White Cross Bay Holiday Park 
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(lake District)
Ambleside Road
Windermere
Cumbria (Browse area)
LA23 1LF See Map
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Tel: 015395 69835
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Open: 1 March To 14 January
Rating: 
5/10 from 22 Reviews
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| Date of Visit: June 2011 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Alitone |
18 reviews from this member |
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White Cross Bay holiday Park has a few pitches for caravans and tourers but it is mostly focussed on static cararan hire and lodges. Has a large leisure centre and a good pub/ club.
Main down sides are --Price: quite expensive and noise its too near the main road to Windermere so lots of traffic noise.
You can walk to the lakeside to see a few boats and view the lake but its not the best place in Cumbria for walks from the site.
Its also linked to the Fallbarrow site in the centre Windermere which is a better site for being in the centre of things shops pub etc etc.
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| Date of Visit: May 2010 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Cariocaman |
3 reviews from this member |
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First impression of site and locality very pleasing. Good facilities, play area, pool, bar, restaurant and shop. Unfortunately this was short lived and spoiled by the location of the touring pitch. Virtually roadside and with a work yard backing onto the pitch where I was located - not good. Noise from the main road and early morning skip lorries and general working vehicles could be heard 7.30am onwards, forget the lie in!
The toilet and shower block, whilst clean really could do with renovation, not to the standard expected. Oh beware of the basin taps, press and stand back, you will get soaked from the full on pressure!
In my opinion this site does not cater adequately for the motorhome, only 2 fresh water taps away from most plots and no motorhome service drain. A general complaint to management eventually led to an offer being made to re- site us for our 2 remaining nights at their sister site Fallbarrow in Bowness. This was a totally different experience. Choose Fallbarrow every time over White Cross is my advice, slightly dearer but well worth it and is located more conveniently to Bowness and Windermere
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| Date of Visit: July 2009 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Elvirablack |
9 reviews from this member |
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Great site nice location. Friendly helpful staff
My kids enjoyed the pool ect.
Showers smelly and dark no natural light, shower curtains mouldy.
Very nice log cabins near lake edge.
Garage mini-market close by, although site does have its own small shop.
Enjoyed our stay.Dogs and kids loved being next to the lake.
Would stay again.
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| Date of Visit: July 2009 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Kevsue1 |
15 reviews from this member |
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Spent 2 nights here on our way to Scotland. Despite having screw in tent pegs we were unable to get our awning pegs to stay in as the pitches are all hardstanding (there is concrete under the gravel!) After complaining to the staff (who were very friendly) they let us pitch our pup tent (which we secured with the guy ropes tied to logs.!)
The good bits - location, right on the lake. Even our teenagers enjoyed feeding the ducks. It was very peaceful although most of the lodges seemed empty. Good shop, didn't use the pub, but the kids used the pool (although it cost us £10!)
The bad bits - the toilets stank. Whilst they were clean they were not of the standard that we expect for £26 per night. Another customer was complaining whilst I was there. They also ask you for a £20 deposit - for what????? No-one could explain what I was paying a deposit for, Got my money back but it seemed a bit odd.
Would I go back - definitely not in the campervan, but I would love to stay in one of the lodges with a hot tub overlooking the lake :)
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| Date of Visit: July 2009 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Jimmybignuts |
2 reviews from this member |
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This site isn’t really set up for tourers. There are 10-15 spaces in total which are on the main road. It’s not that noisy but if you are looking for peace and quiet then go somewhere else.
It’s handy for a walk to Windermere which is about 2-3 miles away. We didn’t really use the indoor facilities but they looked nice and the staff were extremely friendly and helpful.
I had food poisoning while staying here (nothing to do with site) so I spent a lot of time in the toilet block which is heated and clean enough.
Only one of the toilet stalls has a light. The other stalls didn’t have blown bulbs or broken lights there were just no light fittings at all. As little natural light reaches the male shower block it makes having going for poo at 4am dingey affair.
The two stalls I used I had to push the door with my shoulder to close it. Something I know some of my family members would have struggled with. The shower block was exactly the same with doors and lighting.
This is an OK site but would have expected better toilet / shower facilities for £26 a night.
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| Date of Visit: June 2009 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: PoRL9 |
3 reviews from this member |
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You get the feeling that this site is now more interested in static caravans than touring.
There is nowhere to park while you go in and register (you'll need a £20 deposit), so you end up blocking the main drive because there really is nowhere else.
The touring pitch we were allocated was right next to the main road, tiny (not enough space for caravan + awning + car), and incredibly difficult to get the 'van in an out of (we saw a couple of guys unhitching their vans early, and pulling them the last 50m).
We found it impossible to put in pegs for the awning, so had to use some of the logs used as decorative borders to hold it down.
The bar - although nice - was expensive (six pounds for a pint and a large coke). The restaurant was good food, but similarly expensive. I do recommend the Lakeland breakfast, though!
We didn't use the pool or gym (£5 per person per day), so can't really comment.
Toilets were generally clean, but the showers were very small with nowhere to sit and the shower heads sent the water out in a blob, rather than a spray. My wife tells me that one of the toilet roll holders in the ladies wasn't filled for about three days!
Unfortunately, there was nobody 'policing' for noise, so you ended up putting up with a few late-night revellers on their way home. Speaking of police, a couple of bicycles were stolen while we were there, so make sure they're locked up ok!.
To summarise: a bit disappointing for the money.
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