Sumners Ponds Fishery & Campsite

A two night stay felt like a whole week I was so relaxed! We booked Old George Shepherds Hut which was so cozy and the veranda over the lake meant we had a lovely place to sit and relax. My husband loved the fishing & the food in the cafe was amazing (only disappointed with the fish and chip van as no vegetarian option & cafe shut Saturday night) and the local pub is fabulous too! We loved our stay so much we came home and booked the next one! Highly recommend Sumners Ponds

Our family have just stayed here for a week, in the safari tent (swallows hide) 🏕 on numerous occasions.
Everything good and friendly staff, lovely clean shower/toilet block. But the tent definitely needs some tlc, mould on the outsides of the tent and a hole. Outside solar lights not working when dark one lying down (broken). Found the saucepans and frying pans a little worn so could do with new ones. Kettle too small. Outside decking worn and with grease stains, same with the outside garden furniture. Little disappointed with the flower bed with dead flowers as not been attended to for a while.
And with now you having a new safari tent it puts a downer on this one. Especially with the price.
Apart from everything, it was a lovely stay, kids enjoyed themselves, beautiful weather.
Definitely will be back again.
Thankyou. 😊

Lovely site with good sized pitches.
Toilet blocks lovely and very clean.
Bluebell is mainly for families, we booked on ribbon as its quieter.
Lovely cafe but my only complaint is it doesn't sell evening meals any longer and it closes at 9pm.
I understood it during covid but they haven't re opened fully.

When rating this site you have to consider your reasons for booking it on the first place. Reasonable for fishing as a number of lakes some suited to serious anglers. Have visited Sumners over a period of 20 yrs. It used to be quiet and a real getaway from it all place but now much more commercialised. In turn however this means better facilities such as clean modern showers, laundry room etc. Nice little cafe but restricted opening hours. Has a children's playground but not much for teens unless they like walking. Nice countryside. OK for short 2 or 3 nighters but couldn't stay longer. As I said it's all about expectations. Nice site that can get busy and not much to do but pleasant surroundings and good for a quick break.

Great site for camping our first time here and would return again.
They have 2 secure areas that you can let just your dog's run free off the lead without them escaping. £5 for 25 minutes
3 lakes for fishing altho not my thing but they look really great

We stayed for 5 days and wish it was longer . Its so relaxing . We stayed in Robins nest it was perfect . Spotlessly clean. Everything we need from bedding .towels . coffee tea and sugar and peace .we will definately be going back again hopefully very soon

A fantastic campsite! We received a warm welcome from the friendly site warden (and her doggo!) who told us everything we'd need for an easy, relaxing stay. The shower/toilet blocks are spotlessly clean, and heated! Very appreciated in winter. Our pitch was easy to find, clean and private enough that we didn't feel overlooked. All campervan facilities i.e. water, waste disposal are easy to find and use. Very peaceful and a lovely place to walk around all the lakes and explore! Super dog friendly too. Highly recommend.

Great place for a retreat from the world, and if you still need to be connected, they have excellent WiFi, Breakfast in the cafe by the lake is hard to beat, and is included in your booking. Wood burners are easy to light and produce more heat than you'll ever need, staff are super friendly, shower and roilet block is clean heated and puts most places I've stayed at to shame. And to top it off my last stay in the shepherd's hut had the added and very welcome Sumner pond cat, Mouse, who is so friendly and will happily keep you company for as long as you like...Best money spent for the quiet and relaxing times we all need