Best wild and off-grid campsites

Somewhere between glamping and full wild camping sits the sweet spot: a real farm field, a compost loo, a fire you built yourself and no electric hum anywhere. Children remember these trips differently. Without screens to drift to, the evening becomes damming streams, poking embers and learning owl calls.

Go in with the right expectations: facilities at these sites are deliberately simple, phone signal is patchy and that is the point. Pack power banks, head torches for everyone and twice the marshmallows you think are reasonable.