Hill Of Oaks & Blake Holme Caravan Estate
- Proprietor
- Lake District Estates Ltd
- Season
- 1st March to 14th November
- Address
- Tower Wood, Windermere, LA12 8NR
- Location
- MultiMap
- Tel (eve)
- 015395 31578
- Tel (day)
- 015395 31578
Please mention this website when calling. - Fax
- 015395 30431
- enquiries@hillofoaks.co.uk
- Website
- www.hillofoaks.co.uk
- Description
- One of the most idyllic settings in The Lakes.Hill Of Oaks offers exclusive lake frontage. Set in an ancient woodland. It is an ideal location for touring and
motorhome holidays. The Park enjoys a quiet family atmosphere, With a Mile of lake shore, boat launching, and grounds running down to the waters edge,
Hill Of Oaks as a location for your holiday home is second to none.
We are very much family orientated with nature walks and a safe natural play area, The park welcomes Tourers and Motor homes. We also have Lodges and Holiday Homes for sale.
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR AWARDS
5 STAR AWARD.
This Award winning Park rated 5 Stars, by the English Tourism Council, is well laid out with serviced holiday home pitches and an excellent touring area with hardstanding, and screened pitches.
DAVID BELLAMY GOLD AWARD.
The woodland setting provides shelter for wildlife, for which we have achieved David Bellamy Gold Conservation Award.
Our Managers, qualified as Welcome Managers, are on site to look after you and help you enjoy your stay. Many guests return and recommend the Park to friends and family. Touring pitches, Award winning range of facilities including seven TV channels, reception & tourist information centre. Come and see why so many people visit Hill Of Oaks year after year.
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR AWARDS - Other facilities
- Touring pitches £11.00-£21.00...........
Serviced pitches £11.00-24.00..
Bank holidays £26.00.....................................
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WINDERMERE AIRSHOW 2008
July 26th and 27th at the Glebe, Bowness on Windermere. Organised by the Rotary Club of Windermere and supported by the RAF The Airshow 2008 will be a spectacular event with more air displays and ground attractions than ever before. We do not have the flying times yet but on Saturday 26th July we expect the Battle of Britain Flight featuring a Spitfire and a Dakota aircraft. The RAF Search and Rescue Wessex Helicopter, and The Great North Air Ambulance will also be on show, while the main feature will be an aerobatic display by the Yakovlevs Formation Display Team; a group of 4 Aircraft. - Other recreation
- All above are fairly close to park.
We are idealy situated for fishing. Ask about our permits for local fisheries.
boat launch, fishing, sailing and boating with own craft are all on site. - Tourist Attractions
- COME AND VISIT BLAKEHOLME ISLAND, AKA WILD CAT ISLAND FROM SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS.
Lake Windermere is Ransome Territory and is scattered with features which appear in Arthur Ransome's classic children's novel, 'Swallows and Amazons', and also in the BBC film 'Swallows and Amazons'. 'Come on', said Titty, and all that. If you're new to the Lakes, then Windermere is still the perfect starting point. Busy and bustling.
A 'Swallows and Amazons Forever' pilgrimage can take in features on the lake such as Belle Island/aka Long Island, and check out Captain Flint's boat in the Windermere Steamboats & Museum, Blake Holme island (JUST OFF OUR SHORE), aka Wild Cat Island . There's an excellent little Arthur Ransome Lakeland map available from the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry in Kendal, so you can pre-plan your Ransome trail! ==================================================
We have tourist attractions near to the Park including the Aquarium Of the lakes, all aspects of the Lake brought indoors, or try walking through the treetops at GO APE. Lakeside Ferries,
Fell Foot Park were you can hire rowing boats, have tea in the tearooms or picnic.
Not far away is "Lal Ratty" Ravenglass Railway and Ullswater Ferries. Also you could ride into the Lakeside town of Bowness where there is a variety of places to eat, boat hire, shops or a ride on the steamers. - Directions
- Exit Junction 36 on the M6 Motorway and head west on the A590, follow the A590 when it branches left, follow signs for Barrow and Newby Bridge.
Follow the A590 until you reach a roundabout signposted Bowness turn right onto the A592 and we are approximately three miles on the left hand side where you will see a sign for Hill Of Oaks Caravan Park turn left and follow the road down past the Farmhouse until you reach reception by the lakeside where our staff will be happy to help.Phone 015395 31578.
(SAT NAV?) LA12 8NR
By Train:
Getting here by train is also quite simple. Kendal is on the main west coast line and trains run regularly from London Euston and Glasgow Central., alternatively there is a train from Kendal train station (Oxenholme) to Windermere station. It is then just a ten minute taxi ride to the leisurely relaxation of Hill of Oaks.See also: MultiMap
- Special Offers
- WE WILL BE HOSTING A LODGE OPEN DAY ON THE 7-8th March 2009, WITH SPECIAL OFFERS ON THE DAY
PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DETAILS.
We have offers for touring and motorhome pitches starting from £11.00 per night, right on the lake, to include electric, water and sattelite tv point. please ring or e-mail for details.
UNBEATABLE VALUE.
Also for this season 2009 we are continuing our discounted rate for sailboats and canoes.
We now have a facility for taking deposits over the phone by card, and indeed paying by card at the park. Although their is a small charge for using credit cards but not debit cards.
- Facilities
- 43Touring pitches£11.00 - £21.00
- 223Holiday homes (owned)
- 8Chalets (owned)
- 2Chalets (for rent)
- 43Motorhome pitches£11.00 - £21.00
- Electric hook-ups
- Water hook-ups
- Drainage hook-ups£11.00 - £24.00
- LPG stockist
- Serviced pitches
- Sanitary block(s)
- Laundry
- Shop
- Children's play area
- Pets allowed
- Allow rallies
- Disabled access
- Family park
- Designated / private parking
- Visitor parking
- Boat mooring
- Nearby Recreations
- Beach
- Boat Launch
- Cycle Hire
- Fishing
- Golf
- Horse Riding
- Sailing
- Swimming (Indoor)
- Swimming (Outdoor)
- Internet Access
- Snooker/Pool
- Tennis
- Water Sports
- We have been Awarded the "David Bellamy Conservation GOLD Award for our efforts for conservation 2005/06
We also have been awarded "FIVE STAR GRADING" ***** from the English Tourism Council 2005/06
Tourism and Conservation Partnership 2005/06
These details were last updated on Saturday 3 January 2009