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Our first visit here, for a long weekend in July before the schools break up. A friendly, tidy site with clean facilities and a welcoming owner (Steve). Fair pricing. Nicely separated fields, loads of birds including swallows and a sparrowhawk. Dark skies so fantastic on a clear night. Very relaxing, especially with few occupants and Steve's sensitive placement of visitors to ensure good separation. Decent restaurant and bar on site, used by local residents too. Very happy throughout our stay and will certainly be coming back. Plenty of lovely walks nearby including Martin Down and Cranborne Chase AONB, RSPB Garston Wood and Salisbury, Blandford Forum, Shaftesbury and even the coast. Well worth a visit.
Just got back from a bank holiday weekend at this site and thought it worthy of a review.
The site is quite big but broken up into several areas so does not feel vast. We chose the family area as had our 5 year old grandson with us and this was perfect as had some decent play equipment in the centre which was within view of our unit. There were also a quiet areas and an adults only area, all of which were spacious and grassy. Pitches were fairly level and it was extremely quiet at night.
There were two toilet and shower blocks, one being newer and bigger which we used and at all times they were extremely clean and warm. Plenty of showers in the ladies but my husband said there were only three in the men's. There was a washing machine, fridge and freezer for use. It appeared free of charge.
As other reviewers have mentioned, only two washing up sinks which was fine when we were there but could be a problem at busy times. Hot water was plentiful in all areas.
We used the bar/restaurant the first evening and it took quite a while to get served but the food was good when it did arrive!
The village was pretty in places but a bit run down in other areas. Excellent food shop and butchers but we did not try the pub.
The owner was very friendly and helpful, even finding an electric pump to run off his car battery to pump up my grandson, s flat bike tyres!
We would definitely recommend this site and certainly will go back before too long.
Have just spent three nights here, and must say we enjoyed it, shower and toilet block was very clean and well maintained. We also ate here and the food was really nice. The church next to the site was a pleasure to walk round.
This is a pleasant family campsite in a beautiful area of the country. Sadly you don't really get country views from the pitches themselves because of the surrounding hedges, but the site is overlooked by the village church which gives a very 'old English' feel. The main field on the site is very family friendly, with a play area in the middle of one side and plenty of space in the centre of the other side to run around or play games. We were able to pitch in one of four bays at the top of the field (surrounded by hedge on three sides) which were great for a bit of privacy but a bit of a trek to the loo!
There are a couple of smaller fields which they advertise as adult only, but I thought these looked a bit more cramped and were quite shady by about five or six pm.
It's nice to have an on-site bar which did a lovely beer from the local brewery. We didn't eat in the restaurant, but noted that it did take away if you just wanted a plate of chips.
The facilities were fine - clean and warm with plenty of toilets and showers. Some pitches round the edge of the field have electric hook ups, but a lot don't which was a bit of a shame.
It doesn't really have a 'wow' factor, but its a good site for a long weekend as a base for the surrounding area.
Great site. Good showers, plenty of space, fantastic walks. Only stayed 1 night as a stopover but being a sunday we were lucky enough to enjoy a beautiful roast lunch at their on site restaurant. Bit of a tricky entrance drive depending on which direction you travel. Local pub doesn't open very often but you won't need it with the lovely restaurant on site.
We read reviews on a camping website who mentioned that this campsite had adults only areas. Great. We rang and booked and asked if we could go in the adults only section. When we got there we noticed a huge camping field with mostly tents and play things for kids, and kids running around. We were in an area called 'Donkey Field' and discovered there was a donkey in the field next to the field behind us.
Reading the leaflet the friendly man owner gave us, we were amused to see what was written about various camping fields apparently they want kids to be noisy as possible and the fields we were led to believe were for adults only, said things like; 'We do try to keep this Adults Only' and 'Really Adults Only if possible. ' How bizarre.
Three days into our week stay, a group of people, with kids pitched their tents behind us in the field to the back of us. Then a day later, a man and his two kids turned up, and pitched adjacent to us. Not only were these kids walking around, playing near our caravan, having ball games and doing cartwheels near our car, the kids from the huge field were coming over to see, and I assume, annoy, the Donkey, who was constantly braying.
I feel this campsite is popular with adults as they can let the kids run riot while they sit around and kind of keep and eye on them. Every time we went to leave in our car, kids were deliberately running and riding their bikes in front of us. My husband observed, more than once, boys riding their bikes in the toilets, squirting hand soap all over the sinks and mirrors and was unable to use the toilet due to there being faeces and urine all over the toilet seats. Parents should know where their kids are at all times and inspect bathrooms after they use them as this is what we encounter when we go to parks where there are children.
There are two toilet and shower blocks; the newer one attached to the end of Hanlegas, with several toilets and showers in each, and the older near the dishwash area, with a disabled shower room, three womens toilets and 1 shower, while the mens had two toilets and one shower. The waste water and chemical toilet disposal are next to this building along with the constant overflowing bins. The chemical toilet is set low in the ground and is non flushing, so some lazy people empty and walk away without watering their waste in. Lovely surprise for the next person. The laundry is down a path and is very grotty. Everything needs a good clean and tidy. The static caravans for hire also look very tired and in need of a new paintjob. There are great walks from here and a great little shop which has everything you could want a short walk away.
The only redeeming thing from this site was the Restaurant 'Hanlegas' which was also open to the villagers. Not the best furniture and layout, but it had great food. The pub down the road is useless, we only saw them open on a Saturday night. This is the only time we met the wife owner in the restaurant, very abrupt. Looking at previous reviews, she has been the same for the last eight years; lacking in customer service skills and personality.
Would I come here again? No. Not even if they actually made the fields adults only and make the older toilet block adults only also, which is what they should do. Such a shame because it is great for sightseeing; Dorset Heavy Horse Centre, New Forest, Martin Down for walks, Beaulieu Estate, Avebury stone circle, Stonehenge, Shaftesbury, and Salisbury.
Agree with most of comments by other reviewers I would say if you camp between the white markers you are not 20 paces from neighbour and a bit of a fire risk. Toilet/showers are clean and warm but please can we have soap dishes on the wall in showers and hangers around the washbasins to hang your gear/towel on!
We did use the restaurant and the food was good but not cheap.
Stayed for 3 days Thursday to Sunday. A well planned site, they have different areas for e. G. Families, adults, groups, rallies etc. Excellent and well-kept facilities, including a superb recently built washroom/toilet area. It's warm, very clean, high-standard tiling and ceramic washbasins, good, (not coin-op) showers. There's a bar/cafe, and lots of space. Great location, quiet but a very short walk into a very nice village with pub, shops including butchers and mini-market. Highly recommended for a late season stay. Nice towns to visit: Sherborne and Fordingbridge. There were no children at time of visit, so cannot comment on child-friendliness.
Lovely peaceful location in the heart of a beautiful village. Our pitch was open and sunny. It was lovely to hear the clock chime in the hour and hear church bells on Sunday.
We stayed here to visit the Dorset steam fair which is approx 20 mins away in Tarrant Hinton. I can't comment on the site's cafe as we didn't visit it. It has the potential to be a fabulous site, but the cleanliness of the shower/loo block lets it down. There are lots of notices written in the form of poetry, asking users to leave it clean and not to 'break the cleaner's heart' one ironically sitting amongst dead moths and flies, though the big fat black spiders in the windows and ceiling were more off putting. It looks like it has been a long time since the cleaner cleaned all but the most essential bits of the block. The shower heads were also in a grungy state.
The 10 second push button on the shower was very irritating. Although the showers were hot I was cold after because the water didn't run long enough. I wasn't the only one who thought this. As I saw someone washing their hair in the sink! The block would have been a lot warmer with a lower ceiling and also blocking up the incomplete wall between the men's and women's, not at all pleasant and left women taking showers a bit vulnerable! So with a bit of time, effort and investment this could be a great site.
Arrived here on Friday evening and stayed the weekend just gone. There were 4 of us, myself, my wife, 4 year old son and 15 week old son. Site is very well placed in a lovely part of South Wiltshire in a very “chocolate box English village”.
The site has excellent facilities and did not feel too crowded. We had our Higear Gobi Elite 4 and the pitch size was fine.
We did not spend too much time on the site as we only used it for a base to explore South Wiltshire. However we did stay long enough to use most of the facilities and for my son to play in the children’s area. We had a breakfast on Sunday morning, which was excellent.
There is a local pub, which we did not use and a local shop, which we did. You are supposed to depart at 11:00 but we managed to say till mid-afternoon which wasn’t a problem.
We don’t normally stay on the same campsite more than once as we like to see new things. However if I were in the area I would stay here again.
The only downside was the space we stayed on seemed to have stones everywhere 7 inches under the grass, so bend a few pegs. So not sure if there were foundations or just a bad place we pitched.
This is a fairly large site situated in a lovely area.
The village of Sixpenny Handley is very nice and has a pub plus well stocked convenience store just a short walk from the site.
The site itself has been spilt into several fields which can be allocated according to whether your party is a family, a group or those preferring somewhere a bit quieter.
Although our children are grown up the family field looked really good with plenty for younger children to do.
The shower and toilet block was fairly new, warm and clean with plenty of hot water.
The washing up area however was far too small for the size of the site and we had to queue to use either of the two sinks. The fridge/freezer was also inadequate and full to bursting.
There were two gates in and out of the site but one was always locked which caused a few problems for drivers.
The main reason I give this site a mediocre rating is the dreadful 'welcome' we received.
Having booked on the spur of the moment that morning, and not having been advised check in was at 2pm, we arrived 1. 30.
I apologised to the lady owner when she made this known and offered to come back later but she came grudgingly to the office anyway stating, yet again, that check in time was on the booking form (we didn't have one) the internet etc, etc.
Having already apologised I wasn't going to do it again.
She took our cash payment for the 3 nights stay without a single word of thanks and shoved the campsite information leaflet at me.
Her husband was very pleasant when he showed us around but we will not be returning.
We stayed at this site over the May Day bank holiday weekend.
The site consists of a number of fields - family, groups, etc. , and all are fairly well sheltered, and immaculatley well kept. Water points are plentiful, and, being in the Family Field, we were very close the the excellent facilities (toilets / showers / bar / restaurant / playgorund).
The family field surrounds a small play ground, with swings and climbing frames, but not so close that it feels like the kids are in your tent!
The restaurant and bar are very reasonable, with the food quality really good. The bar serves the local brew, which went down well.
Toilets and showers were well kept and modern.
Pitches were very big - the site wasn't that busy when we were there, so I guess that helps, but we never felt crowded at all.
This is a lovely site and very reasonably priced. My boy and I had a wonderful stay here. A really peaceful location, in a chocolate-box village and with easy access to all sorts of days out. The owners are friendly and helpful and there are good facilities, including an immaculate toilet/shower block, indoor washing up area, washing machine and fridge/freezer. The on-site restaurant looked good, though we didn't use it, and there is a well-stocked village shop and pub a few minutes' walk away.
The site itself is spacious and well-kept, with good large pitches. They have separate fields for families, adults only, groups, etc, so everyone should get as much peace or liveliness as they are looking for. There is also another field for dog-walking. The family field has a good play area; all the kids were having a great time together.
Just got back from 1 night at this site. This was the first time taking a touring caravan anywhere, (have camped in tent before) so as you might expect we were the afternoon/ evening entertainment!. (yes it did take us that long to figure it all out - including a break to go and get the kids)
Site has a single track road with plenty of passing places leading to it. Friendly welcome with a choice of pitches. We were placed on pitch 31. Well, not the easiest for a first timer, but we reckon if we managed to pitch here we could pitch anywhere. Bit of a slope!. Some friendly experts next door helped us with some advice, and also the young guy who checked us in. He offered the use of a trolley jack to help level the caravan, and found some more concrete blocks for us, nothing was too much much trouble. Thank you!
The site is clean, play park for the 2 kids was amazing. We hardly saw them all evening. Showers are hot and toilet area clean. We did not use the games room, but it was certainly big enough with plenty to do. Wooded area to walk the dog, and they also have a dog free area, which includes the park.
We didn't explore the surrounding area as the purpose of the visit was to test the caravan out before taking it away further from home, but there is loads to do around Blandford, so you won't be bored. We definable go back again to this site, and hopefully spend a little longer.
We booked for a family weekend over the bank holiday, there were 12 of us in total aged from 3 - 65.
What a fantastic place, great staff & great facilities. There's even a bar/restaurant with good food at fair prices.
We loved it so much we stayed an extra night!
The kids had a brilliant time, they enjoyed the play frame and had loads of freedom in the family field.
It's so central to loads of places so you can explore Dorset.
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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 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
Rallies Welcome 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
No Fishing 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <1 mile 
No Cycle Hire 
Golf <1 mile 
Tennis <1 mile 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
Sea Views 
Working Farm 
Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
No Dog Walk 
Our first visit here, for a long weekend in July before the schools break up. A friendly, tidy site with clean facilities and a welcoming owner (Steve). Fair pricing. Nicely separated fields, loads of birds including swallows and a sparrowhawk. Dark skies so fantastic on a clear night. Very relaxing, especially with few occupants and Steve's sensitive placement of visitors to ensure good separation. Decent restaurant and bar on site, used by local residents too. Very happy throughout our stay and will certainly be coming back. Plenty of lovely walks nearby including Martin Down and Cranborne Chase AONB, RSPB Garston Wood and Salisbury, Blandford Forum, Shaftesbury and even the coast. Well worth a visit. 
