Crake Trees Manor

4.92 /5 29 reviews

90%

would recommend

Penrith, Cumbria

Aerial of the glamping pods and campsite in the centre of the organic farm

View of the campsite from one of the footpaths in the hills above the farm

Non electric grass campervan pitches in a wild meadow

Non electric grass touring pitches with a level track access

Camping with a private outdoor space with seating, a table and fire pit

Camping pod simple interior with room for two adults and two children

Camping pod interior- benches with comfy mattresses for sleeping and sitting

View of the wildflower meadow that's right outside the door of the glamping pods

The accessible facility block with individual showers and underfloor heating

Individual shower rooms with underfloor heating

Community kitchen area with hot water, kettles, microwave, fridge and freezer

HIGHLY RATED

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4.92 /5

29 reviews

Escape to Crake Trees Manor, in the beautiful northern Yorkshire Dales, with views of the Pennines, the Howgills and the Lake District Fells. Camping pitches are within wildflower meadows, whilst the glamping pods look over the organic fields. The farm rears rare breed grazing cattle and sheep, plus free range pigs. The campsite is peaceful with no pitch parking, yet close to individual heated showers and a community kitchen.

Why you'll love it at Crake Trees Manor

Featured in our 2024 Outstanding Sites list of reliably excellent camping, glamping, and touring sites

Individual shower rooms, community kitchen, and farm cafe and bar with live music during summer

Friendly glamping and camping site on an organic family farm, high in the Yorkshire Dales

Surrounded by peaceful circular walks and challenging cycle trails

About the site

Crake Trees Manor is a friendly glamping and camping site based on a family farm, high in the Yorkshire Dales. The family are passionate about regenerative farming and have created a beautiful farm which is rich in wildlife and enjoys a stunning setting in the Westmorland Dales, not far from the Lake District. It's an area of picturesque river valleys, walking routes and more challenging hills and peaks - yet only 15 minutes drive from the M6 and 30 minutes from Penrith. The acres of wild grasses, spacious wild meadows, and access to quiet footpaths make this the perfect place to recharge your batteries and get back to nature. On clear nights, you'll enjoy incredible dark skies, while farm and wildlife safaris run every Saturday, which can be added as an extra. Camping is on around 30 informal and unallocated pitches, set across three acres of wonderful wildflower meadows. All pitches are non-electric and allow tents up to 3.5m x 5.5m. Campfires are not permitted, but fire pits can be hired from the site subject to availability. Please note these are cash only. Campervans have the choice of four grass or four gravel. Grass pitches are just above the camping pods and have lovely views to the west over the meadows. The gravel pitches are near the farmhouse and face the eastern Pennines and look down over the farm. No electric hook up or waste disposal, but very close to underfloor heated individual shower rooms and the community kitchen The site also has three camping pods. They are extremely spacious, and have electric heating and lights, use of a cool box, a private outdoor area with a picnic table, seating and a fire pit. Perfect for enjoying the sun setting and beautiful views over the farm. Each pod has a sleeping bench for two and space for camp beds. Bring your own bedding. Each pod sleeps up to two adults and two children up to 14 years old. Outside each pod is a private area, with wooden outdoor seating, a table and an optional fire pit BBQ (add as an extra when booking) for cooking on or sitting around as darkness falls. All fuel for the fire pit must be purchased on site. Order breakfast baps (fresh made from the site's own pork and eggs) delivered to guests by quad bike, with veggie/ vegan options available. Dogs are welcome to join you as long as they are kept on a short lead at all times, including when you are at your pitch or pod (add as an extra when booking) No open fires or campfires allowed. Fire pits can be hired from the site and include a fire starter kit. All wood and fuel must be purchased from the site.

"Wonderful location on a working farm with environmentally conscious owners"

Martin B

"We had a great time at this farm. Our kids loved all the animals"

Johannes V

"The atmosphere at the site is welcoming, friendly and peaceful"

Sie C

"The site is wild and gorgeous, with paths cut into the main meadow and spots nicely spaced to pitch"

Rebecca E

"Lovely peaceful site on working farm ... Enjoyed it so much we stayed an extra night"

Elaine B

Crake Trees Manor is open from 01/04 to 31/08.

Facilities and amenities

Accessible facilities

Allow commercial vans

Allow pets on site

Café / restaurant / takeaway

Drinking water

Family friendly

Shop

Showers

Toilets

W.C. disposal

Glamping

Near pub

Peaceful

Site facilities include individual wet rooms with underfloor heating, power shower, toilet, washbasin and mirror. Alongside a recycling centre, there's also a unique outdoor shower which is popular in July and August.

A community kitchen offers hot water, two big sinks, a microwave, kettle, fridge and freezer. The kitchen also has a fun weather chart, what's on updates and lots of local guides and walks leaflets.

Each camping pod also comes with the use of its own cool box.

The Combine Shed Cafe is open five nights of the week during spring and summer, serving stonebaked pizza, flatbreads and burgers using the farm's own homegrown pork and lamb. It also hosts live music nights regularly throughout the summer. The site's licensed Raven Bar has local beers, cider, gin and wine, all at reasonable prices. All are welcome, including children, dogs and locals.

Farmer Mike delivers breakfast baps by quad bike each morning, with vegan and vegetarian options available.

It's just a ten minute stroll to the beautiful village of Crosby Ravensworth, with its community pub. Shap Co-op is a ten minute drive away.

A note from the site themselves...

For over 40 years, we have enjoyed welcoming visitors to the farm. Our family, Laura, William and India have grown up with the ever-changing mix of cultures, accents and adventure that visitors bring with them. So the years go by, children grow up, and we now have grandchildren.

We live right at the centre of the farm in a converted Westmorland field barn, traditional in its setting. Our farm is an ecological mix of agriculture and tourism, now known as an Agritourism business.

The farm is also part of the Higher Level Country Stewardship scheme. With a herd of grazing Belted Galloways, pasture-fed sheep, free-range breeding pigs and hens. We grow barley and oats, and harvest our native grassland into hay. We have not used artificial fertiliser or insecticide sprays for over 18 years. We sow fields of wild bird mix and have 12 ponds that sweep down through the farm.

You will find our campsite amongst wild grasses and flowers, the glamping pods look towards the sunset hills, there is space to wander, so much wildlife to see, plus a sky full of stars to light your walk to the shower, once darkness falls. Crake Trees is our home, our farm, our business, our whole life really...... Ruth and Mike

Map and address

Park address

Crake Trees Manor,

Crosby Ravensworth, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 3JG

Coordinates

54.5335, -2.5937 | NY 61 15

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Crake Trees Manor is ideal for...

Couples

Older children (13+)

Peace and quiet

Young children

There are 34 accommodation options on-site

Bookable pitches and accommodation options

5 x Grass Pitches (One Person)

Max 1 people

Non electric grass pitches are set within a large three acre field. Suitable for one person in a small tent. Choose your own pitch and park your car in the parking area. Shared facilities are nearby.

20 x Grass Pitches (Two People)

Max 2 people

Non electric grass pitches are set within a large three acre field. Suitable for two people in a tent. Choose your own pitch and park your car in the parking area. Shared facilities are nearby.

4 x Wild Meadow Grass Pitches (Family)

Max 5 people

Non electric grass pitches are set within a large three acre field. Suitable for up to up to two adults and three children in a tent. Choose your own pitch and park your car in the parking area. Shared facilities are nearby.

2 x Non Electric Grass Campervan Pitches

Max 2 people

Spacious grass pitches without electric for campervans only.

Crake Trees Manor reviews

4.92 /5

29 reviews

90%

would recommend

Overall

4.92

Location

4.97

Value for money

4.93

Service

4.93

Facilities

4.79

Cleanliness

4.97

Stay here to get some peace and quiet

Recommends site

Alex H

Medium Tent - Grass Pitches (Two People)May 2025

Nice and quiet site, clean toilets and showers, convenient kitchen area and plenty of space for tents. Really liked it here, will probably return at some point and stay in one of the huts.

Lakes experience

Recommends site

Katrina M

Camping Pod - Camping Pods (Dog Friendly)Aug 2024

Great location, run by friendly hosts. Pods were spacious and comfortable with private outdoor area with fire pit, which made for very picturesque evenings!

Trying to be too many things at once!

Helena O

Small Tent - Grass Pitches (Two People)Aug 2024

We stayed for 4 nights at the start of August. The campsite was lovely and the shower blocks and kitchen facilities were great. However, there were a few things that occurred during our stay that we weren't expecting. Firstly, the advice in the booking email said not to bring many perishables, however, this is unrealistic when camping. As we found out during our stay, this is because they have free roaming pigs and sheep in the same field as the tents. This is a lovely idea in principle however, not very practical considering when you camp, you want to bring your own food and have it close to where you're sleeping. Secondly, owners of the campsite were friendly and keen to help and provide advice on what they thought we should do with our time whilst on holiday. However, this was always done at our tent side this sometimes making it feel like an invasion of our privacy. As lovely as this was, we felt slightly judged when we said we were going to Windermere to go kayaking as they likened this to Blackpool. Nonetheless we went to Windermere and had a lovely day. Finally, we travelled up from London to the Lakes to seek a peaceful and quiet getaway and we figured as Crake Manor Farm sells itself as 'peaceful grassland meadow' that this would fit the bill. However, on the Saturday evening in a barn conversion on the campsite, we were met with a loud Ibiza classics night. It was lovely to see the local community and other campers getting involved and having such a nice time in a lovely setting. However, the music was quite loud until 10:30pm and extremely close to the tents, which meant trying to fall asleep after a long days walking was less than ideal. Overall a lovely place to stay however, worth checking the schedule if you wish to avoid a noisy Saturday night camping! Thanks!

Site's response

Ahh, I now know who these 2 girls are now. Well it sounds like they had a great time. Firstly, everyone has information emailed regarding "what's on" at Crake Trees. All visitors are prompted to look at our Instagram posts to really see what we are up to (free range pigs, working farm, cumbrian friendliness, country music) so you were amply informed, girls. Secondly, they pitched their tent actually on a public footpath that goes along a short stretch of the campsite. Also, everyone going to the shower blocks or wandering round the 5 acre camping field had to walk right past their tent. I personally asked them if they really wanted to pitch in that particular place, when the rest of the campsite has more private pitches, they said "no thanks, we love it here." Well obviously, they were girls who enjoyed loud noise, beating music and crowds (Windermere in August). As above, all visitors have full access to information. The live music which we have in the Combine Shed (not a converted barn) each weekend in July and August plays from 7:30 to 10pm. All is finished for quiet time which is from 10:30pm. But, you know what, we are so joyful having a campsite and glamping site busy and full of happy families, couples and single travellers. Two very glum and haughty people maybe just made a poor holiday choice, and that's a real pity.

Site tariff

FAQ

What time is check-in/out at Crake Trees Manor?

Check-in is from 3pm-9pm and you must vacate your pitch or glamping accommodation by 10am on your final day.

Are BBQs/campfires allowed at Crake Trees Manor?

Raised BBQs are welcome, as long as they don't damage the grass. Firepits are available to hire.

Is Crake Trees Manor dog-friendly?

Yes, four-legged friends are welcome to join you on your stay, with one dog allowed per pitch or pod. Please keep your dog on the lead, there are plenty of dog walks nearby.

Is there a cafe at Crake Trees Manor?

Yes, there is a farm kitchen which is open five nights a week during spring and summer, serving stonebaked pizza, flatbreads and burgers.

Can I bring an awning, pup tent, or gazebo to Crake Trees Manor?

A porch awning and pup tent are welcome on the touring pitches for a small extra fee. A gazebo is welcome on tent pitches for an extra charge. Please make sure these are added to your booking if required.

Can I park near my pitch at Crake Trees Manor? Or Is there parking adjacent to the pitch?

Sorry, no parking is available by your pitch, all vehicles must be left in the car park. There is also a 15mph speed limit around the site.

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Things to do on site and in the Penrith area

Visit Brough Castle and Brougham Castle to discover all about the areas famous northern feminist, Lady Anne Clifford. Acorn Bank national trust gardens, orchards, woodland trails and working water mill is nearby and the farm has direct access to self guided walks and cycling trails.

Take a circular route exploring the Dales via the local village, or hike in the footsteps of history along Lady Anne's Way. For those with a bike, there's a wide selection of routes to suit all levels. Haweswater Reservoir is within a half hour and offers an opportunity to explore a vast wilderness that feels remote as time has forgotten.

Walk the many footpaths that strike out or pass through the farms - there are maps and guides to borrow in the community kitchen. From a 10 minute walk to the villages of Crosby Ravensworth or Maulds Meaburn to a whole day trek over the fells past Black Dub where all you will meet is the odd sheep, a lonely curlew, a flock of skylark or an indignant grouse.

Remember your dog must be on a short lead when on the fells, or through agricultural land.

Other attractions nearby include:

Lowther Castle and Gardens - 100's of acres of wilderness and formal gardens with the Wild Castle experience that is unique to the north. Perfect for a meet up or just loose yourself for the day (20 minutes)
Brougham Castle - A great place to bike to or explore this informal and wild castle on the side of the busy A66. A favourite home of Lady Anne Clifford, its all secret stairways and wide open courtyards. English Heritage (25 minutes)
Penrith Castle and Penrith town - Officially the best town to live in and around in the northwest with lots of indie shops, local cafes and bars, a great cinema plus lots of car charging points (30 minutes)
Penrith and Eden Museum - Small independent museum that is fascinating and full of Penrith history (30 minutes)
Ullswater Lake - Canoe, paddleboard, play ducks and drakes, take afternoon tea at one of the lakeside hotels or wander the footpaths looking for daffodils (40 minutes)
National Trust properties - The closest is just 10 minutes away or a 30 minute bike ride. Acorn Bank with extensive apple orchards, an important physic garden, ponds full of rare newts and footpaths through the woods to the tiny farmyard and watermill. Or Sizergh Castle near Kendal, combine your trip with Levens hall, two ancient and fascinating estates within a mile of each other.

The listing for Crake Trees Manor was last updated on June 11th, 2025 at 7:10 PM

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