Hinterlandes
Lorton Valley, Cumbria
A fully off-grid hidden cabin (and a converted double-decker bus) that periodically moves location in the quiet north-western fells.
From £110 / night
- Off-grid
- Stargazing skylight
- Wood-fired heating
Under dark skies
Britain has less true darkness than it did a generation ago, but more protected darkness. These are the places to use it.
- Cabin
- Cabin
The Living Room Treehouses
near Machynlleth, Powys
The original Welsh eco treehouses: six wooden hideaways in a hidden valley on the edge of Eryri (Snowdonia).
From £140 / night
- Off-grid
- Dark skies
- Dog-friendly
- Campsite
Troytown Farm Campsite
St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
Britain's most spectacular pitch: a tiny working dairy farm on England's most south-westerly inhabited island, tents metres from the Atlantic.
From £12.50 / adult a night
- Beachside pitches
- Dark skies
- Farm ice cream
- Campsite
Graig Wen
Arthog, Eryri (Snowdonia)
A wild-feel eco campsite tumbling down to the Mawddach Estuary, with secluded woodland pitches, campfires, private paths to the Mawddach Trail and Cadair Idris looming above.
From £10 / adult a night
- Estuary views
- Woodland wild pitches
- Campfires allowed
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Questions people actually ask
- Do I need any equipment?
- No. Full dark adaptation takes about half an hour and one look at a phone screen resets it — that matters far more than optics.
- When are the skies darkest?
- Late autumn through winter. British summer nights never get properly dark, especially in Scotland.