It’s very much back-to-basics and back-to-nature at Aylesmore Farm Campsite. It’s the kind of place to bring the kids if you want them to have a taste of camping on the wilder side. Here on a Warwickshire hillside, deer and hare are often spotted and owls twit-twoo at night. The views are far reaching and green, the sunsets can be spectacular and, on a clear night, the stars are just as impressive. A family-friendly ethos and the fact that there’s just a handful of pitches means it’s a peaceful place where groups are not allowed. It’s somewhere to enjoy space, freedom and fresh air just north of The Cotswolds and not far from Stratford-upon-Avon.
The sense of adventure starts with your approach to the two-acre campsite. Your hosts will be in touch with a message to explain, in detail, where to go. You leave the road and travel up a rough farm track to reach the hilltop camping field where the view of rolling countryside is revealed. There’s not a lot to distract you from that. A few cows grazing in nearby fields and the simplest of facilities. There’s a couple of (rather nice) compost loos, a washing-up sink and a cold water tap. That’s it. Your hosts might pop along to deliver logs or to check on you and the facilities but, by and large, they leave you to enjoy the site on your own.
The slower pace that an off-grid site like this encourages offers a lovely break from modern life. You may simply want to stay put and enjoy it but there’s much in the surrounding landscape that’ll tempt you to get out and explore. And most of that is pretty relaxed too: countryside walks and long lunches at Cotswolds pubs, the pottery in nearby Whichford, Batsford Arboretum and plenty of gardens and stately homes. A National Trust membership comes in handy. The liveliest place is probably riverside Stratford-upon-Avon which, though often bustling with visitors, is yet another pleasant place to explore.
Come and choose your spot to camp on our peaceful, starry hillside. We have 10 pitches on a two acre site so if we're busy, you'll be in shouting distance of other campers but not in each others pockets. Midweek you'll often have it to yourselves.
Walk or cycle the two miles to the local village for bread and coffee or to the pub for dinner, drive to the straw kitchen in Whichford for a delicious breakfast and potter around the pottery, or just sit and drink tea and watch for deer across the fields (you might see the white stag). Watch the sun go down and look out for the resident barn owl and the many hares (that occasionally sleep in the sawdust for the compost loo).
Please be aware, our site entrance is rough and stoney, with a dip. Lowered or delicate vintage cars probably won’t want to risk it.
