Frunk & Field

The Campsites

We tell you how close each one is to the nearest Supercharger, so you can rest assured: you will always be full in battery, mind and belly.

Hawthorn Farm

28 quiet wooded acres behind Martin Mill station, between the White Cliffs and Deal.

south-east route

South East£24–30⚡ 10 min

Dover (St James) ↗

The Quiet Site

Above Ullswater, with an underground bar.

lakes route

Lake District£30⚡ 10 min

Rheged (Penrith) ↗

Stonehaven Queen Elizabeth Park Campsite

Beside the boating lake two minutes from Stonehaven's beach; harbour fish and chips and a heated seawater lido.

uk-coast route

Aberdeenshire£25–40⚡ 16 min

Aberdeen ↗

Trevarrian Holiday Park

Surf-camp base above Mawgan Porth. Watergate Bay is next door.

cornwall route

Cornwall£25–30⚡ 17 min

Penhale (Fraddon) ↗

Castlerigg Hall

The best campsite view in England, terraced above Derwentwater. Walk to Keswick.

lakes route

Lake District£30⚡ 21 min

Rheged (Penrith) ↗

Ord House Country Park

Parkland on the Tweed at East Ord, a level riverside stroll from Berwick's Elizabethan walls.

uk-coast route

Northumberland£30–45⚡ 22 min

Adderstone ↗

Ayr Holiday Park

Overlooks St Ives harbour, with town, beaches and dinner on foot.

cornwall route

Cornwall£30–40⚡ 23 min

Camborne ↗

Waldegraves Holiday Park

Mersea Island park with its own beach on the Blackwater estuary. Oysters up the lane, tide over the causeway.

uk-coast route

Essex£25–40⚡ 23 min

Colchester (Marks Tey) ↗

Hare and Hounds Campsite

A three acre pub meadow two miles from Rye's cobbles. Dinner is thirty steps from the pitch.

south-east route

South East£29–35⚡ 24 min

Flimwell (A21) ↗

Gwern Gof Isaf Campsite

A working farm field under Tryfan that climbers have camped in for a century.

north-wales route

North Wales£22–25⚡ 26 min

Anglesey (Gaerwen) ↗

Invercoe Caravan & Camping Park

Loch Leven shore at the foot of Glen Coe, the Pap of Glencoe filling the windscreen.

uk-coast route

Highlands£30–40⚡ 27 min

Fort William ↗

Stubcroft Farm Campsite

Sheep-farm paddocks ten minutes' walk from East Wittering beach, with the Witterings' surf next door.

uk-coast route

West Sussex£28–40⚡ 27 min

Portsmouth (Havant) ↗

Three Cliffs Bay Holiday Park

Clifftop park with the definitive Gower view: Three Cliffs Bay below the windscreen. Premium pitches, premium sunset.

south-wales route

South Wales£39–45⚡ 28 min

Swansea (M4 J47) ↗

Tyddyn Isaf Caravan Park

Five-star family park with its own path down to Lligwy beach. The posh night of the loop.

north-wales route

North Wales£46–52⚡ 29 min

Anglesey (Gaerwen) ↗

Bron-Y-Wendon Holiday Park

Seafront touring park at Llanddulas where every pitch looks at the Irish Sea and the Great Orme.

uk-coast route

North Wales£26–38⚡ 30 min

Flint Mountain ↗

Aberafon Campsite

Fifteen acres tumbling down to a private beach under Yr Eifl. Sunsets over the Irish Sea.

north-wales route

North Wales£28–30⚡ 31 min · charge first

Anglesey (Gaerwen) ↗

Deepdale Camping

Eco farm camping at Burnham Deepdale under enormous North Norfolk skies, a boardwalk from the salt marsh.

uk-coast route

Norfolk£25–35⚡ 33 min · charge first

King's Lynn (Hardwick) ↗

Henry's Camp Site

Mainland Britain's most southerly pitch, on the Lizard. Arrive charged.

cornwall route

Cornwall£25–30⚡ 34 min · charge first

Camborne ↗

Normans Bay Camping and Caravanning Club Site

200 flat beachfront pitches on the 1066 coast, across a lane from the shingle where William landed.

south-east routeuk-coast route

South East£25–35⚡ 38 min · charge first

Flimwell (A21) ↗

Low Wray Campsite

National Trust lakeside pitches on Windermere's quiet west shore, pizza on site.

lakes route

Lake District£25–30⚡ 40 min · charge first

Rheged (Penrith) ↗

Wood Farm Caravan & Camping Park

Terraced park above the Char valley with Golden Cap on the skyline. Every touring pitch is hardstanding; the fossil beach is a walk downhill.

jurassic-coast route

Dorset£35–45⚡ 44 min · charge first

Exeter (Darts Farm) ↗

Bosherston Camping (Buckspool Farm)

A quiet farm field by the Bosherston lily ponds. Six pounds a head, St Govan's Inn up the lane, dark-sky sleeping.

south-wales route

South Wales£12⚡ 55 min · charge first

Carmarthen ↗

Fisherground Campsite

Campfires in the pits, a zip wire for the kids, and the steam railway stops at the site's own halt on request.

lakes-wild route

Lake District£25–30⚡ 60 min · charge first

Rheged (Penrith) ↗

Silver Sands Holiday Park

Dunes and a west-facing beach at Covesea, with Moray Firth dolphins off the lighthouse most evenings.

uk-coast route

Moray£20–35⚡ 62 min · charge first

Inverness (Rose St) ↗

Culzean Castle Camping and Caravanning Club Site

Clifftop pitches in Culzean's country park, Ailsa Craig on the horizon and the castle a walk through the woods.

uk-coast route

Ayrshire£28–40⚡ 69 min · charge first

Glasgow (Kennedy St) ↗

Ty Gwyn Caravan and Camping Park

A farm field above Mwnt's perfect cove: white chapel on the headland, dolphins past the point most evenings.

uk-coast route

Ceredigion£15–25⚡ 69 min · charge first

Aberystwyth ↗

Caerfai Bay Caravan & Tent Park

Clifftop cove pitches ten minutes' walk from St Davids. At 71 minutes from a Supercharger, the deepest dead-zone night on the site.

south-wales route

South Wales£24–27⚡ 71 min · charge first

Carmarthen ↗

Norden Farm Campsite

Working farm under the Purbeck ridge with steam trains past the bottom field. Corfe Castle is fifteen minutes on foot.

jurassic-coast route

Dorset£18–28⚡ 72 min · charge first

Winchester (Easton Lane) ↗

Ravenglass Camping and Caravanning Club Site

Six acres of woodland behind the only coastal village in the national park, estuary sunsets two minutes away.

lakes-wild routeuk-coast route

Lake District£30–40⚡ 73 min · charge first

Rheged (Penrith) ↗

Hooks House Farm

A sloping farm field with the whole of Robin Hood's Bay laid out below your bonnet.

uk-coast route

North Yorkshire£28–36⚡ 74 min · charge first

York (Fulford) ↗

Broomfield Holiday Park

Loch Broom shore in Ullapool, and the Wildcard decision point.

nc500 route

Highlands£25⚡ 77 min · charge first

Inverness (Rose St) ↗

East Fleet Farm Touring Park

Working farm running down to the Fleet lagoon behind Chesil Beach. The deepest point of the Dorset dead zone, and it feels like it.

jurassic-coast route

Dorset£25–35⚡ 84 min · charge first

Exeter (Darts Farm) ↗

Wasdale Campsite (National Trust)

The last field before Scafell Pike. No signal, no light pollution, and the longest charge-first flag on the site.

lakes-wild route

Lake District£25–35⚡ 89 min · charge first

Rheged (Penrith) ↗

Applecross Campsite

Over the Bealach na Bà, with deer at dusk and the Applecross Inn.

nc500 route

Highlands£25⚡ 106 min · charge first

Inverness (Rose St) ↗

Dunnet Bay Campsite

Behind the dunes on the north shore, ten minutes from John o' Groats.

nc500 route

Highlands£30⚡ 151 min · charge first

Inverness (Rose St) ↗

Sango Sands Oasis

Clifftop pitches above Durness beach, pub on site.

nc500 route

Highlands£25⚡ 164 min · charge first

Inverness (Rose St) ↗

Prices are peak-summer estimates for two people on a standard car pitch, and drive times are estimates too. Phone before you book; we do.