Hill Gate

Hill Gate serves the mid-outer Fir zone, covering lodges approximately in the 650s-670s range and some numbered in the 910s. There are no major activity facilities at this stop - its purpose is purely to serve the accommodation in this remote, heavily wooded section of the forest.

Longleat Forest is famously the hilliest of all Center Parcs villages - the official blog acknowledges "our stunning 400-acre village has hills and slopes running throughout it." The terrain is so steep that the site holds fewer lodges than other villages like Elveden or Sherwood specifically due to the steep topography. These hills are precisely why the land train exists.

For guests staying near Hill Gate, the surrounding Fir woodland offers maximum seclusion and natural beauty - dense tree cover, forest walks along the Wessex Way and Redway cycle routes, and regular sightings of roe deer and muntjac. It's the kind of stop where the journey itself is the attraction: the ride between Hill Gate and the central facilities takes guests through the most scenic stretch of the entire route.