My wife, Amanda, me and our dog stayed for 4 nights in early March 2017. We found the staff very friendly and helpful, they provided us with maps of local walks, which were extremely useful. The site itself has a main road into Coniston just outside the gate, this is reasonably busy and does not have a footpath, so to walk into the village by these means is dangerous. There is a signed alternative public footpath through fields, but this was very wet and muddy, while we were there. Therefore, we had to use the car more than we had intended. At the time we were there, the site had the National Trust working, and a large part of the site was closed. That which was open had more then enough facilities available for the amount of people staying, and the facilities were kept very clean. The negative point was, there was no facility for cleaning our dog, (there is a shower for dogs at the Castleton site). The local pubs serve good standard of food and their staff are friendly and welcoming. Overall our stay at Coniston Park Coppice was very enjoyable and we will definitely return in the near future.