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Fisherground Campsite
Fisherground Farm
(lake District)
Eskdale
Cumbria (Browse area)
CA19 1TF
Tel: 01946 723723
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Pitches: 140
Open: 15/03/2024 to 29/09/2024
15/03/2025 to 29/09/2025
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
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 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
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 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
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 Disabled Friendly |
 No Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
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 No Kitchen Facilities |
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 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <5 miles |
 Bar <1 mile |
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| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <5 miles |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
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 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Rogerthorley |
4 reviews from this member |
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 Lovely site. Great staff. I would Thoroughly recommend it. The kids loved the play area and the pond. Make sure you take plenty of spare old clothes as they are bound to fall in in the (shallow) water at least once.
Love the fact it has its own station on the narrow gauge railway. Short walk to nice pub. 
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| Reviewer: Whitewater72 |
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We placed a booking for three tents. On arrival a warden showed us where to pitch and was very friendly and helpful. The site was clean even though it was very busy. The toilet blocks where good and hygienic. It was great to have a fire for the grandson to toast marsh mallows. The site has a large amount of rules to be followed, though most of them don't affect the enjoyment of the camp. The pub that was about a mile down the road would pick people up from the site and bring drop them off at the site. The two things that was a bit of a niggle, was on the day we were packing up and had our gear spread in a pile to load up, the site decided to cut the grass and I ended up with wet grass all over our gear. The other was the driers, after a very wet Saturday we used the driers at fifty pence a time and after six pound the items were still wet. But all in all a great time was had by all our party. We will certainly visit again.
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Katetitch |
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Nice site, well run, but rather expensive for what it is.
The playground and rafting pond are great, but more for older children than little ones. There are some good days out in the surrounding area, including Muncaster Castle, the Ravenglass Railway and St Bees beach.
The toilet block was small for the number of people camping, and facilities were basic. The fire pits were good though.
The site staff were helpful when we arrived, and also when we had to pack up (especially as the torrential rain flooded our part of the site, they made sure our friends' camper van didn't get stuck on the grass).
The King Edward pub, a short walk away, was very nice, and child friendly. We might come back, but not till the children are a bit older (6+).
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Jim2b |
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Last time at this site was 6years ago and was as good as ever. great that you can have a fire and the toilets are nice and clean the wardens are friendly enough. but and its a big but , I do understand that rules are required to keep order in our not so perfect world, but pasting them up all over the place is to much, personally I am camping for a holiday to relax and get away from it. If a campsite needs to reinforce rules to such an extent. It makes me wonder why and what has happened there before. And will it happen again?? I found the signage quite funny in the end.
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| Date of Visit: August 2013 |
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| Reviewer: CrochetDiva |
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We recently spent 4 days at fisherground - as a stop-off point when travelling from scotland to south wales, and although it is a lovely site, it does seem to be falling into the trap of believing all of the hype around it (it has been named as an excellent site in several national newspapers recently). We tend to look for a site that allows campfires, has access to water (stream / river), and is within walking distance to a pub. This has all of these.
We liked:
* the way the pitches are set out. Each pitch is arranged around a wheel rim set into the ground so that all pitches can have a campfire if they wish. It's also really sensible that cars aren't allowed to park by tents - it meant that the children were safe from moving cars when walking on the grass.
* the way that the site staff rotate pitches (but see below as this was also a don't like). When we were taken to our pitch, we were told exactly how they wanted us to pitch our tent so as to save the grass.
* the fact that this site has so few hook-ups and encourages tent campers. It made a really nice change for tents to be in the majority, and for the non hook-up pitches to be in the best locations.
* the facilities (but again, see below as this was also a don't like). They were clean and the water was hot - we also appreciated there being plenty of soap in the dispensers and also there were 3 hooks on the back of the door of the shower - plenty of room to hang everything, and much more useful than a bench.
* the free, open-access freezer pack freezer. A great idea.
* boot-drying cupboard. Free to use, and really useful.
* the insistence on this being a family-friendly site. Quiet time was expected and enforced after 10. 30pm, which was fantastic.
* the playground and pond. Simply superb - the best thing about the site.
We didn't like:
* the endless petty extra rules. When we first arrived, the first question was: 'have you stayed at fisherground before?' as it's a 5 hour drive away from where we're from, our answer was no - the response was then a rattling off of a spiel about adhering to rules and this being a family-oriented site. We were instructed to read the rules carefully (which were also on a ticket that we had to attach to our tent and make sure that it remained there or face ejection from the site). These rules were in fact eminently sensible - and strictly enforced, which was fine - it was the additional, petty things which irritated. Things like we were told by the warden that we could only use firewood in the wheel rims that we bought from the man in the van; in the toilets everything had its own bold caps notice: 'push taps only' (above the taps)', 'for hand drying only' (on the hand dryer), 'for hair drying only'(on the hairdryer), 'shower mop only' (in the space where the shower mop was kept) - and the one which bought out the rebel in me and my husband (who is the least rebellious person i know): 'anybody caught taking toilet paper from the toilets to use as kindling for fires will be asked to leave the site and will not be allowed to return'. It felt like being back at school!
* the facilities. There is one toilet block for the whole site - we were 5 minutes walk away from it - at the far end of the site, down by the railway line. The ladies has 6 toilet cubicles, 3 or 4 showers, and 6-ish basins (none in cubicles). For a site as big as this, particularly when the vast majority of campsite users are in tents, this was simply not enough. Queuing was commonplace - and we were there during the week when the site wasn't full! Added to this, 50p for 3. 5 minutes of hot water in a shower is simply extortionate. On top of this, although the facilities are clean, they are very basic, with concrete floored showers with sharp metal drain covers - i cut my foot on the one in the middle shower - which has a junction of 3 different drains in it - it's difficult to avoid stepping on them.
* poor practice in siting of tents. As i said before, we were told exactly how to pitch our tent - where to face it, and how to set it out. This was fine. However, on our 3rd day, a massive tent was squeezed in between the 2 tents in front of us, leaving us with no direct route through to the toilet block without stepping over the guys of the other tents whose guy ropes were almost (within 6') overlapping. I don't care how many plaudits the site has received for being a good campsite, putting tents so close together that their guys are overlapping is dangerous - from a fire perspective, and from a safety perspective. There's no lighting on the site, so it's impossible to see guys at night. We had to resort to using the bucket loo once it had got dark as we couldn't guarantee not tripping over the guys on our way to the loo.
Off site, the local pub was good - with a great selection of beer - and free wifi - and their meals were ok too.
We loved the railway, and bought a day-long explorer ticket at the station (in peak season, there's a guard on duty to sell you a ticket at the halt - if there's nobody there, get on anyway and they'll sort you out). That cost us £34 - we went down to ravenglass, had a mooch, then came back up to dalegarth, where we went for a walk up to the waterfalls and through to st. Catherine's church (you can buy a walks leaflet at dalegarth station if you don't have your own map). We then came down and got off in eskdale green to go to the shop. A fantastic day out.
The shop in eskdale green is a bit of a trek on foot, and the road is busy, but it's well stocked, caters well for people camping, and has a smallish selection of camping stuff on sale upstairs. It's also open until 7pm!
In conclusion, yes, this is a lovely site, in a fantastic location, but is it one of the best in britain? I don't think so. The petty extra, silly rules, the extortionate cost of showers, the poor practice in siting of tents so close together, and the sheer size of the site were really off-putting. For us, it was far too commercial in its feel, and we wouldn't choose to stay there again.
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Stazi |
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Hi, we stayed in Fisherground and it was fabulous, the site is clean and the wardens or assistants are just wonderful, always ready to help. We forgot our cards (and cash) to bring, but one of the assistants offered us a BBQ to use for the evening and we were so grateful to her. She and the other owner were just brilliant. Also all the other assistants (whose names I can't remember, sorry!) were always available and helpful. Nothing was too much bother for them. Thank you for having people like them. We are already planning our next summer camp there, kids (and us) can't wait.
Again many many thanks
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Cockney14 |
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Just got back from a weekend at the fisherground and we loved it. We were greeted by the wardens who showed us to our pitch and gave us some site info and local info, even down to where the sun comes up and sets to get the best view. The site was clean and tidy even after a very busy Saturday night the wardens were always around and very visible no sign of being too strict or 'killjoys'. The toilet block was constantly being cleaned and tidied. The only downside was they could do with another toilet block as they did get busy but didn't cause us any real problems. The children loved the play area and pond etc kept them occupied all weekend. A lovely site in a beautiful setting.
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| Date of Visit: July 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Mercgary |
2 reviews from this member |
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Turned up at this fairly remote site on a lovely day. Very pretty location and good walks around, even for children. We were taken to a pitch next to a stream and were told to pitch our tent on the slightly raised area as 'last night it flooded and the lady in the pitch next door had a great sleep on her water-bed!' We should have asked to move. Around 8pm it started to rain and didn't stop until 5am. Lucky we did pitch on the raised ground as the whole area surrounding us was completely flooded to calf depth. It was like a moat around us. The poor people next to us were not so lucky. Offers of help to move tents was given but actual help was not very forthcoming. We managed to move our tent to higher ground and asked why we weren't put there the day before, as we later learnt that locals knew of flood alert warnings and others said the area of the site has flooded before. When we confronted the daughter/co-owner about this, she was not prepared to offer our money back for the night, even as a gesture of goodwill. All she wanted us to do was move our car off the grass, even though we had had to move everything and set up again. Her customer service skills are minimal at best. Despite the owners' useless attempts of help and denial that their site ever floods, we stayed on for a further 2 (uneventful) nights as our daughter had made friends and the play area was great for the children. This is very much a family campsite and the noise literally stops at 10:30. You can set your watch by it. The on-site overnight Warden is very happy to come round telling people to keep ANY noise down after this time (even people quietly talking around campfires - which is what camping is all about), but I wonder where he was when people were getting flooded!??? It's a good site if you don't have to deal with the owners, shower block needs updating but is sufficient for a couple of nights. Local area is nice, but not much going on. A couple of good pubs close by and a small shop. Beautiful beach at Seascale despite Sellafield on its fringes. Just beware of where you pitch - DO NOT CAMP ANYWHERE NEAR THE STREAM.
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| Date of Visit: June 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Mstandish1 |
4 reviews from this member |
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We had an absolutely brilliant 4 nights at this camp site.
On arrival the wardens nominated a brilliant pitch, within easy reach of the facilities and the playground and offered some great advice on how to get to the local shops, the pub and some of the walks in the area too.
All the facilities are excellent, and were kept clean and tidy by the ever present team of wardens.
The site did get busy towards Friday lunch time, in preparation to the weekend, yet the facilities were not overrun and whilst it seemed a full site there was still plenty of space around.
All the four wardens made sure everything was running well and ensured everyone enjoyed their stay.
Only down side would be the 50p showers, which whilst hot, did not last quite long enough. Perhaps free showers would ensure a better value for money experience.
Yet don't let that put you off, as this really is a great site, with an excellent team of wardens. Who were ready to assist and offer valuable local information.
We will be definitely be returning
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| Date of Visit: June 2013 |
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| Reviewer: Dollys |
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As this was our first family camping trip, I wanted to stay somewhere that the kids would enjoy too, our two girls are 8 and 7 years and they loved it! The weather was absolutely gorgeous everyday so we considered ourselves lucky, so we took advantage of the sunny weather and our two night stay turned into four!
We arrived around 2pm and parked up near the reception and set off to find a warden, in no time we had a generous pitch looking out to the playground and tyre rafts, it was quiet so the girls had one each ~ there are two in total. A four man tent with dog and car cost £24 per night.
The site is surrounded by beautiful scenery and so tranquil ~ perfect!
There are a number of wardens on site who are always around to make sure campers are ok, (and behaving. ) very friendly and helpful, especially Jude and Ken. Warden John gave us some very good tips for touring abroad too.
The toilets and showers were kept very clean, were nice and hot, 50p got you about 3 mins so take a couple! The fire pits were great for when the evenings got cooler a bag of wood lasted us two nights, the wood man comes round about 5pm, its £4. 00 a bag, 50p for lighter and kindling, smoke kept the midges at bay but weren't too bad.
All in all a lovely site, do try the steam train journey to Ravensglass, it stops at the camp, cost us £31 return for two adults and two kids but well worth it, stunning scenery, took about forty mins one way, would def be back. When we get our next batch of sunshine :O) My only gripe is the local shop two mins drive away is nick named 'Harrods' need I say more??!
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