Whinfell Hall Farm Campsite

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A vw camper on paddock two
View of the lorton valley from b5289 at hundith hill
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Spacious pitches in the first camping paddock
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A vw camper on paddock two
View of the lorton valley from b5289 at hundith hill

  • Secluded and peaceful base from which to explore the western lakes
  • Hot showers and hairdryers available on site
  • Dogs welcome and barbecues allowed
Off to the western lakes but want to wander lonely as a cloud instead of being there jam-packed in crowds? Have a look at Whinfell Farm Camp Site: it's secluded, medium sized and in a winning position for scouting around Cockermouth, Buttermere and the highlights of the western Lake District. Such scenic surrounds require no complex facilities and entertainments, so amenities have been kept simple but with thoughtful extra touches including hot showers and hairdryers. The washing-up room has been kitted out with a freezer and laundry facilities to ensure it's easy to keep the tribe fed and cleaned up… and well-behaved dogs are welcome to join the jaunt to the Lakes as long as they're kept on leads while on site. Whinfell also allows barbecues (not campfires, firepits or anything of that ilk, please): just remember to keep them off the ground to prevent damage to the turf. If you want to eat out, it's a leisurely 10-minute trot to the 17th-century Wheatsheaf Inn for top-notch meals as well as a tempting range of local ales; best to book before you set out, as such a setup is unsurprisingly rather popular. A decent night's sleep being a vital ingredient of a happy stay for many folk, the owners request that all guests pipe down after 10.30pm to ensure peaceful slumbers all round.

Site type

Tent pitches 26
Touring caravan pitches 4
Open now
Opens 28 February
Please note
  • Units longer than 6 metres are not allowed.
  • The charging of electric vehicles is not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 28 Feb to

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

8.1

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Peaceful

81% would recommend this site to a friend

80% would stay here again

Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Great location nice land…

Overall 8/10

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Wifi
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Daniel D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great location nice land

Recommend to friends Visit again

Easy to set up and get around no stress whatsoever…

Overall 9/10

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Finlay T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Easy to set up and get around no stress whatsoever

Recommend to friends Visit again

all round a brilliant place to stay no complaints

Overall 10/10

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Loved how quiet, set back and clean this site was. such a lovely place with plenty of space. toilet and wash up areas were lovely for the price too cant compliment enough

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good location and nice scenery from tent, short drive to shops and…

Overall 3/10

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Good location and nice scenery from tent, short drive to shops and nearest town
Toilets weren't far from pitch

Disliked: Bent all the pegs trying to get them in the ground! Came back with about 5
Felt huddled together on the electric tent/motorhome field, pitches could be bigger or guests could be positioned a bit better
Showers were alright but if someone else was showering at the same time it would be freezing cold then burning hot! 🤣
Couldn't find a public footpath nearby - site is situated down country lanes.(Obvs not an issue if you don't have dogs that you want to quickly walk in the morning!)

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely stay close to many attractions

Overall 9/10

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Anneli L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The surrounding landscape was mesmerising.
Everything was fine.

Disliked: Nothing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great spot to stay for a weekend in the Land District by motorcycle.

Overall 8/10

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Paul Y. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: It's a basic campsite but actually, that works well for me. A toilet and shower which is cleaned a few times a day, no ask to feed tokens into a meter to use a shower that has decent pressure and hot water ... perfect. Friendly to motorcycle campers like myself, it's also really well situated for walks into the Lake District.

Disliked: The toilet and shower block could be a bit smarter ...it's fine, but needs a bit of TLC to replace broken or missing tiles and the like. However, all perfectly serviceable.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Views and location…

Overall 10/10

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Lisa O. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring caravan pitch

Liked: Views and location

Recommend to friends Visit again

Location, nice and quiet but close enough to drive into town for…

Overall 8/10

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Location, nice and quiet but close enough to drive into town for provisions

Disliked: Not much, queit and simple camp site in the lakes. No thrills, exactly what I thought it would be

Recommend to friends Visit again

peaceful campsite in a lovely location. perfect for exploring The Lake District…

Overall 10/10

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring caravan pitch

Liked: peaceful campsite in a lovely location. perfect for exploring The Lake District and bagging some wainwrights.

Disliked: Facilities were tired but clean and functional.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great position for many walking routes, could get straight onto the fells…

Overall 8/10

Location
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Facilities / Activities
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Katie A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great position for many walking routes, could get straight onto the fells from the campsite. Quiet area with a nice pub and a local shop just a short walk away, 10 minutes drive to Buttermere, Keswick and Cockermouth.

Disliked: It is what it is, a very basic campsite. Had everything we needed - toilet, shower and a place to wash dishes.

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 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

Peaceful Spectacular scenery

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby

Location

Whinfell Hall Farm Campsite

Lorton

Cockermouth

Cumbria

England

CA13 0RQ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

54.61656°N
-3.31764°W

Route directions

From Cockermouth, take B5289 (towards Buttermere). When in Low Lorton, follow the brown signs. If using satnav, please disregard it having turned left over Lorton Bridge, and look for the campsite finger sign directing you into Whinfell Hall Farm.

Nearest transport

Coach
5.9 km Gallowbarrow
6 km Fairfield Junior School
11.5 km Bus Station
Rail
15.4 km Flimby Rail Station
15.5 km Maryport Rail Station
15.9 km Workington Rail Station
Ferry
10.7 km Nichol End (Derwentwater) Ferry Landing
10.9 km Hawes End Derwentwater Ferry Landing
11.3 km Low Brandelhow Derwentwater 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

Buttermere and Loweswater are the nearest lakes to Whinfell Farm Camp Site, each with accompanying villages and circular lakeside walks. Loweswater is managed by the National Trust and has rowing boats available for hire. On land, the western lakes area is as full of things to do as its more central counterparts, with activities such as golfing, cycling, shoreline horse rides and hiking around the Roman heritage, valleys and peaks of Eskdale, Wasdale and the coastal village of Ravenglass. Also take time for an afternoon or day among the mountain bike trails and forest walks of Whinlatter, named by the Forestry Commission as England's only true mountain forest. It's one of the Super 6 mountain bike trails and has the longest purpose-built MTB track in the whole Lake District; find out more in the Whinlatter Forestry Centre. Keswick's Honister Slate Mine is the last working slate mine in England and is open to visitors who come for one of the several tours and to climb to the top of the mountain using the original miners' path. And if it's sea you want to see, the Cumbrian coastline at Allonby is about 12 miles away.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Allonby 18.4 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
St Bees 23.5 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Seascale 27 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Southerness 34 km Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent
Sandyhills 39.1 km Sea N/AN/APoorPoor

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Whinlatter Forest & Visitor Centre 7.6 km

Mirehouse Historic House and Gardens 8.8 km

Castlerigg Stone Circle 14.2 km

Ullswater Steamers 25.4 km

Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum 26.5 km

National Trust

Wordsworth House and Garden 6.2 km

Buttermere and Ennerdale 16.7 km

Wasdale, Eskdale and Duddon 21.5 km

Grasmere and Great Langdale 27.5 km

Coniston and Tarn Hows 31.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Cockermouth - River Cocker 5.8 km

Braithwaite, Stair and Newlands Beck 8.1 km

Braithwaite - Grisedale Pike - Hopegill Head - Sand Hill 8.2 km

Buttermere - Haystacks - Red Pike - Buttermere 8.8 km

Around Buttermere 8.8 km

Local events

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

    Penrith, England 38.8 km

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 Whinfell Hall Farm Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Whinfell Hall Farm Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Whinfell Hall Farm Campsite? Buttermere and Loweswater are the nearest lakes to Whinfell Farm Camp Site, each with accompanying villages and circular lakeside walks. Loweswater is managed by the National Trust and has rowing boats available … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Whinfell Hall Farm Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  noon –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Whinfell Hall Farm Campsite? From €21.05 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.