Smithills View Campsite

From £10 For 1 night, 2 adults 8.2 17 reviews
Our Grass pitch camping field (added by manager 18 May 2021)

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Our grass pitch camping field (added by manager 18 may 2021)
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  • Pop-up micro-site on a non-working farm in rural west Lancashire
  • A 15-minute drive to Preston; 30 minutes to Blackpool
  • Secluded site with ball games court and picnic spots, plus pubs nearby
With views across Preston to the Pennine Hills in the distance, Smithills View Campsite is a quiet spot with just a handful of pitches on a repurposed farm estate. Using this family-run micro-site as your Lancashire base, you can pick up the 21-mile, circular Preston Guild Wheel cycling track in 10 minutes’ ride (largely off-road, so it’s smashing for kids) or be paddling on Blackpool beach in half an hour by car. Should you decide to stay put for lazy days exploring the farm, there are picnic spots tucked away in meadows and by the pond. Kids can play basketball or kick a ball around on the all-weather ball games area, and spot the deer in neighbouring fields. On the facilities front, there's a toilet block here and you can have an alfresco wash in the hot water of the open-air shower (bring swimwear for this – it's a family site…) Source meat for your barbecue from local farm shops, or whizz into Preston in 15 minutes to load up at bigger supermarkets. If cooking’s not on the agenda for this mini-break, several pubs with beer gardens and decent grub are within a 15-minute stroll. Talking of getting out and about, you’ll have plenty of choice when it comes to outdoors action, with footpaths along the Ribble river or Lancashire Canal. And of course, Lake District fells and the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty are both criss-crossed with hiking and cycling paths for you to explore.

Site type

Tent pitches 25
Motorhome pitches 2
Touring caravan pitches 2
Rent a tent 1
Open now
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 25 or over.
  • A cable measuring at least 20 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • Bookings must not consist of more than 1 different households.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • No electric barbecues allowed.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
  • Vehicle height restriction for grass pitches is 9ft. The alfresco shower is outdoor and open fronted with views to the Orchard and meadow, please bring swim wear or similar to use this facility. Please note that due to the construction of M55 link road approximately 0.5km away, some bridge and road works are visible from the site.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Mon, 8 Apr to

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

Tent pitchesTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome pitchesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsCaravans for hireRent a tent
Choose your dates
2 adults
0 children

Reviews

8.2

Overall rating based on 17 reviews View breakdown

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

nice site but filthy facilities.

Overall 2/10
Location 10
Value for money 6
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 2
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 2
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Pennine electric gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: the owners

Disliked: the toilets where disgusting filthy dirty 2 for the all the site,the 1shower was fill with mud a tray an shower head in a wood cupboard was cleaner out side.the site was ok and some nice walks , the owners where lovely but even that its farm it was filthy stay there never again

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From the manager: We are sorry you were disappointed with cleanliness of the facilities, but as I hope you can understand we didn't put mud on the floor or in the shower. We check and clean our facilities regularly, and the site manager is available to be contacted on what's app at any time, if there is an issue. The wet weather has not helped, with the inevitable mud however we expect our guests to be respectful of other guests and where possible leave the facilities clean as they found them. On this occasion a guest had left the shower in quite a state which we dealt with as soon as we became aware.

The area and the views from pitch. Facilities were what we needed,…

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

Pump House electric grass tent pitch

Liked: The area and the views from pitch. Facilities were what we needed, hot water for washing up, toilets and a shower. Very local to a farm shop to pick up fresh meat and eggs. Local pub 5 minutes walk away serving food.

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Owners were lovely, fire-pit ready upon arrival. Checked everything was ok.…

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 4
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Owners were lovely, fire-pit ready upon arrival. Checked everything was ok.

Disliked: Site needs some work to bring it up to a decent standard.

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The site was small and friendly, good facilities and play area for…

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The site was small and friendly, good facilities and play area for kids if needed. Rick was helpful with anything we needed and butchers and pub very close by.

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Lovely little camp site, had everything we needed and was located within…

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Lovely little camp site, had everything we needed and was located within 20 - 30 mins of everywhere we wanted to go.

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Great little place with nice level pitches

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

Pennine electric gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Friendly greeting on arrival and, WhatsApp message before arrival with lots of info on

Disliked: Nothing

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Might be good for those with kids but not for us. Wouldn't return.

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

Pennine electric gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Helpful owner. Very good pre-arrival info on where we would be pitched, nearby pubs, walks etc.

Disliked: We were situated right next to the ball play area and had an echoing thud thud for hours. When this stopped a group of shrieking women decided to play football in the pitch black. Also had the loud inconsiderate chat of everyone who needed to use the only toilets on site which were also right by us. Couldn't stand noise any longer so left after 11pm. May have had a different experience pitched elsewhere. Very basic toilet facilities, the toilet light was a lamp on the floor but looks like a work in progress. Some unsightly messy areas on entry to the farm.

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Everything!! Greeted at the gate nice quite pitch hot showers friendly pub…

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
Warren S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Pennine electric gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Everything!! Greeted at the gate nice quite pitch hot showers friendly pub 2 minute walk away Will definitely stay again Thanks

Disliked: Nothing

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Great site, friendly owner.…

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great site, friendly owner.

Disliked: Pot wash facility was not working, otherwise, five stars.

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The site was lovely and very quiet even though it was full.…

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The site was lovely and very quiet even though it was full. The toilets and new shower are basic but do the job. We enjoyed our stay. We had a warm welcome and plenty of firewood , firelighters and kindling for anyone who purchases that.

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Features

Pop-up campsite

Dogs allowed

Campfires 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

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

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Communal fridge

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

Farm

Pop-up campsite

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Location

Smithills View Campsite

Mason Fold Farm

Lea Lane

Preston

Lancashire

England

PR4 0RN

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

53.77511°N
-2.79134°W

Route directions

If arriving via M6 satnavs will probably direct you along a road with 17 speedbumps. Caravans and motorhomes may prefer to use Junction 3 of the M55 to avoid this.

Nearest transport

Coach
3.3 mi War Memorial
3.6 mi Blackfield Road
4 mi Bus Station
Rail
1.1 mi Salwick Rail Station
3.6 mi Preston Rail Station
3.8 mi Kirkham & Wesham Rail Station
Ferry
13.5 mi Knott End-On-Sea Ferry Landing
13.7 mi Fleetwood for Knott End Ferry Landing
18.5 mi Heysham Ferry Terminal

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 after challenging fell hikes or waterside cycle rides, the Lakes are outdoor-activities central. There are watery adventures (sailing, paddleboarding, kayaking and plenty more) to be had on Lake Windermere, or for a change of pace, take the kids to meet Peter Rabbit at The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction (all around an hour's drive). Get the bucket and spade out for family trips to seaside Blackpool (30 minutes), where you can be scared witless on thrill rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and reward your bravery with comforting fish and chips on the South Pier. On rainy days (which can sometimes occur in northern England), watch acrobats at Blackpool Tower Circus, or whizz to the top of the tower for Irish Sea and Lake District views. Back near base, there’s a lot happening in Preston (15 minutes) too. Let the kids run around in Avenham Park while you admire the Japanese Garden, or you can puff around Preston Docks on the Ribble Steam Railway (10 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
St Annes 10.3 mi Sea Good Good Good Good
St Annes North 10.7 mi Sea N/A N/A Good Good
Blackpool Central 11 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Blackpool South 11 mi Sea N/A Good Good Excellent
Blackpool North 11.2 mi Sea Poor Poor N/A Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Forest of Bowland 3.7 mi

Beacon Fell Country Park 9.1 mi

Camelot Theme Park 10.5 mi

Pleasure Beach Resort 10.9 mi

Sandcastle Waterpark 11 mi

National Trust

Rufford Old Hall 9.5 mi

Formby 18.8 mi

Gawthorpe Hall 20.2 mi

Mr Hardman's Photographic Studio 27 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

THE WILLOWS 2.3 mi

HASLAM PARK 2.4 mi

Preston, the Lancaster Canal and the Millennium Link 2.4 mi

HARRIS KNOWLEDGE PARK (FORMERLY THE HARRIS ORPHANAGE) 3.3 mi

Preston and the Ribble 3.6 mi

Local events

  • Lytham Festival (Wednesday 3 July 2024 – Wednesday 3 July 2024)

    Lytham St Annes, Lancashire 7.5 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 Lancashire?

  • Does Smithills View Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Smithills View Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Smithills View Campsite? Whether you’re after challenging fell hikes or waterside cycle rides, the Lakes are outdoor-activities central. There are watery adventures (sailing, paddleboarding, kayaking and plenty more) to be had on Lake Windermere, or … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Smithills View Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Smithills View Campsite? From £10 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.