My wife and I were en-route: Scotland to the south-east and phoned the site direct and secured a one night stopover ( the last pitch available!). We had a wonderful stay and were able to walkby the river into Barnard Castle to tour the English Heritage site of the ancient castle...fascinating, impressive location and views. We were allowed to stay by arrangement, after 12 noon the day of departure. This facilitated our castle visit and added to our relaxed visit . Would thoroughly recommend the site. The little touches of personalised planting and landscaping by site staff, were incredible! Well done!