Hope Valley Campsite

View prices & book 9.1 125 reviews
Peaceful with stunning views
View from the site
Grassy field
Walk around the site

  • Peaceful Peak District site two miles from Bamford Edge
  • A 10-minute drive to caverns; 25 minutes from Bakewell and Chatsworth
  • Children’s playground opposite; the Thornhill Trail and pub close by
Pretty is what you get at Hope Valley Campsite in the Peak District National Park. It’s pretty in the way of scenery… but also pretty darn peaceful, as the site rolls out over six acres and looks over a valley and the river Derwent. It’s also two miles from Bamford Edge (which, by the way, is half an hour’s walk away when you fancy an uphill hike above a reservoir). Surrounded by the national park’s slopes but flat around the site, things are quite simple here in the way of facilities. There’s a water supply and portable toilet, and opposite the site are a playground and some space to get some games going next to the river. There’s good access to the road when you’re ready to set off somewhere just as nice. When you’re going on foot, the Thornhill Trail might attract your attention. It starts near the site and leads the way to Ladybower Reservoir in around 40 minutes. Pubs are pretty plentiful around this area too. You might like to stop off at the pub down in Bamford (it’s just a ten-minute walk away) or head into Castleton, where there are a larger handful of pubs 10 minutes’ drive away. Don’t worry about searching far and wide for food supplies, as there’s a farm shop and a small food shop five minutes’ drive away from the site too.

Site type

Tent pitches 50
Touring caravan pitches 3
Motorhome pitches 3
Open now
Opens 17 July
Please note
  • This site has no on-site shower facilities.

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Dogs

  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.

General

  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.

Occupancy

  • Group bookings of 3 or more units travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Single-sex bookings of 10 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.

Safety

  • No electric barbecues allowed.
  • No gas barbecues allowed.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Languages spoken

British Sign Language (BSL)

Open from Fri 17 Jul to

No availability here for your search criteria

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

  • 63%
    10
  • 11%
    9
  • 12%
    8
  • 8%
    7
  • 3%
    6
  • 0%
    5
  • 0%
    4
  • 0%
    3
  • 0%
    2
  • 0%
    1
Location
10
Value for money
9
Accommodation
9
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
9
Child friendliness
9
Cleanliness
9
Wifi
6

94% would recommend this site to a friend

93% would stay here again

What customers say

This is a basic, no-frills campsite in a beautiful Peak District location, ideal for walkers and cyclists. Visitors appreciate the spacious, level pitches, stunning views, and peaceful atmosphere, often enhanced by the sound of the nearby river. Clean portable toilets and a water supply are consistently mentioned. Owners are frequently described as friendly and helpful. Some guests noted noise from nearby roads or occasional louder music from other campers, and a lack of showers was noted but expected given the description.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews. Last updated 25/08/2026

Filter by topic

Reviews page 1 of 13
Arrival date (latest first)

The views were good, and it…

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
10
Value for money
10
Facilities / Activities
5
Customer service
5
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
7
Wifi
No rating

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked The views were good, and it has a relaxing vide.

Disliked Porter Loos, water supply. It’s about as basic as it comes but for £10 a night you can’t really fault it to much.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful campsite, good base for walking, facilities all good

Overall

9 out of 10
Location
10
Value for money
10
Facilities / Activities
9
Customer service
No rating
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
No rating

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Beautiful views

Disliked Bit too near main road so would try and pitch up other side of field, wouldn't stop me from booking there again tho

Recommend to friends Visit again

To summise lots of other sites available.

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
5
Value for money
1
Facilities / Activities
1
Customer service
1
Child friendliness
1
Cleanliness
2
Wifi
1
James H. 1 review

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Nothing to like

Disliked This is a pop up campsite next to Heather Hill Campsite and is nothing other than a field with a small row of about 4 portaloos. When I rang trying to find it, they were so rude just saying repeatedly, "I don't understand why you can't see it!" The reason I couldn't see it was because the one sign on the gate had fallen down. Also on the site, a strong smell of weed - not ideal for me and my 7 year old son.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Really sorry to see you didn’t enjoy your stay at Hope valley campsite we are definitely the real Hope valley campsite that clearly states on the website we are a pop up site with portaloos we are farmers that open our lovely field in a beautiful location for campers to come and enjoy the local area it seems like you didn’t read the website before booking we don’t claim to be anything we are not and also don’t read the instructions to get to us we had over 30 other campers arrive the same day as you with no problem
Also drugs are prohibited we will be monitoring this

Large spacious site, clean toilets, good…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
10
Value for money
10
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
9
Wifi
No rating

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Large spacious site, clean toilets, good location for the reservoir and hikes, friendly hosts

Disliked No shower but not an issue for 1 night

Recommend to friends Visit again

Really convenient , basic but ideal…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
10
Value for money
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
No rating

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Really convenient , basic but ideal

Recommend to friends Visit again

Cheap, cheerful, nothing fancy but exactly what we needed

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
10
Value for money
7
Facilities / Activities
4
Customer service
9
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
5
Wifi
1

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Good location - lovely walks around but also easy to get into cities via trains
Nice and quiet, get what you pay for and what you read on the website
The camp owner is also lovely!

Disliked We were unsure whether the water was drinking water (signage would have been nice for peace of mind)
Also lots of flies around when we were there

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great little field for tenting.

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
8
Value for money
8
Facilities / Activities
No rating
Customer service
No rating
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
No rating
Wifi
No rating
Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Great little pop up camp site. Basic as described but portaloos were clean and tidy. Field great. Across road play area and field nice. There are toilets and showers there too.
Relaxed vibe

Disliked Couldnt fault it for what it described to be.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: We are glad you enjoyed your stay and by the pictures you were definitely on our site for future campers booking as stated on the website there are no showers and the toilets portaloos

Highly recommend

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
10
Value for money
10
Facilities / Activities
5
Customer service
5
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
9
Wifi
No rating
Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Quiet
Large enough to spread out
Great for pets

Disliked Basic - but not bothered about not having showers as only stayed a couple of nights.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Field and other campers was lovely.…

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
9
Value for money
7
Facilities / Activities
1
Customer service
4
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
1
Wifi
No rating

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Field and other campers was lovely.

Disliked The toilets was disgusting, very smelly and unhygienic, overflowing at one point this seriously needs addressing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Wrote more in negative than positive, but the experience was fantastic

Overall

9 out of 10
Location
10
Value for money
8
Facilities / Activities
6
Customer service
6
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
8
Wifi
No rating

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked Quiet, great location, camping next to the water was lovely, 10 minute walk from a 24hr shop/petrol station, clean field, well maintained

Conversely what I’ve written as a negative (low staff presence) did make it feel more like wild camping and less part of a campsite, so that did feel like a benefit. 30 second conversation for car reg and proving our booking and then we were left to our own devices.

Disliked Bit of a lack of online presence, nothing on Google maps, called the neighbouring camp by accident and they’ve said it was a reoccurring issue, nobody really there to check or greet us till later, so we felt a bit strange just putting our tent up and leaving again

Small smell around the bathrooms but you expect a plastic portaloo to smell during a horrendous drought and heatwave

Recommend to friends Visit again


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker Walkers' paradise Wild camping

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Large (51-200 pitches) Pop-up campsite

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Location

Hope Valley Campsite

Water Lane

Bamford

Derbyshire

England

S33 0DA

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.3431°N
1.69311°W

Nearest transport

Coach
9 mi Buxton Road
9.1 mi Hunstone Avenue
9.1 mi Matlock Street
Rail
0.3 mi Bamford Rail Station
1.5 mi Hope (Derbyshire) Rail Station
2.1 mi Hathersage Rail Station
Airport
13.3 mi Sheffield City Airport
23.9 mi Manchester Airport Terminal 3
24 mi Manchester Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

An afternoon by the lido? It’s only a five minutes’ drive to reach such a place from Hope Valley Campsite. Add five to 10 minutes onto your journey time and you could be on an underground boat trip at Speedwell Cavern (10 minutes) or taking a tour around the slate, stalagmites and stalactites at Blue John Cavern (15 minutes). For a little stroll and some fur (or in the alpacas’ case, wool) therapy, Mayfield Alpacas Animal Park (15 minutes) may be your next stop – the animal park has skunks, meerkats and other creatures too. As for those staple activities associated with the Peak District, a cycle down the disused railway on the Monsal Trail (20 minutes) is nicely followed by a brew and Bakewell pudding along the riverbank and medieval bridge in Bakewell (25 minutes). There’s a stepping stones walk at Chee Dale (half an hour) or the huge grounds at Chatsworth House (25 minutes) when you’re in need of more wanderings (or time with the playgrounds and farmyard animals, in the case of the latter). Buxton (half an hour), a thermal spa town, is equal parts peaceful and historic, with a heritage trail you may want to follow instead.

Food and drink

  • The Anglers Pub 0.5 mi
  • Travellers Rest Pub 1.3 mi
  • Yorkshire Bridge Inn Pub 1.4 mi
  • The Little John Hotel Pub 1.8 mi
  • Sangams Restaurant 1.8 mi
  • The Walnut Club Restaurant 1.8 mi
  • Bank House Restaurant 1.8 mi
  • Maazi Restaurant 1.8 mi
  • The Scotsman's Pack Pub 2 mi
  • Samuel Fox Country Inn Pub 2 mi

Groceries

  • Hope Valley Tap & Bottle Off-licence 2.1 mi
  • Co-op Food Supermarket 2.2 mi
  • Spar Supermarket 5.5 mi
  • The Co-operative Food Supermarket 5.6 mi

Parks and play

  • Hathersage Park 2 mi
  • Bath Gardens park 4.9 mi
  • Train Park Playground 5.3 mi
  • Spider Park Playground 5.8 mi
  • Forge Dam Park 6.1 mi

Family days out

  • David Mellor Visitor Centre 2.1 mi
  • Peveril Castle Visitor Centre 3.5 mi
  • Peveril Castle 3.5 mi
  • Devil's Arse (Peak Cavern) 3.5 mi
  • Padley Manor (ruins) 3.6 mi
  • Tree stumps embedded with coins 3.7 mi
  • Mompesson's Well 3.7 mi
  • Granby Discovery Barn 3.8 mi
  • Eyam Hall Craft Centre 4.1 mi
  • Eyam Hall 4.1 mi

Public transport

  • Bamford Station Road 0.06 mi
  • Bamford (Saltergate Lane) 0.2 mi
  • Bamford (Victoria Road) 0.2 mi
  • Bamford (Shatton Lane) 0.3 mi
  • Bamford (Turnaround) 0.3 mi
  • Bamford (Derwent Hotel) 0.4 mi
  • Bamford (Thornhill Lane) 0.4 mi
  • Bamford (Institute) 0.5 mi
  • Bamford (Greenhead Park) 0.5 mi
  • Bamford (The Rising Sun) 0.7 mi

What’s nearby

  • Sickleholme Golf Club Golf course 0.6 mi
  • Cow Gap Farm Fishery Fishing 5.9 mi
  • Hallamshire Golf Club Golf course 6.2 mi

Local services

  • Sickleholme Service Station Fuel station 0.4 mi
  • Texaco Fuel station 1.8 mi
  • UK Fuel station 2.2 mi
  • YHA Castleton Losehill Hall Charging station 3.3 mi
  • Calver Service Station Fuel station 5.5 mi
  • Tideswell Pharmacy 5.7 mi
  • Lodge Moor Surgery Doctors 5.7 mi
  • Lodge Moor Pharmacy 5.9 mi

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Must see

Chatsworth 9.1 mi

Haddon Hall 10.2 mi

Magna Science Adventure Centre 13.7 mi

Wentworth Castle Gardens 14.4 mi

Lyme Park & Gardens (NT) 14.9 mi

National Trust

Winster Market House 14.1 mi

Lyme Park 15 mi

Hardwick Estate: Stainsby Mill 19.9 mi

Hardwick Hall 19.9 mi

Marsden Moor Estate 20.4 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Shatton Village - Over Dale Head - Shatton Moor 0.3 mi

Hope Station - Kinder Plateau - Edale Station 1.5 mi

Hope Station - Abney Clough - Leadmill - Grindleford Station 1.6 mi

Stanage (Dennis Knoll) - Redmires Reservoirs - Ringinglow - Hathersage Moor - Stanage 1.6 mi

Ladybower Reservoir and Win Hill 1.8 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Want to know more about camping in Derbyshire?

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Hope Valley Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Hope Valley Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Hope Valley Campsite? An afternoon by the lido? It’s only a five minutes’ drive to reach such a place from Hope Valley Campsite. Add five to 10 minutes onto your journey time and you could … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Hope Valley Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Hope Valley Campsite? From £20 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.