Stowford Manor Farm

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The farmhouse
Pitching field
Tent pitched on the main site
Tent with donkey

  • Peaceful Wiltshire site in the grounds of a 15th-century manor house
  • Bradford-on-Avon five minutes' drive; 20 minutes to Bath or Longleat
  • On the banks of the River Frome; wild swimming and cream teas on site
Ever thought you could feel right at home living on a smart country estate? Well, here’s your chance to give it a try. You won’t be staying in the medieval buildings themselves, but at Stowford Manor Farm you’ll set up in the gorgeous grounds of a 15th-century manor house in the Wiltshire countryside, about three miles from Bradford-on-Avon. And this small-scale site has another excellent feature – it’s right on the banks of the River Frome, with access to the water for fishing, paddling, swimming, paddleboarding and launching small boats. In fact, it’s such a great spot for wild swimming that the Farleigh and District Swimming Club has its base about half a mile downstream – and if you fancy joining them for a dip, you can join up for half price. The campsite itself is a fairly traditional setup, with simple facilities in the form of toilets, showers (extra charge applies) and hot-water washing-up sinks. Dogs and kids are welcome, and you’ll be allowed to set up barbecues and firepits as long as they’re kept off the ground. Logs, barbecue boxes and other goodies can be added to your booking to make life easy (and tasty…) As you might expect from a farm site, you’ll share the space with some animals (get ready to meet some pigs, donkeys and cows while you're here) as well as arable crops. What you may not have expected is that the site also has a lovely little tea room that’s open in the afternoons for cream teas and ice creams, and it also serves up wood-fired pizzas in the evenings (Friday and Saturday nights from May to August, plus other evenings in peak season).

Site type

Tent pitches 50
Touring caravan pitches 20
Motorhome pitches 50
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 1
Open now
Opens 1 April
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • A charge of £0,50 (R11,77) applies for the use of the shower.
  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Tue, 01 Apr to

Pitch types & availability

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Location
9
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8
Accommodation
8
Facilities / Activities
7
Customer service
8
Child friendliness
9
Cleanliness
8
Wifi
4

81% would recommend this site to a friend

80% would stay here again

What customers say

Brilliant riverside spot for a dip! Staff are great, pitches spacious, and the scones and roaming animals are a hit. A bit of road noise and basic loos, with a small shower fee, but still good value and recommended by most.

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Reviews page 1 of 8
Arrival date (latest first)

Good pitches next to the river, my kids loved paddling in the water.

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
8
Value for money
9
Accommodation
7
Facilities / Activities
4
Customer service
9
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
5
Wifi
9
Scarlett C.

Tagglemead - non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked Really relaxed stay by the river, beautiful setting and friendly atmosphere. Great location as a base to BOA, Bath and Frome. We will most definitely stay again.

Disliked The toilets are very basic and you kinda have to hold your nose and go quickly. Not a problem for us as we expected basic but it’s more festival type facilities rather than camping toilet blocks.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Quirky site

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6 out of 10
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5
Value for money
3
Accommodation
No rating
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3
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1
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9
Wifi
6
Ronnie A.

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Quirky little site
We found the showers quite sweet as in a converted stable barn with cobbled floor better than some of the sites that we’ve stayed on as you could have a eight minute shower and control the temperature. 50p is no problem.
Lovely little tea room cream teas to die for would recommend sweet little chicken under the table
Safe Swimming and paddling for little ones and four legged friends you’re very clean water and starts off shallow

Disliked Slightly disappointed when we arrived as the site is a bit messy and we booked on pitch up felt the advertisement of the site was a bit overrated. The animals were on the other side of a road busy road
We took our two labradors we could not let them off as no walks and no safe footpaths no park for children to play
We were in the main field we could hear the traffic, but that didn’t really bother us. If you were in the other fields you could see the cars and it is a busy road.
We arrived 15 minutes early than check in at 2pm Don’t think the owners realised that I could hear them complaining very awkward and our pitch was available
Little café is lovely, but again, not child friendly ie milkshakes or cold drinks nothing really for the little ones

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall good Would go again if was in the area to stay

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9 out of 10
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Wifi
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Michael g.

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Enjoyed site
Nice and quiet

Disliked Not enough shower space

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, would go there again.

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9 out of 10
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9
Value for money
9
Accommodation
8
Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
8
Child friendliness
8
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8
Wifi
No rating
Anonymous

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked River swimming, peaceful campsite, cream teas on site, friendly approachable staff.

Disliked Toilets were fine, but needed to be checked for cleanliness more than once a day.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Highly recommend

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10 out of 10
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10
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10
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10
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10
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10
Cleanliness
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Wifi
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ryan s.

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Great views, a nice river near by to swim in and good shower facilities.

Disliked N/a

Recommend to friends Visit again

Surrounding areas…

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8 out of 10
Location
6
Value for money
6
Accommodation
6
Facilities / Activities
6
Customer service
6
Child friendliness
6
Cleanliness
6
Wifi
3
Tia O.

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Surrounding areas

Disliked Moths in the bathroom lol

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice quiet site in good location.…

Overall

6 out of 10
Location
7
Value for money
6
Accommodation
7
Facilities / Activities
5
Customer service
7
Child friendliness
8
Cleanliness
7
Wifi
7
Anonymous

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Nice quiet site in good location.

Disliked Basic toilet facilities. Site in need of a bit TLC.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful location right by a river, a shallow ford in the river…

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8 out of 10
Location
8
Value for money
6
Accommodation
8
Facilities / Activities
5
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
6
Wifi
No rating
Geoff P.

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Beautiful location right by a river, a shallow ford in the river for paddling or deeper further up for swimming

Recommend to friends Visit again

Well worth the money, couldn’t recommend more

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10 out of 10
Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
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Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
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Wifi
4
Wayne N.

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked Absolutely stunning location, such a friendly and welcoming hosts. The pitch had everything we required, with great onsite facilities.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site

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10 out of 10
Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
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Anonymous

Electric optional grass pitch

Liked It was a beautiful site. A quiet time of year. A peaceful walk along the river. A very kind and warm welcome.

Recommend to friends Visit again


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site cafe On-site restaurant On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports Wild swimming

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet 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 Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market

Type

Farm Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Cycle hire nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Restaurant nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Stowford Manor Farm

Wingfield

Trowbridge

Bradford On Avon

Wiltshire

England

BA14 9LH

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.31778°N
2.27287°W

Nearest transport

Coach
4.5 km Town Hall
9 km Bus Station
10.2 km Market Place
Rail
2.5 km Avoncliff Rail Station
3.3 km Freshford Rail Station
3.3 km Bradford-on-Avon Rail Station
Ferry
26.1 km Temple Meads Station Ferry Landing
26.3 km Temple Bridge (Bristol) Ferry Landing
26.7 km Redcliffe Back Ferry Landing
Airport
31.5 km Bristol International 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

If you’d like to explore your immediate surroundings, you need only find one of the footpaths that runs from the site to places like Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Iford Manor Gardens or Westwood Manor. There are riverside walks galore around here too – either along the River Avon or by the Kennet and Avon Canal. A couple of the Avon’s top attractions are in fact its urban spaces – both Bradford-on-Avon (five minutes' drive) and Bath (20 minutes) are well worth visiting for their historic buildings. You may also like to take a trip to Frome (15 minutes). If you’ve brought the kids along on holiday, a trip to the safari park at Longleat (20 minutes) may well be on the cards; if that's a bit too big, consider booking a wolf experience at The Little Zoo (15 minutes) instead. For a more grown-up day out, perhaps you'd like to potter around Prior Park Landscape Garden (20 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Clevedon Beach 43.3 km Estuary N/AGoodGoodGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

American Museum in Britain 6.9 km

Prior Park Landscape Garden 7.1 km

Sally Lunn's Historic Eating House & Museum 9.2 km

The Holburne Museum 9.2 km

Bath Abbey 9.3 km

National Trust

Westwood Manor 1.3 km

The Courts Garden 6.3 km

Prior Park Landscape Garden 7.1 km

Great Chalfield Manor and Garden 7.3 km

Bath Assembly Rooms 9.9 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

IFORD MANOR 1.8 km

BELCOMBE COURT 3.1 km

Bradford-on-Avon - Kennet and Avon Canal - Avoncliff - Bradford 3.3 km

THE HALL, BRADFORD ON AVON 3.7 km

TROWBRIDGE GENERAL CEMETERY 5.4 km

Local events

  • Bristol International Balloon Fiesta (Friday, 8 August 2025 – Friday, 8 August 2025)

    Bristol, England 30.9 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.

Nearest sites

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Stowford Manor Farm have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Stowford Manor Farm dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Stowford Manor Farm? If you’d like to explore your immediate surroundings, you need only find one of the footpaths that runs from the site to places like Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Iford Manor Gardens or Westwood … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Stowford Manor Farm?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Stowford Manor Farm? From R667,83 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.