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Lovely site in Scalby set in the valley but on a slight incline so amazing views over Scarborough castle and beyond.
Clean well kept and has been updated a bit this year with a little on site shop and pizza Wednesday and Saturday nights. Plenty of showers and toilets can get a little smelly in hot weather.
No on site parking next to tent so need to use provided wheelbarrows to take equipment to pitch (strong arms needed ) can be a problem if you inflate airbeds in car. No EHU either.
Peaceful location watching wildlife like barn owl, peregrine rabbits deer and pheasant, the bulls in adjoining field can be noisy at night around 7 pm when let to wonder.
Great location for Scarborough, Whitby, Moors, and even 40 min York.
Pub coffee shop in Scalby village, Proudfoots on Scalby road, Rugby club serve food until about 7pm not far. Up the hill into the valley near Hackness fresh eggs and vegetables.
Overall great sight have returned over again
This was my 4 th visit.
Given 10/10 for value prices are rising though
Fire pit hire and logs which must be purchased there have gone up £2 as has the site fees.
Owner on hand and friendly for any questions.
Lots of information in the washing up hut doctors, chemist local amenities all close by. via mobile
The main issue that I had with this site is that the marketing materials gave the wrong impression; if you are looking for a peaceful, tranquil campsite where birdsong can be heard, this is not actually the site for you. This site is suited to large groups of noisy people and such groups of people would be happy with their decision to stay at this campsite. Many of the rules in the terms and conditions were not enforced, so why not delete them? Be honest and then people who are looking for a site where they will be free to run around screaming constantly from 6am and pitch as many tents as they wish in pitches with signs asking people not to use them, so that the grass can recover and have more than 6 people per pitch, will be able to select this campsite and it will suit them. Also worth mentioning is that caravans are permitted, parked outside of the campervan field- people with caravans won't know to book, as there is no mention of this on the site's page on The Greener Camping Club's website.
The site's terms and conditions require updating: Contrary to the terms and conditions provided upon booking, you can camp in the campervan field and take your motorbike with you. You can park your car overnight at the camping field entrance or by the side of the farm track- you don't have to leave your vehicle in the car park, as stated. Musical instruments are permitted.
The campsite does look lovely and has stunning views. The site is sloping, with the pitches the furthest away from the amenities sloping the most, but also have the best views, in my opinion. Expect to meet traffic on the farm track down to the site (there are passing places) and the track is quite steep in places.
What was it like to camp there? When I arrived, the pitches closest to the amenities had notices on them asking you not to use them, so that the grass could recover. I couldn't tell the difference between the state of the grass in those pitches from the grass in the other pitches, to be honest. Thursday evening until just after 3pm on Friday was fine. The shower was sufficiently hot, toilets clean enough with bottles of hand soap provided and I was able to access the one washing up sink, which also had a bowl. There is a communal fridge and freezer and some spare sockets so that you can charge your 'phone. I had to switch the freezer on, so check or your ice pack won't freeze.
On Friday evening, a huge group of adults with many children arrived and behaved like they had hired the campsite. They removed the 'do not use this pitch' signs and pitched many tents in those pitches, including more than one large tent per pitch, nearest to the facilities. Why were other campers asked not to use those pitches? When I walked past the pitch by the play area, there were way more than 6 children sitting there. The adults shouted across the site to one another instead of walking up to each other and talking. Early Saturday evening, those many 'free range' children, as they described themselves, were having water fights, running into pitches not being used by their group and screaming loudly constantly the whole time. After that, they were rolling down the grass path in their sleeping bags, whilst screaming constantly. My earplugs could not block that out. Even one of the children who was part of that large group wore ear defenders, which are very uncomfortable. That just goes to show the attitude of those people; they didn't even care about one of their own members who couldn't stand their constant screaming and poor guitar playing.
That screaming finally settled down after 10pm and restarted at 6am on the Saturday morning. So much for the information that noise must be kept to a reasonable level at all times and there must be no noise or vehicle movement between 10. 00pm and 7. 30am. It's wrong for site owners not to provide honest information; how can people make an informed decision whether to stay at that site or not otherwise?
The noise of this campsite did my head in and the lack of consideration for others staying, made me feel so uncomfortable that I could not wait to leave and did so, a day early, at 7. 45am on the Saturday. Unfortunately the white car (that had been parked overnight at the campsite entrance) was still there on the Sunday morning, so I used one of the remaining 3 wheelbarrows (there were 5 when I arrived on the Thursday) and wheeled my stuff up to the car park- it would have been hard work carrying everything uphill had all 5 wheelbarrows gone missing.
Before I left, I had to queue to use the loo, which was no longer in a nice state. With 4 showers and 1 washing up sink and no limit to the number of people per pitch, I dread to think what the wait times would have been to use a shower or to wash up. Some of the large group were having a rounders game, or something similar, in front of the facilities, so you had to hope that you didn't get hit by the ball whilst queuing to use the loo or shower and walking through them, as they were using the grass path to the camping field entrance.
People ought to be notified if a large inconsiderate group will be staying, when they book, allowing them to make an informed decision regarding whether to go ahead. I think that large groups who intend to behave like they have hired the campsite, with no consideration for anyone else staying, ought to hire it. I'm sure the site owners have thought of that and decided that they can make more money by allowing others to also stay- most things come down to money.
There's no point in mentioning how the site and facilities could be more accessible to people with conditions and impairments, as I didn't find the site to be suitable for people and wouldn't recommend it to anyone, despite the views.
Despite the dishonest marketing, I don't expect a refund for the last night after having, understandably, left a night early and I've no idea what happened to the £12 that I spent on membership of the Greener Camping Club, as I've not received any membership details.
This is the best site on the whole Yorkshire coast for a proper camping car free holiday.
There really is no need to bring a car adding to the gridlock and general mayhem in this area in the summer. Train /Coastliner bus to Scarborough then no 10 EYMS bus to Scalby and a walk of a mile or so to the site.
There are camping and hardware shops in Scarborough where you can get food and stove fuel be it meths or gas cannisters.
Car free days out are a breeze. Here's a couple we did.
128 EYMS bus to Pickering. Steam train to Whitby. X93 bus from Whitby to Scarborough and 10 EYMS bus back to the site.
EYMS buses to both Bridlington and Filey.
X93 bus to Robin Hoods bay. You can even change at Whitby for buses further north that will take you to Runswick Bay and Staithes.
Train from Scarborough to Bempton RSPB reserve to view Gannets and Puffins.
The site owners have really ticked all the boxes. Greener Camping Club site that really lives up to it's ideals. So many of these GCC sites are only accessible by car with totally defeats the object but Prospect House Farm has negated that particular piece of nonsense.
Stunning facility for those of us that have no desire to own a wally trolley.
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Tent Pitches 
No Caravans 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
Glamping Units 
Holiday Homes for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
No Hardstandings 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Motorbikers Welcome 
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 
Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <5 miles 
Wild Swimming <5 miles 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
Outdoor Pool <5 miles 
No Horse Riding 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
Golf <5 miles 
Tennis <5 miles 
Beach <5 miles 
Watersports <5 miles 
Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles 
Sea Views 
Working Farm 
Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <5 miles
No Dog Walk 
Lovely site in Scalby set in the valley but on a slight incline so amazing views over Scarborough castle and beyond. 
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