by Tricia L

Created on: July 30, 2010

Skipsea Sands is a holiday park run by Park Resorts, situated on the East Yorkshire coast ten miles south of Bridlington. There are mainly static caravans on site but there is also room for tourers and tents. This article is based on a weekend stay in June 2010.  

Caravans - There are three grades of caravan; gold, silver and bronze. These vary in price and have different levels of furniture, fixtures and fittings, for example; gold caravans contain a flatscreen tv with dvd player and freeview, whereas silver and bronze just have a colour tv. Older model bronze caravans are the only ones that allow pets. Fully accessible caravans are available in all three grades, but electric wheelchairs are considered unsuitable due to size and weight. Travel cots and highchairs can be hired.   

Inside a silver caravan and the living area is light and quite well designed. There are a few large mirrors around which help make it seem more light and spacious than it actually is. There is a small tv in the living room area and a rounded off triangular table set into one of the two seating areas. The kitchen has a gas cooker and microwave oven. The fridge is tiny. A door to the right leads to two bedrooms: one twin with very narrow beds; the other a small double including a small double wardrobe. There's a reasonable amount of cupboard space given the room available. In the bathroom are toilet, sink and good sized cabinet, shower and two doors which makes for a lot of door clashing in this area.  

Although not immaculate, it's clean and well maintained. Gas and electricity use is included in the price of the holiday.    

Site Layout - There are five areas to the park: South Field, which has 185 caravans; North Field, with 386 caravans; West field, with over 200; Farm Field with 70 and Touring, with 90 pitches. There's a dog walking area around the touring pitches.   

There are two children's play areas, but the quality of equipment available for young children is disappointing. One consists mainly of an assault style course which is great for older children but not for little ones, and two swings for older children. In the other play area where there are meant to be two toddler swings one has a broken safety bar and one has gone. There's a climbing frame and slide but again, a bit big for toddlers, certainly nothing for very young children in the play areas.  

Next to one of the play areas is a duck pond with lots of birds

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