Dales and Trails

From GBP 22 For 1 night, 4 adults 9.9 41 reviews
View of the Three Peaks (added by manager 28 Nov 2023)
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The lodge (added by manager 28 nov 2023)
View of blaithwaite farm (added by manager 28 nov 2023)
The three peaks (added by manager 28 nov 2023)

  • Family-run farm campsite on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales
  • Lake District National Park and Forest of Bowland 40 minutes’ drive
  • Luxury showers with underfloor heating; dog-friendly site
Not one national park, but two – with a National Landscape area thrown in for good measure. That’s what you get at Dales and Trails, a small, family-run and exclusive-use campsite on the edge of the spectacular Yorkshire Dales National Park. It’s also in pole position for excursions to the Lake District National Park or Forest of Bowland National Landscape (both around 40 minutes’ drive). Based on a working farm with views to the Three Peaks near Giggleswick (10 minutes), this rural site is also in a dark-skies area, so make sure you cosy up around the firepit on clear nights for the chance to watch the stars glittering across the heavens. Facilities here have been nicely thought out: guests have access to smart modern shower rooms with underfloor heating (bliss on a brisk Yorkshire day) and luscious toiletries provided. There are many scenic walks straight from the site, so dog owners, bring your pets too and exercise them among the untamed Dales scenery. Cyclists and bikers can relax, happy in the knowledge that there’s dry, secure storage for bicycles and motorbikes, and drivers can charge their electric vehicles too (for a small fee).

Campground type

Caravan sites 3
RV & Motorhome sites 3
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 1
Tent sites 15
Open all year
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • Electricity is metered on site at £0.35 per kWh and must be paid at check-out.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Facilities…

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

Power optional concrete and grass site

Liked: Facilities

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean, friendly, quiet and stunning

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked: Absolutely beautiful little place, quiet and peaceful with amazing views all around. Lauren and Charlie were really friendly and the toilet/showers were spotless definitely go back. It is just a farm though so self entertainment needed which perfect for us ❤️ left to it ❤️

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Beautiful site with excellent facilities

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
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional concrete and grass site

Liked: The views are amazing in this part of the country gets a bit windy as your wide open to the elements but you can see for miles well maintained site beautiful modern shower and toilet block

Disliked: Not a dislike but we’re on a downward slope being new to motorhoming we have yet to purchase ramps

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Small and perfectly formed!

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

Power optional concrete and grass site

Liked: We LOVED: the friendly welcome, amazing views, peaceful yet convenient location and hotel-standard shower facilities. Level, good-sized hardstanding pitches with excellent WiFi. Everything is so well thought-out and beautifully done. Thank you Lauren - can’t wait to return to your fabulous site!

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Very clean and friendly :)

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

The Lodge 1 bedroom cabin

Liked: Wow that place unbelievable nice , really liked , definitely coming back again :)

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic stay in a great location with amazing views

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
Allison N. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional concrete and grass site

Liked: Showers were fab. Luxury products. Spotlessly clean. Lots of hot water. Site was also clean, quiet and accessible.

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Highly recommend, we will definitely be going back.

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

Power optional concrete and grass site

Liked: Lauren, the host is so friendly and helpful, she even collected a take away meal for us! She was able to recommend local walks etc. The site is in a beautiful location with spectacular views all around. It’s a working farm and being so close to the animals is really lovely, especially for children. Lauren has thought of everything, the showers and toilets are by far the nicest I have seen on any campsite - immaculately clean, underfloor heating and soap and hand cream available.

Disliked: Nothing

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Location…

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

Power optional concrete and grass site

Liked: Location

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with clean facilities and friendly owners

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

Power optional concrete and grass site

Liked: The owners were so friendly! Beautifully kept site with gorgeous views! Bathrooms were aalways immaculate. Very strong WiFi!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent

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
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

The Lodge 1 bedroom cabin

Liked: Lauren was lovely and helpful the place is so good we are planning on going back again as cabin was warm and comfy even on rainy days ! Fire pit made a lovely end to our holiday.

Disliked: No TV for evening but not anything to put us off going again !

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Features

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 site/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Laundry

Local produce

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Picnic table

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

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 sites

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Lake and/or mountain

Luxury

Peaceful

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities

Dump point

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Type

Farm

Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Outdoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Location

Dales and Trails

Blaithwaite Farm

Giggleswick

Settle

North Yorkshire

England

BD24 0DU

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.07883°N
-2.33628°W

Route directions

What3Words: ranch.sues.cornering

Nearest transport

Coach
24.7 km Bus Station Stand 8
27.1 km Bus Station
28.2 km Broadway
Rail
2.9 km Giggleswick Rail Station
3.9 km Settle Rail Station
5.7 km Clapham (N Yorks) Rail Station
Ferry
38 km Heysham Ferry Terminal
45.8 km Fell Foot Country Park Ferry Landing
46.1 km Lakeside Windermere 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

The energetic among you will no doubt relish the challenge of hiking the Three Peaks (it’s 10 minutes’ drive to Ingleborough), or try climbing at Castleberg Rock (10 minutes) and fell running directly from the campsite. But there’s plenty of low-octane fun to be had too: have a potter around Malham Cove (25 minutes), or spot the stream trains chugging across sweeping Ribblehead Viaduct (25 minutes). Pretty Dales towns to explore include Hawes (40 minutes), where you can learn about local life in the Dales Countryside Museum and taste award-winning cheeses at Wensleydale Creamery. The market town of Giggleswick and its close neighbour Settle (10 minutes) are both packed with cosy old pubs, while in Skipton (half an hour), you can cruise the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on a day-hire barge. And talking of water, you can be cruising Lake Windermere in 50 minutes, fishing on Stocks Reservoir in the Forest of Bowland in 40 minutes, or following the circular trail to dramatic waterfalls at Ingleton (20 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Morecambe North 34.2 km Estuary Good N/A Good Good
Morecambe South 35.2 km Sea N/A N/A Good Good
Fleetwood 47.8 km Sea N/A Good Good Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Beacon Fell Country Park 30.5 km

Lancaster Castle 30.8 km

Gawthorpe Hall 30.8 km

Levens Hall & Gardens 35 km

Sizergh Castle and Garden 36.4 km

National Trust

Malham Tarn Estate 10.9 km

Gawthorpe Hall 30.9 km

Sizergh Castle and Garden 36.4 km

East Riddlesden Hall 37.5 km

Braithwaite Hall 40.1 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Austwick - Feizor - Wharfe 4 km

The Many Caves of Settle 4 km

Clapham and Ingleborough 5.6 km

Clapham - Austwick - Moughton - Sulber Nick - Clapham 5.7 km

An Exploration of Crummackdale and Clapdale from Clapham 5.7 km

Local events

  • Keswick Mountain Festival (Friday 17 May 2024 – Friday 17 May 2024)

    Keswick, England 38.5 km

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.

Want to know more about camping in North Yorkshire?

  • Does Dales and Trails have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Dales and Trails dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Dales and Trails? The energetic among you will no doubt relish the challenge of hiking the Three Peaks (it’s 10 minutes’ drive to Ingleborough), or try climbing at Castleberg Rock (10 minutes) and fell running … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Dales and Trails?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Dales and Trails? From $42.65 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.