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Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire

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Located on the edge of the Cotswolds, The Gate Hangs High in Hook Norton is a simple pub site, suitable for camping and touring on unallocated grass pitches. With views of the Oxfordshire countryside, pitch up at this site and sample a pint of one of Hook Norton's ales or a pub meal all on your doorstep. The site is also within 35 minutes of Chipping Norton, Bourton-on-the-Water and Stratford Upon Avon.

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Stay here if you like steamrollers

Joe J

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Small Tent - Non Electric Grass PitchesJul 2025

Stay here if you like steamrollers, 8am lawn mowing, unannounced classic car rallies around your tent and random people in cars pulling up next to you all day. It seems like a nice, family run campsite and pub, and overall, our stay was alright, but our experience wasn't the best due to a couple of avoidable factors. Toilets and showers adequate and clean, nice looking pub and not far from Hook Norton. We were woken up due to very loud lawn mowing right next to our tent before 8am, which was in preparation for a classic car and motorbike rally of "around 200 vehicles" in the same smallish field we were pitched, that day, which we hadn't been warned about. Only the day before, we'd been told about it by a guy steam rolling outside our tent, as we were setting up. It says somewhere in the description they hold events in the pub garden and field, but no mention of loads of people rallying in the field around our tent, or any warning when we were booking. Other than this, in the duration of our stay, a multitude of cars seemed to pull up in the corner of the field, not far from where we were pitched, where they would stay for a few hours in their cars before driving off. Not sure what was happening there but I'm sure they were having fun! All in all, seems like a nice campsite and pub, but if we'd known about the event, we wouldn't have come and think it's reasonable that other problems could have been avoided.

One night only!

Michael N

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Sprinter-Type Campervan - Non Electric Grass Touring PitchesJul 2025

Stayed here on a Saturday night, site is okay, didn't really use the facilities as we are self contained. It's one of those sites that's ok, but could be so much nicer with better information from the staff at check in, like bins, water taps etc. Not sure what the firebreak rules are, but there certainly wasn't 6 metres between units and tents on this site. Skip for what we presumed was rubbish and blue barrels for bottles. £5 per dog is ridiculous though and for that reason alone we won't use again. The pub looked clean and tidy and the food smelt nice!

2 night stay

Brenda Y

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Single Axle Caravan - Electric Grass PitchesJul 2025

Needs more toilets and better shower facilities. Also, a washing up area would be good.

Simple but perfect

Kayleigh H

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Large Tent - Non Electric Grass PitchesJul 2025

Lovely place with great staff. We found it to be the perfect spot for us. Just as described. We enjoyed the live music on Friday with some well priced cider. And the quiet the rest of the time. Could do with an extra toilet available but only had to wait a few times. We would definitely use this site again.

Amazing

Sam B

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VW-Type Campervan - Non Electric Grass PitchesJul 2025

Amazing stay for the price paid. Felt very safe, warm and welcomed. Lovely scenery and staff. Only downside was the toilets, there was one outside toilet during the night for all campers. Also, no shower facilities that I was able to locate. Apart from that, amazing stay and would definitely recommend and will be using again when in the area.

Weekend stay

Lana W

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VW-Type Campervan - Non Electric Grass Touring PitchesJul 2025

Perfect campsite in a beautiful location. Can't fault it.

Fabulous and friendly campsite!

Niamh D

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Small Tent - Non Electric Grass PitchesJul 2025

We had a fantastic stay at this campsite for 2 nights in July. The staff are super friendly and helpful and we had a lovely meal at the pub on our first night. The campsite is in a great location to explore all the best spots in the Cotswolds. We visiting Clarksons Farm spots (which were super convenient to get to from the campsite) as well as local villages. We walked into Hook Norton which only took 30 minutes. Would recommend to everyone and hope to be back soon.

Excellent campsite

Nikolas A

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Sprinter-Type Campervan - Non Electric Grass Touring PitchesJul 2025

Campsite on pub grounds, excellent play area for children (even though we didn't have children with us ). The pub was clean and very popular, we had a peaceful nights sleep. Would definitely recommend - the only thing is the ground is very uneven so need checks under the tyres to level off.

Good place

Gary C

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Small Tent - Non Electric Grass PitchesJul 2025

First time on a campsite and it's fine, the pub is great and good food. Close to Banbury and handy for the Cotswolds, fair price for the facilities. One shower room at no extra charge, time it right and didn't have too wait to shower.

Great little stop

Joanne M

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VW-Type Campervan - Electric Grass PitchesJul 2025

Very relaxed site with all the basic facilities you need, a pub that does tasty food, and a short drive from some great places. When booking, they do explain there is a site that can be noisy early on next door, not much of an issue for us though. Enjoyed our stay here.

Charming place & lovely pub with a friendly and helpful chef

Lorraine B

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Medium Tent - Non Electric Grass PitchesJun 2025

Charming setting and lovely pub with friendly staff & clientele, especially the chef. Thank you and will definitely come again.

Nice campsite and location

Ruth B

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Sprinter-Type Campervan - Non Electric Grass Touring PitchesJun 2025

A nice campsite and great food in the pub with lovely service too. Toilet and shower facilities not the best but quite useable.

Great pub and campsite

Andrew C

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Sprinter-Type Campervan - Non Electric Grass Touring PitchesJun 2025

We stayed to attend a party being held on their site. It is a well maintained campsite, limited facilities but clean and very friendly. We will definitely use it as a pub stop over site in the future.

Perfect stay for single father and young son!

Rory D

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Large Tent - Non Electric Grass PitchesJun 2025

We bought a tent two weeks prior to staying here and found this site online. I was pleasantly surprised about how good it was and my son loved the play park. We ate in the pub on our first night and had breakfast the following morning there too. Food was great camp site was perfect for us! It was so good for us we've booked to go next weekend too and explore the local area. The facilities here are fine and more than adequate for campers! Value for money? Yes! Would I recommend it to others? Yes! Happy days indeed!!

Lively campsite

Ros N

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Motorhome - Non Electric Grass Touring PitchesJun 2025

Good stopover on our way home. The site has minimal facilities but was clean. The pub is very busy so it was long waiting times for drinks and to ask about campsite related queries. The staff were happy and worked really hard. There was an event on the second night which we hadn't been informed about. It meant music on the site until the really hours so we cancelled our second night.

Great for short stay

Stephen H

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Small Tent - Non Electric Grass PitchesJun 2025

This is a nice campsite, on a slope so you need to pick carefully can get a bit windy. Friendly people. Be warned, there is only one shower for the whole campsite the queue can be very long in the mornings. Also, only 2 toilets for the whole site when the pub is shut.

Does what it says on the tin

Cherry W

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Sprinter-Type Campervan - Electric Grass PitchesJun 2025

A great location for our needs, a lovely pub inside and the garden was spacious. There wasn't any information provided when we arrived, it was a 'just park up wherever you like'. We'd booked an electric pitch but were told we couldn't park up there until 6.30pm as there was a car show happening - which wasn't too much of an issue for us but a bit rude when we'd paid for the pitch and could've been parked there since 12pm. We had no clue where the shower was, no information provided - it's the black door on the far right of the front of the pub. Not in a great condition but usable - although the hot water took an age to come through. And if you're non-electric and parked down the bottom of the site then it's literally the furthest point the shower/toilet could be from you. My only other negative is the electric pitches back on to the local skip yard which started making noise well before 8am. All in all, would stay again but would advise maybe a welcome pack for campers - just with a little information on about the pub, food times and local takeaways and where everything is.

Great place to stay

Jane M

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Medium Tent - Non Electric Grass PitchesJun 2025

Great price & dog friendly. Lovely pub, great food & staff. This site was half way between us, so a great place to meet up & socialise.

Excellent camping spot

Ryan S

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Extra Large Tent - Non Electric Grass PitchesJun 2025

Excellent camping spot with great facilities and pub location. Booked this venue for a first experience camping and it did not disappoint. Thoroughly enjoyed our weekend camping with my wife and dog. The location is perfect for travelling to nearby villages and feeling like you were in the middle of nowhere. Peaceful rural location with the pub on site made for a brilliant stay. Excellent food and brilliant service at the pub. Would 100% stay again and recommend to anyone looking to visit nearby towns and villages as a perfect location. 30 minute drive to Clarkson's farm shop and the Farmer's Dog pub.

Lovely site

Roger S

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Twin Axle Caravan - Electric Grass PitchesJun 2025

Lovely site, great value and location. Would highly recommend.

A wonderful place

Tim M

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Single Axle Caravan - Non Electric Grass Touring PitchesJun 2025

This a lovely place to stay. All the facilities you'll need, a lovely pub with great food and real ale. All the staff were amazing, and bent over backwards when we needed to extend our stay due to unexpected family issues. Highly recommended.

Great stay

Chrissi H

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VW-Type Campervan - Electric Grass PitchesMay 2025

One night stay, meeting up with friends, was great. Didn't use the toilet, shower facilities, we had our own. Used the restaurant, friendly clean lovely food great atmosphere. Thank you we will be back.

Gate Hangs High

James S

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Motorhome - Electric Grass PitchesMay 2025

Simple little site in the rear of a nice pub - food was good! Clean toilets/showers and all the usual stuff you'd expect. Nice kids park in the beer garden!

Midweek stay

Mark B

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VW-Type Campervan - Non Electric Grass PitchesMay 2025

Having booked this site because of the location being right next to the pub, which clearly stated food was being served on a Wednesday, we were very disappointed to turn up and find that that was not the case. We were told that food was only served Thursday through to Sunday and that Wednesday food availability is a mistake. The site itself does what it says on the tin, it is a small field with electric hook-ups available. The wet room style shower and toilet was clean and easy for an overnight stay. Good value for money but misleading.

Perfect

Sean P

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VW-Type Campervan - Non Electric Grass PitchesMay 2025

£12. Get what you pay for. Perfect for me.