Bardsea Leisure Park

From £35 For 1 night, 2 adults 8.7 196 reviews
Beautiful colours on site (added by manager 01 Aug 2022)
Grass pitches (added by manager 01 aug 2022)
Touring pitches (added by manager 11 oct 2013)
View of the pitches (added by manager 30 aug 2015)

  • Friendly park in south Cumbria's Furness peninsula
  • A mile from Ulverston
  • Large play area for kids and a pond
You'll likely like the Furness peninsula in south Cumbria. First up, as its name might imply, it juts into the sea (you probably like sea). And much of it is in the Lake District (you may also like). And it has the island of Walney, and it borders Windermere, and has miles and miles of coastline to dive into – if you've any sense you'll very much like all these things too. And on the peninsula, sheltered within a former quarry, is friendly family-run Bardsea Leisure Park. It's a well-regarded and popular place only a mile from the market town of Ulverston, eight from Windermere and less than four from wild days out at the South Lakes Wild Animal Park. The toilet and shower blocks are roomy and with underfloor heating (you may also like); the site also has a launderette, a washing-up area, a big play area with pond, a dog exercise area, and a large accessory shop and service centre. Wifi is available for an additional charge. And another exemplary thing about Bardsea Leisure Park? It's open all year round for winter beach walks and frosty lakeside hikes – something else you might very much like.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 44
Motorhome pitches 44
Open all year

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

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Facilities were excellent. Staff were lovely.…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Facilities were excellent. Staff were lovely.

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Large & busy site with onsite cafe. Well maintained.…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Large & busy site with onsite cafe. Well maintained.

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Friendly staff. Everything clean.…

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
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Friendly staff. Everything clean.

Disliked: Nothing

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Great site facilitys really big and clean, helpful staff…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Great site facilitys really big and clean, helpful staff

Disliked: Nothing

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We'd love to go back to Bardsea

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Clean and quiet site. Close to town centre. Very friendly, helpful staff. Level pitches.

Disliked: Nothing.

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Great facilities and location

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 4
Jean W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Only about a mile from town centre nice pub not far away - cafe on site did great breakfast arrived fairly late and was shown to pitch. Shower block fab really clean and under floor heating amazing

Disliked: Nothing really at this time of year - but I would assume in busy summer months could feel a little crowded. WiFi did not work and phone signal limited due to being in a quarry I would suppose

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Lovely large clean shower rooms , so nice to be able to…

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
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely large clean shower rooms , so nice to be able to have enough space to shower and keep clothes dry away from the water spray. Pitch nice and level with hard standing and individual water tap and electric

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The facilities were lovely, friendly staff, made to feel very welcome. Lovely…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: The facilities were lovely, friendly staff, made to feel very welcome. Lovely walk into the town. Definitely return. Thank you 😊

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Great site with great pitches and friendly staff

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Fantastic site with good, clean shower facilities. Fully serviced pitch with wi-go and TV connection. 30 min walk to town centre and 15 min walk to the pub.

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Lovely campsite in a nice area with good size pitch and nice…

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
Debbie L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely campsite in a nice area with good size pitch and nice and clean toilets. Warden was very helpful.

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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

Watersports

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

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

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

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

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Surf school nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Motorhome service point

Seasonal pitches

Tourer storage facilities

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Bardsea Leisure Park

Prior Road

Ulverston

Cumbria

England

LA12 9QE

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

54.18143°N
-3.08563°W

Nearest transport

Coach
11.6 mi Bus Station
11.6 mi Bus Station
13 mi St Michaels Lane
Rail
0.9 mi Ulverston Rail Station
4.2 mi Dalton Rail Station
4.5 mi Cark Rail Station
Ferry
8.2 mi Lake Bank (Coniston) Ferry Landing
8.3 mi Roa Island Ferry Landing
8.5 mi Lakeside Windermere 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

A cosy dip first: a swimming pool as well as an indoor/outdoor sports complex is 300 metres from Bardsea Leisure Park. Once refreshed, wander into the handsome market town of Ulverston for old buildings, cobbled streets and the Thursday and Saturday street markets selling fresh local produce. (An indoor market is open weekly too.) A prettily landscaped 18-hole golf course is also in the area, but if you're feeling particularly energetic you might be up for a climb up Hoad Hill and the Sir John Barrow Monument from Ulverston's north east. The tigers, giraffes, kangaroos, lemurs, monkeys and more of the South Lakes Animal Park safari park are towards Barrow-in-Furness, as is the Dock Museum, a free attraction (often with special exhibitions) telling the story of Barrow as a shipbuilding town. Off the peninsula, visit Walney Island and its nature reserve, or Roa Island to get the ferry over to the island of Piel. And if you're off to Windermere, go via the restored steam trains of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway to travel through the Lake District's sterling scenery and board a lake cruise at the end of your journey.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Haverigg 8.2 mi Sea Poor N/A N/A N/A
Walney West Shore 8.6 mi Sea N/A Good Good N/A
Walney Sandy Gap 9 mi Sea N/A Good Good N/A
Walney Biggar Bank 9.2 mi Sea Good N/A N/A N/A
Silecroft 11 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

South Lakes Wild Animal Park 3.7 mi

Holker Hall and Gardens 4.1 mi

Lakeland Motor Museum 6.7 mi

Windermere Lake Cruises, Lakeside 8.4 mi

Hill Top 12.7 mi

National Trust

Dalton Castle 4.5 mi

Cartmel Priory Gatehouse 5.4 mi

Fell Foot Park 8.4 mi

Gondola' 12.6 mi

Hill Top 12.7 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Ulverston - Urswick - Bardsea 1 mi

Ulverston Sands and Birkrigg Common 1.6 mi

HOLKER HALL 3.9 mi

Bigland Tarn and Bigland Barrow 5.3 mi

HODBARROW (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 06/05/1986) 7.2 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 Bardsea Leisure Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Bardsea Leisure Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Bardsea Leisure Park? A cosy dip first: a swimming pool as well as an indoor/outdoor sports complex is 300 metres from Bardsea Leisure Park. Once refreshed, wander into the handsome market town of Ulverston for … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Bardsea Leisure Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Bardsea Leisure Park? From £35 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.