16 campsites
Every site here is hand-picked for the guide.
Low Greenside Farm Campsite
A beautifully simple handful of pitches in a walled field just east of the Lake District, where camping is done as it used to be but thought through properly
Waterside House Camp Site
A busy family-run working farm undulating along the northern shore of Ullswater below Barton Fell, with spectacular lake views and immaculate underfloor-heated facilities from almost every pitch
Lanefoot Farm
A deceptively large working farm just off the A66 near Braithwaite, where Skiddaw looms over meadow and open fields of wild flowers, fell views and campfires with firewood delivered to your tent
Carrock Pods Lake District Glamping
Three well-considered pods on a working Lake District farm, with direct fell access from the door and genuinely dark skies overhead.
Copy House Hideaway
Three beautifully fitted-out units on the Lancashire-Yorkshire border, where a wood-fired hot tub and views across Pendle Hill make a couples' break genuinely hard to leave.
Lloyds Meadow Glamping
Adults-only lakeside glamping in rural Cheshire, a five-minute walk from a train to Chester and a mile from Delamere Forest.
Hadrian's Wall Country Yurts
Two private Mongolian yurts on the Hadrian's Wall corridor, each with a wood-fired hot tub, a firepit, and a pair of attentive hosts who think of everything.
Black Beck Farm Holiday Caravans
A quietly kept Lake District farm with panoramic fell views, a pub five minutes on foot, and hosts who clearly enjoy having people there.
Eskdale Campsite
A proper Lake District valley base, National Trust, 8 acres of meadow grassland, with Scafell and Esk Pike on your doorstep and two village pubs at the end of the road.
Mains Farm
A family-run working farm in the Eden Valley where the River Eden runs through the site and Lazonby's outdoor pool is a mile and a half up the road.
Meadow Falls
A tidy Dales-edge campsite on the doorstep of Ingleton village, with Ingleborough filling the skyline and the Waterfalls Trail ten minutes on foot.
Low Wray Campsite
National Trust lakeside camping in the Lake District, with woodland pitches, some right on Windermere's shore and Wray Castle on the doorstep.
Blaithwaite House
A 250-acre Cumbrian estate that does proper tent camping alongside glamping pods, a barn bar, and a 25-acre dog-walking wood.
Howbeck Lodge
A working farm on the Cumbria Way where the host still checks in on you, the stream is real, and the Lake District is a stone's throw away.
Burns Farm Caravan Site
A family-run Lake District valley site with Highland cattle, immaculate facilities, and mountain views of Helvellyn, Blencathra and Skiddaw from every pitch.
Inside Out Camping
Yurt glamping on the River Derwent in Borrowdale, where the Lake District does its quietest and most dramatic work.