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We like this site but only out of season between school holidays, for us it's just too big if the touring pitches were all full. We had serviced pitch so everything was at hand. Good wi-fi £4 for 24 hours.
Great for the beach but not too good for swimming in the sea. River runs through the site and out to the sea which the dog loves to swim in. New indoor pool/sauna was great but no cold shower or plunge pool for the sauna, open from 9am-9pm which is very good compared to other places we have been. Well stocked shop, prices were ok and take away food also. Along the beach to Burton Bradstock there is a great seafood place called Hive Beach cafe or in the other direction to West bay. Whichever you choose this is one of the most breathtaking parts of the Jurassic coast
This was my first time camping in over 25 years and I was worried I wouldn't take to it. The facilities at Freshwater made it a lot easier. The toilets and showers were spotless.
Dish washing facilities were OK. Plenty of hot water.
Childrens play areas were well maintained.
The beach was shingle so worth travelling further afield if it's sandcastle building you're after.
The outdoor pool was clean and lots of staff on lifeguard duty. The new indoor pool is fantastic. It has a hot tub, sauna and steam room. There is a shallow pool for babies and a bigger pool full of splashing buckets and tipping water features which the children all seemed to love.
The largest pool is really luxurious with a padded floor and underwater lighting. Just looks like a luxury spa pool! The floor around the pool is soft and non slip which in itself doesn't matter too much but it goes to show a lot of thought has been put into this new complex and not done on the cheap. Will be interested to see if the prices increase significantly next year to factor this in?
There is a small but well equipped gym.
There is a bowling alley upstairs and if you play before 11am it was only £2 per child per game.
The evening entertainment was great for children and 'flopper' the rabbit was very popular!
The launderette facilities could be improved upon as there were a shortage of tumble dryers (3 in total 1 out of order) the queues for these were lengthy.
Bar prices were OK, two pints for about £6. Shop was well stocked and priced fairly.
There were donkey rides (only a couple of mins long) for £1 and longer horse rides for £15. I now know donkeys can be very noisy in the middle of the night.
This is a clean well maintained site which has lots of staff who seem to work really hard. All were friendly and helpful.
A brilliant family friendly campsite. As previously stated, the toilet blocks are the cleanest we have ever been to. The pitches are a good size with plenty of room.
We had a fully serviced hard standing pitch. We noticed a lot of the pitches were slightly sloping or uneven. There are a couple of parks and two playing fields for the children.
The kids loved the indoor and outdoor pools which they used every day. We enjoyed the cliff top walk to West Bay, but this is not for the faint hearted as it is very steep in places.
There is a bus stop outside the campsite, the Reception has a bus timetable available. A family explorer ticket cost £16.
The camp shop is well stocked and not too badly priced.
The club prices are what you would expect. You need to get there early 6. 00 ish if you want a seat.
Bridport is only a short drive/bus journey away and has a large Morrisons with petrol station. There are plenty of shops at Bridport too.
There is also a Spar shop at Burton Bradstock again, if you go across the field at the bottom of the touring field, it takes about 5 mins to walk there.
The beach at Freshwater is shingle, but as there are no lifeguards we didn't let the children go in the sea there. We took note of a previous review that warned about the rip tides. We just walked along the beach to West Bay where there are lifeguards keeping a lookout.
Overall, we had a fantastic two weeks. We were fortunate to get good weather for the whole fortnight. We would definitely return to this campsite.
Just returned from our annual England tent holiday from this campsite and was very impressed. The tent pitches are a nice size, the toilets/showers are exceptionally clean, we went for a week and never went in them when a cleaner was not present.
The new indoor swimming pool is lovely and the outdoor older pool is very nice with life guards on duty all the time and one afternoon they put up a big inflatable for all the kids/adults to play on.
The site has its own beach which is shingle but we spent a day on and went body boarding and had a blast. The only disappointment we thought on this site was the entertainment hall on the night.
It was just too small and to be honest a bit tatty, the entertainment was good and was what you usually expect at the English campsites. The shop is OK but just 2 miles down the road is a Morrisons.
The area is the best we have been to so far with loads of places to visit and lots of things to keep 5 kids (from 5 to 17) happy. I know it helps when the weather is good and we got a good week but Dorset gets 10 out of 10 from us.
Just had two weeks here, the site is very tidy and clean, toilets are kept clean no matter what time you go there is a cleaner in them. On saying that there is not enough toilets or showers for the amount of people on the site, at least 2 more blocks are needed. Pitches are not worked out fairly at all we could only fit on our tent car could not go to the side but the pitch at the side of us had caravan awning wind breaks blocking off a large space then room for a car!not very fair when everyone is charged the same. They are round on there buggy within minutes to make sure everything is pitched in order when we left the site looked more like a refugee camp than a holiday site!think freshwater would be better off using wrist bands then the cards for pool and club also a £1 for the coloured band for pool is silly especially when they wont return it when it lost at the bottom of there pool. Club very expensive and not very inviting, take away quite expensive. Beach is killer on the feet as it is all pebbles.
This was going to be our first camping experience as a family. We bought all the kit just needed somewhere to go, we checked various places and the weather forecast for the week ahead, I rang up on a Thursday and managed to get a pitch with elec for that coming Sunday (4 nights). Booking in was simple; staff were very helpful. We managed to get our pitch on the camping field (tents only), which consists of 3 tiers, all level. The main field for both camping and touring looked quite cosy. Pitch size was ok (V8 next to water, useful).
The shower/toilet facilities were fantastic, cleaned throughout the day and plenty of space. Dishwashing facilities were again fantastic and cleaned, I suppose like any site going at peak times will be busy, however we never had to queue.
The new Jurassic leisure complex is first class. The indoor pool area is well organised and the kids had great fun on the waterzone. For the indoor pool they do run sessions per hour so if you get there with 20 mins left on that session you may get asked to wait until the next one starts. Upstairs there is a large restaurant and outside roof terrace, along with the brilliant 6 lane ten pin bowling - for 3 adults and 3 kids was £24.
Make sure you always keep your passes on you and don't loose them, it will result in £5 per pass per week to replace.
The only downside to having a brand new complex like this is it lets other areas of the site down like the main club room, which looks tired. They definitely need more space, we got there on a couple of evening around 7ish and all the tables were gone, bar prices are like normal pub prices.
The games room for the kids is a little old and could do with updating, it doesn't cost much to even buy tips for the pool cues.
On an evening security do walk the site and noise is kept to a minimum.
The pebbly beach is a very short walk (2 min) but we would suggest driving to lyme regis and parking on the cobb or on the top by monmouth street (£1. 70 all day). There is a sandy section here with shops and cafes close to hand, plus crabbing areas for the kids and dad.
I would avoid weymouth beach (parking £6. 80 8 hours, plus £2. 60 for bag of chips, say no more!)
We thoroughly enjoyed our break, well not the wet tent packing would we go back to this site? yes most likely.
The new pool complex is really fantastic (if a little cool on some days) the changing area nice with decently sized lockers. The bar and bowling at the roof of the complex opens onto a beautiful roof terrace which overlooks the whole camp site and gives you a tiny view of the unfortunately stony beach.
The shower and toilet blocks are dotted around the site and are constantly being cleaned.
Bridport itself is a 10 min drive and is really convenient for Morrison and the most brilliant brewery( buy a plastic keg and get it filled up every few days!)
Minus points
The pitches are quite snug- a bit of a squeeze out onto the very tight access roads
The donkeys on the field behind are extremely noisy at about 5. 30 each morning (in training as cockerels?)
Very stony beach.
Stones used around the children's play equipment-horrible to walk on, even worse to fall on!
The site staff did nothing about noise enforcement and unfortunately for us, we had a large group behind who had a very noisy party every night, we made several complaints as we have very young children but as long as it was lowered at 11 the site were happy. We found this ridiculous especially when we had the party makers vomiting over the fence into our pitch. This spoiled our holiday as our kids were not going to sleep until midnight and were then cranky the next day. We are not a family of party poopers and enjoy a drink as much as everyone else, but feel this problem could have been managed better.
what a nice site, very clean shower and toilet blocks, pitches are tight at times but adequate. New indoor complex was fantastic, and food there excellent.
Simple walk on to the beach and ideal for a bit of fishing. Kids club activities were average but the kids enjoyed and the evening shows were ok. We had an excellent time right up until.
Someone stole our fishing rods from under the van on our last night. There were a lot of kids running round late at night, so I did question where their security was. Also very little concern or help from reception.
Was a disappointing end to what was a really great stay with the family. Would recommend this site provided you can lock up all your things.
Though the site has won awards and is eco friendly. Most of this also goes hand in hand with penny pinching!.
On arrival yes they were friendly and one of the staff cycled to the pitch and told us where and how we were to pitch. We had booked two pitches (supposed to be next to each other albeit an over site that they were separated by a walkway and weren't together at all.
Although our friend tagged onto the end of our pitch and when they went to quiz the fact they were now on a smaller pitch and not on a super pitch as they had paid for they were blagged and sent on their way.
Summary if you like being held under a curfew, limited to 6amps and love the sound of the A35 this site is for you!
1st visit to freshwater this bank holiday weekend and was very impressed. As has been said the showers/toilet facilities are excellent showers very clean and never had to wait although some of the ladies in our group did have a short wait at peak times, but this is to be expected at a very busy time.
The strictness of the pitching could be relaxed as having been told at reception how to pitch less than 5 mins later someone came racing along on a golf buggy well in excess of the site speed limit to state the same thing.
Also as a group of 4 large family tents we prefer to pitch in a you shape but due to fire regs apparently this isnt allowed. We played rounders as a group of 25 on the play field and was plenty of room for others to play football and another game of rounders, the beach is nice to walk along and throw stones in with the children but the sea was very rough and had impressive waves so not one for bathing in, this might be different at different times of year.
We ate at the takeaway and the fryed items were a little soggy and the pizzas could do with half the amount of tomato puree on but when you are camping you'll eat anything!
Bottom line is would we go again answer = yes would we recommend answer = yes. Our group consisted of 12 adults and 13 children ranging from 13 months to 12 years old and there was something for everyone.
A big family site this, some statics but far enough away so as not to spoil the touring part.
Checked in by young staff who were spot on.
Lovely hardstanding pitch with good views, water & drain to each pitch. A bit of juggling about to get satellite reception.
Showers are one of best I've been in & told the women cleaner so, well done! Camp shop on site but would rather use the Spa shop in the village.
Plenty of things for the kidi-winks to on this site & the space to do it in, good play area & beach ten minutes flat walk away.
Grown ups have two pubs in the village & club on site, you takes your choice. A great walk can be had to West Bay on the coastal path or what we did on the beach, fun for everybody at West Bay.
One minus point was everybody was hemmed in one corner of the site, automatic computer selection I was told, technology eh, not for I thinks!
Yet another summer yet another trip to Freshwater and we will be back - that says it all. In response to a couple of other reviewers there are pubs within a shortish walk - just follow the footpaths either up through the top field where the horses graze and turn right or through the lower donkey field, over the river and through the fields to Burton Bradstock and turn left and you should be necking a pint in a few minutes.
Freshwater's not cheap and they do pack you in a bit but the toilets and showers are unbelievably clean considering the hammering they must get and the staff helpful and friendly. £14 compares well with the cost of riding in most places and you get around 40-45 minutes although more experienced riders who can canter will get better value.
Good old fashioned family entertainment - weekly talent competition, bingo, ship ahoy, the usual summer show acts and a weekly donkey derby. We are looking forward to the leisure suite. Like many others no doubt we feel we have done a fair bit to pay for it.
Just returned from a 5 night stay at Freshwater and would have to say, its the best site I've ever been too!
I went with my partner and our 4 yr old son and we stayed in a tent in the main field.
The site itself is large, clean and well maintained. We stayed over the August bank holiday and there wasn't a spare pitch in sight! (Initially I was worried I'd feel 'squashed in' but actually it was fine).
There is a brilliant, clean (very stony) beach which has beautiful cliffs surrounding it. We walked to West Bay via the cliff walk and it was lovely (be prepared to scale steep hills & steps though - we managed it with 4 yr old however, just wear appropriate footwear) Spent every evening watching the sun set on the beach.
They have a pool area which is kept nice & clean and hosts a large pool (with 2m deep end) and a smaller toddler one (which my 4 yr old loved!). There are lifeguards on duty at all times, which is good. Opens 9-6pm daily.
There's a large club house which looks fun (as we have a young child, didn't go in) and there's a restaurant too. We did purchase a sandwich from there at lunchtime though, which was tasty. And we also sampled the fish & chips - lovely chips, not too greasy but maybe a little overpriced for a chippie.
Shower and toilet blocks were kept really clean, especially considering how busy the site was. There seemed to be a cleaner about every time I used them - even b4 6am! Id say these were the cleaned facilities I have ever experienced on a campsite and that's saying something!
They offer horse and donkey rides (horse ride a bit pricey at £14, think donkey cheaper as just for kiddies). There is a well stocked shop (it is a bit expensive I think, but when you need something, its dead handy!).
Overall, we had a brilliant time at Freshwater and would 100% go back - in fact, we are booking for next year already!
Oh, one last thing - they are building a new leisure block for July next year, which will host an indoor pool and more importantly for us, a gym!
Generally a very good site toilets were always spotless regardless of time. The site was very busy. Location and area very attractive and the lagoon was excellent for children.
Not a lot to do close by but attractions within 20miles. There are plans to open a new entrainment centre 2011. My only complaint was the adults only bar was closed and the family centre was heaving therefore nowhere to get a quite pint without going offsite, ie driving.
All said I would be happy to visit this location again in the future. Good all-round site for families with young families but not so good for older generation.
The play area and swimming pool area were very well kept and the lifegaurds always in attendance whilst pools were open. I would recommend this site for families.
We booked this site after much time reviewing this and many other camp sites, as we were staying for 10 days What a good choice. We decided this site would suit our two children aged 10 and 14 and our friends who came with us and their 7 yr old.
The toilet/shower block was immaculate 10/10 which really pleased us.
We had a problem neighbour who decided to have an open air rant at her husband at various times of the day and night using some very choice words, we had a word with reception and we never heard from her again after that.
The site is really well located, it is within walking distance to West Bay (gorgeous little place you can hire the lyme bay charter to Lyme Regis, a great way to see the coast) Burton Bradstock (Great pubs, great food) and Hive beach (the hive cafe serves delicious breakfasts would go back just for that)
Freshwater beach is very tough going with the pebbles, but the beach at Hive is slightly easier to walk on. The beach is great for fishing, one day we caught so many Mackerel we had to stop fishing!
The children used the pool and the park nearly every day and really enjoyed themselves.
The shop is really well stocked and reasonably priced.
Overall we had a fantastic holiday but the site is quite pricey. There are lots more camp sites in the area slightly cheaper still within distance of beach, pubs etc.
We would definitely come back to Dorset but maybe to a different site (only due to the price)
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We like this site but only out of season between school holidays, for us it's just too big if the touring pitches were all full. We had serviced pitch so everything was at hand. Good wi-fi £4 for 24 hours. 
