Coniston Park Coppice Club Campsite

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Lovely Site.

Our first stay at Coniston. Very different from the usual sites within the club, in a good way. The site covers a massive area with pitches in various locations. It’s within easy walking distance of the Lake and also into Coniston itself. Ideal spot for families to enjoy the freedom and utilise the Lake for various activities. Staff were friendly and informative , all facilities were maintained to a high standard. Liked the fact we could arrive after 10 am , made a huge difference to our day. My only negative was actually reaching the site from the North. The road from Ambleside certainly isn’t an A road. It’s very tight and not very pleasant to drive along.

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Reviewed on 18/05/2022 12:45

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Brilliant site

I stayed in my tent for 3 nights, I am local to the Lake District but wanted a few nights away from home. The site is easy to find and well laid out, it is a big site but the spaces are well set out and there are plenty of toilet/wash blocks. They have a few tent sites which were in a lovely quiet area, my only issue was that the ground was so stoney I struggled with my cheaper tent pegs, luckily a very kind couple allowed me to use some of their heavier duty pegs. If you're a novice camper like myself, be prepared and buy yourself some heavy duty rock pegs (not a negative about the site, more down to my lack of being prepared). Can easily walk down to the lake which is at the bottom of the site and to Coniston village which is about a mile walk, there is a lovely off road route available if you want to avoid the main road (my Mum could get her off road mobility scooter down it easily). Fab little onsite store and food van that was open a few evenings a week, there is also a pub about a 15 minute walk away. I have a little terrier and the area was great for walks, the site has several playgrounds for kids too. I went "out of season" so it was quieter which was nice for a few days away. Will be back with the campervan :-)

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Emma Harris

Reviewed on 12/05/2022 16:44

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Post Easter get away.

The road to the site for the final last few miles in our 7.5 meter long motorhome was tight and narrow but when we got there the staff were awesome. The site is ideally located just a short walk of 5-10 minutes from Coniston lake, and you're surrounded by lovely woodland. It’s beautiful… The facilities are spotlessly clean, with plenty of showers etc that require a key to access them which is handed to you when you arrive. You can walk to Coniston village from the site along the edge of the lake which takes about 20-30 minutes or you can walk the top road but be warned, there is a short section which crosses the road! The site and area is very dog friendly. Some nights they have a food van on site with pizza and fish & chip nights and a short walk away is the town of Coniston which has plenty of Inns/ pubs/ cafe's & eateries along with a Co-op and a Spar. We arrived the week after the Easter holiday period so it was nice and quiet which was just what we were after - idyllic. We would highly recommend this site for anyone with dogs, anyone who enjoys long or short walks including rambling and hill walkers as well as water-sports enthusiasts.

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Dole and Tia

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Reviewed on 02/05/2022 17:17

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Beautiful location

The site is located just a few hundred yards from Coniston lake, and your surrounded by the woods. It’s beautiful… It’s a very large site, so if you get chance take a look around before picking your spot, although it can be difficult with a large caravan in tow. We went for the closest one that looked ok, which it was The facilities are spotlessly clean, with plenty of showers etc and require a key to access them which is handed to you when you arrive along with the key fob for the entrance gate. The staff are all very friendly and welcoming You can walk to Coniston village from the site along the edge of the lake which takes about 20-30 minutes, check out the Blue Bird cafe right on the edge of the water, and dog friendly On some nights they have a food wagon on site, with a pizza night and fabulous fish and chips so well worth trying this out. You can pre order a time slot to pick up your food from 6pm and that works very well, with only a little waiting around. My only issue with this site, is getting to it, the final 5-6 miles are very winding and narrow in places. We came in from the South as per the club directions, but we also did a reconnaissance trip in the car from the North (Ambleside) to see what it was like. I’m glad I did, I definitely wouldn’t come in from the North it’s very winding and tight roads. Having said the above, we have a 26ft / 8ft caravan with a large Range Rover on the front, so it’s a big rig, we met a HGV lorry coming in, and then a bus coming out, and in certain places you can’t pass. We got lucky and met in a tight spot but just managed it on both occasions, but personally this would make me worried about returning with our rig, and we even left a day early in the morning to avoid arriving Friday bank holiday traffic. I didn’t think about the tour buses! Lol

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Reviewed on 02/05/2022 08:42

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From Average to Awesone

Just spent a couple of nights at Coniston Park Coppice. I’m pleased to say that the access roads weren’t as bad as I feared. We arrived ar 11.15 and were really pleased that we could arrive from 10.00. We weren’t too keen on the site at first as there didn’t seem to be much of a view from any of the pitches. It was very busy, as expected, as we arrived Easter Sunday. We drove around a couple of times before we settled on pitch 152. This was not in our preferred area but turned out to be a good choice. I liked the woodland setting but my husband wasn’t keen. However it was so peaceful and relaxing that he changed his mind. But it was when we got out for a walk that we really started to enjoy this park. The first day we walked along the lakeshore to Sunny Bank and we had all these little coves to ourselves. The next day we walked in the other direction, around the lake to Brantwood and the views on the other side of the lake were amazing. We then walked into Coniston for lunch before tackling the lower slopes of The Old Man of Coniston. I wasn’t keen on the narrow paths but again we had the place to ourselves and the views were worth it. That evening we strolled along the lake, watching the sun dip behind the fells. On our final day we enjoyed the spectacular views of Tarn Hows, one of the most stunning walks we have done. We finished our stay with a walk along the lakeshore at Monk Coniston. We asked when we needed to leave and we’re told we could stay until 12.30, which we appreciated. We ended up loving this site. There is still so much that we didn’t get to do such as a walk to the pub, trying the food van walking more of the amazing routes around the lake and fells and we can’t wait to return for longer.

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Reviewed on 20/04/2022 20:40

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What a fantastic site

We don't use many large sites, normally preferring to use CL's but we found this site to be ideal. Don't be put off by its size. It's very well spread out with numerous glades and areas for different pitch types so something for everybody. Despite the numbers using the site there was always a calm and peaceful atmosphere which we loved. The wardens were so friendly and welcoming and happy to stop and chat while they were out carrying out their chores. First class ambassadors for the club. We loved being able to walk directly down to the lake and along the track into Coniston but there were also numerous other walks that can be started directly from the site. We also enjoyed two cycling outings during our week long stay, using the quiet road down the eastern side of the lake and also climbing up over the hill to Hawkshead and back down through Grizedale. Facilities were all maintained to the usual high standard which makes for a very comfortable stay. We would definitely highly recommend this site to anybody visiting the lakes as it makes an ideal base with so much to do in the immediate vicinity but also providing easy access to other parts of the Lake District if you want to explore further afield. We really enjoyed our stay here, helped in part by the lovely sunny weather, and hope to return for longer at some point to do all the things we didn't have time to do on this visit!

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JCS11

Reviewed on 04/04/2022 16:52

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Walking in the Lakes

Coniston is such a great start point for so many lovely Lake District walks. We have had just under a week at the Coniston site, our first at this location - this site has so much potential. Needless to say, the rainfall can be significant which means the facility here needs fully functional and adequate capacity for outdoor wear drying as wet clothes inside Motorhomes or caravans aren’t great..! It was disappointing therefore to find the site poorly prepared for wet wear drying and also some recognition, by site staff, that this might be a priority for members. I’m sure looking a little more closely at catering for fell walking by members might improve the sites ‘off season’ utilisation combining well with the current club offer of 50% off midweek bookings.. Just an idea CAMC..😃🙏

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Jack172

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Reviewed on 01/11/2021 09:32

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10 Night Stay 15 to 23 October 2021

First extended trip with caravan and this site was absolutely excellent. It was very peaceful and despite having 250 pitches mainly occupied it remained quiet as very well laid out. Facilities are excellent and always very clean and the staff on site were very friendly and helpful. Wasn't the best of weather with torrential rain for several days and being amongst trees, that made the heavy rain worse. However it is the Lake District and I still enjoyed the holiday and would certainly stay on this site again. The Pizza / Chip van is also excellent. I enjoyed a pizza from there on my last night and it was great. Location is excellent as short walk from Lake and a short walk into Coniston. I enjoyed a trip on the Launch from Coniston down the Lake to Sunnybank and very pleasant walk back. TV coverage is not great but you can buy an aerial cable that plugs in on the EHU. I didn't do this as not really bothered about TV but for those who are, there its a solution. Best route to site is from A590 at Greenodd, through to Torver and then onto the Coppice. Some areas the road does narrow and you can be close to buildings and stone walls so care required on travel. Other drivers were the challenge as oncoming too fast and therefore not giving much space.

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Reviewed on 27/10/2021 11:19

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Last Minute Break

We stayed at the site for the first time from the 15th to the 17th of October having only booked the Monday before having decided to take a bit of last minute break before a number of the sites shut for the winter. The reception team called us whilst we were on route to check we were okay as they knew of an accident on the motorway. A really good advert for the club and we hadn’t even arrived at that point. Check in was very quick, no issues, the team on reception gave us few suggestions for sites and we took one of these up with very nice quiet spot through the “green barrier”. Site was sloping but nothing that the ramps couldn’t cope with. The location was very quiet and little noise from round about.. The facilities were nearby and were spotlessly clean and warm which was a real blessing given it is now getting cooler. The site in general was clean, plenty of bins and the team on site were seen working hard to keep it that way. The weather was nice on the Saturday but it rained heavily on the Saturday night / Sunday morning so be prepared for lots of drips from trees. It sounded far worse than it was. We travelled to the site from the south as recommended. There are still few narrow points on route so be prepared to take your time. We will certainly be back.

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3M Travellers

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Reviewed on 20/10/2021 23:50

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Great location

Spent 10 days here in October. Managed to dodge the rain except for the last day so it was a good result. The site is big and busy. I’m used to smaller more settled sites but a lot of coming and going here made it feel less settled. Our pitch was near to the Lake path which suited us but it meant a lot of foot traffic going past us. The facilities were fine with the advantage of a dog wash so much pleased with that. I’m sure there are flat pitches to be had but ours was very uneven and blocks were essential. Glad we left just before half term as a couple youngsters arrived who were racing round on motorised bikes… it looked fun for them and I’m sure they loved it but I’m not sure it was safe for those on foot. All in all well worth the visit.

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Reviewed on 20/10/2021 17:40

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