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Blue Dolphin Holiday Park ( Haven Holidays)
Gristhorpe Bay
Filey
North Yorkshire   (Browse area)
YO14 9PU
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Pitches: 272
Open: 01/03/2026 to 31/10/2026
           01/03/2027 to 31/10/2027

Rating: Average Review Score: 7/10 from 222 Reviews
                7/10 from 222 Reviews

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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 
Facilities
 Toilet Facilities   Hot Showers   No Washing Up Area   No Bathroom 
 No Baby Changing   Laundry On Site   Drinking Water   Disabled Friendly 
 No Chemical Disposal   No Battery Charging   No Gas Exchange   No Recycling Facilities 
 No Kitchen Facilities   No Freezer / Fridge   No Motorhome Point   No Wifi Access 
 Shop On Site   Bar On Site   Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Activities
 Kids Playground   No TV Room   Games Room   Evening Entertainment 
 No Fishing   No Wild Swimming   Indoor Pool On Site   Outdoor Pool On Site 
 No Horse Riding   No Cycle Hire   No Golf   Tennis On Site 
 No Beach   No Watersports   No Boat Launch 
Other Features
 No Sea Views   Not Working Farm   No Campfires Allowed 
 No Waterside Pitches   Public Transport   No Dog Walk 

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Date of Visit: August 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Janinegill 3 reviews from this member

 We were touring with a tent and had booked weeks before. We were told to pitch on the back tent field anywhere. According to rules and health and safety regulations,tents had to be 5 metres apart from each other. It was the barest pitch ever,with no grass and just hard mud patches. As we were only staying 2 days, we decided to stay. We pitched on very hard uneven ground and agreed on making the best of it.

To be fair to the camp though, the showers and toilet facilities were excellent, very warm and clean at all times!

After being out on our second day, we arrived back to find 2 huge families had pitched their tents directly and very close to the entrance of ours. I was not happy at all but as we were going home the next day, we decided to just let them get on with it and went out for the evening. On arriving back to our tent about 11 o clock, we found the families in front very drunk and very loud .There is supposed to be a no tolerance of noise after 11 o clock policy, but they didn't care. My hubby went out to ask them to keep the noise dowm and all they did was laugh and take the micky. We tried security a few times with no reply. Pitches should be numbered and clearly have set marked out areas. 


Date of Visit: August 2010 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: Dj monster 8 reviews from this member

 Just returned from a 7 night stay. Our pitch was a super hardstanding, we had our own water supply but no toilet disposal. Our pitch backed onto trees and we got woken up as soon as it got light by the birds. We were amongst the tents that kept noise to a minimum. The site does operate a no noise policy after 11pm.

The portable cabin toilet block was near to our pitch which we didn't use but they did look clean. The new toilet block was in the next field which was a short walk away from our pitch. The showers were warm and powerful, the only downfall was that the changing area in the shower cubicle got wet whilst the shower was on, so had to get dry whilst standing in a puddle. The showers were very busy first thing in the morning so had to queue also late afternoon.

On site there is two small clubs two swimming pools, one being outdoor with a small slide.

If we were to return again we would have a euro pitch as they were in another field, but its very likely we would return. 


Date of Visit: July 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Kilburns 1 review from this member

 Just came back from here. Was brilliant staff lovely. Despite what other's say we had a fab time. Shop is vry expensive but found a Morrisons just down the road so bought what we needed there. Toilet and shower blocks always clean. Entertainment OK but can be bit rude for kids. They even deliver Pizza to yr tent but this is also vry expensive £14 for 1 pizza although vry nice. Swiming pool was warm inside and out although didn't like the idea of having to take shoe's off when just watching kids in the pool after seeing people with really bad feet.(mine stayed on!). Night time was not to loud until the last night when some idiot was singing at the top of the voice and swaring really loud. This was quickly stopped when security arrived.(idiots) Would defo go back and recommend to anyone. Thank you Blue Dolphin for the lovely holiday. 


Date of Visit: August 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Barnsleybill 2 reviews from this member

 We very much turned up hoping to find two vacant pitches for one nights stay after ringing round most sites and finding them full and we were lucky in that the reception staff kindly gave us an area between two tents which they said they 'shouldn't let us have' and charged us a whopping £42 for the night.

As it was that or go home we dutifully paid up and set our tents up on the slightly sloping site.

Although it had been raining the drainage to the field seemed good with no puddles on the grassed area and plenty of shelter from a tree line.

Shower and toilets were in portable cabins which although kept clean were second rate & a disappointment given the first rate price of the pitch. No hot water for washing pots and it just dribbled out which would suggest that the boiler had locked out. As this was the same the next day then maintenance checks were not carried out or it was never reported.

On-site entertainment was probably the best I had seem with a massive games and bar facility. A pass card is required to enter but as this was not issued on our arrival this turned into an argument with the security staff that was eventually ironed out by asking to speak to a supervisor.

Off to bed at 9:30 having two very young children and laid awake listening to the unbelievable racket that went on until 12:30 with very drunken campers (and their children) returning to their tents. Oh I forgot the Suberu Imprezza driving round as well late into the night! Sign age stated that they operate a 11pm no noise policy which was evidently not policed as well as the entry cards. 


Date of Visit: June 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Carolines100 1 review from this member

 We went on our first camping trip to blue dolphin a couple of weeks ago.

I think we were lucky in arriving late we were directed to a different field to our friends who arrived earlier (and packed up and moved to where we were!) our field was nicely spaced and not that windy, the other field (which was called the over flow field on the map but they filled up first) was over crowded and very very windy.

The toilets were always clean and never a queue when we went down.

We didn't stay on site very much and only went down to the club & arcades for about half hour on the Saturday night, this seemed to be full of chavs!

All in all for the £26 we paid for two nights it was an ok base for the tent. 

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Date of Visit: July 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: 1974liz 4 reviews from this member

 We stayed at blue dolphin for the first weekend of the school holidays. We paid for the standard pitch however this is the same has a overspill pitch. Windy is all I can say. We stayed on this coast before and pitching a tent is like extreme kite flying. All the entertainment and activities are on the caravan side of the site(bit of a trek). Security passed most of the night to check the no noise after 11pm was stuck to. And to be honest his diesel engine on the bumpy path made more noise!

Entertainment ok, shop overpriced has always on these places. Bar queues huge!

On the plus the toilet/shower block was spotless, plenty of them and hot water all the time.

We wont be returning though due to the high wind where the tent fields are situated(apparently it is always this windy). If you do visit take pegs to secure your tent and don't forget a hammer has the ground is solid! 


Date of Visit: June 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Cindy007 14 reviews from this member

 Went for the weekend with my son and his mate (both 15). We pitched the tent, the boys went off, only came back for food and bed.

The toilets and showers were clean and tidy.

The only issue I have is that if you take a dog then don't leave it in the tent barking all evening while you go to the pub as some person did. Not only is this not nice for the people in the tents next to the barking dog, what about the poor dog.

Other than above, the boys loved it and want to go back, I would also go back maybe next year. 


Date of Visit: July 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Grapefruitmoon 23 reviews from this member

 This is not our usual sort of site. We prefer small quiet sites but at £55 for a week's camping we thought we'd give it a go! We were late to arrive and the reception was closed but we got our information pack out of the special 'box'. In the pack was a map which directed us to the tent field at the top of the site. It seemed quite crowded and rather exposed so we decided to go to the lower tent field (which has no electric hook up)instead.

We pitched right at the bottom (a bit of a trek to the toilets) of this field near the trees and we had loads of space for the kids to play. That was until Friday night when the masses descended. Midweek there were about 8 tents in the field and on Friday / Saturday night there were about 100 tents packed together. The kids didn't mind - they made lots of new friends. We didn't get any sleep on Friday night. There is a 24hour number that you can call if there are any problems and the security team is send straight out. Quite a number of groups were asked to leave the site!

We found the staff throughout the site to be excellent. The toilets were usually very clean. Litter was collected frequently. Midweek this is a quiet site and the tent-only-field is lovely and relaxing and contained fires are allowed. At the weekend it's 24 hour party-time.

The surrounding area is lovely and there is loads to do and see. We really enjoyed Eden Camp near Malton.

We didn't use many of the holiday park activities, apart from the pool which was good. The views from the park are wonderful, too. 


Date of Visit: July 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Harkerm 4 reviews from this member

 This was our second visit to the Blue Dolphin site; the first had been disappointing with noise and rowdy youths drinking and driving around the field in the early hours, however we were assured that it was unusual so decided to give it another go. Big mistake - on arrival in the overflow field there were 5 tents with about 15-20 young lads all drinking, playing various ballgames and being generally rowdy. We went for a walk, bumped into the young lady who sorted our problem last time and mentioned to her our concerns of a repeat performance. We went out for the evening and returned to our tent just before 11pm, teenagers playing football and a car boom boom disco in the middle of the field. The young lads returned to their tent about 12.30, then the fun started! wont bore you with all the details but it took 4 calls to get security, they all started fighting, police were called one youth arrested; got to bed about 4am.

Spoke to 'Sonia' the next day who was not remotely interested ' she cannot legislate for inconsiderate youths' - what tosh poor management was the problem and a reluctance to deal with potential problems. We were assured that security would be increased on the Saturday night, this did not happen and again, car boom boom discos until well after 11pm and teenagers playing ball games, shouting and screaming until early hours.

This is supposed to be a family site, we don't have children (ours grown up) but the guy in the next tent did and they were awful all day because they were tired due to lack of sleep, so their weekend was also spoilt. Very poor experience - won't be going back. 


Date of Visit: June 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Barlickcampers 3 reviews from this member

 Having just got back from blue dolphin and having to cut our holiday short I have mixed reviews about the park.

We booked a standard pitch for our tent after reading the other reviews which stated the over flow site has a slope, turns out the over flow and the standard site are the same! so not only were we on a slight slope but we also had extreme winds coming off the sea as this part of the site is very high up, so much so that most of the tents the following morning had collapsed, we couldn't even sit in our tent it was so bad.

The toilet and shower block was like new, and kept very clean, very modern and spacious showers with the water varying between warm and hot, there was a lack of sockets for hairdyers and straighteners and every time I went to the toilet these were in use although every sink had plug for shaving!perhaps it would be an idea to take an adapter. We never used any of the other facilities as we were too tired and wind swept we decided to call it a day and go home!

To use the toilet/shower block we were given codes to use to open door which we found very frustrating, I don't feel this is entirely necessary. 

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Date of Visit: May 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Babyh 2 reviews from this member

 We had an absolutely fantastic week at Blue Dolphin - We were greeted by very nice & friendly staff at the Booking In Office & were shown a map of electric pitches & were then able to choose our own, once pitched went back & received our entertainment passes & codes for toilets.

We were a party of 3 Me, Hubby & 2 year old son and were very happy to see that there was a brand new toilet block which was always lovely & clean & always had hot water, nearer to where we pitched were portable loos & again were always clean with hot water. There is a great children's play area on the touring field. You do hear the odd drunk coming home from the showbars, but come on we are on holiday after all.

The only downside to the whole holiday was the Soft Play, some children in there were far too old & far too rough to be playing with the young ones there is a sign as you go in stating if you are taller that the board you cant play, but this was obviously ignored it also said that everything was supervised but we saw no staff, so after 10 minutes left & never went back. The swimming pool was fantastic too - brand spanking new & we went 6 out of 7 days loved it!

There is loads to do & day & night & the children's entertainment is amazing. The site was very clean & staff friendly. 


Date of Visit: May 2010 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: Peeettee42 3 reviews from this member

 A bit pricey and pitches far too close together. Door locks with a code didn't always work. Toilets clean and warm though. Plenty of bars to visit with amusements placed just after the food area.

On site shop with prices as you would expect. Morrisons is only 5 mile away. Follow the a64 sign then superstore signs. Cheap food in a pub next door to it. Morrisons though was cheap enough to eat there all week. Check orchard farm nearby 


Date of Visit: May 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Mr+mrsC 4 reviews from this member

 We arrived at Blue Dolphin an hour and a half before our book in time, but were kindly allowed to pitch early. We were given clear, friendly instructions and details by the receptionist and directed to our pitch. Thankfully it was relatively flat - some of the others were on a really bad slope. We found the electricity supply to be good and powerful, and the site do a free ice block freezing service.

As the day wore on, more people turned up and it was a bit like 'sardines'. There was very little privacy and the field looked more like something you would see at a festival with tents crammed in everywhere. Because of this it was quite noisy, even after the 11pm cut off time.

The new toilet block is gorgeous - unfortunately we were nearer to the portaloo facility so used that instead. It was good and clean for most of the time and there always seemed to be someone in there cleaning. The only time I found it to be dirty was first thing in the morning. It was down to some people being disrespectful and leaving the place in a state, not the cleaners fault.

The site's facilities were pretty much what we expected - a few takeways, nice modern lounge bar, Spar shop. The two showbars did seem a bit dingy and got very crowded very quickly, making it difficult to find a seat. Prices weren't too extortionate though and I was pleasantly surprised at that.

There was not much for our 13 year old girls to do though as the place seems geared up towards young families. I thought there would be a teen kids club, but no one seemed to know anything about it and there was nothing on the information we were given. But for young children the clubs would have been great fun.

The swimming pool was nice and new, although sadly lacking in any 'fun'. It was a basic oblong pool with a few balls thrown in now and then. I was at least expecting a water slide or two.

The whole site seems a bit disjointed with a disorganised layout and on the whole I was left feeling a bit disappointed. We paid £50 for three nights, and with hindsight I wouldn't pay any more. I don't think I would return to Blue Dolphin, but it hasn't put me off Haven sites altogether. 


Date of Visit: May 2010 Unit:  Tent
Reviewer: Fabrichouseowner 3 reviews from this member

 We arrived friday afternoon and werea told were to pitch our tent. We got everything out our car just about to put the poles in the tent & the woman who told us where to pitch came running over & said she was sorry we had to move to the other field as she had given us the wrong pitch. Fine by us as the pitch was on a downward slope.

We found there was plenty of share in the field but it was a bit uneven but was fine. The toilet block was very clean. It was being cleaned everytime we used it. The shower block was clean also & the showers were nice & hot.

We went to the club at the night. Take in mind we went over may bank hol weekend & the show they put on was a Christmas story. The tables & bar were really sticky & dirty. I asked for a cloth & the girl came & cleaned the table for us but it wasn't any better. Anyway the evening was very boring even the kids wanted to go back to the tent.

Would not come here again, been to quite a few havens & I must say this is the worst, no atmosphere. Too noisy & not the cleanest. Wont be returning 


Date of Visit: April 2010 Unit:  Touring Caravan
Reviewer: Puppy2 3 reviews from this member

 We went with friends in april this year after been to another haven site in scarbourgh we though this would be just as good, big mistake.

It was a massive walk to the resort centre across very uneven ground which was very muddy when we were there, there wasn't even a proper roadway.

I felt as if this site was more geared to the static caravans. Showers and toilets were very clean considering there was still building work going on around it! we went down the amusements with the kids and it was full of chavs!

Entertainment in the bar was a pile of crap, definitely wont be going back here. 


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