CAMPGEAR.UK · INDEPENDENT OUTDOOR GUIDANCE
Better decisions before you head outside.
Practical UK camping, hiking and bushcraft guidance built around evidence, useful detail and the occasional inconvenient truth.
EXPLORE THE GUIDES
Guides worth taking outside.
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Camping Lights Explained: Lumens, Runtime and Not Blinding Your Neighbours
Choose a camping light by task, understand lumens and runtime, and keep unnecessary light out of neighbouring pitches.
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Camping After Work: Can One Night Fit Your Plans?
Check whether a one-night campsite stay fits between leaving work and the next day’s commitments, using your own timings and the site’s rules.
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Bikepacking or Cycle Touring? Choose the Camping Setup That Fits Your Ride
Choose on-bike camping luggage for your actual bicycle and ride, with bag-fit checks, suitable sleep kit and a loaded rehearsal before setting off.
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Camping Activities in England: Ideas for Days, Evenings and Rainy Weather
Choose camping activities for daytime, evenings and wet spells, with options to adapt to your group and the conditions.
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How to Plan Your First Wild-Camping Trip in the UK
The appealing version of wild camping begins with an empty hillside and ends with breakfast beside a magnificent view.
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First Camping Trip With Children: Preparing Together
Prepare for a first camping trip with children: practise together, invite planning ideas and check the rules for your actual campsite.
OUR APPROACH
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01 · EVIDENCE
Claims need a reason
Technical guidance should be traceable to credible sources, specifications or clearly explained reasoning.
02 · CONTEXT
Specs need a “so what?”
A number is only useful when you understand what difference it makes on a wet hillside at seven in the morning.
03 · INDEPENDENCE
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