The Gate Hangs High Reviews
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Located on the edge of the Cotswolds, The Gate Hangs High in Hook Norton is a simple pub site, suitable for camping and touring on unallocated grass pitches. With views of the Oxfordshire countryside, pitch up at this site and sample a pint of one of Hook Norton's ales or a pub meal all on your doorstep. The site is also within 35 minutes of Chipping Norton, Bourton-on-the-Water and Stratford Upon Avon.
4.19 /5
170 reviews
82%
would recommend
Nice site and pub
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Tim B
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Nice site, still a work in progress. Pub is excellent with good food. Water and electricity to some pitches (check if you need it) levelling ramps useful for some pitches. This is our second visit and we will return. Notes that it's only 1 mile flat walk to Hook Norton brewery - a must see if you like the odd beer.
Hook Norton extravaganza
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Seamus L
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Great campsite for a sunny evening when you just want to relax in the country and not drive home from the pub after a pint or two of Old Hooky. Particularly good location if you are visiting the classic car rally at Hook Norton Brewery the following day and want a Sea Bream and Samphire with cheesy mash dinner treat.
Lovely pub stopover
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James R
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Nice place, lovely food, friendly staff. Shame it's on a hill and needs a washing up area, but still a lovely stopover.
Very noisy from road next door
Pamela C
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Ridiculous amount of noise from 6am with crazy, speeding vehicles right next door and work getting done on the car park. I realise upgrading needs to be done, but a heads up when booking would have been appreciated! We left a day earlier than planned as we barely got any sleep. However, the pub food was excellent and it was a lovely bar, which we really enjoyed.
Camping
Paul W
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Tricky to get level and pub grub fully booked.
Relaxed and friendly
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Brenda S
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A little bit noisy as they are having improvements doing. Bar staff very friendly. Once they have improved the campsites and facilities, it will be a first class site.
Great stop over
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Nicky P
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We stayed here just for a night on our way down to the south coast. Fab stop over, we had dinner and breakfast in the pub. The food was amazing and the staff were so friendly and helpful.
Adequate at best!
Matthew F
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Adequate at best. I would say the site is more a pub stopover not a campsite. There were 50 plus units and only 1 shower available for the whole site & 2 24hr toilets (only 1 if someone is using the shower). Certainly not worth the £25 a night charge for camper 2 adults & 1 child. Sewage stench at the bottom corner of the site. Needs a decent shower/toilet block building if they continue to trade as they are.
Great pub - minimal facilities
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Ian George N
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Lovely pub with amazing staff and amazing food. There is only one shower for the whole campsite and no washing up facilities. Nice location, however it is a half hour walk to the next pub and no shops nearby. Would go again for the amount of time we spent, which was four nights.
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Kevin G
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One night stay. We had pre-booked a table in the pub for food which was needed as no other tables inside available. The site was busy but not packed. We arrived 7pm, set up, then ate at the pub, by which rime the single shower room was free as it was at 9am the next morning. Food in the pub was great as was range of beers. Nearest small shop is a 5 minute drive into the village. Well stocked. Brewery in the village is well worth a visit also.
Very nice
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Luke T
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Nice location with the pub right on site. Great food, myself and partner had steak and cheesy chips, which I recommend. Only issue, which was not the sites fault, was the snoring, haha. But and all round nice place.
Excellent experience
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Martin A
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Excellent experience, campsite and pub with food both great. Set up tent, no problems. Pub is great, excellent beer and food. Lovely area. One toilet, plus new shower room with extra toilet and pub toilets. All good. Good children's area, new wooden castle to play on. Not too noisy. Camping ground is on a slight slope, but not a problem. Staff were very helpful. Had cooked breakfast (Fri, Sat, Sun). Will be back.
An okay experience.
Paige C
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Our stay was average at best. Only 2 toilets and 1 shower for the whole campsite is nowhere near enough. But, they were always clean and well stocked up. The staff themselves were very friendly & the food in the pub is a must-try! The pitches themselves are on a bank and quite uneven. Some time and care needs putting into the campsite side of the business, but overall it served us well as a pit stop on our journey!
Toilets!
W M
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Good location, but only 1 toilet for the entire site. Really not good enough, in the mornings, it was very busy at the 1 toilet during busy periods. Would suggest hiring in some toilets.
Good site, nice staff, great pub
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Mark F
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It's cheap, it's a pub car park and field. Pub is awesome, staff very friendly. Could do with more than the 1 shower but can't fault the price. It's not the flattest but for the money, location and nice staff it's good value.
Hook Norton beer festival
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John R
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Booked The Gate Hangs High for the Hook Norton beer festival which we have attended regularly in recent years. Booking was easy. Very relaxed atmosphere on site. We had some excellent food in the pub. They laid on a mini bus to transport us too and from the festival which made everything easy. The only slight down side was that we had some noisy neighbours who stayed up till 2:30 am but that's not the campsites fault. However, I will stay there again and would recommend it to anyone.
Beer festival weekend!
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David T
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Great pub and staff very helpful and friendly. Food was excellent, We would book again.
First class stay
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Jeremy D
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First class stay, staff very friendly and can't do enough for you. Staff great we had a meal in the pub and food was great.
Lovely place
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Mandy W
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After our event we had planned to attend was cancelled, we stumbled across this place, who had late availability so just booked for the night. Great little place, plenty of room for camping (grounds not very even but no drama). Very quiet through the night, even though camping was busy. Pub was great, my youngest loved the play equipment. The food was lovely, everyone was super friendly and you felt like you just fitted in. I read they do music events so will be booking to come back in August to experience one of those. Would recommend.
Great pub
Tony M
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Great pub, very friendly staff, excellent food. Shame about the toilet facilities, although we realise the update delay is due to planning delays, alternatives should be put in place.
A reunion
Graham H
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I stayed as part of a group. The campsite lacked any meaningful abolition facilities. One wet room/toilet. The tiles had fallen off the wall in the shower area, plus one other separate toilet, of which both were not clean. No pot wash facilities. Hence, I have to give the low scores.
1st time and will go again
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John P
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Lovely pub, very friendly people and locals. The ground is very uneven and on a slope but once overt that, it's good. Could perhaps do with more hook ups and I think £5 for a dog is a little steep, but then I don't have clear up the dog mess that some pet owners don't. On the whole, it's a great little place. Food great, beers great, atmosphere great, walks great. I do recommend you try a night or two.
Reunion
Dennis G
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What a shame that the local planning authority has taken too long to approve planning applications, so the washroom facilities could have been improved before the beginning of the tourist season.
Overnight stay
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Helen E
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Convenient stopover on our way to New Forest. disappointed pub didn't do meal the 1st night, but our return stay meals were being served. Meal was gorgeous. Fairly flat pitch with electric. The site was quite busy on our 2nd visit (on our way home) so needed to queue for 1 shower and 2 toilets. Maybe needs a couple of more toilets. Looks like a work in progress. Would definitely stay over again.
One night camping
Claire C
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Very friendly and helpful staff, facilities (showers/toilet) could be improved, but apart from that we had an enjoyable stay.