We are writing to feed back on our recent stay at All Saints Church in Billesley.

The whole experience was fabulous, and we cannot recommend it enough to everyone we speak to. We have both been enthusiastically spreading the word since we returned, and hoping our friends will be inspired to book their own champing experiences. Things we loved:
– The fabulous setting up of the church by our Champbot Chris. We found everything we needed waiting for us, and couldn’t have asked for more. It was all in a lovely little nook of the church too and was so cosy.
– The location of the church was great – it was certainly a real treat having the use of the Haselor Room bathroom!
– The historical side of the church was fascinating – we were particularly taken by the fact we got to sleep right next to the 12th century Herefordshire School carving.
– Waking up to the sun streaming through the church windows – it was so peaceful and inspiring.
– Our fabulous breakfast host Alan at Larkrise Cottage who made us some delicious poached eggs on toast and was a true gent!

We really do think that all of those at the CCT have done a fabulous job of promoting such an excellent concept, and we hope it continues to be a huge success.

Nice relaxing country church. Comfortable because I packed lots of warm clothes and bedding. The kettle was useful.

What an amazing experience. We loved every second of it and are already planning our next trip. I was worried it would be too cold and too creepy, but I woke up really warm and cosy and slept like a log. Fantastic experience I wholeheartedly recommend.

Amazing night, I’m disabled and even I found the beds comfortable, plenty of water and warm drinks supplies even packs of biscuits 😋, the church is stunning and definitely going again thank you all so much just what we needed.

Beautiful church in a stunning location. Ideal spot for walking and hiking. Having the community hall and toilets close by was great. All of the facilities were clean. Would have been nice to have met and spoken to someone in person, however the instructions left were easy to follow. We spent the night eating pizza and watching Ghostbusters. Would love to visit all the other champing spots on my travels.

What a fantastic experience champing at the amazing All Saints Church in Langport. Can’t recommend it enough to anyone. There were 8 of us including two little ones (7 and 8) as well as 2 plus 70 year old and everyone of us thoroughly enjoyed our totally unique and memorable stay. Beautiful church to explore, epic games of hide and seek, grand re-enactments of favourite speeches and joke telling from the magnificent pulpit, judge and jury role play fun, mini disco, singing , dancing and hilarious flash mobs. For our first experience with kids it was perfect that there was lighting and a kettle and the lovely home comforts of pillows, blankets and tea and coffee. The children loved finding the massive old key, and the first reaction of entering this grand, amazing building and then seeing our cosy beds and twinkly lights was priceless. Truly something us adults will never forget and I’m sure will be one of the kids lasting incredible memories if you get the chance do it!

My husband, Tom, and I stayed overnight at St James Church in Cooling as part of our anniversary weekend. We’ve never champed before so didn’t quite know what to expect, but we were not disappointed. We had forgotten to bring an extra torch as recommended but there were plenty of portable lanterns and electric candles already provided. The fairy lights added a nice touch of coziness, along with the lawn chairs which provided more comfortable seating than the wooden pews! We were really glad that we brought extra fleece blankets in addition to our sleeping bags as the church got pretty chilly overnight (it was towards the end of Sept). Also glad that it didn’t rain, otherwise the late night trips to the toilet outside would have been rather soggy! St James is a lovely church with interesting historical information, and the pub down the road served up a nice cooked breakfast, which we had booked as part of our Champing stay.

Wow, wow & thrice wow… a magical weekend, gorgeous church, everything had been well thought out.. a weekend of complete relaxation . Owls at night a partying, a little owl in the churchyard… bliss.
Thai four two in Rochester does great vegan options as does purple planet at cliffe pools.. thank you for a great weekend

One night at a church in Old Langho….just the two of us and a gorgeous church..very well equipped with a kettle, mugs, wine glasses and very sturdy camp beds (very comfy too) together with games, fairy lights and LED candles. Perfect stay, very atmospheric in a church dating back to 1557…Will definitely go on champing!

A beautiful 16th century church which can be hard to find without a sat nav! Lovely, plain interior with a very peaceful feeling to it when inside and a beautiful churchyard to wander in outside. The church mice left it well supplied with tea, coffee etc and all felt very welcoming. A little more of a challenge to stay more than one night due to the lack of a sink for teeth brushing etc, but I’m sure that children and less mature adults (me) will be fascinated by the separating toilet! Take stout clothing and a good sleeping bag as it is a cold stone building. The most important thing is that it is a very quiet place and those looking for a spiritual place to reflect on or connect with God will find it here. Thank you St Leonards.

We had a fantastic time champing. Our children investigated every corner of the church and couldn’t stop shouting with excitement that they were the only ones there. We found everything well organised and liked the extra touches such as fairy lights and led candles. It did get very cold (Don’t worry we were expecting to and packed accordingly) but it added to the unique experience – the provided hot water bottles were an unexpected but appreciated extra. We will definitely be champing again in the future.

Aww man we had an absolutely fabulous time at St Cyriac, Swaffham Prior and a very cosy night in… who knew you could get pizza and falafels delivered to a church? Plenty of space, safe (battery-powered) candles and fairy lights gave this absolutely beautiful space a sort of ‘festival vibe’ and the ancient coffin-wheeler in the corner just the right amount of spook for us! Stunning grounds and location with another church directly opposite and we just thoroughly enjoyed the chance to spend so much time together without getting wet (as camping was or alternative, and it did happen to pour overnight!) so this meant no packing up of wet tents and we had a lovely loo, with heater in it, and even a little kitchen – which was a really nice surprise, and meant our food, and most importantly a vegan Biscotti-flavoured cheesecake, could be kept safe from my labrador Coconut! A really fab adventure and lovely to know our funds are going to help keep these beautiful buildings of such architectural and cultural significance alive! Nice little walkies around the most picturesque village and we even found some windmills! A really lovely time in good company and we didn’t even need to hot water bottles supplied!! Thank you – we’ll be back next year for sure!!

We stayed in this lovely church on the hottest day and night ever measured in the UK. It was the perfect place to be and it was lovely and fresh 🙂 A fox, an owl and a badger came by in the cemetery and didn’t even notice us. We had some music sheets with us and sang for hours in “our” church.
Sleeping in this church full of history was magic and an experience we can recommend.

We had a wonderful night at the church. We brought our doberman, Wren along with us. She had so much fun sniffing around the old church that two days later she’s still exhausted. The church was beautiful. I attached a little video montage of our time there. We enjoyed wandering around the graveyard, and the stained glass windows. We would love to stay again.

My second time Champing at St Mary’s in Fordwich, this time with a friend. Such a beautiful little church, so historic. Beautiful little town right by the river. Not so cold this time. We were hoping for ghosts; nothing happened except many times, in the middle of the night, a strange dragging/scraping noise heard could be heard outside. Too scared (and cold) to investigate. We are hoping to stay again next year and, if it happens, we will check it out! (I think). Only quibble was the water machine wouldn’t work so we had to improvise with one of the giant water bottles. Also, not clear enough instructions in the loo. Not as many fake candles as last time, shame as it was so pretty. ( hope people haven’t been pinching them, we noticed some womble had actually tried to light one! Seriously?) . I would seriously love to tidy the graveyard a little. Lovely wild flowers but a little too overgrown and tatty in places. Anyway, beautiful place, will go again.

A fabulous evening, and overnight, stay at this beautiful Church in Wroxeter. So much “history” to absorb, from the Roman stone used in the font and gateway to the churchyard onwards …

A big recommend.

Great experience. Church was so old & lovely.

Hadn’t appreciated what a camp bed meant though! With hindsight we would have taken an air bed as found the camp bed quite uncomfortable but that our fault for not being camp savvy. Even so, we loved it – having drinks & a picnic in the pews with music (we took our own Bluetooth speaker) Would recommend taking cushions or something to sit on as sitting on the pews quickly gets chilly. And obviously blankets & warm clothes.
Very atmospheric & a bit spooky in a good way. Would definitely recommend.