From Cath Kidston’s nifty Flatpack Picnic Set to the amazing Sunjar solar light these camping gadgets and gear will make all the difference on your next glamp. Camping gear needn’t be relentlessly practical anymore, if you have the basics in place some whimsical lights or cool teapots will make the campsite more fun and dare we say it… magical.

So if your next destination is a Yurt or you just want to add something extra to the Vango peruse this list of glamping equipment for some extra special inspiration.

Cath Kidston Flatpack Picnic Set

Cath Kidston Flatpack Picnic Set

Glamping gear needn’t break the bank with the Cath Kidston Flatpack Picnic set. At just £15 it includes a papery version of classic picnic cutlery and accessories. The set includes paper plates, wooden knives, forks and spoons, laminated food boxes, napkins and salt and pepper in the iconic English Rose and Dotty Cath Kidston prints.

The Flatpack Picnic is £15 from CathKidston.co.uk

5m Bell Tent Ultimate

The 5m Ultimate Bell Tent

Bell tents are the choice of canvas for all serious glampers. Their elegant silhouette dates back to the 19th century when they were used in the military, giving a utilitarian background to their current use as a luxury camping option. Despite their vintage pedigree bell tents are easy to pitch and put down and are fully waterproof with side flaps that can be rolled on sunny days.

The 5m Ultimate Bell Tent from Bell Tent UK has a heavy duty groundsheet for maximum protection and can comfortably sleep over eight people.

The 5m Ultimate Bell is £574 from Bell Tent UK via Amazon.co.uk

Esbit Stainless Steel Coffee Maker

Esbit Stainless Steel Coffee Maker

Whilst it’s easy to pack some tea-bags good coffee whilst camping can be hard to come by. Cafetieres are liable to break and instant coffee just doesn’t bear thinking about. The Esbit Stainless Steel Coffee Maker solves this with it’s sold fuel solution. The Esbit will deliver 200ml (1 cup) of fine coffee is some style.

The Esbit Stainless Steel Coffee Maker is £37.99 from Amazon.co.uk

Everbright Solar Panel Party Lights

Everbright Solar Party Lights

If you want to brighten up your glampsite The Everbright Solar Party Lights combine glamping chic with eco credentials.

The 16 multi coloured solar palls each contain an alternating colour LED with a solar panel to be positioned in a sunny area. There is 80cm of cable between the balls so you can place them wherever you think needs some glamour.

The Everbright Solar Party Lights are £35.75 from Amazon.co.uk

Amazonas Apollo Stand Set With Lambada Hammock

Amazonas Apollo Stand Set With Lambada Hammock

If you’re considering setting up a permanent glampsite in your garden the Amazonas Apollo Stand Lambada Hammock is the kind of luxurious accessory you should be look for.

Lazing in a hammock is one of the most luxurious experiences available but many of us don’t have two perfectly placed trees to hang one from. The Amazonas Apollo Stand takes care of the hanging and is an amazing garden ornament to boot. The beautiful arching stand is made from spruce timber and the fixings are galvanised for weather resistantance.

At £219 the Amazonas is the cost of an average tent, what are you waiting for! From Amazon.co.uk

Cast Iron Camping Oven

Cast Iron Camping Oven

The Lodge Dutch Camp Oven is a premium camp oven that can transform your camping culinary adventures. With a dutch oven you can cook directly on the campfire, the pre-seasoned pot has a flanged lid that can be inverted and used as a griddle or you can cover the pot in hot coals to create a real working oven.

One of our favourite dutch oven recipes is Chicken and dumplings, it’s classic yet far more adventurous than a tin of beans. Wow your guests!

The Lodge Dutch Oven is £142 from Amazon.co.uk

Hurricane/Storm Camping Lantern

Hurricane storm lamp

As you can see lighting is one of the easiest ways to add some glamp to your camp. The stylish Toolzone Paraffin Hurricane Camping Lantern is available in Navy Blue (colours may vary!) and comes with a strong mental case with glass enclosure.

Buy a few of these then go for a midnight tramp and it’ll be like Harry Potter.

Toolzone Lantern is £7 from Amazon.co.uk

Sun Jar Solar Light

Sunjar Solar Light

The Sunjar Sola is an amazing combination of mason jar and solar energy. Inside the jar is a solar cell, battery and LED lamp. Leave the jar om sun light and it’ll charge in a few hours. Then at night you’ll have beautiful light that glows like sunlight through the frosted jar.

There are no controls, it will just sense the dark and automatically turn on, so leaving these dotted around the campsite will create your own automatic camp lighting!

The Sunjar is £12.95 from Amazon.co.uk

Be-Active Moon Lounger

Moon Lounger

If your tired of miserly camping chairs that expect you to relax on a small sheet of polyester the Be-Active Moon Lounger is going to revolutionise your campsite lounging.

With a 102cm diameter you’ll be amazed how far you can sink into soft padded moon chair and it’s one stage folding action will make setting up glamp easy and that extra bit luxurious.

The Be-Active Moon Lounger is £55 from Amazon.co.uk

Bodum Assam Cast Iron Tea Press

Bodum Assam Cast Iron Tea Press

The Bodum Assam iron teapot combines the traditional English tea pot with the more rugged Japanese kettle. It’s cast iron construction will preserve heat and create a perfect cuppa in style. The interior is coated with a smooth lining of enamel to prevent the iron deteriorating and will last a lifetime if treated well.

The Assam a perfect for bringing a little style to the morning ritual of tea making, so go out early, collect some kindling and gear the tea brewing on an open fire.

The Bodum Assam is £55 from Amazon.co.uk

Glamping accessories is from Campr - Everything Camping

Badge Blanket

Cath Kidston Badge Blanket

The Badge blanket references your scouting days with it’s retro badges depicting classic British imagery. However this time you won’t need to tie 8 unfathomable knots to have the honour of owning the badges. The 166×166 cm blanket is 50% wool and 50% man made fibre with a quaint strap to hold it in place before that picnic you’ve been hankering after all summer. The badge blanket buys you a little bit of your childhood back for £60.

Hurricane Lantern

Hurricane Lantern

The hand painted Hurricane Lantern is very much a statement of style of lighting power but it’s effortless chic will put anyone’s ’torch’ to shame. The 34×14.5cm paraffin lantern is bargain at £8.

Cherry 2 Person Picnic Hamper

Cath Kidston Cherry Picnic Basket

The Cherry 2 person picnic hamper is bursting with 1950s camping style and includes two cherry tea plates, two salt and pepper cellars, two cherry arcylic tumblers, two cherry napkins, two cutlery sets and a cherry sandwich box. The Cherry 2 person picnic hamper will set you back £85.

Check Rug

Cath Kidston Check Rug

The Cath Kidston check rug is ideal for spreading on the floor of a teepee or to replace the blanket that’s sat in the back of the Range Rover for the last three summers is starting to look a little tired. It’s striped pattern co-ordinates beautifully with the Cath Kidston camping range making the purchase of a complete set an almost nessecity. The Check Rug is £30.

Cherry Cool Bag

Cherry Cool Bag

The Cherry cool bag makes a sometimes ugly object beautiful again. The satisfaction in cracking open a cool Chardonnay after a maddening drive down to Devon on a bank holiday makes camping worthwhile. The Cherry Cool Bag is made of PVC coated 100% cotton duck and costs £30.

Cath Kidston goes Camping is from Campr - Everything Camping

Tears and tipis. How I got into glamping

Crowded tents, torrential rain and the constant fear of being washed away lead me to the same conclusion as my Glastonbury attendance, not to mention my age, increases. Dragging myself out of my small and sodden tent, I gaze toward the sky from Pennard Hill and squint my eyes enviously at the field of beautiful white tipis that dot the skyline.

Camping has always been one of my favourite ways to spend summer weekends; ever since I was little I remember tucking into a tin of cold beans and playing football with my brother at many of the campsites lining the Gower. But as I get older, it’s not my enthusiasm for camping that wavers, but my ability to spend a stony night under the stars without thinking of my home comforts or secretly dreaming of an airbed to rest my aging muscles on.

Accepting that I’m no longer the girl that I once was, there comes a time when I must put my pride, and my stay-up-and-party-whatever-the-weather reputation aside, and be true to my bodily desires of warmth and comfort. Is it wrong that whilst only still in my early twenties I can’t quite swallow the nostalgia of marshmallows by the fire and long for a quiet B&B instead? Regardless of your judgments, I have found a way to rediscover my youthful spirit, as well as my faith in the outdoor pursuit, and re-enter the world of happy campers.

Let’s be frank here. No one’s getting any younger, and as the world’s luxurious commodities become a necessity, and far too easy to come by, why should us bright young things accept anything less? Enter ‘glamping’. An exciting new way to indulge in the life outdoors, and let’s be honest, a far more enjoyable way to spend what is most likely to be a wet weekend in Wales or a five-day torrential downpour at Glastonbury.

Bye-bye to generic, tiny and infinitely frustrating tents and hello to glamour in every aesthetic sense. Regardless of your choice of shape, size or colour, the tents on offer in the glamping experience tick all the right boxes – be it comfort or style. My favourite site to peruse glamping porn is Go Glamping.

With enough room to pop your champagne cork without danger of an eye injury and most importantly room to comfortably rest one’s head, once tried there is no going back. I don’t care how many scoffs I may endure from my more adventurous friends. Whilst they are still waking from half-hearted sleeps and rubbing sore necks, I am lavishing in all of glamping’s delights.

Going Glamping is from Campr - Everything Camping