Understanding and experience.
Crown & Canopy are leading UK glamping industry specialists and are passionate about glamping and sustainable land management. Our extensive knowledge of glamping, developed from on the ground experience of building and running retreats and over a decade of working in all aspects of the industry means we are uniquely placed to support you in the development, planning and execution of your glamping development.
Our industry insights and expertise have recently grown to a new level as Crown & Canopy became a sister company to Canopy & Stars in December 2023. Together we provide a full package of advice and support to help you launch a unique offering that will thrive in the competitive glamping industry.
Our team covers full consultancy, design, planning and architectural services, and we offer everything from initial advice to full support from concept to completion.
As the first specialist glamping consultancy in the UK, we work closely with other industry leaders to ensure we stay at the forefront of the sector and provide the best possible services to our clients.
An amazing team with over 50 years’ experience
Ed is the Co-founder & Director and undertakes our consultancy and business services
Ed
Tom is a Co-director of Crown & Canopy and the Co-founder of Canopy & Stars and helps with business strategy
Tom
Lisa leads the business development team at Canopy & Stars, together they work with owners at all stages of their projects and advise on how to create successful spaces
Lisa
With a background in cabin development Alice handles our planning and project development services
Alice
Henry is our Lead Architect and brings 10 years of experience to our bespoke cabin and treehouse projects
Henry
Helen provides unique industry insights and expert recommendations to ensure the success of any new glamping businesses
Helen
Kelly is revenue and pricing manager for Canopy and Stars and through performance data, develops pricing strategies to maximise occupancy rates and yield
Kelly
Aidan is an Architectural and Passive House Designer with a specialisation in detailing low-impact construction
Aidan
Hannah manages our Planning and Consultancy projects alongside Ed and Alice
Hannah
Our Philosophy
Here at Crown & Canopy we are passionate about enjoying the great outdoors and even more so about sharing this experience with others. Glamping is a way to explore our beautiful countryside, reconnect with nature and experience a back to basics lifestyle with the comforts of a luxury hotel.
We need nature for our wellbeing. Children and adults get so much from spending time outdoors and as our lifestyle moves us ever away from the natural world, glamping offers a myriad of ways for couples, families and groups to enjoy time-out in wild spaces. The benefits to landowners are also significant, from the economic gain through diversification into UK retreats, to the satisfaction of sharing their beautiful land with guests from all over the world. Glamping is a flourishing industry with benefits for both people and nature and something that we are very proud to be involved in.
- Cost effective, ensuring a smooth and continuous construction process.
- We always get the best people in each field to work on each element.
- We take pride in our products and creations
- We think outside the box
- We enjoy working alongside clients to make their land viable
- We want people to experience nature from a luxury environment
- We relish our work and take pride in it
- We work with a broad demographic of individuals and businesses
- We believe in quality over quantity
It’s great that we know each other now.
Our client experiences
Richard Drakeley
Tourism Development Manager | The National Forest Company
Design Guide
Crown & Canopy have been working with the National Forest Company over the past twelve months to develop a new exemplar design guide for sustainable tourism accommodation in the National Forest. Edward and his team were easy to work with, asked some challenging questions, brought considerable expertise and a highly valued independent view to what was a complicated subject involving a myriad of stakeholders and interests. The experience was totally refreshing, thought-provoking and has resulted in the creation of an ambitious and far-reaching document, and a key component of our place-shaping and sustainable destination development growth plans.
Suzanna Hayes
Land Owner
Treehouse And Cabin Project
I first came across Ed of Crown & Canopy giving a great seminar at the Farm Innovation Show at the NEC in November 2017. What immediately struck me was both Ed’s dedication to his craft but his overall knowledge of all things hospitality plus he’s just a really great guy, very approachable and easy to work with full of great ideas. I approached Ed straight away to work with me on a treehouse and cabin project in Surrey and we are still working together on this project alongside planners and the local authority. I also appointed Ed to help me secure a grant for another holiday project I was working on and without Ed, I don’t think I would have received the tourism grant funding I did. He is now tendering for some of these building works to create a high end 2-bed holiday let accommodation and I look forward to continuing our partnership with Ed for the foreseeable future. I cannot recommend Ed and his team highly enough for any aspect of a tourism project regardless of what stage you get him involved at.
Philip Niemand
Head of Commercial | National Trust South West
Glamping Manual
Business to Business relies on a professional, experienced and personal approach to succeed – and this is exactly the quality approach I got when dealing with Edward and the Crown & Canopy team. Edward took time to understand the context, deliverables and personal aims of what I was asking and he was flexible in his ability to respond to my financial constraints whilst ensuring that he still met the brief. I have high regard for the team’s work ethic and I would definitely consider working with them again on future products.
Tom Dixon
Co-founder & Director
Canopy & Stars
Crown & Canopy are brilliant to work with. They have a great mix of skills, experience and qualities; a lovely blend of being professional, commercial, reliable and logical, yet also importantly for us, they are also open-minded, creative and collaborative. They also just like to get stuff done with a can do positive approach. They really get the spirit of what we want to create and champion within Canopy & Stars; a life more wild. We feel very aligned in terms of our values, purpose and how we like to work.
Peter Michael
Land Owner
Glamping Site Installation
Over the last two years, Edward has set up and managed my boutique campsite. In every detail he embraces a love of natural materials and indeed the preservation of the local wildlife whilst encouraging use for all. He is thorough and for him most things are possible. This is a reassuring quality for anyone looking for a consultant, as it certainly was for me.
