Tents are back! Time Out's essential guide to camping

Where to camp in the UK

Finding a decent campsite in the UK can be an arduous task. Unless it’s an all-singing Butlins-esque affair, recommendations are usually gleaned from word of mouth. Here’s a few favourites, most of which allow open fires.

Beeches Farm
No frills, just a toilet block, sinks and a expansive, undulating field overlooking Offa’s Dyke. Collect firewood from the wood at the bottom of the site on your way back from the pub. Cost is just £2.50 a night – there’s an honesty jar inside the farmhouse door.
Beeches Farm, Miss Graces Lane, Tidenham Chase, Chepstow, Gwent NP16 7LZ (01291 689 257).

Pool Bridge Campsite
A Somerset gem within easy reach of great beaches and Exmoor National Park.
Pool Bridge Campsite, Porlock, Somerset, TA24 8JS (01643 862 521/www.porlock.co.uk). From £5 per night.

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Folly Farm Cotswold Camping
Wake up with chickens clucking outside your tent. Remember to bring 50p pieces for the hot showers.
Folly Farm Cotswold Camping, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, GL54 3BY (01451 820 285/07906 990 434/www.cotswoldcamping.net). From £6.50 per night.

Red Squirrel Campsite Glencoe
Mountains, lakes, streams and woodland on your doorstep. What more could you ask for?
Red Squirrel Campsite Glencoe, Argyll, PH49 4HX (01855 811 256/www.redsquirrelcampsite.com). From £5.50 per night.

Fisherground Campsite
At this Cumbrian site you can practise cooking on the campfire, while the kids make friends at the on-site adventure playground.
Fisherground Campsite, Eskdale, Cumbria, CA19 1TF (01946 723 349/www.fishergroundcampsite.co.uk). From £4 per night.

Noongallas Campsite
Pretty, secluded, idyllic, this overlooks Mounts Bay and is a short drive from Penzance.
Noongallas Campsite, Gulval, Penzance, Cornwall, TR20 8YR (01736 366 698/ www.chycor.co.uk). From £4 per night.

Tom’s Field
The best campsite in Dorset and within striking distance of the Jurassic Coast. Tents and camper vans only, though – no caravans.
Tom’s Field, Tom’s Field Rd, Langton Matravers, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 3HN (01929 427 110/www.tomsfieldcamping.co.uk). From £7.50 per night.

Kennexstone Camping & Touring Park
This campsite is on a working organic farm on the Gower peninsula, South West Wales, with over 20 beaches nearby.
Kennexstone Camping & Touring Park, Llangennith, Gower, Swansea, SA3 1HS (01792 391 296/www.gowercamping.co.uk). From £10 per night.

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