Glamping at The Engine Yard Belvoir Castle

8.7 3 reviews
Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle
5m Bell Tents on platforms
Picnic with a view
Beautiful views
Views from the 5m Bell Tent
Sunset
The Hut
Views from the Shepherds Hut
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  • Glamping site next door to Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire
  • Walking, cycling and fishing right on site in the estate grounds
  • Bar, restaurant and pizzeria; farm shop, café and modern shower block
There’s something really rather special about Glamping at The Engine Yard Belvoir Castle. After all, it’s not every day you holiday right next-door to a castle – and a very famous one at that, for Belvoir Castle has a starring role in the notorious TV drama The Crown. With spectacular Vale of Belvoir views from the camping field, tents are prettily decked in fairy lights and bunting, and come kitted out with a table and benches for alfresco suppers, as well as camping chairs so you can cosy up around the firepit. Once inside your bijou new home, all is snug and welcoming, with rugs, lamps and double bed, and there’s no need to bring bedding or towels as everything is laid on for you. A mini cooking kit is provided too, but the glamping site is right next door to The Engine Yard, a nattily restored complex of estate buildings turned retail village. Here you can sample artisan cocktails at the bar, eat on the gastropub terrace or order a wood-fired pizza takeaway to eat back at base, so you may never get round to doing any actual cooking. Stuff’s always going on at The Engine Yard too, from live-music gigs to farmers’ markets and sales in the indie boutiques. And while you’re there, it would be criminal not to have a mosey around the castle’s ornate apartments and fabulous formal gardens. A round up of facilities on this well-equipped site include a modern utilities block with showers, sink, loos, mirror and a handy changing space in wet rooms, as well as a washing-up area and running water.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 1
Rent a tent 10
Opens

Languages spoken

English

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Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Luxury Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Shop nearby

Type

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Glamping at The Engine Yard Belvoir Castle

The Engine Yard

Belvoir Castle

Belvoir

Leicestershire

England

NG32 1PE

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.89576°N
0.78664°W

Route directions

To access the private glamping car park, drive past Belvoir Castle with it on your right. The site entrance is on the left, just after The Engine Yard.

Nearest transport

Coach
6.1 mi Bus Station
12.7 mi The Wharf
15.5 mi Broad Marsh Bus Station
Rail
3.4 mi Bottesford Rail Station
4.8 mi Elton & Orston Rail Station
6 mi Aslockton Rail Station
Airport
23.2 mi East Midlands Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

You don’t need to go very far for great walks, as there are way-marked trails right across Belvoir Castle’s Capability Brown-designed grounds. Cyclists, there are family routes in the Vale of Belvoir, as well as the hilly and more challenging Redmile Loop. Anglers, bring your rods to try out the fishing lakes on the estate, and there’s a golf course within 20 minutes’ drive. Young kids can run around on the soft play area at Little Jack’s Farm and Garden Centre (10 minutes) as teens stage paintball shoot-outs at Adrenalin Jungle Activity Centre. For more sedate days out, wildlife-lovers might get to see yellowhammers and bats in Muston Meadows National Nature Reserve (10 minutes). There are wonderful display of spring blossom at the National Trust-run Belton House, and you might like to reward yourselves (you are on holiday, after all) with a tasting session at Hanwell Wine Estate (both 25 minutes).
(within 6.2 mi)
Castle, Aquarium, Theme park and Zoo (within 10 mi)

Food and drink

  • The Chequers Pub 1.3 mi
  • The Windmill Inn Pub 1.6 mi
  • The Peacock Inn Pub 1.7 mi
  • The Manners Arms Restaurant 1.7 mi
  • Rutland Arms Pub 1.8 mi
  • The Wheel Pub 2.8 mi
  • Gap Inn Pub 2.9 mi
  • The Anchor Pub 3.1 mi
  • The Geese & Fountain Pub 3.1 mi
  • Spice India Restaurant 3.2 mi

Groceries

  • The Co-operative Food 3.3 mi
  • Costcutter 5.2 mi
  • The Co-operative Food 5.4 mi
  • ALDI 5.6 mi
  • Customer Collection Point 2 5.6 mi
  • Customer Collection Point 1 5.6 mi
  • Downtown Superstore & Boundary Mill 5.7 mi
  • Lincolnshire Co-op 5.9 mi
  • Asda 6 mi
  • Lidl 6.1 mi

Parks and play

  • Japanese Woodland park 0.3 mi
  • Redmile Play Park Playground 1.6 mi
  • Denton Play area Playground 3.3 mi
  • Croxton Park 4.4 mi
  • Millennium Green park 5.6 mi
  • Alexandra Road Play Area park 5.7 mi
  • Bingham Linear Park 6.1 mi

Family days out

  • Belvoir Castle 0.2 mi
  • Naturescape Tea Room Visitor attraction 5.3 mi
  • Fun Farm Theme park 5.7 mi
  • Urban Wolf Axe Throwing Theme park 6.2 mi
  • VR Escape Theme park 6.2 mi
  • Twin Lakes Adventure Park Theme park 8.2 mi
  • Boothby Hall Castle 9.7 mi

Public transport

  • Belvoir Castle 0.06 mi
  • Cobleas 1.2 mi
  • Worthington Lane 1.2 mi
  • Cliff Road 1.3 mi
  • Glebe Farm 1.6 mi
  • Church 1.6 mi
  • School 2.4 mi
  • Church Lane 2.6 mi
  • Village Hall 2.6 mi
  • The Rock 2.8 mi

What’s nearby

  • Belvoir Lower Lake Fishing 0.9 mi
  • Pool One Fishing 4.7 mi
  • Tomo's Pool Fishing 4.7 mi
  • Pool Two Fishing 4.7 mi
  • The George Shopping Centre 6.1 mi

Local services

  • Woolsthorpe Surgery Doctors 1.3 mi
  • Well Pharmacy 3.3 mi
  • Harlaxton Surgery Doctors 4.4 mi
  • Swingbridge Surgery Doctors 5.1 mi
  • Well Pharmacy 5.2 mi
  • Coop Pharmacy 5.2 mi
  • Grantham Supercharger Charging station 5.8 mi
  • Gridserve Charging station 5.8 mi
  • Moto Services Grantham Fuel station 5.8 mi
  • MRH Retail Foston Fuel station 5.9 mi

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Must see

Belvoir Castle 0.2 mi

Belton House 7.7 mi

Woolsthorpe Manor 8.8 mi

Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe 9.9 mi

The Lace Market Centre 15.4 mi

National Trust

Grantham House 6.2 mi

Woolsthorpe Manor 8.8 mi

The Workhouse, Southwell 14.3 mi

Staunton Harold Church 27.9 mi

Clumber Park 28.2 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

BELVOIR CASTLE 0.7 mi

HARLAXTON MANOR 4.8 mi

Harby - Barkestone - Plungar - Harby 4.8 mi

STOKE ROCHFORD HALL 7.3 mi

MARSTON HALL 7.7 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Reviews

8.7

Overall rating from 3 Pitchup.com customers

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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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67% would recommend this site to a friend

67% would stay here again

What customers say

Guests praise the beautiful location, stunning views, and excellent tent and equipment. The site boasts superb, immaculately clean facilities including private bathrooms with good showers and ample free firewood. However, several guests highlighted a significant lack of management attention upon arrival and throughout their stay, with no clear greeting or guidance provided. Some also noted early morning noise from animals and light penetration in the tents.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews. Last updated 05/06/2026

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Arrival date (latest first)

Amazing potential. Terrible mismanagement

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6 out of 10
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Accommodation
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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 David F. 1 review

Bell tent

Liked Location. Views. Tent. Equipment.

Disliked An amazingly beautiful place. So much potential. Great tent and equipment. Really, really lovely. Just zero attention from the management. No one to greet us. No idea where to go. Entry code? Which tent? Where the facilities where. We arrived and pretty much fended for ourselves. Human contact consisted of the manager of the local bistro who ‘managed’ to log in to the booking system and find our tent number. The same for the rest of the week. No one answered the phone, nor the voice and text messages I left. Our stay would have been completely and utterly transformed with a minimum of human contact. Such a shame.

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 John H. 1 review

Bell tent

Liked What was not to like, location, amenities and friendly staff. We had a wonderful time. We will be back.

Disliked There was nothing about our trip we disliked. Brilliant camp site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Absolutely superb, couldn’t wish for better.

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Maja C. 1 review

Bell tent

Liked The facilities within the site as a whole are fantastic, everything you could possibly want/need and more which allows you to pack lighter when you do go. The layout of the site is fantastic, enough privacy between tipi’s (which contain noise to themselves very well). Everything was immaculately presented and clean, clear written signs throughout the site that answer any questions you may have. Bathroom block is immaculate. 7 seperate full bathrooms including an accessible one all containing a shower (good pressure, water takes no time at all to get hot) toilet, sink, mirror and hair dryers attached to the wall (work very well) so no queuing or waiting for one to become free. As much free firewood as you could possibly need, fire lighters and matches provided for you. Very comfy double bed!

Disliked When you first arrive and park, it is a little confusing where to head first as there are tipi tents in both the top field and the bottom field, it’s not until you walk up to each individual tent that you can see what they’re numbered as. Perhaps a poster with a map in the carpark to save having to walk around and possibly disturb other people. Make sure you bring an eye mask to sleep in, as the tents don’t hold any sunlight out once the sun rises in the morning, and ear plugs if you’re a light sleeper like me because the cockerels and pigs make noise early.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Glamping at The Engine Yard Belvoir Castle have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Glamping at The Engine Yard Belvoir Castle dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Glamping at The Engine Yard Belvoir Castle? You don’t need to go very far for great walks, as there are way-marked trails right across Belvoir Castle’s Capability Brown-designed grounds. Cyclists, there are family routes in the Vale of Belvoir, … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Glamping at The Engine Yard Belvoir Castle?
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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