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We have just returned from 16 nights here and like any site there are good points and some not so good points.
First the not so good points.
The road that you drive down to get to reception to check in with your caravan is only wide enough for one caravan so if you meet another car/caravan coming the other way then there is an issue. Also once you get to the reception area there is no allocated area to park your car/caravan while you are checking in so people were seen abandoning there cars/caravan on the roundabout to check in. During our time here we saw a family pull into the overflow car park towing there caravan and the car park was full of cars so the drivers reversing skills were put to the test!
Take some windbreaks with you to use as a fence at the back of your pitch as people quite happily walk through your pitch on there way to the toilets/showers.
The roads around the touring site are quite narrow so yet again if you meet another car/caravan while looking for your pitch you may need to check the site map for another route to your pitch, I feel a simple one way arrow system on the floor would rectify this issue.
Ok, now the good parts!
The site has something for everyone, there are two swimming pools and a children's paddle pool, golf course, tennis courts, large park for the children to play in, evening entertainment (not the best in the world and it seemed quite jumbled on some nights but the children liked it. ) kids clubs during the day and many other attractions. There are plenty of toilets, showers and sinks, there was never a issue with hot water and they were always clean and tidy.
The wardens on the site are really friendly, happy to answer questions if you don't want to go to reception and make sure that everyone on the site has an enjoyable time.
In conclusion we would definitely recommend this site to anyone, lots to offer at an acceptable price.
Come on guys, lovely site, great location but can only fault one thing - the shower blocks, these really could do with an upgrade and get rid of those awful push timers on the showers and also install controls that people can adjust the temperature of the water themselves. Apart from that, fantastic, especially if you have kids. Good, warm and welcoming staff, you will not be disappointed. Happy camping.
We visited here for the first time and we had booked it with some trepidation as we have steered clear of large sites in the past as we have found them to be too large and impersonal. Needless to say our reservations were unfounded. We had a great time here, the staff were all polite, friendly and very welcoming and happy to do whatever they could to help.
The pitches were roomy and relatively private with large hedges between them at the sides. As it was a hardstanding we were not able to put on the skirts (we have a folding camper) but this wasn't too much of a problem. The shower blocks were very clean and well maintained. We had read other reviews about the length of the shower only running for a few seconds on each push of the button. This varied from shower to shower, we found and it could have been better but was only a minor detail. The clubhouse was lovely - good to have a separate bar area for those of us without children - and the food was good too and good value for money. We didn't use the pool but it looked lovely and was very well-used. Entertainment was provided in the Forest Room during the evenings, which we also didn't take advantage of, but it was popular with the other visitors.
Security was good and a reassuring presence around the site with the security guards.
Lots of facilities here, including a golf course, archery, the pool, bar, shop and lots more. We would not hesitate to visit again. A beautiful location and a very well run, efficient site.
We have visited this site quite a few years ago when our children were little and we loved it, so when friends asked for suggestions for this summer we recommended this site so a large group of us booked and again we were delighted. The pitches are spacious, the toilets are spotless and luckily the weather was scorching! We even won 3 times on the bingo! Staff are very friendly and helpful. Don't forget to visit Mudeford Quay for a day of crabbing and Splashdown at Poole is a great day out for the kids. Lots of places and beaches to visit just be prepared to drive as they are not all on the doorstep, saying that we even went to Weymouth for the day and it only took 1 hour 10 mins so well worth the journey.
Upon arrival on this site at 11am, there was open top tour bus going the opposite way, the bus driver didn't want to move so I had to reverse the caravan back down the road a bit and then one of the wardens let me on the touring field early, seems strange to let buses on a road that caravans use and not widen the road for better access, there also seemed to be a lot of tour buses using this site for pickup/drop-off.
Toilet block is in the centre of the touring field but there seems to be no direct access to it without cutting through other peoples pitches or vacant pitches, so people put up wind breaks and it becomes a maze to find a way through.
Bar prices are a bit steep, £3. 70 a pint.
Now the good stuff.
The pitches are massive and private with hedges separating your neighbours, the wardens are friendly and although the rules are that you cant get on before 12 and you have to leave before 10am, we arrived at 11am and left at 11am so get friendly with the touring warden. (Note if you have guests at your pitch, they cannot park their car there unless you have pre booked a 2 car pitch)
The toilet and shower blocks are in good condition and cleaned regularly. Easy access to the chemical disposal and washing up areas and plenty of waste disposal facilities.
The staff are friendly and the facilities are very good at the main complex including sauna, steam room and detox room at the swimming pool. The on site Nisa shop is well stocked although a bit pricey but there is good shopping locally with Morrisons and Lidl in New Milton.
Lots to do in and around the New Forest, don't forget to visit the Maserati dealer in Lyndhurst for a bit of drooling and dreaming.
Tuesdays they put on a free Circus for people with passes, it was very good and great for the kids.
This site is Dog friendly, plenty of woodland walks around the site.
We tend to avoid chain type sites just for personal preference, the Hoburne sites on the other hand are different and we cannot fault them. We stayed at Bashley on a few occasions some years back and decided to go back this year and were not disappointed. The pitch was a nice size and the toilet blocks were kept nice and clean. The site facilities are great and cater for most ages (we had a 9 and 15 year old with us and both were kept occupied). The indoor pool complex is good and we had lovely weather when we were there but they didn't have the manpower to open the outdoor pool even though they said it should be open. The shop is well stocked and has everything you need - I got fleeced in there a fair bit by the children. The crazy golf is always a bit of fun and the play area is a nice big size albeit a bit of a trek from the touring caravan site. As we pretty much had everything on site we didn't feel the need to come off site. I cannot fault this site or the staff and will definitely be paying them another visit.
We returned here, despite previous bad experiences, but having being reassured things had improved we gave it a go.
We booked our unit for the half term week, and had friends join us on the Monday. We soon found a 'few' issues that we worrying.
Pitches have to be vacated by 10am, no excuses. But you can not arrive before 12, this allows for the pitches to be checked etc. All someone seems to do is tick off that it's empty and walks on to the next pitch.
The toilet block is the next issue, yes it's kept clean, however we were there a week, and despite telling them on arrival the chemical waste point was overflowing, on leaving it was still the overflowing, and nothing had been done. Lots of excuses but none acceptable. They didn't even bother locking it off and directing campers to use the one in the adjoining beech touring field. Seems the touring fields are not a priority for them during the busier times.
The clubhouse is great, however there is now more and more statics on this site, and it now clearly shows that the function room could not cope with the numbers. It is standing room only, children can easily be lost in the crowd, and it is naturally noisy. We have 3 young boys, and have been coming here for 5 years, so we have seen the good times here.
Site has the usual shop, laundry etc facility units on sites, nearest shops are about 45 minute walk, best use the car as it's a bit of a walk through the housing estate.
The restaurant and adults bars are fine, still serve lower than pub priced drinks, food is ok, but all junk fast food, pizza, burgers etc, Rising Sun pub a short drive away is simply superb, great food, great New Forest pub atmosphere and great prices. (no I am not on commission)
The sites facilities have had some attention, but as mentioned by other, swimming pool lockers are hit and miss, some work, some have doors missing, and are very short on the number of changing rooms! No family room here, and changing rooms small if you have kids with you.
Amusement arcade has some new machines, they award tickets for winning, but you need to collect 1000 tickets for a cheap football! Lots of cheap £1 machines all around the reception area and bar etc, so you'll be pestered 24/7 there.
The pitches flooded with heavy or persistent rain, despite attempts to stop this (Filling up with more gravel clearly is not going to cure that) and the grass areas easily become boggy and muddy.
Biggest gripe to this layout of pitches is access! Toilet block is in the centre, pitches arrange around the outside, yet there are road ways for cars, but no footpaths. So your children have the option of either cutting through someones pitch or walking around on the roadways, and of course everyone drives at walking pace and is looking out for children aren't they. So hardly surprising people put up line after line of windbreakers to stop the cutting through of campers.
There is a lot going for this site, but at nearly £50 per night, it's falling well short compared to what other commercial sites are able to offer for the same money. It's a pity as our kids loved this site, but we will not be returning next year
We have just returned from our third visit to Hoburne Bashley and were not disappointed.
Generally it isn't the kind of site we would visit as it is large with a lot of static caravans.
However it is split into many different areas and is extremely peaceful and never seems crowded or over busy. It suits us for a short break as there are two swimming pools(indoor and outdoor)and other facilities such as a bar/restaurant, shop etc.
We stayed in Beech, one of two touring fields. The pitches are well maintained with a combination of tarmac and shingle for the units. All pitches have grass and hedging and are therefore quite private. The toilet block is in the middle of the field so easily accessible. It was always clean and never busy. The shower cubicles were spacious but the shower only flowed for 6 seconds per push of the button which was very frustrating! The Wardens were quietly effective helping new arrivals, litter picking and mowing.
The swimming pools were lovely with sitting/sunbathing areas and lifeguards were present. The bar and food prices were reasonable. However the food was quite basic and unimaginative. OK for a lunchtime snack I suppose. There are many other activities to keep the children entertained - tennis, crazy golf, basketball, table tennis, pool, archery, play areas etc.
The New Forest with all it's attractions is easily accessible.
There is a walk through the woods (with bins) which is great for the early morning/evening dog walk.
We visited just out of high season so the pitch fees were reasonable, however in high season it would be too expensive for us (approx £46 per night). The charge is per pitch including up to six people. Well we are a family of three so I feel we are subsidising larger families. In fact there were a lot of extended families in one unit with awning annexes etc - value for money for them, but not for us! We also had to pay £3 per night extra for the dog. The 10 am departure is also a bit early and the Wardens are obviously keen to ensure that everyone leaves by then!
Just arrived home from bank holiday week at this site and my first comment is totally out priced in the market we paid over £50 per night for 2 adults 2 kids a dog and tourer most expensive yet and one that I have least enjoyed.
Very regimented loads of rules and they are enforced. Flat pitches but we were in the middle of the back field and everyone walks over the pitches to get to the shower block 2 days in and nearly every pitch had windbreaks on it to block the lazy ones who couldn't be bothered to use footpath entry to the loos.
Shower blocks ok, floors need a good bleach and scrub possibly the worst push buttons I have ever used literally on for 10 seconds so you need to keep your finger on the button , I am 5ft 4 and had to bend my knees to fit under the fixed shower heads they are extremely low. Very basic feel to them bright blue and yellow formica had a public toilet feel to it, 3 showers for the whole field but I think most people showered in their vans as it wasn't a nice experience to use them.
Grubby pot wash, push button taps with good supply of hot water.
As stated in other reviews you need to be off pitch by 10am and it is enforced I feel they could extend this to 11pm easily. They do not offer late checkout which was crazy with the amount of empty pitches I feel you should be able to check at reception the night before and if the pitch is free be able to stay until 4pm for a nominal charge as nearly all sites I have ever visited use this policy. I find it quite crazy that at 9. 50 you are being told its a definite exit time of 10. 00 am when you are clearly packing away and there are loads of empty pitches !
Didn't use the club as it was packed, nice arcade, well stocked shop, adventure playground alongside the entrance road I feel this would be better sited elsewhere. Large field for ball games ok inside pool very small though.
A very busy sit ein a grat location we visited Lymington, Highcliffe, Milford on sea. Barton on sea, Sandbanks and Bournemouth to name but a few and you are on the doorstep to the New Forest will revist the area again but wouldn't stay here too over priced and regimented for us
We don't normally do big sites but thought as the weather is so bad we would give it a go as at least we could go swimming in the indoor pool
This site was not for us and we found it extremely expensive if you are only going for a weekend. As most normal families don't arrive until after work Friday and then you have to be off your pitch by 10 on Sunday morning all you really have is 1 day.
As the site was less than half full we did enquire with the warden who called to remind us we had to be gone by 10 if we could stay on a bit longer to use the pool etc, but unless we paid another full nights charge this was not possible.
The showers were clean but had the the push button system that you find on most sites but these had the quickest squirt I have ever known before you have to push it again so found them really annoying when you are trying to rinse the shampoo out and you need 2 hands.
They did have a great play park for the children but as it was a wet on the Saturday we couldn't use it and the only day it was dry was the Sunday but we had already, for the second time in 2 days been visited by the warden to tell us we had to be gone by 10, so didn't even have time to try it out.
The pool was warm and the children loved the slide but the changing rooms are very small and if you have young children it is hard work. They could do with a family changing area.
If you are used to paying premium rates for sites then you will enjoy it but we certainly wouldn't go back
Fantastic site and facilities. All the amenities were kept clean by the site wardens, wish the same could be said of the people staying on the site (would they leave toilets and showers in that state at home).
Facilities were great and the kids had the best time ever. Will be back, and it's close enough just to pop down for the weekend.
Small site shop with the essentials, a bit on the expensive side but Tesco just down the road and a Morrisons in New Milton.
Only negative was no designated parking for caravan when booking in.
This was our first visit to bashley and we found it very nice. On driving up the drive there was lots of speed bumps so was happy for our son to explore. The touring pitches have hard standings for the caravan and shingle for the awning with private hedge breaks between pitches.
The toilet blocks were very clean and pretty close to all pitches. There was a huge sports field with a large outdoor play park with mini golf and a nine holer for the adults.
Wardens patrol the area and on arrival they introduced themselves and inform us where things were. Reception was very helpful but there didn't seem anywhere to park up with the caravan on.
There is a costcutter shop on site which is the same price as it would be if it wasn't on site, and it sells most things. The indoor pool is small but nice and very clean, there is also two outdoor pools but we didn't use them due to the weather. We ate in the bar and the food was nice and a fair price. There was kids groups on and the usual night time cabaret with bingo etc.
There wasn't any bad bits really but a few points to note, please plan your route carefully as we followed satnav and ended up down a single track lane. This really bugs me in general, the cash machine charges you £1. 50 for your own money (but you can pay by card in shop and bar) and the entertainment lounge got really busy so if you want a seat go early.
All in all really nice kept site I would go again and are now looking at their other sites for the summer.
We have visited this site many times & enjoy the facilities, cheesy but great entertainment & nice pitches.
But beware when booking a touring pitch as you can no longer book a 2 night weekend-the minimum booking even in term time is 3 nights, so essentially you are being forced to pay for a night that anyone working Mon-Friday, or with school age children cannot use. Apparently they have not had any complaints before about this, although it is a new policy, & the reason for this extra nights fee is that some people like to stay past the 10am time of leaving the pitch, so you can stay all day on the Sunday-but there is no longer any choice in this or the option or facility to pay for a late departure if that is your choice.
Our first visit here and I was a little disappointed with the site itself.
The pitches were fine and the toilet blocks also very good - some of the best showers we've encountered although the blocks are starting to look a little dated.
The problems were with the main site centre - a very tacky amusement arcade and a very shabby bar and restaurant area. It desperately needs an overhaul and the food looked awful (we didn't try it, admittedly, but watched others getting theirs).
The indoor pool is lovely and warm but does get very busy (we were there at half-term, however). The changing area is in dire need of updating, however - half of the lockers are broken and the few changing rooms are tiny and battered.
What can't be faulted is the area - beaches down the road one way and the beautiful New Forest the other - loads to do in every direction. Highly recommend the Hare and Hounds pub about 5 miles down the road in Sway - lovely food and a real fire.
At £35 per night (family of 4), it's reasonable for the facilities, especially when you see that Sandy Balls is almost double that.
We'll go back because the kids love swimming but not as good as I'd hoped.
This was our first camping experience in our old but wonderful caravan. I loved every single minute of our time at Bashley, the site was full to bursting, but quiet, we probably made the most noise having our 15 and 12 year old children with us.
The site was clean, tidy and well maintained. The toilet and shower block was spotless. The entertainment fabulous, the food, swimming pool, everything faultless.
I have seen comments about the arcades 'eating your money', easily solved, either avoid them or limit how much pocket money you give the kids to spend in them.
I think the entertainment team work extremely hard, as I am sure everyone does. The wardens were very helpful and easy to find if you needed them (I didn't let on it was our first time).
We visited Mudeford, New Milton, Lymington and Burley. The forest is just a lovely place to be. We only spent three nights on the site but just can't find anything negative to say about our stay, not even the acorns falling on the caravan roof all night.
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No Tents 
No Caravans 
No Motorhomes 
No Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
Holiday Homes for Hire 
Holiday Homes for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
No Electric Hookups 
No Hardstandings 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
No Toilets 
No Showers 
No Washing Up Area 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
Laundry On Site 
No Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
No Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Kids Playground 
TV Room 
Games Room 
Evening Entertainment 
Fishing <1 mile 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool On Site 
Outdoor Pool On Site 
Horse Riding <1 mile 
No Cycle Hire 
Golf On Site 
Tennis On Site 
Beach <5 miles 
Watersports <5 miles 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport On Site
No Dog Walk 
Electric Car Charging Point
We have just returned from 16 nights here and like any site there are good points and some not so good points. 
