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on-Windermere. Find out more at the Local attractions impressive Visitor Centre at Brockhole. Welcome to 01539 446601 • Forest www.lake-district.gov.uk Visitor Centre Whinlatter Forest Park is England’s only • Ullswater Steamers true mountain forest. Rising to 790 metres Ullswater, referred to as the ‘Dark Lake’, is Borrowdale above sea level with spectacular views of steeped in myth and mystery and linked to the and into Scotland. Arthurian legend. Transport yourself through 01768 778469 time as you set sail on a voyage of discovery Caravan Club Site www.forestry.gov.uk through this spectacular valley. 01768 482229 • Cumberland Pencil Museum www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk Journey through the history of pencil

making, marvel at the world’s longest

pencil and relax in the coffee shop while Activities the kids play. 01768 773626 • Walking www.pencilmuseum.co.uk There are excellent walks in the area, please • Trotters World of Animals ask the wardens for more information. A wildlife park with over 100 species • Cycling from Antelope to Zebra. Keeper The nearest National Cycle Network route to presentations, bird of prey flying displays, this site is Sea to Sea (C2C) – Whitehaven or reptile encounters, indoor heated play Workington to Newcastle or Sunderland. area, café and picnic areas. 01768 776239 www.trottersworld.com Annual Local Events • The Wordsworth Museum • Keswick Jazz Festival – Early May & Art Gallery • Lake District and Take a guided tour of the cottage where Keswick Half Marathon – Early May Wordsworth wrote his best poetry and Get to know your site Cumberland Ale Keswick was his home from 1799 to 1808. The • Mountain Festival – Mid May Museum about life in his time has a Set in National Trust woodland, close to It doesn’t have to be strenuous: there are special exhibition programme. • Keswick Beer Festival – Early June , this is a site to delight forest trails, nature trails, guided walks and 01539 435544 • Keswick Street Theatre – June & July the eye and the heart with the lovely farm walks - the choice is huge. www.wordsworth.org.uk • Keswick Convention – Mid - late July fells soaring up and the wild flowers and • The Lake District • Lake District Summer Music animals at your feet. If the Lakes themselves are the main National Park attraction, Derwentwater is busy with boats Festival – Early- Mid August England’s largest National Park includes There are numerous walks you can take and a marina. and Crummock Derwentwater Trail Fun Run Scafell Pike – England’s highest mountain, • direct from the site, as to appreciate this Water are quieter with only an occasional – Early September Wastwater – its deepest lake, and thriving northern lakes area you need to be on passing rowing boat, and Bassenthwaite also communities like Keswick and Bowness- your feet. merits exploration with its sailing club.

2014 Borrowdale.indd 1-2 22/10/2013 15:17 General site information Reception Services Site Facilities Close by Mail and messages Please do not hang washing lines between Supermarkets Mail and messages are put on the board trees or on the fences. The closest are Booths and the Co-op outside Reception. Outgoing mail: there Recycling in Keswick. are post boxes at the entrance to Manesty Please assist us by making full use of the Cinema Woods and in Grange Village, or mail may facilities situated by the site entrance. be left with the Wardens for collection. In Keswick. Site shop Safety on Site Swimming pool Open at the same times as Reception. Leisure facilities are available at the Lodore Information room Pets Falls Hotel and in Keswick. Open at all times. Leaflets are available Please keep your dog on a lead at all times Tourist Information Centre within the site, and clean up after them. about the many attractions and places of In Keswick at the Moot Hall and in Please exercise dogs off-site, not within the interest that you can visit during your stay. Lake Road. Mobile & public telephones site boundary. Some networks cannot be used on this site. Fire point Public Transport Public telephone – there is a public (to activate alarm/warning) Located at The Keswick/Buttermere bus stops at the telephone adjacent to Reception. all service points. The fire assembly point Site gate. The Borrowdale bus service runs This phone does not accept incoming calls. is outside Reception as shown on the from Keswick to Seatoller and stops at the Site map. Lodore Falls Hotel and Grange Bridge. Tell us what you think… Pitches Places of Worship Visitors If you have any comments or suggestions Please ask your visitors to make themselves C of E, Catholic, Methodist and United Pitch care that could help us to improve this Site, known at Reception when arriving at the Reformed Churches are in the local area. Steel awning pegs are required on this site. please put them in our Visitors’ Comments site. If you are expecting visitors after hours, Motorhome Launch service Book. And if you discover a local pub or please meet them at Reception. If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave There is a regular launch service around restaurant or an interesting place to go, your motorhome sign on display. Vehicles and cycles Derwentwater. The nearest landing stage is tell us about that too! Parents are reminded that children Vacating your pitch at High Brandelhow, which is approximately Site address: Manesty, Keswick, CA12 5UG Grange Village is often very congested and remain their responsibility and 25 minutes walk. Tickets at discount prices Telephone: 01768 777275 we recommend that you leave the site by therefore they should be supervised are available from the Wardens. 11.30am to avoid meeting arriving outfits in at all times, and to ensure that all the narrowest parts of the road. members of their party follow the Barbecues principles of road safety. These are allowed on site but open fires Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, are not. at all times, be used with due regard to TV reception the safety and convenience of others and The EHU bollards have a TV socket for the their speed should not exceed walking booster system. A cable is required which pace (5mph). No cycling is permitted on can be purchased from the site shop. site between the hours of dusk and dawn, Electric Hook-up as determined by the Wardens. Any one- The costs of electricity are included in your way system signs should be observed by all pitch fee, but please help us minimise our vehicles and cycles. Foot pedalled cycles, effect on the environment by considering scooters and skateboards can be used, but your electricity use while on site. Also any must not be ridden on footpaths. Please saving could help to reduce pitch fees or note that motorised mobility scooters are help towards investments in new sites or allowed on site, but children’s motorised redevelopments. scooters or skateboards are not.

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