Stunning British seaside campsites – with private beaches, Famous Five-style islands and Hobbit huts children will love

LUXURY spas, sea views and private beaches sound more like the stuff of five star hotels than British campsites.

Yet there are now some sensational seaside caravan and tent pitches, tents, yurts and huts, smack bang on coastlines around the UK.

In the latest feature in our Best Of British travel series, we've selected 10 tip-top sites within walking distance of fabulous beaches.

ISLAND HEAVEN

Life couldn’t get more peaceful than bedding down in  an island wildlife haven.

Brownsea Island, the birthplace of the Scout movement just off Poole in Dorset, has tents, tree tents and bell tents for hire or you can pitch your own. 

It’s a 10-minute ferry ride from the mainland and then a 20-minute walk to the National Trust site on the south shore.

There you’ll find communal cooking shelters, showers and a play area. And you can take your own kayak or paddleboard.

The one-and-a-half-mile island has woodland, lagoons and reedbeds attracting birds, red squirrels and deer and there are more than 100 tree species.

WALK TO BEACH: Less than five minutes. GO:  Three-person tree tent from £176 for two nights, bell tent for four from £364, grass tent pitch from £92. See 

YORKSHIRE YURT

Stunning Cayton Bay is nestled between the buzzing Yorkshire resorts of Scarborough and Filey.

The beach is one of only around 100 British beaches awarded the Quality Coast Award, so its clean waters are popular with surfers and families.

Glamp at the Cayton Village site, with all facilities, in a spacious yurt or luxury pod or pitch your own tent. Barbies are allowed as are dogs, which can also go on the Bay’s beach.