How much to charge for a campsite pitch (2026 UK guide)

There’s no national average pitch price worth trusting. Prices depend on where you are, what you offer and when people come. So this guide works from real 2026 price lists. On the sites below, a touring pitch for two with electric hook-up costs from about £30 a night off-peak to over £60 on a bank holiday weekend at a busy coastal site. Hook-up adds roughly £5 to £10. Dogs, awnings and extra cars cost between nothing and a few pounds each. CLs and CSs usually charge less, from about £10 to £25. Use these as reference points, then set your own price from your costs, your facilities and what similar sites near you charge.

All prices were taken from each site’s published 2026 price list on 25 October 2026. They are examples, not averages, and sites change them often.

Per pitch or per person?

There are two common ways to charge, and many sites mix them.

Per pitch, with people included. One price covers the pitch and a set number of people, with a charge for each extra person. It’s easy for guests to compare.

• Holly Bush Park, near Taunton in Somerset: £30 a night for an electric pitch, including two people, one car, an awning, up to two dogs and hook-up. Each extra adult is £5 and each child £3.
• Hendre Mynach, at Barmouth in Gwynedd: prices for two people and one vehicle, with each extra person £5.
• Woodlands Caravan Park, at Upper Sheringham in Norfolk: one price for up to six people, except in peak season, when it’s £39 for one or two people and £44 for three to six.

Per person, with the unit on top. Each adult and child pays, and the tent, caravan, car and hook-up are charged as extras. It’s fairer to couples, but the total is harder to see at a glance.

• Pons and Ane, near Penzance in Cornwall: £8 per adult (minimum two), £10 for a single adult, £5 per child under 13 and under-3s free. Then £4 for a car, £6 for a caravan or campervan and £7 for hook-up.
• Walkmill Campsite, near Warkworth in Northumberland, does both. Touring pitches are per pitch, for up to two adults: £25 for a single-axle caravan or a motorhome up to 6 metres, and £28 for larger units. Its camping field is per person: £12.50 per adult and £5 per child, with a minimum of £15.

The clubs. The Caravan and Motorhome Club’s price guide says its own sites charge a pitch fee plus a fee for each adult and each child aged 5 to 17. Infants under 5, dogs and awnings are free, and electricity is included. Non-members pay £15 a night more. The Camping and Caravanning Club quotes its own sites’ “from” prices per person, for members.

Hook-up and hardstanding

Electric hook-up is the most common premium. On these lists it adds:

• £5 at Walkmill
• £5 at Holly Bush Park (£30 electric against £25 without)
• £7 at Pons and Ane
• £9 at Stubcroft Farm, near East Wittering in West Sussex
• £6 to £10 at Hendre Mynach, depending on season (£30 against £20 in low season, £44 against £38 midweek in high season)

If you charge for electricity separately, Ofgem’s maximum resale price rule applies to holiday accommodation: you can’t charge more for it than you pay. The rule doesn’t apply to an all-in price with no separate charge for electricity. Many sites build hook-up into a dearer pitch type instead.

Hardstanding usually costs a little more than grass. The Caravan and Motorhome Club prices its pitches from hardstanding, with grass £1 cheaper and a non-electric economy pitch about 50% cheaper. Serviced pitches, with water and waste at the pitch, cost £4.90 more. Hendre Mynach charges £3 more for a fully serviced pitch.

Seasons, weekends and bank holidays

Most sites have three or more seasons. The gap between the quietest and busiest nights can be wide:

• Hendre Mynach: an electric pitch is £30 in low season and £44 to £46 in high season. Friday to Sunday nights cost up to £2 more than Monday to Thursday.
• Stubcroft Farm charges more on Friday and Saturday nights and in school holidays, and most over bank holidays. Its large hardstanding pitches run from £40 on a low-season weekday to £63 over the August bank holiday. Its prices include VAT, for up to two adults, two children and one vehicle.
• Woodlands: £30 to £31 in low season, £33.50 to £34.50 in standard season, and £39 to £44 at peak.

A weekend premium of a pound or two is common. A bigger jump for bank holidays and the summer holidays reflects how quickly those dates sell.

Minimum stays

Minimum stays protect your busiest dates from single nights that leave gaps either side.

• Stubcroft Farm: two nights for Friday and Saturday from April to mid-July, three nights over Easter and the May bank holidays, and four over the August bank holiday.
• Woodlands: three nights over the Easter, spring and August bank holidays.

Some sites use offers to fill quiet dates instead. Woodlands lets guests book four nights and pay for three on selected dates, and book seven and pay for five in September and October. Stubcroft takes 5% off stays of 14 nights or more paid in advance.

Extras: dogs, cars and awnings

Charges for extras are small, and some sites include them.

Other extras on these lists include gazebos, fire pit hire, firewood, large tents and day visitors.

What CLs and CSs charge

Club-certificated sites are usually simpler and cheaper. The Caravan and Motorhome Club says members can stay at CLs for “as little as just £2.50 per night”. The Camping and Caravanning Club says CS fees start “from just £10 per unit, per night”. The CSs and CLs we looked at for our CL and CS guide charged from £15 to £25 a night. The Camping and Caravanning Club asks owners to quote a fee per unit, per night, for up to two adults and two children.

Showing your prices fairly

UK law expects the price you show to include everything a guest has to pay. The CMA’s price transparency guidance says the total “should normally include any unavoidable or ‘mandatory’ charges”, and that it’s illegal to hide fees. So:

• include VAT if you charge it
• include any booking or service fee every guest pays
• say clearly how many people the price covers
• list optional extras, such as dogs or firewood, with their prices

How to set your own prices

1. Know your costs. Add up a season’s fixed costs (insurance, rates, licences, upkeep) and your costs per night (waste, electricity, cleaning, card fees).
2. Estimate your nights. Pitches × nights open × the share you expect to fill. Be cautious in your first year.
3. Find your break-even price. Divide your costs by the pitch-nights you expect to sell.
4. Check what’s around you. Look at sites within a short drive that offer what you offer, on the dates you care about: a midweek in May, a Saturday in August, a bank holiday.
5. Price your differences. Hook-up, hardstanding, a view, a pitch by the river, or space for a big tent can each be its own pitch type at its own price.
6. Set seasons and minimum stays. Charge more where demand is strongest, and use minimum stays on bank holidays.

If you take bookings through a booking site, remember the commission. At 15%, a £30 pitch earns you £25.50. Our guide to booking site fees has the rates.

Raising prices without losing regulars

Regular guests are the cheapest to keep. A few ways to raise prices without losing them:

• Tell them early. Publish next year’s prices before your regulars start booking, and email those who’ve agreed to hear from you.
• Keep booked prices. Never change the price of a booking that’s already made.
• Raise the busiest dates most. Peak weekends and bank holidays sell anyway. Keep quiet midweek dates good value.
• Explain what’s new. A new shower block or more hook-ups makes a higher price easier to accept.
• Reward loyalty. A small discount or a free extra after a few stays thanks the people who keep coming back.

Prices in PootlrHost

PootlrHost’s price list is per pitch, per night, with seasons, weekend extras and event prices for particular dates. A pitch type can include a set number of adults and charge for each extra adult and child. Dogs, awnings and cars can be extras, charged per night or per stay. Minimum stays can be set for the whole year or for a season, and loyalty rewards can give returning guests money off.