Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
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Enjoy the delights of the beautiful Ecclesbourne Valley. Step on board one of the heritage steam or diesel trains for a ...
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Why stay here ...
Nestled within an attractive pine plantation, Carsington Water Club Campsite in Ashbourne is beautifully landscaped, with pitches in open clearings separated by trees. This gives the Derbyshire caravan park residents privacy and quiet which many appreciate during the busy summer months. Improvements to the toilet block and facilities, including a new drying room, were undertaken in recent years.
Carsington Reservoir, a major attraction in the area, is conveniently adjacent to the Carsington Water Club Campsite. A mere 15 minutes walk will bring you to its great selection of leisure facilities including fishing, sailing, windsurfing and a children's playground. The caravan site is also an excellent base for walkers and cyclists wishing to explore the beautiful scenery of Dovedale and the surrounding countryside. The local villages, all with excellent pubs and restaurants offering hearty food, are within two to three miles. As you travel around the region exploring, look out for examples of Derbyshire's home grown art - "Well Dressing" - which happens in many villages from May to September.
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Directions
Please only use these recommended directions for the final approach and not sat nav, as this will navigate you to the rear entrance. Please do not attempt narrow route from Kirk Ireton, or use A52 from west due to steep gradients. Turn left off the A517 (Ashbourne – Belper) in Hulland Ward at the signpost to Carsington Water into Dog Lane. In 0.75 mile at the crossroads turn right at the brown signpost to Carsington Water. The site is on the right in 1 mile.
Sites key:
- Postcode:
- DE6 3JL
- GPS:
- Lat 53.04414 / Lon -1.62705
- Plan a route to this site
- OS field ref:
- SK250497
- OS map ref:
- 119
- Handbook map ref:
- H7
Transport links
- Bus stop within 1 mile
- Buses go to: Ashbourne and Matlock
- Car hire on site
- Daily public Transport within 1 mile
- Nearest park and ride: Derby
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One of our favourite sites... only a couple of niggles
Carsington Water Club Campsite
We love this site. All the pitches lie within a Scots Pine plantation and the smell and feel of the place makes you feel like you're 'wild-camping' rather than staying on a formal campsite. There are lovely views of the nearby Carsington Water from one side of the site and an easy walk to the visitors' centre by the lake. Facilities on-site are very modern and and spotlessly clean. The wardens are welcoming, helpful and fiendly and the site is ideal for exploring the surrounding Peak District. There is a nice dog-walk from the site and a good Fish & Chip van visits on Wed evenings and Pizza on Sat nights.
Our only 'niggles' are that the hard-standing pitches here are badly in need of a refurbishment with most of them gradually returning to nature. In the majority of them you cannot tell where the grass ends and the pitch begins, they are so overgrown.
The other 'niggle' applies to all CAMC sites, and that is their failure to reinstate shower curtains in the toilet blocks now that Covid restrictions have been lifted.
Come on CAMC; do your job and fix these things!
Beautiful location
Carsington Water Club Campsite
This is a beautiful location and very convenient for visiting the villages, towns and interesting sites in the area. Very friendly staff and well kept site and facilities. Food vans currently visit Friday and Saturday evening.
Lots of walks directly from site - including a nice woodland walk that circles the park.
It’s a short walk to Carsington Water where there is a cafe, play area and some water sports. Lots of places to eat nearby. We walked to The Red Lion for lunch and the food was really good.
We will definitely return as there is a lot to see and do in the area. Worth researching as we discovered a number of events happening - Hidden Gardens open days, village fairs and discounted tickets for Ecclesbourne Steam Railway.
Friendly and helpful staff
Carsington Water Club Campsite
We arrived at the camp site on Wednesday, found an appropriate pitch and started setting up the caravan and various utilities i.e. electricity, gas & water. However after filling the aqua roll we found to our dismay that the water pump had decided not to work. To our surprise and delight one of the staff on site kindly said that he had a spare water pump, the same make as ours, and that we could borrow it for the duration of our stay. This act of kindness meant that we could enjoy our break as planned and avoid the need to go out searching for a replacement. A new pump has subsequently been ordered on our return home.
This is the second time we have stayed here and have always found the site and facilities to be clean, tidy and well looked after. An excellent location to explore the various towns and attractions.
Few days away
Carsington Water Club Campsite
Stayed at Carsington water for four nights . A absolute gem of a site . Lovely facilities, hot water all the time in the shower. Great dog walk around the site and plenty of walks straight off the site . All the staff were very friendly and knowledgeable. Will be returning as soon as we can
excellent stay
Carsington Water Club Campsite
excellent stay, site was safe and clean, facilities extremely well cleaned and plentyful, site staff very helpful and polite, some very sunny pitches, easy access to carsington water / reservoir for cycle / walk. Chippy wagon visited whilst we stayed, site also advertised other days and other types of takeaways that visit the site car park. Information center full of useful leaflets and info.
Site contact details
- Telephone:
- 01335 370903
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