East Midlands•Northamptonshire•51.988° N, 1.114° W

Featherbed

A working strawberry farm in rural Northamptonshire where Pete and Isobel have built two quietly extraordinary glamping spots, one with a wood-fired bathtub under open sky.

Featherbed Court sits on nine acres outside the village of Mixbury, near Brackley, and the draw is uncomplicated: private, owner-present, unhurried. Pete and Isobel run a real strawberry farm here, and guests get the run of the grounds alongside it. Hares turn up in the car park. You can pick strawberries from the source.

There are two options. The Hat's Hut is a shepherd's hut with a compact double bed, a well-equipped kitchen, a shower and toilet, and a private garden with a fire pit and a basket of logs included. The Luna Tent is the bolder pitch: a spacious canvas shelter with warm bedding and a wood-fired outdoor bathtub that puts you at eye level with the sunset over the fields. Both are genuinely private; no one is walking past your pitch.

The wider setting is countryside rather than coast or moor, so the scenery isn't the sole reason to come. The reason to come is the intimacy of the place itself: hosts who offer farm tours and mean it, accommodation built around the experience of being somewhere rather than just sleeping somewhere, and a pace that makes it easy to fully stop. Bicester North is 16 minutes by car if you're arriving by train.

Before you book

Two units only, so availability is limited at weekends; book well ahead for summer and bank holidays.

“A small, owner-led glamping farm with real character and the kind of care that shows in every detail. The wood-fired bathtub at sunset alone justifies the booking.”

Why it made the cut

Genuinely private accommodation with no shared pitch exposure
Hands-on hosts (Pete and Isobel) who give farm tours and treat guests as guests rather than transactions
Wood-fired outdoor bathtub on the Luna Tent is a rare, well-executed feature
Working strawberry farm gives the site a real identity beyond the glamping kit

The Feeling

Quietly glamorous · Soulful handmade · Solitary tempo

Wood fired bath at sunsetStrawberry farm morningsHares in the car parkPaddock and horses

Good For

Date
Solo

Best For

Highly-rated rural retreat with 5-star Google reviews
Convenient access to Bicester North station (16 minutes drive)
Peaceful countryside location near Brackley

In Campr's collections

Glamping at its bestTwo carefully designed units on a working strawberry farm, with a wood-fired outdoor bathtub that makes the Luna Tent one of the more memorable glamping experiences in the East Midlands.
Date night campingCompletely private pitches, owner-present but unobtrusive, with a fire pit and a wood-fired bathtub. Built for two people who want to actually disconnect.
Farm fields properPete and Isobel's nine-acre strawberry farm in rural Northamptonshire, where guests get farm tours and a real sense of how the land works.