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We have stayed at this site several times, mainly because we never book anywhere and we know they will fit us in! It's great for our big tent (the Sunncamp 'enormous') as they don't have a problem with the tent size and they are very easy about what time you arrive - we once arrived at about nine in the morning and had all Saturday on site and then packed up the next day - we had promised our children camping but it rained hideously on the Friday evening.
The loo block is fantastic - not like a campsite at all - very plush - and there is plenty of hot water, always loo roll and always clean.
It can be quite noisy but we usually camp with friends and so may be part of the problem. It is a very popular site and so you have to be a friendly sort of person to camp here.
Good pub within walking distance with a little garden for children. The brook just along the foot path from the site is also a great place for children to play. Our boys liked the freedom of going to the little site shop to buy (cheap tat) toys and milk and bread. It made their holiday!
The site is quite pricey but the loos are out of this world! We like the laid back atmosphere of this site and it is a great base for exploring the Keswick area (and the mountains if you like that kind of thing!).
Myself and wife with our two friends camped here on what must have been the two rainiest days of the year !
The ground is well draining, but with the volume of rain that fell, most of the tent pitches ended up being flooded and a large number of campers (ourselves included) hoisted the white flag and packed up due to the rain flooding the tent.
However, weather apart, this has got to be one of the most perfect parks for staying at due to their set-up.
The amenities block is superb, with plenty of free showers, underfloor heating,and loads of toilets, with a great pot wash room and separate laundry.
There is a well stocked shop that is open from 7am - 9pm which sells most things you will need, as well as having a licence to sell alcohol.
If you fancy a pint and a meal, the Royal Oak pub is only a 3 minute walk away with home cooked meals (I had Cumberland Sausage with mash and fresh veggies for £8.95)and can recommend the Jennings bitter !
Keswick is a 7 minute drive away but the walk is about 40 - 45 minutes (about 2 and a half miles).
All in all, a great place to stay and I would have no hesitation in staying there again.
Obliged to visit this site due to no space at my first choice. Not by any means my first visit.
The views are beautiful, the toilet block and faclities are excellent. The staff are friendly.
BUT they don't seem to care about their own rules. No groups? Place is full of them. Windbreakers zoning off entire areas. Lots of late noise. Pitching within 6'. Kids totally out of control.
No, it wasn't just this time it's almost every time I have been. Which is why I really did not want to go again.
Lorries visit during the night most nights (about 5 am).
I read others saying that the view is everything, or that late noise isn't the fault of the site, or that pitching is down to individuals. The view came free, everything else is for the wardens to take action over. There are rules, they need to be enforced.
Could be a great site, but it isn't as good as other local ones.
Terrific site in a stunningly beautiful location. Well drained, fully serviced level pitches (all gravel so tough pegs needed for awnings) spotless toilet/shower block, friendly warden, small shop (quite well stocked), local pub with good meals only 3 mins walk away.
The main thing about this site is it's location. Smack bang in the middle of the hills the views are stunning. The sky at night (assuming good weather) is great for astronomy so take a telescope if you're into that. We just loved it and will definitely go again.
We stayed at Scotgate for 3 nights in July. We had originally planned to stay at Castlerigg Hall but it was full and the warden directed us here. We were not disappointed. We are novice campers and pitched our tent easily in a great location. The showers, toilets and washing up facilities were excellent and kept clean. In fact, the whole site was well staffed and serviced with the bins being emptied regularly. There are some nice walks nearby and Keswick is only a short drive away. You can rent freezer packs from the shop for £1.20 and £1.00 is returned when you take them back. I only found this out after being there 2 days, so wanted to share this with other campers! My only complaint is about the noise of some inconsiderate drunks returning to their tents talking loudly and disturbing everyone, but that's not the park's fault, it's human nature unfortunately!
Nestling in the beautiful Eskdale Valley close to Scafell, England's highest mountain and Wastwater, this site is a children's paradise in the heart of the Lake District. The first thing that meets you on arrival is the pond, fed by a stream and usually full of children paddling and playing on tyre rafts. The playground has zip wires, climbing frames, tyre rope-swings and adventure courses.
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
Facilities excellent, clean and plenty of space to use. Cafe has a good choice of meals and well priced, couple of cracking pubs in the village.
Only bad point is you cannot book your tent which can be a disappointment when you been driving 2 hours to see the full sign up when you arrive, also can be very full in high season
Owners quite good at chucking people off the site if too noisy late at night.
Visited this campsite after reading reviews on here. Very clean and spacious showers with plenty of free hot water. 20p to use the hairdrier but take your own mirror as I couldn't see in the one they had provided. Also a drying room incase it never stops raining!lovely campsite that we would visit again. Pub just down the road serving good food and beer. Visit the dog and gun in keswick for excellent meals, try the goulash. Market day in keswick thurs & sat. Really enjoyed our stay apart from the awful weather!
We had planned to use this site as a single night stop over as part of the 'Inn Way' long distance route. As a group of 8 x 20 something lads, we were not surprised at the less than friendly reception, however as the site was almost empty they let us on grudgingly. Due to recent bad weather, there were a few boggy patches, but with most of the field to choose from we found a good pitch. There are a lot of statics on site, and a large flat field for tents right by the shop / toilets / reception.
Good things: 5 star toilet block, spotless, underfloor heating, amazing showers you could have a decent party in should you wish. Pot wash area. Well stocked shop and cafe that opens for breakfast.
Bad things: Ground can get boggy - we found we were camping in a lake on our return from the pub. Not much shelter when the wind blows.
On the whole, for location and facilities this site takes some beating. Three great pubs in Braithwaite and a little shop that does fresh sandwiches. Would certainly come back.
We have just come back from an excellent two day two nights stay at braithwaite bridges camp site!
We arrived for the bank holiday weekend on Friday and I must say was surprised at the amount of space we had to choose from to pitch.
Excellent shower and washroom facilities (always hot water at anytime of the day), always toilet roll, hand dryers, one electricity point for use of hair dryers or straighteners!
Only one downside which was the washing up area which is no fault of the campsite which was that it was untidy, food left everywhere which was left by fellow campers(should be ashamed of themselves)
We had to pay at the main campsite which is scotgate park just two minutes down the road and I found the man behind the counter very grumpy and not very helpful
P.S I must say the site caretakers were helpful because our friends broke down on the way there and he offered a tow rope to sort ourselves out which was great!
Nestling in the beautiful Eskdale Valley close to Scafell, England's highest mountain and Wastwater, this site is a children's paradise in the heart of the Lake District. The first thing that meets you on arrival is the pond, fed by a stream and usually full of children paddling and playing on tyre rafts. The playground has zip wires, climbing frames, tyre rope-swings and adventure courses.
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
This was our third choice campsite, we ended up going because our others were full! In the end I can't imagine another site suiting us any better than this.
The Good - Facilities are the best you will see. In the gents there were 6 huge showers, under floor heating, around a dozen toilets and wash hand basins and around 10 urinals. Even at busiest time in the morning / evening there was no waiting, and all spotlessly clean. Excellent pot washing room, laundry room, small shop on site selling camping supplies, newspapers, tobacco, some food (eggs, milk, bread, biccies etc) and alcohol. Also a licensed cafe (didn't use it so can't comment on food quality).
At £28 per night between 4 people in 2 mid sized tents with a car you can't go wrong with the price either. Some top walks from the campsite too (we got most of the way up Grisedale Pike and had a look round the old mine up there).
The Bad - Tent pitches were generally good, but there were some patches of bare mud where presumably previous campers had had their doorways. Also a couple of inches below the surface our pegs seemed to hit rock a few times. The campsite filled up quickly and one thing that might put some off is there seemed to be no minimum gap between tents, which suited us as it created a relaxed atmosphere, but on the other hand we had a very loud 'snorer' near us which actually kept me awake.
All in all, I would recommend this site whatever type of camper you are (they had groups, dogs, kids etc etc).
Our group supervisors stayed at this site on the last day of at Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award expedition, while the participants stayed on another site in the village on a farm.
We had intended to stay at the main site, which is Scotgate Holiday Park - having heard about the great facilities available (always appreciated after a week of roughing it on the hill with 11 young people!)
The site is basically a large field with a gravel track around the edges and across the middle, with a basic toilet / facilities block at the entrance end. It is mostly unstaffed although a member of staff did come by to check it out a few times a day.
There are loads of toilets (12 in the ladies!) and 3 showers in the ladies, with large cubicles (but be careful as the water drains away from the cubicles over the floor, so anything you put on the floor will get a soaking - but there are adequate hooks available and a bench!), however we had to run all three showers for some time before even slightly warm water came through which never got 'really' hot but was appreciated anyway after a hard day on the hill! Also the lights are on a timer, we found it quite dark during the early evening before the lights came on, so useful to have a torch.
There is a pot-wash area which is nicely sheltered, however the taps in there are the push-to-operate type ones and spray water out at a rate of knots which was somewhat surprising the first time we used them!
The site was very clean and tidy although the fences have all got barbed wire on the top edge, so I would be careful with young kids or when playing with tent flysheets in windy conditions (it seems somewhat unnecessary, not sure why they have it there).
Plenty of space was available however some areas were really quite boggy (it had rained most of the week though, so you'd be hard pressed to find a site without boggy areas!)
We didn't venture into Braithwaite as we cooked on the site, however the site is well placed being just off the A66, with easy connections to Keswick / Penrith and so forth.
Just seen the new year in on this site and must say it was very enjoyable.
The site is in a great position just off the a66 and set in spectacular surroundings as you would expect in this part of the country.
The site has a shop and cafe but unfortunately they were closed for the winter period so I cannot say much about them,but they did look very good.
The village has a couple of great pubs and both do good reasonably priced food and are less than 5 Min's walk away.
The new toilet facilities have just been completed and are of the highest standard, and spotlessly clean,but lack coat hook on the toilet doors (the owner said these would be on shortly) also my wife said the hot water in the ladies showers kept going from lukewarm to cold, but in the men's it was always very hot??? strange.
The site is also at present adding additional hard standing pitches with hook up.
The only negative point is you can't pre book, which is a shame.
Just got back from a weekend at this site! Weather was OK, but in November OK is good enough. The ground was sodden but this was to be expected! It is nice, however, to find a site open at this time of year! Highlight of the site at this time of year has to be the shower block - the shower 'cubicle' itself was bigger than my bathroom at home! Also kept spotlessly clean.
If I had a very minor gripe - no coat hooks on the back of toilet cubicle doors! However, that was it! Will be returning when the weather picks up a bit!
Location is superb, close enough to Keswick, but not too close. Within easy distance of many hills and 2 good pubs for that all important post walk pint!
What a shower and toilet block - must be one of the best in the country - stone floors and marble basins - fantastic - and so much space.
When we were there we had no problem with overcrowding - we were the only ones daft enough to be camping in the torrential rain! On site cafe was ideal for breakfast - and provided some welcome warmth.
Lovely pub within easy walking distance serving good food and Jennings Sneck Lifter - bit like Marmite you either love it or hate it!
Definitely one we will return to when next in The Lakes
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <5 miles 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
No Golf 
No Tennis 
No Beach 
Watersports <5 miles 
Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
We have stayed at this site several times, mainly because we never book anywhere and we know they will fit us in! It's great for our big tent (the Sunncamp 'enormous') as they don't have a problem with the tent size and they are very easy about what time you arrive - we once arrived at about nine in the morning and had all Saturday on site and then packed up the next day - we had promised our children camping but it rained hideously on the Friday evening. 
