Durham Grange Club Campsite

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Great Location

What a great site! Lovely walk down through the woods & along the river into Durham, about 3 miles. Alternatively park @ the Park & Ride 5mins drive away & catch the Bus £2 return. 20min drive to the most fabulous Living History Beamish Museum. Well worth a visit or 2, as the entry price is valid for 12mths. Lovely clean facilities, hot showers, very welcome after a busy day. Arrival time is STRICTLY NOT BEFORE 1pm.

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3musketeers57

Reviewed on 18/07/2022 14:36

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The River Wear Circular Walk

Another lovely stay at one of my favourite Camp sites. This time I explored the River Wear Walk to Durham . Campers . Dont Just sit in your caravans. Get your walking shoes on because on your doorstep is a most STUNNING walk right next to the site with no busy roads to cross. Its an OK walk for dogs too ( on a lead if you go over the Style down the cornfield for 400 yards.) Once you cross the field the paths along the river are well trodden and currently no mud at all. ( July 2022 ) Head for the Sites Information room and pick up a handy map and off you go . The first 200 yards is not attractive bit of industrial estate but once you turn Right onto the Public Right Of Way, the path is well used not muddy and easy underfoot and after 10 minutes you come to a STYLE . Here you can either continue on towards quickest Route walking to Durham or Cross the Style head down the hill towards the River Wear valley . If you do continue without crossing the style after another 15 minutes you come to a small car park . For Durham via tarmac paths all the way into the city turn left at the small car park and cross the A690 bridge Or turn Right and head down to the most stunning area of outstanding natural riverside landscape . Now you will come to in a natural wood with 100 of years of history ( they could film Robin Hood hear) you will eventually come to the River wear surrounded by shear majestic cliffs and natural woods with several paths . If you want to make a circular walk from the small car park head down to the river and with the river on your left keep walking until you see a second small bridge with four large slabs down and up and immediately 10 yards past the bridge turn right and head up the path and you will have a bit of a climb up to the cornfield and then back to the Camp Site via the Style. This would make a mile and a half Circular Walk The wardens are excellent and keep the site immaculate. Quality Toilets too . Great Job. DO NOT BE PUT OFF by a few who make a big deal about some background road noise from the A1 M its not that bad in fact I stayed at Hawes Site two night before and the noise from the trees swaying in the wind was far more noticeable. . The noise from the A1 is not as noisy as the trees .......You can Find lots to do from Durham Grange .1. Durhams World Heritage Cathedral... absolutely a must see .2. Sunderland Blue Flag Sea Front (25 minutes) another must see . 3. The Angel of the North 15 minutes up the A1 . 4. The World Famous Beamish Open Air Museum 20 minutes away. But what ever you do don,t miss this walk ! Happy camping and thank you wardens .

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Reviewed on 10/07/2022 00:20

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First Class Facilities - Immaculately Maintained

This site seems to have had some poor reviews recently. We found the site was very well maintained and had first class facilities. The staff had gone to the trouble of making available an in depth 'What's On in Durham' leaflet, our only contact with staff was in booking in and the lady was polite and efficient. We arrived a couple of minutes after 12.00 and she knew she had a long queue of people to deal with.Yes the access in one direction is a right turn off a dual carriageway shortly after a roundabout and you need to take the outside lane when you exit the roundabout but it does say that in the handbook directions. Yes there is a steady drum of road noise from the adjacent A1, so perhaps not the site to choose if you find that annoying and only intend to sit around the site all day, again it warns of noise in the handbook. We had a very pleasant week touring the area.

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Rosemarie Ann

Reviewed on 05/07/2022 08:43

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Good access to Durham and for stopover on A1

Stayed here for 4 nights to visit Durham. Site conveniently situated off A1 therefore easy to find and excellent stop off but the down side obviously is the road noise which is to be expected. The path to Durham is lovely but no use for bikes prams or those disabled or unfit as the walk is on a field and riverside path of circa 6m round trip. It is a lovely walk though. Easy access to Beamish and the coast. It was very windy when we were there and as the site is quite open it was a bit wild to sit out. There is a nearby park and ride and the small town of Belmont which had a super cafe butchers and green grocers although as mentioned in other reviews there is a busy road to cross. Wardens were welcoming and kept a tidy site

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Reviewed on 02/07/2022 22:27

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Easy reach of Sunderland Sea Front

Given the location of the site its not easy to walk out so using ypur camper or car is advised. You can drive 500 yards and take the park amd ride into durham. It has dedicated Motorhome parking as well . The site infi mentions Seaham sea.front but going to Seaburn at Sunderland is just as easy and you will see Morrisons on the.front where you can park up to 6.5 meter Motorhome right on the front ( Pay atmachine 70p perhour orpark at Morrisons . verynice walk along the prom in both directions . Journey time approx 25 minutes via city centre to Roker ans Seaburn. Site noise from the A1 is not really a problem in fact it helps you sleep!

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Reviewed on 30/06/2022 15:45

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Road Danger

The main problem with this site is crossing the busy dual carriageway especially returning to the site from the Park and Ride where you are just around a bend where traffic cannot see you till the last moment. A fatality will eventually occur here, at the very least a sign warning of pedestrians should be in place It will be in place soon enough when someone is killed

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BaileyOrion

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Reviewed on 24/06/2022 14:36

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What a noisy site

On arrival the site appeared to be well kept and organised. The warden was rather grumpy as we had arrived early. He told me I should read my emails before we arrived and take note of the arrival times. I said that it was confusing as I had received the said emails but my booking app showed contradictory information. Facilities were spotless and the information room well informed. The constant noise from the nearby a1 was too much. It was 24 hours. Impossible to have a relaxing meal or drink outside as the roar from the roads spoilt this. We booked for three nights but could only manage two as the noise was ridiculous. The second night there was someone using a stihl saw at 1.30 in the morning! Needless to say we had no sleep that night and we left one day early. The female in reception was most unhelpful and miserable when we asked her about local walks. Would definitely not return due to the road noise, miserable wardens and their passion to cut the grass at every opportunity.

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Franthevan

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Reviewed on 17/05/2022 19:10

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The only site where washing on a rotary dryer on your pitch are regarded as a fire hazard!

Easy access from the A1 as long as you don't miss the final small dull sign pointing to the site. Inevitably there's a constant roar day and night from the A1 traffic, but it didn't really bother us. Rather like a Camping and Caravanning Club site, unfortunately, with some pitches in a central grass field, which means rude people are constantly walking across your gravel pitch in order to access the facilities rather than walk on the grass between pitches. The site is well placed for Durham City centre and the Beamish Museum. Pernickety warden made a ridiculous complaint to us for leaving our washing on a camping rotary dryer on our pitch while we were out, claiming that it was a fire hazard!

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pmbbiggsy

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Reviewed on 17/05/2022 15:57

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Almost missed the sign

Positives, convenient for A1 and Durham park and ride Spacious site well kept Lots of lovely riverside walking in and around Durham Close to city - helpful easy to find guides to give ideas and advice Lots of history Negatives, 24 hour noise, no way could you sit outside - reminded us of being broken down on the motorway Grumpy wardens Speeding, footballs and off lead dogs permitted

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maisie19

Reviewed on 13/05/2022 11:35

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Miserable Wardens

Stayed here last week. Handy stop off on the A1. Good base for visiting the North East. Some of the wardens though are very miserable. We asked one of the female wardens where the nearest pub was, her reply ......No idea, I dont do pubs . What lovely warm person . Obviously in the wrong job !

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brianandjulie

Reviewed on 04/05/2022 19:12

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