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Benson Waterfront Riverside Park Campsite
Benson Cruiser Station
Benson
Oxfordshire (Browse area)
OX10 6SJ
Tel: 01491 838304
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Pitches: 8
Open: 01/03/2024 to 31/01/2025
01/03/2025 to 31/01/2026
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 No Tents |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 Holiday Homes for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 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 |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop <1 mile |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 No Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing On Site |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 No Beach |
 Watersports On Site |
 Boat Launch / Mooring On Site |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 Riverside Pitches |
 Public Transport On Site |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: September 2023 |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Deb con |
7 reviews from this member |
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 Booked the premium pitch which had a riverside view and we weren't disappointed, good size pitch
Showers toilets and laundry all free
The staff of bygone boating were excellent, when our alarm suddenly started to go off they contacted us immediately to inform us as we were off site. how embarrassing but they were fine about it
2 lovely pubs and a co_op in the village. bus stop right outside which was really handy to get about
Only downside not very well sign posted as to where the touring area was, my husband nearly drove down the hill towards the cafe, had to ask a shop owner for directions
But apart from that perfect stay
Would love to go back 
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Date of Visit: August 2022  |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Jonesy103 |
7 reviews from this member |
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We loved this site, it’s a great location peaceful and right on the river Thames.
We struck lucky and got a riverside side pitch so it was great to watch the boaters whilst having brekky :-)
There are only eight camping pitches and they are pretty close together but noise wasn’t an issue (apart from the Chinooks flying out of RAF Benson late at night).
The showers, although in an unprepossessing building) are the largest I’ve ever come across. There are only two showers in each area (ladies and gents) but they are huge, hopefully the photos will do it justice.
The on site restaurant is excellent, a good selection of food and location plus the weather was kind. There is a lovely walk along the Thames path to Wallingford and that’s a really interesting town.
Overall I will give this a 10 :-)
Just one negative comment from SWMBO, and this applies to lots of sites, please consider recycling more carefully and waste containers.
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| Date of Visit: September 2021 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Marion |
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Loved the peacefulness of the site, friendly nobody bothers you,
Appreciated that we were able to stay later than the 12 noon departure time,
Also the facilities were 5star and beautifully clean.
We will most definitely be visiting again.
Thank you Marion & Graham Smith
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| Date of Visit: August 2021 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Sheryl |
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Had a lovely relaxing stay and will definitely come back.
Very clean showers and helpful staff.
Idyllic setting to watch the river activities and close to a lovely bar/restaurant
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| Date of Visit: July 2020 |
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| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: David Withnall |
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Try to visit Benson twice a year. A gorgeous, tranquil site as a rule.
The view of the Thames, water activities, wildlife and tow path walks, not to mention the on site Bistro, make for a perfect location.
A lot of work goes into maintaining the site as a whole - our thanks to the management and admin team.
David. Buckingham 😎
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| Date of Visit: May 2019 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: Young couple |
| Reviewer: Stokes11 |
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Wow. Like most of you we all are always looking and listening out for new sites and my wife said she'd like to sit outside van with a cupper next to a river, chill and watch the boats go by.
Well, tick, tick and tick only has 8-10 pitches but couldn't be any closer to the water, a great location a small very clean modern shower block but with so few pitches how many do you need.
This is part of a bigger site with statics and lodges and well looked after has a cafe/bar 200 yards away to which we walked down in the evenings for a cheeky couple and found it a very nice comfortable place and my wife said with stunning cakes lol
I always take my bike with us and riding along the river in the mornings was one of my favourite parts.
A bus outside site takes you into Oxford prob 25-30 mins ride. Already looking to book next year.
Not one them sites with loads going on but if you want to get away and forget about all the hustle and bustle PERFECT
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| Date of Visit: August 2018 |
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| Reviewer: Barge |
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Am afraid I agree with most of the other comments with regards to noise from others using the camp and access to the site, some constructive criticism would be to have a curfew and add some clear signage on the approach to this otherwise good site.
Another little niggle was being woken at 07:55 by a gardener with a petrol driven leaf blower blowing non existent leaves but mainly dust off the road and around the site, this was then followed by him getting out his petrol mower and cutting equally non existent grass that’s brown and hasn’t grown in 6 weeks!
It’s challenging to offer constructive advice when the people it’s meant to assist are equally culpable!
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| Date of Visit: August 2017 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Freckles63 |
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Stayed for a Saturday - Tuesday break at this delightful spot, we had pitch 4 which was hard-standing and facing the river, pitches a bit tight to get car parked once you have an awning on, ok if no awning.
When you enter the site from main road turn immediately right to face white gates that have keypad (a sign would be handy), this is a very busy place at weekends with many cyclists, motorbikes etc visiting the cafe/boats etc so looked chaotic when we arrived lunchtime. Didn't use the cafe but prices looked a bit high.
We had lunch in Benson at the local pub The Horsehoes, was just ok!
Toilet/showers room located on road as you drive through lodges, husband said showers ok, I think you share them with the boat people.
Adrian who runs the touring site is a very nice, helpful guy who is easily approachable.
Up from the site is the Benson weir and lock, crossing this then takes you to a good route into Wallingford 1. 5 miles away, which is worth a visit
Nice location, we enjoyed our stay.
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| Date of Visit: August 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Bobalobs |
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What a pleasant surprise. We have driven past this site many times with relatives in the area but the restricted views from the road and some of the reviews did not encourage a stay.
As the Mikron Canal boat based theatre were performing next door at The Waterfront Cafe ( Brilliant Food ) we decided to try the site if only for the convenience.
Pre armed with the gate code and our pitch number and knowing the general site entrance layout (go in and immediately right) you drive through a boatyard and into an immaculate parkhome site of 30 or so units with the touring area of 8 units at the far end.
Yes the site is tight for big units and being in the back row the outside spa bath unit for the 'Bijou Break' Parkhome behind us was little more than 20 foot from the back of our unit but it was not in use. As a result we had a very pleasant stay with views of the river and the only noise being a combine harvester some distance away on the other side of the river.
Yes we would visit again but not if there were drunken noisy revellers in the jacuzzi behind us at midnight!
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| Date of Visit: August 2016 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: AceCamper |
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This is a lovely site but with a few problems that could so easily be sorted out.
When we arrived the camping / caravan site was very badly signposted. Actually it was non existant. The situation is bedlam with people coming and going at the entrance. You have water sports and the cafe traffic as well as the lodges and the camping. To arrive towing a caravan not knowing which direction the camp site is, is really difficult as you are on a very busy road.
The reception is not obvious. If it hadn't been for a lady spotting us and coming out to greet us, I'm not sure what we would have done. We were then given a code for the gate but you can only fit one vehicle through at a time and if there are cars coming through from the opposite direction, it's chaos !
We chose this site for its location right on the river and preferred a smaller site in the hope that it would be quieter. However when you reach the pitches you realise that there is no turning space for getting on to your pitch. Luckily other campers came to our rescue, we unhitched and pushed the caravan into place. Also the pitches are very close together with no clear identification for where to put up your awning or park your car etc. Some of the larger motor homes had problems fitting onto their pitch.
There are four rear and four front pitches, two of them are Hardstandings.
The shower block is actually two large wet rooms complete with toilet and basin with two additional toilets and two additional sinks. It always seemed to be nice and clean, however the wet rooms did indeed get very wet (it's hard to find a dry piece of floor to get dressed on)
Washing up, and washing machines/ dryers and elsan waste point are nearby.
There is an M&S garage food outlet across the road, a CO OP in Benson and a Waitrose in Wallingford.
The Waterside Cafe is wonderful. It has a good menu, great service and a lovely view.
Behind the small camp site are rented chalets with hot tubs overlooking the tourers. Next to that are owner occupied riverside log cabins/chalets.
Whilst the noise from the road wasn't too bad and didn't disturb us, we found some of the guests staying in the rented chalets very inconsiderate -
The location by its very nature attracts those seeking peace and quiet in the beautiful natural surroundings by the river, however this was spoilt by some guests staying in the chalets.
Either playing music and shouting in their hot tub without any due consideration to those around them,
Or other guests sitting outside, laughing and talking loudly until midnight.
We have stayed on many sites where there is a rule of no noise after 11pm and most campers are all too familiar with this rule and respect those around them. I think a notice to this effect should be placed in each chalet, as noise really can spoil other people's enjoyment.
Unexpectedly there is WiFi available. I think this should be advertised on the web site, however the signal could be stronger.
The main plus point for this site is the location. When you haven't got noise from the chalets to worry about, and you can sit in peace. Watching the boats going by on the river, it really is idillic.
All in all, a lovely site, so long as you can get on to your pitch and bring your ear plugs!
A little gem.
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