The Wanderlust guide to the best of camping in the UK
Rain or shine, camping in the British Isles is always an adventure. Here’s your guide to getting your trip off to the best possible start
Don’t let that dodgy family camping trip you went on one wet summer put you off for life. Like you, camping in the UK has grown up and can be as sophisticated – or as wild – as you want it to be.
Here’s your guide to the many faces of camping in the UK – and your chance to fall in love with canvas all over again.
The coolest campsites
Camping is cool. So much so that Cool Places, the arbitrators of all things cool in travel, have put together a list of the UK’s coolest campsites.
Not specific enough for you? Luckily, the good folk behind the Cool Camping guides love a good list as well and present their 10 coolest campsites in England and 7 coolest in Scotland. Not to be outdone, the coolest camper in Wales, Katherine Price, nominates 7 campsites in Wales that are pretty chilled as well.
More information
The UK’s coolest campsites – Cool Places
Top 10 Cool campsites in England – Cool Camping
Scotland’s 7 coolest campsites – Cool Camping
7 hidden campsites in Wales – Katherine Price
Go wild
How do you enjoy all the best of camping without the crowds? The answer is wild camping, and Wanderlust magazine editor Phoebe Smith is regarded as one of the UK’s leading experts on the subject.
The premise is simple: choose your area, pack your tent and head into the landscape, map in hand for a night (or several) out under the stars. Phoebe reveals all in her article on how to sleep wild. And has also put together a helpful list of the dos and don’ts of wild camping.
Still need convincing? Then check out Alastair Humphreys’ blog extolling the joys of wild camping and why it beats staying in a five star hotel every time.
More information
Extreme sleeps: how to wild camp – Phoebe Smith
The dos and don’ts of wild camping – Phoebe Smith
In praise of wild camping – Alastair Humphreys
