Great Langdale Campsite

Great Langdale Trail (added by manager 22 Jul 2009)

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One of the Lake District's most imposing locations, you'll find this unspoiled National Trust site puts much of the area's finest scenery and walking right outside your tent. Great Langdale valley offers some of the most striking scenery in all of lakeland. The campsite looks along the valley and upwards to the impressive Langdale Pikes, which are surely nature at its most dramatic. Fell walkers and climbers can take their pick from Scafell Pike, White Ghyll and Raven Crag, while walkers of a gentler disposition will enjoy the rolling paths of Lingmoor and Little Langdale. Either way, it is impossible not to feel uplifted by the magnificence of the scenery at Great Langdale.

Site type

Tent pitches 150
Motorhome pitches 6
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 5

Languages spoken

English

This site is a member of National Trust group.

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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

Disabled facilities

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

D. of E. 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

Lake and/or mountain

Peaceful

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby

Cycling nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Great Langdale Campsite

Great Langdale

Ambleside

Cumbria

England

LA22 9JU

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

54.4472°N
-3.0934°W

Route directions

By car: From Ambleside, follow the A593 road. At Skelwith Bridge, turn right onto the B5343. The campsite is approximately six miles down this road on the left just before you reach the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. By bus: Catch the Langdale Rambler from Ambleside (daily service 516, reduced in winter). Telephone Traveline for up to date timetable information on 0870 608 2608 or visit www.traveline.org.uk.

Nearest transport

Coach
3.1 mi Lakeside House for Dove Cottage
3.1 mi Daffodil Hotel for Dove Cottage
5.4 mi Kelsick Road opposite Library
Rail
9 mi Windermere Rail Station
12.1 mi Staveley Rail Station
13.9 mi Foxfield Rail Station
Ferry
5.4 mi Monk Coniston Ferry Landing
5.6 mi Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing
5.7 mi Waterhead Hotel (Coniston) Ferry Landing

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

Three great Lakeland inns within easy walking distance. Ambleside, with its cinema, museum, host of outdoor equipment shops and great restaurants is just a short drive away, as are Hawkshead and Grasmere.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Seascale 16.3 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Silecroft 18.9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Haverigg 19.5 mi Sea Poor N/A N/A N/A
St Bees 20.9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Walney West Shore 23.7 mi Sea N/A Good Good N/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum 3.1 mi

Rydal Mount and Gardens 4.4 mi

Beatrix Potter Gallery 6.2 mi

Brockhole - Lake District Visitor Centre 6.8 mi

Hill Top 8.2 mi

National Trust

Grasmere and Great Langdale 2.9 mi

Coniston and Tarn Hows 5.2 mi

Gondola' 5.9 mi

Beatrix Potter Gallery 6.2 mi

Townend 7.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Langdale Pikes 0.2 mi

Scafell Pike from Langdale 0.3 mi

New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel - Stickle Tarn - Jack's Rake - Harrison Stickle - Langdale Valley - Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel 0.3 mi

Great Langdale 0.3 mi

Langdale Valley - Bowfell - Crinkle Crags - Red Tarn - Stool End Farm - Langdale Valley 0.4 mi

Local events

  • Kendal Calling (Thursday 1 August 2024 – Thursday 1 August 2024)

    Penrith, Cumbria 18.6 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.

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  • What attractions are near Great Langdale Campsite? Three great Lakeland inns within easy walking distance. Ambleside, with its cinema, museum, host of outdoor equipment shops and great restaurants is just a short drive away, as are Hawkshead and Grasmere. Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Great Langdale Campsite?

    Between 3-7pm

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