The Willows

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Blue skies and clouds over the fell
Blue skies and clouds over the fell
Stunning winter days
Autumnal colours and views for miles October 25 - The Willows Keswick
Stunning winter days
Stunning views from every angle
Beautiful mountain views
Stunning winter days
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Stunning winter days
Autumnal colours and views for miles October 25 - The Willows Keswick
Stunning winter days

  • Adults-only and fully hardstanding touring site with fell views
  • Keswick five minutes' drive; Honister Slate Mine half an hour
  • Fresh eggs and milk sold on site; local shop and pub 10 minutes’ walk
With a spectacular backdrop of lakeland fells such as Blencathra, Skiddaw and Latrigg, The Willows is a gorgeous spot for adults-only caravan or campervan holidays in the Lake District National Park. Set between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake (about five minutes’ drive to either), this farm site is just outside the village of Braithwaite (10 minutes’ walk), and also five minutes’ drive from the cafés and galleries of Keswick (easily accessed via the A66). On site, you can buy essentials such as free-range eggs, fresh milk, butter and a selection of dairy produce. Most other basics (including food for barbecues) can be found at the local shop (10 minutes’ walk), which is open seven days a week. There’s a pub and a tearoom in Braithwaite too. The rural setting of The Willows combines with modern amenities in the wooden shower block to make your stay both convenient and peaceful. Dogs are more than welcome, and you can stretch your legs (or paws) on walking trails accessed right from the pitches. Please just keep your dogs on leads around the site as there are farm animals in the vicinity.

Site type

Motorhome pitches 4
Rent a tent 2
Touring caravan pitches 4
Open all year
Opens
Please note

Admission

  • Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed on site.

Dogs

  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

General

  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.

Occupancy

  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

Reception

  • There is no reception on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Safety

  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.

Languages spoken

English

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Reviews

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Overall rating from 188 Pitchup.com customers

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PeacefulSpectacular scenery

94% would recommend this site to a friend

91% would stay here again

What customers say

This small, peaceful site offers stunning views and is conveniently located for exploring the Lake District. Guests consistently praise the cleanliness of the facilities, including the hot showers, and the friendly, helpful owners. Pitches are hardstanding with EHU and water. While most visitors have a positive experience, some note the pitches can feel close together and the site's proximity to business units gives it an industrial feel. The owner is actively working on site improvements.

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 valerie b. 3 reviews

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Got to say this is one of the best sites I've ever stayed in, great commication from Linsey, she is so friendly, no stress booking, very responsive and accommodating. The site is in great condition with showers and toilets fresh water on your electric hook-up. Dog friendly the site is small but fantasic it was so nice and quiet just great views and walks to go on, local pubs. Fantastic place i have already booked my next stay 🫶

Disliked Spending more time there, only booked 1 night 😕

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Liked A lovely clean well looked after, quiet site, in walking distance to some lovely pubs and a 45 min walk into Keswick. Bus stops at the top of the road if that’s to far for you and they run frequently. Owners are lovely. Would highly reccomend.

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 Ellen L. 1 review

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Amazing views! Short walk into Braithwaite with plenty places for a drink and some food. Nice relaxed site! Brilliant value for money.

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Anonymous

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Liked Small quiet site, great stopover location just outside Keswick. Have used before and will again

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 Karen P. 1 review

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Quiet great for local walks without needing to drive

Disliked Nothing

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Perfect base for a day in the fells!

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 Elizabeth W. 3 reviews

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Lovely little site with Incredible views of the surrounding fells. Only about 8 pitches so nice and compact and exactly what you need for a few days walking and enjoying the lakes. Owners are fab. Electric hookup and water on pitch. Nice showers and toilet facilities (with heating!!!) and lots of great walks right from the pitch.

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Nicola R. 4 reviews

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Amazing views. Very easy to find. Toilet, shower block very clean & had everything you could possibly need in it. Very much appreciated. Please of food options within a few minutes walk.

Disliked The weather 😂

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From the manager: Morning Nicola, if only i could control the weather oh my word wasnt it wild!!!!! Hopefully be the last storm for a while, fingers crossed. Thanks so much for your review and your fab feedback, look forward to welcoming you back soon, Lindsey

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 michael p. 2 reviews

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Disliked Nice views blocked by glamping tents and huts

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 Kevin N. 3 reviews

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Liked Location was amazing owner was really friendly and helpful

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From the manager: Morning Kevin, thanks so much for your lovely review, and yes I shall be stealing your pictures for my website :-) Look forward to welcoming you back soon, Lindsey

A satisfying stay, good value, clean and without hassle.

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 Elizabeth W. 10 reviews

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked It is very good value for the area. The views are spectacular. Proximity to Keswick, Braithwaite village and routes to all parts of north and west Cumbria are really good. For hill climbing, it’s a great location. The bathrooms work very well as they are self-contained and lockable so you could use them like a bathroom at home. Electricity and water are on tap at the pitches. The pre-information is clear and directions are very helpful. There is a great deal of trust in payment as we never had face to face contact. I really respect the entrepreneurial spirit, using the land and environment sensitively to combine practicality and income with a drive to develop the area and provide a conduit for sustainable tourism. It is lovely to see the business units, the community centre, the campsite and the livestock in such close proximity. It’s embedding the idea that the countryside is not a romantic painting but a complex multi-reliant organism. Everyone who was camping was very respectful of the expectation to keep dogs on a lead.

Disliked The touring pitches are small and all loose stone based. I have a very small campervan and usually want to erect an awning, which wasn’t possible here. I do not think that is clear from the images and detail on pitch-up. It is more suited to motor homes and particularly those on a one-night stop. If we’d booked for longer, or had lovely weather, we would have struggled having a ‘camping’ experience.

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From the manager: Good morning Elizabeth, thank you so much for your feedback it is so important to us and greatly appreciated. We are indeed hard standing and try and make that implicitly clear in our advertisement on pitch up. We have had guests throughout the summer who have pitched awnings and you will have seen those pictures on our pitch up listing no doubt. We arent always around that is absolutely true as a working farm we are often juggling many tasks at once but we are always only a phone call away and live just behind the units, so if for example you had wanted your awning up, we have previously helped people with that having lots of tools to get the pegs into the stone which we absolutely appreciate isnt the easiest. Thank you again for taking the time to leave your review, Lindsey

Features

Adults only

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

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Adults only Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Lake and/or mountain Peaceful 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 Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Tiny (1-10 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Pitch close to accessible bathrooms Well-lit path

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers Seasonal pitches Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

The Willows

Braithwaite New Farm

Braithwaite

Keswick

Cumbria

England

CA12 5RY

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

54.60734°N
3.18531°W

Nearest transport

Coach
1.8 mi Bus Station
8.2 mi Gallowbarrow
8.2 mi Fairfield Junior School
Rail
12 mi Aspatria Rail Station
14.3 mi Maryport Rail Station
14.6 mi Flimby Rail Station
Ferry
1.5 mi Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing
2 mi Keswick Ferry Landing
2.1 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

When visiting Keswick (five minutes’ drive), be sure to stop at the Derwent Pencil Museum, which explores the history of this humble writing tool and other art materials – with a wide range available at the on-site shop. Afterwards, make your way to the shore of Derwentwater for a canoeing or rowing expedition, or a cruise around the lake. Lake District Wildlife Park (10 minutes) is the place for a meditative walk with an alpaca, a falconry experience or a meet-and-greet session with meerkats, lemurs or tapirs. It’s also possible to witness feeding sessions with lynx and red pandas, and to take part in assorted craft workshops. Among the activities at Honister Slate Mine (half an hour), in the foothills of Dale Head, are underground tours of the mine (including one with a spooky haunted theme, and another where you get to scale the walls of the cavern) and thrilling outdoor pursuits such as a via ferrata climbing route and the null Bridge, high above the Borrowdale Valley.
(within 6.2 mi)
Castle, Aquarium, Theme park, Zoo and Cashpoint (within 10 mi)

Food and drink

  • Middle Ruddings Restaurant 0.2 mi
  • Royal Oak Pub 0.4 mi
  • Ivy House Restaurant 0.5 mi
  • Coledale Inn Pub 0.6 mi
  • Farmers Arms Pub 0.9 mi
  • The Cottage in the Wood Restaurant 1.5 mi
  • Swinside Inn Pub 1.6 mi
  • Pheasant Inn Pub 1.8 mi
  • Piri Fresco Restaurant 1.9 mi
  • Star of Siam Restaurant 1.9 mi

Groceries

  • Booths Supermarket 1.8 mi
  • Lakes & Dales Co-operative Supermarket 1.8 mi
  • Wild Sheep Distillery Off-licence 1.9 mi
  • Brewery Hub Off-licence 1.9 mi
  • Lakes Lemoncello Off-licence 2 mi

Parks and play

  • Hope Park 2 mi
  • Lower Fitz Park 2 mi
  • Upper Fitz Park 2.2 mi

Family days out

  • Alpacaly Ever After Visitor attraction 1.6 mi
  • Whinlatter Visitor Centre Visitor attraction 1.7 mi
  • Go Ape Whinlatter Visitor attraction 1.7 mi
  • Derwent Island and House Visitor attraction 2 mi
  • Ruskin Monument Visitor attraction 2.1 mi
  • Castlehead Visitor attraction 2.3 mi
  • Mirehouse Visitor attraction 2.6 mi
  • Force Crag Mine Visitor attraction 2.8 mi
  • Castlerigg Stone Circle Visitor attraction 3.5 mi
  • Goosewell Farm Activities Centre Visitor attraction 3.7 mi
  • Lodore Falls Visitor attraction 3.9 mi
  • Bowder Stone Visitor attraction 5 mi
  • Millican Dalton Cave Visitor attraction 5.2 mi
  • Isel Hall Castle 7.6 mi
  • Cockermouth Castle 8.1 mi

Public transport

  • Thornthwaite Road (S bound) 0.2 mi
  • Thornthwaite Road (N bound) 0.2 mi
  • Police Station (E bound) 0.4 mi
  • Police Station (W bound) 0.4 mi
  • Hodgson How 0.7 mi
  • Hillside 0.8 mi
  • Derwent Bridge (eastbound) 1 mi
  • Derwent Bridge (westbound) 1 mi
  • Galleries (S bound) 1 mi
  • Galleries (N bound) 1.1 mi

Other nearby

  • Derwentwater Marina 1.3 mi
  • Nichol End Marine Marina 1.4 mi
  • Hope Park Pitch & Putt Golf course 1.9 mi
  • The Loft Nightclub 2 mi
  • Cockermouth Golf Club Golf course 6.1 mi
  • Keswick Golf Club Golf course 6.2 mi

Local services

  • Euronet Cashpoint 1.9 mi
  • The Cumberland Cashpoint 2.1 mi
  • Sainsburys Cashpoint 8.1 mi
  • High Hill Garage Fuel station 1.6 mi
  • Pod Point Charging station 1.7 mi
  • Mary Hewetson Cottage Hospital 1.8 mi
  • Boots Pharmacy 1.9 mi
  • evolt Charging station 2 mi
  • GeniePoint Charging station 2 mi
  • Cohens Chemist Pharmacy 2 mi
  • Castlehead Medical Centre Doctors 2.1 mi
  • Derwent Service Station Fuel station 2.4 mi
  • Derwent Service Station Fuel station 2.4 mi

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Must see

Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre 0.6 mi

Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens 2.5 mi

Castlerigg Stone Circle 3.5 mi

Ullswater Steamers 10.6 mi

Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum 12.5 mi

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 8.3 mi

Grasmere and Great Langdale 13.4 mi

Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon 14.3 mi

Buttermere and Ennerdale 14.7 mi

Coniston and Tarn Hows 16.9 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Braithwaite - Grisedale Pike - Hopegill Head - Sand Hill 0.5 mi

Braithwaite, Stair and Newlands Beck 0.5 mi

Newlands Valley 1.2 mi

Keswick - Portinscale - Mill Beck - Applethwaite 1.8 mi

Keswick - Castlerigg Stone Circle 1.8 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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Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Willows have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Willows dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Willows? When visiting Keswick (five minutes’ drive), be sure to stop at the Derwent Pencil Museum, which explores the history of this humble writing tool and other art materials – with a wide … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Willows?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at The Willows? From £30 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.