Hardwick Park

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  • Secluded site on 180 acres of parkland, eight miles from Oxford
  • Watersports centre and fishing
  • Licensed clubhouse serving meals
Do you find it hard deciding between city and country on camping hols? Does a lack of choice of activities on a campsite really get on your wick? Settle down, variety fans, for hidden Hardwick Park in Oxfordshire will see you sorted: it’s on 180 acres of parkland and lakes with a watersports centre and fishing on site, an easy eight miles from Oxford and a 20-minute drive from Burford and the hillwalking, horse riding and cycling of the Cotswolds. Before guests don their walking boots for a sightseeing stroll around Oxford or a traipse on the Cotswolds Way, they can school themselves in watery sports on site including wakeboarding, kneeboarding and waterskiing, kayaking and the sublime sounding ‘Ringo Rides’ – plonking oneself in an inflatable ring while being towed by a boat (this should get an A for effort at the very least). Too high a grade of excitement for how you like to spend a holiday? Teach the kids about Oxfordshire ornithology with a gander at the Canadian geese, greylags and swans on site, or pass along the fishing rod for a cast about in the lake. The A* Hardwick Park facilities include shower and loo blocks, licensed clubhouse dishing up meals, a well-stocked shop, a café, launderette and a play area, while the tourist information available in reception should make deciding what to do next as easy as ABC…

Site type

Motorhome pitches 4
Tent pitches 74
Touring caravan pitches 60
Caravans for hire 10

Tourist board rating

Languages spoken

English

Gold David Bellamy Conservation Award AA Holiday Centre

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful

Walkers' paradise

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Fishing nearby

Horse riding nearby

Restaurant nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point

Seasonal pitches

Location

Hardwick Park

Downs Road

Standlake

Witney

Oxfordshire

England

OX29 7PZ

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

51.73778°N
-1.43663°W

Route directions

Our site is 4.5 miles south of Witney. Guests should take the A415 and follow the signs for the park. The X15 Abingdon-Witney bus stops at the park entrance. The X18 Bampton-Oxford bus stops at Heyford Close, Standlake, which is a 10-minute walk from the park entrance.

Nearest transport

Coach
7.6 mi Gloucester Green Bus Station
7.7 mi Speedwell Street
7.7 mi Magdalen Street East
Rail
6.6 mi Hanborough Rail Station
6.8 mi Combe (Oxon) Rail Station
7.2 mi Oxford Rail Station
Airport
8.5 mi London Oxford Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

City, country, coarse and trout fishing, mountain biking, museums, wildlife, stately homes, gardens and shopping until dropping: the area around Hardwick Park would pass a tourism test with flying colours. Many guests make Oxford and Oxford University their first stop for towntime: the uni to see the Bodleian Library (11 million volumes on 120 miles of shelving, book boffins), and the university’s lauded museums, including the Pitt Rivers archaeological and anthropological collections with over half a million exhibits and the Ashmolean Museum, the oldest university museum in the world and with works by Picasso, Turner, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. After all that academia, totter into town the next day to take in less scholarly Oxford attractions like a nature reserve or park stroll, guided walking tour or a constitutional around the Botanic Garden. Outside Oxford, Burford is the gateway town to the Cotswolds; from here, it’s a short drive to Moreton-in-Marsh and the village of Batsford a mile and a half north-west, to the poplar Batsford Arboretum and its 3000 or so trees, and the Cotswold Falconry Centre, where visitors can eagle-eyedly watch the free birds of prey demos. Flit to Bourton-on-the-Water for more birds at Birdland Park and Gardens, penguin feeding and a woodland nature reserve, then motor on to a timeless trip at the Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection too, crammed with classic cars, caravans, vintage cars and motoring memorabilia. (For a more modern motoring time, rally round to Silverstone about an hour’s drive away.) Bicester Village, Swindon’s Great Western Retail Park, Oxford’s covered market and the antique shops of Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold are all nearby to till ring at, alongside the pretty villages and towns of the Cotswolds to pick up arts and crafts, jewellery and local produce. The mansion of the Marlboroughs at Woodstock’s Blenheim Palace is another Oxfordshire must, home to the Dukes of Marlborough, birthplace of Winston Churchill and venue of many a varied event like the CLA Game Fair, international horse trials, jousting and the Audi International three-day polo comp. You can also get married there if you’re of a mind… The area is stuffed with loads more attractions and activities, such as two leisure centres and banger racing near the park, top golf courses, air shows, more museums and gardens, and racing around at Cheltenham, Ascot and Newbury.

Must see

Ashmolean Museum 7.6 mi

Carfax Tower 7.6 mi

Modern Art Oxford 7.7 mi

Christ Church Cathedral 7.7 mi

Blenheim Palace 7.9 mi

National Trust

Priory Cottages 9.5 mi

Great Coxwell Barn 10 mi

Buscot Park 10.4 mi

Buscot Old Parsonage 11 mi

The Buscot and Coleshill Estates 11.6 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Hardwick Parks - Nature Reserve - Standlake 0.1 mi

Standlake - Nature Reserve - Northmoor 0.7 mi

Hardwick Circular 1.2 mi

HINTON MANOR 3.6 mi

EYNSHAM HALL 4.7 mi

Local events

  • Blenheim Palace Flower Show (Friday 21 June 2024 – Friday 21 June 2024)

    Woodstock, Oxfordshire 8.2 mi

  • Wilderness Festival (Thursday 1 August 2024 – Thursday 1 August 2024)

    Oxford, Oxfordshire 8.9 mi

  • Fairport's Cropredy Convention (Thursday 8 August 2024 – Thursday 8 August 2024)

    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire 26.5 mi

  • Rewind South (Friday 16 August 2024 – Friday 16 August 2024)

    Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire 26.7 mi

  • Henley Royal Regatta (Tuesday 2 July 2024 – Tuesday 2 July 2024)

    Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire 26.9 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

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  • Does Hardwick Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Hardwick Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Hardwick Park? City, country, coarse and trout fishing, mountain biking, museums, wildlife, stately homes, gardens and shopping until dropping: the area around Hardwick Park would pass a tourism test with flying colours. Many guests … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Hardwick Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.

    The reception is open until 6pm every day, please call when you are on your way if you will be arriving late. No arrivals are allowed after 9pm.

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