Camping is a great family activity with camping offering the kind of fun and adventure that kids love but you have to be sure to buy the right kind of tent for family camping.
A family tent needs to be spacious and large with lots of room for all of the items you are likely to need on your holiday. Family tents are designed to be large and spacious with lots offering more than one room and large living areas. They are not designed for carrying long distances as the weight is not given much attention as it is assumed that you will take the tent in the car for most of the journey and so if you are going to need to carry the tent for a large distance then pay attention to the weight of the tent as this can vary allot.
There are a few different types of family tent that you can buy with the dome and tunnel tents being very popular to to the fact they are very easy to put up and are also very sturdy. They are often smaller though with less head room; most dome and tunnel tents have 1 or 2 sleeping rooms with a small living area. The large family tents however can be much better with much more space and more rooms although they are generally harder to put up and not as sturdy when they are up.
Most family tents will have a good quality groundsheet in the sleeping rooms but you will want to get some air beds or sleeping mats for extra comfort and good quality sleeping bags are also very much recommended.
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 | Colima 2 TD Tent , &, area, backpacker, colima, colimas, dome, door, family, front, gelert, hike, hike\tents, man, porch, rear, storage, style, td, tent, tents, twin... Shop: Simply Hike | £33.39 |
 | Confidence Holiday Lux 6 Man 2 room tent , 178cm , 190t, 2000mm , 280cm , 370x, 450mm, adjusters , air, bedroom, breathable, camping, dome, entrances , fabric, family, fire, fly, green, head, high, holiday, hq, hydrostatic, inner, lux, man, materials, point, retardant , room, seams , seem... Shop: Sports HQ | £39.99 |
 | Confidence Holiday Lux 8 Man 2 room tent , 185cm , 190t, 2000mm , 320cm , 415x, 450mm, adjusters , air, bedroom, blue, breathable, camping, dome, entrances , fabric, family, fire, fly, head, high, holiday, hq, hydrostatic, inner, lux, man, materials, point, retardant , room, seams , seems... Shop: Sports HQ | £49.99 |
 | Camping Tent , &, /130cm, /210cm, 100%, 3', 825, blue, boys, breathable, bugs, camping, colourful, concertina, condensation, control, exc, exciting, extensions51, family, flysheet, front, fun, games, garden, gear, girlsthis, groundsheet, handy, high, holiday, in... Shop: Letterbox | £54.99 |
 | Wild Country Tents Family Khamsin Groundsheet Protector , bottom, country, equipment, field, ground, protect, rough, tent, trek, uneven, wild... Shop: Field And Trek | £59.99 |
| | GELERT STRATUS TUNNEL 3 , 2008, accessories, camping, cant, compartment, erect, family, front, gear, gelert, generous, group, groups, mixed, outdoor, poles, scouts, sister, sleeping, sports, storage, stratus, tent, tents, tunnel, venture, volume... Shop: Venture Sports | £63.99 |
 | Vango Gamma 350 Tent , area, bath, camping, cook, design, dine, entry, equipment, external, family, festival, field, front, ground, inner, internal, periods, pitching, pole, porch, pvc, reasonable, sheet, side, sleeves, space, trek, tub, tunnel, weight, window, windows... Shop: Field And Trek | £69.99 |
 | Trailblazer 5 Tent , area, bedroom, camping, coleman, conditions, convenience, divider, durable, entrances, families, family, groundsheet, hike, hike\tents, increased, inner, living, man, pe, privacy, room, set, spacious, stylish, system, tent, tents, touring, trailblazer,... Shop: Simply Hike | £75.00 |
 | Quick Pitch DS 4 Tent , berth, climate, doors, ds, family, fibreglass, flysheet, four, gelert, guylines, inner, maximise, outdoorgear, pitch, pitching, poles, preattached, space, tent, tents, uk, used, ventilation, warm... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £79.99 |
 | Cadiz 5 Plus 2 Tent , bedroom, cadiz, campers, compartments, family, gelert, hike, hike\tents, man, person, plus, tent, tents... Shop: Simply Hike | £83.85 |
 | Coleman Lakeside 4 Family Tent - 4 Person , 'area, addtional, area, bedroom, boasts, called, camping, changes, clerly, coleman, coleman's, coleman®, conditions, configured, developed, door, dry, enjoyable, entrances, example, experience, factor, family, fire, flysheet, groundsheet, harsh... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £84.00 |
 | Vango Venture 500 Tent , 50, 500, 17993, area, bags, bath, dura, equipment, extended, external, family, field, fire, flysheet, ground, hytex, increase, inner, little, mats, pathfinder, pillows, pitching, pole, polyester, porch, retardant, roof, sheet, sleeping, sleeves, space,... Shop: Field And Trek | £89.99 |
 | Canyon 6 Tent , accommodate, addition, adverse, area, bedroom, bedrooms, belongings, canyon, channels, coating, coleman, comfortably, conditions, don&apost, endure, ensure, fabric, families, family, hike, hike\tents, house, incorporated, increased, live, living, man, p... Shop: Simply Hike | £89.99 |
 | Ozzie 2 X 4 Family Tent Sleeps Up To 6 , 'pitch, 2berth, 4berth, area, assembling, assisted, attention, bailey, based, budget, bumperpacked, camping, coded, conscious, continuing, design, divisions, enjoyable, erect, example, exciting, family, first', flysheet, found, groundsheet, group,... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £89.99 |
 | Lakeside 4 Tent , area, bedrooms, break, camping, change, coleman, comfort, conditions, convenience, dad, durable, family, groundsheet, hike, hike\tents, holiday, lakeside, living, lovely, man, money, mum, pe, pvc, relaxing, set, sleeping, spacious, system, tent, tents,... Shop: Simply Hike | £94.95 |
 | Gelert Twister Tent , £14999, £9999, 136cm, 188cm, 24studio, 74"e, bag, bright, camping, carry, coating, compromising, doors, ease, erect, family, fibreglass, gardening, ground, guy, inner, leisure, lines, mesh, outer, poles, polyester, preattached, rollaway, s... Shop: 24Studio | £99.99 |
 | Twister 4 Quick Pitch 4 Person Tent , [see, brightly, camping, case, climate, coloured, construction, demand, desired, dictates, doors, double, ease, faffing, family, flysheet, gelert, guylines, immediate, innovative, introducing, losing, marquee, outdoorgear, packing, pegging, persons, pit... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £99.99 |
 | Gelert Twister 4 Person Tent , 136cm, 24studio, bag, bright, camping, carry, coating, compromising, doors, ease, erect, family, fibreglass, ground, guy, inner, lines, outer, poles, polyester, preattached, promotion, rollaway, sewn, sheet, space, tent, tents, visibility, waterproof... Shop: 24Studio | £99.99 |
 | Halfords Family Tent Pack , bedrooms, family, halfords, outdoor, pack, packs, tent... Shop: Halfords | £99.99 |
 | Henley 4 Plus 2 Tent - 6 Person , area, bailey, brighter, coded, commissioned, control, design, detachable, dome, doors, durawrap, family, flysheet, geodesic, groundsheet, headroom, henley, increase, interior, living, marquee, minutes, oswald, outdoorgear, persons, pitches, plus, pole,... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £99.99 |
 | Lichfield Creek 4 Person Tent. , 103kg, 180cm, 2000mm, 20cm, 65, adjusters, air, argos, clear, clips, coded, d240cm, doors, drinking, eating, entrances, extended, family, fire, groundsheet, h180, head, hydrostatic, living, mesh, packed, pin, point, poles, porch, retardant, ring, room,... Shop: Argos | £99.99 |
 | Canyon 8 Tent , addition, ample, area, bedroom, bedrooms, belongings, canyon, central, channels, coating, coleman, coleman®, comfortably, durable, endure, fabric, family, groundsheet, hike, hike\tents, improving, increase, increased, light, live, living, man, panels... Shop: Simply Hike | £114.99 |
 | Stormlite Family 400 Tent , 185t, 400, adult, airflow, area, coded, convenience, converts, door, durable, eating, enhance, equipment, external, family, fibreglass, field, flysheet, guying, high, inner, light, living, pitching, points, pole, poles, polyester, porch, reinforced, ret... Shop: Field And Trek | £119.99 |
 | Taranto 500 , 2way, 'tunnel', area, cabin, camping, canopy, cotswold, curtain, divided, entrance, family, festivals, five, living, opening, outdoors, rollup, sleeping, spacious, sun, tent, ventilation, windows... Shop: Cotswold Outdoors | £120.00 |
 | Urban Escape Kurai 6 Person Tent , escape, family, halfords, kurai, outdoor, space, tent, urban... Shop: Halfords | £129.99 |
 | Vango Aurora 400 Tent , 400, 2000, area, aurora, bugs, camping, children, coded, compartments, doors, due, enjoyable, equipment, fabric, family, fibreglass, field, fire, flysheet, inner, light, mesh, pitch, poles, protex, retardant, seams, skylight, sleeping, style, taped, ten... Shop: Field And Trek | £135.99 |
 | Celcius Duo 5 Tent , adjustable, air, airflo&trade, ample, area, bag, campers, carry, coleman, compact, conveniently, copes, dividable, duo, efficient, family, hike, hike\tents, living, man, packs, set, sleeping, space, spacious, system, tent, tents, thanks, touring, ventil... Shop: Simply Hike | £153.00 |
 | Vancouver 6 - 6 Person Family Tent , area, bedroom, berth, canopy, demanding, dome, door, family, four, inner, jdoor, kyham, left, living, marquee, outdoorgear, persons, pitched, side, space, storage, tent, tents, uk, used, vancouver, window... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £159.00 |
 | Wynnster Cygnus 4 Tent SS07 , 2007, bug, clearance, cygnus, draft, environment, family, functional, inner, internal, living, pitches, porch, practical, space, sports, tent, tents, thus, venture, whole, wynnster... Shop: Venture Sports | £159.99 |
 | Lakeside 8 Tent , area, bedrooms, break, camping, change, coleman, comfort, conditions, convenience, dad, durable, family, groundsheet, hike, hike\tents, holiday, lakeside, living, lovely, man, money, mum, pe, pvc, relaxing, set, sleeping, spacious, system, tent, tents,... Shop: Simply Hike | £169.00 |
 | Colorado 600 , 600, area, camping, colorado, dome, family, groups, hike, hike\tents, living, man, sections, sleeping, space, tent, tents, tunnel, vango... Shop: Simply Hike | £169.00 |
 | Family Starter Pack 2008 , 130, 169, 299, 500, airbed, bags, camping, contents, cotswold, don't, double, electric, expense, festivals, five, foam, here's, holiday, mats, outdoors, pack, package, pump, risk, single, sleeping, sleeps, taranto, tent... Shop: Cotswold Outdoors | £169.00 |
 | Urban Escape Family Tent Pack , family, halfords, outdoor, pack, packs, spacious, tent... Shop: Halfords | £169.99 |
 | Lichfield Arapaho Dlx 6 Tent , 2000, 220cm, 6man, arapho, area, camping, colourcoded, cpai84, dlx, door, double, durable, entry, extended, family, flysheet, generous, groups, lichfield, living, measures, pitches, poles, polyester, porch, protex®, seam, sleeping, sports, taped, tent,... Shop: Tesco | £179.99 |
 | Ontario 8 Tent - 8 Person , 7ft, according, alike, bedroom, bedrooms, berth, big, canopy, consist, door, doors, effort, families, family, groups, headroom, khyam, living, minimum, ontario, outdoorgear, party, point, proven, removed, room, side, space, tent, tents, touring, tunnel,... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £199.00 |
 | Fiesta 6 SE Tent - 6 Person , 'king, 6se, area, area", assistant, bailey, balcony, based, bedroom, campsite', coded, comfort, commissioned, compartments, contemporary, cracker, divided, dome, double, erect, extended, eyebrow, family, fiesta, front, headroom, impressively,... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £199.99 |
 | River Lodge Tent , 190, 7m2, accessory, area, breeze, camping, cm, comfortable, cooling, couple, doors, entire, extended, family, groundsheet, high, hike, hike\tents, holiday, however, inner, innertent, living, lodge, man, minimum, mosquito, necessary, needed, needopposit... Shop: Simply Hike | £200.00 |
 | Double Dreamer , area, camping, clearence, compartments, cotswold, fabric, family, festivals, hydrotex, living, longlasting, outdoors, resistance, safety, sleeping, stand, tent, thanks, to, uv... Shop: Cotswold Outdoors | £235.00 |
 | Colorado 800 DLX , 800dlx, area, camping, colorado, comfortable, dome, extended, family, group, hike, hike\tents, living, man, part, porch, sleeping, space, tent, tents, trips, tunnels, vango... Shop: Simply Hike | £235.00 |
 | Magellan 6 Family Tent - Sleeps 6 Persons , 3000mm, advanced, airflow, aluminium, anything, area, astonishing, bag, bigs, blend, campers, carry, coleman's, conditions, covers, crouch, design, downwards, elegance, families, family, groundsheets, group, head, hydrostatic, increase, inner, inners... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £249.99 |
 | Modulus X7 Tent , bedrooms, coleman, entering, entrance, exponent, family, feet, grow, hike, hike\tents, man, map, modular, modulus, sleeping, tent, tents, versatile, wide, wings, wipe, x7... Shop: Simply Hike | £250.00 |
 | Wynnster Mercury 9 EXCEL Tent , 2007, bedroom, clearance, comfortable, entrance, family, holidays, mercury, modelled, porch, rear, sports, tent, tents, venture, versatile, windows, wynnster, xp... Shop: Venture Sports | £259.49 |
 | Matrix X6 Tent , air, airflo, area, bad, bedroom, central, coleman, descends, design, entrance, expansive, exponent, families, family, groundsheet, hike, hike\tents, increase, inner, integrated, living, man, mat, matrix, multipod, port, remove, room, space, system, tent... Shop: Simply Hike | £289.00 |
 | Sector X5 Tent , campsite, coleman, comfortable, compact, due, family, feels, grand, head, high, hike, hike\tents, layout, lovely, man, sector, setup, spacious, tent, tents, x5... Shop: Simply Hike | £289.95 |
 | Triple Dreamer Tent , adventure, area, curtains, despite, don&apost, doors, dreamer, entrance, entrances, erect, family, front, hike, hike\tents, inner, living, man, opened, pitches, pvc, quickly, robens, shaded, side, sleeping, space, stable, tent, tents, triple, tunnel, wi... Shop: Simply Hike | £298.00 |
 | Wayfarer 4 Flexidome 4 Person Tent , bedrooms, double, erect, family, flexidome, guying, inners, introducing, khyam, lasting, layer, market, outdoorgear, pegging, pitching, points, poles, rapidex, reinforced, removable, space, strength, tent, tents, tradeoff, uk, wayfarer... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £299.00 |
 | Coleman Magellan 9 Family Tent - 9 Persons , 3000mm, advanced, airflow, aluminium, anything, area, astonishing, bag, bigs, blend, campers, carry, coleman's, conditions, covers, crouch, design, downwards, elegance, families, family, groundsheets, group, head, hydrostatic, increase, inner, inners... Shop: OutdoorGear UK | £299.99 |
 | Colemans Velhas 8 Person Tent. , 2000mm, 205cmpacked, 245kg, adjusters, argos, bedrooms, breathable, bug, campinglarge, coded, d33cm, door, family, fire, ground, groundsheet, h205, h65, head, hydrostatic, inner, l200cmheight, l670cmsize, living, material, mesh, point, poles, polyester,... Shop: Argos | £299.99 |
 | Vango Diablo 600 Tent , 2004, 'integral', area, button, camping, compartments, curtains, design, dura, duty, edition, enlarge, equipment, extended, family, feb, fibre, fibreflex, field, floorplan, flysheet, food, generous, geodesic, glass, grade, groundsheet, heavy, high, holi... Shop: Field And Trek | £329.99 |
 | Sumatra Tent , area, bright, bugs, comfortable, cotton, draughts, ensure, fabric, family, groundsheet, heavyweight, hike, hike\tents, light, living, luxurious, man, poly, rain, sewnin, skylights, sleeping, spacious, sumatra, superior, tent, tents, vango, windows... Shop: Simply Hike | £350.00 |
 | Double Horizon Tent , area, breathable, comfortable, cooler, dirt, doors, double, ensure, entrances, evenings, family, gathering, groundsheet, hike, hike\tents, horizon, inner, insects, interiors, living, man, mesh, mosquito, noticeably, persons, pitch, polycotton, polyester... Shop: Simply Hike | £450.00 |
 | Evening Star XL Tent , allinall, area, divided, entirely, evening, family, front, hike, hike\tents, inner, light, living, man, models, open, outdoor, raining, removed, robens, shaded, shape, sleeping, sleeps, space, stand, star, steep, style, tent, tents, tunnel, views, wall,... Shop: Simply Hike | £500.00 |
 | Triple Horizon Tent , ample, breathable, breezes, cooler, dining, dirt, doors, double, effectively, ensure, entrances, evening, expanded, family, five, food, groundsheet, hike, hike\tents, horizon, insects, interiors, kids, man, mesh, mosquitos, noticeably, playing, polycott... Shop: Simply Hike | £600.00 |
 | Terra Nova Terra Firma Tent , 7001, alloy, backpacking, base, bathtub, camp, design, duke, durability, edinburgh's, equipment, expedition, expeditions, fabric, family, field, firma, flysheet, four, gear, geodesic, groundsheet, high, himalayan, internal, lends, loft, pegs, polar, por... Shop: Field And Trek | £675.00 |
