Every region,
every spot.
Browse wild camping spots, free legal pitches, and paid campsites across the UK by region. Each guide includes every spot we've mapped, with terrain, access and facility details.
Scotland - Highlands
The Scottish Highlands are the spiritual home of UK wild camping. Thanks to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, wild camping is legal across unenclosed land with a few sensible exceptions. Expect serious mountains, long glens, and some of the most dramatic landscapes in Europe.
Lake District
England's most iconic national park. Wild camping is tolerated above the intake wall line (higher ground away from farmland), and there are dozens of fantastic paid sites in the valleys. Expect rapid weather changes, crowded summits in summer, and some of the best high camps in the country.
Northern Ireland
Wild camping in Northern Ireland sits in a legal grey area — it's not explicitly legal but is widely tolerated in the Mournes, Sperrins, and on the Antrim coast if you pitch late, leave early, and stay discreet. Plenty of paid sites too.
Snowdonia
Dramatic glacial valleys, serious ridges, and the highest peak in Wales. Wild camping is technically not legal but is tolerated on higher ground away from paths and farmland, especially in the Glyderau and Carneddau. Plenty of paid sites around Capel Curig and Betws-y-Coed.
Peak District
England's first national park, split between the open moors of the Dark Peak and the limestone dales of the White Peak. Wild camping isn't strictly legal but is tolerated in remote moorland. Excellent paid sites and bothies around Edale and the Kinder Plateau.
Scotland - Islands
Skye, Mull, Harris, Lewis, Arran and the smaller Hebrides. Wild camping is legal (same access law as the mainland) and the beaches and machair offer some of the best coastal camping in Britain. Prepare for midges in summer and Atlantic weather year-round.
Scotland - Lowlands
The Southern Uplands, Galloway Forest Park, and the Pentlands. Less famous than the Highlands but equally wild-camp-friendly thanks to the same access law. Darker skies, quieter hills, and some of the best bothies in the country.
Lancashire
Home to the Forest of Bowland AONB — a surprisingly quiet corner of England with open moorland, wooded valleys, and genuinely remote wild camping opportunities. Easy access from Manchester, Liverpool and Preston.
Cornwall
Coastal paths, granite tors on Bodmin Moor, and hidden coves. Wild camping is technically illegal (you need landowner permission) but tolerated discreetly on Bodmin. Fantastic paid sites along the coast, many with direct beach access.
Norfolk
Big skies, the Broads, and a genuinely wild stretch of North Norfolk coast. Wild camping is tough here due to farmland and private estates, but the paid sites near Cromer, Wells-next-the-Sea and the Broads are hard to beat.
Yorkshire Dales
Limestone country — Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent and Whernside dominate the skyline. Wild camping is tolerated above the farmland line on the high moors. Brilliant paid sites and barn stays down in the dales.
Northumberland
England's emptiest national park and a designated Dark Sky Park. The Cheviots offer genuinely remote wild camping, and the Northumberland coast has some of the best beach camping in England. Hadrian's Wall runs through the middle.
Devon
Dartmoor is the only place in England with legal wild camping rights (as of 2024 following the Darwall case). Plus a long coastline, Exmoor to the north, and rolling countryside inland. Excellent paid sites across the county.
Pembrokeshire
The UK's only coastal national park. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path offers 186 miles of spectacular clifftop walking, with beach camping opportunities and excellent paid sites near St Davids and Tenby.