20 campsites
Every site here is hand-picked for the guide.
Bank House Farm Caravan and Camping Park
Two gently undulating fields with the River Manifold meandering around them in the Peak District hamlet of Hulme End, with a perfect pub sharing the site's name between them
Shallow Grange
A warmly-run working farm campsite in the Peak District with rolling Derbyshire Dales views, an on-site fishing pond, and spa-town Buxton the perfect base nearby
Upper Booth Farm Campsite
A limited-pitch working farm campsite in a soaring Peak District valley, sitting right on the Pennine Way where walkers pitch amongst views that wow
Pindale Farm
An outdoors-focused Peak District farm at the end of a winding lane looking out towards Mam Tor, where you can shower in a barn and bunk in a former lead-mine powder house
BrackenXcapes
A family-run nine-acre glamping field near Newark where the activities roster (archery, axe throwing, rifle shooting) is as much the draw as the pods and hot tub.
Chinley Camping
A Peak District smallholding with a wood-fired sauna, proper views, and Henry on hand if your air mattress gives up.
Creekside Family Camping
A working coastal farm on the Lincolnshire shore where the beach is a ten-minute walk, the skies are enormous, and the fire pits are lit most evenings.
Oxton Hill Hideaway
Two ensuite shepherd's huts on an 80-acre equine farm outside Southwell, designed entirely for adults who want quiet, a log burner, and room to think.
Low Farm Touring Park
A quietly immaculate family-run park in South Lincolnshire's flat castle country, with a cafe, bowtop wagons, and pitches spaced far enough apart to actually breathe.
Middleton Top Campsite (Caravan & Camping Club)
A small Derbyshire valley site that sits right at the trailhead for the High Peak Trail, with open views across to Black Rocks and an owner who actually wants to help you make the most of it.
Eye Kettleby Lakes
Adults-only touring and glamping across eight landscaped lakes near Melton Mowbray, run with the kind of operational polish that regulars come back for.
Knotlow Farm
A proper White Peak farm in the heart of the national park, with real cattle, a trail running through the fields, and pods with hot tubs for when you want the views but not the tent.
Laneside Caravan Park
Third-generation family site on the River Noe in the heart of Hope Valley, five minutes' walk from the pub and the Peak District on the doorstep.
Lazy Buzzards
A family-run Lincolnshire base that splits the difference between the coast and the Wolds, with a communal fire pit culture that gets people talking.
Little Oak Campsite
Fifteen-pitch Nottinghamshire field that earns its reputation through a present owner, proper campfires, and room to breathe.
Lincolnshire Lanes
A family-run farm site on the edge of a Lincolnshire conifer wood, with proper pitches, den-building, and enough space for three families to camp side by side.
Lyndon Top
A sprawling, genuinely off-grid lakeside site where you pick your own pitch across open fields and watch ospreys fish Rutland Water from your chair.
Haddon Grove Farm caravan and campsite
A working dairy farm in the Peak District with a private gate onto Lathkill Dale, five fields, and a pizza van that makes evenings easy.
Gunthorpe Camping
A spacious field just across a quiet road from the River Trent, with pubs on the doorstep and cows watching from the fence.
Meadow Lake Glamping
Five individually themed luxury yurts on a Northamptonshire farm, each with its own kitchen, en-suite, and a dining cabin fitted with a wood-burning stove.