Moss Thorn
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Very easy access roads for all vehicle types.
The road is fairly busy and not one you would want to walk along during the day but quietens down at night. The CL is quiet overnight.
For walking/dog walk go up to the road, turn right walk along wide verge for 100m to pick up footpath/track signed Moss Rigg.
Gravel pitches with adjacent grass area. 16 amp EHU incl in £16 pn rate which we paid in cash at farmhouse.
Poor Vodafone/O2 signal but Three seemed to work fine.
Friendly owners.
Overall a good value , tidy CL which is a good base for exploring the area which we would be happy to return to.
Everything we wanted
Very easy access from M6, and good wide access on to site. Water, toilet and chemical disposal handy for pitches. Very friendly welcome. It's about 25 minutes drive from Keswick so a good option for the Northern Lake District. Would definitely use again.
Excellent site
When we stayed here we were very pleased with every aspect of site and owner if we are in the area again we will definitely go back
AdventurousDuo
Reviewed on 04/05/2022 19:31
Ideal CL
This CL is ideally located just outside Penrith. It has easy access to the M6, petrol stations and the town centre, yet it is far enough away to be peaceful.
On a working farm, it is fairly basic but has all that you need…a toilet, fresh water, electricity and waste disposal.
We used it on our way to Scotland to break up our journey and we were lucky enough to use it on the way back after our trip was cut short suddenly.
Friendly owners who leave you to your own devices and well worth the pitch fee. Thanks
Great overnighter
We were travelling up to Galloway and never travel more than 3 hours if we can help it. Moss Thorn, 5 miles to the west of Penrith fits this need.
Its roughly 3 miles from the M6 and situated on the approach to the farm. All you need is there and the owners have really suffered this year due to the virus. We had a warm welcome, pitched up and found a puncture on the van. Greenflag were with us within half an hour.
The area was pretty soggy so we were glad of the hardstanding.
Apart from going into Penrith for fuel from Morrisons we didnt do much as the weather was vile.
As staed good overnighter with pleasant owners and plenty to do.
peatman
Reviewed on 04/11/2020 15:02
A RETURN VISIT TWICE
Visited in 2017 for the first time and enjoyed our stay so we thought we would visit again this year.We booked 2weeks in late July & early Aug just as the weather was changing but no worries.A good stay as there is plenty to do in the area. Seeing that we still enjoyed the site we booked another 2 weeks after visiting Scotland on our way back home.The repeat visit went down well so who knows about future travels.
Thank you Mr & Mrs Fisher hope you keep busy.
Spring visit to Moss Thorn
This Cl is easily access being about 3 mls from the M6. It has a wide entrance off the quiet B5288 from Penrith to Greystoke and has 5 H/S pitches, some of them newly laid, with EHU, views over the adjacent fields and a toilet. Although there is no dog walk on the site there's a broad grass verge from the gate for about 100 m to a farm track ideal for walking ones dog(s). Penrith, 3 mls away, has all the usual supermarkets. The site is handy for exploring the northern lakes, being about 8 mls from Ullswater and 15 from Keswick, and Rheged, the Lakeland Heritage Centre is only 4 mls away. At £10 pn this site is a real bargain and we will certainly return.
stopover
3rd time I've been here and still as good as ever. only a couple of minutes from the motorway, petrol stations and supermarket, pitches fairly level, nice view over the fields. great little site
WELL-PLACED AND WELL-KEPT SITE
We stayed at this site for the first two weeks in June and found it easily accessible and easy to find following the instructions in the Club handbook. Ideal centre for exploring the Northern Lakes and the Penrith area and for the M6 to Scotland.
A well-organised farm, with hardstandings marked out and lovely views. . As "townies", we enjoyed watching the grass being cut in the fields and then being piled high in the barns; and a horse being shod - we now have one of the old horse-shoes hanging on our wall at home.
Good pub, the Boot and Shoe, nearby in Greystoke.
Would certainly return.
Handy Stopover
Stayed one night on way back home. Handy for M6. Nice outlook, easy to find good facilities although toilet had run out of soap and paper towels. Would use again. Good value at £10.
AuldFifers
Reviewed on 01/07/2015 21:31