Littleton Retreat

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  • Dog-friendly Wiltshire retreat on a smallholding just off the A350
  • A 15-minute drive to the Kennet and Avon Canal; 35 minutes to Bath
  • A five-minute drive from pubs and takeaways; walking trails nearby
Towpath adventures, country walks, Roman baths and laidback pub crawls? If you’re liking the sound of all of the above, Littleton Retreat has the recipe. Located on a smallholding just off the A350 in Littleton, Semington, your Wiltshire wanderlust will be well treated here. Make your way to the Kennet and Avon Canal, 15 minutes’ drive away, for peaceful towpath bike rides and days of boating, or take yourself off-piste onto various local walks. Melksham, the local town, is 45 minutes’ walk from the site if you fancy a takeaway. Or perhaps you might want to plot out your own route for a relaxed, daytime pub crawl (the first pub is a short drive or cycle away) in and around Melksham. Littleton Retreat is a well-maintained site with mainly level grassy pitches. It’s a simple sort of getaway – the type where guests can fully unwind without too many distractions (unless you count the towpath adventures and Bath’s many Roman sites and cobbled streets, 35 minutes’ drive away, that is). The facilities consist of toilets, showers, a washing-up area, several drinking water points, a grey waste point, an Elsan point and a recycling waste point.

Site type

Tent pitches 30
Touring caravan pitches 5
Motorhome pitches 5
Open now
Opens 27 March
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • Group bookings of 4 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • There is no reception on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Thu, 27 Mar to

Pitch types & availability

Other pitch types

Reviews

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95% would recommend this site to a friend

92% would stay here again

What customers say

Littleton Retreat: Neat, clean, friendly small campsite with ample, flat pitches. Guests rave about the helpful owner and tranquil vibe. While facilities are usually spotless, some mention no showers, portaloos needing attention, and minor road noise. Recommended for cleanliness and owner's helpfulness.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Retreat really felt like a retreat but just in a field

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Kate L.

Electric optional grass touring pitch

Liked This was only the 2nd time staying in our caravan but from someone who's worked and knows behind the scenes behind some big companies this little site was immaculate. We arrived late which wasn't a problem. All the facilities were immaculate the showers and toilets from inside you would never get they were just little units in a field. The washing up area, the refuse area even down to the bbq wash..everything tiny detail here was thought about. My only tiny critique is the play area..its an open fenced area in the field but with a sign that says dont use private playpark which for a family with 2 young children under 4 it was hard to keep them away. But after reading some other reviews we thought maybe it is okay to use so we did and the kids loved it so if this is something for guests then this little retreat really does live up to the name and we had a lovely 2 night stay. If we're ever back that way we will definitely stay again. Also it was very nice to meet ade the owner and again thank you for your understanding in our lateness.

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From the manager: Thanks for your amazing review, we take great pride in our site and are always upto suggestions, and always happy to help, yes the children love the play area and are welcome to use it as long as there parents monitor them, lovely meeting you all, see you again thanks ady.

Lovely small site with good size pitches

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Heather B.

Electric optional grass touring pitch

Liked Lovely site, pitches are spacious and the owner is lovely and helpful. Lovely to see muntjac deer in the morning near the pitch

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From the manager: Thanks for your lovely review, and a treat to see the deer around the site, look forward to seeing you again, ady

Lovely, small, well kept site with friendly owner

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Richard F.

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Small site, well cared for, clean, shade for tents, clean facilities

Disliked Road noise quite loud some times, only 2 showers so may have to wait during busier times.

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From the manager: Thanks for your review, glad you enjoyed your stay with us, the showers are a trial this year, and will probably have to upgraded with the demand, look forward to seeing you again, thanks ady.

Excellent site with clean facilities friendly staff and level pitches

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Anonymous

Electric optional grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Amazing site stayed an extra few nights this was our 2nd visit to this site. Got to know the owner and he was friendly,kind, and we will definitely be going back .The site was always clean and tidy would recommend this site to family even our friends dog loved it

Disliked Nothing

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From the manager: Thanks for your lovely review, was great meeting you both and glad you enjoyed your stay, look forward to seeing you soon, thanks ady.

On arrival, our first impression of Littleton Retreat was that it’s a…

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Garry G.

Electric optional grass touring pitch

Liked On arrival, our first impression of Littleton Retreat was that it’s a small site, but pleasant – the pitches were surprisingly spacious, allowing plenty of room to set up without feeling cramped ( Large Tent/Gazebo/Large Car).

Unfortunately, that’s about as far as our experience went. While pitching the tent, we were informed that there was a problem with the boiler, meaning the site currently had no hot water. This was a significant issue for us, and had we known in advance, we wouldn’t have booked or would have cancelled prior to arrival.

To be fair, after a conversation the site owner was understanding and did offer a full refund without hesitation, which we appreciated. However, it would have made a big difference to have been notified of the situation ahead of time – a simple message or email would have saved us the time, effort, and inconvenience of setting up only to pack up again.

Overall, the site itself showed promise, but the lack of communication about such an important amenity really let the experience down

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From the manager: Hi thanks for your review, sorry you didn’t stay with us and have a good experience, we did inform you about the shower as soon as we could, unfortunately the situation of the boiler breaking down was out of our control, also we gave you a full refund due to this situation as you said you couldn’t stay without showers, which is understandable, sometimes things are out of our control but get rectified as soon as possible, thanks ady.

Take away the showers and wasps this is a great little site.

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Anonymous

Electric optional grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Loacation

Disliked Showers not working for the second week. Only ice cold water. WASPS!!!

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From the manager: Sorry you didn’t enjoy your stay and the shower has had an intermittent fault which will be rectified, sorry not a lot I can do about the wasps. Thanks ady.

Overall excellent

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Andrew M.

Electric optional grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Great little camp site, clean tidy all the facilities you could need and owner very attentive.

Disliked Nothing

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From the manager: Thanks for your amazing review, glad you enjoyed your stay, look forward to seeing you soon thanks ady.

I would 100% recommend. Excellent.

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chris m.

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked I loved the family welcome, immaculately kept site and quiet atmosphere, staff were extremely helpful even when we lost our keys! I would 100% recommend.

Disliked Nothing to dislike about this site.

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From the manager: Thanks for your lovely review, always here to help, look forward to seeing you again, thanks ady.

A beautiful site, sensibly structured, generously sized pitches.…

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Anonymous

Electric optional grass touring pitch

Liked A beautiful site, sensibly structured, generously sized pitches.

Disliked The noise from the roads is unbearable during the day, but it dies down a little at night.
Unfortunately, at the weekends, as on many campsites in the UK, you meet people who only come to party and make a lot of Noise.

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From the manager: Thanks for your review, sorry you experienced some noise from fellow campers, instances like this should be reported to myself as this is not tolerated.
Thanks ady.

Very clean, tidy and quiet. Lovely friendly welcome. All the amenities you…

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Ryan B.

Electric optional grass touring pitch

Liked Very clean, tidy and quiet. Lovely friendly welcome. All the amenities you need for a budget friendly price.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks for your lovely review glad you enjoyed your stay, thanks ady.


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 Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Picnic table Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups 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

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 Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

Littleton Retreat

Littleton Devizes Road

Semington

Trowbridge

Wiltshire

England

BA14 6LE

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

51.34079°N
2.13516°W

Nearest transport

Coach
3.5 km Market Place
3.5 km Market Place
4.8 km Three Magpies
Rail
4.4 km Melksham Rail Station
6 km Trowbridge Rail Station
8.2 km Bradford-on-Avon Rail Station
Ferry
33.4 km Temple Meads Station Ferry Landing
33.6 km Temple Bridge (Bristol) Ferry Landing
34 km Castle Park Ferry Landing
Airport
40.4 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

What will Wiltshire serve you up? There’s medieval architecture, a brewery and a working set of Shire horses in Devizes (15 minutes’ drive) – that might make you feel like you’re back in the olden’ days. The same goes for Trowbridge (10 minutes), which is one of 23 Magna Carta towns (very important places 800 years back in time). Nowadays, it has a splendid weekly market and great shopping streets. Tick off a bucket list item while you’re making your way around, as the stone circle of Stonehenge (half an hour) isn’t too far away either. Avebury (half an hour) has another ancient stone circle, which is part of the Avebury World Heritage Site. If you’re not quite done with the historical itinerary, Bradford-on-Avon (15 minutes) on the river Avon has an ancient bridge, 19th-century cloth mills and old weavers’ cottages. There’s an Elizabethan manor house in Longleat (half an hour) too, but another big attraction there is the drive-in safari park where monkeys can clamber over your car and lions can stride past your vehicle.

Must see

Lacock Abbey, Grounds and Cloisters 8.3 km

Wadworth Visitor Centre 9.6 km

American Museum in Britain 12.8 km

Prior Park Landscape Garden 14.7 km

The Holburne Museum 15.8 km

National Trust

The Courts Garden 4.9 km

Great Chalfield Manor and Garden 5.5 km

Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village 8.3 km

Westwood Manor 9.6 km

Prior Park Landscape Garden 14.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Bowerhill - Kennet & Avon Canal - Semington - Whaddon 1.9 km

Paxcroft Mead - Whaddon - Staverton - Trowbridge 3.8 km

Seend - Inmarsh - Sells Green 4.1 km

TROWBRIDGE GENERAL CEMETERY 4.5 km

THE COURTS, HOLT 4.7 km

Local events

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

    Bristol, England 38.8 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

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Littleton Retreat have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Littleton Retreat dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Littleton Retreat? What will Wiltshire serve you up? There’s medieval architecture, a brewery and a working set of Shire horses in Devizes (15 minutes’ drive) – that might make you feel like you’re back … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Littleton Retreat?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  noon –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Littleton Retreat? From R593,76 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.