Campsites in The Lake District and Cumbria

Stonefold Touring Caravan Park

Down to Earth - North

• Pop-up site on an organic farm on the edge of the Lake District
• Based on the site of the Down to Earth Conference
• Plenty of places to eat and shop for local produce a short drive away

Kitridding Lake

• Small, dog-friendly lakeside pitches on a Cumbria farm
• Half an hour’s drive from Windermere; 25 minutes from Sedbergh
• On-site tearoom and farm shop open Thursday-Sunday

Pennine View Shepherd's Hut

• Peaceful single shepherd's hut at a Cumbria farm with lovely views
• Appleby-in-Westmorland 10 minutes' drive; Penrith 25 minutes
• On the edge of the North Pennines National Landscape

Hallsenna Manor Campsite

• Back to basics site on the edge of the Lake District
• A 10-minute drive to Seascale beach, Ravenglass and Muncaster Castle
• Access to a bridleway for coast walks and the NCN72 cycle route

Hawkshead Youth Hostel

Barkbeth Campsite

• Simple, back-to-basics site on a farm in the foothills of Skiddaw
• Keswick 10 minutes’ drive; Scale Force Waterfall 35 minutes
• Dogs welcome; drinking water; half an hour’s walk to the pub

Shepherd's Hut Cumbria

• Peaceful site in Cumbria with views over the North Pennines
• A 10-minute drive from Penrith or Ullswater; 20 minutes from Keswick
• Next to a shop selling dairy produce and five minutes' walk to a pub

Hidden Corner

• Peaceful spot on the edge of Dufton Ghyll in the Eden Valley
• A 10-minute drive to Appleby-in-Westmorland; 25 mins to Pooley Bridge
• Access to Pennine Way and other walking trails direct from the site

Wasdale Campsite

Beckses Caravan Park

Hill of Oaks

• Award-winning wildlife haven near Windermere
• On the slopes of ancient woodland
• Licensed shop and wifi

Castle How Wild Camping

• Peaceful wild camping on a Cumbria working farm in the Howgills Fells
• Sedburgh 15 minutes’ drive; Cautley Spout waterfall 20 minutes
• Off-grid site with no amenities; fell walks direct from the pitches

Patterdale Hall Estate

• Idyllic riverside Caravan site in the heart of the Lake District,

Chapel Stile

• Back to basics site in the Lake District National Park
• A 10-minute drive from Ambleside; Grasmere an hour's walk
• Within half a mile of local pubs, the village shop and a river

Birchbank Farm Camping Site

Renison’s Farm

• Glamping site on a farm on the edge of the North Pennines
• A 10-minute drive to Eden Valley; half an hour to the Lake District
• Free-range eggs available; mobile kitchen/bathroom with a gas cooker

Wheatsheaf Inn Campsite

• Simple Lake District site with hill views and pub next door
• Bassenthwaite and Derwentwater lakes five and 20 minutes' drive away
• A 20-minute drive to trails up Skiddaw, Grisedale Pike and Helvellyn

Wheatsheaf Inn Caravan Park

Hollows Farm

• Hollows Farm campsite is on a Lakeland hill farm
• Traditional grass field campsite surrounded by woodland and rivers
• Secluded down a private road in the Lake District National Park