Nurseries Caravan Park

Nurseries Caravan Park is a touring and glamping park set among the mature trees of a former plant nursery at Askham Bryan, 3 miles from York city centre, and the same family has run it for more than 12 years. The nursery once grew native English trees, and the survivors now shelter 7 acres of landscaped grounds in open countryside on the south west edge of York, with a cycle path covering the 3 miles into the city, the Askham Bar Park and Ride a few minutes away and a bus stop a 15 minute walk off in Woodthorpe. Touring pitches are level hardstandings with 16 amp hook ups for caravans, motorhomes, campervans, trailer tents and rooftop tents; standard pitches run about 7 metres wide and fully serviced super pitches about 9 metres, but ordinary tents, gazebos and fire pits are not accepted, so ground campers need a different site. The glamping is a cut above: pods sleeping four with private en suite shower rooms, plus the Oakley Horsebox, a converted 1986 Leyland Roadrunner sleeping two. A shop, laundrette, games room, playground and goal wall round things out, up to two dogs stay free on touring pitches, and guests keep mentioning how spotless Nurseries Caravan Park is. The park opens 1 March to 31 October, with touring pitches from £29 a night.