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10 Best Devon Caravan Holiday Parks - 2025

We've picked 10 of Devon's best caravan holiday parks by comparing reviews from visitors, facilities, location and - most importantly - prices. We looked at prices during August for a family of four. You can bag a much cheaper holiday by visiting outside of peak season (apologies to parents with children at school for pointing this out).

Most of Devon's holiday parks are along either the north or south coast of the county, although we have included a couple of highly rated parks near Dartmoor.

South Devon includes the cities of Exeter and Plymouth, as well as the old-fashioned seaside resorts of Torquay and Paignton, the fishing town of Brixham and the pretty sailing towns of Salcombe and Dartmouth. North Devon has choppier waters, so it is popular with surfers around Croyde and Westward Ho! The north of Devon also has several seaside resorts including Ilfracombe.

Here are 10 of the best holiday parks in Devon for 2025 holidays, including busy parks with indoor swimming pools and quieter parks to get away from it all:

1. Haven Devon Cliffs Holiday Park (Exmouth) - busy seaside Haven park, indoor pool

**Haven's 2025 Offers: Easter from £65 + Summer from £215**
Haven only has one holiday park in Devon, but it's also their biggest in the UK.

Devon Cliffs gets consistently positive reviews (4/5 on average) so it's a good option if you like the style of Haven parks. As you would expect from Haven, it is a big, busy, family-friendly park so one for those seeking entertainment and space for the children to run around. It is worth emphasising again that Devon Cliffs is a really big holiday park - there are more than 1600 caravans and lodges by my count.
 
Devon Cliffs has outdoor swimming pools as well as an indoor pool just in case the weather doesn't match the photos on the Devon tourist board website. One of the pools has a four lane waterslide.

There's also a high ropes course, a climbing wall, three playgrounds, mini-golf, soft play, water sports on the nearby beach, a great big inflatable arena for bouncing around, a NERF training camp and a Segway course (those two-wheel things that American businessmen stand on). The swimming pools, playgrounds and soft play are free, but you'll pay extra for other activities.
 
The location is very good, with a short walk down to Sandy Bay. It's also only a short drive into Exeter, which is well placed for some of the county's bigger attractions or a day shopping. 

Devon Cliffs is near Torquay, which I personally find a bit twee. Torquay appeals if you want the classic English Riviera seaside experience. It's also not too far from the rather lovely Dartmouth Steam Railway. Devon Cliffs is a dog friendly holiday park. You can take up to two dogs and there's a dog friendly section in the Mash and Barrel restaurant. In 2025, Haven announced it was opening a Wetherspoons pub at Devon Cliffs.
 
Price: £1135 for two adults and two children for a week in August 2025 in a Devon Cliffs Saver caravan (see our guide to Haven caravan grading). Top tip: Arriving on a Friday is much cheaper than arriving on a Saturday at a Haven holiday park. The saving was £200 in this case.

The quoted price is for a standard Haven holiday which includes use of the swimming pool and the facilities (several activities cost extra). It was £975 for a Haven Hideaway holiday but that just gives you accommodation and access to the restaurants. 
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Swimming pools at Devon Cliffs Holiday Park
Devon Cliffs is next to a beach and it has a choice of indoor and outdoor swimming pools...
Climbing wall at Devon Cliffs Holiday Park
...as well as climbing, mini golf, high ropes and watersports

2. Waterside Holiday Park (Paignton) family park, quite good facilities

Park Holidays UK runs six caravan parks in Devon, and the one which tends to get the best reviews is Waterside Holiday Park in Paignton (average of 4/5 on TripAdvisor).

It's in the classic style of English seaside holiday parks with kids' clubs, adventure playgrounds and somewhere to eat. The local beach has a blue flag (which means you will hopefully be the only thing floating in the sea). It's also near to Torquay which is a busy tourist town.

One slight reservation I've got is that Waterside Holiday Park only has an outdoor pool. That is fine on a sunny day in summer, but it might reduce your options if you arrive to find the forecast is seven days of rain. 

Still, it is well placed for exploring places like Salcombe and Brixham or for visiting Paignton Zoo, Go Ape Haldon Forest or the big aquarium in Plymouth. 

Dogs are allowed in some of the caravans at Waterside Holiday Park. They sometimes do a pets go free offer.

Price: £1120 for a week in a gold caravan for two adults and two children in August 2025. As far as I can tell, there aren't bronze and silver grades at Waterside but there are various grades of gold!
Steam train near Waterside Holiday Park
Waterside Holiday Park is in an attractive setting...
Beach near Waterside Holiday Park
...with a beach nearby
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3. South Bay Holiday Park (Brixham) cheap family park, indoor pool

**South Bay Offers: save up to 30% on last minute deals + summer holidays from £295**
There are four Devon caravan holiday parks run by John Fowler holidays. The one which gets the best reviews from visitors is South Bay Holiday Park. It averages 4 out 5 from TripAdvisor reviewers. 

The park is well equipped with indoor and outdoor swimming pools. There is also evening entertainment for adults (bingo etc.) and children's clubs. 

You can walk down to a local beach, as long as you don't mind a few steps. It's a sandy and rocky beach which is good for exploring rather than for an ice cream and a stick of rock.

However, one plus point is that it is along the so-called 'English Riviera' so there are lots of nice sandy beaches to explore if you spend a few minutes in the car. It's also only a short drive to Dartmoor.

Price: £1200 for a two-bedroom bronze for a family of two adults and two children for a week in August 2025. This model was pet friendly, but they do also have some that aren't suitable for pets.
Swimming pool at South Bay Holiday Park
South Bay Holiday Park is one of several John Fowler Holiday Parks in Devon...
Caravan at South Bay Holiday Park
...and it has a range of different grades and sizes of caravan
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4. Parkdean Resorts Ruda Holiday Park (Croyde) beachside, surf school, indoor swimming pool

**Ruda Holiday Park Offers: Caravan holidays from £99**
Parkdean Resorts has more holiday parks than anyone else in the UK. There are more than 60 in various coastal locations including four in Devon. Parkdean is sometimes a little cheaper than Haven holiday parks, although I’d say that Haven is a whisker ahead on customer review scores (read our Haven v Parkdean comparison for a bit of bedtime reading).

The two Parkdean Resorts holiday parks in Devon with the best reviews are Ruda Holiday Park on the north coast near Woolacombe and Challaborough Bay Holiday Park on the south coast (halfway between Plymouth and Dartmouth). Both score 3.5/5 on TripAdvisor but Ruda Holiday Park scores 4.3/5 on Google Reviews compared to 4.2/5 for Challaborough Bay. In other words, Ruda scores 78% whilst Challaborough Bay scores 77% overall.

Ruda Holiday Park is a good choice if you want to try surfing as it’s very near to Croyde Bay and has a surf school onsite. It’s also got a decent sized indoor swimming pool with a long slide. Another bonus is that it offers glamping safari tents, which isn’t an option at Parkdean Resorts’ other holiday parks in Devon.

Ruda certainly doesn’t have the vast range of activities that you get at Haven’s Devon Cliffs holiday park but there are nature trails, a playground, soft play, evening entertainment and a couple of places to get food.

Challaborough Holiday Park is on a similar scale with soft play, a playground and an entertainment venue. It doesn’t have loads to do onsite, compared to some holiday parks but the local beach is very pleasant and there are lots of good walking paths.
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Your other options for a Parkdean Resorts holiday park in Devon are Torquay Holiday Park and Bideford Bay Holiday Park. Both require a bit more effort to get to the beach and score slightly lower with reviewers.

If you go for Ruda Holiday Park then there are quite a few family friendly attractions within a 45 minute drive in North Devon. Options include Lynton and Lynmouth (with the steam powered lift), a sheep themed park (The Big Sheep) and Exmoor Zoo.

Dogs are allowed at all of Parkdean Resorts' holiday parks, including Ruda.


Price: £1169 for a family holiday in a Marwood Caravan in early August 2025. That’s the price for a two-bedroom caravan which sleeps up to six people.
Parkdean Resorts Ruda Holiday Park swimming pool
The indoor pool at Ruda Holiday Park is good fun...
Parkdean Resorts Ruda Holiday Park surf beach
...and the beach by the resort is great for bodyboarding and surf lessons
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5. Tarka Holiday Park (Barnstable) positive reviews, well located for outstanding beaches

**Winner: cheapest Devon holiday park**

Tarka Holiday Park doesn’t have a swimming pool, a restaurant or a clubhouse. So, why does it get outstanding reviews on TripAdvisor? (5/5!)

The short answer is that it offers good value accommodation in a convenient location for exploring a pretty park of Devon. It’s very competitively priced when compared to other caravan holiday parks in Devon and the Westcountry. Generally speaking, Westcountry holiday parks are a bit pricier than those in Yorkshire, Northumberland and Scotland.

Barnstable is only a five minute drive away and is well stocked with shops. In the other direction you’ve got a choice of Woolacombe Beach, Croyde Beach and Saunton Sands. They’re all popular beaches and are 10-20 minutes drive from Tarka Holiday Park.

The site is run by Park Holidays which has more than 40 caravan holiday parks around the UK. Dogs are welcome at Tarka Holiday Park and there are sometimes pets go free deals.

Price: £899 for a two-bedroom 'Gold Plus' caravan which sleeps six people. That’s the price for a week in August 2025. That was arriving on a Friday- it was about £50 more for a weekend arrival. We also found some very good value eight berth caravans at Tarka Holiday Park that worked out as £18 per person, per night. That’s a really good price for a Devon holiday park in the school summer holidays.
Caravans at Tarka Holiday Park near Barnstable
Tarka Holiday Park is a simple holiday park but it's great value...
Beach near Tarka Holiday Park in Barnstable
...and the local beaches are some of the best in Devon
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​Tarka Holiday Park

6. Sandaway Beach Holiday Park (Ilfracombe) outdoor swimming pool, rocky beaches nearby, sea views

**Winner: best value Devon holiday park**

Sandaway Beach Holiday Park is mid-sized by John Fowler’s standards. We rate it because of its location next to a quiet beach and its impressive sea views.

It’s one of the better value caravan parks we’ve found in Devon. Reviews are solid at around 4/5, although it’s marginally behind the average score for John Fowler’s South Bay Holiday Park.

You can choose from several bays and coves around the park, including Newberry Beach and Wild Pear Beach. Most of the local beaches are better for adventurous exploring, rockpooling and paddling rather than for sandcastle building with toddlers. The famous seaside town of Ilfracombe is only about 10 minutes drive away.

Sandaway Beach Holiday Park has an outdoor swimming pool, but it doesn’t have an indoor pool. However, there are pay-as-you-go activities organised on the water such as kayaking and ‘water walkers’ (the giant balls you climb inside).

If you want to eat onsite, there’s a bar and a takeaway. They also host entertainment during the busier times of year, such as bingo.

Price: £1082 for a two-bedroom bronze apartment for a week in August 2025. They can sleep six people, but that would require two people to sleep in the lounge. Pets are allowed to stay in some of these properties.
Family overlooking outdoor swimming pool at Sandaway Beach Holiday Park
Sandaway Beach Holiday Park has an outdoor swimming pool and sea views
Chalet at Sandaway Beach Holiday Park
There's a big range of accommodation available, including these chalets with sea views
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Sandaway Beach Holiday Park

7. Golden Sands Holiday Park (Dawlish) swimming pools, 10 minutes to the beach

Golden Sands is not the imaginative name for a holiday park. We know of at least five others with the same name around the UK. 

That aside, Golden Sands is a good choice for a holiday park in Dawlish on Devon's southern coast.


It is one of two holiday parks in Dawlish run by Park Holidays UK called Dawlish Sands and Golden Sands. They're a mile apart and you're allowed to hop between the two sites and use facilities at both. 
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Golden Sands is the larger of the two sites, with about twice as many caravans as Dawlish Sands. As a result, Golden Sands has got a little bit more to do onsite than Dawlish Sands. They've both got straightforward indoor and outdoor swimming pools but Golden Sands has a bit more evening entertainment ("eyes down for a full house" etc.).

They're both a fairly similar distance to the nearest beaches - although I'd say Golden Sands is marginally better located. 
Dawlish Warren beach is about 10 minutes walk from the entrance to Golden Sands, or about 20 minutes from most of the caravans. There's another beach called Red Rock Beach that is about 10 minutes further on foot. Dawlish Sands Holiday Park is about three minutes further from both beaches on foot, but there's not a huge amount in it.

On reviews, Dawlish Sands scores 81% whilst Golden Sands is a whisker ahead on 83%. We calculated this by adding together TripAdvisor and Google Review scores.

As you'll have gathered from reading all this waffle (my congratulations if you've made it this far), there isn't a massive amount between Golden Sands and Dawlish Sands. You may decide to choose based on price.

Price: £1149 for a two bedroom caravan at Golden Sands, staying in a Gold Plus grade for a week in August 2025. Dawlish Sands was £30 extra (£1179) for the same grade of accommodation in August 2025. They do have 'Bronze Plus' caravans at Dawlish Sands, which were about £100 cheaper
Indoor swimming pool at Golden Sands Holiday Park in Devon
Golden Sands is a mid-sized holiday park with an indoor/outdoor swimming pool
Clubhouse at Golden Sands Holiday Park in Devon
Golden Sands has more entertainment than its sister park called Dawlish Sands
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8. Woodovis Park (Tavistock), small inland park, lots of facilities

Woodovis Park gets consistently glowing reviews from visitors (5/5 on TripAdvisor).

It's one of the few inland holiday parks in Devon that we recommend. You'll have to drive about 40 minutes to reach a beach, but it is well placed if you want to explore Dartmoor or parts of Cornwall. 

Facilities and entertainment at Woodovis Park are a bit quirkier than the usual pool-table-with-3-balls-missing which some holiday parks offer. As well as an indoor swimming pool, children's play area and table tennis, they also put on circus skills, pony and carriage rides and storytelling sessions. ​It's also quite near the National Trust's Lydford Gorge which has a big waterfall (by UK standards, it's certainly not Niagara Falls...) and River Dart Country Park which is a good day out for outdoorsy children.

The caravans are named after birds, so you can stay in something with the fantastic name of a 'super finch plus'. 
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Price: £895 for two adults and two children in August 2025 in a Finch caravan. The caravan is actually a six berth so you could squeeze in a couple of extras in the lounge.
Jacuzzi and swimming pool at Woodovis Park
It's not by the coast but reviews for Woodovis Park are outstanding...
Reception at Woodovis Park
...and it has a good choice of activities including archery and circus skills
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9. Ladram Bay Holiday Park (Otterton, South Devon) family facilities, beachside location

Ladram Bay Holiday Park in South Devon ticks a lot of boxes for me, as it has a lovely beachside location and also has loads to do onsite. 

The onsite facilities include (take a deep breath if you are reading this out loud to a disinterested spouse): indoor swimming pool, gym, sauna and steam room, club with entertainment, children's and teenage clubs, restaurant, bar, waterwalkerz, raft building, indoor soft play, adventure playground, crazy golf, kayaking, paddleboarding and fishing. You have to pay extra for some things.

The local beach is gorgeous too, so I probably wouldn't get around to using much onsite.

It's a short drive to Sidmouth or Exmouth, which are pretty little towns, and it's also close to West Dorset's Jurassic coastline. Average reviews are 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor and are similar on other review sites.

Price: £1743 for two adults and two children in August 2025. That's the price for a six berth diamond caravan. 
Beach at Ladram Bay Holiday Park
Ladram Bay Holiday Park offers watersports at the local beach...
Ladram Bay Holiday Park swimming pool
...and has an indoor swimming pool, as well as soft play, crazy golf and playgrounds
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10. Devon Bay Holiday Park (Paignton) busy park, near attractions

Devon Bay Holiday Park is in Paignton, so it's near to several of Devon's busiest attractions including Paignton Zoo and Greenway (Agatha Christie's holiday home). It's about 45 minutes drive to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.  It's walking distance to the beach at Goodrington Sands and isn't too far from the pretty coastal towns of Brixham, Salcombe and Dartmouth.

The park is run by Hoburne which has a few parks across the Westcountry, and it has enough to entertain excited children for a week. I would say it's not one to choose if you want to get away from it all, but it's a good choice if you want lots to do at the park and nearby.

There's an indoor swimming pool with flume, as well as an outdoor pool. There are also children's clubs, indoor soft play, an outdoor playground, crazy golf, basketball and football areas. Just in case you get five minutes to yourself, there is a gym, sauna and steam room. 

Reviews are very good, averaging 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor.

​Price: £1217 for two adults and two children for seven days in August 2024 in a Classic two-bedroom caravan
Caravans at Devon Bay Holiday Park
You can walk to the beach from Devon Bay Holiday Park...
Outdoor swimming pool at Devon Bay Holiday Park
...or have a dip in the indoor or outdoor swimming pool
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Which is cheapest? Price comparison of 10 of Devon's best holiday caravan parks

We looked for the cheapest accommodation available for a family of four, for a week in August 2025. We searched in September 2024 and looked for a holiday starting on any day. From cheapest to most expensive:​​

  1. Tarka Holiday Park - £899 **Winner: cheapest holiday park**​
  2. Woodovis Park - £895
  3. Sandaway Beach Holiday Park - £1082  **Winner: best value holiday park**
  4. Golden Sands Holiday Park - £1149
  5. Parkdean Resorts Ruda Holiday Park - £1192​
  6. Haven Devon Cliffs Holiday Park - £1192
  7. South Bay Holiday Park - £1200
  8. Devon Bay Holiday Park - £1217
  9. Waterside Holiday Park - £1399​​
  10. Ladram Bay Holiday Park - £1743

Images from Haven, Park Holidays, John Fowler Holidays, Hoburne, Ladram Bay, Woodovis and Parkdean Resorts.

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Peppa Pig World
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