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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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 Small Campervans |
 Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
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 No Fully Serviced 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: April 2012 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Brendanr2004 |
662 reviews from this member |
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 Spent the Easter weekend at this excellent campsite. It was very busy so facilities were pushed but, overall, they held out well.
Pitches for motorhomes all have electricity and there is a large camping area. There are two pubs on site, both offering decent food and hospitality.
Ambleside is a few miles, over the Kirkstone Pass (stop for a pint, great pub) or you can walk over the fells as get the bus back.
Patterdale is a couple of miles in the other direction, an ideal starting point for some of the best walks in the Lakes. 
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| Date of Visit: February 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Imburkie |
4 reviews from this member |
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What a fantastic location this site occupies, surrounded by the most beautiful landscape and fells you could wish for and not a bit of light to spoil the view of the stars at night, magical it was.
The member of staff that dealt with my booking was most helpful and informative.
Toilet and shower block were spotless. This is a site I would definitely revisit but not sure if it would be at, 'high season', as I have come to the conclusion that, that's the time to wild camp due to excesive noise from fair weather walkers!
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| Date of Visit: February 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Brendanr2004 |
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This is an excellent campsite - it's location and facilities are excellent and the site's staff are friendly and helpful.
The campsite is set behind the Brotherswater Inn, which is just at the foot of the Kirkstone Pass, about 2 miles from Patterdale. The pub serves excellent ales and the food is very good.
The place is surrounded by impressive mountain scenery with high fells, such as High Streer, Fairfield and Hart Crag accessible on foot.
Facilities are excellent - motorhome pitches all have electricity and there are plenty of hot showers.
An excellent site!
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| Date of Visit: January 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Tomster |
1 review from this member |
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We visited this site in the snowy wintertime and it was lovely. Surrounded by mountains, at the foot of the Kirkstone pass, it is probably one of the most scenic campsites in the area.
Bit of a strange layout on the site with the hardstands around the outside of a grassed area (not sure if this is used for tents in the summer).
The hardstands were level, with electricity provided. The pitches were quite close together with only a couple designated for awnings.
Even though it was freezing while we were there, there were still quite a few tents on site, from the hardy survivalists.
The Brotherswater Inn is a great pub, with lovely food and drink at reasonable prices. This was full of the hardy survivalists but even though it was full, we had a very short wait for our food and the service and staff were great. These are the same staff that handle the campsite.
Will we be going back? You bet!
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| Date of Visit: December 2011 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: SlowTravels |
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Well laid out site for a motorhome, level hardstanding with power close to hand, water was further away.
Showers and toilets are clean/tidy but closed between 12 and 2 for cleaning, might not be an issue of some but in winter it limited you as to when you could shower. The lights in the block are on a timer so if you end up having the place to yourself to shower be warned, you'll end up having to grab a towel mid shower to walk to the entrance to get the lights on again! Not fun.
The pub is friendly but the food could be better, it appears to be all bought in and warmed to order (the only cooking seems to be things such as steaks etc).
The walk to brotherswater is excellent both on the east and west side, patterdale is local and there are plenty of other walks so an ideal location.
Arriving at the site from the south in a campervan is not an issue but the climb through kirkstone pass going south is harder on the unit so either be prepared for a 1st gear slow climb or head north to the M6.
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| Date of Visit: October 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Brendanr2004 |
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Stunning location in between Patterdale Village and the Kirkstone Pass. Dozens of walks start from this site, from easy valley strolls to serious mountain treks. The site is surrounded by several hills, yet easily accessible from Penrith via the A592.
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Good toilet and shower facilities - hot powerful showers, cleaned regularly. Loads of space for tents and several pitches for motorhomes with electric. Two pubs on site - The Brotherswater Inn served amazing pub food and you get a warm welcome. The Barn End bar is more down to earth, but a fab little boozer with good beer, grub and coal fires. Good quiz on Saturday nights. There's also a good shop on site selling all the essentials and some fresh produce - all reasonably priced too.
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£17. 50 per night for motorhome with two people and electricity. Price goes up in the high season. Great value for facilities and location.
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| Date of Visit: September 2011 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: MichaelBolton |
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Camped here for one night on a short walking trip. The site is in beautiful surroundings although sadly we saw precious little of it as it rained and was covered in low cloud for most of our brief stay.
Staff were friendly enough and advised us of the best pitches on what was a fairly waterlogged site and warned us of the rampaging badgers - we didn't fall prey. There's a pub and a separate bar on / at the entrance to the site - we tried the pub for both breakfast and evening meal. Food was fairly standard pub fare but was fine - evening meal was slightly on the expensive side (£11 for fish & chips) but you expect to pay a little extra in such a remote location. They also had some decent ales on tap - particularly enjoyed the Tirril. The breakfast was great and particularly useful for an impromptu post-work one-night visit as it meant we needed to pack only the bare minimum of equipment and supplies, and sitting in a warm pub having a cooked breakfast brought to your table certainly beat huddling over a camping stove cooking soggy bacon in the torrential rain.
If I have one gripe, it's that the per person + per tent pricing policy can make it quite expensive - £7 per tent + £5 per person. We were a party of 3 people with two very small tents. This meant that we were were effectively charged £13 / night for one person in a tent barely larger than a bivvy bag which I'd say is at the extortionate end of pricey. Other campsites manage to come up with pricing structures that don't throw in such anomalies so I'm sure Sykeside could do the same if they put their mind to it.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Davetvhuk |
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This is a brilliant site in the heart of the Lakes.
We stay on the CL when we visit, but friends have camped or brought their Motor home.
The staff are friend and very helpful. The food is great at the Brotherswater inn, or the low Barn Bar. Ideal spot for walking and some walk routes available at the site show, which is well stocked with groceries and camping equipment.
Care is needed if you are staying on the CL when drive to the pitch take it as wide as possible, the corner of the barn roof sticks out a long way.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Simonpage |
2 reviews from this member |
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Arrived Monday the 15th aug, was a bit wet while we where pitching up but soon cleared up.
Staff very friendly and helpful and the pubs on site are lovely especially the brothers waters inn. Very reasonable food and drink and very handy being on site.
Showers and laundry facilities are fantastic but be advised that the best time to shower is from 6am-to 7am latest, as then everyone uses them, so the water ends up being a lot cooler as it is coming from the fells and needs time to heat up again.
On site shop is very very cheap in some items cheaper than supermarkets!
The campsite is lovely and very scenic and we climbed the scandale fell to the left of the site, amazing views but tiring! Weather was good all week apart from 2days but we are in the lakes so this is to be expected.
Do take a decent tent because the weather conditions can make your stay awful if you get wet and cold, we have a good strong tent and was very comfortable.
The campsite could do with a childrens play area that would be my only fault, but apart from this I have absolutely no complaints and would highly recommend anyone to go here.
Please make sure you have food because the nearest supermarket (morrisons) is in penrith so would be better for you if you went prepared and stocked up.
Also do be aware and check your tent as this site does have some little visitors during the night (badgers) so don't be fooled and leave food in your tent ass they will and I mean they will pay you a visit, you must lock your food in your car at night time, great to see pure nature at work.
Once again great site for all familys, one more thing don't forget to book ass on Friday afternoon the site was empty by saturday morning it was full. Have a lovely time like wee did
Only given 5 out 10 child friendly due to not being a play equipment for the kids, but great for kids of an older age.
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| Date of Visit: August 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Graeme c |
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1st time camping here and we were very impressed.
Lovely site, great facilities, the toilet block / showers very good clean and hot water, on site bar, shop, laundertte, freezer, cash back facilities, stunning views.
The barn end pub does great food too and is reasonably priced pint Cumberland ale £2. 80
The barn end pub on the main road is the same as its part of the complex too
All in all a great camp site.
Its not to over crowded either which is fantastic,
We really did enjoy our stay here and will definitely going back
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