When can I check in and check out of YHA Buttermere?

Camping and touring Arrive: 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. Depart by: 10 a.m. Read more

YHA Buttermere

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A site in the wooded grounds of a youth hostel with fell, lake views
A 15-minute walk to Lake Buttermere and 20 to Crummock Water
Self-catering kitchen, café-bar, restaurant, living room and library

Lounge in the Lake District at YHA Buttermere, where you’ll pitch up in this youth hostel’s grounds on wooden platforms set inside a tree-lined area with lovely views of Lake Buttermere and Cumbria’s lofty peaks just outside... When not wandering (lonely as a cloud, as Lake District lover Wordsworth might poetically spout) in all this nature, access to the facilities in the hostel – from the self-catering kitchen to the café-bar and restaurant – mean you’re bound to stay comfortable. The drying room will come in handy (in case you fall fully clothed into one of the lakes or it rains while on walks) and a key code means entering the youth hostel’s historical building is easy even when the receptionists have packed up and gone home. If you fancy heading back out and about, roams can be had straight from the grounds – the famed Haystacks trail is just one available – and gentle jaunts around Buttermere and Crummock Water (the banks of either are a 15- and 20-minute walk away, respectively) are also top ways to while away the time. If you’re one for wild swimming, (bracing) dips are also to be had in both. Or does sitting in the saddle suit you better? Rides to the scenic Loweswater Fells take 25 minutes from YHA Buttermere; pedal your way back to the park later on for a beer from the licensed bar and a board game tournament in the living room...

Site type

Open all year

Languages spoken

English

Features

No dogs allowed

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

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

No dogs allowed

Themes

Budget/backpacker

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

Small (11-25 pitches)

Location

YHA Buttermere

Buttermere

Cumbria

England

CA13 9XA

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

54.54036°N
-3.27155°W

Nearest transport

Coach

6.7 mi Bus Station

9.2 mi Gallowbarrow

9.2 mi Fairfield Junior School

Rail

12.5 mi Corkickle Rail Station

12.6 mi Parton Rail Station

12.7 mi Whitehaven Rail Station

Ferry

4.9 mi High Brandelhow Ferry Landing

5.2 mi Low Brandelhow Derwentwater Ferry Landing

5.3 mi Hawes End Derwentwater 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

Saunter over to Crummock South Beach for lazy paddles at this lakeside sunbathing spot 20 minutes’ walk away or have a harder hike through the sprawling greenery of the popular Cat Bells fell (around the same distance). Instead of heading upwards for views of Lakeland, trips to Honister Slate Mine will get you going underground on educational tours (10 minutes’ drive) in England’s last working slate mine, while the Castlerigg Stone Circle is an equally historical – not to mention atmospheric – hotspot similar to a mini Stonehenge (half an hour away). Up for an authentic Cumbrian ale after all that learning? Jennings Brewery Shop (plus tours) is 25 minutes’ drive – try not to sup too much though as you may want to carry on towards other top sights such as Wordsworth House and Garden afterwards, the Georgian home where the Romantic poet was born, 30 minutes from the park. To see the abode of another famed Lake District resident, author Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top farmhouse is an hour and 15 minutes’ drive.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Seascale	13.3 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
St Bees	14 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Allonby	17 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Silecroft	22.4 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Haverigg	24.3 mi	Sea	Poor	N/A	N/A	N/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre 5.3 mi

Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens 7.8 mi

Castlerigg Stone Circle 8.2 mi

Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum 11.8 mi

Ullswater Steamers 13.1 mi

National Trust

Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon 8.6 mi

Wordsworth House and Garden 9.4 mi

Buttermere and Ennerdale 10.1 mi

Grasmere and Great Langdale 12.3 mi

Coniston and Tarn Hows 14.3 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Buttermere - Haystacks - Red Pike - Buttermere 0.2 mi

Around Buttermere 0.3 mi

High Gillerthwaite - Red Pike Ridge Traverse - High Gillerthwaite 2.8 mi

The Gables from Honister Pass 3.4 mi

Newlands Round 3.7 mi

Local events

Kendal Calling (Thursday 1 August 2024 – Thursday 1 August 2024)
Penrith, Cumbria 22.7 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 YHA Buttermere? Saunter over to Crummock South Beach for lazy paddles at this lakeside sunbathing spot 20 minutes’ walk away or have a harder hike through the sprawling greenery of the popular Cat Bells … Read more
When can I check in and check out of YHA Buttermere?

Camping and touring

Arrive: 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Depart by: 10 a.m.

Read more