Ullswater View Campsite

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Ullswater view
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Ullswater view

  • Wild camping with spectacular views of Ullswater in the Lake District
  • Pooley Bridge five minutes’ drive, and Lowther Castle 20 minutes
  • Spring water and portable toilets on site; pub 10 minutes’ walk
When it comes to the Lake District, there are many spectacular views, but the one from Ullswater View Campsite is right up there as a serious contender for a prize. The name gives it away somewhat, as this off-grid, wild camping site does indeed have spectacular views over Ullswater Lake and the surrounding forested mountains. At 20 minutes’ drive from the shops of Penrith in Cumbria, this is a spot to really get back to basics; portable toilets, rubbish bins and water from a natural spring are the only facilities you’ll find on site – so at this juncture please note that means no showers and no electricity. Part of the mown camping field is on an incline (all the better to admire those lake views), and due to the angle of the entrance gateway, you’ll need to drive up the lane and turn around before entering the site. The track leading to the pitches is not accessible to low-slung cars either. Having said all that, the site does have a wonderful setting, it’s dog-friendly (as long as your four-legged pal is kept on a lead), and it’s 10 minutes’ scenic walk from a cosy pub serving good food and beer. Staying here also puts you a handy five minutes’ drive from all the sporting action on Ullswater itself. There are firepits for hire and logs for sale on site if you'd like to spend the eve around a fire.

Site type

Tent pitches 50
Open now
Opens 22 July
Please note
  • This park has no on-site shower facilities.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • The park caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.
  • Please note that the toilet facilities are unisex.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Mon, 22 Jul to

Reviews

9.2

Overall rating based on 280 reviews View breakdown

Spectacular scenery

Voted 66% of visitors View breakdown

94%

would recommend this site to a friend

94%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Lovely campsite and hostess.

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Olivia T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Location and view was great, and campsite was spacious. A text from Sophie was perfect to guide us on how to get to camp, and she also introduced herself so I knew we could contact her mobile if we had any issues.

Disliked: Unfortunately a large group came later in the evening and played loud music right next to our tent. I understand that this can’t be controlled easily but it did affect our stay. Also, only two portable toilets shared by men and women. They didn’t flush easily and certainly smelt!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Rural good spot clean tidy and sophie and her kids were great


Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Rural good spot clean tidy and sophie and her kids were great

Recommend to friends Visit again

Sophie and her family were extremely helpful and kind enough to check


Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Sophie and her family were extremely helpful and kind enough to check

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for staying with us

We stayed here for 1 night and it was absolutely fab, amazing


Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: We stayed here for 1 night and it was absolutely fab, amazing views from the site and lovely family running it! BBQs were great on the site. A quick walk down the road to the pub for a drink or a 10 minute walk down to the lake. Overall lovely.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for staying with us

Views, location, close to a pub, sold logs for fires


Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 4
Wifi 6
Mily H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Views, location, close to a pub, sold logs for fires

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for coming

Load of space and great views


Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Lee G. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Load of space and great views

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for coming

The view. The fire pit organisation (great lads). The checking up from


Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The view. The fire pit organisation (great lads). The checking up from the owner.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for staying

Very spacious pitches, accomodating freindly staff, close by to a pub.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Jerrie H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The view from our camp was breathtaking. The camp itself was easy to navigate and the owner was very friendly and accomodating. highly recommend.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for staying

Friendly staff, beautiful views

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Beautiful sights all around the site, so many nice places around too

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for staying

Beautiful location overlooking Ullswater, fairly flat decent sized field with good pitches,


Overall 4/10
Location 10
Value for money 6
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 2
Wifi No rating
Karl C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: Beautiful location overlooking Ullswater, fairly flat decent sized field with good pitches, however they are probably the only plus sides.

Disliked: Site was easily accessible however nobody there to greet when we drove on which was fine as we managed to find a pitch easily enough but had no idea how to access fire pits/logs as advertised and unable to locate any bins for rubbish. Site was advertised as family friendly and couples only. Two large groups of young lads there which we were unfortunate enough to camp between and majority of site was younger people who were not quiet until past midnight. One group was not too bad, however the other consisted of swearing, smoking cannabis, loud shouting, playing loud music until after midnight, shouting at other groups. Toilets were disgusting, looked like as though they had not been cleaned in a while and toilet roll ran out around midday Saturday and had still not been replaced by Sunday afternoon when we left. Would not recommend for families with young children.

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From the manager: Makes me laugh this one you messaged about the groups of lads so I came down to speak to you and them to which you said oh no, actually they’re all alright. They’ve been playing football with my kids and then once you’ve left you get behind your keyboard like a little keyboard warrior .you should perhaps be more concerned about your own affairs it’s hypocritical an irresponsible if you’re letting your kids play with people you accuse to be smoking drugs if you stuggled to locate the large white bins I’m astonished you even found the site or even passed your driving test in the first place. Please never come back again I really do not need B*** S*** like this

Features

Portable toilet

Pop-up campground

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 pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

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

Rules

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

Themes

Budget/backpacker Lake and/or mountain Spectacular scenery Wild camping

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available No drinkable water point No hot water Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches) Pop-up campground

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Location

Ullswater View Campsite

Watermillock

Pooley Bridge

Cumbria

England

CA11 0LP

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.60349°N
-2.86097°W

Route directions

After reaching the postcode, turn right up past the Bracken Rigg Inn. The site is at the third field on your right. What3Words: talents.tripiling.fanfare.

Nearest transport

Coach
9.3 km Rail Station
18.2 km Bus Station
19.4 km Lakeside House for Dove Cottage
Rail
9.2 km Penrith North Lakes Rail Station
16.3 km Langwathby Rail Station
19.3 km Lazonby & Kirkoswald Rail Station
Ferry
2.3 km Pooley Bridge Ullswater Ferry Landing
3.6 km Howtown Ullswater Ferry Landing
8.5 km Glenridding Ullswater 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

Drive down to Pooley Bridge (five minutes by car) at the head of Ullswater for yomps along the Ullswater Way encircling the lake. Father south, stop off at the National Trust car park (10 minutes) and walk up to the impressive Aira Force Waterfall, inspiration for the poem ‘The Somnambulist’ by William Wordsworth, written in 1833. Experienced hikers may care to drive to Patterdale (15 minutes) and clamber up Helvellyn for spectacular Lake District views, while others may settle for a stately voyage around Ullswater aboard the historic steamboat ‘Lady of the Lake’ from Glenridding (15 minutes), itself a pretty lakeside village with tea rooms and souvenir shops. Lowther Castle and Gardens (20 minutes) has imposing and photogenic ruins of a massive mansion as well as parterres and parkland to wander, or you can buy marmalade – reputed to be the best in the world – at Dalemain Historic Mansion and Gardens. If you hit a rainy day, catch a film at Rheged (both 10 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Allonby 41.2 km Sea N/A Good Good Good
Seascale 46.7 km Sea N/A Good Good Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Dalemain Historic House & Gardens 4.3 km

The Rheged Centre 7 km

Ullswater Steamers 8.6 km

Castlerigg Stone Circle 15.3 km

Rydal Mount and Gardens 19 km

National Trust

Acorn Bank Garden and Watermill 17.5 km

Grasmere and Great Langdale 21.2 km

Townend 21.8 km

Windermere and Troutbeck 24.1 km

Beatrix Potter Gallery 26.9 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Pooley Bridge and Heughscar Hill 2.8 km

Pooley Bridge - Loadpot Hill - Howtown - Pooley Bridge 2.8 km

Howtown - Patterdale - Glenridding 3.6 km

Howtown - Hallin Fell - Sandwick via Steamer 3.6 km

Howtown - Rampsgill Head - Angletarn Pikes - Howtown 3.8 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.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Ullswater View Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Ullswater View Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Ullswater View Campsite? Drive down to Pooley Bridge (five minutes by car) at the head of Ullswater for yomps along the Ullswater Way encircling the lake. Father south, stop off at the National Trust car 
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  • When can I check in and check out of Ullswater View Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  Anytime –  Anytime
    Depart by:  Anytime
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Ullswater View Campsite? From R465.41 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.