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Camping at Brandiers Farm

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· Upper Minety, Wiltshire, England

30 acres hosted by Olly L.

1 glamping pitch · 1 motorhome/tent pitch

Off-lead friendly

Pets can be off-lead at some pitches.

Creature comforts

Enjoy the comforts of home in nature at some pitches — including real toilets, showers, and kitchen.

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Bucolic rural glamping in a beautiful natural beauty spot on the borders of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

Set amongst 35 acres of re-wilded land on the borders of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Brandiers Farm - the home of photographers Kim and Peter Lavery – is a very special place. It's not only home a couple of lovely self-catering cottages, but also has a number of glamping options in its grounds, giving you the chance to explore and delight in what is a unique rural retreat, with self-contained grounds consisting of a walled garden, ponds and meadows, a lake and a tennis court, even a rustic lakeside bar.

The glamping here consists of three options, each positioned in its own field with its own private cooking area. In the middle field, 'Camp Brunhilda' is micro-site in its own right, made up of a a vintage 1975 VW campervan, sleeping 2, and an adjacent 3-metre bell tent, sleeping another couple. There's also a hammock, firebowl and a strategically positioned bed for star-gazing and nights outdoors, and Brunhilda is right next to the Farm's ‘Storytelling Circle’ , which has a camp fire, seating and outdoor cooking facilities. The top field is home to is a luxury 5-metre 'Bedouin Bell Tent', complete with wood-burning stove, king-size bed, low wooden tables, hand-woven rugs and cushions, and sleeping two lovers in total comfort. And finally there's the Showman’s Wagon in the bottom field – a restored early 20th-century circus wagon with ‘gypsy-chic vibes and its own wood-burning stove, fridge and kitchen facilities, and sleeping 2 in a cosy alcove.

The toilet and bathroom facilities are shared, in a beautifully converted, wood-panelled horse trailer that comes complete with toilet, sink, washstand, hot water, electrical sockets, a shower room and 3 tin bath tubs. In addition to the toilet facilities, there is a covered kitchen for guests' use with fridge and freezer, in front of which is a unique lakeside bar – fully licensed and made up entirely of reclaimed and up-cycled materials. railway sleepers and tin from the old barn roof.

Dogs are welcome at Brandiers, as are children: the farm is a great place for kids, and there is lots to see and do, including the lake (which has a boat for guest-use) and a very large rock for morning meditations and viewing wildlife – red kites, ravens, owls, buzzards, bats and badgers are all regular visitors. They run events – a professional storyteller lives on site and can provide entertainment on request – and once the novelty of this beautiful natural haven has worn off, it's nice to know that you're well placed for visiting nearby Cirencester and also just a five-minute drive from Cotswold Water Parks. There are also plentiful country walks, nature reserves and birdwatching spots nearby, while you are also close to two excellent country pubs that serve food all day.

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Camp Brunhilda

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Motorhome/tent pitch · Sleeps 10 · Vehicles under 30 ft

A vintage Volkswagen camper van and adjacent 3M bell tent, sleeping 2 - 4 in your own private bit of rustic heaven that was once home to a Roman settlement. Feel free to bring extra tents for more space - you have the run of the place! Please be aware that Brandiers is not a Glamping site, but a re-wilding Farm and archeological site and there may by ongoing activity and excavations. The site is not for everyone, more for those with some camping experience and a sense of adventure who doesn’t mind woodsmoke and long grass. Please contact us before booking with any queries. 🌳 ⛺️ 🔥 🍻 💫 Full description: Meet Brunhilda. She is an original 1975 German fire truck, that once saw service on the streets of Frankfurt, now lovingly converted into a stylish camper van with hippie-chic vibes. Brunhilda is the Valkyrie of Norse and Germanic myth, and the camp and whole site has a mythic and fairy tale feel to it. Brunhilda will serve as your breakfast bar and cosy dining room space, or we can convert her for you into a double bed, and she will sleep two. Camp Brunhilda also features a 3 metre double bell tent with two thick Thai roll mats. You will need to bring your own sleeping bags and bedding. There is also a fire bowl and a dining table seating four. There are two separate berths in 'Camp Brunhilda', the double bed in the bell tent, and the camper van itself which can also be made into a double bed, the pitch would be perfect for two couples, or a couple or two with kids. Additionally you are welcome to bring your own tents and camper vans and invite friends - at a small extra cost (above 4 people). Please inquire. Adjacent to the pitch is your own wooded camp and 'storytelling' area with fire pit, bushcraft set up, and rustic seating. The perfect Robin Hood style hideaway. Nearby is also your shower and toilet facilities in a converted farm trailer and a lakeside bar with electricity to charge your devices. Camp Brunhilda is set on 30 acres of re-wilded farmland - Brandiers - an idyllic micro nature reserve on land that once housed a Roman pottery and settlement brimming with protected species, including great crested newts, grass snakes, door mice, bats, marsh fritillary butterflies, buzzards, badgers, red kites, ravens, and many others. Camp Brunhilda is in the best spot on the land, with both the last rays of the setting sun, and the secret hideaway camp under the old oak tree for when the sun goes down. There is also a lakeside bar and seating area on site, so you can get a drink, sit back and watch the wildlife. Here we also have a clay pizza oven and hold regular pizza nights with live folk music with local artists. Please enquire as to our next ‘pizza folk’ night. You probably won't want to leave Brandiers, but if you do, the Cotswold Water Park is a cycle ride away, and Cirencester, the gateway to the Cotswolds is a short drive, as is are the historic market towns of Tetbury and Malmesbury. Kemble train station is also only a 15 minute drive away. Brandiers is very laid back and rustic, and we like to leave guests to their own devices. But do please get in touch if you have any particular requests or concerns.

Campfires allowed

Toilet

Potable water

Pets allowed

No electrical hookup

No water hookup

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The Bedouin Tent

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Bell tent · Sleeps 4 · 1 bed · 1 toilet

Sleeps two lovers in total luxury, hidden away on a re-wilding farm. Contains one queen sized double bed, with a solid wooden headboard, as well as hand woven rugs and cushions. Enough to keep you cosy in any season. There is also a top of the range 'Frontier' log burning stove which, will keep you toasty warm. This also serves as an indoor cooking station, so you can boil water for tea, or coffee (provided) or even cook eggs or porridge. Finally, the stove has a glass front, so you can watch the fire dance away at night. The stove is very fuel efficient, just one log will keep it going for a long time, we will provide firewood - please don't hesitate to ask for assistance if required! The tent is fully furnished, with Arabian lanterns and Indian rugs on the floor, over the coir matting, there a storyteller's chair with sheepskin rug, and a big wooden chest for your bits and bobs and boots. There is a cool box too, and a picnic basket. We will provide milk and tea and coffee and if you're lucky some homebred baked bread, or freshly laid eggs or produce from the farm. Outside the tent, under a big ash tree is a mirror and wash basin, with jugs for water. You can fill these at an outdoor tap down by the bar a short walk away through a wood. Your toilet and shower facilities are in a beautifully converted farm trailer, also a short walk away (1 - 2 minutes). Here there is an electricity supply and three point plus, should you wish to charge your devices. The camp itself is off-grid, but does have some solar lighting outside. Outside the tent, under the trees, is a secluded seating area, with wooden table, chairs, a fire bowl and also a camp kitchen with rustic fire pit for bbq's and sitting around telling stories, chatting and playing music. Utensils and solar lighting provided. The tent sleeps two but could also sleep a child in a small bed with prior arrangement. In addition, an extra 3 M bell tent - sleeping two on single Thai roll mats - can be erected with prior notice and at a small additional cost. So in total the camp could sleep up to 5. Pooch can stay too, at extra cost. 2 night minimum stay. In addition to these facilities, there is also the lakeside bar, which is fully licensed, and entirely made of reclaimed and up-cycled materials. Railway sleepers, oak timbers and tin from the old barn roof. Behind the bar is the bar kitchen with fridge and freezer. You are welcome to use this covered kitchen space to cook communal meals if you wish. We are also more than happy to cater for you, we often run catering, entertainment, and storytelling events as well as bushcraft and outdoor skills courses, which can be organised by prior arrangement. A word on the site itself. Brandiers Farm is set amid 30 acres of re-wilded arable land, consisting of a patchwork of wildflower meadows, lakes, ponds and woodland. It is the home of the Lavery family, who over 30 odd years have transformed ‘Brandiers’ from degraded agricultural and grazing land into a fertile haven and micro nature reserve. We work closely with the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and other local volunteer groups, and Brandiers is now home to many rare and protected species. You are likely to see red kites, ravens, owls, buzzards, bats, badgers, hares and great-crested newts as well as deer, ducks, dragonflies, grass-snakes, moorhens and a whole host of butterflies including the critically endangered marsh fritillary. Aside from being a nature reserve, the site is brimming with local history, once being a Roman settlement. Indeed Brandiers is an excellent base for exploring the nearby Roman town of Cirencester; the gateway to the Cotswolds, as well as the Cotswold Water Park with its swimming and leisure facilities right on your doorstep. There is a large lake with a boat for you to paddle out on, as well as a lakeside bar where you can pour yourself a tipple and sit and watch the wildlife on the water, and even a very large rock for your morning meditations and sun salutations.

Campfires allowed

Toilet

Potable water

Pets allowed

Showers

Picnic table

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£112

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Reviews

88% Recommend12 Ratings · 8 reviews

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· August 2024

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Tent · Group trip ·

Camp Brunhilda

We hired the whole thing for 10 of us and absolutely loved the privacy. Beautiful setting in the cotswolds and very cool communal areas. Olly is very chill and helpful. Would come back!

Claudia T.

2 years on Hipcamp

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· July 2024

Tent · Group trip ·

Camp Brunhilda

Fantastic site, Olly was really friendly, will be back!

Gregory H.

1 year on Hipcamp

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· August 2022

Camp Brunhilda at Brandiers Farm

With kids ·

Camp Brunhilda

Loved being here. Totally wild and rustic but very comfortable with everything you need including a flushing loo and shower and bedding and a handmade tiki bar in the woods by a pond with lights and speaker for music. Fire pits at the campsite, woodland glade and bar. Magic for the kids. Close by to a great pub with very good food and a lovely garden, if you fancy seeing some other humans and civilisation! Really lovely hosts too- super helpful and relaxed and generous

Williams E.

2 years on Hipcamp

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· August 2022

Great outdoor experience.

With pets ·

Camp Brunhilda

Great place plenty of space for our grandchildren and their dog. Girls went on boat, great fun. Olly very friendly. Could do with a bit of a tidy up , cut back some of the stingers near the pathways. Bedding could have been cleaner. Plenty of hot water and use of fridge was good. Disappointed that Gas ran out mid cooking so had to cancel our breakfast. Overall a great experience.

Karen P.

2 years on Hipcamp

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· July 2022

Fantastic Experience

With kids ·

The Bedouin Tent

It was a fantastic experience for my family (including our 5-year-old) to stay at Brandier. The Bedouin Tent had everything we needed, it was a bit far from the Bar and the toilet/ shower room, very quiet and with comfortable privacy. And the site is close to Cotswold water park. Olly and his family were all very nice and helpful. Would love to stay at Olly’s again.

Charlotte X.

2 reviews

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· June 2022

Going back as soon as we can

With pets ·

The Bedouin Tent

What a magical place. My kids loved it. Such a great first camping experience for them. They felt like they were in the wilds of wiltshire! The campsite was lovely all the basics covered, very comfortable and cosy even when it rained. There is a bar down by the lake which is a lovely place to spend the early evening before cooking over the coals. Hosts were super friendly and provided lots of information about the area and things to do. We will be going back asap

Lilli C.

3 years on Hipcamp

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· June 2022

Magical stay

Group trip ·

Camp Brunhilda

We loved the space - it felt magical! Everything you could need was there...hammock, aswrome hot showers and flushing toilets, 2 chill out areas, one by the tent and our favourite one tucked away in the woods with seating and a fire pit. Olly was a great host welcoming us when we arrived and ensuring we had everything we needed.

Wayne T.

3 years on Hipcamp

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· October 2021

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We spent a weekend 15th-17th October 2021 in Beduin Tent. Booking process was easy and quick. Oliver goes above and beyond to prepare everything for us including amazing birthday decorations, and fire places. It's very extraordinary type of accommodation but we love every single minute. Beduin Tent is big and comfy and little fire stove keeps us toasty warm at all the time. We wish to come back in summer time again.

Agnieszka S.

3 years on Hipcamp

Location

Upper Minety, Wiltshire, England, United KingdomTo respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking

Hosted by Olly L.

Joined in July 2021

From the host

Brandiers Farm is set amid 30 acres of re-wilded arable land, consisting of a patchwork of wildflower meadows, lakes, ponds and woodland. It is the home of the Lavery family, who over 30 odd years have transformed ‘Brandiers’ from degraded agricultural and grazing land into a fertile haven and micro nature reserve. We work closely with the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Brandiers is now home to many rare and protected species. You are likely to see red kites, ravens, owls, buzzards, bats, badgers, hares and great-crested newts as well as deer, ducks, dragonflies, grass-snakes, moorhens and a whole host of butterflies including the critically endangered marsh fritillary. There is a large lake with a boat for you to paddle out on, as well as a lakeside bar where you can pour yourself a tipple and sit and watch the wildlife on the water, and even a very large rock for your morning meditations and sun salutations. Brandiers is home to only one, private campsite consisting of a vintage VW camper van, a luxury 5 metre bell tent with wood burning stove, and a smaller 3 metre bell tent, complete with hammock, fire pits, table and a lakeside bar. The camp sleeps 4 - 6 people, and guests may provide their own additional tents at extra cost. Toilet and bathroom facilities are in a beautifully converted, wood clad horse box trailer. Aside from being a nature reserve, the site is brimming with local history, once being at the centre of an Iron Age enclosure, and then a Roman settlement. Indeed Brandiers is an excellent base for exploring the nearby Roman town of Cirencester; the gateway to the Cotswolds, as well as the Cotswold Water Park with its swimming and leisure facilities right on your doorstep.

Nearby attractions

There are many walks you can take from Brandiers.Up to the lovely village Church in Upper Minety (10 minutes)Down the public right of way to Flisterage Wood (30 minutes) this an ancient woodland of mainly oak trees and part of what was once part of the ancient Braydon Forest. A truly magical place. A carpet of bluebells in spring, and a sea of gold in autumn.If you fancy a pub walk, there's the village pub in Oaksey (45 minutes). You can walk (or drive - 5 minutes) to the lakes of the Cotswold Water Park, where there are many leisure and sporting facilities. Sailing, fishing, kayaking, swimming, cycling, archery, paint balling - the lot. You may have to battle with the tourists though. You will be pleased to have your private idyll to return to! By car, you can explore Cirencester, the 'Gateway to the Cotswolds' (20 minutes) it has an excellent museum and market and many pubs. This was the regional Roman capital of Corinium and is steeped in history. This is your launch pad to the wider Cotswold region with its many little villages, hills and and towns. Other historic market towns nearby are Tetbury and Malmesbury (20 minutes). Both great places to grab a coffee and wander the high street, browsing the many antique stalls. Nearby too is Charlton park, where WOMAD is held every year.Slightly further afield is the vibrant and progressive town of Stroud, as well as Minchinhampton Common (35 minutes). A great place to walk, where you can see all the way to the Brecon Beacons over the Severn Estuary.Or, go South, to Avebury (35 minutes) and have a drink in the Red Lion pub, inside the largest pre-historic stone circle in the world, or, a little further, the world famous Stonehenge itself.

Food and drink

In terms of local supermarkets, shops and delis...There's a good, big Waitrose just outside Malmesbury and one in Cirencester, which also has a Tescos, an Aldi and a produce market in the town centre on most days. Just outside Cirencester is the also the 'Organic Farm Shop', selling excellent farm produce with a deli and cafe on site as well. The 'Jolly Nice Cafe' on the way to Stroud also hosts a farm shop, restaurant and cafe in its large Yurts with log burning stoves. A nice place to walk. For pub lunches locally you cant do much better than The Potting Shed, just 5 minutes away in Hankerton. The Wild Duck at Ewen and The Tunnel House in Coates were good local eating options, but under refurbishment at the time of writing. Do check first. The Weatsheaf in Oaksey has a cosy bar with fireplace and a restaurant round the back. You'll need to book. The Horse and Groom in Charlton has a large beer garden. For more 'cheap and cheerful' options there's the White Horse in Minety, and The Tavern in Kemble, which practically on the railway platform (great if you're getting the train) and the Thames Head nearby is unfussy too. Finally, the hidden gem that is The Marlborough Arms on Sheep Street in Cirencester. This is a drinker's pub. No food. Just a great range of well kept beer and cider and good company. No pretence here. A proper pub. Go here if you visit the Corinium museum.

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