Fells, Food,
Friendship & Faith
One unforgettable
week
The Bible-centred summer camp in the heart of the Lake District, for 11–17 year olds. Deep study, proper adventure, and friendships that outlast the week.
31 July - 7 August 2027 · Grasmere · 54.4568° N, 3.0194° W
Bearing 000°
11–17Ages welcome
50 yrsRunning since 1975
8 daysUnder canvas
GrasmereLake District
What is Compass Camp
Welcome to Compass Christian Camp, the Bible-centred summer camp based in the heart of the Lake District for 11-17 year olds. So what’s it all about? Well, since 1975 loads of young people have been studying one incredible book, having crazy amounts of fun, learning awesome truths, enjoying plenty of food, being served by passionate leaders, engaging with stretching questions and making great friends!
Here you’ll find all sorts of information about camp ranging from the teaching programme and awesome activities, to what a typical day at camp looks like, including views from past campers. For those wanting to find out more or have a nostalgic look back we’ve links to our Flickr galleries and YouTube videos.
Seven things happen every single year.
- Loads of young people11–17, from all over the UK
- One incredible bookThe Bible, opened together each morning
- Deep studySmall tent groups, real questions
- Much crazy funWide games, evening events, camp fire
- Plenty of foodCooked on site, lots of it
- Passionate leadersVolunteers, DBS-checked and trained
- Great friendshipsThe bit campers talk about all year
Out on the fells
Activities run by qualified instructors.
Being set in the heart of the Lake District, Compass Camps is in the perfect place for some amazing outdoor adventure activities. All campers will take part in three different activities, run by the amazing team at Climb365. Below is just a small snapshot of what we’ve done on camp before.
Gorge Scrambling
Up the river, through the pools, back down again. Wet through, every time.
Climbing & abseiling
Real rock faces on the surrounding crags, roped and instructor-led.
Mountain days
A proper walk with a proper view at the top.
From a camper
News & camp blog
Latest from camp.
Camp 2025 Prayer Diary
We’re just a couple of days away from the start of Compass Camps 2025. We’re really excited, and can’t wait for all the campers to arrive in our brand new venue in Grasmere! We recognise that we can’t do anything without God’s guidance and the work of the Holy Spirit....
Camp 2025 blog
The Grasmere showground has WiFi so we're very hopeful that this year we'll be able to post regular updates on our camp blog. Watch this space!
Grasmere here we come!
We're so excited about our new venue in the beautiful Lakes village of Grasmere, home of William Wordsworth, and the famous Grasmere Gingerbread! Our campsite is the site of the Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show with an expanse of playing fields for camping and games,...
Compass Camp 2025 information
It was reat to see some of you at our Compass Camps 50th Anniversary Celebration. Thank you for your prayers and support for camp over the years, and for this year too. 2025 Compass Camps Theme At our event, we revealed our camp theme for 2025. You’ll soon be able...
Compass Camp blog
It's been an eventful start to camp and everything is going well, but, unfortunately, we don't have internet access at the school so writing the blog each day has proved to be a challenge and we've not been able to upload photos to Flickr. We have posted daily updates...
Saturday – Welcome to Camp: The Adventure Begins!
Today marked the exciting start of our detective-themed youth camp here in the beautiful Lake District! While the leaders were busy preparing for the campers' arrival in the morning, the real action kicked off in the afternoon with a series of fun-filled activities...
Prayer Diary
It's just a week until camp and with so much to do it's easy to concentrate on all the practical arrangements that need to be completed and neglect our spiritual preparation. I certainly find that having a prayer letter and diary to keep alongside my Bible is a great...
Sponsored Sleep-Out: How to donate and raise money!
We're so excited about our 2023 Sponsored Sleep-Out, and we're really grateful for anything you do to help raise money for the work of Compass Camps. There are various ways that you can raise money: Stewardship Event Page This really is the best way to give for...
Compass Camp 2023 Teaching
We're very thankful to God for Ole and his amazing work in preparing and leading our teaching program on Compass Camp. This year Ole put together 7 main talks on the Names of God, looking at the Old Testament revelations by God of His character through the names he...