Martha's Down

This is a simple campsite in a beautiful part of the world. Facilities were basic but clean and good. The best thing was having the entire campsite to ourselves the whole weekend, no one else being stupid enough to camp in October. The owner was kind, laid back and accommodating. The dog and the children ran about with complete freedom for two days. Bliss!

Nothing.

Great field, nice views in walking distance to pub. Toilets and showers very clean.

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Very quiet location, fantastic views over rolling downs. Top notch portable facilities.
Local village, Hindon, has a busy road but 2 great pubs serving excellent food.

Nothing to dislike

nice and clean, good service

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Wonderful area, very quiet with fantastic views. A ten minute walk to two fantastic pubs. Rob has gone out of his way twice now to be very helpful, we will be visiting again

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Peaceful surroundings

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spotlessly clean .beautiful scenery local pubs great .helpful owners .easy access to main roads to attractions .

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Nice big site, plenty of space and with good views. Toilets & showers (the posh mobile type) were very clean.

I'd happily stay here again. I'd also recommend Bird & Carter in Fonthill (a short bike ride away) for coffee & cake, and the Grosvenor Arms in Hindon (easily walkable) for an evening meal / drink.

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This camping site is superb! If you like your 'back to basics' camping this is for you. It's a large open field with hedgerows and lovely views of the surrounding fields.
It has a shower block (4 individual showers - these are locked until the owner knows you have arrived) and a toilet block, which I would describe as 'posh portaloos'. There are of very high spec, very clean and tidy. The owner visits daily to clean and check. During our stay, there was only us (2 adults and a child) and another family of 4. As there were only 2 families, we had a designated shower block which was lovely as it meant we knew it would be available! As the showers are locked, the owner will contact you to ask when you need them open by, they then remain unlocked during your stay.
The land is well maintained with drinking water points around the edge of the site. There are also a couple of electric pitches if you prefer that. These are to the rear of the site.
There are washing up facilities to the rear of the shower/toilet block.
It was peaceful with loads of space to run around and play. I used the perimeter of the site for a daily walk.
The owners are very nice and are very helpful. The site is padlocked and the owner will give you the code on your arrival if you phone them. In our case, he phoned us to make sure we had received the email and that all was OK. He then texted us the code.
There is however no wifi, but the signal strength was good throughout our stay.
The campsite is close by to the following:
Stonehenge. This is only about 30 minutes away but due to the volume of traffic, it can take anything up to an hour. Stonehenge is aware of this so if you do arrive late, they can usually accommodate you.

Longleat Safari Park. Again, this is only about 25 minutes away. We wanted to visit Longleat and it was due to this reason why we chose Martha's Down in the first place.

Westbury White Horse. As we had a morning visit to Stonehenge we went on to the Westbury White Horse, again, only about 25 minutes away.

Salisbury Cathedral and Salisbury Museum. These were about 30-35 minutes away. Definitely worth a visit. They are both chargeable entries, but we thought reasonable and in line with other attractions of the same sort. The car park for these are within the grounds and is £7 all day.

There are a few supermarkets around the area, the closest being a Tesco Extra about 20 minutes away.

The owner advised us that Bournemouth is only about an hour away if you like a beach day during your holiday.

Overall, we had a very lovely time in Wiltshire, the campsite was above our expectations and we really enjoyed our stay. If we were to visit Wiltshire again, this would definitely be our first choice to stay again.

Nothing. It was excellent.

The view was amazing, the field was peaceful and there was plenty of space for two going children to run around. The owner of the campsite was very helpful and made sure we had what we needed. The fire pit was great for toasting marshmallows. The showers and toilets were clean.

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