Budle Bay Campsite Reviews

Late autumn stay

A great place to stay with lots of hard standings for winter use. The owner very accommodating and helpful, thanks for the loan of the torch.

Site's response

Thanks Chris for the positive review. We are always happy to help light your way, especially as we are a dark site!

Nice site great location

Nice little place, a great location and really friendly staff. A few bits of the park left unfinished, could be time of the season though. Can't wait to come back in the spring.

Site's response

Thank you for your positive review. We have lots of plans and improvements to make when we close at the end of the month for our winter break. You will see the difference next year when we reopen in March, take care.

Pricey!

For £28 a night without electricity or any other benefits I feel this site out of season is overpriced. The pitches are close together and rather like a car park with grass dividers. There was a lot of activity, with arrivals and departures early and late. In high season, this is probably a good site for location and money but for a solo traveller in winter, expensive and not special.

Site's response

I am sorry you did not enjoy your stay with us but I believe that might have been your unrealistic expectations. For example, the only other campsite in this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that is open and has hard standings charges £39.85/night, so we charge considerable less than they do. Also, as a solo traveller, you would feel the cost more as like most holiday destinations, our basic unit price is for 2 people and thus would works out at £14/person; hardly expensive for a hardstanding pitch on a site with showers, toilets, grey water disposal etc. In addition, it costs more to run a site with full facilities in winter than summer; heating for example, so your expectation that less guests should mean it's cheaper isn't accurate on sites with full open facilities. In summer, that same pitch is £21. Also, though it might be dark and you might have gone to bed early, it's quite normal for other guests to go out and enjoy the area, go for a meal etc. They will return after dark, but as long as they are within our barrier (which shuts at 11pm and opens at 7am) then that should not be considered unusual; though to you it might seem late. A guest did leave at 7am but again, that would be normal and totally their choice as they had a long journey to make. It was sadly, not to your liking but surely part of the give and take of being on a campsite and not our "fault". For accuracy, we have a variety of kinds of hardstanding. True, some are in rows with grass alongside but others are not in rows. We have full gravel hardstanding pitches and hardstanding pitches alongside our river, plus a wide range of full grass pitches for use in good weather. All have electricity and some full facilities. We have tried to cover all options whilst keeping the site natural looking and beautiful. You booked our basic hardstanding but you could have chosen a different one. We wish you well.

Nice stay, good location!

Lovely site, plenty of spaces in general, although pitches are quite close together. Friendly staff. Facilities could be cleaner!

Lovely stay

A lovely quiet stay, in a large site with good facilities and kept clean.

Apart from the small flies great time

Enjoyed the stay, the flies are a pain, but that's nature.

A lovely campsite

A lovely campsite, in a great location. However due to our motor home springing a leak, we couldn't stay as long as we would have liked to.

Short stay

Decent site. Only stayed for 1 night. Short drive to Bamburgh Castle and beach.

Nice site

The staff were really helpful and friendly, ideally located to visit Holy Island, Bamburgh and Seahouses. The showers and toilets were clean enough, pitches are quite close together but it wasn’t full when we visited so we had a bit more space.

Touring pitches

We had a great stay here to see the area.

Short stay

Hard to find any fault with this campsite. It was all good.

Really disappointing

Really disappointing. Cramped and dated site. Everything looked really tired and needed updating. The showers and toilets were not particularly clean either. They are spending money adding additional facilities but they should update their old stuff first. The staff were friendly so no complaints there.

A good spot for exploring the area

Nice location with lovely night skies, friendly staff. Not as clean as some of the sites we've been to at similar cost, but adequate for a couple of nights. Short drive in to Bamburgh and Seahouses where's there's plenty to see and good fooderies. Fabulous Pizza Company close to the site, but recommend you pre-order!

Lovely location

Lovely location, really well organised, great facilities. Can’t fault this site and will definitely be back. Big thumbs up. X

Great campsite in a stunning area

We stayed in this great little site for a few nights, in a beautiful area, access from the campsite to the England coast path, Lindisfarne one way, Bamburgh the other, amazing views over wild countryside and the sea. We stayed in number 9, the Puffin cabin, very basic but had all you needed - a fridge, seating area, microwave, kettle, toaster and 2 single beds, plus a double & single mattress on the floor in the back room. Perfectly fine for a few nights. Could do with a shelf above kettle area for storage and black out blinds/curtains, also a better fitting front door (or draught excluder). It was situated in a quiet spot overlooking a few tents and mobile homes, to the right of the toilets/showers, with a key to a private kitchen area. There was also a communal area with washing up sinks/large fridges to store named items. We headed out to Bamburgh for the day along the Coast path, always worth a visit, and enroute back we stopped off at the Pizza hut next to the campsite to order some food. They we rushed off their feet but squeezed us in to pick up two pizzas 45 minutes later, and wow, they are delicious. Make sure to pre book to not miss out! Our orders were a Holy Pepperoni and a Vegan Margarita. I would stay here again.

Lovely place

Lovely place to stay. It's not the poshest campsite, but excellent location. The toilets and showers were very clean, even when really busy! The staff were very friendly and helpful, any problems were resolved very quickly.

Our stay

Where do we start?! This was our 2nd camping trip as new campers and we have without a doubt fallen in love and found our new favourite campsite and second home. Northumberland in itself is a very special place to us and this campsite has added to that. The staff upon entry were absolutely lovely, very accommodating and helpful. We were provided with a map of the site, which gave us a giggle with the illustrations and was very helpful in finding everything we needed. We opted for the XL Riverside pitch with an electric hook-up, and I was made up with the actual size of the pitch itself, meaning we could park next to the tent. The grounds are very well cared for and looked after, the grass pitch was easy for us to pitch the tent in and the grass (as we witnessed during out stay) is kept tended to. The facilities on the site are cleaned every day, with washing up, toilets, showers, basins and additional mirror and electrical outlets, they have everything you would need for your stay. They also offer a selection of shopping goods in the shop including fire wood, kitchen roll, tent pegs and refrigerated drinks. The river behind our pitch was lovely to listen to and practically sent us to sleep every night listening to it. We found it got pretty cold after the sun started to set, but this was because the large trees behind our pitch were blocking the sunlight from coming through. The site itself is next door to Bamburgh and Seahouses, to which you can turn right twice out of the site and be greeted with the lovely view of Bamburgh Castle. The phone signal isn't great but is useable and the clear skies of a night time gave us plenty of star gazing, which was beautiful as there is barely any light pollution on this site. Behind the site, there is a fantastic homemade pizza truck owned by a lovely mother and son. You can access it on foot through a gate near the front entrance, which adds extra value to the site as they were chefs kiss pizzas and a lovely pair. Overall this site is beautiful and we have nothing to fault. The location is great, the facilities are brilliant, the staff are so friendly and even the fellow campers were lovely and everyone felt friendly.

Good stopover site

A good stop over site for one night but would not want to stay longer. Would recommend as stop over location only.

Not sure

Where to start, our motorhome only just fit on the hardstanding. We wouldn't have had space to put our awning up, not least as the trees branches where over hanging, The site has cabins, tents, motorhomes, caravans. I feel that this site needs a revamp with much more space allocated to your pitch. Felt very cramped and the pitch next door had a tent, was only 15 inches from our van. People are friendly, tuck shop, and play area for children. We used as a stop over, that was ok, but if you're going for a few days, could become very cramped, bins and toilets all fine. Just too many vehicles for the site.

Poor stay

Great location, terribly looked after. We had to pay an extra £5 as all pitches were taken, so they had to put us next to the river (stream). Don't see why an extra charge? Grass unkempt, no lighting around the site, noisy on site and very basic wash facilities. Felt like a festival campsite. Will not return.

Great campsite!

Lovely quiet campsite, great location, great facilities and amazing pizza!

Pleasant site in good locaton

Easy to find, walking distance to coast, good pizza hut next to site. Cleaning a bit hit and miss, gone-off stuff left in fridges.

Disappointing

Stayed 3 nights. Staff were friendly. Site fine if you like the feeling of being in a goldfish bowl with vans on both sides, in front of you and people outside the huts on higher ground looking down on you. No screening or hedges. Long rows of vans (9 or 10) with grass between. Hardstanding very good. Plenty of drinking water and electric hook-up points. Cars, vans and people coming by all the time as a 1 way system in operation. Toilets clean but toilet brushes disgusting. Lots of toilet paper. Showers with no undressing or dressing area and clothes and shoes get splashed. Water warm and okay. Good geographical area. Rode bikes to Bamburgh and castle, and easy 15 mins by car to Seahouses for Farne Island boat trips. However, we will not return to this site.

Just fabulous

Great site, staff were the best.

Site's response

Hi Mandy. We love our site Wardens just as much as you do! Thanks for your lovely feedback - will certainly pass it on.

Peaceful riverside pitch

Lovely large pitch by the river. Good standard of toilets and showers. Very friendly lady on reception. Will visit again.

Site's response

Hi Michelle. Thanks for your lovely review! We hope to see you on site again in future.