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70 campsites · Coastal
Every site here is hand-picked for the guide, 592 across the UK.





An award-winning North Norfolk site under big skies, where Sioux-style teepees, yurts and shepherd's huts join tent paddocks, with Dalegate Market on the doorstep and dark skies made for stargazing





A sprawling working farm above Cromer on the North Norfolk coast, where generous rolling fields open onto sea views and a ten minute walk drops you into the old seaside town





The most southerly campsite in the UK, an eccentric, characterful and unique Lizard hideaway of gaudily painted buildings, wildflowers and a menagerie that even runs to llamas among the palm trees





A booking-free beach camp metres from the surf on Pembrokeshire's Newgale coast, where you camp all but on the sand and fall asleep to the sea crashing





A premium clifftop holiday park perched above Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower, laying claim to Wales's most iconic view, where you roll out of your tent to a perfect blue bay





A gloriously exposed clifftop campsite in a former WW2 radar station above Treen, Cornwall, where the perfect turquoise beach of Pedn Vounder lies right below





A simple, grown-up clifftop site above St Brides Bay in Pembrokeshire, where you sleep by a big blue ocean with the coastal path and the boat to Skomer right on the doorstep





A clifftop farm campsite just outside St Agnes in Cornwall, with stunning Atlantic headland views, sheltered orchard paddocks, and an old tin mine as a constant reminder of the area's heritage





A flag-flying, family-run site on six acres overlooking St Ives Bay in Cornwall, just 300 metres from Gwithian Beach's golden sand and right beside the South West Coast Path





A small, family-run clifftop site above Watermouth near Combe Martin, cleverly terraced into plateaus so every one of its fifty pitches keeps the perfect view out to sea





Three safari tents on a quiet Rame Peninsula farm, with a host who greets you with Cornish cream tea and a fire pit ready to go.





Eight private-pitch meadow fields above a wooded Carmarthenshire valley, each with its own fire pit, hammock, and bathroom, set between Pendine Sands and Amroth Beach.





Five-pitch eco-farm on the North Cornwall coast with a private ten-minute walk to Mawgan Porth Beach and a host who makes the place.




A family-run North Cornwall site set high above the valley with Atlantic views that earn the name, plus a proper on-site outdoor spa.





Six individually restored units on a North Yorkshire coast farm, each within walking distance of the King Charles III coastal path and Reighton Sands.





A tent-only island campsite on Bryher with Atlantic views west and Tresco Channel east, 28 miles off the Cornish coast.





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.





A working cattle farm on the Aberdeenshire coast where Carole and Mathew take you down to the Moray Firth with their herd, then feed you homemade cake.


A meticulously run eco campsite at the top of Scotland, four miles from John O'Groats, with a converted-bus cafe that rivals anything you'd find down south.




A community-owned Hebridean island campsite where the beach is 50 metres from your pitch and the warden meets the ferry.





A campsite right beside Croyde Bay where the surf is the alarm clock and Biffen's Kitchen is reason enough to stay an extra night.





A tiny, host-led site on the beach at Sanday where Phil cooks breakfast and the bay fills your tent door.




A family-run campsite inside the RSPB's Balranald Nature Reserve on North Uist, with Horseshoe Bay 40 metres from the gate and St Kilda on the horizon at sunset.





A ferry-only island campsite where the wildlife outnumbers the guests and the view west at sunset is the whole point.





A family-run coastal base on the quiet southern tip of Ynys Gybi, with Rhoscolyn beach on the doorstep and Snowdonia lighting up at sunset across the water.




A working croft on the Atlantic edge of North Uist where you pay into an honesty box and wake up to Clachan Sands on your doorstep.





A family-run beachfront campsite on the Stoer peninsula where the pitch is Clachtoll's golden sand and the view stretches to Lewis, Harris, and Skye.





A family-run Cornish base 400m from Crinnis Beach with hedgerow-ringed pitches, a reliable on-site food shack, and staff who actually show up.





Two minutes from Croyde Beach with full bay views across the field, this family-run seasonal site earns its reputation through owner care and a genuinely relaxed coastal atmosphere.





The only campsite on the Isle of Iona: tent-only, family-run, and sitting inside one of the most spiritually charged small islands in Britain.





Gateway to Tentsmuir's four miles of sandy beach, with dolphin sightings, Red Squirrels, and the Fife Coastal Path running past the gate.





A family-run Anglesey tent field where Snowdonia fills the skyline, the owners text you directions before you arrive, and fire pits come free.





A Georgian country house on the Northumberland Heritage Coast, 400 yards from a secluded beach, with hosts who cook proper dinners and know every walk.





Liz's valley campsite on the South West Coast Path: well-spaced pitches, Beesands beach on foot, and the kind of quiet that only arrives when you're truly off the beaten road.





A well-run Cornwall AONB touring site between St Agnes and Perranporth, with the South West Coast Path on your doorstep and obsessively clean facilities.





A compact, owner-run Norfolk coastal site where the Norfolk Coast Path is three fields away and the beach is five minutes on foot.





Family-run site on the Llŷn Peninsula where two beaches, mountain views, and obsessively clean facilities make the walk down the quiet lane worth repeating.





Family-run Pembrokeshire farm with panoramic St Brides Bay views, a 15-minute walk from Druidston Haven beach and directly on the Coast Path.





A laid-back coastal field on the Llŷn Peninsula where the view over Aberdaron Bay does the heavy lifting.





National Trust-managed coastal site above Lansallos Cove, where the South West Coast Path starts at the gate and a 14th-century church stands in the next field.





An architect-designed glamping retreat on a former Cornish slate quarry, where the wild swimming lake, waterfall, and Atlantic views do most of the talking.





A family-run North Devon farm with direct South West Coast Path access, sea views, and Woolacombe Beach on foot.









A 96-acre working farm on Pembrokeshire's westernmost point, where the fields run down to Porthsele Beach and the view opens west toward Ramsey Island.





A 12-acre all-grass site sitting directly behind Black Rock Sands with Snowdonia on the horizon and the beach a short walk through the dunes.





Eleven hardstanding pitches on the Ceredigion coast, with Cardigan Bay dolphins visible from the sea-view touring area and a private beach five minutes down the path.





A working Pembrokeshire farm with Irish Sea views, direct Coastal Path access, and a small pebbly cove a five-minute walk away.





Pembrokeshire coast camping at its most honest: Irish Sea views, direct Coastal Path access, and fire pits for hire from £14 a night.





A quietly run coastal base on the Marloes Peninsula, a short walk from the Coast Path and nine minutes from the Skomer Island ferry.





Fourteen acres of grass and dune at the foot of Rhossili Down, three minutes' walk from one of Britain's finest stretches of sand.



A working waterfront in Pembrokeshire's national park, pitched on the quay wall with the Coast Path on one side and Parrog beach on the other.




At the very tip of the Llyn Peninsula, this working farm campsite earns its place through sheer landscape: Bardsey Island sits offshore, the Wales Coast Path runs from the gate, and the sunsets do the rest.





A family-run Heritage Coast site a mile from Llantwit Major, with shepherd's huts, tent and caravan pitches, and a café that earns its reputation at breakfast.





Clifftop farm campsite above Mounts Bay with three coves in walking distance and a pizza oven the owner built himself.





A working beef and sheep farm on Cardigan Bay where every tent pitch faces the sea and you can fall asleep to waves.





National Trust-run coastal farm on Freshwater West: a 50-pitch site where the surf beach is a 15-minute walk and the Wales Coast Path runs past the gate.



An all-grass coastal site between Barmouth and Harlech with a boardwalk to the beach, mountain views in three directions, and a sauna to end the day.





Solar-powered coastal base on the Northumberland coast, a mile from Boulmer, with an on-site bar, visiting food vendors, and the Coast Path from the gate.





A sand dune separates you from Black Rock Sands, one of North Wales' great beaches, and the pedestrian gate means you're swimming before breakfast.





A restored Hebridean blackhouse anchors one of the most atmospheric campsites in Scotland, deep in the Isle of Harris with views over Loch Stockinish and real dark skies above.





Owner-run mountain-and-sea site at the foot of the Mournes, where grazing sheep share the hedgerows and Frank comes by to take your money.








A 400-acre working organic farm above St Austell Bay, where the view rolls from Daphne Du Maurier countryside down to the lights of Mevagissey.




The Hebrides' honest base camp: a small, owner-run field on the Isle of Tiree with views to Mull and the Treshnish Isles, ten minutes from the sand.





A working farm on the South West Coast Path with Bigbury Beach ten minutes on foot and Geo Dome glamping for those who want the view without the groundsheet.





A hilltop field above Clarach Bay with valley views to the sea, a short walk from the Ceredigion Coast Path and twenty minutes from the beach.




The best campsite view on the North Coast 500 route: a lochside field in Ullapool looking out to the Summer Isles with the Stornoway Ferry passing your pitch.





Rustic, eco-minded camping a five-minute walk from a quiet Cornish beach, with compost loos, solar showers, and communal fires under genuinely dark skies.



A family-run site right on Talmine Bay in remote Sutherland, where the beach is the back garden and the Milky Way is the ceiling.





The walk-in proves the point: Barrisdale is a wilderness campsite on Knoydart's south shore where the mountains do all the talking.





The only campsite on Lundy Island, reached by ferry or helicopter, sitting at the heart of a car-free village in the Bristol Channel.





A conservation farm on the North Norfolk coast with a private pontoon, tidal-creek access, and the Blakeney seals reachable by paddle.