Local History

Creation of The Viewpoint

Wainright Charity Fundraiser David Jackson and Daniel Holder help raise £20,444.00 for Cancer Research UK

Northern Lights spectacular above Castlerigg Hall

85th anniversary of the Jackson family being at Castlerigg Hall

Park achieves AA Platinum award

AA Service Excellence Rose award winner

The park was connected to the mains sewage

Lockdown 2
A Stone Circle was built in front of the Hexpods

Cumbria Tourism Holiday and Glamping Park award winner.

Teas, coffee, toasties and cake available from Castlerigg Gallery.

Rebrand to Castlerigg Hall Caravan – Camping – Glamping.

Building of Hex Pods.

Castlerigg Hall used as TV location for ‘5 Celebrities Go Caravanning’.

Food at Jiggers closed down.

Inspire Pod opened.

AA North West Campsite of the Year.

Pod toilet / touring caravan toilet block refurbished and extended.

Castle Pods sited.

Cumbria Tourism Holiday Park award winner.

DJ meets the Queen as Chairman of Keswick Tourism Association to co-present Silver Jubilee gift.

First hot dog shower in the Lake District installed at Castlerigg Hall.

Tour of Britain first comes to Castlerigg.

Castlerigg Gallery opened. On site of former cedar shed in Derwent Holiday Camp.
Jubilee celebration at Castlerigg Hall.

Castlerigg Hall Caravan Park used as TV location for ITV programme ‘Love Life’.

New substation and electric supply.

First Camping Pods sited in main tent field.

Cumbria Tourism Caravan and Holiday Park winner. Visit England NW regional winner.

Food at Jiggers restaurant opened. Games Room closed and becomes Campers Kitchen.

Thought to be the first Lake District Campsite to install a ground source heat pump to heat shower and toilet facilities. 

Practical Caravan top 100 campsite regional winner.

Millennium project completed. Features include new showers toilets, Campers Kitchen, Laundry, Bathroom, Games Room and Sitting Room.

Brochure used for first website.

Rebrand. John Jackson’s sketch and old English font is updated with the style from a coaster bought by Betty Jackson.

Between 1990 and 1992 the first touring caravan electric hook-ups were installed.

New toilet building constructed by David Jackson and Allan Carruthers in camp field.

The original site shop / reception serving hatch is converted by John and David to a dedicated reception and the new shop in the cow byre is opened.

David Jackson together with wife Jill and mother Betty take on running the park.

Dormitory buildings from Preston erected in the Derwent Holiday Camp.

Middle toilet block completion.

Lower terraces developed.

Start of the creation of terraces built by John Jackson.

John and Betty Jackson purchase Castlerigg Hall and together with Laura begin to create a caravan and camping park at Castlerigg Hall Farm whilst providing dinner bed and breakfast in the farmhouse.

William and Laura Jackson become tenants of Castlerigg Hall Farm.

A few memories of Castlerigg Hall days from Prof. J Michaell Bedford.
View Letter

Following the beheading of her husband in the Tower of London Lady Derwentwater escapes her home on Lords Island, Derwentwater. Folklore suggests escaping via ‘Lady’s Rake’ on Walla Crag. We suggest wouldn’t it have been easier to use the now mainly lost track that leads through Great Wood and on to Castlerigg. Did she use the ‘secret room’ at Castlerigg Hall to make her escape, we wonder…?

Early documents refer to Castlerigg as Castaryg.

Sir John Bankes born at Castlerigg. Attorney General and Chief Justice to King Charles I.

Roman Fort constructed at Castlerigg. Nothing now visible. Rediscovered?

Castlerigg Hall close to the magnificent Castlerigg Stone Circle, a Neolithic Circle believed to be among the earliest in the country. Experience this awe-inspiring site positioned perfectly to offer breathtaking 360-degree views.