Dockray Meadow Club Campsite

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Absolutely Perfect site for us

We find this site absolutely perfect. It is small and friendly with brilliant wardens who offer a warm, helpful and friendly service. We have been caravanning since 1990 and have used lots of CL's over the years as well as caravan club sites. We tend to chose the ones that are smaller and without toilets/showers as we find they are not too busy and are more relaxing. We use our own facilities and do not wish to pay extra per night for something we do not need or want. We like that there is quite big grass areas in between the hard standing pitches making it much more pleasant than some of the sites that feel as if you are on a service station. Some of the areas are left uncut so are like wildflower meadows. This was our second stay and have now walked around Cogra Moss several times on both the top and lower trails as well as Crummock, Buttermere, Loweswater and Ennerdale waters. There is a small exercise area which allows you to let your dog off the lead. It is only small, but it very useful, although there are footpaths just up the road as well. If you enjoy peace and quiet and walking then give it a go, we cannot fault it. It warms our hearts to find somewhere that is so thoughtfully run.

Ivyhouselady

Reviewed on 28/05/2024 14:22

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Peaceful, wildlife friendly site

We just had a lovely 4 nights here in mid May. The wardens are friendly, helpful and very enthusiastic about the wildlife. They have created swathes of wildflower meadow around the site and encourage wildlife with feeders and other measures. We were very fortunate to see a red squirrel very close to our van. The area is quiet even when the National Park is very busy, with excellent walking and cycling from the site.

Ramsons

Reviewed on 24/05/2024 09:44

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Another great stay.

Just enjoyed another great stay. Brian & Sue are excellent hosts/wardens always friendly, helpful & incredibly cheerful. They keep the site in good order. Pitches nice level.

Andy and Cathy

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Reviewed on 01/04/2024 14:42

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Great site, good location and well maintained

Fantastic site, quiet, very well kept by friendly and welcoming wardens. Clean facilities, grey water disposal very easy to use. Good location for access to Ennerdale Water, Cockermouth, St Bees Head and the coast. Local pub within walking distance. Great for cycling and walking, will definitely stay again.

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Reviewed on 27/10/2023 22:44

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Great stay, nice and peaceful

Great site immaculately kept by hardworking wardens who are very nice. Handy for west lakes. Probably not suited to those with children as nowhere for them to play. Can't fault the site it was perfect for us.

Andy and Cathy

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Reviewed on 13/10/2023 19:01

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A Little Gem!!

We have never been to this site before but we will certainly be returning. The managers, Sue and Brian, are a so friendly and keep the site looking immaculate. There is a length limit of 7.5m but if you phone ahead and check availability, there are a number of pitches that can accommodate larger outfits. There is no toilet block here or play area so I'm not sure how families would fare. That said, it is in a beautiful location with plenty of walks from the site and three Wainwrights within striking distance. There are no shops nearby and there doesn't appear to be a regular bus service. The nightly rate was around £21 for two adults - better than many CL's price wise. We will definitely be back. Thanks for a great stay.

JennysJaunts

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Reviewed on 24/09/2023 20:47

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Quite a find

We stayed 7 nights here in our motorhome in August 2023. A lovely, peaceful and very attractive site, which has a very reasonable nighty rate due to having no toilet block, (comparable to the rate charged by many CLs actually). The wardens were very pleasant and our spaniel loved the dog agility course they had built in the dog field. The location was away from the often manic bustle of the main Lake district venues, but close enough to access Keswick and other popular areas if you so wish. Although there are some areas to the west coast which reflect the deprivation some of these communities experience, we had 2 lovely days at St Bees and found some really attractive and quiet little spots driving up Cumbria's north west coast. Our only negative was trying to find a pitch that was anything like level! Even on the top of levelling blocks we were climbing Cat Bells Inside the motorhome! Surely the pitches could have been dug out a little more levels than they have? However, we survived and yes, we'd go back again.

scamcarts

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Reviewed on 24/08/2023 18:35

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Weeks Break

We have just spent a week at this lovely peaceful site. Never having visited this part of the lakes we saw some lovely places. Whitehaven with its lovely marina, Ennerdale water with fantastic views of the hills surrounding the lake, Cockermouth with its riverside walk under the castle, St Bees to name a few. Just something to be aware of if using car parks in the towns is that the car parks are now giving you only 10 minutes to buy your parking ticket before getting fined, and Keswick only allows you 5 minutes to get your parking ticket before being fined. As a final point the only downside to the site was the speeding of a couple of vehicles which though it was a speed tract. In fact one night I was nearly run down whilst walking from our caravan to our friends caravan, The person which was driving this vehicle was doing in excess of the 5 mph stated on signs and the road and nearly hit me, he did not slow down but kept going till he got to his van. This was witnessed by our friends who could not believe what they were seeing. It was disgraceful and because of this I spoke to the warden and advised them what had happened. I do not know if he was spoken to but I hope he was.

pilly

Reviewed on 29/07/2023 15:03

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Lovely site, not the best area

We have just spent 8 nights at this very peaceful site. The wardens were lovely and we couldn't fault it. There are no facilities which is why I gave a low rate for cleanliness. If there was anything to criticise it would be seasonal pitches. We counted 11 of them and everyone had an empty caravan on it. It seemed deserted with only half of the touring pitches occupied, mostly with motorhomes/ Campervans staying one night. We had a lovely pitch and really enjoyed our stay but we didnt like the west coast. We found ourselves driving inland to the nicer parts of the lake district which we have done before. We wouldn't go back because of the area but the site was great for us, if we could move it but then it would cost a lot more.

jill1359

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Reviewed on 02/07/2023 08:51

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Perfect, peaceful site.

We had 3 lovely nights at Dockray Meadow visiting friends in Lamplugh. It is very peaceful with lovely pitches. There are some good walks from site, particularly the walk up to Cogra Moss reservoir where the dogs enjoyed a little swim. The wardens were friendly & helpful & the service points were spotlessly clean. The site doesn’t have a toilet block or children’s playground, so probably less appealing to families, but it was perfect for us & the dogs!

SJFergs

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Reviewed on 18/06/2023 16:54

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