Barbecues allowed: Camping sites & Campgrounds in Central England

The Old Passage Inn

• Peaceful dog-friendly site along the Severn Way on the river Severn
• A 20-minute drive to the Cotswolds Way; 30 minutes to Gloucester Docks
• Part of a pub serving food and drinks; picnic benches; barbecues okay

The Oak Inn

• Touring pitches behind a 17th-century village pub in Defford
• A 10-minute drive from Upton upon Severn; 25 minutes from Worcester
• Pub with food, local ales and beer garden; farm shop across the road

Hamperley Hideaways

• Nearly wild site at the foot of The Long Mynd in the Shropshire Hills
• Ten minutes’ drive to Stokesay Castle, and 25 minutes to Ludlow
• Picnic benches, firepits and composting loos; shops 10 minutes’ drive

The Paddock at Hardwick

• Exclusive-use glampsite in a Stottesdon riverside paddock, Shropshire
• Top Adventures and Severn Valley Quad Trekking five minutes’ drive
• Alfresco nature bath; pub 20 minutes walk; farm shop 10 minutes’ drive

Andrew's Field

• Family-run site on the banks of the river Avon
• A mile from Eckington village centre; 15 minutes' drive from Pershore
• Direct river access for launching canoes or kayaks; free fishing

Hardwick Park

• Secluded site on 180 acres of parkland, eight miles from Oxford
• Watersports centre and fishing
• Licensed clubhouse serving meals

The Paddocks Pop-up Campsite

• Simple, peaceful paddock pitches in Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park
• Next door to a donkey sanctuary; five minutes’ drive from the beach
• Village pub a short walk away; barbecues and firepits allowed on site

Home Farm Camping and Caravan Park

The Pound Camping

• The Pound is situated in the heart of the beautiful Wye Valley

Home Ground Camping and Glamping

• Camping in the Cotswolds
• Family Focused
• Wild Camping

The Rag Country Inn

• Pub site with three acres of grounds on the edge of Cannock Chase
• A 15-minute drive from Lichfield and half an hour from Birmingham
• Country inn with real ales, great food, bowling green and bike storage

The Railway Hotel Caravan Site

• Single static caravan in a quiet location just outside Woodhall Spa
• Own mooring for boaters
• Book a beauty treatment in the accompanying hotel

Apperley Court Farm

• Pop-up no-frills campsite overlooking the cricket pitch in Apperley
• A 10-minute drive to Tewkesbury; 20 minutes to Gloucester
• Spacious pitches with campfires allowed and pubs a short walk away

Otters Camping

• Family-friendly, peaceful site on the River Thames near Pangbourne
• Basildon Park 10 minutes' walk away; Oxford 40 minutes' drive
• Stays here get 10% off the price of entry to Beale Park

Trentfield Farm

• Peaceful site on the banks of the River Trent, with free fishing
• A 30-minute drive to Sherwood Forest, Lincoln and Clumber Park
• Great village pub a 10-minute stroll down the riverbank