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Beadnell Bay Camping And Caravanning Club Site
Beadnell
Chathill
Northumberland (Browse area)
NE67 5BX
Tel: 01665 720586
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Pitches: 150
Open: 01/04/2026 to 02/11/2026
01/04/2027 to 02/11/2027
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 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 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 |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 No Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 No Shop |
 Bar <10 miles |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <10 miles |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <1 mile |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 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: August 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Brumb |
6 reviews from this member |
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 Been to this site a few times and always enjoy it. There seems to of been a few changes this year. Firstly, they have a second back field which definitely makes it better as you are away from the road noise so not as many camping on the front field now. On this occasion we had a bit of an issue with how we were pitched. Got the tent up then we were asked to turn in round as we hadn't pitched the right way round. Turned it round, started to peg it out again and the staff asked us to move it across to line up exactly with the pitch boundary, which was about 5 inches across. I thought this was a bit anal, especially given that no one came and pitched next to us whilst we were there. There also seems to be a lot of signs around telling people to 'do this', 'don't do this', 'park here', 'don't park here' etc etc. Overall we had a good time but hope it doesn't start to be run too strictly as that will spoil it. 
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| Date of Visit: July 2014 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Annapi |
3 reviews from this member |
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This campsite has got a great many things right and just one or two things which need attention. The staff are great - friendly and helpful and made us very welcome. The pitches are level and appear to drain well, and the grass was in good condition even on a very busy weekend in the middle of summer. The location is excellent, with a sandy beach a few minutes' walk away, and the village of Beadnell with two pubs, a fish-and-chip shop and a convenience shop is nearby. Small things, like the availability of a specific 'barbecue bin' and an outside shower to rinse off wetsuits make the site seem very friendly and well-organised. There didn't appear to be any specific facilities for children, but there are large open areas even when the site is fully booked. However, there is only one bin area, which does not have any recycling facilities and was frequently overflowing by the ends of busy days. This is located at the only facilities block, which is a very significant walk from the other end of the site and wasn't quite adequate in busy conditions - this site could definitely do with an additional (smaller?) block. The main thing which proved uncomfortable, however, was the unadjustable temperature of the showers. They were incredibly, painfully hot even for an adult, and on several occasions, children could be heard screaming and crying in pain. This is truly unacceptable on what is an extremely expensive site. This said, the showers, loos and basins were kept clean, even though they felt like a sauna. Other users have commented on the traffic noise - it could certainly be heard, but we didn't find it intrusive. Overall, a good site but with some serious flaws. If they're given attention, I'd highly recommend it for its location and staff.
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| Date of Visit: July 2014 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Sprintrider1 |
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Have stayed here many times over the past 20 years camping caravan and now motorhome. The site seems to continue to evolve and expand. In a really good location although close to the road this has never been an issue with us. If the road noise could be an issue book somewhere else.
Due to this being the height of the season and booking at reasonably short notice there were no electric hook up pitches available but this wasn't an issue. (No generators permitted)
Toilet shower block kept really clean and is a credit to the wardens as is the the whole site.
The mens showers are a bit of a problem in that they are small and water does not drain away and leaves the floor awash with water which is a problem when towelling off and getting clothes on again, no adjustment of temperature control is possible and although plenty of hot water they are almost at the point of scalding. The next time a refurb is carried out this problem would be resolved by installation of shower trays and temperature adjustable shower taps.
I know the wardens have a difficult job but a bit of customer relations wouldn't come amiss. The site seems to run with more of an emphasis on DO NOTS ! Witnessed several times people who were resident on the site being confronted with 'have you got a booking we are full !' or arriving slightly before the midday arrival time and being told 'your too early 'and on enquiring if an electric hook up pitch cancellation came available could we be notified the response was 'you and 200 others' a simple 'no that won't be possible' or a 'yes we will see what we can do' might have been more appropriate.
According to one of the wardens 60 Plus new electric hook ups are to be installed for next year. Further improvements could be made by way of a Motorhome waste water drive over point and rubbish recycling as at the moment all rubbish appears to go into the same dumpy bins.
Beadnell village has two good pubs. Recommend the Beadnell Towers Hotel for a meal, book up in advance at busy holiday times, the village shop near bye stocks all essentials and a walk up the coast to Seahouses and Bamburgh or down to Newton by the Sea are highly recommended if walking is part of your itinerary.
Overall a really good site and with a few more tweaks 'excellent' is on the horizon.
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| Date of Visit: May 2014 |
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| Reviewer: Chriscable |
38 reviews from this member |
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Love this site. Ok bad things - yes toilet black is another year older and really ready for an upgrade and the showers have to be some of the smallest I have ever seen - how does anyone manage to actually dry themselves in there and they do not recycle. However staff tremendous and location unbeatable. Great rocky/sandy beach opposite. Even better one in Beadnell about 3/4 mile away. Walk or bus into Seahouses and this year we bussed into Bamborough and buses not only take dogs but they will pick you up and drop you off outside site. Two good pubs in Beadnell ( one dog friendly) and it is a dog lovers paradise. Will return next year. Just wish club would update facilities
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| Date of Visit: May 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Special01 |
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Stayed for 3days. Ideal location, beach across road, shop across road. Pub in village Craster arms is dog friendly, can take dog in when having a meal. Ample shower's and toilets. Yep floor in shower's not level. But nice and hot. And clean. Level grass field, good t. V. Signal. It is a 60mph road outside site, but did not notice it that much. Site still being improved. Did not see any children play area. But that may come later. Site wardens very helpful. Yes I would return again, book early. Popular site.
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| Date of Visit: October 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Martin t |
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Beautiful, simple site. Grass pitches quite level.
Facilities clean and warm (even in late Oct).
Beach is just the other side of the road.
Down side is that the road is a busy 60 mph straight stretch. This means that there are often cars accelerating past in the wee hours. The noise and light from headlamps can mean a disturbed night's sleep. Added to this are occasional noisy revellers passing by on foot.
There is little the site could do about this, apart from site the camping field to the back and move the camper vans and caravans to the front (these offer a little bit more sound and light insulation compared to canvas).
Would I use the site again? Probably not, simply because of the noise throughout the night.
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| Date of Visit: September 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Chriscable |
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Now this review may be influenced by the fact we had 3 glorious days of sunshine but what a great site. Location could not be better. Across the road to great deserted beach which is dog friendly. 40 mins walk into Seahouses which has lots of places to eat and drink and is very nice. Bamborough Castle Inn must have one of the best views from any beer garden in Britain. Beadnell is in the other direction (10 mins) and has one of the best sweeps of sandy beach you will ever find - miles of it and all dog friendly and the bonus of the Craster Arms pub - fab food and again dog friendly. Oh yes the site. It's not the most modern facilities you will find but the staff as usual with this club were really friendly. Have to give it 10/10 though because of location alone
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
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| Reviewer: AJ66 |
5 reviews from this member |
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Just back from a week at this lovely site, great position right next to the dunes (quite windy and a few degrees colder than inland!) Good level ground and easy to peg into, the man who greeted us and showed us to our EHU pitch measured to make sure there was tons of space between pitches, which is fantastic to see being enforced after a disappointingly cramped stay at Eskdale C&CC two years ago. I noticed that throughout the week, as people came and went, the staff did their best to give everyone as much space and privacy as possible, which was lovely. The field was well maintained and mowed regularly to keep neat. Nothing on the site for kids, but the beach is so close it didn't seem to worry those there with families! Friendly staff and good clean warm facilities, never had to queue for showers or washing up sinks. Loads of hot water which was free. Coin operated hair dryer, and in addition to toilet and shower cubicles, there are also some sink cubicles in addition to the row of sinks, which are handy if you just wanted a strip wash for example. The toilet/shower block is completely closed for cleaning between 10. 45 and midday, which is slightly inconvenient but workable if you plan! The shop was very poorly stocked but I put this down to being almost the end of the season, but village store and chippy 10 mins walk away. A 5 minute drive into Seahouses gets you access to Indian, Chinese, pizza, petrol station (closes at about 8pm) Co-op supermarket, and seaside-y shops, loads of chippys and amusements. A perfect location for visiting the beaches, castles and diving schools Northumberland has to offer. Work is being carried out to improve access to a second field that has recently been added. No recycling facilities which is unusual these days, but apparently the council would charge them an exorbitant fee to enable this. A very peaceful site, well-run and friendly efficient staff - we will definitely be back!
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Dianne66 |
3 reviews from this member |
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Just had four wonderful days camping. The site is located in a beautiful part of the country. The staff are very friendly, the facilities are clean and you can have lovely walks along the beach to Seahouses. There is a chip shop near by which do lovely fish and chips. The stars at night are amazing they are so bright I will definitely be returning next year with my family. The site is dog friendly and the other campers were too
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Bradybabys |
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We had booked into somewhere close to here only to be told they had no booking for our family. The staff at beadnal welcomed us warmly and with open arms. We were quickly shown to our pitch and given a leaflet of the do's and don't's. The site is quite large and having 3 small boys we could see them at all times. I would just like to say a great big thank you to all the staff who made our stay magical. We will most definitely be coming back in the very near future. The site and the location is ideal and very easily found. A stones throw away from the beach. Once again thank you to all the staff and see you all soon
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Welshie1 |
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We arrived on this site with our two young children. We had booked in advance, so we were able to book in and were quickly showed to our pitch by a member of the team, and as requested, we were located near to some friends.
The campsite was in a fantastic location, with a short walk ( over a busy road) to the beach. The facilities were basic, but clean and the site appeared well maintained.
There were a lot of signs telling campers what they couldn't do. Children had to be supervised at all times - even those old enough to go to the toilet block alone. There were no facilities for children, and no space for them to play as the tents were packed in.
However despite its location, we will not be returning to this site, as in our experience it was not child friendly, and the site staff were very rude and very unprofessional. A matter that we are taking further with the camping and caravanning club.
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| Date of Visit: May 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Bikermich |
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Lovely site - clean toilets, nice flat pitches. (Our daughter learnt to ride her bike without stabilisers!. The toilets were clean and modern with a shop stocking various fresh and frozen items. We enjoyed the local free range eggs!
It is within walking distance of the beautiful beach with a view of lindisfarne which you can drive to but be aware of the tide times!
You can walk from the site to a wonderful chipshop and village with pubs.
The whole area is fantastic for castles and beaches.
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| Date of Visit: April 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Buggybreaker |
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We stayed here for two nights in early April.
Although we booked a grassy pitch in the hope of more choice in position we were put in the roadside field on a hard standing away from all the other Motorhomes and Caravans. We have two children and it left us feeling rather isolated from everyone else, perhaps the empty spaces in the other field were saved members of the Caravan and Camping Club.
The road is very noisy and the traffic very fast.
The toilet block was clean but very big and thus cold. The shower cubicles do not have enough slope so it's almost impossible not to get bottom of trousers wet whilst trying to dress.
The shop/ reception was very rarely open or manned when you wish to pay for Wifi or ask a question this is annoying.
We could of asked for another pitch but reception was never manned when I went to ask to move.
Plus points are the Bay to, the south is beautiful and the bus stops right outside the campsite. Think review would be more positive if we weren't isolated from rest of site.
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| Date of Visit: September 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Babywhale |
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Stayed just for one night, a Saturday night. Only used the toilets and sink area, not the showers or dishwashing area, nor the reception or shop (was there one?).
The site consists of three large fields, two of which are alongside the main road and the other set back. The rear field had hard standings. We camped on the roadside pitches in the field to your left as you enter the site.
Welcome was warm and information provided was sufficient. Could choose our own pitch.
Fields are quite level and were not boggy although I think the east coast had been mostly dry during the last couple of weeks. Ground firm but standard pegs went in easily enough.
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Site is ideally located next to a large beach. Quite rocky and seaweed-ish but some shallow areas of water too. Dogs loved it.
Beadnell and seahouses very close by for shops etc. Avoid the chippy just up the road if you like good chips. Ours were soapy and had the texture of polystyrene.
Toilets and shower block is kept clean, even if it has a dated feel.
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Road is noisy. If you're in a tent passing cars will keep you awake with their noise and full headlight beams. Avoid this by pitching in the rear field.
Quite a few locals walked along the roadside during the night in quite a drunken state. Site didn't feel particularly private. Again would pitch in the rear field to feel more secure.
Site is quite exposed and windy so bring a good windbreak and good pegs. Ours held up well despite a stiff breeze throughout most of stay.
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Would use again because the beachside setting is fabulous and dark skies possible for romantics nights under the stars. However would only pitch in the rear field. It's more sheltered and away from the noisy road and the feeling of being too close to passers by. You can't see the sea from the roadside pitches anyway.
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Aliaucott |
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Just returned from 4 glorious days at this camp site. Pitch was great although busy there is lots of space and certainly no over crowding. The location is superb hop skip and a jump and your on the beach. Although the road is close we didn't find the traffic disturbed us.
The shop stocks the basics milk eggs etc.
Toilet and showers were clean and although the site was busy we didn't have to queue. They were refurbished this year I believe.
The wash up area is a bit cramped and we did have to queue.
The only real downside to this camp site is they close completely the toilet and washing facilities from 10. 45 to 12noon.
This was more than a little frustrating especially when on our departure day we had packed our tent away and would have liked to have cleaned our hands and even had a shower or as a minimum got changed we were unable to do so and ended up going into the village to the beach toilets. Departure is before 12noon.
I also find it puzzling when camp sites don't recycle. We are all encourage to do so at home and in the main we do so it felt odd just putting all our waste into one bag for disposal.
The area is so beautiful and we were lucky with stunning weather, the best so far this year.
We took the opportunity to do Alnwick Castle and Gardens which although expensive for a family of 4 we thoroughly enjoyed the day and would definitely return to the gardens. If you have young children take swimming gear and towels for the gardens they have amazing water features. Whilst ours are now teenagers they still enjoyed the day.
Best ice creams can be found in Bamburgh. Although we didn't do the Castle as we would have had to buy 3 adult tickets as the family ticket is for children under 16 at a total family cost of over £32. Which was a shame as it is rather impressive looking at it from the road.
So overall a great camp site and I would have given it a 10 for everything had they not closed the toilets completely and recycled at least bottles, plastics and cans.
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