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.

GOOD FOR BEGINNERS

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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