How to try stately home glamping

We are in the midst of a camping boom. Faced with travel restrictions and uncertainties around jetting off into the sun, taking your family out for a few nights under canvas is an increasingly attractive prospect, and the wealth and depth of the British landscape lends itself well to a stay under the stars. 

Of course, there are traditional camping setups aplenty in this country, many of which are established businesses that keep people coming back time and time again. But a new brand of campsite is emerging across the UK – pop-up sites opening to make the most of the summer break have established themselves up and down the land, and many offer access to the grounds of stately homes normally closed off to the public. Keen to recoup lost earnings over the past 18 months, landowners are thinking of ingenious and diverse ways to reestablish their businesses and provide extra space to the huge influx of new campers that will be taking to the countryside this year.