Oxfordshire
The Trout at Tadpole Bridge Camping
Buckland Marsh, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Camp behind a celebrated 17th-century Thames-side pub, with boat moorings, big dinners and riverbank sunsets.
Easter is the great shakedown weekend of the camping year: the first proper trip after winter, lambs in every field, blossom starting along the hedgerows and evenings just about long enough for a fire before bedtime. Nights are genuinely cold, so pack like it is winter and celebrate when it is not.
Lambing is the headline act locally. Cotswold Farm Park's season is in full swing around Easter, and the all-year sites below have heated facilities for the chilly starts. Book early: Easter is the first weekend everyone else has circled too.
27 of our 52 sites are open, showing the 12 closest to SN7
Oxfordshire
Buckland Marsh, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Camp behind a celebrated 17th-century Thames-side pub, with boat moorings, big dinners and riverbank sunsets.
Oxfordshire
Bampton, Oxfordshire
Grass pitches, yurts and campfires on a woodland-edged farm between Bampton and the Thames at Tadpole Bridge.
Oxfordshire
Standlake, Oxfordshire
The full five-star works: indoor pools, sauna, steam room and a gym, on a multi-award-winning family park.
Oxfordshire
Bablock Hythe, Northmoor, Oxfordshire
A handful of pitches at a historic Thames ferry crossing, with a family-run free house and riverside terrace.
Oxfordshire
Bradwell Grove, Burford, Oxfordshire
Directly opposite Cotswold Wildlife Park. Wake up, cross the road, meet the rhinos.
The Cotswolds
South Cerney, Gloucestershire
Indoor and outdoor pools, lakeside beach, clubhouse and endless activities in the Cotswold Water Park.
Oxfordshire
Abingdon Road, Oxford
The dreaming spires by bus or riverside stroll. The easiest way to camp and do Oxford with children.
The Cotswolds
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Calm, spotless touring park minutes from Cirencester, the capital of the Cotswolds.
Oxfordshire
Charlbury, Oxfordshire
Terraced pitches with huge Evenlode Valley views, fire pits to hire and a train station in walking distance.
Wiltshire
Honeystreet, near Pewsey, Wiltshire
Pitch beside the Kennet and Avon Canal at a legendary 1810 pub, under the Alton Barnes White Horse.
Oxfordshire
Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8HB
A tidy, family-run Thames-side park two minutes over the medieval bridge from Wallingford's shops, market and summer splash park.
Wiltshire
Calne, Wiltshire
Fishing lakes, a nature trail, farm animals and a legendary kids' play meadow between Calne and Devizes.
Days are often lovely but nights regularly drop to low single figures, even freezing. Pack winter-rated sleeping bags, insulate well from the ground, add layers rather than loose bedding for little ones, and choose a site with heated facilities. The all-year parks in this guide are the safest first choice for an Easter trip.