20 must take items for glamping
Experience the best glamping holiday with these essential luxury camping items
Lantern & Larks' sites provide all the luxury camping equipment you need for a simple, hassle-free, outdoors getaway. The tents are elegantly furnished, with utensils and cooking equipment all provided. Lantern & Larks truly ensures comfort under canvas; all three bedrooms are spacious and separate with solid pine beds (real mattresses, not airbeds!), duvets and sheets all included. The tents are floored throughout with wooden decking, extending to a spacious front deck, and the soft sturdy walls give you a warm and peaceful night’s sleep in any weather. There is running water, with a shower and toilet too – so no struggling into wellies for loo dash in the early hours. You can stand and cook in a real kitchen, make use of the wood-burning stove, or even take things outside and enjoy a barbecue on the fire pit under the stars!
Here's 20 things we think are essential for a fun packed, enjoyable glamping holiday:
1 - Board games
– With no electricity glamping is perfect for enjoying quality time together with friends and family. Bring some games to get the fun flowing.
2 - Dressing gown
– Even in the summer it gets chilly in the evenings! Grab your fluffy dressing gown to take with you to snuggle in the evenings.
3 - Slippers
– To wear with those dressing gowns wear around the tents in the evenings and chilly mornings.
4 - Binoculars
– There's plenty of wildlife to admire and watch, take some binoculars to see as well as hear the dense country life.
5 - Marshmallows
– For firepit toasting! Try combining them with Digestive biscuits and chocolate spread!
6 - Cook book
– Bring one specifically for camp cooking and widen your culinary skills in the great outdoors.
7 - Bunting
– Decorate the inside and outside of your tent with some bunting as well as helping children find the right tent after exploring!
8 - Flowers
– Carefully pick some flowers and bring along a few vases to enjoy bringing the outside inside.
9 - Picnic set
– Remember to bring a set along to enjoy lunch out while exploring the local area, woodland and walks.
10 - Outdoor Croquet
– An excellent game to involve groups and there’s always plenty of space to set up and play away!
11 - Giant Jenga
– Another family favourite that everyone can play and requires lots of space – which your glamping site has in spade loads!
12 - Battery pack
– Bring along a fully charged battery pack so you can charge your small electrical items and cameras.
13 - Local maps
– Bring along some local maps and go explore the local areas that surround your glamping site (some Lantern & Larks honesty shops have these for you to borrow).
14 - Thick socks
– To keep your toes warm in the evenings by fire or around the tent. Even in the summer the evenings can be chilly!
15 - Pocket books
– Pocket guides to birds, wildlife, fauna and more are a great way of finding out what around the local area.
16 - Day bag
– When you decide to explore the local attractions and points of interest remember to bring a small bag for your belongings.
17 - Condiments
– Some items may be supplied but remember to bring your favourite condiments along with you such as salt, tomato ketchup and Worcester sauce!
18 - Guide books
– Local guide books can be great tool for finding interesting places and learning more about them (some honesty shops have these for you to borrow).
19 - Travel alarm clock
– Handy for waking up on time if you’ve got places to explore!
20 - Scented candles
– To add to the atmosphere and aroma in and outside of the tent candles add to the mood and can keep away unwelcome insects!
Our glamping sites
Our Lancashire Glamping Site at Bleasdale in the Forest of Bowland
Within driving distance of both the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District, enjoy a stay at our Bleasdale glamping campsite. Located on private land, set with the beautiful Yorkshire countryside as a backdrop, you'll wish you had booked a longer stay!
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Our Rutland Glamping Site at Exton Park in the East Midlands
Spend some time with family, friends or loved ones at our stunning, secluded luxury camping location in Rutland at Exton Park in the East Midlands. Close to a lake and surrounded by trees this site is oozing with nature and tranquility.
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Our Somerset Glamping Site in Kittisford Barton
Surrounded by the majestic rolling hills of Somerset's Blackdown Hills near the Quantock Hills and Exmoor, our glamping site in Kittisford makes a perfect getaway. Enjoy some time outdoors in the West Country of the UK with family and friends.
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Our Suffolk Glamping Site at Sweffling Hall
Sweffling Hall lies in a rural triangle between Framlingham to its inland west, coastal Southwold to the north east and seaside Aldeburgh to the south - Suffolk's own golden triangle of fun, adventure and charming discovery.
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