West End Farm Camping Shilton
W End, Shilton, Burford OX18 4AN, United Kingdom
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About This Campsite
Welcome to West End Farm Camping Shilton
Experience the charm of countryside camping at West End Farm, a delightful yet straightforward campsite nestled on a working farm. This campsite offers a unique opportunity to enjoy the serenity of nature while being surrounded by friendly farm animals such as cows, pigs, and sheep. Whether you're looking for a family-friendly campsite or a quiet retreat to unwind, West End Farm promises an inviting atmosphere with spacious pitches and picturesque views.
Location and Amenities
- Pitches: The campsite offers large, flat pitches with individual fire pits, perfect for cozy campfires under the stars.
- Facilities: While the amenities are basic, they include essential elements such as compostable loos, showers with hot water, a shared fridge, and electrical sockets for charging your devices. A washing up station and water access are also available.
- Convenience: The campsite is conveniently located just a short drive away from the nearest town, making it an ideal spot for a peaceful weekend getaway.
- Farm Shop: The on-site farm shop offers local meats, cold drinks, and firewood, ensuring you have everything you need for a comfortable stay.
Guest Tips
- Firepits: Each pitch comes equipped with its own fireplace, allowing for safe and enjoyable campfires.
- Wildlife Exploration: The campsite's location offers a great opportunity to explore local wildlife and even the chance to find a lucky charm, like a rare 5-leaf clover!
- Nearby Attractions: The area is rich with attractions, including nearby zoos and accessible main roads for exploring the Cotswolds.
- Community Feel: The owners are noted for being friendly and helpful, even providing facilities like a barn to dry wet clothes.
Overall Thoughts
West End Farm Camping Shilton provides a quaint and restful camping experience, balancing the simplicity of basic amenities with the charm of a working farm environment. While some may find the composting toilets in need of slight improvement, the overall experience is enriched by the location, friendly hosts, and the unique rural setting. Whether it's your first visit or one of many, this campsite offers a memorable escape into the heart of nature.
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Reviews
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Damian Haywood
07/26/2024
Really pleasant, yet basic campsite. A couple of loos, a couple of showers. Good firepits, a shared fridge and sockets for charging. It is a working farm, with plenty of animal entertainment.
Natalie Giruc
08/02/2023
Cannot recommend this camp site enough! Lovey large flat pitches, each with a fireplace for safe fires, compost loos, washing up, water station and showers which were nice and hot! You’ll have a beautiful view of the quiet farm, cows, pigs sheep and more! lots of wildlife to see and explore around. The owners were absolutely lovely, allowing us to hang up our wet clothes inside the barn, which also has a fridge, though we did not use it. It’s a perfect spot for a weekend getaway- only about a 10 minute drive to the closest town and a reasonable price for the local area, cannot recommend enough! Also as a side note found my very first 5 leaf clover here!
Sarah Theakston
06/26/2023
We had a wonderful weekend camping at West End Farm. The pitches are wide and flat so don't feel crowded. Each pitch had a fire pit and enough space to have table and chairs etc. We were two families with young children and they loved going to see the cows every morning and evening. We also walked into Shilton one evening to paddle in the Ford. We would definitely use it as a base to explore more of the Cotswolds again.
James Thornber
08/21/2023
Our first time visiting but certainly won’t be our last. A really lovely set up at a very reasonable price - and very well organised. We were greeted and given all the information we needed and some kindling for the fire pits. The site has a small farm shop where you can buy local meats, cold drinks and wood for the supplied fire pits. The pitches themselves are of a good size and the whole site itself is very well kept. The compostable loo’s are a really neat and eco friendly way of doing things and the showers; whilst basic, provide warm water without any issues. Location wise its very close to two really good zoo’s, several main roads, and is only a few mins drive from the main town / supermarkets etc. If you want to stay on a working farm in the countryside this is the place to go. A really enjoyable stay.
James Allan
08/07/2023
Great location, nice to have animals on farm next to camp site, big pitches. However the composting toilets really need to be improved, they don’t seem that hygienic and when we stayed were not cleaned for the duration of our weekend stay