Wildlife haven: Camping sites & Campgrounds in South West England

Twitchen House Holiday Park

Whitecliff Farm

• Family-friendly farm site with sea views, a mile from Swanage beach
• A five-minute drive to Corfe Castle; Sandbanks Ferry 30 minutes
• Wild camping with fresh water, toilets and showers; watersports nearby

Outways Glamping and Camping

• Peaceful family-friendly Cornwall site 10 minutes’ drive from Looe
• East Looe beach 10 minutes’ drive; Eden Project half an hour
• Dog-friendly site with a playground, outdoor games and animal therapy

Home Farm Holiday Centre

Harford Bridge Holiday Park

• Family-run site by the River Tavy in Dartmoor National Park
• River walks, fishing and kayaking within a 20-minute drive
• Shop with fresh bread and local produce; diner van at weekends

Honeymoor Retreat

• Exclusive use of a bell tent with Holdstone Down views in Devon
• Five minutes’ drive to Combe Martin and 20 minutes to Woolacombe
• Pre-erected tent with livestock on the site; shops in Combe Martin

Hartridge Springs

• Bell tents on a boutique glamping site in the Blackdown Hills
• A 35-minute drive to Lyme Regis and Charmouth on the Jurassic Coast
• Site spa with a sauna and hydrotherapy showers; in-tent woodburners

Haye Farm Holidays

• Dog-friendly pop-up site a mile from Lyme Regis, with valley views
• A five-minute drive from the beach, museums and the Cobb harbour
• Watersports, shops, pubs and restaurants within walking distance

Crantock Beach Holiday Park

Bickham Barn

• Wild camping site in a rural setting on an organic farm
• Just outside Kenn village and eight miles from the beach at Dawlish
• Within 15 minutes' drive of both Exeter and Dartmoor National Park

Big Dunk's Valley View Campsite

• Basic farm in the village of St Teath, close to a shop and pub
• Padstow, Port Isaac and Tintagel Castle within a half-hour drive
• Fresh sausages and free-range eggs for sale on site

Haywards Bridge Farm

• Wild camping on the banks of the River Stour in Shillingstone
• A 10-minute drive to Blandford Forum; half an hour to Poole
• Access to the North Dorset Trailway; village pub a 15-minute walk

Hazy Valley Glamping

• Secluded, well-equipped yurts on a ten-acre Devon smallholding
• Exmoor National Park half an hour's drive away; beaches 45 minutes
• Kitchen, private toilet, barbecue and firepit for each yurt

Hemsford Yurt Camp

• Glamping in a scenic rural setting three miles from Totnes
• Accommodation in a quiet three-acre field
• A 15-minute drive from Dartmoor

Wilton Windmill Camping

• Pop-up Wiltshire campsite with views up to a working windmill
• Stonehenge and Avebury both within half an hour's drive
• Easy access from the A338; gastropub five minutes' walk away

Higher Church Meadow Camping

• Small basic grass site on a 400-acre farm a mile from Landrake
• Plymouth, Looe and several beaches within a 20-minute drive
• Spacious pitches with barbecues allowed; pub 20 minutes' walk away

Valley View Touring Park

• Clean, tidy, friendly and small site in southwest Cornwall
• Easy drive to the Eden Project and National Maritime Museum Cornwall
• Toilets, showers and undercover washing-up point on site