A Week At Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park

We recently stayed at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park, thanks to an invitation from Away Resorts. The beach is one of our favourites so we jumped at the offer.

​We visit the beach quite regularly but the last time I'd actually stayed at the site was 19 years earlier on the day I bought my first car, so I was keen to see how it has changed.

Whitecliff Bay is a stunner of a beach

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Our Caravan At Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park

Perhaps I'm getting carried away, but I think we had one of the five best located caravans at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park. Ours was in a section known as Solent View, which you can see on this map.

These five caravans and lodges have an uninterrupted view of the sea. They are also very close to the indoor and outdoor swimming pools, which saved us having to walk very far whilst wearing nothing but towels.

​When we arrived, we found that they offered a view of the park's big screen so we unpacked and then watched England's women win the Euros 2025. We considered this a good start to the holiday.

Our caravan was Solent View 3

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Site layout at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park

Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park is split into two by a public road. Child one and I took a wander on a warm evening to get a feel for different parts of the site.

I think she was hoping I would take her into the amusement arcade whilst on the walk, but I (genuinely) forgot my wallet so she had to settle for a few minutes on the playground.

The beach side of Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park has the main entertainment whilst the far side of the park has some nice views of the rolling hills of the East Wight and is a bit quieter.

From memory (and according to some old road signs) this quieter section - known as The Crosswinds - used to have lots of camping and touring. It is now mostly static caravans and lodges with a small section reserved for no-frills camping in July and August.

The Crosswinds is further from the beach than the part of the resort that we stayed on but it has some of the newest and most interesting accommodation, including the TriBeCa Village and Itchycoo Park. These lodges have trendy designs and hot tubs, whereas our caravan was the more conventional sort.

There are two halves to Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park - the far end is called Crosswinds

The view from Crosswinds is the hills of the East Wight

Newer properties, including TriBeCa are in The Crosswinds part of the resort

This playground can be found in the Crosswinds half of the resort

Shane Ritchie fans may remember him staying in Itchycoo Park at Whitecliff Bay for a Channel 5 series

This no-frills campsite operates during peak season at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park

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​the beach and onsite entertainment at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park

We didn't quite get down to the beach on the first night, thanks to the penalty excitement but we made the most of it on our first morning.

​Whitecliff Bay was looking stunning as it was both a) sunny and b) low tide. We built a sandcastle and moat for the incoming tide and paddled up to our knees before heading back up the hill.

Neither of the beach cafes at Whitecliff Bay are open at the time of writing, so we went to the Nab Bar for a cappuccino before walking a few metres back to our caravan for lunch in the sunshine.  

The afternoon plan was a swim in either the indoor pool or the outdoor pool. Of course, this turned into an argument between the children. It was one of those arguments where one of them kept changing their mind and was clearly arguing for the thrill of having an argument rather than because they actually had a strong opinion.

Anyway, we headed off to the outdoor pool for a splash around. It has been re-lined since we last walked past it on the way to the beach a couple of years ago, and was looking pretty smart. The pool is heated but I would recommend it for a hot day, unless you are particularly well insulated.

We then went to the indoor pool, which is smaller but is good fun and has a waterslide that sent me whooshing down at twice the speed I was expecting. I emerged from the water with a shocked look on my face, much to the amusement of Mrs Guru.

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We used the outdoor pool four times during our week at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park

The main part of Whitecliff Bay has this more modern playground and the entertainment centre

The park has its own amusement arcade that hands out yellow tickets

We popped our heads into the entertainment, which runs nightly at the park

We had a couple of drinks at The Nab bar after a swimming session

The Culver is the entertainment venue at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park

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Days Out From Whitecliff Bay

You could theoretically spend all of your time at Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park and not actually leave the site. The beach is gorgeous and we had the choice of several activities including a custard pie fight, archery and axe throwing.

There is also a busy schedule of entertainment, including bingo, kids' discos and films on the outdoor screen. During our week there was also a Robbie Williams tribute, a wrestling match and a magic show, amongst other things. I was secretly gutted to miss the wrestling match.

We did bits and bobs on the site but we like to get out and about and made the most of our time in the East Wight (we are usually in the West Wight, so this was a novelty for us).

I headed out on my mountain bike on a few early morning trips and found some truly glorious rides. I cycled up to Ventnor Down and Luccombe Down, along Shanklin and Sandown seafront, through woodland near Brading Down and did a beach tour around St Helens and Bembridge.

We also had several family days out to:

• Shanklin Seafront for the amusement arcades, funfair and lunch
• Bembridge to see the lifeboat station
• Ryde for the 'hovercraft experience', where they do donuts in the hovercraft for your amusement
• Yaverland for a swim
• Robin Hill Adventure Park to lark around in the woods​

One of my early morning bike rides took me to St Helens Beach

Robin Hill provided one of our best days out of the week

Many thanks to Away Resorts for inviting us to stay. As always with this site, the words are 100% our own.