Visitor Reviews - Riverside Tourer Park
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Rose Garth
Millhouse
Hesket New Market
Caldbeck
Cumbria (Browse area)
CA7 8HR See Map
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Tel: 016974 78571
Pitches: 11
Open: 1st Feb. To 30th Nov.
Rating: 
9/10 from 30 Reviews
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| Date of Visit: September 2010 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Michael1 |
1 review from this member |
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Third visit this year, no kids, no noise, adequate facilities kept spotless by owners, great for exploring the North Lakes and not to far from the tourist spots. Easy payment system when you arrive, select a pitch get organised, put the kettle on, pop your payment in the envelope, no waiting. If you are looking for a small site that offers all of the above plus friendly owners this is the place. Good eating places nearby at Hesket New Market and Caldbeck.Easy to find from the M6 motorway, John's sandwich boards at the various road junctions ensure you wont get lost
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| Date of Visit: September 2010 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Thetailwaggers |
3 reviews from this member |
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It is a very friendly site, good size pitches, and everyone getting on although it is split into 2 defined areas, one for CC Certified Location and one for anybody not in the CC. Both parts have the same facilities (basic).
The toilet and showers I will explain in detail, the toilet is a wooden shed with 1 toilet bowl for male and female, with a sink, a few books on a shelf and the envelopes for your payment which you fill in and post in the box outside the loo. The shower is another wooden hut exactly the same as the toilet one but without the sink, I must say these facilities are spotlessly clean and warm.
There is a small dog walking area within the site and a public footpath immediately outside for the more energetic dog.
The area is in a perfect location for lakes and two of the best pubs I have visited recently both the oddfellows and the old crown serve good food reasonably priced with very friendly service indeed.
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| Date of Visit: September 2010 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Dot P |
230 reviews from this member |
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Fabulous site - very quiet and tranquil. Lots of space between pitches, we stayed on Millrace and a lovely view down to the river.
One toilet and one shower on each of the small sites. Both are in what are in fact garden sheds - but don't let that put you off. Absolutely spotless and kitted out very well and homely.
The owners sell frozen chilli and lasagne and although we didn't purchase night be good as no pub or shop close by.
Some nice walked near the site - not too strenuous. The village of Hesketh Market is picture postcard pretty - pub and its own brewery.
Overall a lovely site and we would stay again.
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| Date of Visit: September 2010 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Jacky4me |
39 reviews from this member |
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Although I agree with most of the other reviews for this site I would like to add that it is in fact 2 sites, one being the CC club, so although it is in a peaceful tranquil area there is a lot of comings and goings of campers cars/vans etc. Because there is only one way in and out and that runs right through the CC site. So the Millacre site campers (11 pitches when full) have to drive/walk past you when coming and going. I also noticed that on several occasions that although there are separate toilets and showers on each site, that when the Millacre one was busy (and with 11 pitches occupied was very often) the campers from there came and used the CC facilities making them out of bounds quite often!
As for the 'sheds' that house the shared male/female toilet and shower, I found that although these were surface clean when I began cleaning the shower after I used it it was in fact grimy around the edges and under the shower mat. Owner's comment: The Showers and Toilets are given the main clean late evening (Dusk) just before bed time, and only given a quick 5 minute check in the morning in the middle of the busy time. If there was slime under the shower mat, it was because of the person that used it before her. Unfortunately I can-not be there to clean up after each individual user.
As with the other reviews I found it very unusual not to be met by the owners and to post our money in a box on site. They also mowed the grass from 6pm till 8pm which I found a bit disturbing. Owner's comment: The Grass is normally mowed late morning if it is dry enough, and only in extreme circumstances mowed late in the day, during a dry slot if the weather has been wet for a long period of time. The payment system has been in operation since 1997 when we opened the site. It is a unique idea which saves the client wasted time looking for an office and allows them to get onto their pitch as soon as they arrive.
Summing up this site I would agree that it is in a tranquil setting, but I personally would have liked a more personal touch and think the toilets and showers need updating!
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| Date of Visit: June 2010 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: DJFW |
12 reviews from this member |
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As others have mentioned, this is a lovely, tranquil site. The access road from the M6 was very good and yet the road leading the last few yards to the site was very quiet, so there was no problem with road noise.
The pitches were of good size; we were able to pitch caravan awning and car on the space provided. The pitches were well defined with little hedges.
The postal payment system was a bit weird. Other people have mentioned the personal qualities of the owners, but my wife and I found that because of this 'remote' system you might never meet the owners, or know who they were! We did, but only because one day we spent more time actually on the site and saw them emptying bins etc. And we recognised their photograph from one of the notice boards.
The walk along the quiet road to Hesket Newmarket was pleasant and the Old Crown pub there had very reasonably priced cask ales from its own brewery round the back.
We managed to see some red squirrels, which was one of the highlights of the holiday for me. The first one we saw was at Mungrisdale and was due to a very kind lady guessing that we were on the lookout for some and inviting us into her garden, where one was feeding from a feeder!
A friendly fellow camper had mentioned Mungrisdale as a good place to see them (it also has a nice pub) and then when we got back to the site, we saw one also at one of the feeders. There are a number of feeders dotted around the site, both for birds and squirrels.
The site could perhaps have done with an extra toilet and shower, but a light went on outside when each was being used, so at least you could look before venturing over!
The only other negative thing to say was the owners' policy of insisting that we pay for the Friday night of the bank holiday weekend, even though we were trying to book Sat to Sat. What made it worse was that having made a fuss about being full for all three nights of the bank holiday weekend we arrived on the Friday night to find a number of empty pitches!
The site was handy for Carlisle in one direction and Penrith in the other, which is where one's main shopping would be done. There was a lovely food hall, Cranstons, selling local produce, which was just off J40 on the A592 on the way in to Penrith and is well worth a visit. I don't remember any info about it at the campsite.
The site is well positioned for the more northerly fells, but others would require longer drives, but nothing too taxing.
It was very pleasant to able to sit at one of the picnic tables near the river and listen to the gently running water.
All in all, this was a brilliant site and very good value for money. We've stayed at another adults only site in the Lake District which also didn't have dishwashing facilities and neither did it have as much space on each pitch and yet charged about 5 or 6 pounds more per night! So well done, Riverside. If we're back in the area we'll certainly come here again.
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| Date of Visit: May 2010 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Red Robbo |
4 reviews from this member |
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What a find. Once you get over the toilet 'huts' this site is a gem. It is well looked after, very clean and although there are only 2 toilets and 2 showers they were warm enough on a very cold weekend.
As previous reviews state it isn't that far away from the main lakes areas and within easy driving distance. The walk along the quiet road to Hesketh Newmarket was easy and we saw a deer. Will definitely return and will not use the bigger sites now we've found this.
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