54 campsites
Every site here is hand-picked for the guide, 594 across the UK.
Henry's Campsite
The most southerly campsite in the UK, an eccentric, characterful and unique Lizard hideaway of gaudily painted buildings, wildflowers and a menagerie that even runs to llamas among the palm trees
By the sea
Newgale Camp Site
A booking-free beach camp metres from the surf on Pembrokeshire's Newgale coast, where you camp all but on the sand and fall asleep to the sea crashing
By the sea
Three Cliffs
A premium clifftop holiday park perched above Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower, laying claim to Wales's most iconic view, where you roll out of your tent to a perfect blue bay
By the sea
West Hook Farm
A simple, grown-up clifftop site above St Brides Bay in Pembrokeshire, where you sleep by a big blue ocean with the coastal path and the boat to Skomer right on the doorstep
By the sea
Beacon Cottage Farm
A clifftop farm campsite just outside St Agnes in Cornwall, with stunning Atlantic headland views, sheltered orchard paddocks, and an old tin mine as a constant reminder of the area's heritage
By the sea
Churchtown Farm
A flag-flying, family-run site on six acres overlooking St Ives Bay in Cornwall, just 300 metres from Gwithian Beach's golden sand and right beside the South West Coast Path
By the sea
Coastal Glamping @ Tregantle Farm
Three safari tents on a quiet Rame Peninsula farm, with a host who greets you with Cornish cream tea and a fire pit ready to go.
By the sea
Coastal Meadows Camping
Eight private-pitch meadow fields above a wooded Carmarthenshire valley, each with its own fire pit, hammock, and bathroom, set between Pendine Sands and Amroth Beach.
By the sea
Higher Pendeen Camping
Five-pitch eco-farm on the North Cornwall coast with a private ten-minute walk to Mawgan Porth Beach and a host who makes the place.
By the sea
Atlantic Horizons
A family-run North Cornwall site set high above the valley with Atlantic views that earn the name, plus a proper on-site outdoor spa.
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Bryher Campsite
A tent-only island campsite on Bryher with Atlantic views west and Tresco Channel east, 28 miles off the Cornish coast.
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Ferry View Campsite
A meticulously run eco campsite at the top of Scotland, four miles from John O'Groats, with a converted-bus cafe that rivals anything you'd find down south.
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Gigha Camp and Motorhome Site
A community-owned Hebridean island campsite where the beach is 50 metres from your pitch and the warden meets the ferry.
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Ocean Pitch Campsite
A campsite right beside Croyde Bay where the surf is the alarm clock and Biffen's Kitchen is reason enough to stay an extra night.
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Ayres Rock Hostel & Campsite
A tiny, host-led site on the beach at Sanday where Phil cooks breakfast and the bay fills your tent door.
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Balranald Hebridean Holidays
A family-run campsite inside the RSPB's Balranald Nature Reserve on North Uist, with Horseshoe Bay 40 metres from the gate and St Kilda on the horizon at sunset.
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Cerrig-yr-Adar
A family-run coastal base on the quiet southern tip of Ynys Gybi, with Rhoscolyn beach on the doorstep and Snowdonia lighting up at sunset across the water.
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Clachan Sands Camping Area
A working croft on the Atlantic edge of North Uist where you pay into an honesty box and wake up to Clachan Sands on your doorstep.
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Clachtoll Beach Campsite
A family-run beachfront campsite on the Stoer peninsula where the pitch is Clachtoll's golden sand and the view stretches to Lewis, Harris, and Skye.
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East Crinnis Holiday Camp
A family-run Cornish base 400m from Crinnis Beach with hedgerow-ringed pitches, a reliable on-site food shack, and staff who actually show up.
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Freshwell Camping
Two minutes from Croyde Beach with full bay views across the field, this family-run seasonal site earns its reputation through owner care and a genuinely relaxed coastal atmosphere.
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Iona Campsite
The only campsite on the Isle of Iona: tent-only, family-run, and sitting inside one of the most spiritually charged small islands in Britain.
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Larick Campsite
Gateway to Tentsmuir's four miles of sandy beach, with dolphin sightings, Red Squirrels, and the Fife Coastal Path running past the gate.
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Blue Hills Touring Site
A well-run Cornwall AONB touring site between St Agnes and Perranporth, with the South West Coast Path on your doorstep and obsessively clean facilities.
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Blue Skies Campsite
A compact, owner-run Norfolk coastal site where the Norfolk Coast Path is three fields away and the beach is five minutes on foot.
By the sea
Bolmynydd Camping Park
Family-run site on the Llŷn Peninsula where two beaches, mountain views, and obsessively clean facilities make the walk down the quiet lane worth repeating.
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Druidstone Home Farm
Family-run Pembrokeshire farm with panoramic St Brides Bay views, a 15-minute walk from Druidston Haven beach and directly on the Coast Path.
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Dwyros
A laid-back coastal field on the Llŷn Peninsula where the view over Aberdaron Bay does the heavy lifting.
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Highertown Farm Campsite
National Trust-managed coastal site above Lansallos Cove, where the South West Coast Path starts at the gate and a 14th-century church stands in the next field.
By the sea
KUDHVA Architectural Hideouts
An architect-designed glamping retreat on a former Cornish slate quarry, where the wild swimming lake, waterfall, and Atlantic views do most of the talking.
By the sea
North Morte Farm Caravan & Camping Park
A family-run North Devon farm with direct South West Coast Path access, sea views, and Woolacombe Beach on foot.
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Pencarnan Farm Caravan & Camping Site
A 96-acre working farm on Pembrokeshire's westernmost point, where the fields run down to Porthsele Beach and the view opens west toward Ramsey Island.
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Black Rock Sands Camping & Touring
A 12-acre all-grass site sitting directly behind Black Rock Sands with Snowdonia on the horizon and the beach a short walk through the dunes.
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Cei Bach Country Club
Eleven hardstanding pitches on the Ceredigion coast, with Cardigan Bay dolphins visible from the sea-view touring area and a private beach five minutes down the path.
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Celtic Camping
A working Pembrokeshire farm with Irish Sea views, direct Coastal Path access, and a small pebbly cove a five-minute walk away.
By the sea
Celtic Camping
Pembrokeshire coast camping at its most honest: Irish Sea views, direct Coastal Path access, and fire pits for hire from £14 a night.
By the sea
Hillend Camping Park
Fourteen acres of grass and dune at the foot of Rhossili Down, three minutes' walk from one of Britain's finest stretches of sand.
By the sea
Morawelon Camping and Caravanning
A working waterfront in Pembrokeshire's national park, pitched on the quay wall with the Coast Path on one side and Parrog beach on the other.
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Mynydd Mawr Camping
At the very tip of the Llyn Peninsula, this working farm campsite earns its place through sheer landscape: Bardsey Island sits offshore, the Wales Coast Path runs from the gate, and the sunsets do the rest.
By the sea
Acorn Camping and Caravanning
A family-run Heritage Coast site a mile from Llantwit Major, with shepherd's huts, tent and caravan pitches, and a café that earns its reputation at breakfast.
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Beares Den
Clifftop farm campsite above Mounts Bay with three coves in walking distance and a pizza oven the owner built himself.
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Cae Du Campsite
A working beef and sheep farm on Cardigan Bay where every tent pitch faces the sea and you can fall asleep to waves.
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Gupton Farm
National Trust-run coastal farm on Freshwater West: a 50-pitch site where the surf beach is a 15-minute walk and the Wales Coast Path runs past the gate.
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Bennar Beach Campsite
An all-grass coastal site between Barmouth and Harlech with a boardwalk to the beach, mountain views in three directions, and a sauna to end the day.
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Coast & Castles Camp Site
Solar-powered coastal base on the Northumberland coast, a mile from Boulmer, with an on-site bar, visiting food vendors, and the Coast Path from the gate.
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Glan y Mor Camping Park
A sand dune separates you from Black Rock Sands, one of North Wales' great beaches, and the pedestrian gate means you're swimming before breakfast.
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Lickisto Blackhouse Camping
A restored Hebridean blackhouse anchors one of the most atmospheric campsites in Scotland, deep in the Isle of Harris with views over Loch Stockinish and real dark skies above.
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Mourne Camping
Owner-run mountain-and-sea site at the foot of the Mournes, where grazing sheep share the hedgerows and Frank comes by to take your money.
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Penhale Caravan and Camping Park
A 400-acre working organic farm above St Austell Bay, where the view rolls from Daphne Du Maurier countryside down to the lights of Mevagissey.
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Mount Folly Farm
A working farm on the South West Coast Path with Bigbury Beach ten minutes on foot and Geo Dome glamping for those who want the view without the groundsheet.
By the sea
Broomfield Holiday Park
The best campsite view on the North Coast 500 route: a lochside field in Ullapool looking out to the Summer Isles with the Stornoway Ferry passing your pitch.
By the sea
Cerenety Camp Site
Rustic, eco-minded camping a five-minute walk from a quiet Cornish beach, with compost loos, solar showers, and communal fires under genuinely dark skies.
By the sea
Bayview Campsite
A family-run site right on Talmine Bay in remote Sutherland, where the beach is the back garden and the Milky Way is the ceiling.
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Barrisdale Estate Campsite
The walk-in proves the point: Barrisdale is a wilderness campsite on Knoydart's south shore where the mountains do all the talking.
By the sea