Holkham Hall from £43 per night*
Open 16 August to 13 September 2024
Whether you are touring or tenting, book your fantastic summer getaway at this popular venue - only 1 mile from the stunning North Norfolk beaches and AONB.
Book nowThe Big Little Reading Festival
The Big Little Reading Festival
Saturday 17 August 2024 at Holkham Hall pop-up campsite
What's on at the festival...
Marquee theatre
- Join Mel & Ryan Philpott AKA ‘The Overnighters’ with their guide to touring the UK’s best Caravan and Motorhome Club Campsites.
- Mel and Ryan will ‘tow’ you on their ‘tour’ of the literary gems of the UK. From Daphne Du Maurier's Cornwall to Dylan Thomas's Gower Peninsular via Beatrix Potter's Lake District. With stops in Dickensian Kent and the North Yorkshire Moors, there will be bookish delights for all.
- Come and join in for a fun-filled time of inspiration, advice and a lot of laughs, there will also be an audience Q&A.
Literary gems
- Be inspired by the beautiful pop-up campsite location of Holkham Hall, where the Oscar-winning ‘Shakespeare in Love’ was filmed and discover the literary links of Norfolk!
- Dickens’ David Copperfield was set largely in Yarmouth, while East Anglia gave birth to the likes of Arthur Ransome (Swallows and Amazons), Anna Sewell (Black Beauty), Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials), John Betjeman (Poet Laureate) and the one and only Stephen Fry.
Book quiz
- There will be a book quiz hosted by Mel and Ryan Philpott - plus a guest appearance from Charles Dickens!
- The winning team will get either free tickets to watch Dickens Theatre Company’s A Christmas Carol at King’s Lynn Corn Exchange in November or a theatre local to them.
Evening play
- Immerse yourself in an evening play at the festival tent.
- Bring along your favourite nibbles and drinks to enjoy ‘Charles Dickens and the Stink of Murder’.
