The Wilson Arms

8.4 46 reviews

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Pitches within the grounds of a family-run Lake District village pub
On the Cumbria Way, a five-minute drive from Coniston village
Pub with great food, takeaways and beer garden, plus deli on site

From pint to pitch in a matter of just a few minutes… if that sounds like just the thing for your Cumbria break, book a spot at The Wilson Arms, where pitches are located just behind a fab family-run pub about five minutes’ drive from Coniston. This being the Lake District National Park, there are gorgeous views all around here – the pub sits in the shadow of the towering Old Man of Coniston and Dow Crag, and it’s close to the Duddon Valley, Furness Fells and other lovely parts of the Lakes (Ambleside, Grasmere and Wastwater are all within easy reach). Long-distance walkers may also like to note that it’s on the route of the Cumbria Way (a stopover with a pub attached… how handy…) Wherever you choose to roam by day, back at base you can spend the evening cosied up in the classic country pub, which serves top-notch meals, fine ales and takeaways, or head outside to the hugely popular outdoor marquee, where food and drinks are served up every day from 11am. There’s also a lovely deli on site, so it’s easy to pick up various bits of local food for your picnic, home-baked cakes and light meals (including soups and jacket potatoes).

Site type

Open all year

Languages spoken

English

Features

Portable toilet

Pop-up campsite

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

Dogs allowed all year

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Pop-up campsite

Pub campsite

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

The Wilson Arms

Torver

Coniston

Cumbria

England

LA21 8BB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.33805°N
-3.10331°W

Nearest transport

Coach

8.5 mi Kelsick Road opposite Library

8.5 mi Tourist Information Centre

8.6 mi Rail Station

Rail

7.1 mi Foxfield Rail Station

8 mi Kirkby-in-Furness Rail Station

8.6 mi Windermere Rail Station

Ferry

1.3 mi Torver (Coniston) Ferry Landing

1.3 mi Sunny Bank (Coniston) Ferry Landing

2 mi Brantwood (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

Where will you go walking first? The Old Man of Coniston walking trail (10 minutes’ drive) for views of valleys and copper mines along the way? Tarn Hows (15 minutes) for a short hike around the lakeside? Windermere’s west shore (half an hour) to catch a boat over to the gothic jetty at the National Trust’s Wray Castle (25 minutes)? Or perhaps Wastwater (20 minutes) or Ambleside (25 minutes) for more of the lakes? Hiking the day away is easy from this site, but watersports are another way to keep active and Coniston (five minutes) has plenty on this front, from Canadian canoe or kayak hire to boat trips for those of you who want to get about the water a bit quicker. And for another place that will keep you moving, Grizedale Forest (25 minutes) has mountain biking trails, a sculpture park and Go Ape, so take your pick. Nature’s certainly a treat in these parts, but so is history. The National Trust’s Hill Top (25 minutes) is all about the stories of Beatrix Potter, as her old house lives on here. Elsewhere, Brantwood (15 minutes) is the home-turned-museum of another English writer, John Ruskin.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Haverigg	12.7 mi	Sea	Poor	N/A	N/A	N/A
Silecroft	12.9 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Seascale	16 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Walney West Shore	16.5 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	N/A
Walney Sandy Gap	17.5 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	N/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Beatrix Potter Gallery 4.9 mi

Hill Top 5.4 mi

Lakeland Motor Museum 7.1 mi

Windermere Lake Cruises, Lakeside 7.2 mi

Blackwell, The Arts & Craft House 7.3 mi

National Trust

Gondola' 2.3 mi

Coniston and Tarn Hows 3.3 mi

Beatrix Potter Gallery 4.9 mi

Hill Top 5.4 mi

Fell Foot Park 7.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

The Coniston Heights: The Old Man to Swirl How 1.8 mi

The Beacon and Blawith Fell 2.3 mi

Coniston - Levers Water - Coniston 2.4 mi

Coniston - Little Arrow - Coniston Lakeshore 2.4 mi

Coniston - Tarn Hows - Coniston 2.4 mi

Local events

Keswick Mountain Festival (Friday 17 May 2024 – Friday 17 May 2024)
Keswick, Cumbria 14.7 mi
Kendal Calling (Thursday 1 August 2024 – Thursday 1 August 2024)
Penrith, Cumbria 24.1 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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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Basic

Overall	2/10
Location	6
Value for money	2
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	2
Customer service	No rating
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	No rating
Wifi	4

Gillian C. Aug 2022

Fully-serviced gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Location

Disliked: Toilets and washing up area dirty

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice stay, great staff

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	10

Joanne C. Aug 2022

Fully-serviced gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Great pub and helpful staff who sorted out an issue with the electric hook up.

Disliked: Think the hit water in the toilet/shower block only runs at certain times? As we had an early start, 3 of us had cold showers. Would be useful to have notification of this if it is the case.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall good value for money

Overall	8/10
Location	10
Value for money	8
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	No rating
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Jun 2022

Fully-serviced gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Location to pub facilities, showers. Dogs allowed in pub too

Disliked: No hot water to wash kitchen utensils etc. WiFi was poor where campervan was parked, only 40metres from pub

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good pitches. Warm welcome. Site well set up

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

Anonymous Jun 2022

Fully-serviced gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: We were running late due to traffic so called to apologise not an issue they arranged for a late arrival for us. We have 2 dogs and they allowed into bar, secure field for walking them in. Easy hook up with water, showers, toilet, utilities etc. warm welcome in bar. Treated ourselves to a good breakfast on last day.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff, great space, lovely pub, great food…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	8

Anonymous Jun 2022

Fully-serviced gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Friendly staff, great space, lovely pub, great food

Recommend to friends Visit again

Large grass area next to the parking. Pub was good food. We…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Anonymous Jun 2022

Fully-serviced gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Large grass area next to the parking. Pub was good food. We stayed 3 nights and the last night we had to go on the grass pitch and this was not level but had electric hook up. Takes about 25 mins to walk to lake and a nice lake walk into town about 1.45 hours Deli connected to the pub has very reasonable and good cake and pie

Disliked: WiFi didn't work

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site with clean facilities, good warm showers. Dog friendly

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

Phil T. May 2022

Fully-serviced gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Lovely location, friendly staff, very reasonable price.

Recommend to friends Visit again

The toilets/shower facilities were very clean!…

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	6
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Apr 2022

Fully-serviced gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: The toilets/shower facilities were very clean!

Disliked: You could hear the staff talking about you 😂 nothing awful but wasn’t very professional

Recommend to friends Visit again

If you are not looking for peace, quiet and views then its ideal

Overall	6/10
Location	8
Value for money	6
Accommodation	6
Facilities / Activities	4
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	4
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	8

Anonymous Apr 2022

Fully-serviced gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Easy walking/cycling into coniston itself and lovely 6 mile walk down from the site to quiet spots by the lakeside and back. Breakfast available in the pub daily. A handy deli on site for a few essentials. Staff very helpful and friendly. Open field area for the dog and outside seating areas by the marquee.

Disliked: its a pub car park so no real outstanding views of the countryside due to a large marquee in the grounds. Motorhome hard standing pitches were bit cramped and sited right next to the marquee so noisy too. Food was not served in the pub but in the noisy marquee out of takeaway containers so we didnt eat at the pub. Toilets were clean but a little small and are shared - only 2 toilets and 2 showers.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Wouldn't stay again due to noise from marquee.

Overall	6/10
Location	6
Value for money	6
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	No rating
Customer service	No rating
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	No rating
Wifi	No rating

Natalie W. Apr 2022

Fully-serviced gravel motorhome pitch

Liked: Lovely walks in the area!! Food and drink in pub nice!! Good showers!

Disliked: Noise!! Not family friendly as they played loud music in the marquee till 1030pm. No hot water in outdoor pot wash! No children's park which seen on photos before we booked!

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Does The Wilson Arms have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is The Wilson Arms dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near The Wilson Arms? Where will you go walking first? The Old Man of Coniston walking trail (10 minutes’ drive) for views of valleys and copper mines along the way? Tarn Hows (15 minutes) for a … Read more