Inside a bell tent: a made-up double bed with a bee cushion, soft blankets and fresh towels on coir matting

Tamar Valley · West Devon

Where two rivers meet, two tents wait.

An off-grid wild glamping retreat on a hidden peninsula — only ever two bell tents, and the whole field is yours.

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Wild in the real sense — off-grid, quiet, and open to the sky.

Two tents. A whole field. No-one across the grass but you.

Tucked above the meeting of the Tavy and the Tamar, Damson Keep is a small, private escape on a peninsula almost nobody knows. You'll wake to birdsong, cook over fire, and fall asleep under some of the darkest skies in Devon.

It's a working smallholding — rare-breed sheep, foxgloves, buzzards overhead — set up for two bell tents and no more. Come to reset, to potter, to do gloriously little.

Come for whatever you need

Find your own corner

A lit bell tent under a pitch-black night sky

The Dark Skies

No light pollution for miles. The Milky Way, shooting stars and — on the right night — the Northern Lights overhead.

The Tamar estuary at golden hour, seen from the field

On the Water

Five slipways within five minutes. Bring the boat, the paddleboard, the canoe — few sites let you launch like this.

Sunlight falling through tall trees in quiet ancient woodland

The Wild & Quiet

Buzzards by day, owls after dark, pheasants through the grass. A whole field to yourself and nothing you must do.

Two tame, curly-fleeced rare-breed lambs in the garden

The Animals

A smallholding with rare-breed Dartmoor sheep — and two tame pet lambs the children won't want to leave.

Inside a bell tent: a made-up bed with linen, blankets and a bee cushion

The Stay

Two tents available, either or both can be yours!

The Large Tent sleeps 4 · 2-night minimum

A roomy bell tent with a proper double, a sofa bed and pull-outs — and a Simba bed that guests don't expect to find under canvas.

The Bell Tent sleeps 4 · one night welcome

A cosy five-metre bell with a double and a sofa bed. Just right for a couple, or a small family who want to keep it simple.

Real beds & cotton linen
Wood burner
Wood-fired pizza oven
Gas hob & BBQ
Fire pit under the stars
Compost loo
Hot outdoor shower
Lockable canvas, your own code

Off-grid by design — there's no mains here. Drinking water, logs and kindling are on site to buy, or bring your own. Dates and prices live on Airbnb.

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Under canvas, under stars

The dark is the whole point.

Out here the night actually goes dark — no streetlights, no glow on the horizon. Lie back by the fire and the sky fills in: planets, satellites, the slow wheel of the Milky Way.

Last autumn the Northern Lights came out over the top field. We have the photographs to prove it.

A bell tent glowing warmly against a dark night sky

The view from the field over the Tamar estuary, where two rivers run down to the sea

The Place

A hidden corner of the Tamar Valley

Where two rivers meetViews over the Tavy and the Tamar as they run down to the sea.
On the waterFive slipways within five minutes, with Weir Quay and its boatyard café down the lane.
On foot & by railThe Tamar Trail five minutes away, and the Tamar Valley Line through some of Devon's prettiest stations.
Days outMorwellham Quay, Cotehele, Buckland Abbey, Lydford Gorge and Dartmoor — all within half an hour.
The villageButcher, post office and the essentials, two miles up the road.