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We camped here over the May day bank holiday weekend with 2 other families. We stayed in the Woodland area on one of the 'new' pitches.
The meadow pitches were just the usual pitch number on the ground, however the woodland pitches are a tent sized patch of wood mulch which (other than dragging bits of it into the tent) was a great base to camp on.
Whilst we were 'with' another family, and they were on the pitch adjacent to ours, we weren't actually right next to each other. The pitches in the woodland area are a touch more secluded. Ours was surrounded by trees and bluebells and fenced in with a lattice fence of woven live saplings. We still had plenty of room in our large pitch for both our tent (7m x 4m) and the Event Shelter (for communal cooking etc. With the other families). They were on a medium pitch with a couple of tents in the same clearing as them, but still quite secluded and well spaced.
Our pitch was a short (30 second) walk from the nearest car park. You don't park next to your pitch, but there is a good network of dirt track roads and small car parks to ensure that you don't have to carry your kit too far. You can however get about the site by following various paths which is much quicker (and nicer) than the road route.
The roads on site aren't great, but then you shouldn't be doing more than the 10mph speed limit on a narrow road where kids are liable to be walking anyway. They're absolutely fine at that speed.
Toilet blocks were well maintained and clean. Showers were nice and hot.
There are also a few other options on this site too. We had a look around a couple of the safari tents near to us and they looked like an excellent choice for easy camping complete with double bed, bunk bed, log burning stove and kitchen! They also had yurts dotted around the site and a gypsy caravan.
They have a few activities that can be done on site. We sent the kids off doing the orienteering course and they had a great time (although they did manage to route themselves through just about every boggy bit on site). We also hired out a couple of kayaks from the on site place but couldn't go too far out of the bay as it was quite windy and choppy.
Always a fan of the National Trust sites and will definitely be back again.
We spent our second camping trip of 2015 at Low Wray and had a magical three nights. The site is well kept, quiet and the location is breath taking.
The toilets where clean and there was never a queue for showers (we spent the last weekend in July so the site was busy). The shop on site is adequately equipped and they provide a charging service for your phones and tablets.
The site is split into lakeside pitches, woodland pitches and meadow pitches. They also have Tipees, pods and Yurts that can be rented.
We stayed on Vic's meadow which is a 30 second walk to the Lake shore. There is a lovely walk round the lake to Wray castle where you can get a boat across to Brockhole Park and from there you can get boats to Ambleside or Bowness. We took our inflatable kayak which we launched from the little stone beach on the site for no charge.
We enjoyed our stay so much we visited again in September again staying on Vic's meadow, and we have booked for next year this time we have managed to book a lakeside pitch.
I took a blow up boat to use on the lake as where the pitch is, its a horse shoe shape.
Not much to say about this site, its massive, on site facilities are top notch. Staff fantastic.
The only down side for me was the holes in the road, the road surface was horrid. Broke my suspension arm. But it may have been sorted as this was over a year ago.
Just back from a BH weekend at Low Wray. There'd been mixed reviews before we went but overall we had a lovely couple of days.
Staff in reception/shop all friendly and helpful. Pizza saved cooking on arrival the first night - went down well! Shop had a little of most of what you'd want - another reviewer commented that it's expensive - well, it is a campshop and pretty remote, not Tesco Metro! Main washblock clean and plenty of hot water for showers (and space to store clothes/towels etc to keep them dry whilst in there). I liked having different camping areas dotted about so you always felt it was a very small site, although it isn't really. Nice play area for the kids.
We were fortunate in that we were at a flattish edge of the main field but quite a few tents in the middle were pitched at interesting angles. Good grass to keep the tent clean plus we had good weather, but even after a shower of rain overnight, ground still good. A very quiet site - everyone tucked up well before the 11pm curfew (just unfortunate we had noisy neighbours - the rest of the site was silent!)
My one criticism would be the lack of washing up facilities - only 3 sinks in our block.
This is a very large campsite by Windermere, so some pitches are exactly by the lake. Some other pitches are at the back, near the fields with sheep grazing.
Because the site is basically developed on farmland, some pitches are not very evenly flat for pitching tents. Also because the ground has not been improved greatly, there is not much soil above the rocky ground, and it made pitching the tent rather difficult, as the pegs would not go in fully.
Also the pitch markers are flat numbers embedded in the grass, so we couldn't find ours, and found it only when the tent next door left since they had pitched their tent right on our pitch marker.
Possible improvement: have pitch markers on sticks/poles rather than flat in the grass.
The facilities are good and functional, and well maintained.
National Trust's Wray Castle, although not very interesting, is in easy reach within walking distance along Windermere.
Pitches are sorted in different categories, and it seemed some basic ones featured very different characteristic, from fair size on a grassy area, to bigger size in the woodland.
There is a well designed map of the campsite you're given when you take your instructions from the reception. It would be good if this map was made available on the website as a PDF file so people can foresee what to expect (expectation management).
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
Visited her with friends a few weeks ago. Site is well located for discovering the Lakes and facilities are functional. You do have to carry things from where you can park the car to your tent pitch so you need to be aware of this. The other thing you need to be aware off is this site strictly enforces a silent site 11pm- 7am (well at the 11pm end, kids were up playing from 6am)so if you are planning on sitting and catching up with family and friends, quite simply go elsewhere. Family and adult groups are mixed and the site is not effectively managed to accommodate for these different groups, with different needs. So, a good site if you've kids but I would recommend you go elsewhere if you are visiting as a group and want to enjoy all that camping is fundamentally about (sitting and catching up). Disappointing and upsetting stay and even though I'm a seasoned camper (5-6 times per year for the last 20 years), this was my most unpleasant camping experience to date. Went with 3 other professional adults but was made to feel like one!I expect far better than the NT that the service received.
Great location for the campsite, away from busy Ambleside or Windermere on the west side of the lake. Everyone can find something interesting if it comes to pitching. There is a field with plenty of open space, woods, lake side etc. Nice and friendly staff on site and you can even borrow a wheel barrow to transport your stuff over to the pitch location as not all the places are accessible by car. Toilets and showers are clean and hot water is in abundance. There is a little shop on site and fresh bread every day. Also there is a fairly new path from the campsite all the way to Ambleside, avoiding the road. You can go by foot or on the bike. Unfortunately we have stayed in one of the pods. Now the idea is great, no doubt, but the design not so. Why would you fit a carpet in the wooden structure in the middle of the woods next to a lake. This will catch moisture, get damp and will stink. And so did our little pod. What's wrong with wooden floor? Easy to clean and will remain dry. Then there is a question of ventilation. If you fit double glazing, which will keep the warmth in, you have to make sure there is sufficient ventilation otherwise your breath and prespiration will make the place damp. That is damp times two now. And where is damp there is cold. And that's how it was in our little pod. Great idea bad design. Now the pods are empty, there is nothing in them so basically one has to take everything as one would be going with the tent. £50 for a night is slightly on the expensive, I think. But to summarise with the spendid weather we had all week the lake side view, I would definitely recommend the campsite. Maybe in your own tent though.
The two of us stayed in a small tent, arriving by car on a Monday in June. We paid the £10 extra for a lakeside pitch, so one night cost us £26. 50 in total.
We pitched 20 feet from the water's edge, on very short grass and dry mud, on a slight slope, with trees and bushes providing shade. We had an amazing view of the lake and hills beyond. Stunning. WOW! Pegs went into, and stayed in, the ground perfectly.
Male and female toilets, and pot washing facilities were very good. The showers were roomy and clean, but of the poor quality push button type. Not warm enough.
We didn't use any other facilities, but many were on offer - check their website.
This site gets a nine out of ten despite having the best views of any I've stayed at, due to the price and unpleasantly poor shower flow.
Living in Windermere and having walked through the beautiful campsite a few times on our way to Wray Castle I had high hopes for our camping experience. Ok the weather was rubbish so that definitely didn't help but I also found the campsite quite disappointing. We were camping right up in the forest so it was really dark and quite gloomy. Also when the rain came down our pitch soon descended into a mud bath, as did the tracks through the wood and the toilet facilities. The toilet facilities were quite close but there was only 2 showers and they were really dirty. The queue in the morning was so big we didn't even bother! The shop also quickly sold out of milk etc if you didn't get there straight away and was quite a treck through the woods. I think if you were camping down by the lake or in the field it would have been much better but I also think it is very expensive for the facilities provided. Unlike most campsites you also have to pay in full if you book in advance ( and it does get very busy in peak times) so if the weather is bad you don't just loose a deposit but the whole booking price. Another annoyance we found was that you can't check in until 3pm even though you are asked to check out at 11pm. I'm not sure why they need these 4 hours but I presume it's because they don't want to staff the reception. As I said, I had high hopes as the area is lovely and in good weather perhaps it would have been a different experience but I don't think we will be returning.
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
Stayed here with a friend for a week. Money well spent on a small lake view pitch. We were in the new summer field which gave us uninterrupted views across Windermere and much entertainment watching fellow campers swim and paddle from the slip. On several of our sunny evenings at low wray we swam in Windermere - thoroughly enjoyable and refreshing! The field nearest the shop seemed quite packed in on a busy fine weather weekend in August but due to the slope In the new summer field our little tent was well away from any of the other larger tents. Not the cheapest campsite around but extra cost meant super facilities with good clean showers/loos and a super little shop selling fresh pain au chocolat first thing in the morning (if you time your run right!) and other essentials such as tasty local sausages. The geese as mentioned here before are noisy but actually you learn quickly to dismiss the noise! There is a great path from the site around the lake up to the lovely wray castle, good selection of shops, cafés and food on offer in Ambleside (only 10 mins drive away).
All in all Low wray is a great base to explore the Lakes from, the facilities and views are worth every penny. Hoping to return again soon!
The location is great. It is a short drive from Ambleside but a bit of a hike on foot. We stayed in one of the woodland pitches which was a lot more quiet than the larger open field on the site. We took an inflatable canoe and were able to launch it within 20 metres of our pitch-some are much nearer! There is parking a short walk from the woodland pitches, well maintained and large capacity shower and washing facilities and a family(kids) friendly atmosphere. It has a decent playground for under 10s and a shop with a helpful range of items(ranging from milk to airbeds). The staff I encountered were helpful and friendly. The site hires canoes and organises night trips. It is a good base for exploring further by canoe( paddle to pubs at Ambleside) or car. We enjoyed our stay.
I visited this site as 1 of a group of 7 ladies away to celebrate a friends 30th birthday. We had struggled to find a site that would accept us being a same sex group, but this site said they were happy to take us as long as we stuck to the rules. We booked 2 pitches, one medium and one small, and requested for them to be together, which was granted in the booking confirmation.
On arrival, the site is very easy to find, and only 10-15 mins drive from Ambleside, surrounded by beautiful countryside views. It is quite a drive from the site entrance to reception, but it is signposted all the way! You have to park in the 'parking for new arrivals area' and then walk through the trees to reception (we missed the sign for this and took the long route!) Check in was easy and we noted there was a shop area there selling essentials. The guy was very friendly and helpful, gave us a site map, a map of our pitch area and explained how to get to it. He told us we had pitch number 117 and 118. We had to go back on ourselves to get to it as it was on the lower fields of the site, but we found it easily.
We knew from the website that you can't park next to your tent, which I was dreading a bit having so much stuff, but our pitches had a parking area just next to them and the toilet block was also right by us so we were really pleased. Our pitches were very generous! The ground was a bit slopey, and there were some small boulders in bits of it, but we managed to avoid them, the earth is also VERY VERY stoney, and it was really hard work trying to get the pegs into the ground.
We pitched the tents, got sorted and then walked to the local pub, the drunken duck. It's about 2 miles away, but the last 1/2 mile is up a hill, so we were ready for a drink when we got there! The views were lovely and the pub was very smart!
On arrival back at our tent, we found a group with a massive tent and several small tents had pitched right on our doorstep, literally 1 meter from the back of our small tent, on an area which we had been told was part of our pitch! We weren't very happy, but having chatted it out with them, they had been told that pitch 117 was their pitch as well, so I ended up going to reception to get things sorted. The guys were really good about it, and even came down to have a look at the situation. Effectively, the guy who booked us in had given us the wrong pitch, but he had done it to prevent us being surrounded by a big group, unfortunately, he hadn't told anyone, and so when the big group checked in, they were given the same pitch, but we were already on it! So instead of going back to reception and asking, they just pitched right by us, which seems a bit stupid to me, but hey! Anyway, the NT guy told us if we were all happy then we could all stay put, and as we were all already pitched, that is what we did. We weren't particularly pleased to have such close neighbours though, but no way was I re-pitching our tents at 9pm!
Anyway.
The site itself is really big, and the walk around it is actually quite nice. I did feel that the website is a tad misleading though. I understand having to pay extra for the lakeside pitches, but I was kind of expecting to at least be able to see it from our pitch. But no! In fact unless you pay for a lakeside pitch, I doubt you will see it from your pitch!
The facilities were really good, modern and clean, hot water, lots of toilets but in the block by us only 4 showers for a lot of tents! Also, they have Dyson hand dryers in the toilets, which at first I thought was a great idea, until they woke me up several times in the night because our tent was so close to the loo and they are so damn noisy! After one night of disturbed sleep we had had enough of them and actually turned them off at the wall the second night! I slept like a baby until someone found the on switch at 7am!
The other moan I have about this site is that it was really over crowded. A lot of the tents were closer together than fire regs state they should be, and it made for a really noisy stay for us, not only because of our close neighbours, but also because people were constantly walking past our tent to get to the loo and pot wash, and people seem to forget how loud they are being and that tents aren't sound proof!
I also feel the site is really over priced! I expected to pay a bit more with it being NT, but we paid nearly £140 for 2 nights! I have stayed at a lot of campsites over the years, and this was honestly one of the worst, especially when you consider the price!
Unfortunately I wont be returning or recommending this place.
We had a wonderful stay on this site. The staff were very helpful and suggested a pitch for us which was their favourite. We could see why - parked up beside a stream in a peaceful spot with a friendly swan visiting us now and again!
We went on several bike rides from the site, including one along lake windermere. It involved a short ride along a quiet road and then it was along paths. A new path is currently being built from the site. You can hire bikes and canoes from the shop on site.
All facilities clean. Shop with food and information etc.
We didn't book ahead but there are only a limited number of pitches for motorhomes.
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Tent Pitches 
No Caravans 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
No Hardstandings 
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 
No Baby Changing 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <5 miles 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <5 miles 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <5 miles 
Wild Swimming On Site 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
Cycle Hire On Site 
No Golf 
Tennis <5 miles 
No Beach 
Watersports On Site 
Boat Launch / Mooring On Site 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Lakeside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
We camped here over the May day bank holiday weekend with 2 other families. We stayed in the Woodland area on one of the 'new' pitches. 
