Out and about Local attractions •Levens Hall Elizabethan mansion and world famous Welcome to •Lakeside and Haverthwaite topiary gardens designed by M Beaumont in Steam Railway 1694, fountain garden and buttery, licensed The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway restaurant and gift shop. is 3.5 miles of preserved Furness Railway, 015395 60321 running steam trains from Haverthwaite www.levenshall.co.uk Meathop Fell through the picturesque Leven Valley at the •The Lake District National Park southern end of Windermere. England’s largest National Park includes 015395 31594 Scafell Pike – England’s highest mountain, Caravan Club Site www.lakesiderailway.co.uk Wastwater – its deepest lake, and thriving •Holker Hall and Gardens communities like Keswick and Bowness-on- Fascinating historic house where the Windermere. Find out more at the impressive elegance and loveliness of the Victorian era Visitor Centre at Brockhole. combine with the warmth and welcome of a 01539 724555 much-loved family home. www.lake-district.gov.uk 015395 58328 www.holker.co.uk Activities •Lancaster Castle Lancaster Castle is one of the most •Cycling historically interesting buildings in Regional Route 20 passes the site and is the Lancashire. Its beginnings date back to Walney Island to Whitby cycle route, a coast Roman times and, from its commanding to coast adventure. position overlooking Lancaster and the River Lune, it stood as a bastion against •Walking the marauding forces of Picts and Scots. The Cumbria Coastal Path. 01524 64998 •Tourer Explorer www.lancastercastle.com Tourer Explorer is available on this site - ask at •RSPB Leighton Moss reception for your activity booklet! Get to know your site Nature Reserve Visit nature trails to see wildlife, browse Local events the RSPB shop and visitor centre and Gentle and peaceful, this thoughtfully laid from the hugely popular festival at Holker enjoy a meal in the café. •Holker Festival – June. out site is divided into separate pitching Hall, to the bustling Edwardian festival in the 01524 701601 areas, punctuated by shrubs and grass. Park Gardens in Grange. – May, July and August www.rspb.org.uk •Cartmel Races This is an ideal place to explore North The site is 15 miles from Windermere and •Prom Art – through the summer in Grange Lancashire and the Southern Lake District. •The Laurel & Hardy Museum 22 miles from Coniston, with all that they •Coniston Water Festival – July The World’s largest collection of Laurel and Three miles from Grange-over-Sands, a offer in water-based activities. Kendal, a Kendal Festival – September Hardy memorabilia, covering every aspect • fashionable Edwardian resort, which has market town is only 10 miles away, for of their lives. Also a free film show. •Arnside to Kents Bank – guided retained a unique character and charm of shops and restaurants. 01229 582292 walks with the Queen’s Guide at various its own. There are events to meet all tastes www.laurel-and-hardy.co.uk times through the year. General site information Lakeland Radio: 100.1FM . Reception services Safety on site Close by Wi-Fi Mail and messages Wi-fi internet access is available on this site. Pets Supermarkets Mail and messages are put on the board This can be purchased online. Please keep your dog on a lead at all times The closest are Spar and the Co-op in at reception. Electric hook-up on the pitching areas and roads within the Grange-over-Sands about 3 miles from the Site shop The costs of electricity are included in your site, and clean up after them. Dogs can be site. Asda, Booths and Morrisons are all in walked off-site in the area outside the site Open at the same times as reception. The pitch fee, but please help us minimise our Kendal, about 10 miles from the site. entrance. Dog bins are provided on site. shop sells Aqua Kem, Aqua Rinse, Gas, effect on the environment by considering Cinema maps, ice cream, TV cables, sweets, milk, your electricity use while on site. Also any Fire point The Royalty in Bowness on Windermere, newspapers and a few groceries. saving could help to reduce pitch fees or (to activate alarm/warning) Located at the about 15 miles from the site. help towards investments in new sites or toilet block near the site office and on Tel: 015394 43364. Information room redevelopments. Open at all times. The information room is service points. Swimming pool adjacent to the visitors car park. Leaflets are Site facilities Vehicles and cycles In Kendal Leisure Centre. available about the many attractions and Parents are reminded that children Tourist Information Centres Please see the site map for locations of the places of interest that you can visit during remain their responsibility and therefore In Grange-over-Sands. your stay. amenity blocks. they should be supervised at all times, and to ensure that all members of their Public transport Mobile & public telephones Toilets and showers Buses and train station in Grange-over- Some mobile phones do not work in the The toilet blocks are closed for cleaning at party follow the principles of road safety. Sands 3 miles away. Train service to Arnside, area. There is a public telephone located in the following times: Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, Lancaster and Barrow. No public transport the information room. Please note that this Gents: 10.30am - 11.15 noon. at all times, be used with due regard to directly from site. phone does not accept incoming calls. Ladies: 11.00am - 12.00pm. the safety and convenience of others and There is a baby and toddler bathroom. Keys their speed should not exceed walking pace Places of worship Pitches are available from Reception. Please ensure (5mph). No cycling is permitted on site C of E, Methodist and Roman Catholic Site terrain that children are supervised by an adult at between the hours of dusk and dawn, as Churches are in Grange-over-Sands. Part sloping. all times. The disabled toilet and shower determined by the Wardens. Any one-way system signs should be observed by all Pitch care facilities are located opposite the Ladies toilets and are fitted with a Radar lock. vehicles and cycles. Foot pedalled cycles, Please lift awning ground sheets daily if on scooters and skateboards can be used, but grass pitches. Laundry are not allowed on the paved area around Motorhomes Prices for the use of the laundry facilities toilet blocks and communal areas and must If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave are: not be ridden on footpaths. Please note your motorhome sign on display. Washing machine £4.00, Tumble drier that motorised mobility scooters are allowed Vacating your pitch £1.00, Rinse & Spin £1.00 per 15min cycle. on site, but children’s motorised scooters or Washing sinks are also available. Please do skateboards are not. If you wish to stay after 12 noon on your not hang washing lines between trees or on day of departure, please ask at reception. Visitors the fences. Please ask your visitors to make themselves Tell us what you think… Barbecues Recycling facilities known at reception when arriving at the If you have any comments or suggestions These are allowed on site but open fires are On site. site. If you are expecting visitors after hours, that could help us to improve this site, not. Please keep barbecues off the grass. please meet them at reception. Play areas please put them in our Visitors’ Comments TV reception Book. And if you discover a local pub or There is a playground on site. Please ensure You will need an Integrated Digital TV restaurant or an interesting place to go, that children are supervised by an adult at (DTV) or a digital receiver. TV booster point tell us about that too! available on bollards. all times. Site address: Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6RB Radio frequencies Telephone: 01539 532912 Bay Radio: 102.3 FM BBC Radio Cumbria: 96.1FM.