Weekend getaways from London by car: 12 ideas for two days
Saturday-and-Sunday trips 80–390 km from London: what to see, where to stay at a campsite and how far it is. Built from CAMPLY sights and campsites, not from someone else's lists.
Weekend getaways from London by car: 12 two-day trips 80–390 km from the city. Each has its main sights close together, the straight-line distance from the city and a campsite within 30 km for the night. Sights are picked by the CAMPLY attractions ranking, campsites by ratings; the planner turns any idea into a day-by-day route.
- Updated 20 October
- 80–390 km from London
Within 150 km
Doable as a day trip, no overnight stop needed.
Canterbury
Canterbury Cathedral · Watling Street
88 km from LondonStay: Dunn Street Farm CampsiteWoodstock
Blenheim Palace · Chipping Norton Castle
93 km from LondonStay: Cotswold ViewPortsmouth
HMS Victory · Osborne House · Mary Rose · HMS Warrior
104 km from LondonStay: Gurnard Pines Holiday CampNorthampton
Althorp
105 km from LondonStay: The Limes Caravan ParkSalisbury
Stonehenge · Salisbury Cathedral
124 km from LondonStay: Postern Hill
150–300 km
With an overnight stop: the nearby campsite is on each card.
Bristol
SS Great Britain · Roman Baths · Clifton Suspension Bridge
172 km from LondonStay: Avon Valley Farm CAMC CLBakewell
Chatsworth House
216 km from LondonStay: Chatsworth Park Caravan & Motorhome Club SiteSaint-Laurent-sur-Mer
Beaches of the D-Day Landings, Normandy, 1944
244 km from LondonStay: La Ferme du LavoirYork
York Minster · Castle Howard
280 km from LondonStay: Naburn Lock Caravan Park
300–400 km
Leave on Friday evening or early on Saturday.
Llanberis
Snowdon · Eryri National Park
320 km from LondonStay: Macs Pebyll Hafod Y LlanParis
Eiffel Tower · Church of Notre-Dame, Versailles · Catacombs of Paris · Notre-Dame de Paris · and 12 more
341 km from LondonStay: Les 4 arpentsAmbleside
Lake District National Park · Scafell Pike
383 km from LondonStay: Gillside Camping
What every idea has
What to see
Places from the attractions ranking, not a random list: the main one comes first.
Where to stay
The best-rated campsite within 30 km; tent pitches and rest areas are on the map.
How far
Distance from the city centre; the planner works out the road and driving time.
Plan the route
The planner turns an idea into a day-by-day route with overnight stops that you can edit and save.