Blaithwaite House

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Visitor image of the view from the pitch
Visitor image of the view from the pitch
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Pitches with countryside views

  • Family-friendly site with stunning views across Solway Firth
  • A 10-minute drive from the Lake District and 20 from the coast
  • Shops and restaurants five miles away in Wigton
Rural rambles without having to leave base – bag a berth at Blaithwaite House, 10 minutes’ drive from the market town of Wigton, for a taste of life on a Cumbria country estate. And not just any old country estate – this one stretches for a generous 200 acres, bringing with it 50 acres of woodland to frolic in, and a walking trail that covers over two miles (Yes, it’s a big place, so best be picking up a map before striding forth.) Enjoyed that warm up? More walks, bike rides and other outdoorsy pursuits are 10 minutes’ drive away in the Lake District National Park or 20 minutes away on the Solway coast. Time to catch your breath? Settle in on site for splendid views over the Solway Firth or to cook up something tasty at the barbecue and firepit area (shop ahead and you can stash your supplies in the site’s fridges and freezer). If cooking doesn’t appeal, decamp to a local pub – two such establishments an easy five-minute drive away serve up homemade food. Still got energy to burn? Play areas, a football field and a playing field offer plenty of space to let off steam. If you’ve got a gaggle of buddies on hand, book ahead to mercilessly hunt them down with a game of laser tag… but whatever you get up to, don’t forget to give a cheery wave to Snowy the goat and her chicken pals. The site may be sizeable, but facilities aren’t far-flung – washing-up areas and individual toilets and showers are in the pitches field and supplied with hot water from the eco-friendly biomass boilers.

Campground type

Camper sites 15
RV sites 15
Rent a tent 2
Tent sites 50
Open all year
Opens
Please note

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Dogs

  • The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

Occupancy

  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

Reception

  • Reception is unmanned after 4:30 p.m.. Please inform the park while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time so that the team can provide information about your unit/site.
  • The site is also a wedding venue: the rose garden, summerhouse and miniature golf are not available to camping guests when a wedding is held.

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Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children
0 dogs

Reviews

8.6

Overall rating from 84 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Accommodation
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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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Peaceful

83% would recommend this campground to a friend

81% would stay here again

What customers say

Guests love the stunning views, helpful staff, and great amenities, especially showers. Families enjoy the many play areas and activities. Some found toilets/showers weren't always clean during peak times and bar hours varied. A few heard noise at night, but a curfew is enforced. Pitches can be uneven; some areas need work.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Expensive site that needs investment to improve facilities offered.

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3 out of 10
Location
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Anonymous

Powered grass and gravel RV campsite

Liked Views across the valley. You can camp as a group. Back office staff friendly and helpful when there was an issue with booking.

Disliked Water disruption on two days out of 7, WC in same unit as shower so had to queue when busy morning and evening. Floor of the shower/ WC units frequently wet and muddy. Cleaned most days in morning but weren't cleaned on a Tuesday so ran out of hand towels and toilet paper in many units. While cleaned in the morning, the shower/ wc units were mucky by lunchtime especailly when raining. Pitch on a slope and even with levellers could not get the van level. Across the whole site a lot of general maintenance needed- broken toilet seats, broken locks, broken hinges. Crazy golf clubs broken, pool table: white ball kept getting stuck. No coffee on bar as machine broken, playgrounds showing age and wear, including protruding nail heads where wood had broken away.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very happy- We would come back

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10 out of 10
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 Banu A. 4 reviews

Primitive grass tent campsite (two person)

Liked Great campsite. We chose it because of the location- it is close to both Lake District and Hadrians Wall. The showers were clean even though it was very busy (school holidays). There is woods to walk the dogs; it’s quite big and the paths are clean. There are a few play fields for those with children as well. There is a pub where you can grab some drinks and they have a pizza van on certain nights.

They pre-allocate the pitches so you don’t have to worry about squeezing between tents.

Disliked You cannot park by pitch. You need to leave the car in the car park. This is usually a dealbreaker for us, but they let you load and unload by the tent so we didn’t mind.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Amazing site with more than helpful staff, great facilities, Clean!

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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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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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 Mark I. 1 review

Powered grass tent campsite (eight person)

Liked Staff, facilities & playgrounds

Disliked Nothing...

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great family site, fabulous 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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 Sandra A. 3 reviews

Primitive grass tent campsite (eight person)

Liked The site is fantastic, with good on-site facilities. Toilets and shower were clean, and the shower warm. Lovely on-site playgrounds meant the kids made friends and had somewhere to play. Easy journey to lakes and lots of useful info about walks. Staff really helpful - moved pitches around so the two families were next to each other. We ordered a firepit and everyone was helpful setting up and providing sufficient firewood to keep it going. Pitch is flat, and everything is easily walkable. On-site bar is useful too!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautifully located, lovely staff. Plenty of kids.

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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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 Heather Louise F. 1 review

Primitive grass tent campsite (eight person)

Liked Lovely place to stay! Well maintained grounds, plenty for the children to do. My youngest daughter had an accident (no fault of the place) and the owner helped with everything. First aid, directions and come to see us the next day, just to check on her. The staff were all fabulous! All very helpful. Plenty of space, lovely views. Close to plenty of things also. All round a lovely few days again. We will be booking back up very soon

Disliked Nothing, we had no complaints

Recommend to friends Visit again

The grassfield and the shower…

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6 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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 Hans B. 2 reviews

Primitive grass tent campsite (two person)

Liked The grassfield and the shower

Disliked There was no staff

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will not be back. Environmental agency needs to close it down

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1 out of 10
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Louise M. 1 review

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Leaving!

Disliked Rats everywhere on the site! Showers, toilets not cleaned. Unhygienic. We booked for 3 nights, left after 1 as that’s when we discovered the rats in broad day light, the toilets hadn’t been cleaned or looked near by staff in over 24hours. Loud / parting until 2.45 am but as I say there was absolutely no staff on site. We emailed the owner and gave them the opportunity to refund our money… have never heard back

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will be booking again for next year

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Wifi
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 William T. 1 review

Powered grass tent campsite (five person)

Liked Beautiful scenery, east access to lakes, the grounds of the house are well worth a look.
Fantastic showers.
Very friendly cat on site.

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely stay and would recommend to others and even go back again.

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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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Wifi
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Rebecca F. 1 review

Primitive grass tent campsite (two person)

Liked The grounds were clean, location was great and staff were lovely!

The shower area was one of the best I’ve seen on a campsite. Water was hot and area was super clean.

Had everything we needed.

Disliked Nothing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely side.…

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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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 Jorge M. 2 reviews

Primitive grass tent campsite (eight person)

Liked Lovely side.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Scouts welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Fishing nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Blaithwaite House

Wigton

Cumbria

England

CA7 0AZ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.79146°N
3.22501°W

Nearest transport

Bus
10.6 mi Fairfield Junior School
10.7 mi Gallowbarrow
13.5 mi Bus Station
Rail
3.6 mi Wigton Rail Station
4.8 mi Aspatria Rail Station
10.2 mi Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station
Ferry
13.8 mi Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing
14 mi Keswick Ferry Landing
14.8 mi Hawes End Derwentwater 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

As well as the hiking trails of the Lake District National Park, active options nearby include Bassenthwaite Lakes, 20 minutes’ drive from base, where there are lakeside paths, boat hire and tours and tastings at Lakes Distillery. Derwentwater, half an hour away, has kayaking, paddleboarding and sailing; you could also get out on the water on an Ullswater Steamer at Pooley Bridge (access 40 minutes' drive away at Penrith), cruising by some of the area's highest peaks. Historical highlights are plentiful in the region too: Carlisle Castle and Mirehouse House and Gardens are both within half an hour, Gretna Green is 40 minutes away and the remains of the great Hadrian’s Wall are reachable in about an hour. Try something a little different at the Rheged Discovery Centre, 40 minutes away, where there are cafés, craft shops and a six-storey cinema screen, all in the UK’s largest grass-covered building.

Food and drink

  • Mae's Tea Rooms and Gallery 5.5 mi

Public transport

  • Leegate Crossroads (E bound) 1.3 mi
  • Tredoron 1.4 mi
  • Solway View 1.5 mi
  • Ascona 1.5 mi
  • Oddfellows Arms 1.6 mi
  • Mountain View track end 1.6 mi
  • Highfield House (E bound) 1.6 mi
  • Highfield House (W bound) 1.7 mi
  • Inglewood 1.7 mi
  • Todholme 1.9 mi

Groceries

  • Co-op Food 3.6 mi
  • Lidl 3.7 mi

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Must see

Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens 10.4 mi

Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre 12.8 mi

Carlisle Castle 13.4 mi

Castlerigg Stone Circle 14 mi

John Paul Jones Cottage Museum & Visitor Centre 16 mi

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 10.5 mi

Buttermere and Ennerdale 21.9 mi

Grasmere and Great Langdale 25.7 mi

Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon 25.9 mi

Acorn Bank Garden and Watermill 26.8 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

High Pike, Fellside 7.2 mi

Ullock Pike - Longside Edge - Skiddaw 9.5 mi

CAMPFIELD MARSH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 14/11/2006) 10 mi

Dodd Wood under Ullock Pike 10.4 mi

Bassenthwaite Osprey Walk 10.4 mi

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 Blaithwaite House have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Blaithwaite House dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Blaithwaite House? As well as the hiking trails of the Lake District National Park, active options nearby include Bassenthwaite Lakes, 20 minutes’ drive from base, where there are lakeside paths, boat hire and tours … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Blaithwaite House?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Blaithwaite House? From $23.18 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.