Campgrounds for backpackers in North West England

Brick Kiln Wood

• Adults-only woodland site five minutes' walk from the Cumbrian coast
• A five-minute drive from Ulverston; 15 minutes from the Lake District
• A mile from a leisure centre, food shop and meditation centre

YHA Buttermere

• A site in the wooded grounds of a youth hostel with fell, lake views
• A 15-minute walk to Lake Buttermere and 20 to Crummock Water
• Self-catering kitchen, café-bar, restaurant, living room and library

Kez's Campsite

• Peaceful field site on a family farm with access to tennis court
• Around 20 minutes’ drive to Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale and Morecambe
• Dog-friendly site between the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District

Sleepy Elephant Campsite

• Valley View Campsite

Prenton RUFC Campsite

• Pop-up site a 25-minute drive from Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena
• Leasowe Beach 15 minutes’ drive; Rhyl one hour
• Club house with large TV screen showing the Eurovision Song Contest

The Sportman

• Lake District campsite just off the A66 between Penrith and Keswick
• A 10-minute drive to Ullswater; 20 minutes to Helvellyn and Catbells
• Pitches with views towards Blencathra; playing field for kids and dogs

The White Stables

• Friendly smallholding in peaceful hillside location with valley views
• Minutes away from moorland walks on the Lancs/W Yorks border
• Country pub a few minutes' walk away

Laxey Campsite

Riverside Farm

Sockburn House

Coniston Holly How Youth Hostel

Greener Pastures

• Rural but accessible
• Calm, quiet,.peaceful
• Animal friendly