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Penrith, Cumbria, Howtown CA10 2NA England

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Ben L wrote a review Aug 2023

Halifax, United Kingdom16 contributions13 helpful votes

Much better campsites nearby

We stayed here over the bank holiday weekend- so it was a particularly busy time. There are a few main issues with this campsite; 1. Facilities are no where near adequate for the number of tent spaces (a few wcs , one dishwashing sink and a few showers) - the field is big…spaces for lots of tents 2. The facilities are very outdated and old - most are in portacabins - having worked on building sites most of my life they reminded me of building site type toilet blocks 3. The field is a typical farmers field - much of it sloping with quite long uncut grass. So when it’s wet it’s very wet! 4. There are no defined pitches which can make it a free for all on busy periods and you have no idea if someone will pitch very close or leave space for your car when your out. 5. As it’s a free for all - in our experience it attracted larger noisy groups to this site. Having said all this - if your more of a hardy camper with most of your own facilities (eg camper-van) and you go at a quiet time it’s probably not too bad for you. The bloke that ran it was ok with us - he’s just a typical farmer!…

Date of stay: August 2023Trip type: Travelled with family

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Gemma H wrote a review Aug 2023

5 contributions1 helpful vote

Honest review of a family of 4

Considering the 1 star reviews, I thought I would give a review of my honest opinion. We have camped most years on Cross and not had many issues. We have just arrived home today after 5 nights away as a family of 4. I agree the cows, bulls, sheep are nosey (buy some ear plugs) but it is a farm after all. The view is lovely, the farmer does have strict rules around the children’s play area (especially 2 at a time on the trampoline) but wouldn’t you at £200 a go if it breaks and also the health and safety aspect. I didn’t see one guardian watching their children (that’s not me throwing any shame, I was that parent as well) you trust your kids to be good. The toilets and showers are always clean, yes the showers are very basic and dated and you can’t swing a cat in there to get changed but the waters hot so you can’t grumble. My only off putting things are the more people who turned up in the week didn’t appreciate the tent spacing, we had been out on the water all day and came back to someone literally in our tent porch, with their guy ropes, nor did they consider we had a vehicle we needed to park and my other is even though you are camping and have paid on their site, they now charge £5 to park on the launch, I honestly would have thought this would be non-residents only considering the price per night to camp is similar to Waterside & Parkfoot. Other than this we enjoyed our time camping (even though it rained for most of it) and will be returning next year. …

Date of stay: August 2023

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sindims wrote a review Aug 2023

36 contributions6 helpful votes

🤬DONT COME IF YOU WANT ANY SLEEP

Simple field, showers (which hardly work) and toilets. Although there is a beautiful view of the lake and hills but OMG! no sleep at all for 4 nights! He has about 10 bulls in the field right next to the camping field, separated by a small wall and fence. They are there all day, night and during the night and moo all day, all night and during the night. I've been woken at 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am, 5am.... you name a time, they have mooed. In 4 nights i've been lucky if i've had 6 hours sleep. I felt so shattered. Sorry to say i won't be returning.

Date of stay: August 2023

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Navigator62944312323 wrote a review Aug 2023

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Nightmare.

Nightmare 😡 Very rude owner, he tried to change me twice for a one week stay. I went there with two children, I have paid him on a first day for whole week (cash only) He gives me a note with campsite rules and a sticker for my tent. Facilities there are very poor. On a last day he approached me and my kids (he was drunk) accused me for not paying. He threaten me with the police. My children were crying, there were very scared. I asked other man there if he gets a receipt, he said no, just a sticker for a tent. I showed the owner my sticker as a proof I have paid, he still was yelling at me and he left. Horrible experience. I can't stop thinking about it.

Date of stay: July 2023Trip type: Travelled with family

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Alex M wrote a review Jun 2023

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Never again

My friend called to book 1 night for the 4 of us, a lady on the phone said yes come down, so we drove 1 hour and 10 mins from where we were at the time. When we arrived my friend went to go check us in. He was met by a very rude man who seemed drunk. Saying he didn't like the look of us, and mentioned "are you all male?" And then showed clearly that he didn't want us to stay there. Everywhere else was fully booked around the area so we had to drive another hour after that to find somewhere. Now I know why this one was not fully booked. I would never recommend anyone to waste there time with this campsite.

Date of stay: June 2023Trip type: Travelled with friends

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R G wrote a review Jun 2023

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Owner rude & vulgar language!

Owner made assumptions that we would be drunk and make lots of noise despite the fact my friends and I do not drink alcohol. Owner swore at us and used vulgar language, making nasty comments regarding our age which was incredibly unnecessary. I just hope children didn’t overhear the man talk as I’m sure there would be more negative reports on him.

Date of stay: June 2023Trip type: Travelled with friends

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Emily J wrote a review May 2023

Penrith, United Kingdom3 contributions8 helpful votes

Avoid at all costs

I, a friend and my 9 year old daughter, arrived at this campsite after seeing a sign saying to book visit the bungalow. We had not booked in advance as we live in Penrith, and this was a last minute decision. We came to the bungalow only to be greeted by an extremely rude man who spoke to us in a Manor we both found disgusting and uncalled for. We enquired as to whether there was any availability, and he said yes, but you've not booked in advance. We said, "Oh sorry, we didn't realise we needed to as the sign said enquire within. He said it would be £25 for the night which we agreed to. We asked what time checkout was and he said for you two, as early as possible. Which I really don't know what he meant by that. Then he said cash only and he would be checking we had shifted first thing in the morning. His manner was abrupt. He was rude and abusive. Suffice to say we left and didn't camp there. How he has any customers at all I'm shocked. The site was basic at best, but the customer service was appalling. If I were you I'd avoid at all costs. …

Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled with family

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gary wrote a review Aug 2022

2 contributions12 helpful votes

Worst camping visit ever stay away if you have family

From people looking round my car(its a standard car) when it got dark to people partying past curfew and people putting hands under the tent, no one to enforce or keep you safe. I had a 4 and 6 yr old with me who where too scared to sleep. The views where literally the only good thing about this site everything else was a shambles can see why its dirt cheap. The pitch i picked to set up on was about 2 inches of soil the rest was stones so couldnt get pegs in properly. Will never ever recommend this place!!

Date of stay: August 2022Trip type: Travelled with family

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Monkey T wrote a review Aug 2021

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Horrendous site in beautiful location

What a terrible site. Filthy broken toilets with little regard for Covid. Rats running freely . The owners should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. It is a comparable price with sites in the area of a superb standard. The site should be closed by Environmental Health

Date of stay: August 2021Trip type: Travelled with family

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Claudia T wrote a review Aug 2021

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Awful.

Haven’t even visited this site. However me and my partner have just called up to see if they have any availability. The man was extremely rude on the phone and when he asked us our ages he became even ruder. I told him that I’m 24 and my partner is 22. We would like to come for two nights with our 6 month old pup. He immediately said “oh no no no not having that” and put the phone down. Well I’ve never ever encountered a situation like this. And for the fact we’ve been judged by our age???!!! Absolutely disgusting. Yes I know some people don’t like younger couples on sites etc… but that was just plain rude and disrespectful. And by reading these reviews looks like we’re not missing anything! Absolutely disgusted. Definitely won’t be calling back.

Date of stay: August 2021Trip type: Travelled as a couple

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