Touring Caravan Holidays

All of our standard and premium pitches are hardstanding.

The hardstanding pitches are to keep the pitches available and clean throughout the season for you to enjoy your stay at Skelwith Fold.

To check in, please park outside Reception and head inside where our friendly team will help you.

To get to Reception, follow the red road from the park entrance. The barrier will open automatically until 9pm. If you are arriving later than this, please call Reception as soon as possible to make arrangements for your arrival. Reception will be on your left hand side.

Our address at Skelwith Fold is: Skelwith Fold Caravan Park, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0HY.

Check out is at 10am for glamping guests and holiday cottages, and 12 noon for touring pitches on your day of departure.

The availability of an early check in depends on the day. It is more likely to be possible in the low season than the high season, but we cannot guarantee this facility. If you would like to check in early please call us on the day to find out whether we can accommodate you sooner than your regular check in time.

You can check in between 2pm and 9pm.

If you are likely to arrive later, please inform Reception as soon as possible prior to your arrival. We kindly request you plan your journey ahead and not arrive before 2pm.

When checking in, please park outside our reception building, where our friendly team will swiftly check you in and answer any queries you may have.

Reception is open throughout the day from 9am and can be contacted on 015394 32277.

Out of hours our duty warden can be contacted in emergency only on 07513 040186.

Of course, friends and family are more than welcome to visit! We are delighted to welcome new visitors at Skelwith. We ask that all visitors please sign in at Reception on arrival.

Skelwith Fold is a dog friendly park and pets are welcome in most areas, with a maximum of three dogs per touring caravan/motorhome.

Please note however, that dogs may not stay in our glamping units, with the exception of our Wagtail Hideaway which is dog friendly and can host up to two dogs.

Up to two dogs may also stay in both our holiday cottages, No.1 and No.3.

There is a small charge per dog staying with us at Skelwith Fold which helps to maintain the highest standard of stay for both dogs and people staying with us.

Please keep dogs on a short lead under strict control around all touring pitches, holiday homes and glamping units. Dogs may not be left unattended anywhere on the park at any time, including inside your accommodation. Please note that you are responsible for your pets at all time, including cleaning up after them and keeping noise to a minimum to avoid disturbing other guests.

We reserve the right to ask the owner of any dog which causes a nuisance or threat to remove it from the park immediately. We cannot accept any breeds listed under the Dangerous Dogs Act.

We do not reserve particular pitches prior to your arrival so we cannot guarantee you will be able to pitch your caravan near to your friends or family. We advise that you aim to arrive early to maximise your chance of finding a pitch where you most want to stay, no earlier than our 2pm check in time.

You can check in from 2pm to 9pm on the date of your arrival. Please check at Reception. If you believe you may arrive after 9pm please call Reception in advance on 015394 32277 to make arrangements for your arrival.

Please check out by 12 noon on the day of your departure date.

Please contact reception directly on 015394 32277 as a pitch may have to be reserved for you depending on the size of your vehicle.

The maximum unit size we can accommodate at Skelwith Fold is 12m (39ft)  please note if your caravan/motorhome is this size, only our premium pitches could accommodate you and a pitch will be allocated to you on arrival. The largest size we can accommodate on our Standard pitches is 9m (29ft).

Please note that awnings must extend no further than 2.5m (8ft) from the side of your caravan or motorhome.

A £50 deposit is due when making your booking for a touring pitch at Skelwith Fold.

For all glamping  and cottage bookings a 50% deposit of total amount is required.

The balance is due 14 days prior to your booked arrival date.

If your holiday is within the next 14 days, full payment is required at the time of booking.

You can check availability and book online for our touring pitches, glamping and cottage accommodation either on our website, or call us on 015394 32277.

You must be at least 18 to book a holiday at Skelwith Fold. There must be a minimum of one responsible adult staying with each booking.

No persons under 18 years of age may stay in our glamping or cottage accommodations alone or with guests of the same age or under.

Common areas such as Reception and the library are wheelchair accessible.

We have also re-laid many footpaths in our woodland areas to make them more accessible for wheelchairs and pushchairs to allow more people to enjoy the tranquillity of Skelwith Fold.

Find out more about our accessibility.

When checking in, please bring your reservation number, we may ask for further details such as surname, postcode ect. This will help make the process quick and easy.

Please let Reception know as soon as possible if you believe you will arrive after 9pm to enable us to make arrangements to cater for your arrival. Reception can be contacted on 015394 32277.

Touring –

• If you cancel more than 2 weeks prior to your arrival date, we can refund monies already paid.
• If you cancel less than 2 weeks before of your arrival date (up until 12pm), a credit on account will be given for sums already paid. Your credit will expire 12 months from the date of cancellation and cannot be extended.
• If the booking is cancelled after midday on your day of arrival, or you do not arrive to take up your booking, then no refund or credit of any monies paid will be available.
• In the case of refunds and credits or any changes made to your booking within two weeks of arrival or after you have checked in, we will deduct a £15 sum for administration costs per booking.

Glamping & Cottages –

• If you cancel more than 2 weeks prior to your arrival date, we can refund monies already paid.
• If you need to cancel your booking and give us 48 hours or more notice prior to your arrival date, a credit will be given for sums already paid. Credits are only valid for 12 months from the date your booking is cancelled and cannot be extended.
• If the booking is cancelled less than 48 hours prior to your arrival date, or you do not arrive to take up your booking, then no refund or credit of any monies paid will be available.
• In the case of refunds and credits, we will deduct a £50 sum for administration costs.

Our glamping and cottage accommodations all have a hairdryer provided.

For touring customers, our shower blocks have hairdryers available inside which are free to use.

Barbecues are permitted, but we ask that you not place them directly onto the ground, decking or picnic benches as this may cause damage. Please dispose of them responsibly.

Our glamping guests may wish to make use of the sheltered barbecue area located by the Family Hideaway units. Here there are frames built to hold a disposable barbecue tray which you can purchase from our park shop. Please leave this area as you would wish to find it. You may leave the disposable barbecue in the frames at this location for our wardens to dispose of.

If you are staying in the Greenhouse, a full gas BBQ is provided for your use.

Yes, WiFi is available at Skelwith Fold. Look for “Skelwith Fold WiFi” on your device when on the park, and follow the on-screen instructions to get online.

Please note that we are in a rural location and that we cannot always guarantee a WiFi signal.

Complimentary WiFi is available in each of our holiday cottages. See your Welcome pack on arrival for details on how to connect.

We operate a no smoking policy in all buildings and around our play area. We also ask that you not smoke within 15ft of any building entrance.

When smoking around the park, please take care not to smoke too close to fire hazards such as gas canisters, and please remember not to litter.

Smoking and the use of e-cigarettes are prohibited inside any of our glamping units and holiday cottages. Charges may apply if this rule is breached.

By law, you should also be further than 6 metres from the entrance of any building if smoking.

Yes we are! Skelwith Fold is considered one of the best dog friendly caravan sites in Cumbria! We welcome friendly dogs of all shapes and sizes to stay in our award-winning grounds. We have a number of dog friendly facilities, including a doggy shower and plenty of fantastic dog walks nearby both in the grounds of the park and further afield in the Lake District National Park.

We kindly ask that you let us know whether you will be bringing a dog with you at the time of booking (dogs are chargeable). Whilst on park, please keep your furry friends on a lead at all times, we have wildlife in and around the park plus a neighboring Farm. Please pick up any deposits and dispose of them in the bins around the site. We have plenty!

Please note that some of our self catered accommodation do not allow dogs. This includes safari tents, family hideaways and The Greenhouse.

We do have a specific dog friendly hideaway pod called Wagtail and both our holiday cottages accept up to two pets!

Dogs are not allowed in the children’s play area, the office, shop or the toilets and must not be permitted to range freely in the woodland areas. Dogs and cats belonging to visitors, are not allowed on the park.

Skelwith Fold is open this season from 1st March until 16th November 2025. The last evening you can stay at Skelwith Fold for all guests including holiday home owners is Saturday 15th November 2025. The park will reopen for all guests on Sunday 1st March 2026.

All of our pitches in both the Standard and Premium areas are hardstanding and have electricity hook up available if required (this is charged).

Our Premium pitches are larger and also include a picnic bench, a TV aerial plug-in point, fresh Water tap and drainage. Also included with our Premier pitches are free tokens to use the dishwashers (1 token per night provided), which are £1 per use for Standard pitches! Any tokens not used during your stay, please drop back at reception on departure.

We allow a maximum of 6 people and three pets per pitch. Please note, if you bring an additional car there will be an extra charge. Please arrange with reception if you would like to add this to your booking.

We do not reserve particular pitches prior to your arrival so we cannot guarantee you will be able to pitch your caravan near to your friends or family. We advise that you aim to arrive early to maximise your chance of finding a pitch where you most want to stay, no earlier than our 2pm check in time.

Unfortunately, we do not allow fences, barricades, windbreaks, gazebos, dog ‘pens/gates’ and tents of any kind between caravans/motorhomes or campervans. Should any be found, you will be asked to remove them by our team.