The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park

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  • Family-run village pub site in rural northern Cumbria
  • A 10-minute drive from Carlisle and 20 minutes from Gretna Green
  • Food, real ales, open fire and a beer garden
The team at The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park describe their part of the world as 'Cumbria's best-kept secret' – and they've got a pretty good point. If you're looking for somewhere far from the crowds of the Lake District yet close to plenty of scenic day trips, the quiet countryside to the west of Carlisle is full of nature reserves, forests and gorgeous coastline that might just be what you're looking for… This spacious and well-maintained site is located to the rear of a friendly village pub (open from Wednesday to Sunday only) in the small settlement of Great Orton. Pitching up here brings a lot of satisfying pub food and drink – including real ales – within easy reach. If you fancy a barbecue, just bring one along and send a member of your party out to pick up a few cuts at the village butcher's, a quarter of a mile down the road. Carlisle's amenities, eateries and family-friendly attractions are all approximately 10 minutes away by car. The Scottish border at Gretna Green is also a quick 20-minute journey to the north, making The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park an excellent stop-off point on longer road trips. Guests have access to pub toilets (during pub opening hours) but please note there are no showers on site, and no toilets by the pitches. Dogs are welcome on site and are free to join you for a drink in the beer garden, but unfortunately cannot be taken inside the pub.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 5
Motorhome pitches 5
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • This site has no on-site shower facilities.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Tents are not accepted at this park.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • Please note that the pub is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Food is served from Wednesday to Sunday; it's best to book a table in advance if you'd like to dine in the pub.

Languages spoken

English

Reviews

9.2

Overall rating based on 299 reviews View breakdown

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Voted 89% of visitors View breakdown

93%

would recommend this site to a friend

91%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Pub food was excellent & staff very friendly…

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 4
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 6
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Pub food was excellent & staff very friendly

Disliked: Expensive for no facilities- especially when you eat and drink at the pub.

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From the manager: We are delighted you enjoyed our food offerings but we are sorry you didn't enjoy your stay with us. Pitch up do an amazing job in helping sites like ourselves put all the information possible in our ad i.e. how far our local shop/butchers is, how far the coast or lake district is, how far to the city centre and much more. They also make sure we advertise our facilities correctly! So we advertise that there is no toilets or showers on site but toilets are available in the pub within the pub opening hours. And dogs are more than welcome on the site and beer garden but not in the pub as we are a very busy pub for food and much much more. All this is there for you to read before you make a decision on if what we offer is right for your needs or not! As a family run country pub and caravan site we take pride in what we provide for our community and guests to the area. We do our best to keep the site and gardens clean, tidy and manicured. We do all this ourselves so we can keep an eye on cleanliness and upkeep. We check all pitches when guests leave to make sure the pitches and communal areas are clean and tidy for our next visitors. The 2/10 for cleanliness is the shocker and we and our staff are known for being very friendly and approachable so any problems with your stay could have been brought to our attention and resolved. We would like to have known what it was that you found so we could have sorted this. As you only stayed with us a couple of days ago nothing has come to our attention. Happy travels. Barrie - The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park

Absolutely perfect site. Kept immaculate. A bonus being the food in…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Barbara R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Absolutely perfect site. Kept immaculate. A bonus being the food in the Wellington is delicious. We will be back.

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From the manager: Thank you for this lovely review! Happy Travels Barrie..The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park

Very nice campsite with 10 very generous pitches. Excellent food in the…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Barbara R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Very nice campsite with 10 very generous pitches. Excellent food in the pub too - bonus !

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From the manager: Glad you enjoyed your stay! Happy travels Barrie..The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park

A little far out of Gretna which is where we searched for on pitch up

Overall 8/10
Location 6
Value for money 6
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Lesley S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Beautifully kept little site just at the back of a quaint little pub. The food was lovely and the owner was friendly and professional

Disliked: No shower/toilet facilities - would be a great addition to this site - it's more of a pub stop over site in my opinion

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Friendly staff, with level pitches

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Great site. Great pub next door. Booked a table food was lovely. Would visit again. Friendly welcoming staff.

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Would highly recommend

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Paul H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Good set up pleasant owners site was connected to the inn which served great ale with the bonus of good value food would highly recommend

Disliked: Too many large screen tv’s in inn

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Perfect little camp site! Amazing food at the pub. Highly recommended 👌…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Erika I. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Perfect little camp site! Amazing food at the pub. Highly recommended 👌

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brilliant very peaceful…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Robert B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: brilliant very peaceful

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Nice Place for one or two nights.…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 6
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness No rating
Wifi No rating
Elmar B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: Nice Place for one or two nights.

Disliked: No Toilets or Showers.

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It was our third visit and stayed for 4 nights, had a…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Marilyn S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding and grass touring pitch

Liked: It was our third visit and stayed for 4 nights, had a good look round the area lots of places to see and do. Site simple and basic, very clean and tidy. Lovely food at the pub will certainly come again.

Disliked: THE RAIN DIDNT STOP

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Features

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 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

Peaceful

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available No hot water Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Shop nearby

Type

Tiny (1-10 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby

Location

The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park

Great Orton

Carlisle

Cumbria

England

CA5 6LZ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.87365°N
-3.04875°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4.9 mi Bus Station
11.6 mi War Memorial
11.6 mi War Memorial
Rail
3.1 mi Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station
4.8 mi Carlisle Rail Station
5.5 mi Wigton Rail Station
Ferry
19.6 mi Keswick Ferry Landing
19.7 mi Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing
20.3 mi Pooley Bridge Ullswater 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

Wildlife isn't hard to come by in this part of northern Cumbria, as you're a mere five-minute drive from Watchtree Nature Reserve, a former RAF airbase that's been rewilded and has a number of tarmac car-free cycle trails to explore (with bike and tricycle hire also available). For more time outdoors, head five minutes down the road to the Cumberland Bird of Prey Centre and learn about how to handle a hawk like a pro. Having Carlisle so close by is also a major plus – drop the kids off at Fusion Trampoline Park (10 minutes) for a big old bounce, push your limits and scale the different courses at Eden Rock (15 minutes), a local indoor climbing centre, or learn more about the area at Tullie House Museum And Art Gallery (10 minutes). Drive slightly further afield and you'll quickly come to more top-quality days out. The nearest waterside spot in the Lake District National Park is Bassenthwaite, half an hour from base, a relatively quiet lake that's home to rare bird species including osprey.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Allonby 17 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Southerness 21.9 mi Sea N/A Good Good Excellent
Sandyhills 26.9 mi Sea N/A N/A Poor Poor
Rockcliffe 29.7 mi Estuary N/A Poor Poor Poor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Carlisle Castle 4.5 mi

World Famous Old Blacksmith's Shop Centre 9.1 mi

Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens 16.9 mi

Castlerigg Stone Circle 18.8 mi

The Rheged Centre 18.9 mi

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 19.3 mi

Acorn Bank Garden and Watermill 23.7 mi

Allen Banks and Staward Gorge 29.3 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

DALSTON ROAD CEMETERY 4 mi

Burgh Marsh and the Edward 1 Monument 4.1 mi

Around Carlisle 4.9 mi

Hadrian's Wall Part 2 - Carlisle to Lanercost Priory 4.9 mi

Hadrian's Wall Part 1 - Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle 8.5 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park? Wildlife isn't hard to come by in this part of northern Cumbria, as you're a mere five-minute drive from Watchtree Nature Reserve, a former RAF airbase that's been rewilded and has a … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  11:30 a.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Wellington Inn and Caravan Park? From £23 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.