Calder Farm

From GBP 27 For 1 night, 2 adults 9.6 189 reviews
Aerial view of the countryside (added by manager 03 Jan 2023)
Oak pod (added by manager 12 mar 2023)
Oak pod (added by manager 12 mar 2023)
Exterior acorn pod (added by manager 19 apr 2023)

  • Small family-run tourer site with Ribble Valley views in Lancashire
  • A 20-minute drive to Gisburn Forest bike paths, Pendle Hill and Settle
  • Dog-friendly pitches and dedicated exercise area; pub 15 minutes’ walk
Keen to have a look at Lancashire and a sneaky peek into Yorkshire? Lurk for a while on the tourer pitches at Calder Farm for a peaceful break with views to Pendle Hill in the spectacular Ribble Valley – they make a scenic pitstop for exploring the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (10 minutes’ drive) or hopping counties into the Yorkshire Dales National Park (20 minutes). Sparkling clean facilities on this family-run site include a heated toilet block with disabled access to the showers and washing-up area. Barbecues are permitted (but not open campfires please), and you’ll need to bring your own firepit, although you can buy wood on site and picnic tables are provided on the tree-sheltered camping field. Stock up on barbecue supplies in the supermarkets of Clitheroe (15 minutes’ drive), and if you’re just not that into cooking on your Lancashire camping break, there’s a gastro-pub and microbrewery in the pretty village of Bolton by Bowland (15 minutes’ walk). Your family dogs are welcome to join you on the many footpaths direct from the site, and there’s also a dedicated dog-exercise area in a fenced field – the owners do ask, however, that dogs remain on a lead while around the pitches. And talking of animals, you’ll soon be firm friends with the horses and ponies grazing neighbouring fields.

Campground type

Caravan sites 8
RV & Motorhome sites 8
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Tent sites 12
Open all year
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Group bookings of 4 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The campground only allows dogs up to 25kg.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 30 consecutive nights.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • The campground/park caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Units longer than 7.3 metres are not allowed.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the campground/park are unlit.

Languages spoken

English

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Lovely site

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 2
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Bernard b. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Its a nice clean peaceful; site and the views are outstanding.

Disliked: Unable to log into WIFI. Messaged the owners but no response

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From the manager: Hello Sorry you had problems signing into the wifi. We did reply to your message so it may have gone into a spam folder. Sorry we missed you with us being busy lambing. Hopefully if you decide to stay with us again we will make sure you get connected.

Lovely site on working farm

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: lovely site, fab views. Very quiet

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Great little site with fantastic scenery and great shower and toilet facilities.…

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Great little site with fantastic scenery and great shower and toilet facilities. The Coach and Horses pub in the village a short walk away serves excellent food.

Disliked: The washing up area could do with better lighting

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Excellent quiet site, good walks and local.pubs nearby

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Tom B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Quiet site set in beautiful scenery

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Return visit

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Val M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Set in a lovely rural location. Roads leading to the site are good. Plenty of places to visit within half an hour. Good sized spaces with an excellent toilet/shower block. Our 2nd visit in a month.

Disliked: Nothing.

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A lovely site with great views and clean facilities

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Nice clean site with good sized pitches. Shower block spotless and heated. Not too far to walk to village/pub ( although a little expensive imo).

Disliked: Not fault of site but some noisy dogs early morning.

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Excellent

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Nice site good location.

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A lovely site. Peaceful and quite small. Friendly owner who left us…

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: A lovely site. Peaceful and quite small. Friendly owner who left us to our own devices.

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Excellent site, spotless

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Lovely and quiet, spotless facilities, kids loved watching the lambs

Disliked: Nothing

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Views great, sheep and lambs just next to our pitch were great…

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

Powered concrete slab caravan site

Liked: Views great, sheep and lambs just next to our pitch were great to watch. Good location, short walk to a nice pub. Good WiFi

Disliked: Elsa’s facilities a little small and uncovered. Didn’t know which pitch was ours. No one on site, so just picked one. Wouldn’t have been an issue if we would have known that’s what to do though.

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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

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

Themes

Peaceful

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

Convenience store nearby

Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm

Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point

Location

Calder Farm

Settle Road

Bolton-by-Bowland

Lancashire

England

BB7 4NT

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

53.94362°N
-2.33858°W

Nearest transport

Coach
14.6 km Broadway
14.9 km Bus Station
14.9 km Town Hall
Rail
8.6 km Clitheroe Rail Station
9.8 km Long Preston Rail Station
10.4 km Hellifield Rail Station
Ferry
38.9 km Heysham Ferry Terminal
43.3 km Knott End-On-Sea Ferry Landing
43.8 km Fleetwood for Knott End Ferry Landing
Airport
45.3 km Leeds Bradford International Airport

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

Families can get active on mountain bikes in Gisburn Forest (20 minutes’ drive), with trails for all levels of accomplishment, or follow the Pennine Bridleway (10 minutes) on cycle, foot or horseback. Try your hand at fly fishing for trout in Stocks Reservoir (15 minutes), or take in the moorland scenery of the Forest of Bowland AONB (10 minutes) on rambles across the fells. Fancy spending the day in North Yorkshire countryside? Head for the Yorkshire Dales National Park (20 minutes) to potter along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on a barge cruise from Skipton (25 minutes), or yomp up Castleberg Crag from Settle (20 minutes) and be sure to have a look around its lively market if you’re visiting on Tuesday. Wander around the photogenic ruins at Bolton Abbey (35 minutes), and then have gentle ambles to the spectacular limestone cliff at Malham Cove (40 minutes). Once firmly back in Lancashire, follow the Pendle Sculpture Trail through Aitken Wood, or climb flat-topped Pendle Hill (both 20 minutes) and learn about the fate of the infamous Pendle Witches on the looped Walking With Witches Trail.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Morecambe North 37.2 km Estuary Good N/A Good Good
Morecambe South 38 km Sea N/A N/A Good Good
Fleetwood 44.6 km Sea N/A Good Good Good
Cleveleys 47 km Sea N/A Good Good Good
Bispham 48.1 km Sea N/A Good Good Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Gawthorpe Hall 15.9 km

Oswaldtwistle Mills 22.1 km

Beacon Fell Country Park 22.1 km

Bronte Parsonage Museum 27.9 km

East Riddlesden Hall (NT) 30.9 km

National Trust

Gawthorpe Hall 16 km

Malham Tarn Estate 20.6 km

Hardcastle Crags 28.7 km

East Riddlesden Hall 30.9 km

Brimham Rocks 45.2 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Bolton-by-Bowland - Beacon Hill - Grindleton - Sawley 0.7 km

Journey through the Centre of the Kingdom, Section 3: Bolton-by-Bowland - Slaidburn 0.7 km

Sawley - Gisburn Cotes - Swanside - Sawley 3.2 km

Horton and Bracewell 4.8 km

Gisburn and the Ribble 4.9 km

Local events

  • Lytham Festival (Wednesday 3 July 2024 – Wednesday 3 July 2024)

    Lytham St Annes, England 47 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 Lancashire?

  • Does Calder Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Calder Farm dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Calder Farm? Families can get active on mountain bikes in Gisburn Forest (20 minutes’ drive), with trails for all levels of accomplishment, or follow the Pennine Bridleway (10 minutes) on cycle, foot or horseback. … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Calder Farm?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Calder Farm? From $51.60 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.