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if it's camping and caravanning they will want to charge you for  an extra pitch .

They've charged me extra cos they won't put a 3 man tent and a small 2 man which usually fits at the back of our tent  ( small one occupied by 1 child )

But I have read a review on the site we're off to saying how rude and ignorant the 'warden' is , can' t wait for when we go away

We go to the site we're off to because the kids love it , almost as much as me and my dog

The current ' warden ' needs to chill out

I think that the 6 metre rule usualy refers to the pitching distance between units (its the legal minimum distance for fire regulations) & not the size of your tent, most family tents are bigger than 6 metres on at least one side.

Phone them up & check.

In the 12 years I been regularly camping tents have gotten significantly bigger (& I'm a culprit too so I'm not preaching).

It's simple maths, a site owner can only fit half as many 6m wide tents on his (or her!) site as 3m tents. Those with huge tents should factor this in. I don't think the argument stands that the price should be the same for a 3 man dome and, say, a Monty 12 or Vango Amazon. 

The only other course is to allow pitching very close together, and I know from experience that an overcrowded site is no fun for anyone.

Playing a canny game, my Vermont is only 3.3m wide, and no-one seems to mind that it's 7.4 m long. I'm also never challenged when I put up a tarp at the front for extra shelter/shade.

Having a Hartford XL im over 7m square before I add 2m of canopy.....

I have found that if you book early enough then most campsites will try and accomodate you (also I think having electric hookup tends to put you on a larger pitch anyway as Caravans plus awnings arent exactly small!).

Paying for an extra pitch(or 50% or a pitch as I was charged at the last site I visted) is also acceptable as long as its 50% of the pitch fee not 50% of total cost ie a site whos pricing structure is pitch fee plus adult fee plus EHU etc etc.

As pointed out in an earlier post tents are becoming larger especially as familys are looking to holiday at lower cost in this country so I expect campsites to move to accomodate this.