Railway Inn Caravan Park

First trip away during Advent in the caravan and what a lovely weekend it turned out to be!

The site chosen for this weekend was the Railway Inn Caravan Park in Acklington, Northumberland. Out of season the choice of sites is rather limited, but this little beauty is open all year round!

The site is in the grounds of the Inn, which is the only pub in Acklington. The pitches are very spacious, well laid out and are hardstanding, each with a picnic table and water connection – wasn’t expecting that! The toilet block was also perfectly adequate: toilets, sinks and showers for both gents and ladies. Elsan point was an outside toilet at the far end of the block. Access to the toilet block is by way of a ramp, lights are automatic. Hand wash even provided by the sinks.

As the name suggests, the Inn is next to Acklington Railway station, which is on the East Coast Mainline. So you do hear the trains going by, it didn’t bother us though, let’s face it, it takes 2 seconds for the train to go by and the Sunday timetable was very sparse.

There are some good walks about, which we undertook on Sunday. The site is also a good base for visiting the likes of Amble, Alnwick and Druridge Bay. Travelling to the site, which is accessible both via the A1 and the A19, we chose to head up the A19 as to avoid the potential hold-ups at the Metrocentre as it was Christmas! This took us through the Tyne Tunnel with the ‘van for the first time, just like being back in France, only the Tyne Tunnel kiosks are a little wider!

Following the walk on Sunday, we sat down to a 3 and a half hour film about JFK – very good it was too. It was also good to have the opportunity to wash the ‘van down following the last outing, so she was gleaming by the time I had finished!

A great weekend, that wraps up the touring for 2013. Can’t wait for 2014 to roll on!