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Dear all

Please help.  We are planning to visit my brother and his wife who live in Whitley Bay over the August Bank Holiday and stay on a local campsite up there.  Unfortunately, when I look on the campsite search facility I cannot find anything for Whitley Bay.  If you live in this area or have holidayed in that area could you PLEASE recommend a nice clean site.  All we want is clean facilities (don't have to be that posh) and EHU and fairly reasonably priced.

Any help will be gratefully received.

Thank you, Paula.

i no there is a campsite in ashington not sure the name i think its sumthing wansbeck.depending on how close u want to b there is a nice reseaonable site near bamburgh called warren mill and the toilets and showers are allways lovley and clean.it also has ehu play parks,outdoor smll pool a pub which does food and a games room

tracy

I live near Whitley Bay.  There are no sites there.

I would guess the best option would be a couple of sites at South Shields (south side of the Tyne).   You can get from South Shields to Whitley Bay via the Tyne Tunnel (£1.10 each way for a car) in about 20 minutes.

Think sites are called Sandhaven and Lizard Lane.

The site at Ashington is called "Wansbeck Riverside Park" they definitely allow tents, and is ran by the council, been once, quite cheap (for caravan i.e. £12 ish)

Look on Wansbeck Council web site

The site in South Shields is called Sandhaven. Here is the ukcampsite link to it :- http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2176

You can also cross the Tyne on the ferry and catch the link bus to Whitley Bay.

The Sandhaven site is opposite the beach and is central for loads of stuff.

If you do come then enjoy !

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=rowlands+gill&by=town

try this one have a look at the aerial view of the site on here looks quite nice been to the park many years ago with the gran kids

Thanks guys for all your help and info.  Sorry for not getting back to you all sooner - been away from the 'puter for a while.

I will look into all of the above and decide with the help of my bro which would be the closest to where they live.

Thanks again, Paula.

I was in south Shields today and went to the Sandhaven Site for a look round and was advised that they are trying to sell the Site (forwarning people for future reference). Apparently they are hoping to have buyers some time in the near future. I dont know wether that will make any difference to the site though but thought id let you know anyway.

Got to say how nice the site was. Very quiet for a Bank Holiday weekend. Very close to amenieties, lovely coffee shop on the sea front (Ice cream parlour actually) where we got 2 pots of tea, 2 coffees and an ice cream sundae with all the toppings and marshmallows for just over a fiver, was well impressed.

Quote: Originally posted by nessybek on 06/5/2007

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I was in south Shields today and went to the Sandhaven Site for a look round and was advised that they are trying to sell the Site (forwarning people for future reference). Apparently they are hoping to have buyers some time in the near future.....

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Thanks for that Gram. I didnt know it would have to remain a caravan park, I was thinking if developers bought it they might make it housing or sommat ?  or maybe someone like park-resorts buy and then the charges will double/treble.

But yeah for anyone seeking a nice quiet site with plenty to do on the doorstep id certainly reccomend this site.

Hi The wansbeck site is perfect as a base for exploring, its only 2 mins of motorway and its very reasonably priced in my opinion

Steven