SITE INFORMATION

Finchale Abbey is a family run Park for touring caravans that has been with the current owners since 1951. The park is Set in the heart of the beautiful County Durham countryside Next to the ruins of Finchale Abbey, the park lies within a meander of the River Wear and overlooks the ruins of a Benedictine Priory. The peace and tranquillity of the adult only touring park encourages visitors from all over the world to return time after again time.

The park is ideally situated for visiting all of Co Durham's tourist spots, being less than an hours drive from Sea, Dales, Moor lands, Towns and Cities.

The Caravan Park is dominated by the impressive and picturesque remains of Finchale Priory. This once important daughter house of Durham Cathedral is now an extensive and highly atmospheric ruin, its ancient monastic precincts still excluding an air of tranquility across this very special place.

It was here that St. Godric settled in the 12th century, building a hermitage on a site which was to become his home for many years. After Godric's  death in 1170 at the age of 105, the Durham Monks set about building a shrine to the saint, the results of which can still be seen today in the substantial surviving priory buildings. St Godric's tomb still lies beneath the priory church and is marked by a simple stone cross. Today however, the tomb lies empty, his remains having mysteriously vanished many centuries ago since when there has been much speculation about his final resting place.

Do his bones lie in some far off place, taken for safety by the monks at the time of the reformation or does he still lie hidden somewhere in some secret place at Finchale, undisturbed by time and still keeping a watchful eye over his old home and its modern day visitors?

The park is located only 4 miles from Durham City which is famous for its ancient cathederal, Britain's first World Heritage site