Good places to go camping? (within a couple of hours drive)

Good places to go camping? (within a couple of hours drive)

We're planning a camping mission soon and I think we're off to pooley bridge. I haven't been before but my m8 says it's good there.

When do camp site's open? Are they seasonal like a lot of caravan sites are?

Also, is there anywhere else that's good around here? We're gonna buy a few dinghy's so there needs to be some water

all static caravan sites opened first week of march so id guess camp sites are open too

"Finkle Abby" spelt wrong is awesome

Just checked the website.. no decent pictures though

Its still cold

theres loads of places in weardale and its only 45 mins to a hr away, hamsterly forest is good too esp if yr a mountian biker

We're only going to get pissed all night and blast around in the dinghy's It'll probably be freezing but you never know with the weather we've had this week.

finchale is awesome. we built a huge fire at the top and danced around it

Causey arch is decent, they have a rock face climbing wall in the camping area - great fun, but dangerous when drunk

finchale abbey as mentioned is class, i also like chopwell woods for camping being they are scary as fuck, very blair witch.

but if you can arsed for the drive, Northumberland national park esp if you can set the tent up on one of the little islands in Keilder resevoir

Kendal in the lakes

I have a lot of choice now

Are all these places OK with young'ns turning up with their loud music and rowdy antics?

The climbing wall sounds like fun, I love climbing! Is it free?

yeah it is mate free mate, its a natural rock face if you know what i mean not a man made thing. only abuot 35 feet high, but high enough to hurt yourself if your drunk enough

35 feet is massive if it's just a natural rock with no harnesses used or anywhere to clip in . Surely it's not advertised as an actual climbing wall lol. I'd probably boulder it but fuck going to the top

this is it mate

Ah right, so there are clips for belaying. Looks like fun for bouldering, but I dunno if I could trust people to stay at a safe height lol.

Is there a website etc for the camp site/area?

Theres no safe height when theres rocks to hit on the way down

Bouldering it would be pretty safe though. Its all i do when i goto climbing walls.

my missues just joined the new climbing wall in byker she said its unreal

its about a fiver a session but loads of route choice

Is that the bouldering one? Ive seen a picture of one in byker. Tbh nothing will beat sunderland.

http://www.climbnewcastle.com/bykerwall.html