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We have just returned from a fabulous weekend at Duke of York, we stayed in our caravan 2 adults & 2 teenagers and our dog, OK, so it rained all-day Saturday, this gave us chance to walk the high peak trail (Just across the road)
The food, service & prices are brilliant in the pub on site (Highly recommend you give it a try) What a gem of a site, its basic, but, brought back memories of camping as a child, when you didn't need to be rich to camp and you invented your own entertainment.
Just back after our second visit to the Duke and have already booked to go again in a couple of weeks!
Visited here with some friends (they had a campervan)and as with our last visit, Derek the landlord made us very welcome.
The site has easy access from the road and because of the lack of rain the ground was very hard and dry. The site facilities are a little basic, but clean. No TV coverage but we took a satellite, mobile phone (O2) and radio OK.
Once again, we ate in the pub and had an excellent meal at reasonable rates. Lovely real fire too! The pub does a Golden (OAP) meal deal between midday and 8.30 Monday to Friday too.
Just across the road from the pub is the High Peak Trail which is ideal for a walk or cycle ride.
All in all, a fab weekend and can't to visit again.
This was a gamble of a site because at £5 a night on a bank holiday weekend it was a little hard to believe. However we were pleasantly surprised as it was true and a nice weekend away.
This is not as stated by others all singing all dancing but it doesn't need to be. It is a field or 2 at the back of an amazing pub.
It is a windy site so be prepared to wrap up warm. The ground is very lumpy bumpy so prepare for that also. The toilet as in yes just the one was fine nothing more to say really it was run down but I understood there is an issue with planning that is being worked on as we speak.
The play area is a slide in the pub garden. This was a little disappointing but we paid only £5 so can't complain.
There are beautiful surroundings of Buxton and in the sun it was lovely. It is a drive to everywhere nothing close by and no shop on site.
Any downfalls of this site were more than made up by the food served in the pub it was so delicious we went there both nights (perhaps a bit glamp not camp) Fantastic home cooked food.
Had a great time but not a site we will return to more one that we have done and now looking for others. Not the greatest for the kids.
We have just returned from a short weekend stay on this site.
Firstly, I would like to say how lovely it has been to stay on a 'real' campsite for a change. If you are looking for an all action park this is not the place for you, but that suited us fine. No noisy drunken groups or thumping music till stupid o clock. What you get instead is fantastic views across the Peak District and fresh air abounds!
The site is attached to a wonderful pub and restaurant that serves delicious home cooked fresh food, with friendly staff and regulars. Children are welcome as are well behaved dogs. The bar has a wonderful open fire that we relaxed by each evening after our meal.
The site is basic but is adequate. There is one shower and a toilet each for men and women, although you are free to use the pub's facilities in the day. The shower costs £1, lasts for 5 minutes and is lovely and hot. We have been on sites where the facilities have been better, but as I said before, it is adequate.
The site is a haven for walkers as there are loads of walks around the area.
Buxton is approx 10/15 mins drive away where there is a Tesco for your basics such as milk etc.
On arrival the owner greeted us and allowed us to choose our pitch. We were told there was no rush when leaving on your departure day, another breath of fresh air! No rushing to get packed up and gone before 10 o clock in the morning.
My only point that I should make is ensure you peg down well. It can get VERY windy up in the hills!
We stayed at this site bank holiday weekend and it was beautiful. The weather was hot and sunny, the surroundings were amazing, the pub was lovely!
The only down side was the toilets! There are only 2 toilets (you can use the ones in the pub which I highly recommend!) and the shower was at best, awful! It was dirty the first day we went and freezing cold trickles of water, but warmed up the next day.
It was very busy when we arrived and had to settle with the pitch furthest away from the pub and facilities, next to a very loud couple, who played their bad rock music too loud until midnight! This I realise is not the fault of the campsite and we had no problems after that with them.
The owner and staff are very helpful and (even though we didn't eat there) the food looked lovely! If you enjoy walking / riding / cycling or any other outdoor activity then this campsite is ideal for a couple of nights, because you cant really moan for a fiver a pitch!
Would definitely come back but maybe for 1 night not 3.
3 adults & dog stayed for 3 nights, toilet/showers very basic but adequate. Good hook-ups. Water & waste disposal disappointing. But at £10.00/night couldn't complain. Good play area for kids. Pub & staff very friendly. Meals good & value for money, Over 60's £7.00 for 2 courses. Dog enjoyed the walks & being able to go into pub. Very handy for visiting Buxton, Matlock & Bakewell
Stayed here 2 non-consecutive nights. It was actually our first ever pitch for a motorhome. We arrived on a dark and stormy night, Derrick came out in the rain to help sort us, and had us park out on the pavement as the field was mucky.
Great freeview reception and internet via our O2 dongle for a tenner a night.
Simply gorgeous views all around. The dogs loved it, we could take them out into a field and let them run around to their heart's content, supervised, of course.
Very convenient location to lots of Peak district stuff. Pub seemed nice, although we didn't eat there. Thought it was nice that well behaved dogs are allowed in the pub. There was a play area for kids, but there weren't any kids around in November. Bonus!
Facilities are a bit run down, but not horrible. Didn't use the shower, but it cost £1 if you were to need it. Shower and 2 bathrooms all in one little shed area. Very basic, but they didn't stop us from coming back after going to a more expensive site for one night.
Backing the motorhome into the area for water and waste disposal was a bit of an adventure. But then again, it only cot £10. What do you want? :)
As others have mentioned, there's a petition to sign to keep the site from being shut down. We added our signatures.
My husband and I visited this site and lovely pub a couple of weekends ago using the Mirror vouchers
When we arrived we were greeted by Derek, the landlord who showed us to our hookup. It had been raining heavily so the ground was little wet just at the entrance to the main field, but we had no other bother with the ground.
The facilities are clean, but basic. One shower and two loo's, but that didn't bother us as we use our own.
TV reception is pretty poor; not sure if there is freeview but we used our satellite. Radio and mobile (02) OK.
We ate in the pub both nights and had a really good meal on both nights which were very reasonably priced. Suggest you book the restaurant at the weekends.
Nearby Buxton is well worth a visit, so are Longnor and Hartington
If you like very traditional pubs, do try the Quiet Woman at Earl Sterndale (about 10 mins from site). It doesn't do food, but very good beer and its like stepping back in time. (check out the pub sign too!)
Overall we really enjoyed our stay and would visit again
Excellent basic site in a central position between Buxton and Bakewell. We did go using the mirror camping offer 95p a night so great value not sure on regular price.
5 star host (nothing was to much trouble, and had time to chat)and good staff with good value meals (we had the Sunday roast which was nice).
Excellent views and plenty of walks in this area for the beginner or more accomplished walker.
The pub is adjacent a main road but this again didn't stop us from getting a good night sleep.
The site is most definitely open (please sign the petition to let others still enjoy this site)and we'll be going back there.
What can I say just had a fantastic 2 nights here. Derek is a top landlord and keeps all his ales and lagers in pristine condition. The site is fantastic, the view in the morning is tremendous. The pub has as great atmosphere, good food, and beer and food reasonably priced. As previously mentioned toilets could do with upgrading but were clean enough. Only one shower though so timing to use it was important. Will definitely be returning as what it cost me to stay there for 2 nights were cheaper than my usual taxi fare. Met some great people and will be gutted if the brewery do close the camping side of the business. If you do turn a blind eye to the toilet situation or weighy it up as a whole this is a great place where you are made to feel welcome and can genuinely chill. Am going back in a couple of weeks to sup sit and escape
Just spent 2 weeks at the Duke of York. And what a great place it is. We booked here because I was having a Helicopter flight from here, so it made sense to camp here too. Derek the landlord of the pub is a true gentleman, he told us we could put the tent more or less where we wanted to, we had booked for hookup and we pitched on the bottom field over looking the valley, it was a glorious view. This field has a slight slope but the other 2 are fine. We pitched up late afternoon 5pm ish and went to the pub for some food and beer, the food is good and the beer is wow, I loved the Unicorn by Robinson, its a great beer. The facilities are basic 2 toilets 1 for men 1 for women and 1 shower, however from 8am you can use the pub toilets. Some road noise is heard due to the A515 being there but it didn't put us off.
Peak park are trying to close this site so if you have a moment pop into the pub and sign the petition, it would be such a waste to let it go.
A small children's play area is available behind the pub for the young ones, and dogs are welcome if under control.
Again this is a great place to camp and we are booked in again in October, and can not wait to get back.
Arrived at 830 on friday night, called to pub to book in and was met by a real nice guy called dereck, the landlord. £5 per night. Thats it, 4 people and two dogs for a fiver a night. Anyway gladly paid my 10 pounds and Dereck showed me where to pitch, the choice was 'anywhere'. Lol.
3 fields to choose from. So we pitched up. The ground is excellent for pegs, hardly a hammer needed. There wasn't too many campers there when we went so we were pitched a fair bit away from everyone else. (having dogs) called to pub at night for a night cap. Not impressed with unicorn best bitter but I'll leave that for CAMRA to review. The lounge bit was too busy so me and the wife had to sit round the corner on our own, being anti-social I kinda enjoyed the solace.
The shower was that. One shower and it took a 1 pound coin. Cant comment on it because I stayed scruffy.There was two toilets one male and one female, they were adequate as far as toilets go, no bells or whistles but for 5 pound per night. Apparently they were going to upgrade but having trouble with the local council they have put all plans on hold.
Camp field 1 and 2 are next to the a515 so in the day you can hear the traffic with no problems, but at night it was ok.
Field 3 is further away and I guess would be a bit quieter.
To sum up, an excellent place to stay, excellent landlord and adequate services. But for 5 pounds a night how can you complain.
Had a Friday/Saturday night stay here - £5 per night for a family (WOW!). Ate in the pub each night where the food is basic but enjoyable and value for money.
Staff, especially the owner, are very good and helpful if slightly organised although this didn't really distract from the overall experience.
Basically you pitch where you like as long as its in the right field - separate fields for tents and motor homes / caravans. There must have been in excess of a dozen tents in the field but most people pitched near the edges which gave the kids (and adults) enough room to play football or cricket etc without the tests / cars getting in the way.
Fields are reasonably flat (given the location), views are what you expect from the Peak District - stunning. Good base for the major areas of the Peak District.
I've left the problem to the last! Washing and toilet facilities are, to be honest, poor. The owner has plans to improve these but everything is on hold as the Peak District Authority are planning on closing down this site and others as well. Don't know the rationale for the closure but I'm sure money for the authority is a major factor. There is a petition at the bar with a good number of signatures which I duly signed!
Overall, we had a good stay (weather was also good) and, for a weekend stay, I would certainly go back or even just to eat in on the way back home from a stay further afield. To make me stay longer the wash / toilet facilities have to be improved. If they are this site has the making of a great place. I encourage anyone who stays here to sign the petition to keep it open and also for anyone else who just happens to pass - stop and sign!
On entering the site we were met by the landlord 'derek' (an absolutely cracking fella who was very helpful, friendly and charming throughout our stay!) who showed us the field to camp on if you have a fire-pit which was huge! The bottom of the field looked to have mostly family's so we headed for the top near to the road as it seemed more relaxed up that end as we had our three (well behaved and always under complete control!) dogs and a fire-pit and just wanted to kick back and relax for the two days.
This campsite is great for any type of camping as there's 3 large fields, one for caravans / motorhomes, one for tents and the other we just saw the tops of caravans and the odd large tent from were we where, all quite big fields though.
The toilet blocks very basic with a mens and ladies toilet that each have a sink in and one separate shower,all very basic but fairly clean! the pub's great as there are three separate outside areas to sit and a lovely little kids playground. We ate lunch and our evening meal in there and all food was very good, but no local ales just robinson's beers and fosters and suchlike! (they have glenmorange, all we needed really lol!)
As said we camped up at the top near the more noisier people,they all went quiet for 12oclock though and me and my husband sat by the fire (quietly!) till 1oclock till it started raining and the whole site was very quiet from then till we woke at 10.30! (amazing lie-in for camping!).
A fab site that we will return to in July, if you go to this site and you enjoy it then you must sign the petition behind the bar as the council want to shut some peak district campsites and this is one of them and its heartbreaking to know that having found a site that can grow with us as our family grows over the coming years, that it could shut is just madness!
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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 
No Baby Changing 
No Laundry 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
No Fishing 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
No Golf 
No Tennis 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <5 miles
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
We have just returned from a fabulous weekend at Duke of York, we stayed in our caravan 2 adults & 2 teenagers and our dog, OK, so it rained all-day Saturday, this gave us chance to walk the high peak trail (Just across the road)
