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Hillcroft Park
Roe Head Lane
Pooley Bridge
Penrith
Cumbria (Browse area)
CA10 2LT
Tel: 01768 486363
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Pitches: 57 Tourer/Motorhome 91 Tent
Open: 01/03/2026 to 06/01/2027
01/03/2027 to 06/01/2028
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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 |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 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 <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <1 mile |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 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: August 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Baileys80 |
4 reviews from this member |
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 Very nice campsite,
Clean and well run with ok toilets and good washing up area,
Nice surroundings,
Basic overpriced shop, helpful staff,
Very good play area,
We enjoyed our stay and would probably go back. 
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| Date of Visit: July 2011 |
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| Reviewer: JAS1233 |
3 reviews from this member |
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Lovely site in a lovely setting. There was 3 families in our party and we all had electric pitches. The tent pitches are not far from the amenities. The park is lovely for kids.
The toilets and showers were clean and there was plenty of hot water. Also plenty of hot water for washing dishes. The staff are friendly and helpful.
Pooley Bridge is within walking distance and there is lovely shops and pubs. Kids enjoyed playing in the river.
We would definitely come back to this site and would recommend to any family. The weather was glorious when we visited which makes all the difference.
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| Date of Visit: June 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Glamper41 |
2 reviews from this member |
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Stayed in an Pod beginning of June. Very friendly welcome, given information needed. Found Toilet/shower facilities basic but free so can't complain. Site kept clean.
First time we'd stayed in a Pod and did prefer it to a tent, was great packing the car up in a few minutes in the rain instead of having to take down and pack up a tent in the rain!
Went to one of the pubs in Pooley Bridge for a meal, just a nice walk.
Only problem is now I've found there are Pods available on other sites which are also heated so would only return to Hillcroft if they installed heaters in there's also!
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| Date of Visit: May 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Benno1102 |
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Just returned from a 2 night stay at this campsite, (28th & 29th of may ). With my family & grandaughters. Nice quiet campsite. Facilities very good, plenty of shower and toilets. Very good play area for the children.
Staff very friendly and helpful. Nice little shop on sight (basic). Clean & tidy site. Only 5 mins from pooley bridge village,stunning views.
Prices very reasonable.Overall a very good campsite.Only 1 downside a bit hilly, but nothing major. Will definitely be visiting again.
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| Date of Visit: September 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Ashy55 |
14 reviews from this member |
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Just returned from a weekend at this site. It's fabulous for the proximity to the lovely village of Pooley Bridge with excellent pubs and shops. A well appointed site with EHU, laundry etc.
We loved it and will definitlly be going back there, perhaps to try out one of their camping pods next time! We were really interested in the pods especially as 2 of them could accommodate dogs too! They had EHU and I really want to try one!
There was also a great playground which we didn't use but thought we might take our grandson there next time.
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Taylor92441 |
1 review from this member |
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Very lovely site. Well kept and clean. The managers are very friendly and will go out the way to help you and get you items if they do not have it in the on site shop.
We stopped 5 nights, my wife and kids who have never been camping found it to be a great site. The kids enjoyed the on site park and the lovely country walks. We had would definitely recommend the site to anyone.
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| Date of Visit: August 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Hc123 |
3 reviews from this member |
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This is a great campsite with something for everyone. The campsite itself is situated on the lake and is a lovely 15 min walk along the lake into the small town of Pooley Bridge.
There are about four of five pubs in the town, all welcome families.
The campsite facilities were of a high standard, lots of clean toilet and shower facilities, although you do have to pay 20 pence for a six min shower.
No noise after 12 which everybody observed when we were there.
The only complaint we have is there are too many dogs roaming around even though they are supposed to be on leads. There were a couple of occasions where owners hadn't cleaned up after their dogs which was annoying.
This is a lovely site situated in some beautiful scenery, will definitely visit again.
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| Date of Visit: August 2009 |
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| Reviewer: NewbyCamper81 |
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The location of this campsite is excellent, within a 5 minute walking distance of Pooley Bridge; which has wonderful pubs and a lovely cafe with a garden terrace. Pooley Bridge is very Child friendly. The local shop had everything you could need and also offered cash-back.
The campsite itself was ok. The playground was brilliant for our 4 year old son and the view from the campsite was lovely.
Unfortunately our experience of the facilities were that they weren't very clean and there were birds were nesting in the mens toilets.
The pitches are quite close together and as previous reviews have commented the electric pitches are quite sloped - but doesn't cause a huge problem.
There was a lot of noise on our first night at the campsite until well after midnight from other campers, which was frustrating especially when the rules say no noise after 11pm. Subsequent nights did improve. Maybe it would be beneficial for all campers to be given a list of rules on arrival and a map of the campsite.
In summary campsite has a great location for Ullswater, the playground was great and a very pleasant welcome on arrival, but the facilities did need some work and the campsite rules need to be more clear.
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| Date of Visit: August 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Len potts |
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Found Hillcroft after our 1st choice site proved to be a disappointment, arrived fairly late (4 pm). Staff helpful, booked in on a non electric pitch.
The site is very well kept. Toilets showers and dish washing facilities very clean throughout our stay. Children's play area big enough not to appear over crowded & well equipped, the playing field was away from the tents and again well kept. The site shop was well stocked with every day items and kids stuff as well.
5-10 min walk away is the village of pooley bridge, with 3 pubs, cafe, tourist info, outdoor shop, post office/newsagent and a couple of gift shops. From here ferry rides on the lake and various sizes of boat hire are available. There are plenty of walks in the area either along the lake or in the hills & a water fall 10 mins drive away. WithPenrith being 15 mins drive & Windermere 40 mins drive there are plenty of options for things to do.
From what we had seen the family thought this was the best site in the area, the price appears high but is average for the area. If camping on one of the top fields a torch is needed as there is no lighting. A lovely site we hope to visit again
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| Date of Visit: July 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Tibbs1cat |
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We stayed here at the Hillcroft for 3 nights at the end of July when the weather was really bad and the site was full, the staff where really pleasant and helpful and we where able to book a tent pitch before we arrived which was good as we arrived very late in the evening.
Hillcroft is located about 5/10 minutes walk from the centre of Pooley Bridge where there are 3 great pubs all serving good food and Beer! there is also a great post office+shop that was extremely well stocked and had some of the cheapest gas bottles around!
As mentioned the weather was and had been really bad with exceptional amounts of rain, even so the site stayed relatively bog free, there are 2 huge toilet blocks each with about 6 showers and 6 toilets in the gents with a huge urinal and 10 or so sinks, there was never more than 2/3 people in there whenever I used them, in the more remote block in the middle of the static caravan pitch there was a laundry, these where also the least used and so where by far the cleanest toilets on the site.
There is a shop on the site that has most or the things you could expect and even sold beer and wine! Also if you have children there is a huge play area that even I was tempted by!
If there was anything to complain about it was that the main toilet block could do to be cleaned more often, we where only there 3 days and in that time they where only cleaned once, this was evident as one of the loo's was covered in you know what for two full days! that aside it was a great stay and we are planning to return in a few months time.
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