Mains Farm Camping and Caravan Site

From £29 For 1 night, 4 adults 9.8 163 reviews
Grass tent pitches in the apple orchard
Pods (added by manager 08 aug 2022)
Grass tent pitches in the apple orchard (added by manager 30 dec 2013)
Grass tent pitches (added by manager 30 dec 2013)

  • Safe and spacious site for letting kids run around
  • A popular setting for anglers and cyclists
  • Lakes, Hadrian’s Wall and the Scottish border within 40 minutes’ drive
Free-range kids? Flapping around a car-free environment in Cumbria’s heavenly Eden Valley close to the Lake District National Park? You’d be in a pretty pickle to pick the Main attraction at peaceful, popular and family-run Mains Farm Camping and Caravan Site, but it might be parents gleefully clinking glasses in the child-friendly landscape while the kids run around… Anglers and bikers flock here too as the farm has its own single bank salmon and trout fishing hotspot 200 metres up the road (arrange on arrival) and it’s used by cyclists as a stopoff to rest weary bones on a C2C pedal. This is the Cumbrian countryside, so scenic hikes come as additional standard: take one of the Mains Farm trails across their own land to feel proper exclusive. The Lake District, Hadrian’s Wall and Gretna Green on the Scottish border are all 20 to 40 minutes’ drive away. But back to the kids… wind them up and let them roam: although Mains Farm is easy to get to from the M6, it’s well away from roads and is small enough to keep an eye on their movements; all cars have to be parked away from the pitching areas too. All this and a popular playground: expect not to see offspring from dawn to dusk… Campfires are allowed – hire a fire basket from amiable owners Robert and Julia – and an undercover eating area has a log burner and a barbecue. Guests also have use of two kitchen areas, a secure store for bicycles, a washing machine, decent wifi, and clean shower and toilet blocks converted from the farm’s former stables. Supplies can be sorted from the small supermarket in Lazonby village about a mile away; if you’re feeling too lazy/holidaylike to cook, two pubs serving food are within the same distance (ask Robert or Julia to book you a table in advance: like Mains Farm, the village pubs are pretty popular).

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 12
Tent pitches 17
Touring caravan pitches 36
Motorhome pitches 36
Rent a tent 3
Open now
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.
  • Please note that if you are staying in the camping pod, you must bring your own bed/mattress.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Mon, 25 Mar to

Pitch types & availability

Other pitch types

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Excellent site, friendly clean facilities

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

Camping pod (family)

Liked: Fantastic place to stay, Robert and Julie really look after you great facilities, great for kids too

Disliked: Nothing

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Great family run site, the owners made you feel very welcomed. Excellent…

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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great family run site, the owners made you feel very welcomed. Excellent facilities, showers and toilets were cleaned to a high standard. Great cleaning areas, fridge to keep your food plus kettle, toaster and microwave. Fantastic park for the kids with great access down to the river, I will definitely be going back.

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Excellent location and walking from site fantastic. Spacious pitch

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Location dog walks farm environment historic area space awning inclusive

Disliked: advance notice of where pitch would be by email would be good. pitch numbering was overgrown and hard to locate utilities are tired no physical welcome just a phone call adequate but not best welcome

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Lovely peaceful campsite

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

Camping pod (family)

Liked: I booked for my sons 10th birthday as he wanted to go lake district. When I arrived I had a lovely welcome from the owners explaining where our pod was. The site was a lovely farm. The pod was lovely and cosy. Facilities were great women and men's separate showers and toilets washing up area kitchen area. There was a lovely honesty shop which had some lovely homemade cakes my son loved the flap jack. The views were amazing we and a lovely stroll down the side of the river with the dog. Nice peaceful site.

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Cosy atmosphere, very nice landlords, hot showers…

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Cosy atmosphere, very nice landlords, hot showers

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Excellent camp site, very versatile, good vibe, good amenities.

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

Camping pod (family)

Liked: As soon as we pulled up into the grounds the site has a good vibe, Robert is very welcoming and informative about his site and the surrounding areas. We planned on taking our son paddle boarding so Robert told us where to go. We stayed in a pod for two nights which was different for us as we would normally use our tent. The site has purpose built pods, bell tents, room for tents and mobile homes/vans. The site isn’t cramped up like most sites. There is a decent sized play park which our son enjoyed. The amenities are good plenty of toilets and good showers, plenty of sinks to wash up also a fridge, microwave, toaster, and hot plate if you required. Another handy thing was an external dog shower. All in all we couldn’t fault the site and would without a doubt stay again in the future.

Disliked: Nothing.

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Peaceful site, friendly staff, clean facilities, level pitches

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 8
Abraham-Charles C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Camping pod (family)

Liked: The owners were lovely, helped us with anything. Told us some good spots to go walking and sight seeing, we had got the wrong directions from Google maps on Tuesday whilst on our way to lacys caves and the owner had drove past us, she was nice enough to offer to drive us to penrith but we just wanted to get back to our pod and she told us how to take a shortcut instead of walking on the main roads. The facilities were good and always clean. The view from our pod was mesmerising, we had come for us to have a break and some peace and quiet, we got exactly that and there was no disturbances from other people at any time. We also thought the Honesty Shop was a good addition.

Disliked: The only thing me and my partner did not like which was no fault of the Mains Farm but if we were to come again we would definitely drive and have a car as we had to walk everywhere due to how rural the area was.

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Beautiful, peaceful and well kept site. So clean and excellent amenities. Owners…

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

Camping pod (family)

Liked: Beautiful, peaceful and well kept site. So clean and excellent amenities. Owners so friendly and welcoming. Highly recommend !

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Family friendly site

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

Camping pod (family)

Liked: Lovely site with great facilities Very welcoming and family friendly

Recommend to friends Visit again

Location, owners so friendly and helpful, great facilities!…

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

Electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Location, owners so friendly and helpful, great facilities!

Recommend to friends Visit again


Features

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

Waterslide

Watersports

Wild swimming

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

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

Peaceful

Remote location

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

Nearby farmers' market

Shop nearby

Type

Farm

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Outdoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point

Location

Mains Farm Camping and Caravan Site

Kirkoswald

Penrith

Cumbria

England

CA10 1DH

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

54.75219°N
-2.68191°W

Nearest transport

Coach
6.9 mi Rail Station
14 mi Bus Station
21.2 mi Bus Station
Rail
0.9 mi Lazonby & Kirkoswald Rail Station
4.1 mi Langwathby Rail Station
5.4 mi Armathwaite Rail Station
Ferry
11.4 mi Pooley Bridge Ullswater Ferry Landing
14.5 mi Howtown Ullswater Ferry Landing
17.8 mi Glenridding Ullswater 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

Heavenly Eden Valley walks are right on the doorstep from Mains Farm Camping and Caravan Site, from ambles to (the pubs at) Lazonby, to a hike along the River Eden to see Lacy's Caves... and then on to Little Salkeld and the Bronze Age stone circle of Long Meg and her Daughters. Ramble to the north of Little Salkeld to see the Eden Lacy Viaduct over the River Eden, one of a couple of dozen viaducts on the 72-mile journey of the Carlisle to Settle Railway (jump on at Lazonby and Kirkoswald railway station to puff north west to Carlisle or south to Settle). Going north for the day – actually, allow at least two – Hadrian’s Wall and the Scottish border are around 40 minutes’ drive away.

Must see

The Rheged Centre 8.3 mi

Dalemain Historic House & Gardens 9.9 mi

Carlisle Castle 14.4 mi

Birdoswald Roman Fort 16.7 mi

Ullswater Steamers 17.8 mi

National Trust

Acorn Bank Garden and Watermill 7.9 mi

Allen Banks and Staward Gorge 20.4 mi

Hadrian's Wall and Housesteads Fort 23 mi

Townend 25.4 mi

Grasmere and Great Langdale 25.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Langwathby - Edenhall - Langwathby 3.9 mi

HUTTON-IN-THE-FOREST 6.5 mi

DALEMAIN 9.7 mi

Castle Carrock Circular 9.7 mi

CORBY CASTLE 10.2 mi

Local events

  • Kendal Calling (Thursday 1 August 2024 – Thursday 1 August 2024)

    Penrith, Cumbria 10.3 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.

Want to know more about camping in The Lake District and Cumbria?

  • Does Mains Farm Camping and Caravan Site have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Mains Farm Camping and Caravan Site dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Mains Farm Camping and Caravan Site? Heavenly Eden Valley walks are right on the doorstep from Mains Farm Camping and Caravan Site, from ambles to (the pubs at) Lazonby, to a hike along the River Eden to see … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Mains Farm Camping and Caravan Site?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Mains Farm Camping and Caravan Site? From £29 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.