Church Stile Farm Holiday Park

From £23 For 1 night, 4 adults 9.4 450 reviews
View from campsite entrance (added by manager 01 Aug 2022)
A great place for relaxation (added by manager 01 aug 2022)
Tent pitches are large and flat (added by manager 21 jan 2015)
Grass area for tents: flat land with ample space for parking next to your tent (added by manager 21 jan 2015)

  • 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).

Campground type

RV sites 12
Tent sites 75
Caravans for hire 6
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 5
Open now
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling 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 bachelor/bachelorette 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 park 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 park while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time so that the team can provide information about your unit/site.
  • This is a quiet park: 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.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Wed, Mar 27 to

Gold David Bellamy Conservation Award AA Holiday Centre

Campsite types & availability

Reviews

97%

would recommend this campground to a friend

93%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Very clean and peaceful.…

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
Nikki C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass RV campsite (no awning)

Liked: Very clean and peaceful.

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Excellent location, 12 minute drive to Scafell Pike and pub was in…

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

Powered grass tent campsite

Liked: Excellent location, 12 minute drive to Scafell Pike and pub was in walking distance, serving huge delicious portions of food and local ale. The bathroom facilities on site were very clean with lovely hot showers. Great campsite layout with a little woodland walk on site to vista point views of the hills surrounding. Nice quiet location.

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Very clean friendly welcoming everything you need in a campsite would definitely…

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Very clean friendly welcoming everything you need in a campsite would definitely recommend this site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautifully kept site with friendly staff and excellent 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
Laura A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Primitive grass tent campsite (small)

Liked: Our stay here was honestly amazing! The campsite is really easy to find and is surrounded by beautiful hills we could sit and look at from our tent. The staff are friendly, wonderful and extremely helpful and the reception/ shop has everything you could need, perfect for if you’ve accidentally forgotten something! The showers/ toilet block were warm, really clean and easily accessible. We will definitely be back here :)

Disliked: Nothing!

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Great site with friendly staff close to good walking and cycle routes

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

Primitive cement/asphalt and grass RV campsite

Liked: Everything!! The welcome, the well stocked shop, the pitch, the friendliness of everyone, the clean (and warm!!) toilet and shower block. What’s not to like??!!

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Would definitely return and recommend to others.

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

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked: Great site. Very clean facilities. Liked that the toilet and showers are heated. Location is lovely.

Disliked: Nothing.

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Good facilities. Good walking area. Handy shop on site.

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation No rating
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
karen h. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered cement/asphalt and grass RV campsite (no awning)

Liked: Site manager very friendly, well stocked shop and lovely location with sites of surrounding mountains. Only reason for us not to return is lack of Wi-Fi/TV signal. Lovely site if this wouldn’t affect you

Disliked: Road works in area made it difficult to follow directions however these will obviously not be permanent. No Wi-Fi signal and unable to get Tv signal

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Warm and friendly site. Shop was well stocked, toilet block clean and…

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

Primitive grass tent or trailer tent campsite (large)

Liked: Warm and friendly site. Shop was well stocked, toilet block clean and warm, drying room was fabulous!

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Excellent 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
Matthew B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass tent campsite

Liked: Gorgeous location, easy to find. Staff were really friendly and the facilities were great.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great experience

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

Powered grass tent campsite

Liked: Wonderful site very picturesque great facilities and wonderful engaging staff who were very helpful will be back

Recommend to friends Visit again


Features

Leisure on park

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Playground

Recreation room/arcade

TV room

Takeout

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available

Car parking by site/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Free wifi

Grocery store

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Laundromat

Local produce

Parent & baby washroom

Payphone

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Restrooms

Shower available

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Scouts welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed

Barbecue provided

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Hikers’ paradise

Lake and/or mountain

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Dump station

Electric car charging point(s)

Propane/gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Convenience store nearby

Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm

Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Climbing nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horseback riding nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Location

Church Stile Farm Holiday Park

Nether Wasdale

Cumbria

England

CA20 1ET

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

54.42453°N
-3.34969°W

Nearest transport

Bus
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 2020 2019 2018 2017
Seascale 6 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
St Bees 11.3 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Silecroft 14.2 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Haverigg 16.5 mi Sea Poor N/A N/A N/A
Walney West Shore 21.2 mi Sea N/A Good Good N/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

  • Keswick Mountain Festival (Friday, May 17, 2024 – Friday, May 17, 2024)

    Keswick, England 25.4 mi

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

    Penrith, England 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.

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

  • 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?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-park 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 $28.72 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.