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Herons Pond Caravan Park
Crakehall
Bedale
North Yorkshire (Browse area)
DL8 1TX
Tel: 07545 984223
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Pitches: 9
Open: 01/03/2026 to 31/10/2026
01/03/2027 to 31/10/2027
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 No Tents |
 No Caravans |
 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 |
 No Laundry |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <1 mile |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 No Fishing |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 Tennis <5 miles |
 No Beach |
 No Watersports |
 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: November 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Les and Jenny |
24 reviews from this member |
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 This charming little site is well tucked away from the 'madding crowds' just outside Bedale. A tranquil location overlooking the eponymous pond where the heron does actually visit most days and ideal for the ultimate 'chill'. The owner could not be more helpful and obliging and walked around chatting during the day. The (unheated) facilities are basic but clean so should be more comfortable in summer. TV reception was OK to good. Overall: A small but beautifully presented location for seekers of peace and tranquillity. 
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| Date of Visit: October 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Ian Fleming |
2 reviews from this member |
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3rd visit to this tranquil site and it certainly won't be our last. Pitches well spaced, all with power and water connections, and very well maintained. Site is kept immaculately clean with grass cut at least every week.
Toilets and showers slightly dated but kept spotlessly clean and provided with more than you normally expect to get on larger sites. Good provision of local tourist attractions information. Excellent dog walks provided and well maintained immediately off site.
Owners couldn't be more welcoming and friendly. Look forward to going back next year.
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| Date of Visit: September 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Transformer |
4 reviews from this member |
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We've stayed at Herons pond quite a few times. Richard & Jean always make us feel really welcome. It's a very relaxing site, with no children to disturb the peace. Our dogs love the dog walk, which leads up through a long avenue of trees, opening into quite a sizable field where the dogs can be exercised, providing there is no live stock. The facilities are first class. Bedale is an unspoilt Yorkshire town still maintaining its small individual shops. Its handy for visiting the dales, Richmond, Thirsk and Northallerton. We'll be Back.
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| Date of Visit: June 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Audia6 |
8 reviews from this member |
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Herons Pond is a lovely little site. We spent 5 nights here over the Jubilee weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. Upon arrival, Richard came over to introduce himself and to familiarise us with the site which we thought was a nice touch.
The site is Peaceful and quiet with nice walks both from the site and also just a short drive away. The dog walking area was absolutely fine and the narrow stile referred to in an earlier post is on a public footpath from the site. We had no problems with our 42kg Labrador!
Would thoroughly recommend this site to anybody looking for a nice quiet break. The pitches are well spaced and the facilities are kept clean. We will be returning later in the year to Herons Pond.
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| Date of Visit: April 2012 |
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| Reviewer: JimnBridge |
8 reviews from this member |
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Just spent the weekend at Herons Pond, this is possibly the best site we have ever stayed on. It was our first visit and it won`t be our last!
Richard and his wife have tastefully nurtured this caravan site into a haven of tranquillity.
The facilities are spot on, there is one shower with a sink and toilet, there is also a male and female toilet available, which are adequate.
There is a good little information room with plenty of books to read.
We have managed to book a week in July, I think we got the last pitch for that week, so that tells you everything !
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| Date of Visit: March 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Jain |
3 reviews from this member |
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Facilities simple but spotless, excellent dog walking on site. Good sized pitches well maintained, in general a wonderful site, friendly owners. Can't wait to go back. It was lovely to have lot's of room to sit out etc
A site more suited to adults but caters for motor homes and caravans. All hard standing. Great information area. A small simple site in a beautiful area. Efficiently run.
Lots of stunning walks close by as well as easy access to Richmond.
Grass well cut, in all a pristine site.
The excellent dog walk had spades and numerous containers. It had views of 'the pond' and led to a large exercise field, again neatly cut!
We love walking and will use this site often.
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| Date of Visit: March 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Jackrascals |
11 reviews from this member |
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Just returned from a two night stay on this fabulous little Site. We normally stay on the larger Caravan Club Sites but thought we'd try somewhere smaller for a change. This Site has a lovely homely feel to it, with a lot of carefully thought touches! Spacious single Shower Room, separate Ladies & Gent's Toilets, Information Room. Fresh water on hard-standing pitch. A great on-site dog walk and close proximity from Crakehall Village for your morning paper/Village Pub/Petrol Station. Blissfully quiet and out of the way feel - can't wait to return in better weather, so we can enjoy the surroundings.
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| Date of Visit: September 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Shotgun682 |
7 reviews from this member |
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Myself and the other half have just returned from a 3 night stay at Heron pond, what a fantastic little site (18+) The grounds are kept very tidy and well cut. The loo's are a little on the dated side but saying that they're clean tidy and well stocked. 1 loo for ladies and 1 for the gents and a single shower, but seeing as there are only 9 pitches this was not a problem.
There is a small information hut with information about the area, a collection of books to loan if you run out of reading material.
If you turn right out of the site gates and follow your nose for 5 minutes there's a good village pub The Bay House which servs good ales and food, John the land lord has a very dry sense of humour. There is a very limited bus service through the village to Bedale or the walk is only a steady half an hour.
We have a bailey 5 berth and at 24ft the entrance was quite tight to get in and out, so care must be taken.
Robert the site owner was a very interesting gent to talk to and very friendly and helpful, he's lived on the site for 53 years so he told me.
The million dollar question, will we return? YES several times next season for sure.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Josie+steve+bazil |
28 reviews from this member |
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What a lovely little site! As said in previous reviews, all well laid out and spacious. The owner, Richard, is very proud, and rightly so, of his site. Very well maintained. The shower room is spacious with free showers.
I like the idea he has of putting little chains on the doors of the shower and loos when they not in use. This keeps them ventilated and you can see at a glance if there's anyone in them. They are housed in a log cabin style building with flowers growing all around. V pretty!
As for the signs that a previous reviewer spoke of, I personally think they are a good thing. You are in no doubt whats expected and even if you forget to do something, the little notice reminds you. Easy!
There is a little shed with all sorts of info regarding the area and also reading material.
We didn't go on the doggy walk as we, sadly, no longer have Bazil, but it looked perfectly adequate, away from the pitches into a tree lined path and up to a field.
Apparently there is a heron on Herons Pond but we didn't see it during our stay. Other visitors had though. We were fortunate enough to be on pitch 4 which, as the owner suggested, we parked with the towbar facing the pond so we could see, and was lovely. There were sheep in the field surrounding the pond and various other birds including baby coots.
Everything needed on site has been well thought out and it makes for an enjoyable stay for all caravanners. We shall definitely stay here again when we return to this part of the country.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Nick Y |
4 reviews from this member |
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What a lovely peaceful site! And very friendly and helpful owners too. Don't know if we were just lucky or the site has an effect on visitors, but the other campers seemed very friendly and relaxed too.
The pitches are very spacious and well-appointed, though the toilet block may just be beginning to show its age (I feel like I am nit-picking there really!).
The dog walk is excellent - I guess the previous reviewer must like a Cumbrian fell outside every camp site. The walk skirts the pond, has a 200m tree lined avenue and then has a large field where the dogs can run themselves silly. That's before you even consider the surrounding countryside. Our Doberman loved it.
We only visited the local village pub once, but it seemed ok. The several pubs in nearby Bedale were very welcoming and friendly and there is an excellent curry house (Taste of India).
There is fairly large Co-Op hidden right in the middle of the main street too.
In the area we visited a host of places including Barnard Castle, the Tan Hill Inn (highest pub in England, Richmond, Masham, Revaulx Abbey, Ripon, Swaledale, Wensleydale and many more. There were many other things we wanted to do too - we just couldn't fit it in!
For those who love a scenic drive, try the road back through Coverdale from Kettlewell!
We would definitely recommend this site and this area of North Yorkshire.
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