Deerstone Glamping

The six domes and glass-walled sauna at Deerstone Glamping all look west to where the sun sets behind Lancashire’s Pendle Hill and Yorkshire’s Ingleborough. On still, summer’s evenings, the combination of campfires and that view can make the place seem magical. And if the weather’s not playing ball, you can warm up in the sauna, cosy-up in the cinema tent or play board games in your dome, warmed by a log burning stove.

You may be surrounded by farmer’s fields and your luggage (and perhaps your children) may be transported from car park to pitch in a John Deere gator but that’s where the farm feel ends. Each of the domes are decked out in modern style. Proper beds with bedding, patterned rugs and pastel-coloured picnicware all give these domes a clean and contemporary look that’s less rustic than many glamping sites – but just as Instagrammable. Toilets and showers are spacious and clean with a few homely touches but the facility you’ll want to write home about are the optional extras: the unique dome cinema with its big screen and bean bags and the sauna we’ve already mentioned. Set at the top of the field, it’s a glass-fronted cabin with a view and a relaxation deck that has its own cold plunge pool in an old whisky barrel – now that’s what we call rustic. While adults are chilling out here, kids can play on the swings or the Deerstone Fort climbing frame.

This place is as good for couples as it is for families with kids and it’s also available to groups who could take the whole place on. Come with friends and you might be content to simply enjoy the site and its facilities but it’d be a shame not to explore what you can see in that far-reaching view. Close to site, you can visit the Earby Waterfall Park and perhaps pop into Earby town. Further afield, you can park up at the bottom of Pendle Hill to walk to the top or head off into the Yorkshire Dales.