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Southland Caravan And Motorhome Club Site
Winford Rd
Newchurch
Sandown
Isle Of Wight (Browse area)
PO36 0LZ
Tel: 01342 327 490
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Pitches: 174
Open: 16/03/2026 to 05/11/2026
16/03/2027 to 05/11/2027
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 Tent Pitches |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 No Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 No Shop |
 Bar <1 mile |
 No Restaurant |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 No Fishing |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <5 miles |
 No Watersports |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: July 2026 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 14 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Mickeymoocow |
14 reviews from this member |
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 Just returned from 14 fab nights at Southlands. 1st time to this site(not the last), 14 years since been to the island.
ANPR system worked very well, so straight in and find a pitch next to dog walk. A longer dog walk is out of site onto a bridle path or you can walk/park in Newchurch and walk round a nice wooded area.
The facilities was perfect every time we went in. Nice pub in village 15 min walk. Nice play area if taking little people.
Wardens on site very helpful and knowledgeable of the island. Weather was very hot so unable to go to many places with dog.
Will be returning and highly rate. 
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| Date of Visit: June 2025 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Davey01 |
9 reviews from this member |
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Love the super fast check-in. Just rock up to the barrier, it reads your number plate and in you go. You should have received a confirmation email with either a specific plot or choice of plots like we did before hand so we knew where to go to get set up straight away
Facilities are perfect. Plots are nice and flat and, with clever use of bushes, are in such a way that there's just a few plots within your area.
Isle of Wight is a lovely place to visit and this is a great base for going here and there.
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| Date of Visit: June 2025 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 6 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Pca1958 |
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First time at Southlands, stayed for 6 nights. Used the VNR system on entry, all worked fine.
Pitches are large, well maintained and flat. The wardens were very friendly, helpful and always had a smile on their face, even when the water was lost due to a leak further down the road which shut the facilities.
The facilities themselves were always clean and are relatively modern. Free wifi as with most sites was hit and miss, and the phone signal was weak too.
The site has a bus service to Newport about a 15m walk away, and a great pub for food and drink, The Pointers Inn also 15m walk away. We rode our bikes on the Red Squirrel Trail that can take you north to Cowes where we went to Osbourne House, or South the Shanklin and Sandown.
Went to Newport too to visit Carisbroke castle and do some grocery shopping as it has all a well furnished shopping area.
The site was quiet even though the Hardstanding area was almost full.
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Date of Visit: July 2024  |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Alijns |
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Stayed for 3 nights at the end of August
Booked on the day and staff were brilliant and found us a great pitch at £107 for pitch with ehu
Facilities were great and spotlessly clean
The grounds were very well maintained with grass and hedges very tidy
Would definitely go again
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| Date of Visit: June 2024 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Nigel Rickard |
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This site is almost ideally situated, slightly east of the island centre. It has a good layout and does not feel as large as 174 pitches would indicate.
Just three cons to mention, lets get them over with. Sinks in washup area seemed slow to drain. Some toilets had very short flushes. The new number plate recognition seemed a bit hesitant some times. That's it.
Liked everything else about this site will be going back.
We were lucky enough to get a large pitch with hedge on three sides. Plenty of pitches seemed to have hedge on two sides. We felt at home from the minute we set up.
There is a large Morrisons within easy drive. Even closer is Rajs' Convenience Store. Equally close is the Arreton Barn craft Centre, well worth a visit. It has a pub serving food and coffees on site.
Mottistone Garden is a hidden gem. The Spy Glass pub in Ventnor has a superb location. Gurnard Beach near Cowes has great views across the water as the sum goes dowm.
Shame there is no footpath from site, but there is a bridleway a few metres up the road towards Newchurch. It comes out near Arreton. Like many island roads there is no pavement to Newchurch.
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| Date of Visit: April 2023 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 6 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Blinkie |
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The site is trialling ANPR barriers which once checked in worked all the time. The wardens are so accommodating and friendly. We had a pitch on the hard standing and was fine.
The facility block was always spotlessly clean at all times. Opposite this block was the laundry and dishwashing rooms. Again these were spotless. The washing and drying was not expensive.
The motorhome point is perfectly accessible with no unnecessary manoeuvring. We hired a car from South Wight Rentals, down the road in Lake.
A reasonable price and the wardens set it up for the ANPR. We travelled all over the island in the hire car and would certainly return and it would be to stay at this site.
It might be remote but well worth staying at.
All in all a good deal booking through CAMC as we had discount on the Lymington ferry.
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| Date of Visit: March 2023 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 4 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: 56mistygorilla |
3 reviews from this member |
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The site is kept very clean and tidy as are the facilities, with friendly staff. The main grassed part has hedging to separate areas and this also helps with shelter from wind.
The dog walk could do with being extended and it does get very muddy in inclement weather.
It was a shame we could no longer sit by the nature area with our dog to watch the wonderful sunsets.
A peaceful and enjoyable stay.
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| Date of Visit: July 2021 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: David Klyne |
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This is an update of our 2013 review.
Southlands is set in open countryside with views of the Downs. It was originally a commercial site which was acquired by the Caravan Club some years ago who have extended it. The site is in two sections. The original part where all pitches are divided into sections, some screened by high conifer hedges are all on grass.
The second, newer section, are all on hardstanding and has more of an open aspect. Six of the pitches in this area are serviced with water supply and waste disposal. Electric points are the standard 16-amp CEE17 blue connections. There are several Service Points dotted around the site and near to reception is a motorhome service point which has an open grill waste water facility.
The single toilet block is centrally situated and is modern and the facilities are of a high standard. Across the road from the toilet block is a separate building housing the dishwash area and laundry. There is site wide WiFi although I did find it very slow at times. Both our phones, one on O2 and the other on EE got decent 4G signals and the latter was used for tethering successfully.
This site has a few “Experience Freedom” ready erected tents for hire. For children there is a nice-looking adventure playground but no kick about area. Reception sells ice cream, milk and a few other essentials. Next to reception is an information room with lots of local information. This campsite has four late arrival places with electrics just inside the entrance.
For those with their own transport the whole of the Island is at your disposal to explore although in the main season roads can be busy and parking difficult particularly at the seaside resorts. For those without their own transport the bus services on the Island are pretty good.
There are a couple of services from outside the campsite but one of them is fairly infrequent. The other service called the Island Breezer runs much more frequently but is a pay only service, no bus passes!
A ten-minute walk from the site, along roads without pavements, takes you to Winford Cross where you can take the number 8 bus which runs an hourly service between Newport, Sandown and Ryde. Some bus services can be cancelled if their route takes them close to one of the festivals held on the Island, reception will be able to advise.
For eating out there is a pub in the village called The Pointer Inn and on the main Newport/Sandown Road is the Fighting Cocks which is about a five-minute drive from the site. Most of the large supermarket groups are represented on the Island but the nearest is Morrisons at Lake on the way to Sandown.
For any motorhomers who would prefer to leave their vehicles on site the CMC have an arrangement with Enterprise car hire, where they pick you up from the sites and drop you back once you have returned the car which can be convenient, if not cheap!
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| Date of Visit: July 2021 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 14 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Trevor57 |
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We stayed here for two weeks and had a very enjoyable time. The site has about 150 pitches mostly grass but some hard standings. Southland reminded us of French sites because of the amount of high and low hedging which meant areas were secluded from one another. It rained hard once while we were here but our grass pitch drained very quickly.
We agree with previous reviews the wardens here work very hard to keep the site looking good and the facilities although restricted because of Covid were always very clean.
My only criticism of the site is that the Shower Block is too small for the number of pitches. In the main we use our own facilities in our Motorhome so this does not bother us but those that only use site facilities may find that have to queue at peak times.
We embarked at Fishbourne Ferry Terminal and our recommendation is to follow the CAMC directions and not rely on your SatNav. Driving around the IOW in a Motorhome can be tricky so we hired a car for a while.
There are two pubs within walking distance and we preferred The Pointer Inn in Newchurch. There are no shops within walking distance so you have to go to Sandown, Newport or Ryde.
Overall we had a very nice stay here and would highly recommend it.
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| Date of Visit: June 2021 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Extended family |
| Reviewer: Vario600 |
14 reviews from this member |
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What a wonderful site, friendly welcome,
Perfectly laid out site with large screened pitches,
Every facility you could think of and the cleanest I've ever seen,
If your staying on the Isle of Wight this is the place to stay, the model site.
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