Dalesbridge

View prices & book 9.1 284 reviews
Plenty of space to relax
Plenty of space to relax
Bowland views on the large field
New hard standing pitches, with view
Spacious and green site
Trees providing shelter and beautiful settings
Many cosy corners
Grass caravan/motorhome pitch
Hardstanding electric pitch
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Bowland views on the large field
New hard standing pitches, with view
Spacious and green site

  • Peaceful family-run site in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
  • Within half an hour of the Three Peaks, Malham Cove and Gisburn Forest
  • Fully licensed bar, shop and a popular pizza oven
Got a bike? Get on it and pedal over to Dalesbridge, a cycle-friendly site pretty much at the spot where the Yorkshire Dales meets the Forest of Bowland. Spacious and family-run, it is within half an hour's drive of all three Yorkshire Three Peaks for hikes up Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent. First things first, though, head to the on-site shop to collect some local information and a map of the local area; many walking and cycling routes begin directly from the site. Half an hour’s drive away is the Gisburn Forest, where mountain bikers of all ages, fitness and nerve can pedal a route to suit. The Dales trails and Bowland bike paths aren't the only things to look forward to, as Dalesbridge is a peaceful family site with spectacular scenery in all directions. There’s ample room, a dog-walking area, staff who are happy to help, and most importantly for mountain roamers returning with a thirst, a fully licensed bar (open at certain times). There is also a pizza oven and an on-site shop, where you can stop off for coffee, rolls and pastries at the weekend. Based in Austwick, the site is a 10-minute drive from the historic local market town Settle which has shops and supermarkets. The Settle-Carlisle railway is also a short drive away.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 8
Motorhome sites 5
Tent sites 60
Caravan sites 10
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Languages spoken

English

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Accommodation

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0 children
0 dogs

Reviews

9.1

Overall rating from 284 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

93% would recommend this site to a friend

92% would stay here again

What customers say

Spacious pitches, helpful staff, and a great little bar with pizzas! Beautiful spot with lovely views and walks nearby. Clean individual loos and showers are a bonus. A few traffic rumbles and bits could do with a spruce, but most reckon it's worth a return trip.

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Arrival date (latest first)

A nice last minute night away

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9 out of 10
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Laura L. 1 review

Powered grass site

Liked Check in was easy, staff were friendly and helpful. Liked that we had a choice between a few pitches on arrival. The on site bar was cosy and a pleasant place to escape the showers for an hour. Pre-ordered wood fired pizzas were delicious, again - staff at the bar and pizza kitchen were really friendly. This was a great option for a last minute night away. Pitches were spacious and surrounding views were nice.

Disliked The toilets could have been cleaned more regularly - or at least squeegees/mops provided for people to leave the facilities as they found them. With it being a wet weekend, the floors were wet and dirty throughout our stay. So much so we opted not to shower there in the morning before leaving. We were a little surprised at this, as previous reviews mentioned how spotless the facilities were.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good location, plenty of facilities, but it can get very, very busy.

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7 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Chris G. 4 reviews

Powered grass site

Liked Good location in the Yorkshire Dales. Nice bar, homemade pizzas.

Disliked Very (very) busy. Grass pitches aren't labelled, so we had to squint at the map provided and guess at where we should be. We suspect the people next to us had our pitch, but it wasn't a major issue as we took the space next to them.

The only major issue was the amount of noise at night. A few very drunk people, and what sounded like people arguing or fighting.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent stay and can't wait to return

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9 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Jonathan B. 4 reviews

Unpowered grass site

Liked Level pitches, plenty of space, very good facilities, toilets were ok. Excellent washing up facilities, great little shop , excellent bar which was nice and warm, very friendly staff, definitely going back.

Disliked Maybe have more water points.

Struggled to get a taxi (no fault of the campsite but worth noting to try and book in advance next time)

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would definitely book again!

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10 out of 10
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Wifi
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 janine d. 1 review

Powered grass site

Liked Absolutely loved my first time camping! Fantastic location, lovely little set up. Bonus pub on site! Friendly staff. Nice little walk into Austwick itself to the pub and had food there. Even though it rained i would definitely go back!

Disliked Only thing I can say is that the electric hook up kept going off, the staff let us borrow one of there's but it still kept tripping. Luckily we had friends next to use so we used there's to charge phones etc.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site with great facilities

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10 out of 10
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Facilities / Activities
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Wifi
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LYNN M. 2 reviews

Powered grass site

Liked Spacious pitches, clean tidy field, lovely views, bar, pizza, lots of nice walks around, provision of a dog exercise field was brilliant too, we loved the whole stay, great place!

Disliked Individual toilet/shower cubicles were cold and cramped so I preferred the facilities by the main entrance which were warm and spacious.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will definitely stay again.

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Anouska B. 2 reviews

Powered gravel and concrete caravan site

Liked Fantastic views, great amenities.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very clean tidy

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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laura h. 1 review

Unpowered grass site

Liked The site is absolutely lovely 🥰
The bar and pizza 🍕 where fantastic

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Perfect campsite clean,friendly fantastic location…

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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 Tony B. 3 reviews

Unpowered grass site

Liked Perfect campsite clean,friendly fantastic location

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic stay

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10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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 Tony B. 3 reviews

Unpowered grass site

Liked Grounds were immaculate
Showers and facillities were spotless

Disliked The fact we could not stay longer

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site. Helped out when we…

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10 out of 10
Location
 7
Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Naomi T. 1 review

Unpowered grass site

Liked Lovely site. Helped out when we had someone trying to pitch virtually on top of us! Lovely bar and amazing pizzas. Friendly atmosphere

Disliked Shop only open 8.30-10.30 and doesn’t stock those things that you forget (kettle, small gas canisters for single burner 🤪)

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

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 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 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 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 Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Outdoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Dalesbridge

Austwick

Settle

North Yorkshire

England

LA2 8AZ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.10409°N
2.36451°W

Route directions

Dalesbridge campsite is just off the main A65 road between Ingleton and Settle. Do not drive into Austwick. If travelling from the Settle direction the site is past the Austwick sign on the lefthand side of the road: turn into the entrance directly before the Dalesbridge sign. If travelling from Ingleton the site is just past the second turning into the village of Austwick; turn right after the crossroads. Satnav: please note that our entrance is directly off the A65: do not turn up Orcaber Lane!

Nearest transport

Coach
26.6 km New Street
26.6 km New Street
27.8 km Bus Station Stand 8
Rail
3 km Clapham (N Yorks) Rail Station
6.2 km Giggleswick Rail Station
6.5 km Horton-in-Ribblesdale Rail Station
Ferry
36.7 km Heysham Ferry Terminal
42.9 km Fell Foot Country Park Ferry Landing
43.1 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

Starting 10 minutes away, the walk to Ingleton Falls is gentle but rewarding, and even though you’re heading deep down instead of up, the caverns and wild rock formations of Whitescar and Ingleborough caves make for unmissable wanders. For walks with wildlife, make the half-hour trip to Malham Cove, where a pair of nesting peregrine falcons can be spotted in the summer months, alongside resident populations of jackdaws and housemartins. You can climb the massive amphitheatre cliffs of the cove, or follow trails up and around taking in the glacial Malham Tarn and Janet’s Foss waterfall. To see some wildlife at closer quarters, the Settle Falconry Centre (five minutes' drive) has daily displays of flying and feeding and if you feel you’d like to soar through the skies, the Ribble Viaduct section of the Settle-Carlisle Railway makes a fair imitation. If all this outdoor, high altitude stuff has made you peckish, head over to the Wensleydale Creamery (40 minutes) to learn how the famed crumbly cheese is made… and then sample some, but of course.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Morecambe North 32.5 km Estuary GoodN/AGoodGood
Morecambe South 33.6 km Sea N/AN/AGoodGood
Fleetwood 47.2 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Lancaster Castle 29.4 km

Beacon Fell Country Park 31.5 km

Levens Hall & Gardens 31.9 km

Sizergh Castle and Garden 33.2 km

Gawthorpe Hall 33.8 km

National Trust

Malham Tarn Estate 12.4 km

Sizergh Castle and Garden 33.2 km

Gawthorpe Hall 33.9 km

Cartmel Priory Gatehouse 39.9 km

Braithwaite Hall 40.3 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Austwick - Feizor - Wharfe 1.3 km

Clapham and Ingleborough 2.3 km

Clapham - Austwick - Moughton - Sulber Nick - Clapham 2.3 km

An Exploration of Crummackdale and Clapdale from Clapham 2.4 km

Yorkshire Three Peaks Part 1: Pen-Y-Ghent 6.4 km

Local events

  • Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival (Saturday, 8 August 2026 – Saturday, 8 August 2026)

    Skipton, England 21 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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Dalesbridge have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Dalesbridge dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Dalesbridge? Starting 10 minutes away, the walk to Ingleton Falls is gentle but rewarding, and even though you’re heading deep down instead of up, the caverns and wild rock formations of Whitescar and … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Dalesbridge?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  noon –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Dalesbridge? From $50.53 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.