Halse Farm

Halse Farm sits on the edge of Exmoor National Park near Winsford, on a working beef and sheep farm that's been doing this long enough to do it well. Cross the lane at the front gate and you're on a broad green path climbing Winsford Hill, with moorland opening up in every direction. This isn't a site that happens to be near the moors: it's a site whose whole logic is the moors.

Pitches face across grazing fields with views of unspoilt moorland, and the wildlife that comes with it: red deer, Exmoor ponies, the occasional buzzard overhead. Exmoor is also a designated Dark Sky Reserve, so evenings without a phone can end well. Facilities are clean, well-kept, and heated, with electric hookups available for tourers and motorhomes. Most pitches are on sloping ground, so caravan and motorhome guests should bring levelling ramps.

Winsford village is a 10-minute walk through a pretty wood or along the lane: the Royal Oak Inn serves food and the Bridge Cottage Tearooms covers the daytime gap. From here you have easy reach of Tarr Steps, Dulverton, Dunster, the Doone Valley, and the Exmoor Coastal Footpath at Porlock Weir. The owners are family-run and genuinely helpful, and the site keeps things calm: no entertainment programme, no on-site bar, just good access to real countryside.