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Stayed here from Thursday until Tuesday as were off to the RIAT at Fairford on the Saturday and wanted a site not too far away.
We booked a 4 person pod as thought it would be easier than putting up a large tent just for a weekend and there wasn't much difference in costing between a pod and a pitch.
On the plus side I am glad I didn't take a tent as when we arrived it was extremely windy and people were struggling with tents. On the down side, the pod was small and we were cramped in there. We had a double airbed and 2 singles and you had no storage room, everything else had to be left in the car. Each morning we had to deflate the airbeds so we could put table and chairs in there. They do have a 6 person pod but even that didn't look much bigger.
Anyway, onto the site review.
Very welcoming on arrival, sorted out key, wifi card and gate access card quickly (Paid £10 deposit for these). You can order your papers / milk / bread / croissants etc for each morning.
Very well laid out site but also very open so when it is windy you know about it.
Good playgrounds for the kids, good football pitch, good under cover games room, good walks around the site with farm animals to look at including a very vocal donkey!
Plenty of toilets and showers. A family shower room and family bathroom (50p for water for a bath). A microwave and veg prep area for guests to use and also a freezer for ice packs. A normal laundry room with washing machine / dryer / ironing board etc.
Decent washing up areas. Nice touch was each sink had a plastic draining rack. By the time we left on the Tuesday, 3 had disappeared.
Bad points.
We used the family showers with my 4yr old and the water was scalding hot even my 12yr old said he got burnt. Hubby tried them out the following morning and he also got burnt. Mentioned to reception and they were supposed to sort it out but the next time we used them it was still fairly hot.
The showers are the silly push button type (as they have in the sports centres). You have to try and wash and press the button at the same time. They only stayed on for a few seconds at a time. Difficult when you have a head full of shampoo and are trying to find the push button.
Speed of traffic around the park. There is meant to be a 10mph speed limit but hardly anyone keeps to this including a member of staff who was driving around on his little truck and then proceeded to do doughnuts on the football pitch. One night a bloke nearly got run over by a car and there was an all out row in the middle of the park and 2 other blokes had to pull this guy off as he was about to hit him. If that had been a child, they would have been run over.
The pods are all fenced in to make it private but we had children climbing the fence to do the short cut through to the football pitch and walks. Got fed up telling them off.
There was nobody from the site coming around checking on things, i.E children playing ball around the tents when they are not meant to and we had to tell them the Elsan point was blocked and stinking to high heaven. We reported it on the 2nd day and they were not aware of this.
It is a nice site, very well laid out and a good location for visiting the cotswolds. We went by train from Charlbury to Oxford for the day on the monday and it only took 20mins. With a family rail card it only cost us £7.60 return for all 4 of us plus parking at the station.
Lots of hot water, clean showers and toilets - never had to queue for these, despite being very busy;
Well stocked shop including fresh bread and hot croissants as well as newspapers - if ordered in advance;
Lots for children to do - with a games rooms, chess and draughts, two play areas, tennis court and a few animals;
Generally quiet after about 11pm;
Negatives:
We booked in advance and were asked whether we would like a plot by one of the play areas, which we accepted (and told our children). When we arrived, it emerged that we had been booked as a tent on a hardstanding pitch, and that they were full for the weekend. As a result we were squeezed onto a small (grass) plot on the other side of a hedge to the reception area and far out of sight of either play area leading to great disappointment all round. The plot was also noisy with cars parked up/ came in and there is a children's ride outside reception which made intermittent sounds all night. Generally, not a relaxing experience!
Overall I think that it was bad luck that there had been a mess made of our booking, but might be worth double checking when you book that you have been allocated the right type of pitch.
There was radio coming over loudspeakers in the showers/toilet areas;
Quite pricey;
They have cockerels!
Generally, this just wasn't our kind of site - it is quite commercial with lots of bustle, not peaceful and whilst there are some lovely big plots, there are also small, noisy and cramped ones (these seem to be the plots in the field prefixed with 'R'). We had hoped to unwind and spend quite a lot of time on site whilst the children played, but instead couldn't wait to get away for the day.
We have just spent our second weekend here and thought we would leave another review during a busy summer weekend.
We arrived early Friday morning for 2 nights and our check in was quick and easy.
We booked last minute and got the last few pitches on this very large campsite but we still had a great pitch with plenty of room even after we put the awning and kids paddling pool up.
The campsite had a great feel to it and even though the site was packed we had no problems with getting a free shower / toilet in the mornings.
The weather was great and so the campsite was buzzing with family and friends playing games and cooking outdoors but the site is perfect for kids, 2 playgrounds, games room, skittles, toddler cars and bikes, open area with goal posts, plenty of forest for hide and seek and even farm yard animals that you can interact with.
Camp shop is small but sells most things and if not then Co-op is a 2 min drive or 20 min walk through the countryside road/paths.
Plenty of water points and the site promotes recycling stations more than rubbish stations.
The best site I have been so far and we will be back again and again.
A little more pricey than some sites but worth it.
Spent a busy Saturday night here, having booked at late notice, although full being the end of half term it was not unpleasantly busy. Lots of children and quite noisy until 10pm+, only to be expected on a beautiful warm evening.
Lots for the kids to do including 2 parks, football field and resident animals. Short walk into Charlbury to shop and pubs.
Toilet and shower facilities very good and clean, small but well stocked shop. Fab break and we're going back again shortly!
What a find! We discovered this site by happy accident while looking for a one night stay not too far from home to test out our new tent.
It really is a great little site in a lovely quiet spot with nice pitches and a brilliant (and free) toilet and shower block. Tonnes of hot water, family rooms, bath, hairdryers - the works!
It was very quiet while we were there so I am not sure how it would fare in peak season (being quite small) but the on site facilities were spotless and EHU + wifi a real bonus.
We were pitched on a very spacious plot overlooking the children's play area which was handy for our 4 yr old. Pitches are separated by low hedging and woodland and the site seems very safe.
On site farm which was a hit with our little boy, decent walk into Charlbury which is pretty teeny but has a couple of pubs, a huge play area and a Co-op among other things.
Owner super helpful when a) we didn't have a hook up cable - he let us borrow his for free in the end and b) the battery died on our car which lead to him coming to our aid in an ancient landrover and armed with jumper leads!
With direct access to the River Thames, this family-friendly spot is perfect for boaters and walkers alike. Tourers, tents, motorhomes and RVs welcome. Grass electric, hard-standing and premium multi-service and RV pitches available. Spacious, modern, heated shower blocks with free hot water, hairdryers and shaving points. There is also a laundrette, park shop, disabled facilities, a book swap library, riverside picnic grounds, slipway, fishing in season, Premium WiFi, childrens playground, nature trail, football goals and outdoor table tennis table. A fantastic base for visiting Henley, Windsor, Legoland and more! A serene oasis nestled in the beautiful countryside at the base of the Chiltern Hills, just a stone`s throw from the charming Henley-on-Thames. Find out more here
We wanted a bit of a chill out week and that's exactly what we got. Although when we arrived and began to pitch the tent, the heavens opened and made the task extremely difficult. It didn't help that the ground beneath the turf was very stony and bent almost every peg I tried to hammer in.
The site itself was very good, the toilet and shower facilities were excellent with lots of hot water and cleaned on a regular basis. There were lots of children as you would expect during half term and they let you know that they were there, they made great use of the play area and the games room and lots of them were riding bikes around the whole site which I thought was a little dangerous.
My 11 year old son took great pleasure in beating me at a game on the giant garden chess board, although I got my own back on the tennis court. At 11'o clock you could hear a pin drop. The free wi-fi coverage was brilliant as the boys video skyped their friends from the tent in the evenings.
We had a lovely time here and would definitely return in the future!
Just back from a 2 day visit at this fantastic site. We wanted to visit the area and from previous reviews it hit the mark. Everything about this site is good. From the friendly staff, clean facilities, great play areas for the kids, fresh croissants cooked on the premisis and large pitches.
Dogs are allowed if controlled and there is a walking area et aside as well. Stroll around the farm area. Nice walk to local village where there are 2 pubs at least and only 5 mins away along a safe path, one of which is a CAMRA award winner. Would recommend and will be going back !
Used this site for a short break during May half term. We were lucky enough to get on at fairly short notice and really pleased we did. The site was busy and as you'd expect during school holiday there were lots of children about - with lot's for them to do. A number of playgrounds, games, walks, as well as the farm animals kept us all entertained. The shop is small but has all the essentials (as well as fresh croissants!).
Toilets were clean with plenty of hot water and all other facilities were of a high standard.
In fact we enjoyed it so much we've booked to go back for a longer stay in the summer
We stayed on this site on a very busy May bank holiday weekend. This site was the only place that we could get in to with electric hook up. I read the reviews on this site and thought that it sounded like a great site.
Good Points
1. The toilets/showers were clean and they consistently had hot water - I was concerned about the amount of showers (4 in the woman's block I used, there was another block) but this was unfounded as I did not have to queue once. There was the free use of a hairdryer and there were also cubicles just with sinks in.
2. The shop was well stocked - they provide a newspaper ordering facility, so if you like the day's news with your breakfast you should take advantage of this. They also cook their own bread on site including croissants and pain au chocolat.
3. The children's facilities - whilst my partner and I don't have children we could appreciate that children (young or older) would love this site - there is a games shelter (complete with pool table, table tennis and a few other things), 2 play grounds, a football area, a tennis court and skittle alley. The site also don't appear to object to children riding their bikes around site.
4. The washing up areas (2 blocks) - these were under cover - there was either 5 or 6 sinks, so again no queuing. There were drying racks to use if you felt the need to and again an ample supply of hot water.
5. The other facilities such as family bathroom, a disabled bathroom, vegetable preparation area, laundry room and a big chest freezer to put your freezer blocks in (although someone did walk off with our bag of blocks - a risk I think you have to be prepared to take).
6. Each pitch had access to EHU.
7. Recycling and bins - there was a big area for recycling where each bin was clearly marked and then another area for other general waste (these were emptied every day).
The not so good points
1. Whilst not the site or owners fault we found that the washing up area was always left in a very dirty state with food being left in the plug hole.
2. As it was a bank holiday weekend the site was full and it felt like we were a bit penned in - however this was probably more to do with the pitch we were given (L12 - not to be recommended) as it was right next to the games shelter and the driveway. We also seemed to be surrounded by numerous groups of people despite the terms and conditions stating they do not accept groups.
3. Again whilst this was probably more to do with it being a bank holiday I wouldn't recommend this site if you wanted to 'get away from it all' - there were still children running around and screaming between 10 and 11 at night - obviously again this is not the site or owners fault.
4. When booking the site you have to pay in full 28 days before your arrival date - whilst I did not object to this it is not something I have come across before and was amazed at the comprehensive cancellation policy. I guess it is a good way of deterring people from cancelling if the weather is bad, but I do wonder if they would be lenient if there was a genuine reason for cancellation.
Charlbury is a 15 minute walk away - there is a route that you can use to avoid most of the main road. There is a well stocked Co-op here and a couple of pubs (which we did not visit so cannot comment on). There are many footpaths around the area and wonderful views so if you like walking this is a good area to come to.
I think it would be nice to visit this site again when it was not so busy, as I think it would probably be completely different, but unfortunately we will not be visiting again. That being said I think that if you have got children, particularly older ones, then this is probably a great site to come to.
With direct access to the River Thames, this family-friendly spot is perfect for boaters and walkers alike. Tourers, tents, motorhomes and RVs welcome. Grass electric, hard-standing and premium multi-service and RV pitches available. Spacious, modern, heated shower blocks with free hot water, hairdryers and shaving points. There is also a laundrette, park shop, disabled facilities, a book swap library, riverside picnic grounds, slipway, fishing in season, Premium WiFi, childrens playground, nature trail, football goals and outdoor table tennis table. A fantastic base for visiting Henley, Windsor, Legoland and more! A serene oasis nestled in the beautiful countryside at the base of the Chiltern Hills, just a stone`s throw from the charming Henley-on-Thames. Find out more here
We chose this site based on it's location (it's only just over an hour up the road) and the reviews on this site.
We arrived on Thursday evening about an hour before sunset and were set up with a bottle of wine open and the BBQ coming up to temp within half an hour - perfect!.
The pitch we were allocated was right next to the playground for the younger kids (ours are 4 and 2)so they played happily the whole weekend, whilst we could relax by the tent with the radio on and a nicely chilled drink in our hand. The pitch was on a slight slope but did not cause any issues.
As previously mentioned this site is extremely well looked after. The toilets are excellent as are the showers. We also made use of the family bathroom which my wife thought was a fantastic facility.
The shop is very good for the size of the site and you can get most essentials. There is a Co-Op in Charlbury which is ok, however a short (15 mins) drive takes you to Chipping Norton which caters for all your consumer needs. We bought a couple of steaks from the butcher on the High Street on Friday and they were that good I went back to get another 2 for Saturday!
We really enjoyed this site and will certainly be using it again as a local weekend site. Highly recommended!
Our first trip with a trailer tent - haven't been camping since I was at school!
We found the site very well laid out lots of facilities,good wash/shower area,although at times the shower floors were dirty, but that was more to do with the times people used the showers rather than anything else,always hot water.
Bins fairly near pitches but not smelly as emptied daily, water taps located regularly round site,plenty things for kids to do - 4yr old and an 8yr old, park and animal trail,various games rooms.
Electric hook up points, free wifi- although you need to leave £10 deposit for access code,you get it back when you leave.The small shop was ok,but there is a larger co-op 5 in the village 5 mins away!.Fresh bread and croissants every morning - yum!
Nice and peaceful although was fairly busy when we were there.
As a first foray back into camping we really enjoyed it, 2 adults, 2 kids and grandparents in their folding caravan went too!
Children loved the site as plenty to do- football pitch, games room, walks through the woods.
Owners lovely and friendly. Site was very busy with 2x rallies.Pitches were spacious, facilities blocks ideal, but very messy from campers would recommend a mop and bucket is put in each block, I would have liked to mop my shower clean rather than standing in the mud !
Small shop on site which offers hot croissants and essentials.
All in all a great find and look forward to returning.Probably with a mop in tow.
This is a very good campsite. It is extremely clean with plenty of facilities. Our pitch was spacious but I did wonder if the tents were not a bit crammed in. The check in was very efficient and the shop was really good. Interestingly though, one reviewer said that internet access was free but I was told it was £5 so I didn't bother. I wouldn't recommend the chip van; very poor fish and chips. However, don't let that put you off this site. There's loads to do in the area. We went to Woodstock and Stow as well as just relaxing. Highly recommended.
To repeat all the other reviews, this site is one of the best for its layout. Large pitches divided by hedges and trees.
The staff are very friendly, polite at all times and helpful. There is a small shop on site selling the basics and you can order your morning papers and freshly baked bread.
Charlbury is a lovely little town to see but if walking there ( about 20 minutes ) enquire at the shop first ! We were told of the safest route to avoid the busy main road that has no footpath. Take a torch if returning after dark.
We found the best pub was The Rose and Crown. It is what I call a proper pub. If you want a meal, the Bull (not open on Monday's) or the Bell are probably better places to eat.
We spent 3 nights out of season and the peace and tranquillity were great. My only gripe would be the showers. Although spotlessly clean and hot there was very little water pressure. Also if pitching a tent, take strong pegs. The ground was very hard just underneath the turf
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Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
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Families Welcome 
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Rallies Welcome 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <5 miles 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
Golf <5 miles 
Tennis On Site 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Electric Car Charging Point
Stayed here from Thursday until Tuesday as were off to the RIAT at Fairford on the Saturday and wanted a site not too far away.
