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Skelwith Fold Caravan Park
Skelwith Fold Caravan Park
Ambleside
Cumbria (Browse area)
LA22 0HY
Tel: 015394 32277
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Pitches: 150
Open: 01/03/2026 to 21/11/2026
01/03/2027 to 15/11/2027
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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 |
 Fully Serviced Pitches |
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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 |
 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 <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 No Fishing |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis <5 miles |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles |
| 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 2006 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Maincoon |
1 review from this member |
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 Spent October half term at Skelwith and was very impressed with everything. Showers are convenient and clean, toilet block a bit cold in the evening but that is to be expected. Warden and staff really helpful -hook up coped with all our electrics including my hair dryer, straightners and all my general necessities!
Walk to Ambleside is great - even our 16year old enjoyed it but have to agree the Drunken Duck pub is not somewhere we would walk a mile for again. Drinks are expensive and they only serve organic cider at an exorbitant rate (3 drinks and 3 packets of crisps was over £10.00) and it is not a particularly great pub to go with a family for 'pub food' - the chippy in Ambleside is worth the walk tho, they do haggis in batter which my hubby can recommend.
We were happy enough we are going again next year as the location is great, the scenery is lovely, the woods were marvellous entertainment for our lad and the lack of lots of traffic on site means you can let the family play on site in safety.
A great place to visit from here - but is not well advertised by the Lake District board is Honister Slate Mine. They do a tour where you can go on a rather scary bus ride to the old mine then a walk into the mine following the route the miners used to take. It is cold and damp and you do get wet but it is well worth it for the rock formations inside. 
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| Date of Visit: October 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Ang/Ken |
18 reviews from this member |
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Lovely site in woodland. There are several areas for tourers or motor homes (no camping pitches). All pitches are hard-standing with hookup and they keep some pitches just for twin axle caravans - I was told because they are usually longer vans. Toilets / showers in our area were clean & tidy. Washing up sinks were outside which wasn't so good on the days it rained. The staff are extremely helpful & friendly.
They sell in the shop some walks from the site, not having done these planned routes before we found we had to take extra care in understanding the instructions. The play area was well equipped, unfortunately we didn't find it until the last day.
The nearest pub - The Drunken Duck wasn't for us, we looked but didn't stay. Ambleside has many good places to eat including a great Indian Resturant.
There is so much in this area to see we could of stayed a lot longer. Felt the side was a bit expensive at £24.50 per night for 2 adults & 1 child especially for the facilities they offer.
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| Date of Visit: October 2006 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Lennythevan |
2 reviews from this member |
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A beautiful site with very friendly staff but a little too isolated in terms of walking distances to amenities for families with small children. We also thought it was expensive considering the facilities / local amenities (or lack of them).
We are not a fan of the big holiday parks but we like a pub / restaurant within reasonable walking distance at night and other local amenities. We picked this site because it did say on its website that there were shops, pubs, etc. Nearby - but they are in driving rather than reasonable walking distance with a small child in tow.
We also had great difficulty pegging the awning down as the ground was so hard. We woke at 5am to our own swimming pool attached to the van. We had to cut our holiday short as the awning was irreparable - and our clothes and shoes inside soaked through. The site did refund our money for the rest of the holiday when we explained that our awning had collapsed. They informed us that it happened quite often in heavy rain. For future note, their camp shop sells special screw in pegs for the site (which would have been helpful information prior to us setting up - and also saved us the cost of a replacement awning)
Toilets were clean but consisted of a drafty portoloo that had seen better days. We stayed in a wonderful site in Bath through the summer that was a good few pounds a night cheaper and had beautiful bathrooms and an on site country inn so relatively, the facilities were a let down.
A quiet site for walkers with limited facilities and a bit overpriced. Ambleside is a joy - well worth a holiday visit - and the location of the site is superb in terms of scenery. Pack your wellies, books, board games and screw in pegs.leave the TV at home as no reception on site. (We don't usually camp with the TV but as it was winter and we thought we'd have to forfeit our normal bbq entertainment!) Probably more a summer site where you are quite happy to sit outside your van all night with a bbq and don't have to find indoor entertainment for the evenings - or walk to the pub!
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| Date of Visit: October 2006 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: MattCharlie |
17 reviews from this member |
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I visited with my parents early this year in their caravan on a C&CC rally. It snowed constantly and we were under about 3 foot of snow, so as you can imagine we were stranded there for a few days and couldn't go to work what a shame, the extra nights we had to stay due to weather were offered to us for free. I found the staff to be very helpful and friendly, am due to visit again soon on the C&CC rally again but this time in my trailer tent, hopefully we will see more snow again (with luck) as it was so much fun last time. The toilets are clean and tidy although not the warmest in the world. The drunken duck pub is about a mile away down a hilly and narrow lane which helps get rid of the beer belly a little. The pub is friendly though it is expensive and a little snobbish. All in all a wonderful site and am looking forward to my revisit as it is so beautiful up there. But i do find it is expensive when not on a rally. Hopefully I shouldn't have too many problems getting the pegs into the ground.
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Chris45 |
1 review from this member |
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Visited for first time after reading good reviews. Roads VERY narrow/windy, When we arrived on road leading towards campsite, turned towards Skelworth Fold instead of carrying on following caravan sign. Difficult to turn around but managed it. Found campsite to be very nice, spacious and really quiet apart from RAF jet planes flying over 3-4 times a day REALLY loud. Didn't spoil our enjoyment of site though. We asked if there was space next to play area (we have a 5 year old) and was told sorry it was full but to go and have a look around and park up anywhere else. As we came out of reception a warden asked where we wanted to go and said he would make sure the park spaces were all full. He came straight back and told us there was one empty. On our way up to the pitch a deer ran straight out in front- didn't have camera handy though. There are just four-6 pitches in this part and right at side of excellent play area which was checked regularly by wardens for rubbish, damage etc. Great zip wire and football pitch, swings, slide etc. Very hard standings so take strong pegs! Lots of forest walks, about 1/2 hour to Ambleside but no pavements so have to be very careful with kids. Bus at gate to Windemere two adults/child £17 return but can use all day and get 20% off any boat rides. Attempted 'mile' walk to Drunken Duck pub. Seemed like 5 miles very narrow roads and very secluded. Didn,t serve what I call pub grub- more like posh gourmet food. Wasn't for us so we walked back and took car to Ambleside chippy. I would visit this site again as scenery is stunning, site clean and spacious. Daughter loved play area (as did all the kids) also liked watching the rabbits.
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| Date of Visit: May 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Julieshaw2388 |
2 reviews from this member |
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This was our virgin tour and what a way to start!
The friendly greeting was second to none, the pitch was spacious, the play area was superb, the toilet blocks immaculate, other campers were great company, freshly baked croissants, peaceful surroundings.
What more could we ask for.we will be back!
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| Reviewer: Moonbeam2 |
2 reviews from this member |
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August 2005
Spent a week here in August. Quiet site set in gorgeous countryside. Woke to find deer grazing near caravan most mornings.
Fantastic astro turf football pitch and play area with zip slide. There is also lots of forest and grassy areas to play on. My kids (aged 11 and 8) absolutely loved this site.
Only downside was the toilet block which was old and drafty.
Also advisable to walk around the site first to choose your pitch as the road past the play area is a dead end and we had to unhitch to turn around! All pitches are hard-standing but we put an awning up with no problem.
Most of the pubs in the area are rather pricy but there is a Booths supermarket in Windermere so easy to stock up there.
No club house etc on site and TV reception is very poor.
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| Reviewer: Crookbar roo |
1 review from this member |
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August 2005
After reading some of the reviews I thought this site would be awful.... but it wasn't, it was lovely, some people are just so picky! The staff are helpful and friendly, they told they sell the really hard standing pegs, which worked a treat, we didn't need a pneumatic drill!!! and as for the showers being too near the toilets, so what, they're not that bad, I'm fussy and if I can use them anyone can!
Anyway the site is lovely, it has a great childrens play area, a great shop and is set in fab forest, we went with 2 children aged 3 and 1 and they loved it and thats good enough for us.... we would go there again.
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| Reviewer: Aberlake |
2 reviews from this member |
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April 2005
Was here week after Easter. Shop half empty and very pricey. Nearest supermarket (small co-op or Spar) in Ambleside. V. Difficult to park near the shops! Toilet blocks clean but quite drab and cold, despite being heated. This is a very large park (around 1000 statics) with space for 25 tourers. Strange being told to just "pick a pitch". Staff on this occasion were very courteous and helpful, but again found it strange that reception and shop were only open 9 to 5.
Only 10amp hookups available, but pitches generous, although entirely hard-standing so not suitable for trailer tents. Awnings were up on some pitches, but owners must have had pneumatic drills to put the pegs in! Very, very quiet. Really suitable for walkers as some superb walks nearby but families will find it a bind if having to entertain kids. Did find that local Indian in Ambleside will deliver!
Price for 2 adults and dog for 4 nights with electric and no awning in low season was £78, a bit pricey! Drunken Duck pub is "only" a mile away. As mentioned earlier this is a mile over extremely hilly and narrow roads, not suitable in dark or inebriated state. Pub pricey and quite snobbish. Dogs only allowed in Public bar (normal) but won't serve food other than sandwiches in the bar, so don''t take dog expecting a meal!
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| Reviewer: Paulfielding |
3 reviews from this member |
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August 2004
This site is NOT for Trailer Tents, although advertised as such. The pitches were rock hard and covered with gravel. I much prefer walking bare-foot on grass. Poor drainage when it rained - standing water everywhere. As far as I am concerned, it has excellent views, great location, but that's about it.
Call me picky, but, having a shower less that two feet away from a toilet, makes for very smelly bathing.
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