Fantastic site in many ways
We spent 4 nights here at the end of September. The campsite is well laid out with a good mix of pitches. The facilities are excellent and spotlessly clean, as you would expect. The wardens were helpful and very engaging and clearly have worked hard during these Covid 19 times. The location is perfect for walking right from the site, especially to Hope and up to Loosehill and along the Great Ridge and to Mam Tor before descending down into Castleton. The climbs are tasking but the views are worth it. The site is about a 20 minute walk on paved footpath into Castleton but I would say the road is fairly narrow and the traffic travels faster than I would have liked, given the proximity to the pedestrians. Whilst many cyclists are in the area, for this reason, I don't think I would road cycle here. Castleton itself is delightful with many opportunities to walk in the area as well as the visitor attractions. There are toilets, plenty of eateries/pubs and gift shopping available. There is no supermarket but there is a local Londis/post office shop and village bakery which sells other items too. Very busy with tourists in season and on a weekend. If you need to delay your arrival at the site there is an excellent café on the way to this site on the A623 at the junction with B6465 (just to the east) called Yondermann Café. It had many bikers on the Sunday we travelled but it has a large car park suitable to get large motorhomes on and the food is excellent.
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