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The Barge Inn And Campsite
Honeystreet
Pewsey
Wiltshire (Browse area)
SN9 5PS
Tel: 07917 407522
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Open: 01/03/2024 to 31/10/2024
01/03/2025 to 31/10/2025
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 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 No Hardstandings |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 No Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <5 miles |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 Fishing On Site |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 No Watersports |
 Boat Launch / Mooring On Site |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
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 Canalside Pitches |
 Public Transport <5 miles |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: 2old4this |
5 reviews from this member |
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 A quiet site well off the beaten track next to a canal in the middle of crop circle country. The Barge Inn serves excellent real ale & has a room with a pool table at £1 a go with murals of Stone Henge & crop circles painted on the wall.
The price was £5 a night per person, not £4 which was the advertised price and the lady in the caravan predicted fine weather for the Saturday which arrived right on cue.
We were there for a mini festival/joint birthday bash which was nothing short of excellent, the landlord was not too tolerant of the music although it was all booked in advance.
There's only one toilet and shower, a bit basic for the size of the site & the ground became waterlogged in places after a few days of rain.
This site is great for a 'get away from it all' break & for complete relaxation if you don't mind roughing it for a while. 
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| Date of Visit: July 2008 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Scouser |
10 reviews from this member |
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The previous reviewers comments about pitch where you like does not refer to caravans. There is an area near to the pub set aside for them. As the rest of the ground is a bit soft, just as well. Tricky to find- there is a sign, but as it looks like you are going into a woodyard, one assumes it's over the canal bridge. Go into the woodyard, and the site is 300 yards down a single track lane, with good visibility.
There's no need to book, but as caravan space is limited, the warden has a 'network' of overspill sites if full.
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| Date of Visit: September 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Rachel Laycock |
3 reviews from this member |
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We chose this site because of its remote location and interesting website. The Barge Inn is lovely - the food was great and the staff very friendly. There was music on the Sat evening we went which was good. The campsite was nice - you just pay £4 per person at the bar and pitch where you like. Unfortunately for us and all the others in the field that night, we didn't get a lot of sleep. This was due to the crusties in the clapped out van having a party and playing bongos until around 5am. This group seemed determined to keep everyone awake and this was despite a few people going over to ask if they could turn the volume down a bit.
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Agar041 |
5 reviews from this member |
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Located in a great setting right next to the Kennet and Avon canal with a large pub with an excellent outside dining area. The facilities are basic but were clean, shower was warm enough. Tents at the time of arrival were £4 per person,a bit steep for a group but cheap for a single. The site has several large willows for shade and is not marked out so can go where you like. The area is quite isolated but this is the attraction here, very quiet and peaceful. Good location for exploring pewsey vale and the Avebury sites.
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| Date of Visit: September 2005 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: With friends |
| Reviewer: VWBus |
84 reviews from this member |
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This is a very basic pub site situated next to the Kennet and Avon Canal. Beyond the canal, and in clear view on the hillside is the White Horse of Alton Barnes. The site has minimal facilities, just one loo, and a very shabby shower in a barn out the back, and drinking water. Cost is fairly cheap, £4.00 a night for me in 2005 (was £3.00 in 2004)
Dont go there if you are used to CC standards, or are expecting purpose built loos and showers, you will be disappointed. The shower etc really is quite grotty but perfectly serviceable! Dogs are welcome on the site, as are motorbikes. There are no bookings you just turn up and go into the bar to get a pitch.
Getting there can involve a few narrow B roads, so be aware of this if thinking of visiting in a caravan. When you arrive you have to drive through a lumber yard which is a bit off putting, but the actual pub itself is very well presented so don't worry.
The pub serves lovely food, at reasonable prices, and eating there is highly recommended. There are loads of tables outside and you can sit by the canalside and watch the narrowboats go by. It also serves a good range of real ales. The pub is a very well known hang out for Crop Circle enthusiasts. One room is dedicated to croppies, and painted with fantastic crop circle mural over the roof and walls. The walls are also kept up to date with each seasons new crop circles, and enthusiasts have regular meetings there.
Because of the area the pub is in (Crop Circle Tastic !) and the theme of the pub, be aware the campsite attracts hippies, and some eccentric characters including wizards and witches and the like. The campsite is very laid back, more of a festival atmosphere than a campsite perhaps. There are also quite a few permanent moorings along the canal and by the pub, and therefore it is used by the liveaboards and their dogs on string.
The pub can get very busy indeed especially on beautiful sunny weekends, with people visiting the pub for meals. The campsite also gets very busy during crop circle season, during August, and before harvest time. Also be aware the pub has a busy music diary, and you may find live bands playing in the pub garden, which backs on to the campsite. They have music weekends, and it gets packed during these, for instance they have a Summer Solstice Party with music and partying all weekend.
It's not for everyone, but I love it, and have returned many times. If you are prepared to let your hair down and go with the flow, and don't mind 'alternative' thinking people, earth worshippers and the type, and are happy with very basic facilities then I am sure you will love it too.
Below are a couple of articles which give you a flavour of the pub, the first from Weird Wiltshire, and the second from Times Online
As soon as the summer season dawns in early May, Americans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, South Americans, Japanese and Europeans arrive at the Barge Inn in Honeystreet, eager to discover the latest on the crop circle phenomena in Wiltshire.
Words such as 'croppie', 'cereologist', 'crop circle connector' and 'crop circle hoaxers' slip off tongues with ease as visitors stare at two huge noticeboards in the pub's Crop Room. The only suggestion that this room could possibly belong in a pub is its large pool table, positioned in the centre. Surrounding it are photos, intricate black and white diagrams, letters, poems and a huge map covered in tiny orange and red stickers, all revealing past and present crop circle sightings.
On the ceiling sprawls a mural featuring Wiltshire's ancient monuments - Stonehenge, Avebury, a white horse and Silbury Hill - woven together with circles, triangles and swirls that have at some point or another been spotted in a corn field nearby.
The mural was painted by a local artist, Vince Palmer, who now lives in America, and took 16 hours to complete. As soon as a crop circle is spotted, an orange sticker is carefully positioned on the map. These sightings are crucial to the many researchers and crop circle internet users who wander in and out of the pub.
Central to all this is researcher Peter Sorenson. Using a small aircraft, Peter spends hours videotaping and photographing designs before analysing them. Computer software allows him to remove any tramlines from the shots so the pure geometry of the mysterious formations in the crop are all that can be seen. In 2002, he plans to email his findings and images to the website Crop Circle Connector - the 'croppies' cybercafe.
Simon Dick, manager of The Barge Inn, said: "Peter is very hard to track down. He's very elusive because you never know when he is going to appear." He added: "While the researchers spend hours analysing the designs, other enthusiasts prefer to try to catch a peek at them in the making. One time, a group of Japanese came to stay for about two months and they were often seen sitting on top of the Downs, as though waiting for the aliens to land. But they never saw anything, just like everyone else."
The transformation of the pub into a 'croppies' paradise took place six years ago when its landlord and landlady, Adrian and June Potts, were approached by a group of crop circle enthusiasts who suggested turning it into a focal point for for cornfield circle fans.
"People have shown an interest in the pub and the circles from all corners of the world," said Simon. "They come in, take a look at the map and then go off and see them for themselves, as long as the farmers give their permission. We generally have a very good relationship with the local farmers who don't mind people examining the designs. It makes for an interesting place because you never know what language you are going to hear next. The crop circles bring them together and many are drawn back here year after year."
He said Canadian people tend to be the really big enthusiasts, closely followed by Japanese visitors and Americans, with people aged 18 to 70 all showing an interest.
Simon added: "Even though the circles have been appearing since the early 1990's, the interest is still there and people keep arriving at the pub."
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With its long barrows, stone circles and chalk horses, it’s no wonder Wiltshire is often regarded as connected to either ancient spiritual forces or interplanetary visitors. The emergence of crop circles in the area 30 years ago seemed to confirm its supernatural status, and later revelations that they were the work of two blokes called Doug and Dave after a night in a pub in Southampton failed to convince the truest believers. But whether you think crushed corn is a sign of Wiltshire’s role as an intergalactic service station or not, the Barge Inn is the place to be, a great pub in the middle of gorgeous, rolling countryside, with the odd circle popping up close by.
What's it like?
A fine building of honey-coloured stone right on the Kennet and Avon canal, the Barge attracts all manner of punters, from ramblers, cyclists and daytrippers to narrowboat-dwellers, New Ageists sucking up the spirituality, and local youth out to impress. But a large part of the clientele is drawn here on circle business, the majority to gaze in devout wonderment, but perhaps a few to sketch a new design and oil up the garden roller. One entire room is devoted to cerealogy, its walls and ceiling covered with a mural showing the sun and the Green Man presiding over a complex of flattened crops, with photos and clippings of the more impressive sites lining the walls, and maps showing their whereabouts. And if you¹re all circled out, you can sit by the canal and muse on the mystery of the chalk horse on the hill opposite, magically carved as a tourist attraction in the 19th century.
What to drink?
Whatever the area does for the spirit, the Barge plays its part with good beers, including Butcombe Bitter from Somerset, Shepherd Neame Spitfire and Ringwood Best from Hampshire. They may not help you to see the blazing white lights over the fields that some visitors hope for, but, as Doug and Dave found out, the right beers in the right pub can lead to all sorts of remarkable things.
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Delight |
1 review from this member |
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2 Adults 2 Children 1 and 3yrs. 2 Night weekend break away met up with our friends 5 Adults. Quite busy.
Lovely relaxing break. Pay at lovely warm welcoming pub - Barge Inn. Find a space and set up. Not organised like some campsites which was pretty cool as we just set up where we liked with consideration for our neighbours of course, not all thought about how the next car may get out, but friendly communication sorts that out.
Cheap and cheerful £4 pppnight / Kids £2 pppn / under 3s free.
Kids played in muddy puddles and we walked by the canal looking for Rosie and Jim. Viewed the horses. Drove round the countryside which was lovely. Avebury down the road and as its not far from Swindon /Marlborough etc, it was a short journey there and back which was great as we really did feel like we were in the middle of nowhere but the place was a breath of freshair!
Older kids may enjoy longer visits but if we were staying more
than 3 Nights I would choose a site with more activities for the wee ones. Hope thats helpful
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| Date of Visit: June 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Motorhead23 |
3 reviews from this member |
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Small basic site, bit pricey given very basic facilities. Chilled out small field. We went at Solstice so it was a real meeting of the tribes (crusties,hippies etc) but nothing to scare the squares. Pub is good mix of campers, locals, bargers and alternative lifestyles. Beautiful area. Bit of music in evening (dub reggae ,folky singer/strummers). Not a normal camp site, more of a festival vibe, should imagine it gets heaving and interesting at weekends
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