The Cotswold Water Park is Britain's largest inland water playground: over 150 lakes with a real beach (Cotswold Country Park), aqua parks, paddleboarding, flat gravel bike trails and nature reserves loud with dragonflies.
Hoburne Cotswold sits inside the park itself with pools and a lakeside beach of its own. Mayfield Park and Abbey Home Farm are ten minutes north for families who want quieter nights within reach of the water.
The 8 closest sites in our guide, road distances are approximate
16 miles
£££
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South Cerney, Gloucestershire
About 1 miles from the Cotswold Water Park. Indoor and outdoor pools, lakeside beach, clubhouse and endless activities in the Cotswold Water Park.
12 miles
££
Wiltshire
Marston Meysey, Wiltshire
About 5 miles from the Cotswold Water Park. A family-run touring park on the very young Thames, minutes from the Cotswold Water Park's beaches and trails.
19 miles
£
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Cirencester, Gloucestershire
About 7 miles from the Cotswold Water Park. Organic farm camping with campfires, a legendary farm shop café and not an electric hook-up in sight.
26 miles
££
Wiltshire
Little Lype Farm, Charlton, near Malmesbury, north Wiltshire
About 7 miles from the Cotswold Water Park. A working beef farm near Malmesbury where kids meet the cows, raid the play barn and you get proper hot showers.
9 miles
£
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St John's Lock, Lechlade, Gloucestershire
About 8 miles from the Cotswold Water Park. A simple camping meadow beside the Thames' first lock and one of England's oldest riverside pubs.
18 miles
££
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Cirencester, Gloucestershire
About 9 miles from the Cotswold Water Park. Calm, spotless touring park minutes from Cirencester, the capital of the Cotswolds.
18 miles
££
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Church Farm, Barnsley, between Cirencester and Bibury, Gloucestershire
About 9 miles from the Cotswold Water Park. Off-grid grass pitches and bell tents on a family dairy farm between Cirencester and Bibury, with campfires and famously spotless loos.
10 miles
££
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Lechlade, Gloucestershire
About 10 miles from the Cotswold Water Park. A well-kept touring site a quarter of a mile from Lechlade's riverside, with hook-ups and proper facilities.
Hoburne Cotswold at South Cerney is set among the Water Park's lakes, with its own indoor and outdoor pools, a lakeside beach and watersports. Cotswold Country Park and Beach is five minutes away.