Witton Castle Country Park
Sloshes Ln, Witton-le-Wear, Bishop Auckland DL14 0DE, UK
View on Google MapsHoliday park near Bishop Auckland in a castle grounds with walking trails and wildlife; peaceful and small-scale.
About Witton Castle Country Park
Witton Castle Country Park is a holiday lodging set within castle grounds in the Wear Valley, with walking trails through the grounds and wildlife to spot. The park itself is understated in scale – intimate rather than sprawling – which contributes to the peaceful atmosphere visitors report. Showers are available on site.
The caravans are well-equipped and clean. The grounds are well-maintained with a variety of habitats, and the castle itself is part of the setting. A café serves food including fish and chips and Sunday lunch. The location puts you a few minutes' walk from Witton Park, and hot air balloon rides operate just a short distance away at the Bishop Auckland airfield.
What's nearby
- Virgin Balloon Flights (Bishop Auckland) - Hot Air Balloon Rides next door
- H2O Riders next door
- Witton Park 250m away
Distances as the crow flies, via Google
Good to know
Accessibility
- ✓Accessible parking
- ✓Accessible entrance
Payment
- ✓Contactless
Details via Google — worth confirming with the site before you travel, especially for access needs.
Photos
Photos via Google
Visitors say this holiday park offers beautiful grounds with diverse wildlife, well-maintained walking trails, and a stunning castle. They also highlight the delicious food, including fish and chips and Sunday lunch, and the friendly, helpful staff. Guests mention the clean, well-equipped caravans and the peaceful, tranquil setting.
Summary via Google
Can I bring...?
Facilities
No takeaway delivery found for this location on Just Eat or Deliveroo — you'll likely need to bring or buy supplies before you arrive.
Nearest supermarkets
Handy if you're self-catering or need to stock up on arrival.
- Tesco, Bishop Auckland 3.2 miles
- Aldi, Crook 3.2 miles
- Lidl, Crook 3.2 miles
- Sainsbury's, Bishop Auckland 3.4 miles
- Morrisons, Bishop Auckland 3.5 miles
- Asda, Bishop Auckland 3.6 miles
- Co-op, Shildon 5.9 miles
Straight-line distances — the drive will be longer. Store data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Opening hours
- Monday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Other hours
- Monday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- 2026-08-28T08
- 00:00Z
What visitors say
Went to Witton Castle on Friday, for lunch. We were a party of four, one wheelchair user and one with mobility issues. All staff, especially Wendy in the restaurant/bar, were very friendly and helpful. Wendy was extremely helpful with the wheelchair user, and also with assisting one with mobility issues, to the point of. changing his chair for a more comfortable and practical one (some with arms would be very useful). The food was excellent, no complaints there. The only, and important comment I must make is about disabled access. I believe this needs to be seriously looked at by management, as not everyone has the ability to safely negotiate steps or to access toilet facilities. I appreciate that changes required need to be done in sympathy with the castles appearance and atmosphere, but I am sure this can be achieved. Despite this we were all impressed by the castle, food and very attentive staff.
· via Google
Just had a 4 night stay. Witton castle grounds are immaculate with diverse wildlife, plenty of walks around castle grounds, nature reserve, walking trails. Our castlewood caravan ( dog friendly) was immaculate and had everything we needed for our relaxing break with our dog, a covered patio with chairs for relaxing, was in fact our dogs favourite place to lay out after her walks to lazily watch the wildlife go by. Castle was 10 minutes walk from caravan. Grounds are peaceful and tranquil setting with plenty of birds, squirrels, wild rabbits and the resident peacock. A short walk away is the Nature reserve were ducks, geese and swans can be watched. Owls to listen to on late evenings. All in all an excellent, tranquil and relaxing holiday id definitely recommend. Food at the castle can be ordered to takeaway to the caravan if you want to as we did, delicious and reasonably priced. A coffee shop on the castle grounds with outside areas. Various picnic areas on the grounds to sit and enjoy the peace and tranquility of the area. Anyone staying will need to bring their own bath towels, a torch for night time walks aspecially if bringing dogs with you and recycle bags, site does have large recycle and household waste bins near the castle but only supply black bin bags for household waste, there are plenty of dog poo bins on site aswell.
· via Google
We visited my niece today who was staying here in a beautiful static caravan. The location is stunning and the caravans well spaced out with plenty of room for the kids to play on. Our day was made even better by Jared, one of the grounds staff, who very kindly gave us a lift to the caravan after we asked for directions! How brilliant - he was so nice too. Thank you Jared - you're a star.
· via Google
Parked by the castle and did the lake circular walk. Lovely and flat around the lakes. Stopped for a coffee and scone on the lovely castle cafe. Staff were friendly and accommodating. All the groundsman we passed were very friendly.
· via Google
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