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Hollows Farm Camping
Grange In Borrowdale
(lake District)
Keswick
Cumbria (Browse area)
CA12 5UQ
Tel: 017687 77298
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Open: 01/03/2024 to 31/10/2024
01/03/2025 to 31/10/2025
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 No Statics for Hire |
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 No Electric Hookups |
 No Hardstandings |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 No Laundry |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 No Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 No Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <5 miles |
 Bar <5 miles |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <5 miles |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 Wild Swimming <5 miles |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: June 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Grumpazoid |
2 reviews from this member |
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 Stayed here with the family in June on our way back down south from Scotland.
Excellent location for walking the nearby fells and not too far from Keswick by car for supplies.
The site is priced well and is a great place for kids with lots of space including a wooded area with tree swings.
There is a choice of two fields with the Cumbria way running through the middle.
The facilities are a little odd in the fact that the basic toilet facilities are located in the furthest field, and the showers (no toilets) are located in the opposite direction by the farm house. The showers however were free, hot and powerful.
Prices very reasonable - about £6 per adult per night.
Despite being very busy, we did not have to book and the site was nice and quiet at night.
We will definitely return at some point. 
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| Date of Visit: May 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Zedsmith |
5 reviews from this member |
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Love this site - but only when it's quiet. I'll never go on a bank holiday again as the only problem with this site is other campers! As others have said, it's an odd layout with loos in one field and a bit of a walk to the showers by the farmhouse, but that's ok.
I'm not one for liking rules on a campsite, but this one needs some I think, we can cope with noise from other campers, who can get grumpy with the sound of people having fun? However I can't abide parents who either don't supervise their children and teenagers, or think it's ok to let them walk through peoples camping area, we had children walking right between the van door and our table and chairs. Also, whilst we were out walking the site got so full that a group of people pitched their tents so close to our van that we were blocked in for over 36 hours. Tents and cars were hemmed in like sardines all over the lower field, so perhaps the owners should think about a maximum limit of units? Other than that, this is a great campsite for out of high peak season visits, lovely walks, good facilities and nice local pubs.
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| Date of Visit: July 2016 |
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| Reviewer: Denises |
5 reviews from this member |
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This back to basics campsite is located in The Grange area of Borrowdale near to Keswick. The campsite is accessed down a narrow lumpy bumpy dirt track alongside the local tea shop. There are two fields one for the large groups located by the toilets. The other field is near to the showers found in the farm buildings. Toilets are located one way and free showers the other. I got into the swing of this very quickly. The ground is hard so good strong metal tent pegs are needed. The cost is very good at £7 per person. Cars and dogs are free. There is a lovely walk to Catbells from the site. A bus pulls up by the bridge. I enjoy the ease of the site with the comings and goings. There is a no noise policy here which is imposed. This is the gem of Keswick. A great back to basis for anyone but not suited to party animals. I love the wonderful wake me up showers here.
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Digby13 |
10 reviews from this member |
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This is just about my favourite 'simple' site. Lovely location, adequate facilities. I've extolled its virtues before so I would like to comment on groups. Not family ones but organised/commercial ones.
A quiet pitch (which is what you fervently desire in this beautiful place) can suddenly become ghastly when two minibuses full of kids arrive and pitch around you. The worst has been an organisation called I think 'education outdoors'. They were playing organised games loudly until dusk, which is quite late in June, and having large group motivational sessions. There are areas within easy walking distance of the site where such activities could take place and I suggest the owners should make sure that obviously commercially run groups such as this respect other campers, and/or take their noisy activities away from the camping area.
Duke of Edinburgh's Award groups are fine. They are so tired they flake out very early on!
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Binka |
11 reviews from this member |
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Stayed here for a weekend. We chose to stay in the 'car free' field. Lovely location, seemed very peaceful. The river at the side of the campsite is lovely, great for paddling. We walked up haystacks from the site one day and a lovely riverside/valley walk another day.
The field we were in had a small loo block. Then its a good five min walk to the farmhouse for the showers. They were clean enough but not great.
The main problem were the other people staying here. First night our neighbours seemed to consist of a tent of four drunk students who loudly played spin the bottle till the small hours.
Thankfully they packed up the next day. Then that afternoon two minibuses from Lambeth turned up. Full of youths and some leaders of some description. They never left the campsite all weekend so not sure why they bothered coming all the way. They did drama workshops of some description all day which was entertaining to watch. Then at about 10pm the bongos came out. Couldn't believe the noise, the ground was shaking, the noise bouncing back off nearby crags. Was horrific. After over an hour of this someone asked them to stop and in fairness they did. But the campsite owners don't seem to care or notice about noise levels. Won't go back.
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| Date of Visit: June 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Lineky |
5 reviews from this member |
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Beautiful area and promising campsite. With Grange a short walk away and lovely walks on the doorstop we had high hopes but these were quite quickly dashed.
Arrived and were warmly welcomed. Stayed in the open field which was a good size. Showers a reasonable walk away at the farm. Toilet block very clean and only had cold water, which would be fine if soap was present but a bit of a pain always having to remember to carry your own, especially as a 100 meter walk, across track and over a pretty awkward and meandering trail from our field. With a young child this became tiresome.
A back to basics campsite but our stay was ruined, we left a day early, due to a large very loud and bad mannered group. No presence of owner near the fields meant there was no policing despite clear rules about large groups and noise after ten. Also loads of campers flouting rules re no camp-fires etc.
We are fairly easy going campers but this beautiful site was ruined for us and we wont be visiting again. Our young child was really upset by it, and judging by the weary tears of others she wasn't the only one!
Overall rating due to this experience and fact no one around to help.
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Davic6071 |
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Hollows Farm is located between Castle Crag and Grange-in-Borrowdale, and bordering the beautiful and picturesque River Derwent.
Picturesque doesn't even begin to describe this heavenly location, which offers a stereotypical Lake District experience.
If you want tranquillity and beauty to be enjoyed by all the family – this is definitely the place to come. The site is owned by the National Trust, and is nothing short of beautiful. We stayed for just two nights, but would have loved to stay a lot longer. The nearest cafe is just a 10 minutes walk down a beautiful country lane, and if you require anything else, then Keswick is located just a short drive away. The 4 x showers are clean, very powerful and hot, so just the thing after a long walk! Toilets during our stay looked clean and tidy.
Would I recommend this campsite to others? Without question, YES, YES, YES. And I will have no qualms about coming back here myself very soon. Simple, basic, friendly, it's a little gem of a campsite, and guaranteed to lower your stress levels! Admittedly though, the weather was beautiful on our two day stint, so that added to the WoW factor.
Just a note to the owner though keep an eye on your 'no groups policy' and owners of dogs i. E. (litter)
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
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| Reviewer: BiffyBoffy |
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We stayed here on a bank holiday and were surprised it wasn’t packed full when we arrived late Saturday morning. We paid our fees and were directed towards the camping area back down the lane. Take care on the lane from the main road as some drives were treating it like a rally stage and there are few passing places. Lowered vehicles beware the track to the campsite gets quite rough and the turn into the open field is quite tight as mentioned by others!
The site has two camping areas: one for tents only with no vehicle access ideal for families and the other for groups and campervans or anyone who wants really. Both have great views in all directions. There are also a few yurts in the woodland area.
The toilet block is located in the woodland camping area and was perfectly adequate. The showers were back up the track in the farm yard. Bins and water points were situated around both areas.
There are endless walks / bike rides from this site to keep you busy for weeks without having to use a vehicle. As long as you brought enough supplies as there are no shops near by.
All in all a brilliant little site tucked away off the beaten track, we will be retuning soon.
We paid £12 for two adults per night which included out campervan and awning.
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| Date of Visit: April 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Starrieshillane |
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Site is basic, but WOW, location location location. We were really quite taken a back, pitched tent in the first small area, sat back and enjoyed the atmosphere. Surrounded by trees offering protection from the wind.
I have been twice now, the 2nd time we took out Kayaks to drop into Derwent water (2 min away by car). We also dropped them into the river just below the field for a quick paddle.
Loo blocks were always clean & tidy. We prefer more basic sites so this suited us. Both times site was busy but still quiet, no issues re noise.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Dave-harris |
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I went to the Lakes just before the bank holiday and stayed for 10 nights. After reading the reviews I decided this campsite was ideally located for the walking we wanted to do. Plenty straight from the campsite, with other walks less than 5 miles away.
On arrival we pitched on the upper (woodland field), after deciding the lower field was a little over-crampt. You have to leave your car in the car park for the woodland site, but its not far to walk to your pitch.
The woodland field is slightly undulating, and drained very well in the torrential downpour we had one night. The track up to the campsite is tarmac, but turns to a stoney track once you leave the farm access road towards the camping grounds. There are one or two larger stones sticking up and some cars were just scraping them.
Staff were very friendly and helpful. The toilet block was always clean with loads of loo paper. There are 4 washing up sinks outside the toilet block. Down point, there is only cold water for washing up and sinks and in the loos.
Saying that, the free hot showers near the farm house were great. In ten days, and even over a very busy bank holiday weekend, they were always hot. They are unisex and all have plenty of hooks to hang cloths, with one larger shower with a bench seat in.
There are no local shops and you will have to travel into Keswick for any shopping. Saying that there is a very nice tea room in Grange who make good tea and nice treats.
Would I recommend this campsite to others? Without question, yes. And I will have no qualms about coming back here myself. Simple, basic, friendly, and at £6 per adult per night, you just cannot go wrong.
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