We have just returned from 5 days here.... site is easy to find and road access very good. We did not follow the recommended route (as didn't fancy Kirkstone pass towing) but continued up the motorway to junction 40 and drove down side of Ullswater. We had previously been told to pitch up in volunteer area on arrival which we did - 5 other vans already on site. Site well maintained with nice hard standings and good recycling facilities. Step up to water tap meant husband needed to do water duties as I couldn't lift full container down step! There is a huge playing field opposite site with tennis court which the kids utilised to burn off steam as limited room on site. As previous reviews state - site is on a busy main road which could be quite noisy and rushing river rambling through site too - made us bit anxious in heavy rain watching water levels rising! Huge trees do make reversing difficult and we also needed to motor mover to get into pitch. There is an access gate from site across road into Patterdale estate grounds - free wifi if u sit on bench outside estate office (covered bench around corner if raining). This was our only means of communicating with people and finding out weather etc. No mobile reception, TV or radio which made us pleased we'd taken books and DVDs to watch. Estate staff were friendly and helpful. Good info in estate office and books to borrow etc. Laundry facilities you can use - although took me 3 or 4 attempts before found it empty as only one machine /dryer for a lot of chalets / campers to use. Nice walks around estate. Pretty waterfall woods we enjoyed by site as well as walks up the valley. Ulswater is short walk away from site. Overall it was a pleasant stay but we wouldn't come back. The road noise and lack of TV, mobile or radio meant we felt very cut off which made it harder for us to 'plan' what we wanted to do easily. We ended up leaving a day early and moved onto the next leg of our holiday to get back to civilisation and better weather!