thank Jack enough for being a star while we were on site and helping with our trip to the cricket.
This is a little jewel and we will be returning in the future. 
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| Date of Visit: June 2021 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Woody3 |
1 review from this member |
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First stay, hopefully won't be our last. Great couple of nights. Stayed there with our dogs. Lovely dog walk along the river.
Didn't use the facilities, but did have a look in the Shower/Toilet block and they where very clean and tidy. A bonus was the weather was great for our weekend. Look forward to returning.
I have marked down "Customer Service" down slightly. This was because we didn't see anyone from the site. But the information set was 1st class and to be honest there was no need for use to see anyone.
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| Date of Visit: June 2021 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Solo traveller |
| Reviewer: Sallykc |
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What a beautiful place. Excellent facilities. Toilet and shower block immaculate.
Met Ann who was charming and super helpful when I booked. Brilliant.
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| Date of Visit: May 2021 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Cazbix |
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This is a nice site, very clean and enough room for the caravan and car,
Toilet block was warm and clean, due to the Covid, there was only 2 toilets and 2 showers open,
The people who ran it was very helpful and polite,
Nice Abbey to walk round, nice walks over the river into the woods.
Some pitches are not level, we were ok but some did find it hard to level the caravan. there are blocks available near the bin area to help.
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| Date of Visit: April 2021 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: JJ100 |
39 reviews from this member |
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Has a lovely feel to the site due to its surroundings. Was busy and we arrived to find a steep pitch left. Chocks didn’t sort. Difficult to sit out comfortably. Told by neighbour blocks available.
We didn’t bother as only one night but it would have been nice for the warden who was riding around on his 4x4 bike to have checked on us.
Toilet facilities good and clean.
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| Date of Visit: January 2021 |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Dayman |
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We didn’t manage to get to finchale due to covid but we are so looking forward to seeing it soon as
It looks a lovely place down by the abbey and river
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| Date of Visit: September 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: MNW7 |
5 reviews from this member |
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Good site next to the Abbey. Pitches well spaced but most require levelling ramps, wooden blocks provided if required by friendly helpful staff.
Located next to the river with scenic walks along the river and into Durham.
Would visit again.
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| Date of Visit: September 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Solo traveller |
| Reviewer: Pennine Plodder |
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I feel I should place a caveat on this review. This was a visit during Covid and everything was contactless, so other than folk heading for the facilities nobody spoke other than a greeting!
Lovely clean, quiet site. The only sounds were the A1(M) in the distance and the ducks, chickens and guinea fowl.
The negative for me, the pitch was on the hillside, not level in the slightest. Once vaguely levelled, the jockey only just touched at the front. I was congratulated by others on being able to park on the pitch! Thank heavens for motor movers. Do not select anything beginning with T.
When I came away, I had to bring everything down on to level ground as hook-up was not happening on the hillside.
The site had gone to the trouble of tarmacing the pitches, it seems a shame that the pitches are not level.
My first visit to the area but I would certainly return.
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| Date of Visit: September 2020 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Philpo |
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Very nice clean well kept site, good for dog walks, nice river walk, near shops, town and plenty tourest sites.
Site very hilly but wood available
No one on hand when arrived which would be nice but lovely place will go back
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| Date of Visit: August 2020 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 8 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Flearn |
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Excellent site in a beautiful location.
Priory ruins and a river within a few yards of the site.
Very clean toilet blocks.
Shop at the Priory sells ice creams, sandwiches and drinks.
Some pitches are on a awkward slope so you just need to look at how you pitch.
Great site for relaxing or walking to Durham(4mile), cycle riding (steep hill getting out of campsite)
Very friendly staff.
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| Date of Visit: July 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Northerngal33 |
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Lovely clean site, cant comment on facilities as closed due to Covid19. Never spoke to a member of staff at all, social distancing taken To the extreme, I'd have thought a welcome would have been nice but nothing from them at all.
Abbey stunning.
Very poor on walking routes though which was disappointing for us.
Not too far into Durham if you're driving, park and ride available on route. Bug shipping centre close by for if you forget something.
I'm not sure if we would return as rather bored after 2 days of nothing to do and nowhere to go.
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| Date of Visit: February 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
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| Reviewer: Andrea |
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Nice quiet site with good facilities. Walk in the woods and along the river very good to let the dog off, but there is an allocated dog walk on site too.
Small cafe and shop. The ruins of the priory are very interesting which are open to the public.
Would recommend to friends.
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| Date of Visit: October 2019 |
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Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Louissa |
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A last minute booking after rain changed our touring plans - and what a find!
A lovely site, in the crook of the river next to the old priory - perfect. Room for perhaps 20 tourers (although there is a large static village beyond the touring site so there are more people around). It was fairly expensive - £25-30 per pitch - but unlike some other places, I felt it was justified.
The warden was very friendly and helpful. There is a small cafe and shop on site too.
The facilities were brilliant - clean and modern, including accessible toilets/showers. In the ladies at least, there are two sink cubicles for privacy while washing; one with a hairdryer.
There was a short (on lead) dog walking area on the site - around the orchard. The grass paths are kept short but amongst the trees, it's more natural - which meant it smelled very interesting to our dog! (She was also fascinated by the guinea fowl wandering around the site :)) Over the river (via a footbridge), there is a public woodland which was suitable for an off-lead run -- and there are some doggy-paddling spots in the river too.
We found the site very quiet - but almost because of that, we could hear the road noise (the A1) when we were outside. This wasn't a problem really, just a small note.
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| Date of Visit: October 2019 |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Steve3 |
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Okay, first things first, this is a most beautiful location, with the river Wear and ruins of Finchale Abbey. The staff we met were very helpful and compared to some sites, it's very easy to get to.
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The hardstandings for the caravan and camper pitches are far from level meaning it's impossible to put an awning up. The first pitches we were offered were at the top of a hill on a bank, I would love to see how anyone with a twin axle caravan could actually pitch there.
If there is a "restaurant" on site, we never found it, there's a tea room but that's not a restaurant.
The so called on site WiFi is seemingly not on site, not great if you're away but still need to keep in touch with work, one of the reasons for booking was for WiFi.
Were we the only ones to keep our dogs on a short lead or a lead at all? And what's with the free range birds that sit outside at dawn squawking?
The largest struggle at this site really was the angle we had to put the caravan at to get it level combined with the swampy grass to jump down onto, our ageing dogs needed to be lifted to get in through the door as it was so high off the ground.
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| Date of Visit: September 2019 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Glasgo |
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We booked for 2 nights our first visit to Finchale Abbey won't be our last, it was beautiful area campsite very well kept.
My husband and I will surely return and have told family and friends how wonderful it was.
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