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5 of the best Blackpool caravan holiday parks - 2021
Blackpool has a decent selection of caravan holiday parks, ranging from quiet parks with basic facilities, through to large family friendly parks with swimming pools, kids' clubs and loads of activities.
We've picked five of the best caravan holiday parks in Blackpool by comparing reviews, facilities, location and price. Some are quite near to the Lancashire coast and Blackpool Tower itself, whilst others are a short drive out in more isolated and peaceful spots. We've also picked a range of accommodation options, including some posher lodges and some cheap and basic caravans.
We've picked five of the best caravan holiday parks in Blackpool by comparing reviews, facilities, location and price. Some are quite near to the Lancashire coast and Blackpool Tower itself, whilst others are a short drive out in more isolated and peaceful spots. We've also picked a range of accommodation options, including some posher lodges and some cheap and basic caravans.
1. Marton Mere Holiday Park – busy Haven park, lots of facilities, outskirts of Blackpool
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Marton Mere is a Haven holiday park, so it’s ideal if you are looking for a busy caravan site with plenty to do with a young family. It’s certainly not ideal if your holiday priority is complete silence and isolation.
There’s an indoor swimming pool for those unexpected torrential downpours as well as an outdoor 'Space Bowl' flume. There are also kids’ clubs, sports courts, a bar and restaurant, play areas, adventure golf and evening entertainment for grown ups. A lot is included in the cost of the holiday but there are various things you pay extra for, such as a pottery painting activity, archery and fencing. There’s an outdoor ‘splashzone’ which is only open in summer (though I’m not sure why anyone would want to run around an outdoor waterpark in January). Marton Mere is just on the outskirts of Blackpool, so it’s about 10-15 minute drive to the seafront, or an hour’s walk if you are feeling energetic (my children would be asking me to carry them after 20 paces). Reviews average about 3.5/5 on TripAdvisor or 7/10 on Hoseasons. Price: £685 for a standard caravan for a week in August 2021 for a family of four. |
Marton Mere is run by Haven, which is a big name in UK caravan parks...
...and it's got plenty to do, including a 'Space Bowl' flume and splash park
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2. Ream Hills Holiday Park - quiet park, lakeside location, 15 minutes to beach
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If you shudder at the thought of a noisy holiday park full of noisy children then I’d take a look at Ream Hills Holiday Park. It’s a 15 minute drive to Blackpool Tower and there isn't a swimming pool or other facilities onsite, but it’s in an idyllic location overlooking a lake.
Most importantly, it gets consistently strong reviews (9/10 on Hoseasons, 4/5 on TripAdvisor). There’s also a 1980s helicopter which has been converted into accommodation for four people. The cheaper accommodation are ‘lodges’ which are a little bit posher than caravans, whilst the more expensive options are log cabins which look like they’ve been imported from a ski resort. Dogs aren’t allowed in most of the accommodation. Price: £1285 for a Fylde View lodge for a family of four, for a week in August 2020. It comes with a hot tub as well. The helicopter which had been converted into accommodation for four people was much cheaper at £780 but we think it is a bit too quirky to include in our price comparison! |
Ream Hills is a simple lakeside holiday park with very good reviews and hot tubs
There aren't many facilities, but it does have a playground
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3. Ribby Hall Village - posh holiday park with spa and indoor swimming pools, 20 minutes to seafront
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I’m not exactly sure I’d call Ribby Hall Village a caravan park, but it makes our list because it’s got some fantastic facilities and it's a large site. It’s not the cheapest holiday park in the Blackpool area, but it gets great reviews and is a bit classier than most.
Onsite there’s an indoor swimming pool, including a family friendly pool with flumes and the like. There are also bars and restaurants, a gym and spa and evening entertainment. There’s a big range of sports and activities, although you have to pay for most of them. Options include tennis, squash, minigolf, fencing, those funny Segway things that American businessmen use to get around, canoeing, laser tag, pedalos and fishing. Average reviews for Ribby Hall are about 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor or 9/10 on Hoseasons. It’s a 20 minute drive from the seafront in Blackpool, so not as close as Marton Mere. The accommodation is mostly lodges and small cottages. Price: £1312 for a family of four for a week in August 2021 in a Ribby Lavender cottage. They also had six person cottages for a couple of hundred pounds extra, so you could bring grandma as well. |
Ribby Hall Village is classier and more expensive than a lot of caravan parks...
...but it has lots to do and it gets outstanding reviews
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4. Sunset Park Holiday Village – quiet fishing park, great reviews, 8 miles to Blackpool
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This one will appeal to those parents who hope to escape for a few hours fishing whilst on a family holiday, or to those who want a quiet escape from the noise of Blackpool.
Sunset Park Holiday Village is in Hambleton in Lancashire, so it’s a drive of about 15 minutes to the nearest beach. Blackpool Tower is 30 minutes in the car or you can get to Morecambe in 45 minutes. Onsite facilities are fairly basic, with a play area, a games room and a clubhouse with food and entertainment, but it gets very good reviews, averaging slightly more than 8/10 on Hoseasons and 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor. Price: £919 for a Hawthorne ‘platinum’ holiday home for a family of four for a week in August 2021. A holiday home with an extra bedroom was only about £80 extra when we checked. |
Sunset Park is a bit further away from Blackpool but it gets good reviews...
...and has places to eat and drink onsite
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5. Newton Hall Holiday Park, indoor swimming pool, short drive to the beach
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Newton Hall Holiday Park is about 3 miles from Blackpool seafront, so you’d ideally have a car (or a willingness to walk a lot).
There’s plenty to do onsite, including an indoor swimming pool, fishing lake, kids clubs, sauna, bowling green, sports pitch and an outdoor play area. There’s also places to eat and drink, including a fish and chip shop and a coffee shop. For some reason, you have to stay from a Friday to a Friday, rather than the usual Saturday to Saturday but reviews are very good, averaging just under 5/5 on TripAdvisor when I checked. As well as booking direct, you can also book one of the privately owned caravans and lodges at Newton Hall via Airbnb. That can work out as a very good value way of staying at Newton Hall. Price: 2021 prices weren't available when we checked, but the 2020 price was £500 for a silver caravan for a family of four for a week in August 2020. If you book via Airbnb, the cheapest price we could find was £508 for a week in August 2021. |
Newton Hall caravans can be booked direct or via caravan owners on Airbnb
The park is is about 3 miles from the famous attractions in Blackpool
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Price comparison of 5 of Blackpool's best holiday caravan parks
We compared the price of a week in early August 2021 for a family of four, including two adults and two children at five Blackpool holiday parks. We searched in October 2020 and didn't include optional upgrades. Booking direct with Newton Hall wasn't an option when we checked, so we've included the cheapest price for booking a privately owned caravan at the site.
From cheapest to most expensive:
From cheapest to most expensive:
- Newton Hall Holiday Park - £508
- Marton Mere - £685
- Sunset Park Holiday Village - £919
- Ream Hills Holiday Park - £1285
- Ribby Hall Village - £1312
Images are from Booking.com, Hoseasons and Haven
