Are campfires allowed at Highlands Camping and Caravan Site?

Yes, campfires are allowed in provided fire pits.

Highlands Camping and Caravan Site

Louise's Wye Valley smallholding trades in fresh orchard apples, communal fires, and valley light that earns the drive from anywhere in southern England.

Set above the Wye Valley in Monmouthshire, Highlands is the kind of place that announces itself before you've pitched your tent: a bowl of apples from the orchard, fresh flowers on the table, a wood burner already stocked with logs. Louise runs the site with the attentiveness of someone who chose this life deliberately, and it shows in every small gesture.

The pitch options range from grass camping and caravan bays to a shepherd's hut and a small stone cottage, each with views across the wooded valley. The Wye Valley Walk is walkable from the door, the Forest of Dean is 15 minutes by car, and The Lion's Inn pub is reachable on foot via the trail, a detail guests return to with evident affection. Sunrises over the valley are reportedly worth setting an alarm for.

Facilities are honest and functional: hot showers, flushing toilets, campfires. This is back-to-nature camping in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, not a site that competes on amenity count. Spring arrivals get the bluebell woodland in the adjacent fields. The site sits in Monmouthshire, with Brecon Beacons day-trip range easily achievable from here.

“A genuinely host-led site in the Wye Valley AONB where the landscape does the heavy lifting and Louise handles everything else.”

Why it made the cut

Wye Valley AONB setting with valley views and direct access to the Wye Valley Walk
Owner-present host whose care for guests is tangible, not performative
Communal fires, orchard produce, and a shepherd's hut alongside regular pitches
The Lion's Inn pub is a walk away via the trail

The Feeling

Soulful handmade · Lovingly scruffy · Mixed tempo

Orchard apples on arrivalValley sunrise alarmBluebell spring woodlandPaper map from the hostWye valley walk on the doorstep

Good For

Date
Solo
Family

Best For

Valley views with access to Forest of Dean within 15 minutes
Campfires and back-to-nature camping with shepherd's hut glamping
Walking the Wye Valley Walk directly from the site

In Campr's collections

Soulful handmadeLouise built a hosting practice around small gestures: orchard apples, fresh flowers, a paper map for the walk back, the kind of idiosyncratic care no template can replicate.
Date night campingValley views at sunrise, a shepherd's hut with a wood burner, and a pub walk via the Wye Valley trail make this an unhurried couple's base.
Solo sanctuaryOwner-present, small, and easy to settle into alone, Louise's warmth makes this an approachable solo stop on the Wye Valley Walk.

Facilities

Fire pits

Quick answers

Are campfires allowed at Highlands Camping and Caravan Site?: Yes, campfires are allowed in provided fire pits.
What kind of stays does Highlands Camping and Caravan Site offer?: Tent, Motorhome, in a valley.
Where is Highlands Camping and Caravan Site?: New Mills, Monmouth NP25 4TY, UK.