Wildlife haven: Campsites in East Anglia

Wild Duck Holiday Park

Compton Hall

• Family-run working farm site six miles from the Norfolk coast
• A 15-minute drive from Holkham Hall; 20 minutes from the beach
• Arrange to meet the animals; pub a short walk away from the site

Wild Luxury Adventure Holidays

Bureside Holiday Park

The Little Wild Wellie Campsite

• Family-friendly tent-only wildlife haven in Norfolk
• A 25-minute drive from Norwich; half an hour from the Norfolk Broads
• Small WWII museum on site; close to Lotus test track

WildWood Canoe Camp

• Wild camping accessed by canoe along the River Bure in Norfolk
• BeWILDerwood Norfolk 15 minutes’ drive; BugzUK and ROARR! 25 minutes
• Forest-floor pitches with a shared campfire; pub half an hour’s walk

Boyce Fen Farm Retreat

• Rural glamping site on a farm near the Norfolk/Cambridgeshire border
• Downham Market and King's Lynn within a half-hour drive
• Smart shepherd's huts with kingsize bed and ensuite shower room

School Barn Farm

Woodland Weekends

• Secluded 'nearly wild' woodland camping on a Suffolk working farm
• A 10-minute drive to Clare; 20 to Lavenham or Bury St Edmunds
• Campfires permitted; walk to local pub in 45 minutes

Horsley Hale Farm

• Luxurious Cambridgeshire glampsite on a private estate near Ely
• Half an hour's drive to Thetford Forest; under an hour to Cambridge
• Ensuite safari lodges with wild swimming, alpaca feeding and a bar

Creeting Caravans

• Friendly adults-only and family-run park with scenic countryside views
• A 15-min train ride from Ipswich and 35 mins' drive to Suffolk coast
• Strolls straight from the site, including Needham Market in 30 minutes

Hopton Holiday Village

Starry Meadow

• Adults-only Norfolk Broads glampsite 15 minutes’ drive from the beach
• Great Yarmouth 25 minutes’ drive; Wroxham 20 minutes
• Rescue donkeys and pigs at the site’s mini-farm; pub 15 minutes’ walk

Suffolk Yurt Holidays

• Peaceful yurt stays in a secluded site surrounded by walking trails
• On the edge of the Suffolk Heaths, a five-minute drive to Woodbridge
• Shared kitchen and firepit; community shop within 15 minutes' walk

Barnside Camping

• Simple, peaceful Norfolk site over 20 acres near North Walsham
• A 10-minute drive to the coast; 20 minutes to The Broads
• Lake on site, with rowing boat for guest use; secure bike storage

Birds and Bees Campsite

• Family-friendly meadow site within half an hour’s drive of the coast
• A 20-minute drive from Aldeburgh and half an hour from Southwold
• The National Cycle Route passes by the farm; campfires are welcome

Pidley Bottom Shepherd's Huts

• Seven-acre smallholding in the Cambridgeshire countryside
• A 45-minute drive from Cambridge; fishing and golf a walk away
• Lots of hands-on activities including collecting eggs or feeding lambs

Peggy's Pasture Campsite

• Friendly and peaceful family-run riverside site just outside Norwich
• A 25-minute drive into the city centre and 45 minutes from the coast
• Kayaking, canoeing and fishing on site; pubs and food shops nearby