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Sykeside Camping Park
Brotherswater
Patterdale (lake District)
Penrith
Cumbria (Browse area)
CA11 0NZ
Tel: 01768 482239
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Pitches: 111
Open: 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
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 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
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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 |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 No Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <1 mile |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <5 miles |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
 Open All Year |
 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
 Electric Car Charging Point |
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| Date of Visit: November 2015 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Jonnyclaret1973 |
31 reviews from this member |
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 I have just spent a very cold weekend at Sykeside Camp site near Brothers water. The site is beautiful with stunning scenery all around. There are many of the Lakeland fells around so you'll never be bored of somewhere to walk. The pitch cost £13. 95 per tent, 2 people and a car which I thought was about the going rate and it is open all year round! The toilet and shower block were more than adequate and very clean. There is no extra charge for showers! The nearest shop is in Glenridding which is a 10 minute drive away. On site there is a lovely bar / restaurant we didn't eat there but the food appeared and smelt great. There is also a fantastic selection of Whiskeys which we made good use of! The site owners are really friendly and can offer advice on anything in the area.
Would I recommend this site? Definitely. Would I visit again? Soon. I hope. 
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| Date of Visit: October 2015 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Brendanr2004 |
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This is an excellent campsite in a beautiful, remote location. It's behind the Brotherswater Inn, which serves good beer and decent enough pub food. A couple of miles from Patterdale and access to Ambleside over the Kirkstone Pass. Some superb hill walking to be had here!
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| Date of Visit: August 2015 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Leemcad |
1 review from this member |
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I've still rated this '10/10' as the only reason we left a day early was due to disrespectful and noisy fellow campers (some of which the campsite were going to tell to leave that day anyway). Why people feel the right to let children run riot just because they're camping or adults stop up all night until the early hours talking. We left early as it was impossible for us to do the walking we had planned as we had very little sleep.
Facilities: Excellent little shop which stocked all your needs. Toilets and showers were excellent (hot water was hot!) and the bar and inn were excellent too. The food portions at the inn were more than generous and had planned our further breakfasts and evening meals (if only we hadn't left early).
Staff: Also excellent. So friendly and helpful. Check in simple and advice given on 'best pitch area'.
Pitches: We pitched at the far end on a slightly raised area which had wonderful views (a bit stony to peg in but benefit of better drainage). The main middle field got a bit waterlogged so was avoided by new arrivals making it a bit cosy in places!
Overall we enjoyed a two night stay (instead of three) and would return but it would definitely be during school term time and in the week day as Thursday evening was so much better (despite the weather) than Friday once all the new arrivals had pitched up.
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| Date of Visit: July 2015 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: NickandEmma14 |
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We're planning a visit in early July, having visited multiple times over the last few years. I first visited as a child with my family in 1999 and carried on going back as a place of excellent memories.
The site is in what I would consider to be one of the best locations on the Lake District for relaxation. Driving over the Kirkstone Pass to reach Sykeside is just the start, the views of the site from the top are spectacular.
The site itself is very clean, and the area around untouched, which makes for excellent walking, especially up to Hartsop Dodd. Good shower and washing facilities, excellent spacing for pitches, food in both the Barn End Bar and Brotherswater Inn is of a very good standard and the staff are very welcoming.
Always excited to return to Sykeside and no doubt our visit soon will be just as good!
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| Date of Visit: June 2015 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Danielwatson25 |
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Love this site - been a few times now at different times of year- most recently in June 2015. Stayed with a group of 4 tents and there was plenty of space even though the sites was full by saturday afternoon. Location beautiful and quite chilled out attitude to running it - no heavy handed wardens and sensible late arrival and lights out times. Showers hot, toilets clean, views amazing. Pub quiz is good too :-) Have stayed in the bunkhouse on a previous occasion too - much better in the winter. Windermere only over the top of kirkstone pass and beautiful ullswater the other way
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| Date of Visit: May 2015 |
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| Reviewer: Whitey50 |
3 reviews from this member |
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Just returned from three nights at Sykeside. Hurricane winds, torrential rain and Arctic temperatures. Loved every minute! A site with views to destress anyone. The site was swamped in places because of the rain but plenty of room due to the lack of adventurous campers! Friendly staff on site, shop and pub. Clean toilets and hot showers. Outwell Bear Lake 4 poly cotton tested to its limits and never faultered. Marvelous! The pub food looked lovely and the service was excellent. Lots of walks from the site in an area of rugged beauty. I have stayed many times before and will definitely be returning.
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| Date of Visit: March 2015 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Markrollings |
5 reviews from this member |
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We stayed on the Caravan Club CL site. The Caravan Club explicitly says that CL sites are small five-pitch sites exclusively for members. So I was rather disappointed to find the five-pitch CL to be just an annex of a bigger site owned run by the same pub and sharing its facilities.
That said, we were warmly welcomed and as we were there two hours before the official check-in time offered space in the pub car park so we could go off for a walk. The pitches enjoy stunning views of the surrounding valley and are quite sheltered. The facilities are reasonable. The showers are hot and powerful but have no curtain or shelf for your toiletries. We went for a drink at the pub and were shocked they charged pub customers £1 per hour for wi-fi - I've never been asked to pay for wi-fi when spending my cash in a pub before. The pub was crowded (and this is off peak) and there was a terrible smell which seemed to be a combination of fried food and walkers' shoes and I couldn't wait to get back out into the fresh air. Some other reviewers have described the service in the pub and campsite to be unfriendly, but I didn't find this to be the case. My last complaint is that you can only get the advertised price by booking by phone; if you book online there's a £2 surcharge to pay for their computer server(!?!). The location of the site is enough that I'd forgive any other small faults and I wouldn't hesitate to return.
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| Date of Visit: February 2015 |
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| Reviewer: Spiritburner |
21 reviews from this member |
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Excellent winter camp-site for walkers & backpackers. Usually quite in winter & the site can be boggy so most folk pitch at the south end of the site or on some terraced picthes on a slope behind the house. Hardstanding for a few vans.
Great pub & they will do excellent breakfast for non-residents. Pub grub isn't too shabby either. Has good toilet & shower block & a laundry room as well as bunkhouse. Shop closed in winter.
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| Date of Visit: December 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: WildBlueYonder |
10 reviews from this member |
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As regular visitors to the area we had tried unsuccessfully on a number of occasions to get a pitch at The Brotherswater CL. This time, a week at the start of December, we were alone except for a few diehard campervanners, a smattering of bunkhouse occupants and even one camper! The good news going forward is that there will be some extra spaces for caravans beyond the 5 allowed courtesy of the Caravan Club Certified Location. Our pitch was level hard standing with 16A hook up, water and waste disposal by the shower block about 30m away. Blisteringly hot showers were tempered for a few days when the heating failed in the block but it got fixed and were always cleaned to a high standard.
The site is attached to The Brotherswater pub (plus B & B) which we have visited before. Always a warm welcome, a furnace of a stove which was quickly commandeered by our two Irish Red and White Setters and Choccie Labrador, who were equally welcomed. A good solid menu (and artfully presented) fit for restoring tired legs is supplemented by a couple of daily specials along with a range of well kept hand-pulled beers and an even larger range of whiskeys on the top shelf!
You could easily fill a week with walks from the door without resorting to a car, including options at low or intermediate level in case the weather closes in. No phone coverage but WiFi available for a pound to cover the cost if getting a signal up to the place. All told, a fantastic location, great welcome, good facilities.
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| Date of Visit: November 2014 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Weaversbrook |
7 reviews from this member |
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Booked this caravan club C/L site as it was central for a meet up with friends coming from the north and south. A very basic site with everything you would need it would be ideal for a walking base, I feel it is very overpriced especially for November. The ground was very wet as would be expected for the time of year the hard standing was adequate (Just could do with pitches being a wee bit bigger) what disappointed us about the site was the way other campers treated the toilet block I know we get muddy boots but there is no reason to use the showers to clean them is there. Very small for the size of the overall site and can only imagine the queues in summer. Also the pub up the hill very nice food at keen prices but the staff what a miserable lot they were couldn't muster a smile between them so much so that we headed away to Patterdale on the second night for a meal. I personally would not stay at the site again but I do understand how others on a walking holiday would love it.
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