Six great wildcamp spots

26 June 2008 16:27

Angle Tarn
The Lake District
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This idyllic getaway is close to Patterdale and it’s a popular destination for wildcamping, because it offers fantastic sunset-framed views of Helvellyn and St Sunday Crag.

Great Moss
The Lake District
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The home of Scafell Pike’s broken east face and more flat, water-handy pitches than Glastonbury. Where better to enjoy a wild night out than beneath England’s  highest mountain?

Llyn Ddu
The Rhinogs
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A hard slab of rock doesn’t sound like a good camp spot. But there’s no bog, no stodge, no mud. It’s perfect (so long as your tent can stand up on its own). This one is a cracker – isolated, elevated and close to water.

Beinn a’Bhuird
Cairngorms
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If it’s remote pitches you’re after, this eastern Cairngorms site is a perfect place to look. A 7-mile walk-in from the A93 will bring you to this spot, with walks into surrounding corries and north towards Ben Avon.

Doire nan Dearcag
Highlands
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The perfect base for the Mamores, this sits below the eastern slopes of An Garbhanach – an incredible setting very accessible from Steall Gorge car park.

Cwm Caseg
Snowdonia
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A tight cwm beneath Yr Elen’s arresting ridge and the most impressive aspect on Carnedd Llewelyn you’re likely to find. And there’s a tarn, too…