Gillside Camping
Gillside Farm camping and Caravan site in Glenridding by Ullswater - surely one of the most beautiful campsites in the Lake District located on a working Lakeland farm. Camping, Bunkhouse, Caravans, Tourers and Holiday Homes available. Pets welcome. (via Wikimedia)
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Glenridding Dodd is a small fell in the English Lake District, at the end of a ridge descending from the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells. It stands above the village of Glenridding and on the western shore of Ullswater. Although small and not of great elevation, its top is a fine viewpoint for Ullswater and for the fells clustered round the valleys above Patterdale.

Sheffield Pike (possibly meaning "the peak above the sheep fold") is a fell in the English Lake District, a prominent intermediate top on one of the eastern ridges of Stybarrow Dodd. It separates and stands high above the Glencoyne and Glenridding valleys, on the eastern side of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells and it looks down onto Ullswater.

Greenside Mine was a successful lead mine in the Lake District of England. Between 1825 and 1961 the mine produced 156,000 long tons of lead and 1,600,000 ounces of silver, from around 2 million tons of ore. During the 1940s it was the largest producer of lead ore in the UK. Unusually for a 19th-century metalliferous mine in Britain there are very full records of its activities, dating back to 182
Aira Force is a waterfall in the English Lake District, in the civil parish of Matterdale and the county of Cumbria. The site of the waterfall is owned by the National Trust.
Aira Force is a waterfall in the English Lake District, in the civil parish of Matterdale and the county of Cumbria. The site of the waterfall is owned by the National Trust.

🛒 Amenities & services
🛒 Groceries
Co-op
- Waterside House Camp Site Shop
- Campsite Shop
🍽️ Food & drink
- Fairlight Cafe & Restaurant
- Low Bridge End Farm Tea Garden
- Ullswater Holiday Park Bar
➕ Medical
- Grasmere Pharmacy
🚰 Drinking water
- Drinking water
🚻 Toilets & showers
- Public toilets
- Showers
🎾 Sports
- Lake District Ski Club
- Platty+
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Good to know
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Where is Gillside Camping located?
Gillside Camping is in Glenridding.
How many pitches does Gillside Camping have?
Gillside Camping has around 60 pitches.
When is Gillside Camping open?
Gillside Camping is open year-round.
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- Gillside Caravan Park
- Side Farm Campsite · Side Farm
- Patterdale Youth Hostel camp site · Patterdale Youth Hostel
- Hartsop Fold Holiday Lodges
- Hartsop Fold
- Sykeside Camping Site