Woodland glamping in Holkham National Nature Reserve

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England’s largest NNR is still vaster than you think because, while stretching only 13 miles between Burnham Overy Staithe (west) and Blakeney (east) along the Norfolk Coast AONB, the amount of land between the closest coastal road and the sea is more expansive than meets the eye. This is all a tantalising tract of beach and dunes backed by enchanting pine forest and interspersed with mudflats. Discover secretive shoreside trails and sleepy lanes for cycling; wildlife-watch for seals around Blakeney Point or for the region’s many overwintering wildfowl. There are many places to peg up a tent on the flat fertile ground behind the coast – not least within the grand grounds of an 18th-century landscaped estate!

98% (183) 85 campsites

Top-rated campgrounds near Holkham National Nature Reserve

Whitlingham Broad Campsite

1. Whitlingham Broad Campsite

98%
(164)
72 units · Tents, Motorhomes, Glamping · Norfolk, East Anglia
Laid-back camping and glamping a stone's throw from Norwich and at the gateway to the Norfolk Broads
Pets
Electrical hookup
Campfires
from 
£14
 / night
Goldcrest - Breakaway Camping

2. Goldcrest - Breakaway Camping

88%
(12)
9 units · Tents, Glamping · Douglas
Situated in NR34 Suffolk , 15 Minute drive to beaches and market towns . *6 large camping pitches *8 Birth caravan - Gas central heating - Bedding included *Indoor & outdoor eating area's *2 communal fire pits and seating *Woodland walk *Wildflower meadows *Shower and toilet Room Welcome Barn with -washing station - microwave - Fridge - Toaster - Kettle - charging point - Drinking water-Honesty Shop.
Pets
Showers
Potable water
from 
£18
 / night
Hickling Campsite

3. Hickling Campsite

99%
(118)
31 units · Tents, Glamping · Norfolk, East Anglia
Tent camping and glamping within walking distance of Norfolk's largest broad and less than 10 minutes' drive from the beach
Pets
Campfires
Showers
from 
£16
 / night
The Grove Glamping

4. The Grove Glamping

100%
(1)
6 units · Glamping · Cromer, England
Five comfortably-furnished yurts, proper beds and bedding and warming wood-burning stoves, all 5 minutes walk from the beach
Showers
Campfires
Hot Tub
from 
£145
 / night
Big Sky Hideaway Camping Farm

5. Big Sky Hideaway Camping Farm

100%
(30)
20 units · Tents, Motorhomes, Glamping · Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Camping and glamping in the Lincolnshire Fenland with campfires, alpacas and a positive vibe
Campfires
Showers
Potable water
from 
£13
 / night
Wardley Hill Campsite

6. Wardley Hill Campsite

100%
(110)
24 units · Tents, Motorhomes, Glamping · Norfolk, East Anglia
A relaxed, back-to-basics campsite on the Norfolk Suffolk border
Pets
Campfires
Showers
from 
£13
 / night
Thompson Hall Retreat

7. Thompson Hall Retreat

96%
(25)
6 units · Glamping · Thompson, England
An adult-only shepherds hut retreat in the Norfolk Brecks, with a luxurious outdoor spa area.
Pets
Showers
Campfires
from 
£275
 / night
Brakehill Lodge Farm Camping

8. Brakehill Lodge Farm Camping

100%
(45)
5 units · Glamping · Norfolk, England
Small, secluded, homespun farm campsite in rural Norfolk, a short drive from Thetford Forest Park
Showers
Potable water
Cooking equipment
from 
£95
 / night
Oak Lodge Glamping

9. Oak Lodge Glamping

100%
(76)
18 units · Glamping · Northwold, England
10 acres of blissful bell tent and gypsy caravan glamping near Thetford Forest in Norfolk
Pets
Showers
Campfires
from 
£135
 / night
Keepers Meadow

10. Keepers Meadow

100%
(14)
3 units · Glamping · Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia
Small-scale luxury bell tent glamping in Oxnead, halfway between Norwich and the Norfolk coast
Showers
Campfires
Wifi
from 
£115
 / night
Hill Farm Suffolk

11. Hill Farm Suffolk

100%
(1)
6 units · Glamping · Suffolk, East Anglia
Bell tent glamping in the trees on a rural Suffolk farm
Showers
Campfires
Wifi
from 
£104
 / night

England’s largest NNR is still vaster than you think because, while stretching only 13 miles between Burnham Overy Staithe (west) and Blakeney (east) along the Norfolk Coast AONB, the amount of land between the closest coastal road and the sea is more expansive than meets the eye. This is all a tantalising tract of beach and dunes backed by enchanting pine forest and interspersed with mudflats. Discover secretive shoreside trails and sleepy lanes for cycling; wildlife-watch for seals around Blakeney Point or for the region’s many overwintering wildfowl. There are many places to peg up a tent on the flat fertile ground behind the coast – not least within the grand grounds of an 18th-century landscaped estate!

98% (183) 85 campsites

Top-rated campgrounds near Holkham National Nature Reserve

Whitlingham Broad Campsite

1. Whitlingham Broad Campsite

98%
(164)
72 units · Tents, Motorhomes, Glamping · Norfolk, East Anglia
Laid-back camping and glamping a stone's throw from Norwich and at the gateway to the Norfolk Broads
Pets
Electrical hookup
Campfires
from 
£14
 / night
Goldcrest - Breakaway Camping

2. Goldcrest - Breakaway Camping

88%
(12)
9 units · Tents, Glamping · Douglas
Situated in NR34 Suffolk , 15 Minute drive to beaches and market towns . *6 large camping pitches *8 Birth caravan - Gas central heating - Bedding included *Indoor & outdoor eating area's *2 communal fire pits and seating *Woodland walk *Wildflower meadows *Shower and toilet Room Welcome Barn with -washing station - microwave - Fridge - Toaster - Kettle - charging point - Drinking water-Honesty Shop.
Pets
Showers
Potable water
from 
£18
 / night
Hickling Campsite

3. Hickling Campsite

99%
(118)
31 units · Tents, Glamping · Norfolk, East Anglia
Tent camping and glamping within walking distance of Norfolk's largest broad and less than 10 minutes' drive from the beach
Pets
Campfires
Showers
from 
£16
 / night
The Grove Glamping

4. The Grove Glamping

100%
(1)
6 units · Glamping · Cromer, England
Five comfortably-furnished yurts, proper beds and bedding and warming wood-burning stoves, all 5 minutes walk from the beach
Showers
Campfires
Hot Tub
from 
£145
 / night
Big Sky Hideaway Camping Farm

5. Big Sky Hideaway Camping Farm

100%
(30)
20 units · Tents, Motorhomes, Glamping · Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Camping and glamping in the Lincolnshire Fenland with campfires, alpacas and a positive vibe
Campfires
Showers
Potable water
from 
£13
 / night
Wardley Hill Campsite

6. Wardley Hill Campsite

100%
(110)
24 units · Tents, Motorhomes, Glamping · Norfolk, East Anglia
A relaxed, back-to-basics campsite on the Norfolk Suffolk border
Pets
Campfires
Showers
from 
£13
 / night
Thompson Hall Retreat

7. Thompson Hall Retreat

96%
(25)
6 units · Glamping · Thompson, England
An adult-only shepherds hut retreat in the Norfolk Brecks, with a luxurious outdoor spa area.
Pets
Showers
Campfires
from 
£275
 / night
Brakehill Lodge Farm Camping

8. Brakehill Lodge Farm Camping

100%
(45)
5 units · Glamping · Norfolk, England
Small, secluded, homespun farm campsite in rural Norfolk, a short drive from Thetford Forest Park
Showers
Potable water
Cooking equipment
from 
£95
 / night
Oak Lodge Glamping

9. Oak Lodge Glamping

100%
(76)
18 units · Glamping · Northwold, England
10 acres of blissful bell tent and gypsy caravan glamping near Thetford Forest in Norfolk
Pets
Showers
Campfires
from 
£135
 / night
Keepers Meadow

10. Keepers Meadow

100%
(14)
3 units · Glamping · Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia
Small-scale luxury bell tent glamping in Oxnead, halfway between Norwich and the Norfolk coast
Showers
Campfires
Wifi
from 
£115
 / night
Hill Farm Suffolk

11. Hill Farm Suffolk

100%
(1)
6 units · Glamping · Suffolk, East Anglia
Bell tent glamping in the trees on a rural Suffolk farm
Showers
Campfires
Wifi
from 
£104
 / night

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Woodland glamping in Holkham National Nature Reserve guide

Where to go

Holkham Hall & Around

Within the NNR and south of Holkham village, this majestic early-18th-century, Neo-Palladian house and grounds were created out of formerly wind-blasted land transformed by the planting of thousands of trees. There is a pop-up campsite open between mid-July and mid-September near the lake on this majestic estate. Also on the Holkham Hall grounds is Ambers Bell Tents Glamping at Branthill Farm. Holkham Bay’s pine-backed sands are an easy walk north, where you can connect to the Norfolk Coast Path.

Scolt Head Island NNR

West of Holkham NNR, more of the same sort of coastline continues and here you find the sandy, shingly barrier island of Scolt Head Island NNR. The four-mile-long island is particularly important for its birdwatching and is accessed from either Burnham Overy Staithe or Brancaster Staithe. Deepdale Camping & Rooms at Burnham Deepdale is linked by footpath to the trail out to Scolt Head Island from Brancaster Staithe: pitch up yourself or camp out in already-erected safari tents.

Blakeney & Blakeney Point

At the eastern end of Holkham NNR, charming Blakeney is the village from where you can walk (or get a boat trip) to Blakeney NNR and Point, England’s biggest grey seal colony. Much of this reserve is off-limits to protect the seals, but trails run through the wetlands adjacent. Camping at the tranquil, informal Scaldbeck Cottage Campsite, near the departure point for seal-watching boat trips, is tough to trump.

Hunstanton & Around

Eleven miles west of Burnham Overy Staithe, 19th-century beach resort Hunstanton knows how to give its holiday-makers a good time: fairground, promenade, amusement arcades and aquarium are all here, alongside an array of camping and caravan parks. There is camping fairly centrally at Searle’s Leisure Park (camping tradition here dates back to 1934) but the best pitching is northeast of nearby Old Huntanton at the several sites along the edge of Holme Dunes NNR (more empty beaches, more ethereal dunes).

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