Grass tent pitch
a night, from$26
- Level mown grass inside four posts
- Car parked beside your tent
- Two minutes to the shower block
Pitch up five minutes from the river
Hollow Oak has 42 grass pitches for tents and 18 hard standings with electric hook ups, set around one old oak at the end of a farm lane. The showers run hot without tokens, the shop opens at eight for milk, bread and gas, and the river path starts at the bottom gate.
42 pitcheson level grass for tents
18 hook upson gravel hard standing
22:30when quiet hours begin
Four kinds of pitch, each priced for two adults
Every price covers one tent, van or caravan, two adults and one car for a night. Extra people, dogs and a second car are in the price table further down the page.
Family field pitch
a night, from$32
- 12 by 12 metres of grass
- In sight of the play meadow
- Closest to the washing up sinks
Hook up hard standing
a night, from$38
- Gravel base that stays firm in rain
- Water tap and waste point every four pitches
- Room for an awning on the grass side
Walkers and cyclists
a night, from$14
- Small tents only
- Bike rack with a lock loop
- Charging lockers in the shop
A pitch is booked once we confirm it and the first night has been paid as a deposit, arranged directly with us. Pitch numbers are given out on the day; say in your request if anyone needs to be close to the accessible shower room.
The rules that keep the field quiet and safe
Please read these before you book. Everyone on site keeps them, and a warden walks the field every evening to make sure they hold.
Quiet from 22:30 to 07:30
Voices low and music off after 22:30, and no music that carries beyond your own pitch at any hour. Cars stay parked until 07:30, so anyone arriving late leaves the car in the car park by the gate.
Fires in raised bowls only
Hire a fire bowl from the shop and keep it on its legs on your pitch, with the bucket of water we hand over beside it. No fires on the grass, no disposable barbecues, and every fire out by 23:00.
When the red flag flies
In dry, windy spells the warden raises a red flag at the gate, and every fire bowl and charcoal barbecue on site stays unlit until it comes down. Gas stoves for cooking are still allowed.
Dogs on short leads
Up to two dogs a pitch, on leads no longer than two metres everywhere on site, and never left alone in a tent, awning or van. Exercise them in the dog field by the top gate and bag everything they leave.
How booking works
Arrive from 13:00 and leave by 11:00. Friday and Saturday stays are two nights or more, public holiday weekends three. Groups of more than three units ask us first, and everyone under 18 camps with an adult.
Nothing burning indoors
Never cook, heat or keep a barbecue inside a tent, awning or van, even one that seems to have gone out, because the fumes can kill. Gas bottles stay outside, upright and away from the bowls.
Fire bans and camping law are decided locally and vary by country and by region, so ours sit on top of whatever the local authority decides on the day.
The river path, and how to enjoy it
The path leaves from the bottom gate, crosses the hay meadow and reaches a shingle bank on a slow bend of the river after five minutes on foot. Families paddle in the shallows in summer, anglers fish the far bank with their own permits, and the kingfishers turn up most mornings.
There is no lifeguard, and the river rises fast after rain upstream. We chalk the river level on the board outside the shop every morning, and when it reads amber or red the shingle bank is out of bounds until it drops.
- Children by the water with an adult, always
- Buoyancy aids to borrow from the shop
- No paddling after dark or after heavy rain
What a night costs, season by season
Spring runs from March to May and autumn from September to October; the summer rate covers June to August. Hot showers and washing up water are in every price.
| For a night | Spring and autumn | Summer |
|---|---|---|
| Grass tent pitch, 2 adults | $26 | $34 |
| Family field pitch, 2 adults | $32 | $42 |
| Hook up hard standing, 2 adults | $38 | $48 |
| Walker or cyclist, each | $14 | $16 |
| Extra adult | $8 | $10 |
| Child aged 5 to 15 | $4 | $5 |
| Under 5 | No charge | No charge |
| Dog, up to two a pitch | $3 | $3 |
| Second car | $5 | $5 |
| Fire bowl with a net of logs | $12 | $12 |
Prices are examples for this sample site. Gas bottle exchanges and charging lockers are paid for at the shop.
Your first hour at Hollow Oak
Arrivals are between 13:00 and 20:00. Ring by 18:00 if you will be later, and your pitch pack waits in the box by the shop door.
Stop at the shop window
Give the name on the booking and collect your pitch tag, the site map and a printed copy of the rules.
Drive at walking pace
Follow the oak leaf signs round the one way track at 8 km an hour, about the speed of a child on a bike.
Pitch inside your posts
Keep the tent, awning and car between your four posts, which leaves six metres between neighbours in case of fire.
Plug in last
On hook up pitches, unroll the whole cable, connect at the van first and the post second, and keep the cable off the path.
On the shelves in the site shop
Open from 08:00 to 20:00 in season, and never more than a three minute walk from any pitch.
- Milk, butter and eggs
- Bread from the village bakery
- Coffee, tea and hot chocolate
- Gas bottle exchange
- Kiln dried logs in nets
- Kindling and long matches
- Ice packs, chilled overnight
- Spare tent pegs and a mallet
- Torches and batteries
- Midge repellent
- Dog bags and treats
- Buoyancy aids to borrow
Ask at the counter for a charging locker, where phones and bike batteries can charge while you are out on the river.
A walk round the field
From the visitors' book by the shop (example reviews)
Three nights in the family field with two children and a dog. Quiet really did mean quiet at half past ten, and the river board saved us a soggy morning after the storm.
The hook up worked first time, the gravel stayed firm through two days of rain and the showers were properly hot at seven in the morning.
Rolled in by bike well after dark and found the pitch pack waiting in the box. The charging locker had the bike battery full again by breakfast.
Asked at the shop window
Can we arrive after 20:00?
Yes, if you ring by 18:00 to tell us. Your pitch pack waits in the box by the shop door, the car stays in the car park by the gate until morning, and you carry your kit to the pitch quietly.
Do the showers cost extra?
No. Hot showers, the washing up sinks and the toilets are part of every pitch price, and they are cleaned at 09:00 and 16:00 every day.
Can we bring our own barbecue?
A gas barbecue, or a charcoal one standing on legs at least 30 cm above the grass, is welcome on your pitch. Disposable barbecues are not allowed, and nothing is lit while the red flag is up.
Is there an accessible shower room?
Yes, one level access room with a fold down seat and grab rails, next to the main block. Mention it in your request and we place you on a nearby hard standing.
What if we have to cancel?
Tell us a fortnight or more ahead and the whole deposit is returned. Inside that fortnight the deposit stays with us, unless another camper takes the pitch.
Can we hold a birthday gathering?
Small family celebrations are fine within quiet hours. We do not take stag, hen or party groups, and anyone bringing more than three units asks us first.
Send us your dates
Tell us the pitch, the nights and what you are bringing, and the warden replies by email the same day during office hours. Nothing is booked until we confirm and the first night's deposit has been agreed directly with us.
- One unit and one small extra tent a pitch
- Dogs welcome, up to two a pitch
- A reply the same day, 09:00 to 18:00
Finding the lane
The last kilometre is a farm lane with passing places, so take it slowly and give way to tractors.
Phone or write
At the end of a farm lane on the edge of a village, five minutes on foot from the river
Times on site
| Site shop | 08:00 to 20:00, March to October |
| Arrivals | 13:00 to 20:00 |
| Departures | By 11:00 |
| Quiet hours | 22:30 to 07:30 |
Before you set off
Satellite navigation sometimes sends vans down the narrow lane by the church. Follow the brown camping signs from the main road instead, and ring us if you are towing anything longer than seven metres.
Send your dates