Camping and Caravanning Club Keswick site

Sumitra

Never stayed there before.We would like to stay over the early May bank holiday.Caravan club site fully booked.The CCC site only has grass pitches left.Do they drain well or are they very muddy?

Dave Nicholson

As with grass pitches on most sites it’s a function of how much rain there’s been. The site is prone to flooding and it was closed as a result of flooding earlier this week. It’s been a particularly wet February and hopefully we’re due for some drier weather now. It’s impossible to say what it will be like in early May but I wouldn’t let that put you off. It’s a great site for exploring the area either on foot or by ferry or by bus. It’s a few minutes walk from Keswick and there’s lots to see there.

moulesy

The C&CC recently took over the Scotgate site at Braithwaite just north of Keswick. HS pitches and brilliant location for walking with a couple of good pubs in the village. Not quite so convenient for walking into Keswick itself, of course, but might be worth a look? 

Tinwheeler

Is that Braithwaite Fold, M, or another site? If it is BF, I understand C&CC are no longer operating the site and it’s out for tender. There’s a thread somewhere…

brue

Another alternative is the CAMC Borrowdale site, also on Derwentwater and you can take a launch up to Keswick or the bus. The Keswick site is good but very crowded and there's always the risk of cancellations due to flooding, generally the grass pitches are ok in drier weather. It does get booked up a long time in advance, the smaller C&CC "Derwentwater" site is a bit less flood prone and has hardstandings only, we prefer that site even though it doesn't have lake views.

moulesy

No, BF is at Windermere, the village of Braithwaite is just north of Keswick and the site is ideally placed for walking the Coledale Horseshoe if I remember correctly - Corners will probably be able to confirm (or correct me!)

Cornersteady

yes and it is , is it, or was it the main site in Braithwaite, the one you see driving through it from the slip road off the Keswick main, A66 road?

moulesy

Yes, that's the one, on the left hand side of the road as you drive into the village. A very nice site - at least it was some years back! 

brue

I would think the timing of the visit to Keswick in May will be a reasonably good choice weatherwise.

Wherenext

Still is M. We were there a couple of years ago to walk the horseshoe and were talking to someone who was staying on the site and they recommended it. We may use it one day ourselves.

Cornersteady

Thanks, yes a perfect site for Coledale. Does it have HS?

Tinwheeler

Thanks for clarifying, M and C. 👍🏻

Wherenext

Yep.

Sumitra

I gather that the one in Braithwaite is being upgraded by the club abd they are not taking bookings yet.Looks interesting though for the future.

Wherenext

You could always try the club site at Borrowdale. It doesn't have a sanitary block but you can walk into Keswick or catch either a bus or a lake ferry. Walking will take about an hour along the lakeside and following the FP signs. The site does have hardstandings and quite a few trees. Nice site though and if you are into hill walking then there is an ascent to Cat Bells directly opposite the site entrance.

nelliethehooker

It's a long walk from the site just to find a sanitary block, isn't it, especially if one is desperate?? 

Freddy55

We stayed at Castlerigg Hall campsite, a good few years ago. From memory, a nice site, maybe a 20 minute walk into Keswick? Depending on where one pitches, there are really good views across Derwent Water, with Catbells right opposite. 

https://www.castlerigg.co.uk/

cyberyacht

Twenty minutes to Keswick but forty coming back.

Cornersteady

Reminds me of a joke a few years ago. Linford Christie goes into a restaurant but he is told that there no tables but there is a place 10 minutes walk down the road that will. He remonstrates and then finally says but I'm Linford Christie to which the reply is Oh well... in that case it will only take you five.