Let’s Camp
Enjoy the beautiful outdoors, sleep under the stars and camp, glamp or caravan with friends old and new.
Everyone, including babies, children and personal assistants, will need one camping ticket per person, regardless of how many nights you stay. You can camp on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
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Heads Up!
You need an event ticket and a camping ticket to attend Big Church Festival.
- Your event ticket is not included with camping. Please purchase your event ticket separately.
- If you are bringing your own tent, caravan or campervan, your camping ticket is not included. Please be sure to book a camping ticket for each person.
- If you are booking Glamping or Rent-A-Tent, your camping ticket is included.
Your camping options
Explore the Campsite
Facilities
Enjoy plenty of free toilets and showers to stay fresh all weekend.
Across the campsite, you’ll also find sinks for washing up, standpipes for filling your water containers and multi-tap units for brushing your teeth.
Trolley Service
In attendance at Big Church Festival will be a Trolley hire service to help you carry all your kit from your car to where you decide to camp. Our trolley pick up point will be located in the car park, near the entrance to the campsite.
More information on how to book will be available closer to the event!
The Village Green
Your go-to spot for food, camping essentials and everything in between! Pick up supplies, grab a coffee and enjoy lunchtime hangs.
- Campsite Cafe: Get your morning coffee fix or a late-night hot chocolate. Open daily til midnight.
- Food Traders: Grab food to go with loads of delicious options. Open daily from noon on Thursday.
- The Corner Shop: Stock up on camping provisions and missing essentials or use our ice block exchange.
- Phone charging + tokens.
- Info Point: Let us know if you need help or assistance.
Campsite Shop
Forget something? Visit the Campsite shop for tonight's dinner ingredients, drinks & snacks, plasters, paracetamol and (phew!) that one item you forgot to pack.
The Corner Shop opening hours:
- Thursday: 12pm – Midnight
- Friday, Saturday & Sunday: 6:30am – Midnight
- Monday: 6:30am – Noon
Kitchen Ingredients
Fancy a fry? Shop for all your cooking needs with locally sourced bread, milk, dairy products, fruit & veg, sausages, bacon, eggs as well as rice, pasta, tinned soups, cooking oil, teabags, coffee, fruit juices, cordials, cooking sauces, ketchup, salt, sugar, jams, spreads and breakfast cereals.
Items for specific diets including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and sugar-free are also available.
Camping & Kitchen Equipment
Camping equipment and essential items, including tents, toothbrushes, nappies, tent pegs, airbeds, sleeping bags, blankets, towels, soap, shampoo, pots and pans, torches, batteries, ponchos, wellies, suncream and earplugs.
Snacks & Cold Drinks
On the go? Choose from a range of crisps, snack bars, chocolate, dried fruits, nuts & seeds, children’s snacks, cold drinks and bottled water.
Ice blocks
More information will be available closer to the event, so check back soon!
First-Aid, Medicines and Remedies
Pick up Rennies, Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, rehydrating electrolytes and other medicines, essential oils, herbal and homeopathic remedies and sticking plasters.
Late Night Venues
Stay up late for this exclusive campers-only content and squeeze every ounce of fun out of your time at Big Church Festival.
- Late Night Live: If you fancy a good old knees-up, then join us in the Kids’ Tent for some stomping live music! Get your Big Church groove on!
- Illuminate After Hours: When the main arena lights go down, the energy turns up! Illuminate After Hours is the ultimate late-night hangout for youth ready to dance, laugh, and party until midnight. Bring your energy—we’ll bring the vibes!
- The Campfire: There’s something truly magical about singing under the stars in the cool night air, warmed by a roaring campfire. We like to keep some things as a surprise…“Who’s singing at the campfire?” This highly anticipated mystery is only revealed in the moment, so grab your torch and a blanket and come and join us!
- Worship After Hours: The worship doesn’t stop when the main stage closes! Join us in the Worship Tent as artists from the Mainstage lead us in powerful worship that carries into the early hours. Check the programme when you arrive to see who’ll guide us into God’s presence in 2026 – it’s going to be extraordinary!
- Wiston Candlelit Sessions: Every night after the main arena has closed we will be holding candlelit worship sessions in the Wiston Church as part of out after-hours programmes.
Big Church Kids + Youth
For 2026, our Big Church Kids and Big Church Youth programmes will be exclusively for those staying in our official camping areas. If you’d like your children or youth to be part of these incredible activities, make sure you book your camping tickets when you purchase your festival tickets and Big Church Youth and Kids tickets.
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