Blue Dolphin Holiday Park

Just back from a three night stay with the family (2 adults and 4 children) and couldn’t fault the place! Caravan was lovely, spacious and set right on the lake with the sunrise was a real treat! Restaurant and bar was a good atmosphere, bonus the football was on all weekend! The arcade the kids loved it and the entertainment team were great! Swimming pool passed an hour or so, only downside was the slides were shut. We got the bus from outside the site straight into Filey which was brilliant, Litreally a 5 minute trip! Definitely go back, cracking little break!

Haven Blue Dolphin was the second Haven park me and my partner visited this year, the first being Hopton earlier in the year. First of all, Blue Dolphin is in a beautiful location and very easy to locate. Even without Google Maps, I'd have been able to navigate to it with the signage as we drove closer. With that, first impressions were good as we drove through the main entrance. It was very well presented. For us, we use the Haven app before even getting on holiday to look at various booking details, activities, etc. With this, we knew our check in was between 3-4 but as we were arriving, around 2:30, we received a message to say ours was ready so it was as simple as driving up to check in, giving our name (the staff were warm and welcoming - although they didn't direct us to our caravan, which we found odd) and we were on our way. The atmosphere of the park is what you would expect for a Haven - a big site, full of caravans with the hustle and bustle of people on their holiday. The site appeared clean with nothing jumping out of us that suggested otherwise, and that's always a good start. As we approached our caravan, there were the odd run down caravans and those showing their age, causing a bit of an eye sore, which isn't fantastic, but not everything can be perfect. Upon reaching our caravan (we went for a standard Bronze - Two Bedroom, but ended up with a Bronze - Three Bedroom), we were greeted with the blue label on the door and our information pack waiting inside. The caravan was simple - as to be expected with a Bronze. It had a modest living space, smallish TV, standard chairs, table, sofa, etc., and then a bog standard kitchen, bedrooms, etc. However, everything was clean and tidy and it was the kind of no-frills accommodation, on-a-budget, caravan that we were expecting, so we were happy there. With what we paid, the value for money is very good. I'll also add at this point, there was no issue (from our experience) with noise levels whilst we were there. We barely heard any neighbours and the only things we did hear was occasionally people walking by. After seeing our caravan, we did take the time to look around the site and view the amenities. Obviously the site has a pool, however, we did not use this, but it appears popular and plenty of people were in and out. The main complex is easy to get to, whether walking or even by car as there is a car park next to it with plenty of spaces. The complex has a good arcade, a Burger King, Papa Johns, fish and chips, etc. Although we did not try the fish and chips from this site, we did the previous and it was good. This time we had Burger King and equally amazing. We did visit the main area for Bingo on one of the nights and we were surprised by how lovely the space was - plenty of seating, well lit, clean, etc., always a fun time to be had. Other than that, we visited the main restaurant and although it was very busy and there were dogs barking at each other (as dogs are allowed inside), the food was good - the noise levels did effect how long we stayed though. Next to this, we use the mini mart a couple of times and have no issues with this, decent pricing and good for times when you're in a pinch! It's also good to note that Blue Dolphin is located with an easy distance between a lot of good museums and places to see - we drove - but it appeared there an easy bus routes with stops just outside the park. The only small issue we had came on our last day, just before leaving. The boiler suddenly started making a horrific noise with the pressure gage all over the place - I phoned maintenance but was through to security and as it was before 8am, it was going to be 10 minutes before they could arrive - they arrived around 30 minutes later and it turned out to be the valve had opened. The maintenance staff seemed very stand off-ish, demanding to know who had opened it, to which I repeatedly had to say that no one had, it had just started making that noise, so it was a little sour note to end the holiday, but overall, it was a good time and we would return.

Blue Dolphin is my number 1 Haven site and I always try to get a couple of visits in every year. There are enjoyable scenic walks in either direction along the cliffs. Cayton Bay and Scarborough to the north and Filey to the South. The site itself is well maintained and efficiently run by very friendly and helpful staff. It's a happy place to be. I had a problem on my recent visit with the bike that I had brought along. The site manager named Phil was very helpful and supportive in dealing with the problem which was very much appreciated. I can't wait to go again. Love it..!! Well done to all the staff on making Blue Dolphin a special place to spend a holiday.

We stayed in number 13 Hawthorn drive and it was very clean and spacious just the great holiday start we needed. The only 2 things I could complain about is no mat to stand on to get out of shower so floor doesnt get wet, but we bought a cheap hand towel from Bridlington to solve this. The other is the pool isnt big enough for the camp site and could do with a lane pool too for the ones who want to do lengths. The park was quiet not noisy at all, food in the pub was reasonably priced and good quality 😊. We even got to see our team play their match by requesting it on sky (only if they had the channel tho) team leader in pub was very accomodating. The staff were excellent throughout and very helpful 😊. There are hares hopping about the place which are a delight to see. Couldnt find recycling bins in the rubbish areas though , although we didnt look far tbh from our caravan and could have missed them. Also maybe could do with a couple of runs to empty bins in high season when weather is hot might stop the flies. However, we had I should say 5 in our long weekend so not exactly a plague 😊. All in all a great place to have a base to visit scarborough, bridlington, filey and other north coast seaside. Beds were also comfy 😊 need to know where they get their matresses from 🥰 like sleeping on clouds. Also you have leaflets from local take aways please please check the hygine rating as one was not the 5 star it said it was. We did have takaways on site but they were a slight bit more expensive in comparrison. We were also apprehensive going due to some of the reviews but all was fabulous 😊 I would go again we have always had lovely holiday accomodation when staying at Haven.

Staying at 57 hilltop. What an amazing caravan. Lovely views one very big problem…. FLIES ….. when we arrived we saw 2 gentlemen leaving the on site shop with fly spray and never thought anything of it… we have had to leave the caravan full of fly spray whilst we went out. Had flies in the kettle in the pans everywhere. Such a shame as everything else was amazing….