Camping · Adderbury
The Pig Place, Adderbury
A rustic, adults-only campsite beside Nell Bridge Lock on the Oxford Canal near Adderbury, with dogs free, off-lead space, pitches from £12, and a café, bar and music in summer. No showers.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
A proper back-to-basics canal camp for adults and dogs, and a low-cost bed near Banbury. Portable toilets and no showers will rule it out for many, so read that line twice. In summer the café, bar and music give it an atmosphere; in winter it is quiet and the shop opens only on Friday evening and Saturday.
- Good: Dogs free, with no limit on numbers and an off-lead area
- Good: By Nell Bridge Lock, with towpath walks from the pitch
- Good: Pitches from £12 on foot, cycle or canoe, £18 standard
- Good: Café, bar and music in summer
- Worth knowing: Adults only (18 and over)
- Worth knowing: No showers, only portable toilets, and vehicles cannot be charged
About
The Pig Place is a rustic campsite on Aynho Road near Adderbury, beside Nell Bridge Lock on the Oxford Canal, with canal views and towpath walks from the site. It is for adults only, 18 and over, and dogs are welcome at no charge and in any number. Dogs must be on a lead except in the off-lead exercise area.
Pitches are unmarked and unallocated. Each rate, from 1 November 2026, covers one adult and one vehicle: £12 for the tiny Piglet, for one person on foot or by cycle, canoe, paddleboard or motorbike, with no car or dog; £18 for a tent up to four berths or a campervan without electric; £23 for a larger tent; and £28 for a campervan or motorhome with electric. Those are the slightly reduced off-season fees. Caravans are not taken in autumn or winter, tents cannot book a hook-up, and cars park in a car park nearby.
Facilities are simple. There is filtered water from the site's borehole, portable toilets but no showers, as the site is off mains water, a dishwashing area, waste, recycling and elsan disposal, outside seating, and a shop that charges phones for a fee. Fan heaters are banned and electric vehicles cannot charge. When we checked, fire pits, barbecues, candles and other naked flames were banned because of dry weather.
In summer the café, bar, music and entertainment give the place its life, and all those are closed until next year. The site stays open while the weather and ground allow. Breeding paused in 2025 when the local abattoir closed, and a few pigs were due in spring 2026, so ask if you want to see them. Aynho is further south along the canal.
Opening hours and season
Open while weather and ground allow. Off-season shop hours: Friday 5pm to 7pm, Saturday 11am to 4pm, closed Sundays. Café, bar and music closed until next summer.
The details
- Features
- Bar · Café · Shop · Views · Live music
- Without a car
- On the Oxford Canal towpath. The site takes arrivals on foot, by cycle or by canoe as well as by car.
Photos
The camping field 
The hut 
Pigs at rest 
The seats on the green
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Butchers Arms, Kings Sutton 1.8 km away
- The Red Lion, Adderbury 2.1 km away
- The Great Western Arms, Aynho 2.2 km away
- The Bell Inn, Adderbury 2.3 km away
Sights nearby
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St Peter and St Paul's Church, Kings Sutton
Sight · Church · Kings Sutton
The Grade I church on The Square at Kings Sutton, whose crocketed spire of about 1370, given as about 60m, is the beauty in the old rhyme. Norman arcading, painted roof bosses and a Resurrection monument inside. Open in daylight.
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Adderbury House
Sight · Historic building · Adderbury
A private house in Adderbury and what is left of a mansion of the Earls of Rochester and the Dukes of Argyll and Buccleuch. Most of it was pulled down in 1808, and it was enlarged again after 1891. Grade II and not open. Its old water is now the public Adderbury Lakes.
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Aynho Wharf
Sight · Historic building · Aynho
A canal wharf of 1788 on the Oxford Canal below Aynho, with a warehouse whose roof hangs over the water and a listed stone bridge, and a walk north to the odd diamond-shaped Weir Lock where the Cherwell crosses the canal.
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St Mary's Church, Adderbury
Sight · Church · Adderbury
Adderbury's Grade I church, with a stone spire, a frieze of medieval musicians and grotesques round its aisles, and a chancel built by Richard Winchcombe for New College, Oxford. Open daily and free to look round.