72 campsites
Every site here is hand-picked for the guide, 594 across the UK.
Beech Estate Campsite
An off-grid, wild-glamping bell-tent site scattered across a 600-acre woodland estate near Battle in East Sussex, so densely wooded you can genuinely get lost here
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Trellyn Woodland Camping
A handful of pitches hidden in 16 acres of reclaimed Pembrokeshire woodland, blurring the line between camping and glamping with private firepits, a wood-fired sauna and pizza nights
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Blackberry Wood (Meadow Campsite)
A wooded, gloriously eclectic glamping site in the South East where you can bed down in a double decker bus, a fire engine or a treehouse, with campfires positively encouraged
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Dernwood Farm Campsite
A back-to-nature wild camping and glamping farm in the East Sussex woods, where you trolley your kit through the trees for firepit cooking and home-reared produce
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Deers Glade
A family-run woodland clearing in North Norfolk with commercial-site polish and an independent soul, from pond-side pitches and hot-tub glamping to weekend food trucks around the picnic benches
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Battle Pods & Bells
Pods and bell tents set within 460 acres of ancient High Weald woodland, 75 minutes from London by train, with hosts who still cook you breakfast.
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Big Sky Hideaway Camping Farm
Dave and Em's 15-acre Lincolnshire operation is part rewilded meadow, part social campsite, held together by alpacas, communal fires, and wood-fired pizza.
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Digs in the Wig
Five secluded woodland pitches beneath the Preseli Hills, run by a host who genuinely cares, with a bookable heated pool nobody expects.
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Eden's Nook
A small, owner-run forest retreat near Lake Vyrnwy where Nev and Jayne cook you breakfast and lend you a fire pit for the night.
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Fernwood Glamping (New Forest)
Two-pitch glamping on the New Forest fringe where Rachel turns a field view into a genuinely personal stay.
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Goytree Glamping and Treehouses
Four handcrafted treehouses on an organic Welsh-border farm, built by owners who clearly live this life rather than just sell it.
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Greener Glamping
Two off-grid yurts in Cynwyd Forest, high in the Berwyn Mountains, with Dee Valley views and the North Berwyn Way a couple of hundred metres from your door.
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Hart Lake Escapes
Five individually themed shepherd huts, each with its own wood-fired hot tub on the lake edge, run by Clare and Andrew with the kind of care that earns return visits.
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Into The Sticks
Five-pitch eco-campsite on a 22-acre nature reserve in Pembrokeshire, where Jo and Kev run the kind of place people return to year after year.
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Lickham Bottom Camp
Four privately pitched bell tents in 13 acres of Blackdown Hills AONB woodland, with a host who'll fire up the pizza oven for you.
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Oak & Ash & Thorn in the Cotswolds
120 acres of ancient Cotswolds woodland with named veteran trees, communal fires, and enough space to feel genuinely alone.
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Owley Woods Glamping
Five bell tents in woodland above Cheddar Gorge, run with real warmth by Paula and Matt, for adults who want nature on their doorstep and a comfortable bed.
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Ace Hideaways
Woodland glamping in the Findhorn Valley, where white water rafting begins at the treeline and the evenings end around a communal fire.
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Black Isle Yurts
Hand-built yurts and a geodome in private birch woodland on an 80-acre cliff-top farm, with direct paths to secluded beaches on the Moray Firth.
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Dragonfly Woodland Camping
A 10-pitch woodland site on a Pembrokeshire organic farm where every cleared pitch comes with its own fire pit, shelter, and a real sense of being alone in the trees.
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Bridgewood Camping - Woodland camps
Six acres of ancient Dorset woodland with five secluded pitches, a campfire on every one, and a husband-and-wife team who genuinely care about the place.
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Cilrath Wood Camping
Vehicle-free eco camping on a Grade II Listed Pembrokeshire farm, where pitches sit in ancient woodland and the Preseli Hills fill the horizon.
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Escape Pods
Whole-site-hire woodland glamping in ancient Norfolk pines, with 18 heated pods and a full adventure activity programme on the doorstep.
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Forest Edge
A quietly upgraded woodland campsite on the East Devon AONB fringe, where big pitches, a wood-fired sauna, and a genuinely warm team make it worth coming back to.
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Hammonds Glamping
Ten bell tents in Surrey woodland with a hands-on host, fire pits at every door, and free Hatchlands Park access thrown in.
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Happy Valley Norfolk
A nine-acre woodland valley in North West Norfolk with dark skies certification, individual hot tubs, and the kind of owner care that makes guests book again before they leave.
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Landsker Camping
Seventeen semi-private woodland pitches in the heart of Pembrokeshire, each with its own fire pit and enough tree cover to feel genuinely away from it all.
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Larkhill Tipis and Yurts
Five secluded woodland units on a Carmarthenshire smallholding where the owner remembers your name next time.
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Little Menherion
Three handmade woodland cabins on a Cornish hill, each one distinctly itself, run by owners who clearly love what they've built.
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Little Wold Away Glamping
Four private units in a wooded East Yorkshire corner, each with its own hot tub, fire pit, and an owner who leaves Prosecco on the table.
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Nether Oaks Camping
Tent-only oak woodland in East Suffolk where each pitch gets its own glade, a firepit, and the forest to itself.
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Newbourne Woodlands Campsite
A quiet, adults-only woodland campsite in Suffolk that takes fewer than 20 tents and treats its facilities like a boutique hotel would.
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Nyth Robin Campsite
Owner-built woodland site on the Dyfi Estuary fringe, with named pitches among the trees, wood-fired pizza on Saturdays, and Aberdyfi beach five minutes away.
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Oakhill Ponds
Spring-fed ponds, an 18th-century grotto and genuine Somerset hosts Rob and Amanda make this a rare glamping stay with real soul.
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Peak Pods
Four en-suite pods at the confluence of Lathkill Dale and Bradford Dale, where the walking starts at your door and the owner sends a curated list of what to do next.
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Alpine Grove
A family-run woodland touring park in South Somerset where 8.5 acres of mature oak and beech provide the setting and the heated pool keeps the children happy.
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Celtic Woodland Holidays
Ancient woodland campsite a short walk from Builth Wells market town, with forest tent pitches, a treehouse, pods, and a sauna tucked between the trees.
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Doward Park Campsite
A family-run woodland campsite on top of Great Doward, where the Wye Valley AONB is your back garden and Symonds Yat is a trail-length away.
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Fire and Stars Woodland Camping
Private woodland pitches in the National Forest, each with its own fire pit, plus a wood-fired sauna and cold plunge for when the logs burn low.
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Holistic Woods Wild Campsite
Legal heathland wild camping in Suffolk with open fires, a host who actually shows up, and Sutton Hoo on the doorstep.
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Kitt's Cottage Campsite
A woodland campsite on a 100-acre South Downs estate where every pitch comes with a fire pit and the nearest pub is a 10-minute walk through the trees.
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Knepp Wildland Campsite
Europe's most-watched rewilding estate doubles as a campsite, putting white storks and purple emperor butterflies within eyeshot of your tent.
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Noblewood Camping
Seven acres of private Lakeland woodland with its own ponds, run by Stan and Lynne with the kind of care that makes first-timers want to come back immediately.
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Penhein Glamping
Eight Persian-style canvas tents in Monmouthshire woodland, with views stretching across the valley to the Severn and a lambing season that families will talk about for years.
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Aldridge Hill Camp Site
A genuine New Forest clearing where ponies wander past at breakfast and the stream is the children's entertainment for the week.
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Ashbourne Woods Campsite
Sixty-eight acres of Devon woodland where every pitch gets its own fire pit and the trees do the heavy lifting.
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Blair Drummond Caravan Park
A sheltered walled-garden base in Stirlingshire that puts the Safari Park on your doorstep and Loch Lomond a short drive away.
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Cefn Coed
Seventy-five acres of ancient woodland and meadow within Eryri National Park, at the foot of Cadair Idris, with a path down to the Mawddach Estuary.
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Chiltern Retreat
A 3, 700-acre Chiltern farm with woodland pitches, a fire grate on every pitch, and the kind of spacious layouts that make neighbours feel theoretical.
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Earth Camp
A wooded eco-campsite in the High Weald AONB where wellness sessions, campfires, and a wandering pizza truck share equal billing.
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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.
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Jurassic Airstreams Spa Glamping
Vintage Airstreams and bell tents in Blackdown Hills AONB ancient woodland, with a sauna and hot tub to end the day right.
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Ninham Country Holidays
A well-kept woodland campsite on the Isle of Wight where the long entrance drive signals you've properly arrived somewhere.
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Bluebell Coppice Park
Ten acres of ancient East Sussex woodland where bluebells carpet the floor in spring, the owners know your name, and supper is cooked on site.
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Camp Wight
Ancient semi-natural woodland in West Wight with intentional dark skies, individual tree-framed clearings, and a host who meets you properly on arrival.
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Denny Wood
Ancient New Forest woodland campsite where the ponies wander between the tents and the only facilities are a water tap and waste point.
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Ditchling Camp
Woodland camping in the South Downs with a private fire pit per pitch and a host who genuinely shows up.
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Dreamy Hollow Woodland Campsite & WW1 Trenches
Seven and a half acres of private oak woodland where every pitch has its own fire pit, its own name, and a corner of the canopy to itself.
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Glentress Forest Lodges
A forest base camp for the 7stanes trails, with fire pits, pods, and Peebles town five minutes down the road.
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Hollington Park Glamping
Woodland glamping on the Hampshire-Berkshire border where free-roaming peacocks, ancient oaks, and communal firepits add up to something genuinely characterful.
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Kilvrecht Caravan & Camping
A Forestry and Land Scotland woodland campsite above Loch Rannoch where the Black Wood, stone tent shelters, and a warden who actually shows up make budget camping feel considered.
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Koa Tree Camp
Woodland glamping in North Devon with geodesic domes, a pub on site, and coast-and-countryside views that earn the premium.
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Lampeter Caravan and Camping
A family-run woodland site in the Teifi Valley that earns its place through setting and price, not polish.
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By the Way
The West Highland Way's most practical overnight, in a quiet woodland clearing with a train station 60 metres away.
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Bruces Cave Caravan
A well-run, history-laced estate site in Dumfriesshire where King Robert the Bruce's Cave is a short walk from your pitch.
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Inver Coille
Family-run woodland site with direct Great Glen Way access, sitting four miles from Fort Augustus on the Loch Ness shoreline.
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North Norfolk Camping & Glamping
Lakeside woodland camping in the Norfolk AONB, where swans drift past your pitch and sunsets happen over the water.
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Campsite on Bromyard Downs
Woodland-edged campsite on Bromyard Downs where the walking starts the moment you step off your pitch.
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Embers Polesden Lacey
Bell tents and grass pitches inside a 1, 400-acre National Trust estate in the Surrey Hills, with a fire pit at every pitch and evening pizza on site.
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Bluebell Camp Site
Woodland glamping from a small East Sussex operator who takes fire pits, yurts, and the Bluebell Steam Railway seriously.
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Oakwood Caravan & Camping Park
A modern, well-run base in Cairngorms oak woodland, where you cycle into Aviemore and come back to one of the best campsite showers in Scotland.
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Hill Cottage Woodland Glamping
Three private bell tents in a Suffolk woodland acre, quiet by design and genuinely small-scale enough to feel like your own patch of countryside.
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