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Waterfoot Caravan Park
Pooley Bridge
(lake District)
Ullswater
Cumbria (Browse area)
CA11 0JF
Tel: 01768 486302
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Pitches: 36
Open: 01/03/2026 to 17/11/2026
01/03/2027 to 17/11/2027
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 No Tents |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 Holiday Homes 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 |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 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 On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 Outdoor Pool <5 miles |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis <5 miles |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <1 mile |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <1 mile |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
 Electric Car Charging Point |
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| Date of Visit: October 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Terry909 |
7 reviews from this member |
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 This was our 3rd visit to Waterfoot. Its recently changed hands and the new owners have several other caravan sites across the Lake District. We pretty much knew what we were going to get before setting off. Its small - only about 30 pitches - and very quiet. There is a children's playground, but we try to be sited away. We stayed 5 nights. Its very nicely laid out, pitches are a decent size and the toilet block is always clean and tidy. However, there are some issues that detract from the site.
1) The showers. I tried all 3 in the men's block. They are the 'push button' type. The longest the water runs for is 16 seconds before having to press the button again! Thats the middle of the 3. The others are even shorter running times. To me that's ridiculous and makes showering tiresome and annoying! A further issue was the hot water temperature - just over luke warm. Not hot and not changeable. There is no temperature control to change. So you are stuck shivering and having to press the button every 16 seconds. Really unacceptable.
2) TV signal - each pitch has a 'TV Point'. Its advertised on their website. Its hopeless. Its a digital only area and the signal via the lead gave us around 15 channels. Not too bad, but when they are blocking and on and off randomly, again it makes watching Tv nigh on impossible. After a couple of days I tried the caravan TV ariel. This scanned up loads more channels and it was slightly more reliable than the the site version! I'm not sure if this was faulty site equipment or just a poor design. I understand about radio signals and know the difficulties of getting signals into hilly areas. But this would appear to be a simple case of the kit on the site not being up to the job.
3)Internet access. There is free wifi on site. But only in the 'mansion' bar area. This is slow and unreliable and only accessible there. To me, internet access on site is a minimum these days. When asked about plans to extend it to the full site I was given different reasoning from different staff 'its too expensive' 'its free as it is what more do you want' 'it keeps crashing' 'we don't feel there is a nned for it' 'you are in the lakes, why would you need internet?' To me its a basic minimum nowadays to have internet access - I'm not expecting free, just reliable and available in my van.
4)3G phone access - not the sites fault I know, but the coverage maps show that 3G internet access should be ok, but its not. Essentially if you need to check opening times, directions or any other information, you are stuck having to rely on the the 'mansion wifi'.
As lovely as the site is, for staying any longer than a weekend, its great if you don't need TV or internet. Personally I would not return there until thos facilities are properly available there. 
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| Date of Visit: September 2014 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Romanyjones |
4 reviews from this member |
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A well run quiet site in a good location for accessing Ullswater Lake.
Michele on reception was friendly and helpful and informative
The toilets and showers were spotless and always smelt lovely
Would definitely return
Fabulous friendly site teaming with wild rabbits
The only negative thing I could say is that the walk to Pooley Bridge was next to a very busy lane
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| Date of Visit: August 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Pagey290 |
10 reviews from this member |
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Stayed at water foot park with friends and the location is great, 10 mins from pooley bridge
The site is very well laid out nice showers and toilets, great playing field with goal post and climbing frames. The staff as already mentioned are extremely friendly and helpful
The mansion at the top of the site is the only place you get to see ullswater on the Saturday evening a acoustic band was playing and were very good
A very good site with large pitches we will return
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| Date of Visit: August 2014 |
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| Reviewer: Itsyum |
111 reviews from this member |
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As stated in previous reviews the big plus side of this site are the friendly staff !, couldn't do enough for you and managed to squieze us on to a grass pitch in between the static vans when the site was full ! The shower & toilet facilities are nice (not the 5 star as advertised but ok - nice) the site itself is nicely laid out with a lot of static homes and a small touring area with a large manor house at the top of the site which has a bar & cafe ! The bid disappointment was the fact that the site advertises stunning views over Ulleswater lake ! You can not see the lake from anywhere on this site ! And although the site is only 15 minutes walk from pooley bridge and the steamer peir ! The walk is either via a very muddy footpath across to fields and a wood or via a very narrow fast country lane road ! The latter taking your life in your hands ! Unfortunately it's 'not what it says on the tin'
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| Date of Visit: August 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Rambleruk |
5 reviews from this member |
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This site is top of the list for having cheerful and extremely helpful staff.
The showers are about the best we have enjoyed at any site - there are three for men and the same for the women. Each shower is spacious with a hand bowl and chair with ample room so no excuse for splashing clothing.
The TV reception could be better but maybe we were a little unlucky with our pitch location, although we did use the site area connection.
The charge of £25 per night (2 adults and EH) is probably comparable with most sites of this quality, but I can't help feeling that prices are getting too inflated in general.
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| Date of Visit: August 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: Group |
| Reviewer: Mondeocort |
99 reviews from this member |
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Cannot praise wardens enough on this site, they are incredibly approachable, helpful, kindly spoken and friendly. No issues apart from very sharp rocky and thinly spread core on hard standing pitches. You will need either a super thick ground sheet or to always leave van with something a lot more substantial than a flip flop or slipper. Even my walking boots didn't soften the harshness of the ground. Touring pitches are of sizeable difference, chosen for you but not by size of van which meant larger outfits seemed squashed in. Maybe size of van should be chosen to match size of van. It would only need an alteration to the booking form to include this and especially when you are not choosing your own pitch. Very clean facilities, very handy for all Lake District attractions and activities. We will visit again, hopefully the weather will be kinder.
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| Date of Visit: July 2014 |
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| Reviewer: Lady Wareham |
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Booked a five day break here but enjoyed it so much, we decided to stay an extra night. Would of liked to stay longer but we'd of had to change pitches. Nice quiet site. Check in was quick and efficient with an on foot escort to our pitch. Pitch was just big enough to accommodate caravan and awning. Also a grassed area to park the car next to awning. Toilet/showers were clean enough and each cubicle has it's own washbasin too. The showers are the push type every 20 seconds or so which is a bit of a nuisance. The water temperature is fixed which again was a bit irritating. I would of preferred it hotter. That system of push taps and temperature also applies to the wash up area. I kind of understand the consistent water temperature of the showers obviously taking into account young children using them, however I've never seen a five year old washing pots and pans. Us ladies can stand hot water to wash up after a BBQ!
The site is predominately used for statics with the touring section accommodating approx 35 units. Nice bar serving drinks in high season with fab views over lake ullswater. Altogether a lovely find and definitely one we will frequent again.
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| Date of Visit: June 2014 |
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| Reviewer: Catzooo |
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Lovely site just 5 minutes walk to lake ullswater.
Well laid out site with lovely clean toilet and shower room. There is a bar on site which was nice, there is still some work going on out the back of the bar putting in outside seating areas. We found a table out there even though it was still work in progress. Fabulous view over the lake from there as it is quite a bit higher up.
Pooley Bridge is a lovely quaint old village. Penrith is close if you need big supermarkets.
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| Date of Visit: June 2014 |
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| Reviewer: Gemma carney |
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We visited this caravan site for two nights staying in the wigwams. Its was amazing the wigwam itself was immaculate and private area was just perfect. Staff lovely and facilities that were available e. G shower block was clean to however did not need to use as they were in wigwam. Lovely 10 minutes walk to poorly bridge with my 2 year old and 8 year old enjoyed we took baby of 10 months to and was easy to get around with pushchair. We took picnic stuff and went on boat ride. Will definitely be returning to the wigwams as we all loved it. We also had a BBC to save on pennies! !
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| Date of Visit: April 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Gnight jim bob |
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Stayed 3 nights over Easter and we can only say it was effortless, firstly we got a call in the day from warden to advise us of our pitch number and were we could find her if we had a problem as we were arriving late. Got there to find a nice hardstanding pitch with room for awning and our car, there is a small shop on site but Penrith and all you need is only 10mins in car, great shower block with a wet room set-up in each compartment with a sink, chair, hooks for clothing so nothing gets wet, slightly busy in a morning but as it was Easter the site was full to the seems, great to walk to pooley bridge from site on paths off the road about 15 mins, they also have a public bar on site for a drink. There is a play area for the children with swings and slides, we will be using this site again through the summer that's for sure.
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