Newlands Valley Campsite

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View of the field and the pitches
View of the field and the pitches
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  • Well-maintained Lake District site half a kilometre from Derwentwater
  • A five-minute drive from Catbells; 15 minutes from Whinlatter Forest
  • Pub with a beer garden a short walk away; adventure centre nearby
Mountain biking, high ropes, quad biking and boating… whatever your calling, you’ll be well placed for mucking into all sorts of outdoor activities from Newlands Valley Campsite in the Lake District National Park. Half a kilometre from Derwentwater and 10 minutes’ drive away from Keswick, this family-run pop-up site will plant you firmly near to fells, lakes and forests. You’ll be able to channel your energy into the outdoors from here, as there’s an activity centre five minutes’ drive away (climbing, archery and kayaking included). The nearest fell is five minutes’ drive away for a challenging hike and there are more trails including mountain biking or cycling courses around Whinlatter Forest Park, 15 minutes’ drive away. When you’re ready to give your feet a rest and refill with some tasty food, the local pub is 10 minutes’ walk away up the hill – it’s quite the cosy spot with a beer garden so you can stay in the fresh air if you please while you indulge in a homecooked meal. As a pop-up site, the facilities on site simply take care of the essentials – as you’ll likely be a little mucky from your adventures out and about, there are showers, toilets and clean water where you can freshen up.

Site type

Tent pitches 50
Open now
Opens 18 July
Please note
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 18 Jul to

Open from Fri, 8 Aug to

Reviews

8.7

Overall rating from 249 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
 8
Facilities / Activities
 8
Customer service
 9
Child friendliness
 9
Cleanliness
 8
Wifi
 4
Spectacular sceneryWalkers' paradisePeaceful

89% would recommend this site to a friend

86% would stay here again

What customers say

Newlands Valley Campsite is praised for its stunning location, offering incredible views and easy access to walks. Visitors frequently mention the friendly and helpful staff, clean facilities, and hot showers. Campfires are permitted, and many appreciate the spacious, flat pitches and the relaxed atmosphere. While some note the facilities are basic, the overall sentiment is positive, with many planning return visits despite occasional reports of mud during wet weather.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

Reviews page 1 of 25
Arrival date (latest first)

Lovely chilled site with beautiful scenery. Facilities were good. Great place for…

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9 out of 10
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Rebecca D.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Lovely chilled site with beautiful scenery. Facilities were good. Great place for children. There was always staff handy who were very helpful.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great stay, great site with great friends

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Kirstie C.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Liked that it’s pick your own pitch as my friend is a snorer 🤣 toilets and showers. Nice fire pits to hire. Very close to catbells with a perfect view of it from the pitch.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great location, facilities -water, showers and toilets. The pub…

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10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 8
Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
 10
Liene B.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Great location, facilities -water, showers and toilets.
The pub is just a 10-minute walk, and there are great walks from the campsite.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent location basic but clean facilities

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8 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
 7
Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Dawn M.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked The location staff very friendly and helpful

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi Dawn,

Thankyou for taking the time to leave us a review!

We really hope you and your family enjoyed your stay.

Kind Regards
Ruby

Book with confidence.

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9 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
 8
Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Christopher r.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Choice of an adult only field

Access to good hiking routes.

Walking distance to Keswick (30 mins or so).

Good basic campsite. Facilities ideal.

Nothing to dislike.

The guys running it (presume owners) very nice.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hello,

Thankyou for your review!

We really try and make sure everyone is catered for an has a pleasant experience!

Kind Regards
Ruby

Favourite campsite in the lakes

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Very spacious site, great toilet/shower facilities, friendly staff, and a great location for both hikes and ease into Keswick.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi,

We love the title of your review ''Favourite campsite in the Lakes''!

We really hope we see again soon!

Thanks
Ruby

If you want to experience 1970's camping come here.

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4 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Location and size of field...level and few stones so easy to pitch up

Disliked Facilities.
Site has two fields , had over 100 pitches up, min 2 person a tent, majority have 3 or 4, especially families

1 sink to wash in...tepid water...
No drying facilities
4 showers
4 male toilets...most had broken seats/ broken toilet holders.

1 block of 2 had no running water...I'm sure that breaching H&S

If I wanted to know what camping in 1975 was like, I now know

Won't be returning to this site again

Recommend to friends Visit again

Cracking camp site

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10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Grant G.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked Facilities and tent

Disliked Na

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thankyou for your review!

We really hope we see you again soon! 😊

The location , it's beautiful. The friendly welcome. The facilities we were…

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Gillie Y.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked The location , it's beautiful. The friendly welcome. The facilities we were told ( previous reviews) were basic, but they were clean and worked so didn't need anything more. The showers were super hot with good pressure too. We even had sunshine. I'd recommend taking insect repellent as the midges joined us on an evening 😜

Disliked Having to go home.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi Gillie,

Thankyou for your fab review!

We really work hard to keep everything clean so we love getting feedback you had a pleasant experience.

Yes the midges do seem to be back this year, if you have a fire that does help keep them at bay!

Kind Regards and we hope to see you again soon!

Ruby

Loved the campfire option. Amazing views. Spacious.

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
 9
Value for money
 7
Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Henil S.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked We Liked how spacious the ground was and that meant we felt we had a more private area to ourselves.

Disliked Showers werent that great and the mens toilet was blocked and smelt really bad. Also needed a better area to refil our water bottle rather than using the same tap water we use to wash plates.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hello,

Many thanks for your review.

Yes there was a men's toilet out of use for one of the nights this was an issue we resolved as quickly as we could and we opened the second toilet block during this time.

We always get great feedback from the showers so its a shame you found them disappointing. As a pop up campsite we hire the very best and latest equipment we can get.

Kind Regards
Ruby

Features

Pop-up campsite

Dogs allowed

Campfires 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 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

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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent pitches

Themes

Budget/backpacker Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

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

Medium (26-50 pitches) Pop-up campsite

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Horse riding nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Newlands Valley Campsite

The Oaks

below Swinside Inn Pub

Keswick

Cumbria

England

CA12 5UE

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.58252°N
3.16727°W

Nearest transport

Coach
1.7 mi Bus Station
9.7 mi Gallowbarrow
9.7 mi Fairfield Junior School
Rail
13.9 mi Aspatria Rail Station
15.8 mi Maryport Rail Station
16 mi Flimby Rail Station
Ferry
0.3 mi Hawes End Derwentwater Ferry Landing
0.6 mi Low Brandelhow Derwentwater Ferry Landing
1 mi Nichol 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

Those of you who are ready and willing to get a little mucky (go on – you’re on holiday) might want to get started with some quad biking or Segwaying 10 minutes’ walk from the site. You’ve got a few ways to get stuck in at Whinlatter Forest Park (15 minutes' drive) – aside from hiking, cycling and mountain biking, there are zipwires and treetop obstacles to tackle on the Go Ape course. That’s not all in the way of outdoorsy pursuits. The local adventure centre (five minutes) runs kayaking and canoeing, scrambling, rock climbing, archery and another high ropes course. If you like a challenge, Catbells (five minutes) is a fell with a six-kilometre hike. For a watersports day, nearby Nichol End Marine (five minutes) offer a 20% discount for all campsite guests (just ask the site for the discount code after you've booked your pitch). Otherwise, take a more leisurely route (or a boat, if you want to rest your feet) around Derwentwater (10 minutes’ walk). Aira Force Waterfall (half an hour’s drive) has more spectacular water scenery. For more of those chilled-out activities, be sure to call by the Lake District Wildlife Park (20 minutes) and Castlerigg Stone Circle (15 minutes), a Neolithic stone circle.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Allonby 16.7 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Seascale 18.3 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
St Bees 18.8 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Silecroft 26.2 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Southerness 26.6 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre 2.1 mi

Castlerigg Stone Circle 3.1 mi

Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens 4.3 mi

Ullswater Steamers 9.3 mi

Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum 10.7 mi

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 9.8 mi

Grasmere and Great Langdale 11.6 mi

Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon 13.2 mi

Buttermere and Ennerdale 14.8 mi

Coniston and Tarn Hows 15 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Cat Bells Terrace and Derwent Water 0.1 mi

Hawes End - Cat Bells - Black Crag - Hawes End 0.1 mi

Cat Bells and Newlands Valley 0.2 mi

Keswick Launch - Hawes End - Cat Bells - High Spy 1.3 mi

Friar's Crag, Derwent Water 1.4 mi

Local events

  • Kendal Calling (Thursday 31 July 2025 – Thursday 31 July 2025)

    Penrith, Cumbria 18.1 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Newlands Valley Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Newlands Valley Campsite dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Newlands Valley Campsite? Those of you who are ready and willing to get a little mucky (go on – you’re on holiday) might want to get started with some quad biking or Segwaying 10 minutes’ … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Newlands Valley Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  8 a.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Newlands Valley Campsite? From £30 (for 1 night, 8 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.