Low Wray campsite

Ambleside

📍 Ambleside, LA22 0JA

🔌 Nearest public charging: · 1.0 mi (Open Charge Map)

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Direct access to Windermere lakeshore for launching non-powered craft
Wood-fired pizza available on site on certain evenings
Choice of tents, campervan pitches, pods and safari tents
Wray Castle on the doorstep with plenty of walking and cycling nearby
Wildlife spotting on site including otters, deer and barn owls

Low Wray Campsite sits beside Windermere near Ambleside, Cumbria, with direct access to the lakeshore for launching non-powered craft from the beach. You can choose from tents, campervan and motorhome pitches, pods, an accessible furnished cabin, or woodland safari tents, with dogs welcome on many pitches. On site there's a shop, showers, toilets, a play area and laundry facilities, plus wood-fired pizza on certain evenings. Wray Castle is on the doorstep, and the Claife Viewing Station is a level four-mile walk away. The area offers walking and cycling routes toward Hawkshead and Ambleside, with Windermere station around 3.3 miles off and the Millerground Landing beach roughly 2.6 miles away for further lakeside exploring.

How far to…

Claife Viewing Station: 4 miles / fairly level walk
Station: 3.3 miles
Beach: 2.6 miles
The Armitt Museum & Library: 2 miles
Hawkshead Grammar School: 2.5 miles
Windermere Jetty: 3.1 miles

Practical details

Check-in: From 3pm for pitches, 4pm for pods and safari tents
Check-out: By 11am
Open: 13 Feb 2026 - 1 Nov 2026
Minimum stay: 2 nights
Pets: Dogs welcome per pitch
Families: Maximum of four adults per booking

Accommodation on site

Campervans/Motorhomes
Accessible pods

Details taken from the operator's own website on 5 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.

Facilities

✓ Disabled Access
✓ Parking

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🏖️ Nearest beaches

Windermere, Millerground Landing Excellent2.6 mi
Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow Excellent2.7 mi
Coniston Water, Monk Coniston Good4.1 mi

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Staveley 6.5 miles
Burneside 8.9 miles

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