Meathop Fell Club Campsite

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Great base for the South Lakes

We spent three days in November at this site. It's a great base for accessing the South Lakes just a couple of miles from Grange over Sands with Lake Windermere just a short distance away. There were no problems with access - we managed to get our 8m twin-axle van onto site without any problems - do your research - there are a couple of tight bends and a short ramp on the access road before entering site, but these shouldn't cause any issues. We chose a serviced pitch which was reasonably level and very well kept. Great views across Morecambe Bay from the site. Facilities were great - very well maintained toilet/shower block and the onsite pizza/burger van was a welcome addition. The Woodlands Hotel which is on the adjacent lodge park is just a short stroll from the site and serves good food and a cold pint! We'll be back

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Reviewed on 28/11/2022 16:11

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Love this site

Visited quite a few times since lockdown. Love it! So relaxing! One of our favourite sites and can not fault it at all. Always a helpful, friendly welcome. Great pitches, nicely landscaped and mainly flat. Always spotlessly clean. Nice walks from the site. Not far from Grange Over Sands village, down Meathop Road past nearby golf course. We still need to try the on site Pizza! Very short walk around the corner to the beautiful Woodlands Hotel, where we book ourselves in for a fabulous evening meal there on each visit. Looking forward to our next visit to this site again very soon.

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Reviewed on 10/11/2022 20:49

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Faultless site

If you haven't visited Meathop Fell, please don't deny yourself. It's a fantastic site. Spotlessly clean facilities, very helpful, friendly staff. As well as a little takeaway caravan on site. Beautiful tranquil scenery and a great wee secured dog walking field.

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Reviewed on 04/11/2022 16:19

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Great site just spoilt by the little things.

Lovely site, great location unfortunately not up to the usual caravan and motorhome club standards. Firstly there is no security barrier on the entrance and exit to the site. Secondly you require a key to use the toilet and shower facilities on site (only one key per caravan). It seems that the club regard the security of their toilet rolls more important than the security of their members caravans. Come on Caravan Club get your priorities right, it's the little things that make the difference. I enjoyed my stay here and I'm sure to return.

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JBeau70

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Reviewed on 23/10/2022 21:23

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Beautiful site

Beautiful site, within easy reach of South, west and North Lake District. Grange over Sands is just 3 miles away and a lovely walk. We were very lucky with the weather during our stay, until the end, however we managed to stay an extra night with no trouble at all. Wardens friendly and quick to respond. Even recommended possible pitches when we arrived. Would recommend the pitches next to the tropical gardens (opposite reception) if your outfit is 6.5 metres or under. Some lovely pitches also just past the holiday cottages. Will certainly recommend and visit again if we visit this area again.

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mattyhannah2016

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Reviewed on 02/10/2022 20:21

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Pleasant enough.

Nice clean site, well maintained and the shower facilities etc were very clean. I spent the previous 10 days Wainwright bashing and cycling around Derwent water so was looking forward to the 'Flat' cycling however apart from a little around the site which itself is on a hill and Grange Sands promenade all I found was hills! I'm from Norfolk so I know what flat is. Walkers paradise refers to the general Lakes area, not around this site as only 3 little 1 mile there and back walks were offered to me. Other than that I enjoyed my visit but doubt I'll return.

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Reviewed on 07/09/2022 23:00

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An absolute gem of a site!

First visit to the Lake District and so glad we chose this site. Quiet mid-week, even during August holiday season, and even when full at weekends it is still very pleasant, thoughtfully laid out with lots of smaller areas offering a variety of shadey or sunny pitches. Facilities were beautifully maintained by very friendly and helpful wardens. Yes, the access road is narrow and steep in places but with the club arrival time after 1pm to avoid congestion, we did not have any issues getting our caravan in or out of the site - it certainly wouldn't deter us! Lovely view towards Arnside from one of the two dog walks, both of which dogs can be off lead in. Hotel 5 minutes walk from site is pricey for food but lovely for an evening pint! Great location for both Windermere and Coniston, Grange-over-Sands is lovely with a good variety of convenience shops/cafes/takeways/bakery and Arnside is a must to visit and watch the Boar Tide come in - quite breathtaking! The local village of Cartmel is also a must to visit with a local brewery, cheese shop, lovely cafe, few gift shops and home of the Sticky Toffee Pudding - absolutely delicious. Most places do charge for parking and even public toilets, so be warned! - although they are cash or card. We will definately return to the area and would most definately return to this site - we cannot fault it, and the fantastic wardens are a credit to the network. Thank you!

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Rory2

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Reviewed on 02/09/2022 16:32

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Great site- advice to head warden

I don’t do negative reviews about sites and I will not be doing one here. But advice to senior warden, if a customer fails to leave anything on their pitch and a new customer pitches up to that pitch, just tell new customer they will have to find a new pitch. Don’t tell new customer that you don’t want confrontational exchange with the original customer. And if you are a member of the public waiting to check-in at office, don’t stick your nose in with worthless advice. All that said we had a very enjoyable stay and can compliment the site on being extremely clean and tidy.

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AP17DHL

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Reviewed on 28/08/2022 18:05

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Poor access road

Good site, clean site, but access road is very poor. It’s very narrow with some sharp turns and a very steep inclining right turn where the road is marked in several places because the back end of caravans ground out due to the sudden steep inclination. I won’t return to the site because of the access.

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Reviewed on 02/08/2022 20:32

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A lovely site - will return

This was our first visit to Meathop Fell and we were there for 4 days. We arrived on the second hottest day of the year and were very pleased that there was a serviced pitch available in the shade and the added bonus of being able to see the River Kent in the distance too. Our pitch was slightly sloping so we needed to use a ramp but others hear us had to lift up their jockey wheel too due to the slope. There was grass between the pitches as well as a large grassed area behind them which was ideal for sitting in the shade of the trees. The wardens were lovely and very helpful and everywhere was very clean and tidy. It was great to have 2 enclosed dog walk areas - one smaller one partially in the shade near the entrance and the other a large field near the grass pitches. This has long grass but wide paths had been cut through it in various directions so you could walk around easily but our dog could have a great time playing too. The toilet facilities were very good and the information room was well stocked. There were lots of hand sanitiser points around the site. There’s a food van on site Wednesday to Sunday who currently only does burgers (beef, chicken & a vegetarian one) due to a problem with his pizza oven. Whilst expensive (£24 for 2) they were excellent and the fries were really crisp. We had a takeaway from Fish over Chips in Grange over Sands which were amazing and well worth the drive. We had a lovely walk along the promenade in Grange. We decided not to walk the 3 miles with our dog as the road is quite narrow in places but we found 1 hour free parking along Kents Bank Road which is ideal for Tesco Express, Co-op, Spar or one of the other shops etc bakery, butchers as well as a walk down to the promenade. There are plenty of car parks for longer stays - the one at the railway station is £5 for the whole day. We got the train to Arnside (£4.30 for 2 return) across the viaduct. We walked up Arnside Knott through the woods (some sections are pretty challenging) and had a wonderful view of Morecambe Bay and the Lake District. We’d hoped to see the tidal bore from Arnside Pier but although we were there at the right time, the height of the tide was too low so we didn’t see it. You can hear the warning sirens when the tide is on its way in as the estuary can be dangerous. If you park in Sandscale Haws Nature Reserve car park (on the Barrow Peninsula) you can walk to the lovely Roanhead Beach and dunes next to the Duddon Estuary. You should visit Cartmel too - this is where they make the famous sticky toffee pudding and is a lovely (but busy) village with regular horse racing. We choose serviced pitches so for us the site was great but some non awning pitches were on tarmac and were a little unwelcoming- rather like parking in a car park or lay-by but they’d be fine for an overnight stop. The wardens sell basic items in case you’ve run out of something & you don’t want to drive to Grange. We loved our stay and will definitely return.

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Liz from the Wirral

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Reviewed on 30/07/2022 14:09

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