North Lees Campsite

"A great little campsite, just up the road from Hathersage and a short walk up to Stanage Edge. The shower and toilet block are basic, but fine, and the pitching areas are on a slight hill, so drainage is not too bad."

"I love camping here. Absolutely the best place around. Only issue is the newly renovated bathrooms: they're bad. The old ones were great, didn't need changing. There were shelves to put your stuff on, hooks to hang things on, and a rustic, natural brick look to it all. The new ones, all white plastic, no shelves, no hooks (bar one on the back of the door), and no function. The shower curtain is hung so close that the warm air from the shower pulls out inwards so it's constantly sticking to you. The floor floods if you don't have that curtain fixed across the entire space (which most don't it seems, as you always walk into a flooded bathroom). The sealant round the shower tray is already peeling away, so they must have been pretty poor the people who did the work. Would have been better to have left it well alone. But I'm not going to let all that spoil what is always a wonderful camping experience. Staff are friendly and super helpful. Place is always quiet with respectful campers (but I avoid weekends so don't know what they're like). Go stay, you won't regret it"

"North lees is beautiful, tranquil and a home from home for me. But. What have they done to the facilities. Go for the site alone it's worth it, this is a note to national parks UK (if they ever read reviews). The phrase don't fix what isn't broken comes to mind. Since the refurb to the facilities they have essentially broken them. Flooding showers, no shelves or hooks. It's lost all character and is reminiscent to motorway service station toilets. The most insane thing is there are no cold taps so when you brush your teeth you have to use the hot tap. Blehh. It must have been designed by a small child as the outcome is amateur at best. Sort it out national parks UK. The money should have gone into path restoration or something..."

"Fantastic site in a wonderful location. Friendly staff upon arrival. Hidden in the forest setting along some very narrow roads so access and parking was a little difficult but to be expected. Male toilets were a bit smelly and the shower floors were dirty after fellow guests didn't clean up after themselves... Free roaming sheep may come and say hello and are very bold!"

"The site is small, but cosy. The ground isn’t always even, but if you look for the right spots it can be great! They have running water, toilets and a shower. It’s surrounded by beautiful scenery and lots of birds, as well as the occasional frog. What more can you ask for?"