Cotswolds Camping

From £19 For 1 night, 4 adults 8.9 348 reviews
Pitches (added by manager 28 Jul 2022)
Our view (added by manager 28 jul 2022)
Over the firepit (added by manager 15 jul 2021)
Firepits available for hire (added by manager 15 jul 2021)

  • Cosy family-run and dog-friendly site in the Cotswolds
  • A 15-minute drive from Blenheim Palace; 25 minutes to Stow-on-the-Wold
  • Barbecues and firepits allowed; access to footpaths and bridleways
After a cosy spot somewhere in the Cotswolds? Historic houses, museums and market towns are out in full force around the cosy Cotswolds Camping in its Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty six miles from Chipping Norton… to be exact, this family-run site is 15 minutes' drive away from Blenheim Palace and within striking distance of many characteristic Cotswolds trails. At the same time, Oxfordshire is the other way and Oxford itself is just 15 minutes’ train journey away from Charlbury Station (five minutes’ drive). As for those of you with a soft spot for a hardcore shopping trip, you won’t be left in the lurch here, as Bicester Village has a shopping outlet 35 minutes’ drive away and Stratford-upon-Avon is 45 minutes’ drive away for handsome riverside scenes and independent shops. Now, how about those hiking shoes? Well, the site has access to fancy footpaths, bridleways and woodland walks, so you’ll be able to get right to the rambling. You might want to stop by the local village, Charlbury, on your way around the local area, as there are food shops, pubs, cafés and restaurants here, all within walking distance of the site. And don’t worry, you’ll be able to carry the good time onto the site, as barbecues and firepits are both permitted – the same for dogs. As for the facilities you’ll have on hand, these include a play area, shower, toilets and a dishwashing area to help you deal with any dirty pots and pans.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 50
Motorhome pitches 50
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 8
Caravans for hire 3
Tent pitches 65
Open now
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • A cable measuring at least 20 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
  • Toilet rolls are not provided, please bring your own.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 01 Mar to

Pitch types & availability

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Nice site facilities were clean shop and things looked good all although…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Dan M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Nice site facilities were clean shop and things looked good all although I didn't use them

Disliked: Nothing

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Great service friendly staff…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Matt M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Great service friendly staff

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Perfect first adventure.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Stephanie H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked: This was our first stay away in our new campervan and we couldn’t have picked a better place to go for our first adventure. A beautifully presented site with fantastic facilities. Very clean and well looked after. Everything you need for a comfortable stay. Hosts were always on call for any questions or anything we needed. Very cute cafe and gift shop as well as a little shop on site for essentials if required. Would definitely recommend to a friend and we will definitely be back again soon. Thanks for a lovely stay.

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Get a good pitch. Be close to the hook ups

Overall 4/10
Location 6
Value for money 4
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Paul T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Good facilities. Lovely surroundings. Coffee shop was great!

Disliked: Hook ups were way too far away and site didn’t offer extension leads. I had a 25 meter hook up but it still wouldn’t reach across 2 pitches to the electricity point. I paid for electricity and couldn’t use it. Wasted money. Getting into the pitch in inclement conditions was challenging. Lots of wheel slips. Staff did well but were overwhelmed.

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Good campsite with good facilities. Hot showers and washing up station. Nice…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 8
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent pitch (large)

Liked: Good campsite with good facilities. Hot showers and washing up station. Nice little shop with coffee available. Fish and chip van on Saturday night. Local coop with a good range about half a mile away.

Disliked: Not enough electric points. Depending on which pitch you are on you will need at least 25 metres of cable

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Lovely area…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Barrie M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Lovely area

Disliked: Not enough showers for size of site

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Good site, just needs a camp warden to keep on top of the site.

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Gavin F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass tent pitch (large)

Liked: The site is in a great location, and full of character with it's qwerky pods, and huts, our pitch was up high so had great views. Unfortunately the ground was water logged so lots of vehicles were getting stuck on entry, but the site staff were super heros and places boards down and insured everyone get moving and to their pitch. The children loved the den building area. Fish and chip van on a Saturday evening was super and not to expensive. All toilets had loo roll, the website said it didn't provide, but they dom

Disliked: One of the Shower blocks was locked due to missing parts! You would of thought they would just go to a local shop to purchase the parts in order to get the block open again. Open main holes, dangerous for children. Had to put a fire out in a ash bin, due to rubbish being put in there. Lazy campers (not site staff) bags of rubbish thrown in piles, instead of walking 100 metres to the bins.

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Lovely site with friendly staff

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Elsbeth P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent pitch (large)

Liked: We liked the campsite, it was tidy and the staff were helpful. The washrooms were clean and ot had a lovely play area.

Disliked: Nothing was disliked.

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perfect campsite for what we needed. All facilities was close by very…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
becky b. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: perfect campsite for what we needed. All facilities was close by very clean. Owners and staff was extreamly helpful and friendly. Lots of walks and beautiful scenery.

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Warm, welcoming staff with great views and clean facilities

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Michael L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Camping pod (two person)

Liked: Really pleasant one night stay with my 5 year old son. Great little forest area to play in and build dens. Good clean facilities for cooking washing etc. Lovely on site cafe as well.

Disliked: Only had time to stay for one night but will definitely be going back.

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Forest

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Communal freezer

Communal fridge

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Outdoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Motorhome service point

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Cotswolds Camping

Spelsbury Road

Charlbury

Chipping Norton

Oxfordshire

England

OX7 3LL

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.88594°N
-1.48883°W

Nearest transport

Coach
17.5 km Water Eaton Park and Ride
21.4 km Gloucester Green Bus Station
21.6 km Magdalen Street East
Rail
1.5 km Charlbury Rail Station
3.9 km Finstock Rail Station
5.6 km Ascott-under-Wychwood Rail Station
Airport
13.5 km London Oxford Airport
46 km Gloucestershire Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Trail time? You might want to begin with the Roman Fosse Way, passing by the towns of Stow-on-the-Wold (25 minutes' drive) and Moreton-in-Marsh (25 minutes). Or from Lechlade-on-Thames (half an hour), perhaps you'll roll right on to the Thames Path, if you’re not drawn into the water with watersports such as canoeing. Characterful towns and villages are a Cotswolds staple and it shows… Burford (15 minutes) is boxed full of unusual shops, pubs and tea rooms, while in Witney (20 minutes), you’ve got classic entertainment courtesy of a multi-screen cinema, shops and leisure centre mixed in with markets and the historic Cogges Manor Farm. In Woodstock (15 minutes) there’s more history inside The Oxfordshire Museum. Like Chipping Norton (10 minutes), the place has a swimming pool, shops, pubs and tea rooms galore, to add to Chipping Norton’s theatre and cinema. Historic are many of the houses around here, and that includes the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Blenheim Palace (15 minutes), the Jacobean Chastleton House (20 minutes) and or the 18th-century Buscot Park (35 minutes). For more activities in the throw of it all, there’s Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens (25 minutes) and Bourton-on-the-Water’s equestrian centre, brewery and motoring museum (half an hour).

Must see

Blenheim Palace 10.1 km

Chastleton House 13.3 km

Ashmolean Museum 21 km

Carfax Tower 21.7 km

Modern Art Oxford 21.9 km

National Trust

Chastleton House 13.3 km

Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate 22.4 km

Buscot Old Parsonage 26.2 km

Buscot Park 26.6 km

Boarstall Tower 27.9 km

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Spelsbury - Charlbury - Chadlington - Dean 0.7 km

Charlbury - Fawler 1.4 km

Charlbury - Finstock - Charlbury 1.4 km

CORNBURY PARK 3 km

DITCHLEY PARK 4 km

Local events

  • Wilderness Festival (Thursday, 1 August 2024 – Thursday, 1 August 2024)

    Oxford, England 2.8 km

  • Blenheim Palace Flower Show (Friday, 21 June 2024 – Friday, 21 June 2024)

    Woodstock, England 9.9 km

  • Fairport's Cropredy Convention (Thursday, 8 August 2024 – Thursday, 8 August 2024)

    Chipping Norton, England 28 km

  • Formula 1 British Grand Prix (Thursday, 4 July 2024 – Thursday, 4 July 2024)

    Silverstone, England 38.5 km

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Want to know more about camping in Oxfordshire?

  • Does Cotswolds Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Cotswolds Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Cotswolds Camping? Trail time? You might want to begin with the Roman Fosse Way, passing by the towns of Stow-on-the-Wold (25 minutes' drive) and Moreton-in-Marsh (25 minutes). Or from Lechlade-on-Thames (half an hour), perhaps … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Cotswolds Camping?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Cotswolds Camping? From R454,05 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.