We have just returned from a week at Coniston Coppice and, as per other reviews, it was a lovely site. The location is great, just a short walk in to Coniston (about 25 minutes) and very near to the lake. The wardens were really friendly and helpful and the facilities were very clean, as usual for Caravan Club. Although it is a large site, because of the way the pitches are laid out, it doesn't feel big at all. There are also a few decent play areas for the children. Having said all of this, I am not sure we would return for a number of reasons. Firstly, despite knowing it was in a forest, we didn't expect it to be so dark. Of all the 267 pitches, there are very few which get any sun at all. We were incredibly lucky to get a pitch with so few trees but an awful lot of people were in permanent shade. Also, the description tells you that a 400 yards walk will take you to the boat launch site, but I think this has got to be dependent on where you pitch. We had a kayak with us and had to drive out the caravan park at the bottom and park in the camping field adjacent to the site in order to launch it and then drive back to park the car. It is not walking distance at all if you are planning on using a boat. There were also a large number of pitches where the gravel was very sparse and unfortunately for us, due to heavy rain, our awning flooded twice. This was due to the lack of gravel directly in front of our van and the fact that we were on a slope. We did eventually ask the wardens to add more gravel which they did and then typically it didn't rain again. My final gripe was the water coming off the trees due to the rain made such a noise that I had at least 2 sleepless nights as it sounded like a herd of elephants running over the roof. I know it is the Lake District so you can expect rain but I think some cutting back of the trees would be very beneficial. Both to give some light and to eliminate some of the rain noise.