Crake Trees Manor

Liked Crake Trees Manor was a lovely stay we went for 3 nights August time, nice big field and not too busy, the shower block have lovely warm water and a sink and toilet in each, extra parking if you carry on driving down, washing up room and bins with thought out recycling separation. The staff were also attentive and friendly we had a lovely stay and would return.

Disliked The only thing with this campsite is location if you are wanting to venture out you have to drive fairly far and food wise there’s no electric hookup option which means perishable foods aren’t an option.
On reflection I would recommend walking to the pub down the road and Appleby is only a 15 minute drive where there’s a co op (this ofcoarse is not the campsites fault just something I would mention to future visitors)

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Liked Great campsite, facilities are unique and high quality. Owners are lovely and promptly sorted an issue which arose with other campers. The local pub is lovely and only a short walk through the fields from the camp.

Disliked Only thing I would say is that there is no soap in the toilets but not a big problem!

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Liked Great location, very clean and well thought out facilities.

Quiet vibe and very cute piglets.

Disliked None

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Liked Just back from a 2 night stay the owners are extremely welcoming and friendly, perfect location for venturing off into the hills or just a short wander to the village and pub. I highly recommend if you're looking for a peaceful break away from city noise, nothing beats fresh air, farm animals and stunning surroundings. See you again soon 😁

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Liked Quiet, clean, safe

Disliked N/A

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From the manager: Thank you
This short and sweet review sums us up nicely

Liked The campsite is peaceful and in a very nice village (10mins walk from campsite). The owners are very friendly. The kitchen and showers are clean and the car park is not far walk to tent.

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Liked The views were lovely and it was nice to be surrounded by nature.

It was a peaceful site (except for the squealing pigs at 0150 - which as you can imagine, scared the life out of me!)
It was good to be able to chose our own pitch.

Disliked No lights in bathrooms except over night. The bathrooms are quite dark and it meant it was quite difficult to see.
Mirrors in bathrooms are awkwardly situated. Not all bathrooms had mirrors.
Said kettle didn't work as generator on at certain times. After a 6 hour drive we were desperate for a cup of tea - luckily some fellow visitors lent us some gas so we could make a cup.

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From the manager: If you take a look at the previous review, you will realise how differing guests have differing expectations/needs and wants. We basically strive to please ( we are a hospitality business after all)
Anyway in answer to your remarks.
All guests are informed the generator would be providing elecrtric supply that was not 24 hr, while we change electric supply. This happened unfortunately during August and was out of our control.
BUT....the second shower block and kitchen ( 2 mins walk ) was fully on grid and had fully operational kettles, fridges, microwaves etc.
You are camping, and guests are advised to bring a flash light for those late night trips to the loo.
Being in the far north we have a short time only of pure darkness .
We are also proud of our "dark skies" status.
The free range pigs are quite a feature of our regenerative farming system. The campsite is at the centre of the farm surrounded by waving historic grassland, plus 2 fields that usually have a breeding rare breed sow with piglets during the summer months.
Guests enjoy engaging with the pigs, they have very special characters.
During the night if the piglets decide its feed time they squeal until the sow rolls over so that they can all suckle together, and the sounds carries through the valley!

Liked We booked this campsite last minute after deciding to travel to The Lake District from Bristol. The campsite is lovely, it has everything you might need and more…. Including little piglets. We stayed Friday - Monday and on Saturday they had a dj, it was amazing everyone was up dancing even the owners! Honestly recommend to anyone wanting to go the Lake District or to just go camping here. Best campsite ever!!

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From the manager: Maybe read this review with the previous review.
Thank you so much for being such appreciative campers of all the care and attention we put into our agritourism business.

Liked The campsite was lovely with good facilities (the toilets and showers by the farmhouse are much nicer than the ones by the car park!). They were kept clean but toilet paper was often hard to come by! The kitchen was well set up. It's a great idea having a kettle and microwave as it makes camping cooking so much easier. The food truck was open on Saturday evening and the food was very tasty. Mike and Ruth were friendly and non-obtrusive and Mike came round the campsite at least once a day to make sure everyone was okay.

Disliked It was a little confusing when we got there, as we didn't know where to go to find the camping field or what to do (the welcome email had arrived while we were travelling). The food pricing is also a bit out of date as we were charged more than advertised. Other campers said the same thing.

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From the manager: Thanks for the lovely review.
Regarding the pricing of food on Saturday night.
Like most hospitality business's in Cumbria we are really short staffed.
I was on taking orders ( not something I have done this year) and I do know that I made some mistakes.
I organise staffing & usually and walk around checking all is Ok, we were down to third chef, it was a bit of a challenge.
Anyone who released the pricing was wrong was immediately refunded.
I could not do that If I didn't know, or wasn't alerted to a mistake!!

Liked We loved our stay at crake trees manor! Lovely clean showers- heated floors were a bonus! We really enjoyed the combine shed with crag sow on the Saturday night! With pizzas & burgers.

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From the manager: Thank you
We work hard to try and make our site welcoming and a little bit different. Campers and Glampers ( plus local people from the villages) really enjoy our Farm kitchen and summer music nights.