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Glamping in Coventry and Warwickshire

The Warwick Castle offers a unique Glamping experience, with 41 comfortable canvas tents that offer electricity, warmth and a clean bed.

At the Castle, an overnight glamping package includes a sleepover in one of the exclusive fully set up mediaeval tents plus a two day priority entrance to the Castle.

In addition, there is a VIP parking and evening Mediaeval entertainment with a free have a go archery, Jester’s School and Knight’s School.

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The Tiny Wooden House, inspired to create miniature architecture, is located on a working arable farm.

It offers all the comforts, proportions and appointments of a normal two-bedroom home with tiny footprints.

Guest will find a well appointed kitchen with granite tops, a fold away dining table that seats five, a living room with wood burner, stow away sofa, separate showers as well as toilets and a master bedroom with a king size double bed on the ground floor.

The first floor, offers 3 single beds around the fold down staircase as well as central heating to keep warm.

The South African style wooden veranda features an indoor wood fire BBQ which doubles up as an open wood burner.

In addition, to the other amenities, the tiny home offers a wood fired private hot tub.

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The Yurtshire Umberslade Farm Park, is located on the gorgeous Warwickshire countryside.

This site offers 3 handcrafted yurts that have steam bent ash beams and a unique round top.

The yurts all have rustic and cozy interiors that are furnished with a double bed, a single futon, a private flushing toilets and hot gas showers.

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The Hill Farm in Southam’s Priors Hardwick, is set on a 450 acre working farm.

This glamping destination offers a special 1800s Shepherd’s Hut on the orchard below the main garden.

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For more information on these spectacular destinations check out the coventry telegraph’s article; “Look: Where to go ‘glamping’ in Coventry and Warwickshire.”

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Glamping Ahoy! – UK Shipbuilders Bring Glamping Pods Ashore

Landlubbers need not fear the tumultuous seas to enjoy a night aboard a ship now that English boat builder John Knight has employed his craftsmen to build glamping pods. A recent downturn in traditional boatbuilding got Knight, who directs a campground Waveney River Centre near Lowestoft, United Kingdom, thinking of a new way to use his boatbuilding skills.

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Great care is taken in the crafting of his cabins, using authentic boatbuilding materials like sustainable larch and pine right down to the wool insulation, which ensures a warm and pleasant slumber. The boat shaped cabins are so popular that Knight plans to add more of these ship-shape pods to create a cluster at the River Centre.

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He notes that unlike other pods that don’t take advantage of a boat’s true design, his glamping pods make “the most of the available space, raising the level of the double bed and creating storage space.” The 14ft x 10ft pods are furnished with a full size double bed above two single beds (4″ mattresses linens not included), FreeView TV, LED lights, a double socket and loads of storage space, certainly providing a level of comfort that Ernest Shackleton would approve of.

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As well as marketing the pods to other resorts, he believes the public at large will be interested in buying the “boat houses” for other purposes such as garden studios, unique sheds or guest accommodation, and so is offering them for sale online at myescapepod.co.uk for £11,500 including VAT (value added tax). It’s believed that should the demand for traditional boatbuilding continue to wane, crafting these glamping pods will help preserve the art.

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Tourists can find these pods at Waveney River Center at Burgh St Peter, near Beccles, just over 100 miles northeast of London, near the city of Lowestoft on the North Sea, which is the most easterly point in the United Kingdom.

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If the glamping pods are booked, guests can choose to stay in one of their luxury lodges. The marina has a fleet of boats from which to choose to rent, and the Knights are expanding their on-site pub and adding a new menu with locally-sourced food.

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Unique Glamping in the UK at Atlantic Surf Pods

Carefully situated on 26 acres, Atlantic Surf Pods offers an incredibly unique and private glamping experience. Located on the coast in Bude, North Cornwall, their eco-friendly glamping abodes offer the creature comforts you can’t live without.

Each Atlantic Surf Pod includes a king bed, private bathroom, solar and LED lighting and a gorgeous deck that offers views of the surrounding landscape. Enjoy outdoor dining, barbecue facilities and comfortable seating as you take in the afternoon sun or the night sky.

The pods feature a really cool curved green roof.  The pods blend seamlessly into the local environment, providing a truly unique eco-tourist destination.

The location is conducive to many activities include surfing, coasteering (a mixture of exploring, climbing, swimming, mountain-boarding, mountain biking, horseback riding and golf.

Learn more: http://www.atlanticsurfpods.co.uk/

Images courtesy of Atlantic Surf Pods