Siblyback Lake Campsite

Lovely location, great for us with two dogs, dogs on leads around lake and not allowed in the water, but a great little dog walking field close by, where they could be let off to run round.

A great lake for paddle boarding or kayaking. Nice and quiet when we arrived late Friday afternoon. Busy at the lake over the weekend, dog walkers and visitors, but after 5pm you pretty much have the lake to yourself. 3miles track around the lake, great for walking and running, various other walks near by.

If using the lake between 09:00 and 17:00 there are launch fees and you need insurance.

Exceptional café on site, thoroughly recommend, great staff, great food, perfect addition. Will come back again.

Don't expect to get a very good phone signal, but that's nice for a weekend getaway, you can get signal in a couple of spots near café and dam, but otherwise very little.

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The location is stunning. Lots of activities to undertake if you wish or you can simply sit back, relax and watch the world go by. The lake walk is nice and level with plenty to see along the way. Wheelchair and scooter friendly. All in all we can not fault the location.

Staff were friendly.

The hardstanding pitches are very narrow. Definitely not suitable if you wanted to put an awning up. They are also not hardstanding as we know them, more like compacted grass pitches with stones underneath. However, for a weekend stay it was sufficient for us.

The facilities were not cleaned the whole weekend, which considering they are used by anyone who attends for the day to use the lake facilities was not great. The shower blocks were filthy and there was nowhere within the shower to hang your clothes or wash stuff and quite frankly using the floor was not an option considering it was covered in grass and mud!

The pot wash area was only cleaned by us, which I don't have a problem with so long as all campers do the same! When you leave a sink clean and then return to see if full of food waste it is not very pleasant.

There was no signage to the fresh water or the waste bins. We eventually found them. Unless you have a really long hose you will not be able to fill your motorhome tank direct from the tap. There was no dedicated area to empty your waste water. We were told to drive to the top of the car park and empty it onto the tarmac!

Very quiet (we were the sole campers) and HEATED TOILET BLOCK so could dry socks and boots overnight. Hot water for washing up.

No-one available in case of any problem, but we didn't have any so it didn't matter. A bit out of the way if on foot, as we were, because of predominance of private land.

Views from the pitch and cafe on site

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Quiet
Toilet and camping facilities
Being next to the lake
Cycle path around the lake
Being able to use own equipment on lake

Uneven pitch

The view of the lake, the walk around the lake and the dog exercise area, toilets and showers were very clean and plenty of hot water, it was a very quiet place of an evening as most people were day trippers using the water sports facilities.

The road approaching the lake is extremely narrow and not for the faint hearted especially with a motorhome, very glad we had our car too as that made life very easy getting in and out of the site daily, no laundry facilities - with kids even on holidays we need to keep up with washing clothes.

Location, access to lake. Quiet and peaceful. Super yet simple facilities. Excellent cafe. Lovely bike rides and walks.

Very limited internet access

Great little campsite with amazing facilities , the area was stunning with everything you could ask for from a campsite . Spacious pitches, clean facilities and a lovely little cafe adjacent as well .

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Lovely lake with canoe and kayak hire.

Geese were noisy

The pitch was great, lots of space and the views were stunning especially at sunset. We had so much fun on the lake, easy to launch kayaks, SUP and the staff were really friendly and helpful.
My friends ate in the cafe and said how delicious the burritos and cakes were. All round a great trip and we will be back!

Showers kept running hot and cold and the midgies are a nightmare at sunset which is to be expected, so take bug repellent or a fire pit and burn wood on an evening to keep them at bay.