The UK camping sites that still have availability this summer from the Lakes to Leicestershire

Perhaps you’ve been put off by the horrific scenes at airports up and down the country and are thinking: ‘No, I don’t need that.’ Perhaps the cost-of-living crisis is making you question a pricey holiday overseas. Perhaps the sunny weather we’ve been having is an encouragement to stay put here in the UK.

And that’s where camping comes in: easy-going, affordable and, if you follow our guide, you’ll discover there’s still availability for this summer.

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Blaithwaite Estate, Cumbria

A British camping break can be an easy-going and affordable alternative to holidaying abroad. The Lake District offers plenty of beautiful scenery for campers, from Buttermere lake (pictured) to the Blaithwaite Estate, which lies on the grounds of a Georgian mansion between the fells and Solway shore

A British camping break can be an easy-going and affordable alternative to holidaying abroad. The Lake District offers plenty

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The best last minute camping holidays with availability for this weekend

It has been a record summer for camping holidays this year, as domestic travellers embraced holidaying under canvas.

Uncertainty about foreign travel and a relaxation of campsite planning rules have combined to fuel a boom in tent holidays, with bookings for pitches and bell tents at the UK’s largest camping portal, Pitchup.com up 173 per cent compared to pre-pandemic. Unsurprisingly, the South-West, in particular Devon and Cornwall, has been the most popular region for campers.

Landowners have also taken advantage of an extension of rules that allow campsites to operate for 56 days per year without the need to apply

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