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Debroos

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Hoping to go to Lake District next month 🤞🏼and wondered if anyone could recommend campsites (wild camping sounds dodgy but will try!)
We're after small ones with lovely views from the van! Not lazy nor nuthin'....!
Doesn't have to include lakes but hilly stuff a must. Electricity not obligatory.
Thanks in advance
 
CCC have a site in Keswick on the side of the Lake. (they have 3 sites make sure you get the one that you want.)
Right in centre of town lots of shops / restaurants/ even a (great ) theatre.
Plenty of hills and lots of buses to even more hills.
Not a small site, but spread over a largish area and some of the pitches feel remote.
We go for a few days most years and catch a few shows.
The Cinema is worth a trip, cinema like you remember it before the multi screen warehouses.
 
r4dent said:
CCC have a site in Keswick on the side of the Lake. (they have 3 sites make sure you get the one that you want.)
Right in centre of town lots of shops / restaurants/ even a (great ) theatre.
Plenty of hills and lots of buses to even more hills.
Not a small site, but spread over a largish area and some of the pitches feel remote.
We go for a few days most years and catch a few shows.
The Cinema is worth a trip, cinema like you remember it before the multi screen warehouses.
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They wanted £59 a night last year in main weeks :LOL:
 
winks said:
There's a thread on here somewhere about this little site. https://www.searchforsites.co.uk/marker.php?id=49282

This is also a gem away from the hordes in the central Lakes. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/holidays/lake-district/eskdale-campsite

If you're after a strenuous walk Black Combe will sort you out. Just under 2000' but on a clear day the views are stunning.

Cheers

H
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Thanks. Also for the walk. Not sure I'm able for steep walk anymore. More of a contour walker these days. Hoping to find a few of those...
 
I go to the lakes at least once a month and have used this small CS site for years. Great owners, limited facilities - hard standings, toilet, ehu if required, drive over grey water disposal, black water disposal and water on all pitches. Reasonable prices. Photos on website are old but give you an idea of what to expect.
www.crossfells-campsite.co.uk

Camping Penrith - Crossfells Campsite

Camping less than 3 miles from Penrith. Crossfells Campsite is a small, pretty and quiet campsite located just under 3 miles from the M6 motorway and Penrith town, on the fringe of Cumbria's Lake District National Park. We accept five caravans and/or motorhomes with space for up to 10 tents.
www.crossfells-campsite.co.uk www.crossfells-campsite.co.uk
 
guerdeval said:
They wanted £59 a night last year in main weeks :LOL:
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We paid under £25pn at Keswick CC in Oct 23.

We are going to the Edinburgh Fringe in August this year and £60 pn is common for commercial sites on the way up / down.

We intend to wild a lot but will spend 5 nights on the city centre club site which is £55 pn.

Supply & demand I guess.

I expect to pay £7 or £8 a pint !
 
We tend to use CL's but the ones we do use are well off the beaten track and only any good if you have secondary transport (we carry a scooter). The one we are on right now at Outgate Fell near Hawkshead is pretty good but I got stuck trying to get on one of the high up pitches (on grass). Managed to get off and are on the one and only hard standing near the gate. Since then its dried out and a couple of vans have got up onto the higher up pitches but if it rains which it will from Tomorrow afternoon they might struggle.

Its a good location. They take more than five vans though. There was only us here and one Tugger on Tuesday. I think there are seven or eight now but its massive.

Outgate Fell Certificated Location | Caravan and Motorhome Club

Outgate Fell is a Certificated Location in Cumbria. Enjoy a five-van site suitable for caravans & motorhomes, reserved exclusively for members.
www.caravanclub.co.uk www.caravanclub.co.uk

£15, no hookup. Water taps could be a challenge unless you have a long hose. Toilet emptying I am yet to use but its miles away and ill be using the scooter. :D

There used to be two cracking CL's near Ullswater but both gone now. The other one we use is in Rusland between Windermere and Coniston but as the Windermere ferry is out of action we tried this one this time and its really great as its quite central.

Waterside campsite on Ullswater if you time it right is cracking. The bottom lakeside field is open pitching but it gets crowded at busy times. You will always find a place with space though as the fields are massive. Good place for a meet up as well.

Waterside Farm Campsite - Waterside Farm Campsite

Waterside House is a beautifully situated family run Lake District campsite situated on the northern shores of Ullswater in the Lake District.
www.watersidefarm-campsite.co.uk www.watersidefarm-campsite.co.uk

As for wilding the only place we still use is the bottom of the Honister pass near Buttermere. Again, avoid when busy as its a nightmare to get to. Lovely though.
 
Debroos said:
Thanks. Also for the walk. Not sure I'm able for steep walk anymore. More of a contour walker these days. Hoping to find a few of those...
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The Eskdale one would suit you then. The La’l Ratty is a couple of hundred metres down the road, so you can walk from the site and either use the little train to go down the valley or to return from a walk following the river. A few decent pubs about as well as Muncaster Castle, which has a permitted path going through the grounds and a corn mill in Boot. The C&CC site at Ravenglass is pretty nice as well.

Cheers

H
 
Thanks everyone. I should have said we're with cc and cmc but there seem to be lots of independent ones too. Great to have recommendations though to save disappointment.
Apart from not being able to afford it I refuse to pay those silly prices. I don't like campsites anyway. Oh for the days when you could get a cl for £3.50 a night in a field owned by an elderly farmer who was always interesting to talk to....
 
Debroos said:
Thanks everyone. I should have said we're with cc and cmc but there seem to be lots of independent ones too. Great to have recommendations though to save disappointment.
Apart from not being able to afford it I refuse to pay those silly prices. I don't like campsites anyway. Oh for the days when you could get a cl for £3.50 a night in a field owned by an elderly farmer who was always interesting to talk to....
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You can still get them for a fiver to seven quid. Just not in the Lake District. :D

There was one at Watermillock on Ullswater I used to use that was £6 and little used. Shut a few years back.
 
barryd said:
You can still get them for a fiver to seven quid. Just not in the Lake District. :D

There was one at Watermillock on Ullswater I used to use that was £6 and little used. Shut a few years back.
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Yes, we do try to find them. I keep meaning to organise a trip around cheap cls with no leccy...one day
 
r4dent said:
We paid under £25pn at Keswick CC in Oct 23.

We are going to the Edinburgh Fringe in August this year and £60 pn is common for commercial sites on the way up / down.

We intend to wild a lot but will spend 5 nights on the city centre club site which is £55 pn.

Supply & demand I guess.

I expect to pay £7 or £8 a pint !
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I'm curious. Where is city centre site in Edinburgh?
I drink mostly in Old Town , most pints are under £6. Probably a lot more at the Pleasance , George Square etc
 
alcam said:
I'm curious. Where is city centre site in Edinburgh?
I drink mostly in Old Town , most pints are under £6. Probably a lot more at the Pleasance , George Square etc
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The CMC site. Just a shortish bus trip. I know it isn't town centre really but it is the closest without wilding and that is difficult.

We will be mainly drinking near Fringe sites and in restaurants. Hence my expensive budget.

We are regular visitors to the city (my wife is a volunteer [unpaid!] director of a international charity with facilities in the city) and our experience is that nothing is cheap in August.
 
The CCC has a Temporary Holiday Site at the Drum Estate, Danderhall for the Edinburgh Festivals. 3 to 23 August. £12 per night. Fresh water, elsan point, skip for rubbish and a bus at the gate. Co-op over the road. Last bus back from town about 11.30pm. No booking required but must be CCC members. Its all on the Out & About app.
 
r4dent said:
The CMC site. Just a shortish bus trip. I know it isn't town centre really but it is the closest without wilding and that is difficult.

We will be mainly drinking near Fringe sites and in restaurants. Hence my expensive budget.

We are regular visitors to the city (my wife is a volunteer [unpaid!] director of a international charity with facilities in the city) and our experience is that nothing is cheap in August.
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Ok not sure where you are but as you will know Edinburgh has a brilliant bus service .
Yes fringe venues treat you as a captive audience and charge accordingly . Ordinary pubs don't , in general , put up their pint prices for the Festival .
When I say pints are under £6 I'm sure a few on here have seizures . Think Yorkshire !
Edinburgh is not a cheap city
 
Biggarmac said:
The CCC has a Temporary Holiday Site at the Drum Estate, Danderhall for the Edinburgh Festivals. 3 to 23 August. £12 per night. Fresh water, elsan point, skip for rubbish and a bus at the gate. Co-op over the road. Last bus back from town about 11.30pm. No booking required but must be CCC members. Its all on the Out & About app.
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That is cheap . Think I'll sell up and move there !
 
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