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Seaside10 best… Glamping Spots Take a break and enjoy the thrills of coastal with these weird and wonderful glamping experiences. By Madeleine Barber

FOR AIRSTREAMS The Park, Mawgan Porth, Cornwall The Park has all kinds of glamping options, from Airstreams and to summerhouses and caravans. Airstreams are a quirky choice, with The Park offering retro options fitted with original fixtures or more roomy modernised versions. The Route 66 Airstream has been imported from the US and is refreshingly authentic, whereas Kara and Stravaigin have been lovingly revamped. All guests can use the heated swimming pools (although the sea is less than 500m away), sauna and steam room, plus the on-site award-winning café. Prices start from £440 for seven nights in an Airstream (01637 860322, mawganporth.co.uk).

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coast TRAVEL FOR OUTRIGHT ODDNESS Windmill Campersite, near Newport, Isle of Wight Find whacky places to rest your ‘Explore pretty head at Windmill, which has an outdoor barbecue/pizza oven cornish villages named Big Bertha and a musical ShowerShack. From beehive before bedding camping pods (sleeping two) and Hector the ramshackle down in your shepherd’s (sleeps four) to disused helicopter Galahad sustainable stay’ (sleeps three), there’s nothing FOR CIRCUS CARAVANS ordinary about this destination. Baby Moon Camp, near Guisborough, North Yorkshire Prices for a 1-night Galahad stay Escape to the circus at Baby Moon Camp, which has three show wagons start from £112 based on 2 fit for a ringmaster. ‘The Menagerie’ is inspired by a love for animals and adults sharing (pitchup.com). ‘The Trapeze Artist’ is adorned with costumes. The ethos of Baby Moon is love: for nature, yourself and each other. Explore the Magic Herb Garden, meditate in the White Picket Fence Garden, or try one of the therapies – which include yoga, aromatherapy massage and osho tarot reading – or on-site classes. Beaches at Saltburn-by-the-Sea and Marske-by-the-Sea are just three miles away. Prices from £95 per night per caravan, based on two adults or a family of four sharing (07764 928487, babymooncamp.com). FOR A VILLAGE Cornish Tipi Holidays, Pendoggett, Cornwall FOR POSH PITCHES This glamping village – consisting Ogden & Jenkins Fine Camping, of 20 18ft-high styled in an near Blackheath, Suffolk authentic North American fashion Glamping at its best. Think beds – is located in Tregildrans Quarry, with sheep’s wool duvets, antique a forested valley around a furnishings and fine china in spring-fed lake four miles from inspired by Edwardian and Victorian Port Isaac and less than two from campers. There are three types of the coast. Swim in the lake or the : ‘Colonial’, ‘French Linen’, and sea, fish for rainbow trout, cycle ‘Vintage Summer’. With a choice the South West Coast Path or of two campsites, pick Heathside

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B – a 15-minute drive to the coastal before bedding down in your towns of Southwold, Walberswick MMA MMA sustainable stay. Prices for a E and Dunwich. Weekend and three-night break, based on two- midweek prices, including campsite three people sharing a medium fees and an East Anglian welcome tipi, start from £240 (01208 880781, For WOODLAND WAYS FOR CLIFFTOP YURTS hamper, start from £325 per tent Classic Cottages Glamping Holidays, near Dartmouth, Devon cornishtipiholidays.co.uk). Black Isle Yurts, near Fortrose, Scotland (07706 067569, fine-camping.com). Just a couple of miles north of Dartmouth, the Airstream 1234, Owl Cedar Superb sea views are the selling point at the Black Isle Yurts site on the Moray and Pheasant Cedar Yurt sit in a quiet corner of 20 acres of bucolic Firth. Saunter down a cliff path through thick woodland to a secluded sandy land. The 1956 Airstream, a Sovereign of the Road model, offers a cheerful beach and search for Bottlenose dolphins on the horizon before returning to your retro design and lots of mod-cons. Feeling active? The owners can organise the hand-crafted yurt inspired by Central Asian designs. All six yurts are off-grid, so hire of boats, kayaks, stand-up paddleboards and mountain bikes. Or try lighting is solar/hand-powered and water is supplied at The Hub building. The the cedar-clad yurts, which boast spacious wooden decks and wood-fired

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and two pigs, Bracken and Bramble. For the best ocean views, choose 15-foot PH from £348 and £375 in the Airstream (01326 555555, classicglamping.co.uk). Holly Yurt. With a minimum stay of two nights and sleeping up to five people, A GR

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62 COAST coastmagazine.co.uk coastmagazine.co.uk 63 COAST FOR VINTAGE VIBES Teapot Lane Glamping, Tawley, Co. Leitrim Revel in 1970s style at Teapot Lane Glamping, where you’ll discover a bright red vintage caravan with polkadot bunting and gingham curtains, and a communal kitchen nearby for preparing meals. There is an on-site spa for pampering, hot outdoor showers and a campfire each evening. It’s also only three miles from the Donegal/Sligo border and just a stone’s throw from sandy Atlantic Ocean beaches and the Wild Atlantic Way. Want more? Teapot Lane offers surfing and horse-riding packages, plus a vintage tea party and picnic bundle. Sleeping two, prices for the vintage caravan start from €150 for a two-night stay (+353 87 9340341, glampingireland.ie).

FOR GYPSY WAGONS The Gypsy Camp, near Wickham Bishops, Essex Sitting in an idyllic spot four miles from the little-known beaches of the Blackwater Estuary, the camp – on Bouncers Farm and an old wartime gravel pit – is home to two bowtop wagons with snug beds and a bender tent made from local willow where visitors can prepare food and chill out. With no electricity, light is provided by candles, and cooking is done over a campfire. FOR SEAVIEW PODS The camp, sleeping four, costs Fishguard Bay Resort, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire from £105 per night (0117 2047830, It’s all about the clifftop location at Fishguard Bay resort, where neat glamping canopyandstars.co.uk). pods get the best ocean views. Each pod is fitted with a double sofa bed, two bunks, a fridge, television, kettle and table. Outside, you’ll find a picnic table and barbecue perfect for evening meals in the open air. If you’re dining before the light fades, shift your gaze to the horizon for one of the best sea sunsets in Pembrokeshire. Sleeping up to two adults and two children, prices for a pod start from £45. Add £2 for a gazebo and £1 for a pet (01348 811415, fishguardbay.com).

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