How much does Five Acres Farm Campsite cost?

Budget pricing. Check the owner's site for current rates.

East Midlands•Derbyshire•53.273° N, 1.722° W

Five Acres Farm Campsite

An open Peak District field with Monsal Trail on the doorstep, clean facilities, and an owner who turns up in the evening with a wagon of wood.

Five Acres Farm sits above Wardlow in the White Peak, a straightforward grass field that earns its place on the Campr list purely through position. The Monsal Trail is two miles away, Monsal Head Viaduct is within easy reach, and Bakewell is a ten-minute drive. Chatsworth House is another ten minutes beyond that. This is not a site you book for what it has on site; it is one you book because of where it sits.

The set-up is honest and uncomplicated. Pick your own pitch across an open field, park beside your tent, and settle in. The site is deliberately basic: no electric hookup, no shop, no bar. What it does have is well-maintained: porter cabin toilet and shower blocks cleaned through the day, consistently hot showers, drinking water taps. The owner does a rounds at early evening, checks you in, and offers kindling and logs from a little wagon. Fires are part of the deal.

At around £20 a pitch, the value is straightforward for the Peak District. The site can get lively on bank holiday weekends, with a sociable atmosphere that comes from an open layout and no set pitches. The 10pm quiet rule is loosely observed at busy periods, so come expecting a campsite with energy rather than a retreat. Outside peak weekends it is markedly quieter.

Before you book

The field slopes in places; flat pitches are easier to find midweek when the site is less full.
The 10pm quiet rule is not consistently enforced on busy bank holiday weekends.

“A no-frills Peak District base with direct access to the Monsal Trail and the kind of honest owner presence that earns its reputation through consistency rather than polish.”

Why it made the cut

Working farm location in the Peak District National Park, within reach of Monsal Trail, Bakewell and Chatsworth
Clean, functional facilities maintained throughout the day, with hot showers reliably reported
Owner-present operation with evening check-in and firewood sales from a wagon
Budget price point for a national park location

The Feeling

Lovingly scruffy · Off grid real · Mixed tempo

Wagon of wood at duskOpen field pick your own pitchPeak district workhorseSheep and horses next door

Good For

Family
Solo
Date

Best For

Walking access to Monsal Trail and Monsal Head Viaduct
Generous grass pitches for tents, motorhomes and small caravans
Peak District countryside near Bakewell and Chatsworth House

In Campr's collections

Farm fields properAn open grass field above Wardlow in the White Peak, run with quiet consistency by a hands-on owner.
Off grid realNo EHU, no shop, no bar, no noise after ten. Bring your own kit and a bag of kindling.

Quick answers

What kind of stays does Five Acres Farm Campsite offer?: Tent, Motorhome, on a farm.
How much does Five Acres Farm Campsite cost?: Budget pricing. Check the owner's site for current rates.
Where is Five Acres Farm Campsite?: Whitehouse farm, Wardlow, Buxton SK17 8RP, UK.