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Gillside Farm
Glenridding
(lake District)
Penrith
Cumbria (Browse area)
CA11 0QQ
Tel: 017684 82346
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Pitches: 60
Open: 11/03/2026 to 31/10/2026
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 Tent Pitches |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <1 mile |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 No Fishing |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 Cycle Hire <1 mile |
 No Golf |
 Tennis <1 mile |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <1 mile |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <1 mile |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 Riverside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: May 2026 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Gwynfryn |
8 reviews from this member |
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 Located just outside Glenridding with easy access to the shops and Travellers Rest pub. Stayed for 7 nights bagging Wainwrights.
£29 per night (2 adults plus hookup).
Showers were 20p. Days of free showers may have gone?. Open fires allowed, wood can be bought from the mini market.
Toilet/Shower block was probably the original building from the 80s. Not sure they were cleaned for the time we stayed there, shower temperature was hit/miss and length of shower time was random.
MH pitches were on hard standing and very generous.
We enjoyed our stay and would return. 
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| Date of Visit: July 2025 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Solo traveller |
| Reviewer: Romastone |
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Nice location, five mins to a pub that serves food, ten mins into the village.
Grass area has lots of slopes and can be muddy in the rain, arrive early to get a flat spot.
Old but clean facilities block.
Tight turn into the campsite over a little bridge but manageable if you’re careful.
Access to lots of hills and walks from the site.
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| Date of Visit: May 2025 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Solo traveller |
| Reviewer: Speaker12 |
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An ideal place to stop if you're walking the Ullswater Way over two days as I was!
A prompt reply to my booking email and checking in was straightforward. I was allowed to choose where I wanted to pitch and found one of the few remaining flat pitches.
The facilities look quite dated but were clean. Take a 20p for the shower.
There was a catering trailer on site but it wasn't open when I was there, I gather it's open at weekends.
The site is in a beautiful location not far from Glenridding centre where there are shops and places to eat + the steamer if you fancy a trip on the lake.
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Date of Visit: June 2024  |
Unit: Other |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
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| Reviewer: Watson |
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Staff friendly, as it is a working farm, toilet and shower clean and comfortable (20p for a hot shower) with washing facilities, and good valve for money breakfast with hot drink served from 7. 30am,
Area to pitch tent very spacious, with separate areas for motor homes, and caravans, 1/2 mile to Glenridding, near to pubs and shops, but farm sells milk, eggs, and guaranteed a good breakfast, with evening meals served at pubs, but lot of the campers served up own barbecues.
This was our first time, at this site and we plan to go back,
Close to Ullswater lake, Hellvyen, Airus Force, so plenty to do for all ages.
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| Date of Visit: April 2023 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Bpjyt6 |
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Just a fantastic site. I need say No more, amazing. Well done.
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Grass pitches (some with EHU) for tents, motorhomes, VW-sized campervans (no caravans). Refurbished toilets, showers and laundry. Peace is the watchword on the campsite - catering mainly for families and couples with silence after 10.30pm. Don't forget your marshmallows - campfires are allowed in selected areas. Nearby shop and pub. And there's an added extra: the site sits along the route of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Steam Railway line, with it's own station. Choo Choo! Find out more here
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| Date of Visit: October 2022 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: With friends |
| Reviewer: Chrssh |
2 reviews from this member |
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Great site with a really good location, bottom of Helvellyn!
Site very clean and tidy, with the required amenities (also very clean),
Good prices so will definitely be visiting again!
Be aware when booking in, very friendly owner with loads of local info, you will be accosted by a lovely border collie requiring obligatory ear rubs!
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| Date of Visit: September 2022 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: With friends |
| Reviewer: Emmaw7 |
1 review from this member |
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Cracking campsite - perfect location at the foot of the Striding edge walk and 5 mins from a great pub.
Really lovely welcome from the owners.
Cheap hot showers.
We'll be back.
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| Date of Visit: August 2022 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Family with older children |
| Reviewer: Nickelpede |
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Used as a base for Helvellyn via Swirral Edge and down Striding Edge. Excellent location for the walk, path runs through the site!
Great location, nestled in rolling hills. Short walk into Glenridding where you can access the lake (Ulls Water) for a paddle/swim also a shop for wood or milk etc.
Tight to get into site. Camping is a sharp left after the bridge. In future I'd ignore the 'go to reception before pitching' especially with a trailer nightmare once stopped - swing right towards the statics to enter - I say all this from experience of messing it up and having to detach trailer to turn. Trailer bottomed out couple of times on road onto pitches but no harm done.
Pitches are good but only a few can be considered near level these are nearer the bottom of the field.
Facilities dated but clean.
Quick response to booking. Not the most friendly of welcomes but ok when taking payment next day even after my adjustments in nights stayed.
Few younger families with the usual noise associated but we have been that family so no complaints.
River very near kids playing can be seen from site in some locations.
£38 a night 3 adults 1 child. I thought was pricey but it's a changing world.
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| Date of Visit: August 2022 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 6 |
Travelling as: Solo traveller |
| Reviewer: Nichar |
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Excellent location for exploring all the eastern fells
Basic facilities but good enough for what you need on a campsite. Showers cost 20p but were hot and had plenty of time to use them before money ran out
Email response was a bit blunt but lady was friendly on arrival
5 min walk to Glenridding shops pubs cafes and lake
Great seeing jets fly over
Would stay here again
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| Date of Visit: July 2022 |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Family with older children |
| Reviewer: Sssnake |
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Took a short walking holiday with my son and decided to use Gillside as our base. We’re glad we did.
Beautiful, peaceful location and owners are welcoming and helpful. I parked the Dub in the main tent camping area because I love grass underfoot and it is open and airy so the solar panel was never obstructed and ran the fridge without a hiccup for four days - cold ale is an essential after a long day on the fells.
Wash house was functional but clean and the 20p showers gave plenty of piping hot water.
Nearby pub serves standard pub grub at a reasonable price and quality but the ales were excellent.
Good value for money (£19/night for two adults, van and small tent used for storing rucksacks and boots) so we’ll definitely be back. Looking forward to it already.
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Grass pitches (some with EHU) for tents, motorhomes, VW-sized campervans (no caravans). Refurbished toilets, showers and laundry. Peace is the watchword on the campsite - catering mainly for families and couples with silence after 10.30pm. Don't forget your marshmallows - campfires are allowed in selected areas. Nearby shop and pub. And there's an added extra: the site sits along the route of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Steam Railway line, with it's own station. Choo Choo! Find out more here
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| Date of Visit: July 2022 |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: With friends |
| Reviewer: Susie Sedgwick |
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We were very happy at Gillside. There are some statics right through the middle of the site.
So pitches for campers, caravans etc were either side, you could choose a raised flat site on gravel in the sun or a pitch under trees down by the river. We tried both,
Pros and cons for each, I suppose it comes down to personal preference in the end.
Showers need 20p, but always hot. All a little tired in that department but when camping in such a beautiful place and with such friendly helpful people who cares.
Everything worked and was clean. Mary and her crew were helpful.
Great to walk up Helvellyn from there. Just try to do it before you’re between 63-70! We were the oldest ones up there the day we went!
I have given 10/10 for customer service as I had a problem which needed special help from a groundsman with a tractor. I wished I got his name. I shall be eternally grateful to him.
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| Date of Visit: June 2022 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: N1ge |
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Friendly and helpful lady at Farmhouse.
We had a pitch with electrical hook-up in the area with static caravans. The pitches were well prepared - level, with electric and water at each pitch.
The pitches were gravel finished, even though we had we had a lot of rain never got waterlogged. Toilets and wash-up areas were always kept clean and were in good condition.
The location was ideal for walks around Ullswater and Helvellyn. There is also a pub 5 mins walk away. We preferred to walk into Glenridding using the footpath alongside the stream rather than using the road past the pub.
There was no phone reception for Three - had to use Virgin.
It was inconvenient to pay 20p for showers - don't use cash that much so had to organise some change.
Site was good value for money.
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| Date of Visit: September 2021 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 6 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Ashbash |
4 reviews from this member |
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We booked this site based on its location, as we wanted somewhere that allowed us to walk straight into the fells without having to drive anywhere.
The path towards Helvellyn goes right past the tent pitching area and many other Wainwrights can be started directly from the site. We went up Glenridding Dodd, Heron Pike, Sheffield Pike and onto to Stybarrow Dodd and Raise.
It was great being able to do our walk without having to factor in drive times and parking etc.
If I was in a tent I would give it 10 out of 10, but in a touring caravan it wasn't quite as perfect. The tent pitches, which are shown in most photos online have panoramic views of the fells but the touring pitches are set amongst the static caravans and trees.
Only a couple of pitches are suitable for small tourers beside the beck, which is very pretty with good views. The majority of the touring pitches are on a terraced area and although large enough for a caravan, car and awning, they feel very close together.
Due to the way they are set out you will often be overlooked from all sides and can be very close to the unit beside/opposite you. Our view from our front window was the rear end of a motor home and we could hear our neighbours conversation from inside our caravan as they sat chatting in their awning!
The rules require dogs to be on leads as this is a working farm, but several dogs were wandering around off lead (they mainly belonged to the people in the static vans) so consequently there was some dog poop here and there.
These were the only niggles I had and may not be an issue for others and to be honest the location outweighed any negatives overall.
We didn't use the showers but did use the toilets and they were very clean. I would definitely recommend this site to anyone wanting to climb the mountains and fells as a perfect base.
Those using a tent or campervan will have plenty of choice regarding where and how to pitch to make the most of the fantastic views.
My husband had good mobile phone signal with GifGaf, but I had no signal at all in the whole Glenridding and Patterdale area with Three network.
I gave this site 8/10, as we really enjoyed our stay apart from a couple of niggles.
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| Date of Visit: September 2021 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Hwaring |
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We arrived on a trial bike rally weekend so our pitch wasn't ready, but wasn't a problem, there was room for us to park up till later on in afternoon
Excellent location, just a short walk into village with steamer departure and local pub doing reasonably priced food
We paid at house then left alone to enjoy our break
Would definitely return
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| Date of Visit: September 2021 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Solo traveller |
| Reviewer: Davidc |
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Booked in via email. Checked in and enjoyed the fabulous site.
Guys, use the shower nearest the outer wall, by far the best and the 20 pence last ages. 👍
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