Of the 12 campsites within 2.6 miles of Tapnell Farm Park, 6 take tents.
Tapnell does not take your own tent, so tent campers stay nearby. The farm sits on open ground and tells its own guests to bring torches, wellies and waterproofs. The closest tent field is Compton Farm, about a mile south over the downs. On foot, the six-mile Tapnell Trail runs through the farm from the estuary crossing by The Causeway in Freshwater.
Camp Wight at Ningwood is the pick for a woodland pitch: big unmarked clearings, composting toilets and solar-warmed showers, at £20 a night for two adults and two children. The Orchards has terraced tent pitches with hook-up and pools, and Mill Heights is an open field above Calbourne Water Mill with sea views and dark skies.
Without a car, route 7 between Newport and Yarmouth passes Camp Wight, The Orchards and Lucketts Farm. In summer the open-top Summer Links bus runs from Newport through Carisbrooke and Calbourne to Tapnell and on to Yarmouth. See camping without a car.
Farm campsite · Brook · 1 miles
About 1.6km south over the downs and a quarter of a mile from Compton Bay; the nearest site for tents, caravans and motorhomes.
Tents, caravans, motorhomes, static caravans, bell tents
Prices on request
ViewSmall certificated site · Yarmouth · 1.8 miles
Tent pitch from £27 · campfires · Up to ten tents alongside five vans on 1.5 sheltered acres; members only.
Members only · join the Camping and Caravanning Club to stay
Tents, caravans, motorhomes
from £27/night
ViewCampsite · Shalfleet · 2 miles
Tent pitch from £20 · campfires · Woodland clearings, unlit, so bring a head torch; £15 a night if you arrive without a car.
Tents, caravans, motorhomes, pods, pre-pitched tents
from £20/night
ViewPop-up campsite · Brook · 2.2 miles
Campfires · no showers · Tent-only summer field at Hulverstone with fires allowed but no showers.
Tents
Prices on request
ViewHoliday park · Newbridge · 2.3 miles
Tent pitch from £40 · Terraced paddocks with 10A electric for tents, up to six people a pitch; heated block with private cubicles.
Tents, caravans, motorhomes, static caravans, cottages
from £40/night
ViewSmall certificated site · Calbourne · 2.5 miles
Tent pitch from £20 · campfires · Open field with sea views and dark skies; two toilets and a camping shower. From £20 a night.
Camping and Caravanning Club site, open to non-members
Tents, caravans, motorhomes
from £20/night
ViewNo campsites match all of those.
No. Tapnell has glamping and Camp Tapnell containers, but no pitches for your own tent. Compton Farm, about a mile south, is the nearest tent field.
In summer the open-top Summer Links bus between Newport and Yarmouth stops at the farm, via Carisbrooke and Calbourne. Route 7 links Yarmouth, Shalfleet and Newport all year but does not call at Tapnell.
Compton Farm, about 1 miles away as the crow flies.
Camp Wight, from £20 a night for two adults, is the lowest price we can find over the next year. Prices change with the season and the day of the week, so put your dates into the calculator on this page.
Yes: Camp Wight and Mill Heights Campsite.
Yes, at Lucketts Farm Campsite, Camp Wight, Chapelfurlong Farm and Mill Heights Campsite. Most want fires in a raised pit, not on the ground.
