Salisbury Camping & Caravanning Club Site
Hudsons Field
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 3SA
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When we arrived at the Salisbury Camping & Caravanning Club Site our sat-nav almost had us turning into the wrong entrance gate. Thankfully there was a car to our left, who must have been local, and pointed out another entrance a couple of hundred yards further on, which was the correct one!
Turning in, there seemed to be a few different directions we could go in. We identified the right one, but it isn’t that well sign posted. Even when you take the correct turning, it looks an unlikely path. Follow the path down past the rugby club and, once you get past the “no parking beyond this point” sign, the entrance to the actual site is on your left.
We were met at the gate, by one of the wardens, who went through the check in procedures, and directed us to the available pitches. We pitched up, made a cup of tea (of course!) and some lunch, and waited for the rain to stop, so we could explore the area
The campsite is right at the foot of the site of Old Sarum. The original settlement is believed to date back as far as 400BC, and was occupied through to the 1400’s, when it moved to Salisbury as we know it. The view from the site to Old Sarum is nearly as good as the view from Old Sarum of the site, and beyond.
Salisbury is within an easy mile and a half walking distance from the site, along the A345.
This is a small site, well kept, with good sized pitches. It sits alongside Hudson’s Fields, which has both rugby and football pitches, with plenty of space to walk your dogs, or yourself! Popular with runners, it has paths running around the perimeter and, apparently, a river walk into town, although we didn’t manage to find it! There are a couple of service points on the site, fresh water, and one black waste point. There are shower blocks, washing up, and laundry facilities, but they are all boarded up at the moment, and as far as we know, for the duration. The weather was horrendous the weekend we were there and, after getting a drenching on the way in to town, we decided to get the bus back. Very convenient, £5.00 for both of us, and Marley, and it stops right outside the entrance to the site!
The cost was £42.00 for two nights, with EHU. This is not the best site we’ve stayed at, but it’s a nice size, with good pitches and well kept. Its best point is definitely its position and, for that reason alone, we would probably use it again.