The Best Campervan Sites in the UK
Most glamping directories quietly ignore anyone arriving in a vehicle. We hold vehicle facilities as data: 133 of the sites we list take campervans and motorhomes, 115 have an electric hookup and 82 have a water hookup.
Published 18 August 2026
Campervan travel in Britain sits awkwardly between two worlds. The caravan clubs run excellent, orderly, slightly institutional sites. The glamping world has spent a decade building pods and yurts and largely forgetting that a van is also a way of arriving. What most people actually want is in between: a field with a hookup, a shower block that works, and a pub within walking distance.
This guide is built from the facilities data we hold on every site, so it answers the question directly rather than by reputation.
What to look for
| Facility | Why it matters | Sites we list |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle pitches | Not every campsite takes vans, some are tent-only by design | 133 |
| Electric hookup | Mains power for the fridge, heater and everything else | 115 |
| Water hookup | Refilling the fresh tank without carrying it | 82 |
The gap between vehicle pitches and hookups is the number worth noticing. A site can happily take your van and still leave you running off leisure batteries, which is fine for a weekend in June and much less fine in February. If you rely on mains, filter for it rather than assuming.
Sites that take campervans
Sites with campervan and motorhome pitches
All 133 sites we list with vehicle pitches, best-rated first.
See all 133 sites (127 more not shown here).
Picking by region
- Scotland: the biggest draws and the biggest distances. The North Coast 500 is the obvious target, and campervan sites in Scotland covers the practicalities.
- Northumberland and the Borders: quiet roads, dark skies and far fewer vans than the Lakes. See Northumberland.
- The West Country: the busiest by a distance in summer. Lanes are narrow and often high-hedged; a long van is a genuine liability in August. Cornwall and Devon.
- Norfolk and Suffolk: flat, easy driving, good for a first trip. Norfolk.
- Northern Ireland: compact, underrated, and served by a short ferry. Northern Ireland.
The things that catch people out
- Height and width limits. Rural car parks, some ferry decks and a great many pub car parks have barriers. Know your dimensions and write them somewhere visible in the cab.
- Single-track roads. Passing places are for passing and for letting faster traffic through, not for parking to admire the view. This is the single most common complaint about visiting vans in the Highlands.
- Arrival times. Small sites are often run by people who also farm. Turning up at nine at night unannounced is a poor start.
- Booking. Bank holidays and school holidays go early, especially anywhere coastal.
Where you can and cannot park overnight
Sleeping in a van on a public road or in a car park is a separate question with a genuinely complicated answer, and it varies across the four UK jurisdictions. We have covered it properly in wild campervan spots in the UK rather than compressing it into a paragraph here.
Common questions
- How many UK campsites take campervans?
- We hold vehicle facilities for every site we list: 133 take campervans and motorhomes, of which 115 offer an electric hookup.
- Do I need an electric hookup for a campervan?
- Not for a short summer trip if your leisure batteries are healthy. For winter travel, or for anything longer than a couple of nights, mains power makes a substantial difference.
- What is the difference between a campsite and an aire?
- A campsite is a booked pitch with facilities. An aire is a designated overnight parking area, common in France and far less established in the UK, usually with limited or no facilities.
- Where is the best place to take a campervan in the UK?
- Scotland for scale and scenery, Northumberland for quiet roads, Norfolk for easy first-trip driving, and Northern Ireland if you want the coast without the crowds.
Keep reading
- Campervans & motorhomesWild Campervan Spots in the UK: What’s Actually LegalWhere you can legally sleep in a campervan in the UK, the law in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Loch Lomond byelaws, and the legal alternatives.
- Campervans & motorhomesElectric Hook-Up Explained: Amps, Cables and What You Can Actually RunHow campsite electric hook-up works, what 10A and 16A give you, why the kettle trips the breaker, what cable you need, and which sites offer it.
- Campervans & motorhomesCampervan Sites in ScotlandWhere to take a campervan in Scotland, the regions worth driving, the overnight parking rules, single-track road etiquette, and the sites that take vehicles.
- Campervans & motorhomesAn NC500 Seven-Day ItineraryA seven-day North Coast 500 itinerary with realistic daily driving distances, the stops worth making, and where to break the journey each night.