Church Stile Farm Holiday Park

View prices & book 9.4 370 reviews
View from campsite entrance
View from campsite entrance
A great place for relaxation
Tent pitches are large and flat
Grass area for tents: flat land with ample space for parking next to your tent
The hogget shepherd's hut in a quiet corner by the woods
Exterior
Exterior view
Deckchairs and barbecue by the hut
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A great place for relaxation
Tent pitches are large and flat
Grass area for tents: flat land with ample space for parking next to your tent

  • Peaceful Lake District park near Scafell Peak and Wastwater
  • Pub, licensed riverside café and farm shop within five minutes' walk
  • Well-equipped play area, picnic tables and woodland area
Holy moly. You'll likely already be sold with the Lake District location of welcoming Church Stile Farm Holiday Park, in the midst of superbly scenic Wasdale with close-by climbing and kayaking on Scafell Pike and Wastwater. But a hard day clambering and kayaking is always best followed by a fine ale and supper at a local watering hole, so you'll likely be sold all the more with Church Stile’s setting only two minutes’ walk from the pub in local hamlet Nether Wasdale, and a licensed riverside café too. Praise be. All is praiseworthy on site too: Church Stile Farm Holiday Park covers about seven acres of a spacious oak woodland and wildlife-laden setting, with venerable views of the Wasdale valley and the Screes mountain range. Facilities are kept to high standards and include free hot showers in separate ladies’ and gents’ washrooms, free hairdryers (for both ladies and gents, hurrah), and a disabled/family room with baby changing unit. The laundry room has a free freezer for ice blocks, a token-operated washing machine and a dryer. To keep the kids happy when they’re not sorting out the laundry, there’s a well-equipped play area with swings and climbing frames, a grass area for ball games, and a woodland area adjacent to the site for wildlife spotting and walks. Picnic tables are dotted around the park and barbecues/firepits are available to hire (pick up essentials for the barbie in the shop and some wood from the Church Stile team, or venture to the farm shop a few minutes' walk away).

Site type

Motorhome pitches 12
Tent pitches 75
Caravans for hire 6
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 5
Open now
Opens 27 March
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Group bookings of 6 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 14 consecutive nights.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • Reception is unmanned after 8 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.
  • There is no mobile phone reception in Wasdale: a free wifi hotspot is available at the reception/shop. Gazebos larger than 3.5m are not permitted. Car camping is not permitted.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Thu, 27 Mar to

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

9.4

Overall rating based on 370 reviews View breakdown

Walkers' paradise

Voted 72% of visitors View breakdown

96%

would recommend this site to a friend

94%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Beautiful site, highly recommended

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Sarah M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding motorhome pitch (no awning)

Liked: Beautiful site. Great facilities, showers, washing up area. The shop was very well stocked too.
The couple who were looking after the site were lovely and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you for a perfect stay 🙂

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

The campsite was beautifully kept with bathrooms in good order. Fields were tidy…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The campsite was beautifully kept with bathrooms in good order.

Fields were tidy and views from our pitch were excellent.

Very close to dramatic lake and great pubs.

Well worth a visit.

Disliked: Toilet block can be quite far from tent pitches.

Recommend to friends Visit again

1000000% coming back and recommending to everyone. Amazing stay!

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 4
Ellie H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The facilities, the farm shop / reception, the area, everything was absolutely brilliant. The wood fired pizza van they had on produced some of the best pizzas I’ve ever had. The location of the campsite meant we didn’t even need to pack up the car, we just walked straight out the back and ticked off three wainwrights. The campsite wardens and all of the staff were some of the friendliest people we’ve met.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic campsite, toilets and showers were pleasant. Great location, within 5 minutes…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Katie O. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch (large)

Liked: Fantastic campsite, toilets and showers were pleasant. Great location, within 5 minutes drive of wast water perfect for paddleboarding and also scaffel pike. Lovely people running the campsite, everything was well maintained and organised

Disliked: Showers were cold later in the evening when busy.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site for those with young families.

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Jennie L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch (large)

Liked: Staff were all lovely and helpful. The wee shop has a good selection of local beers and essentials. The pitches were really near the playpark so the kids could be a bit more free range. Facilities were clean. The pizza van on the weekends is an added bonus.

Disliked: My only niggle was that the pitches are really close together, particularly if you're non electric.

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See you again 🥰

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Katarzyna W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Swaledale 2 bedroom static caravan (no pets)

Liked: Amazing 🏕 stayed at static caravan where was everything what you need. Modern and cleaned. Small shop together with Reception has delicious local ice cream and sausage rolls. Pizza for all the weekend and pub close to the campsite. Very friendly people working there happy to help and to conversation 😀 This was our first time on this campsite and definitely not the last. The scenery around the campsite was fabulous. Walk to the lake around 1h. 10min to farm shop where the mill are inside good to visit too.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Close to lots of walking routes. Good shower facilities and shop. Site…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 8
Jamie S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch (large)

Liked: Close to lots of walking routes. Good shower facilities and shop. Site well laid out. Sawmill café close by has excellent breakfasts and cakes!

Disliked: N/A

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful site in a beautiful area, great for kids

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 6
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 4
Sara L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding motorhome pitch (no awning)

Liked: Absolutely beautiful scenery

Disliked: The site that we were assigned felt like it was just added as an afterthought and we were looked onto by the permanent homes. It was not comfortable

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful views Quiet and very look after campsite Shop and pub 5min walk away Dog…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Aneta S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Cheviot 2 bedroom static caravan

Liked: Beautiful views
Quiet and very look after campsite
Shop and pub 5min walk away
Dog friendly
Polite and helpful staff
Caravan clean and well equipped

Disliked: Not the best WiFi but this will help to spend time as family not in front of phone screens

Recommend to friends Visit again

excellent facilities! Very clean toilets and showers and a very pleasant site…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
matthew l. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric hardstanding motorhome pitch

Liked: excellent facilities! Very clean toilets and showers and a very pleasant site overall

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Local produce Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Level site, no steep slopes

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

Church Stile Farm Holiday Park

Nether Wasdale

Cumbria

England

CA20 1ET

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.42453°N
-3.34969°W

Nearest transport

Coach
13 mi Tangier Street
13.6 mi Lakeside House for Dove Cottage
13.6 mi Daffodil Hotel for Dove Cottage
Rail
5 mi Drigg Rail Station
5.3 mi Ravenglass Rail Station
5.8 mi Seascale Rail Station
Ferry
12.2 mi Coniston Ferry Landing
12.3 mi Waterhead Hotel (Coniston) Ferry Landing
12.3 mi Torver (Coniston) Ferry Landing

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Whether you’re climbing, canoeing or just ambling gently around with picnic in backpack, the Wasdale valley is a pretty pleasant place for a Lake District break. The valley is over 10 miles long if you fancy a full day’s historic hike, starting from the village of Wasdale Head, the start of the Three Peaks Challenge and the former home of Cumbrian pub landlord Will Ritson, whose tall tales led to the still-going-strong Biggest Liar Competition. One of the tiniest churches in the land, St Olaf’s, is at Wasdale in its ‘Viking fields’: Wasdale was originally settled by Norse farmers and the beams in the church are rumoured to be from Viking longships. Climbers can get to Scafell Pike and Great Gable from Wasdale Head, but walkers can continue along the valley length down to the village of Gosforth, which has the biggest Viking Cross in England at the Grade I-listed St Mary’s Church. Finally, fancy the beach? The Cumbrian coast at Seascale is seven miles from Church Stile Farm (walkable, you might reckon), with miles of sandy beach leading to the Lake District’s only coastal village, the fishing village of Ravenglass.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Seascale 6 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
St Bees 11.3 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Silecroft 14.2 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Haverigg 16.5 mi Sea PoorN/AN/AN/A
Walney West Shore 21.2 mi Sea N/AGoodGoodN/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway 5.3 mi

Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum 13.5 mi

Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre 13.9 mi

Beatrix Potter Gallery 14.4 mi

Rydal Mount and Gardens 14.8 mi

National Trust

Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon 0 mi

Buttermere and Ennerdale 9.9 mi

Gondola' 12.1 mi

Coniston and Tarn Hows 12.3 mi

Grasmere and Great Langdale 13.2 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Eskdale Green - Muncaster Fell - Muncaster Head - Eskdale Green 2.6 mi

MUNCASTER CASTLE 5.1 mi

High Gillerthwaite - Red Pike Ridge Traverse - High Gillerthwaite 6.3 mi

The Gables from Honister Pass 8.4 mi

Seathwaite - Scafell Pike - Seathwaite 8.5 mi

Local events

  • Kendal Calling (Thursday 31 July 2025 – Thursday 31 July 2025)

    Penrith, Cumbria 28.3 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Church Stile Farm Holiday Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Church Stile Farm Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Church Stile Farm Holiday Park? Whether you’re climbing, canoeing or just ambling gently around with picnic in backpack, the Wasdale valley is a pretty pleasant place for a Lake District break. The valley is over 10 miles … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Church Stile Farm Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Church Stile Farm Holiday Park? From £23 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.