The T Barn

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Sheperds Hut
View of the site
Firepit with a tripod, metal plate and dutch oven
Rural scenery

  • Off-grid family-friendly farm site in a scenic Cotswolds valley
  • A 10-minute drive to Arlington Row; 20 minutes to Cotswold Water Park
  • Firepits provided; pubs with food and a garden 10 minutes’ walk away
When you arrive in the Cotswolds, it’s easy to get swept away in the honey-coloured villages, countryside landscapes and wandering wildlife. So set your anchor at The T Barn, a scenic farm valley site 10 minutes’ drive from Bibury and Cirencester nicely set up for a cosy retreat in England’s largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. From here, you’ll be well-based to get out to cycle-easy lanes, nature reserve trails or stretches of farmland – or take to the water with paddleboarding, windsurfing and the like at the Cotswold Water Park 20 minutes’ drive away. The site is 10 minutes’ walk from the handsome village of Barnsley – it's a small place but its village pub and hotel both bring a buzz with some splendid food and distinguished garden design in the hotel. On site, there are hot showers, luxury compost loos and a hut for washing up dishes, so the essentials are all covered. A few solar lights show the way around at night, as this place is off-grid for guests to take some time off the tech. Given that this site is quite remote, those of you who don’t want to bring a car might have lots of walking in store – but while cars are useful they’re not essential to your stay, as buses stop in the village four times per day. The local train stations are Kemble (15 minutes’ drive) or Swindon (35 minutes’ drive) and bicycles also have easy access to the site.

Site type

Tent pitches 7
Rent a tent 3
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 3
Motorhome pitches 2
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The site only allows dogs up to 20kg.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
  • No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.
  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.
  • If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.

Languages spoken

English

French

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Lovely place for a get away, host easily contactable and happy to help

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities No rating
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Catrin W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Shepherd's hut (adults only, hot tub)

Liked: Lovely location, able to walk to a lovely local pub (through some small farm paths so wear sensible shoes) but means avoiding busy roads.
The hut was as expected, comfy bed and nicely decorated. The hot tub was lovely and easy to use if you’ve used before (also good instructions). Would definitely stay again.

Disliked: Would rather a normal toilet than a compostable but this was expected before booking, awkward at first but was fine to use.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful location, rustic charm and back to nature!

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Lisa R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The location is remote, there is no signal and this allowed us to have a lovely break in-between jobs.

The showers were amazing too!

Disliked: The single track road, there are no passing points and we came across a car who kindly reversed all the way back to the campsite as it would have been difficult for us to do it in our motorhome.

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Great facilities, hot water washing up, compost toilets. Good pitch sizes-just pitched…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Becky M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great facilities, hot water washing up, compost toilets. Good pitch sizes-just pitched up wherever. Information board was great. Off grid no mobile signal

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This is a fantastic site!! It saved our bacon, the bell tent was bliss

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
George P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Bell tent

Liked: Everything!! Toilets, Showers, Off Gridness, Bell Tent, fire pits.

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Lovely campsite, with accessible fire pits, logs and fire starters. It has…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Lovely campsite, with accessible fire pits, logs and fire starters. It has everything you need from toilets and showers, to absolute peace and quiet! I was lucky enough to have the place to my self.

Disliked: No fault of The T Barn, but if you’re travelling here make sure you go to the right place - I would recommend asking for a whatthreewords location as maps took me to another campsite close by!

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Clear skies ideal for stargazing

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Tracy M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Fantastic site, park where you want by a firepit. Lovely valley views. Toilets and showers are clean and Eloise the owner pops round
Wood and kindling available to buy if required and you can hire an Ooni pizza oven and ingredients.
We fell asleep to the hooting of an owl.
Second time we have booked and we will be back 😁

Disliked: Several tent campers did not adhere to requirement to set camp and then move their car to the car parking area which meant the field was quite crowded.

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Nice, quiet no frill site

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
Heleen R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Beautiful, quiet and peaceful site with just cows, grass, trees and a hill to sit on and watch the sunset. Eco toilet well kept. Lovely pub at 10min. walk in pittoresk village. Lots to do in the area, such as the Roman Villa, a beautiful village, nearby towns and gardens.

Disliked: There was no hot water during our stay so no shower either. It was fixed on the Tuesday that we left.

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Small, simple, decent showers, owls hooting in the nearby trees, no phone…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Small, simple, decent showers, owls hooting in the nearby trees, no phone reception (a plus!), very little noise or light pollution, friendly greeting from Elouise shortly after we arrived. Felt remote enough, yet easy enough to get to Cirencester or elsewhere in Cotswolds for a day out.

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Great place to stay, hot showers.…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Mari E. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Bell tent

Liked: Great place to stay, hot showers.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Having some time out from phones and devices. Great little site for…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Sophie T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Bell tent

Liked: Having some time out from phones and devices. Great little site for our family! Bell Tents are beautiful!
We loved having the fire pit to roast marshmallows with our toddler!
Great break for anyone looking for some time out from the world.

Disliked: Only a small thing but took a while for me to find the name of our bell tent on the pitch up email. Could be a bit clearer.

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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 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

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Luxury Peaceful Remote location Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Location

The T Barn

Welsh Way

Barnsley

Cirencester

Gloucestershire

England

GL7 5EF

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.74413°N
-1.90098°W

Nearest transport

Coach
3.2 mi Beeches Car Park
11.1 mi Dark Lane
11.1 mi Dark Lane
Rail
7 mi Kemble Rail Station
13.3 mi Swindon Rail Station
13.6 mi Cheltenham Spa Rail Station
Ferry
25 mi Sharpness Old Docks
26.1 mi Lydney Harbour
Airport
15.1 mi Gloucestershire Airport
26 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

Horse riding your thing? The Talland School of Equitation (five minutes’ drive or 20 minutes’ walk) will introduce you to the local bridle paths. Whether it’s a lesson or a private ride you decide to trot off on, it's best to book in advance. But for a different mode of transport, the farm shop at Abbey Home Farm (five minutes’ drive) rents out bicycles or ebikes for a ride with a little extra oomph. You’ll have no hard time finding a suitable landscape for your camera in Bibury (10 minutes), as this is a particularly photogenic village with a scenic aquaculture farm too. The National Trust’s Lodge Park & Sherborne Park Estate (20 minutes) is another scenic spot, with England’s only surviving 17th-century grandstand as a unique feature. As for your wander down the National Trust's Arlington Row (10 minutes), you might feel like you’re right back in the old times among the row of weavers’ cottages from the 17th century, fashioned from what was once a 14th-century monastic wool store. And how to finish off? Perhaps with some watersports like paddleboarding, windsurfing or boating at the Cotswold Water Park (20 minutes)? Or the wildlife at Birdland Park & Gardens (25 minutes)?

Must see

The Buscot and Coleshill Estates 12.5 mi

Painswick Rococo Garden 13.2 mi

STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway 13.3 mi

Cotswold Farm Park 13.9 mi

Sudeley Castle Gardens and Exhibition 14.2 mi

National Trust

Chedworth Roman Villa 5.3 mi

Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate 6.5 mi

Buscot Old Parsonage 10.6 mi

Buscot Park 11.8 mi

The Buscot and Coleshill Estates 12.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

BARNSLEY HOUSE 0.5 mi

BARNSLEY PARK 0.9 mi

Bibury and Winson 3 mi

Bibury and Coln St Aldwyns and Return 3 mi

Bibury to Calcot and Return 3.2 mi

Local events

  • Blenheim Palace Flower Show (Friday 27 June 2025 – Friday 27 June 2025)

    Woodstock, Oxfordshire 24.2 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.

Offers

Tent pitchMotorhome or campervan pitch
Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch
  • 10% off 10% off 3 nights or more
Tipi, yurt, wigwam, dome, bell tent
Bell tent
  • 10% off 10% off 3 nights or more
Lodge, cabin, pod or hut
Shepherd's hut (adults only, hot tub)
  • 10% off 10% off 3 nights or more

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does The T Barn have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The T Barn dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The T Barn? Horse riding your thing? The Talland School of Equitation (five minutes’ drive or 20 minutes’ walk) will introduce you to the local bridle paths. Whether it’s a lesson or a private ride … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The T Barn?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  Anytime
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at The T Barn? From £20 (for 1 night, 5 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.