Canopy & Stars

Canopy & Stars: luxury glamping in the UK and Europe

Canopy & Stars is a collection of unique and creative outdoor places to stay, personally selected and inspected by its team. The platform operates in the UK and Europe, and its catalogue includes treehouses, cabins, shepherd's huts, yurts, safari tents, cottages, barns and bothies, geodomes, roundhouses and wagons, among other types.

Types of accommodation and experiences

The offer is organised around different types of stay: treehouses, cabins, shepherd's huts, yurts, safari tents, cottages, barns and bothies, geodomes, roundhouses and wagons. They are also grouped by interests and occasions: unusual places to stay, hot tub holidays, cabins with hot tubs, dog-friendly, family-friendly, on a budget, short breaks, new to the collection, accessible glamping, romantic getaways, celebrations, glamping for large groups, honeymoons, babymoons and weddings.

Destinations in the UK and Europe

The collection covers popular destinations in the UK such as Devon, Yorkshire, Sussex, Cornwall, Dorset, Northumberland, Norfolk, Somerset and Herefordshire, as well as featured national parks such as the Lake District, Pembrokeshire, Peak District, Snowdonia and Brecon Beacons. By country, the platform covers England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Norway and Sweden. It also offers specific searches for glamping and cabins near London, Bristol and Manchester.

Selection and inspection of accommodation

Each accommodation in the collection is personally inspected by the Canopy & Stars team, which selects unique spaces for an authentic outdoor living experience. The platform guarantees the best rates and allows booking with a 25% deposit. Among the recently added accommodations are Ox House Cabin (Warwickshire), Aran (Denbighshire), Fferna (Denbighshire) and Midford Valley Cabins (Bath), with prices per night in the catalogue starting from £104, £170 and £174 depending on the case.

Editorial content and podcast

Canopy & Stars maintains a stories section with blog, podcast and videos. The podcast A Life More Wild has won awards and features conversations with people, places and ideas related to outdoor life; episodes include interviews with detectorist Charlie Cooper, co-creator of the series This Country, and with beekeeper and artist Millie Uhlein. The website also publishes features on soundscapes, such as the changing season in the South Downs, and recipes such as Foraged by Fern's wild mushroom pasta.

Ownership model and environmental commitment

The company is majority employee-owned, giving staff a stake in its management. Its Charitable Trust uses 24% of the company's ownership to support environmental causes. Canopy & Stars has committed to raising £50,000 by 2027 to help protect nature in national parks. The platform presents itself as one of the highest-scoring B Corp travel companies in the world.

Additional services and publications

In addition to booking accommodation, Canopy & Stars offers gift cards, including wedding and Club Together programme cards, and a shop with the book Stay Wild and Wild Cards. For owners, it provides glamping consultancy services and allows accommodations to be added to the collection. The company is part of the Sawday's group, along with Special Places to Stay, Paws & Stay and Crown & Canopy.