Postern Hill Campsite
Marlborough, Wiltshire
Postern Hill Campsite
Postern Hill is a back to basics campsite offering 150 spacious grass pitches set in the idyllic Savernake Forest. Pitches are suitable for tents and touring units, with or without electric hook up. Family and dogs are welcome, with many walking and cycling trails from site. Malborough is just a 20 minute walk away with shopping and eateries, with Stonehenge within a 35 minute drive too. This campsite is a true back to nature experience!
Set in ancient Savernake Forest, with multiple walking and cycling trails straight from site
Family and dog friendly campsite with spacious pitches, choose where you pitch up!
20 minute walk to Malborough, with onsite forestry activities including foraging and willow weaving
About Postern Hill Campsite
Set in the heart of ancient Savernake Forest, this site's unique location offers a truly peaceful experience in the great outdoors. The surrounding area is fully protected to ensure future generations to come. This is an ideal site for exploring the Wiltshire area and enchanting forest. Tents and tourers are welcome on the site's grass pitches. Guests can pick between non electric grass pitches or electric grass pitches. All of the pitches allow units of up to 8m x 5m and six guests. Campers can choose their own pitch! This site also offers summer and winter seasonal pitches. During the summer months, there are onsite activities such as free arts and crafts for the kids, guided woodland walks, foraging and more. Guests can also enjoy easy access to a wide variety of forest walks and cycling trails, with exclusive discounts for campers on many of the local attractions. Sorry, no campfires allowed. Dogs are welcome free of charge, with a maximum of three per pitch. Please note, the campsite gates are locked between 10pm and 7:30am when no vehicle access is permitted in or out. The site does not accept arrivals after the gates are locked.
Postern Hill Campsite is open from 03/01 to 31/12.
Facilities include a toilet block with hot and cold running water. There are no showers onsite, though there is a leisure centre a five minute drive away that provides showers at a reasonable price for campers. Other facilities dishwashing facilities, a DVD and book swap and a coffee machine. There is a reception for advice on the local area.
Tesco is just a ten minute walk away, and a 20 minute walk will take you to a range of shops, restaurants and traditional pubs in the picturesque market town of Marlborough.
Adult only
Allow commercial vans
Allow pets
Bike hire
Café / restaurant
Communal BBQ
Disabled facilities
Drinking water
Electric hookups
Entertainment
Family friendly
Fires allowed
Fishing
Games room
Glamping
Golf
Horse riding
Hot tub
Internet access
Kids club
Kids playground
Laundry
Near beach
Near pub
Open year round
Peaceful
RV pitches
Shop
Showers
Swimming pool
Toilets
TV room
Vineyard
Water hookups
Watersports
W.C. disposal
There are 161 accommodation options on-site
Bookable pitches and accommodation options
115 x Non Electric Grass Pitches
Max 6 people
Grass pitches, suitable for tents, caravans and motorhomes. Measuring 8m x 5m, without electric.
46 x Electric Grass Pitches
Max 6 people
Grass pitches, suitable for tents, campervans, caravans and motorhomes, measuring 8m x 5m. With 10 amp electric hook up.
Site tariff
Things to do on site and in the Marlborough area
There are plenty of trails straight from site that weave through the forest, perfect for the keen walkers and cyclists! The site also hosts foraging workshops where you can identify, pick and taste a range of wild species! The site also has a Forest School, dream catcher making, willow weaving, leaf printing and woodland jewellery.
The site is just a 20 minute walk from the village of Malborough, stroll through the streets, try out the range of eateries available or browse the shops on offer!
Fyfield Down National Nature reserve (10 minutes) is great for further exploration of the area, hike to The Devil's Den to see some neolithic history!
Local attractions include:
- Avebury Stone Circles (15 minutes)
- Rockstar Climbing (25 minutes)
- Museum of the Great Western Railway (30 minutes)
- Cotswold Country Park (40 minutes)
- Stonehenge (40 minutes)
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