Camping has come to the rescue of the great British summer holiday as thousands of new pitches have sprung up in ‘pop-up’ sites across the country. And the good news is that there are still plenty of spaces free this July and August.
‘You can’t magic up more self-catering cottages and hotel rooms but with camping we’ve got so many amazing countryside locations that we’re able to flex up,’ says Jonathan Knight, of camping website Cool Camping.
It has added 5,000 new pitches to its books in the past few months, and only 60 per cent of its camping and glamping sites are full in August. It’s a story echoed by other camping operators, with Pitch Up reporting that it added more than 1,000 new campsites to its books in 2021.
Save our summer! Camping website Cool Camping has added 5,000 new pitches to its books in the past few months
It’s all down to changes in the law brought in last year which doubled the length of time temporary sites can be pitched – from 28 to 56 days. Now, from diversifying farmers setting up a no-frills site in a spare field to country…
