Waterside campsites
If you're bringing a boat, keen for some canoeing or just looking for tranquil views and a lovely setting, these lakeside campsites are just the ticket. Campsites near water are often teeming with wildlife and birds to spot and you can head to the shores at sunset to watch the sky light up and skim stones into the pretty canal, river or lake. See if our tempting selection of waterside campsites can really float your boat!
719 waterside campsites
Littondale Country and Leisure Park
Skipton, North Yorkshire
23 reviews
96%
would recommend
Family and dog friendly park with ensuite glamping pods. In the Yorkshire Dales, 15 minutes from Grassington.
Pitches: 3 x Silver Ensuite Glamping Pods (Dog Friendly), 2 x Gold Ensuite Glamping Pods (Dog Friendly)
Baystone Bank Farm Campsite
Whicham, Millom, Cumbria
49 reviews
82%
would recommend
Peaceful, family-run campsite on a working fell farm in the South Lake District. Seasonal cafe and shop too!
Pitches: 10 x Streamside Non Electric Grass Pitches, 7 x Electric Hardstanding Pitches
Leekworth Caravan and Camping Park
Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham
8 reviews
100%
would recommend
Camping and touring site with some adult only areas. In the North Pennines, by the River Tees with free fishing!
Pitches: 12 x Electric Grass Touring Pitches (Adult Only), 23 x Electric Grass Pitches (Adult Only)
Moss Wood Caravan Park
Cockerham, Lancaster, Lancashire
13 reviews
100%
would recommend
Peaceful touring park with a shop, play park and fishing. Within 15 minutes of the Forest of Bowland and Lancaster.
10 x Fully Serviced Hardstanding Touring Pitches
7.5m x 5m
Pods Pwll Coch
Amlwch, Anglesey
53 reviews
100%
would recommend
Luxury ensuite glamping pods on a small, remote farm with optional wood-fired hot tubs. Dogs are welcome too!
Pitches: Pabi Ensuite Glamping Pod with Hot Tub (Dog Friendly), Meillion Ensuite Glamping Pod (Dog Friendly)
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Langley Dam Glamping
Langley-on-Tyne, Hexham, Northumberland
25 reviews
100%
would recommend
Luxury ensuite pods with lake views, and some with optional hot tubs. In the North Pennines near Hadrian's Wall.
Pitches: The Wheatley's Ensuite Glamping Pod Cabin with Optional Hot Tub (Dog Friendly), Accessible Humbleton Ensuite Glamping Pod Cabin with Optional Hot Tub (Dog Friendly)
The Otter Channel
Peasmarsh, East Sussex
22 reviews
91%
would recommend
Peaceful campsite with bucket showers on the banks of the River Rother, ten minutes from Rye. Dog friendly.
15 x Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches
5m x 5m
Nesta Valley Camping
Chew Magna, Bristol, Somerset
13 reviews
92%
would recommend
Eco summer camping and glamping site with a wild spa, restaurant/bar and weekend music. Set by Chew Valley Lake!
150 x Non Electric Grass Lakeside Pitches
Allerthorpe Lakeland Park
Allerthorpe, Pocklington, North Yorkshire
4 reviews
75%
would recommend
Lakeside camping and touring with a cafe, watersports hire, an aqua park and fishing. Just 25 minutes to York.
Pitches: 16 x Electric Grass Pitches, 40 x Non Electric Grass Pitches
Hop Farm Camping and Touring Park
Paddock Wood, Kent
43 reviews
92%
would recommend
Award-winning, spacious camping park set in the beautiful countryside by the River Medway. Dog friendly.
200 x Non Electric Grass Pitches
10m x 10m
Riverside Wooler Holiday Park
Wooler, Northumberland
19 reviews
89%
would recommend
Holiday park with an indoor swimming pool, seasonal entertainment and restaurant/bar. A ten minute walk to Wooler.
Pitches: 35 x Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches, 3 x Unfurnished Camping Pods (Dog Friendly)
Coniston Experience Freedom Glamping
Coniston, Cumbria
26 reviews
96%
would recommend
Family friendly and accessible glamping in the Lake District. Five minutes to Coniston and Coniston Water!
Pitches: 7 x Ensuite Glamping Pods, 3 x Ensuite Glamping Pods (Dog Friendly)
Perran Springs Holiday Park
Newquay, Perranporth, Cornwall
8 reviews
100%
would recommend
Family and dog friendly site, three fishing lakes, a play park and free WiFi. Five minutes to Perranporth Beach.
Pitches: 30 x Electric Grass Tent Pitches, 30 x Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches
Hunters Lodge Caravan and Camping Site
Dawlish, Devon
23 reviews
87%
would recommend
Small adult only tent and touring site. A 15 minute walk to a train station, a ten minute drive to the beach!
Pitches: 6 x Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches, 16 x Electric Grass Pitches
Three Streams Glamping
Llanfairfechan, Conwy
30 reviews
100%
would recommend
Adult only, luxury glamping pods with private hot tubs. Set below the Carneddau mountains and stunning Snowdonia.
Pitches: 2 x Ensuite Glamping Pods with Hot Tubs, Large Ensuite Glamping Pod with Hot Tub
Fields End Water
Doddington, March, Cambridgeshire
28 reviews
93%
would recommend
Open all year, this is a 5 star, adult only, dog friendly park with two well stocked fishing lakes in the Fens.
Pitches: 12 x Fully Serviced Grass and Astroturf Pitches, 11 x Fully Serviced Grass Pitches (Paddock)
Rosneath Castle Caravan Park
Helensburgh, Argyll
34 reviews
100%
would recommend
Family friendly park with views of Gare Loch, an onsite bar/restaurant, lochside sauna and live entertainment!
19 x Fully Serviced Hardstanding Pitches
9.5m x 5m
Lee Valley Almost Wild Campsite
Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Opens 24 July
22 reviews
91%
would recommend
Embrace Mother Nature and bivvy out or swing in a hammock. Real camping with campfires just outside London.
Pitches: 8 x Woodland Pitches, 10 x Riverside Pitches
The Original Hut Company
Bodiam, Robertsbridge, East Sussex
12 reviews
90%
would recommend
Camping and Shepherd's Huts on a 200 acre farm. Onsite watersports and a cafe serving food, drink and cocktails!
Pitches: 50 x Non Electric Grass Pitches, 8 x Shepherd's Hut
Puddlemire
Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria
Rural camping and bell tent site, some with private facilities. By a stream, ten minutes to Kirkby Lonsdale.
Pitches: 13 x Hobby Wood Non Electric Grass Pitches, 3 x Alder's Edge Bell Tents
