Meathop Fell Club Campsite

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Good for families

overpriced in my opinion

Extremely quiet and peaceful, Clean tidy poorly lit at night though Stopped for two nights midweek cost about £55. Having been touring the Highlands of Scotland staying at club sites as good as if not better for between £32 and £36 for two nights. I was suprised at the price

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jr26400

Motorhomer from Cheshire

Reviewed on 30/08/2015 19:21

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Excellent

Our stay at Meathop Fell was wonderful. The staff were very friendly and helpful with local information in plentiful supply. We visited several places around Windermere and found the welcome in all of the shops and restaurants very good. During our stay we also visited Morecambe to pay our respect to the Eric Morecambe statue. We were informed that the seafront area was worth a visit but not really the town. However, like most seaside resorts, it has become a little run-down, but if you're looking for bargains, the town is worth a visit. The Kings Head pub on the seafront is well worth a visit too, excellent food and drink. Carnforth was the highlight of our visit (the setting for the station scenes in Brief Encounter). Free entry and very friendly, pleasant staff. Altogether a very pleasant stay.

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Caravanner from Cleveland

Reviewed on 30/08/2015 09:35

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Friendly welcome!

I visited this lovely site for the first time earlier this month. There are lots of reasons why this is a good site. For those that like a clean, well maintained site; enjoy the location within the South Lakes; plenty of lovely walks and cycle routes nearby; you will not be disappointed. However, what made this most pleasureable for us, was the helpful, friendly and accommodating approach from the resident wardens. For me, the attitude of the wardens can make or break a holiday, and they certainly made it for us!! I think they deserve a special mention and would recommend this site without hesitation as a result.

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Hitchupandgo12

Reviewed on 26/08/2015 22:22

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Superb. No kids, lovely and quiet

Brilliant site and was lovely and quiet. Toilet facilities are excellent and kept very clean. The pitches are wide and spacious. If you like walking then this is a great site conveniently positioned at the foot of the Lakes. Grange itself is quaint and has enough restaurants/cafes/pubs to keep you occupied. I would go back

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Lazy Brew

Motorhomer from Cumberland

Reviewed on 26/08/2015 17:37

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Tranquility with Superb Facilities, Great Cycling.

We stayed mid August and the site was quite busy. It remained peaceful despite being nearly full. Facilities are very new, spacious, and as usual with the Caravan Club, spotless. There were never any queues for toilets and showers, just an occasional wait for a washing up sink but nothing significant. It is not a particularly good site if you want to walk straight from the site. The walk to Grange-over-Sands is about 3 miles and all on lanes until you get to Grange Promenade. We go for the cycling because from here you can do lovely rides to the north heading into Lakeland. Get a decent OS map to find rides on quiet lanes. Try the lanes following the NCN to Witherslack and then north to Bowland Bridge (pub and also village shop serving coffee and cakes). For a long 35 mile hilly ride you can continue to Winster and Bowness across the ferry on Windermere, back down to Lakeside, Newby Bridge, and lanes to Cartmel and back to Grange. Or for a shorter ride of about 20 miles from Bowland Bridge return down the other side of the valley to Lindale and use the B road back to the site. But you will need a map and be prepared to navigate. The rewards are delightful quiet lanes with wildlife and flowers to die for. Yes, we will go back!

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MartinYvonneCyclists

Motorhomer from North Yorkshire

Reviewed on 21/08/2015 20:24

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Lovely site, peaceful with stunning views

Had a super week at meathop. The site is spacious, peaceful yet still welcoming to families ( of which we were). Staff friendly and helpful with local activities and advice on days out and places to eat. Reception sells essentials and there's a spar and coop in grange which is 10 mins by car. Toilets are immaculate with perfectly laid out large shower cubicles. Pitches are mainly hard standing and top area of the park I would say is best if you go hard standing. We opted for a grass pitch on the mid area which gave us exceptional views over the estuary. Great location for exploring the southern Lake District. We did bike rides, climbed scafelll pike from wast water, drove hard knot pass, a visit to the safari zoo near dalton is definitely recommended-pay the extra £4 to hand feed giraffes and lemurs. A brilliant week, lucky with the weather too. 2 pubs to recommend; hare and hound leven and the pheasant at flookborough. Only reason it's not completely a 5/5 is that due to the age of our children we could have done with a field or area to kick a football / play. There is a nice park for younger children though.

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Frankies family

Reviewed on 21/08/2015 20:02

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Meathop Fell

This is one of my favourite sites to which I am a regular visitor. Facilities are excellent. Good range of food shops in Grange Over Sands. A minor criticism is that the gravel hardstanding pitches are looking tired at the moment.There are weeds growing amongst the gravel and the edges of the pitches are not well defined due to grass growing into the thin gravel covering. People arriving at this site need to arrive after 12noon to avoid meeting people leaving on the narrow access road.

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Reviewed on 20/08/2015 08:44

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Nice & green

We moved to this site for a week after not feeling comfy at Coniston. For us, Meathrop was just the ticket, nice & green, nice & quiet.

The wardens were very nice, and I think their info shed is the best I've used yet. Washroom facilities would be hard to beat too.

I enjoyed the woodland dog walk immediately off site, but I imagine it's a touch muddy in wet weather.

We had a veg curry at the hotel next door on the Wednesday evening, and found it really very good.

Grange, about 5 mins drive from the site, is a lovely Edwardian (I think) town, with a nice promenade looking over the salt marsh, and several very good eateries (see advice in info shed)

We enjoyed the site, but I imagine children may find it not so great if they're not the self entertaining types. Very nice environment though.

We'd go again.

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parrafinpete

Caravanner from Cambridgeshire

Reviewed on 20/08/2015 01:49

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Great site - great cost?

This site is without a doubt a top notch site with superb facilities...but you have to pay for it! Maybe some thought needs to go into the charges, not everyone wishes to use all the facilities so maybe a tiered price structure relevant to individual needs?

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Olmeister6

Caravanner from Lancashire

Reviewed on 19/08/2015 19:13

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Outstanding!

From arrival to departure the experience was to say outstanding! The site was very clean and the toilet and shower block was scrupulously clean, these are the basics and if they impress then hey presto everyone is happy. Meathop is ideally situated and within easy reach of the main tourist areas of the lakes. We had our grandchildren with us on their first holiday in our camper van and a resounding success it was! i will recommend this site to anyone who is interested, p.s the staff aren't half bad either

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carl1958

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Reviewed on 19/08/2015 17:43

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