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Just returned from a 3 night stay here - a lovely site which I would be happy to return to. As mentioned before, the washing facilities were very good, best I've seen so far. Also, the staff were all very friendly and welcoming - helped give the site a nice atmosphere.
We stayed in the woodland area (no EHU) which is cheaper; if you have a small tent, there are plenty of options - on the grass, or under the trees. We have quite a big tent, and only found one pitch we were happy with (round the edge of the biggest clearing).
At the weekend, the clearing filled up some more, but it was still okay (wouldn't have liked it any more busy). It would be lovely to come back outside of peak season, but then I think I would say that about any site!
I thought the pool was good and warm enough for an outside one. At the back of the site is a gate through to the forest which is great for walking/cycling around.
On sat night we went to the Swanage fireworks which were pretty good (every sat in August, I think).
Stayed for 2 nights last weekend of June 2011. We stayed in our tent, lots of different areas to choose from, we were on the edge of the woodland, next time I will go the other side as it was so hot as we were facing south.
We were very lucky with the weather, so the children enjoyed the pool, although is was quite cold. The amenities block nearest to the entrance (didn't use the other) was the best I have seen. Lots of showers, 2 family rooms, washing up room excellent, (didn't use the laundry but looked good).
My son enjoyed the play area, it was quite a distance from the tents so not suitable to let very young children go on their own, large grass area near the entrance to play ballgames.
The shop was well stocked and not too expensive. You can pay extra for a late stay, 8 pounds, we left at 7pm and had to be let out as the code didn't work after 11am.
I love the area, Bovington tank museum and Monkey world are a 10 min drive away. There are several towns that are easy to get to, Poole, Bournemouth, Dorchester. Within 1 hour you have so much choice.
We didn't eat out during our stay (apart from hot dogs at Monkey World) as we were there such a short time.
The site is so nice I am not sure if I would go during the summer holidays, would it be too busy??
Lovely flat, well cared for campsite. Felt very spacious and didn't experience any real problems with the facilities although, if you have very small children, the heated swimming pool is only really usable on a hot day.
Very clean at all times and this visit was on the spring bank holiday weekend. Staff visible at all times checking the site. Felt very safe. Loved the family bathrooms.
Lots of wildlife about. Enjoyed seeing a woodpecker's nest right behind our tent and of course the bunnies.
Downside is that it is expensive but then again you get what you pay for here. First class!
This site is the best I've been to, set in superb surroundings, run professionally and has an excellent atmosphere from the moment you drive through the gates.
There's a feeling of security and relaxation that you don't get at most sites.
It amuses me how people remark on 'high prices' quite simply you get what you pay for, there's no bar so no noise at night from people who struggle to hold there drink,there's a superb shop which sells everything you require and an excellent park and pool.
I've visited a lot of sites and this deserves its 5* awards,problem is I'm now going to be comparing all sites standards with this one.
If you want cheaper sites there out there but for that little bit extra you get Wareham Forest
We found the site to be very friendly and the staff most helpful. The shower and toilet facilities were clean with plenty of hot water and no queues.
The layout of the park is very good with direct access to footpaths into the forest. It is dog friendly with plenty of bins available. There is a shop with the basic requirements although at a premium price.
The number plate recognition at the site entry gives a sense of security. A fish and chip van visits once a week and offer good portions at a good price. To sum up a good site to visit
We have just returned home from a 4 night stay. The facilities were excellent, however, we were pitched in the Woodland area and had to either drive/ride our bikes to either wash up or use the toilets (which was fine, I guess) An extremely expensive campsite and isn't the best we've been to either!
The play area, which the kids loved, is situated near the entrance/exit, to the camp site, and was really far away from where we were pitched.
Saying that they made loads of friends (as kids do)and didn't seem that phased by how far away everything was, which may have been a different story if they didn't have their bikes!
FYI: the pub up the road (The Silent Woman), does not allow children or dogs!
We spent a long weekend at Wareham Forest Tourist Park with our three year old. This site was excellent. The area is beautiful and during our visit we went to Studland beach. Wareham is pleasant and there were great walks nearby. With regards to the facilities on the park we were most impressed. A great shop, play area for children. The toilet and wash facilities were among the best I have seen and washing-up room was big. The staff at the park were helpful and friendly. I can't wait to return in the summer as the swimming pool opens soon and looks brilliant.
You can choose to pitch in the forest area. (we were advised it was dark in there). There are however loads of pitches, especially if you don't mind being that bit away from the facilities.(we didn't) it was so quiet and peaceful.
All in all it was well worth the extra few pounds a night compared to a basic campsite choice.
Wareham Forest Tourist Park is extremely well laid out and landscaped with beautifully kept grounds. The individual pitches are generally very large with a separate woodland camping area for tents. Security is good, with an entry and exit barrier activated by a code given to each unit. No clubhouse on site but there is a swimming pool (unfortunately closed during our visit) and children's play area, which looked very adequate. There is a large grassed area near reception and the children's play area, and away from caravans, which is ideal for ball games.
Only one toilet block was in use - the other was being refurbished. This toilet block was adequate and well kept, although could do with updating. (Perhaps they are next on the list?) The reception staff were very polite and friendly and there is a shop in the same building as reception. In common with most sites, the shop was generally found to be on the expensive side.
The cost was reasonable for a site of this high quality - just over £18 for caravan, 2 adults and 1 teenager. The site is part of the Best of British group, and if you have a 'loyalty card' (available free of charge from BoB) it will entitle you to a £1 a night reduction. You need to mention this when you book. We made the mistake of paying for all our stay before we arrived - it was too late to take off the £1 discount - however we stayed 2 extra nights and got these at the reduced rate.
The site is at Cold Harbour, between Bere Regis and Wareham, and is easily acessed from either Bare Regis or Wareham. There is a good road that easily takes caravans from either direction. This road can get a little busy at times and the 50mph speed limit is not always adhered to. Be careful when exiting the site, there is a little dip in the road (the Bere Regis side) and it may take you by surprise if a car suddenly appears over the rise at a high speed.
The nearest large supermarkets are at Poole, where there is a Tesco's and Asda. There is a smaller (High Street) supermarket at Wareham, and a Co-Op attached to a petrol station on the road from Wareham to Poole.
The site insists on a 11am departure on the day you leave and your barrier code is disabled at 11am - I didn't try leaving at 11.01am to see what would happen, but it just 'felt' a little inflexible.
Wareham Forest is a good quality site which we would use again, especially at this time of the year when they are still low season, and Hunter's Moon CC site, just down the road has already began it's price hike.
Taking advantage of the 21 degrees plus(!) April weather, we headed down to Dorset for an early season weekend away in the tent. A pre-arranged bike ride in Wareham Forest, and a planned visit to nearby Monkey World, lead to the choice of Wareham Forest Tourist Park as our camping venue. It was certainly well placed for access to the Forest and Gore Heath and I'd recommend the location as a base for biking and walking in this area (take a map though!).
The campsite, sorry tourist park, met expectations - clean, organised. And expensive. Not many (<5!) tents meant that we had a choice of area to pitch up in, and they were all flat, grassy and nicely surrounded by trees (watch out for the pine cones!).
Staff were friendly. Toilet blocks were clean. Showers were great, and free. Closest pub did good food.
Pricey though. If you just want to camp, go to the toilet, have a wash, be a bit relaxed about your departure time. No complaints apart from that though.
We stayed for two nights at this lovely campsite to meet up with friends that were camping. The pitch size was good and the facilities nice and clean. We even had a swim in the pool, although it was a little chilly! The shop was fine if a little pricey. It is a great site to take bikes as we cycled into Wareham and back through Wareham Forest. A word of warning, the cycle maps and signs on the gates are not easy to follow, we got lost! Luckily we found some people with a good map and found the road. A great site I would recommend to people with young children.
Just returned from this site having had mixed weather.
Site is really peaceful with beautiful surroundings. Staff are very friendly and helpful - lady on reception got me some paracetamol from shop even though it was closed and warden let my 3 year old sit in his tractor - you can imagine the joy!
All facilities as advertised and there's so much to do in the area. You do have to drive but it's worth it to experience the diversity - slate and fossils to beautiful coves and sandy beaches.
Everyone we spoke to in the area was helpful and friendly and did not feel we'd been subjected to the usual seaside rip-off.
Would definitely recommend and will be going back - the dog will need a month to recover.
This was our fifth visit to Wareham Forest and once again we had an enjoyable stay despite 5 solid days of rain!
The site is extremely well run by the owners and the team of Wardens - many of whom we recognise every year. All the facilities are clean and well maintained with plenty of hot water. The grounds are well kept and clean and tidy. The site was extremely quiet at night in the caravan area.
The pool is large and warm - ish! There is not a lifeguard but they are very strict about parents accompanying children and sticking to the sensible rules.
The shop is well stocked and there is a daily delivery of newspapers, croissant etc.
The tent area is less regimented and tents were pitched randomly with no clear spacing - this did seem quite crowded in places. After the rain it was also very wet in places too.
There is so much to do for families in the surrounding area without having to travel far.
On the downside the tariff seemed quite high with annoying extras for the awning and dog.
This is a five star site. Professional staff and top-notch facilities. In my opinion design of shower block really fantastic and should be a model for other sites to follow.
Only 'downside' for us was that it was just a bit too good as in pricey. We don't really need the sort of sophistication that this site offers e.g. pool. I cannot remember what we paid but it was the most I have ever paid for camping (including £2.50 per night for our very wee dog who did not use any of the facilities).
Staff on site were friendly and professional - always keen to help and offer advice.
Watch out for getting caught for speeding. Dorset is awash with speed camera's (mobile and fixed). We went out for a pleasant evening drive as it was too early for bed - result £60 and 3 points - just south of Wareham.
We visited Wareham Forest at the end of August, beginning of September 2010 and found the site to be excellent.
The pitches are large and level and the overall site is kept in very good order.
There is a good outdoor heated pool with a smaller paddling pool ideal for babies which is located next to a well stocked shop which sells fresh croissants etc. Every morning. There is a games room adjoined to the shop with access to the pool which has table tennis tables to occupy people.
There are plenty of dustbins which are emptied regulary and a very good recycling area and lots of fresh water taps around the park.
One day a week a mobile fish and chip van arrives at the site and they are very nice.
The toilets, showers, pot washing areas were always immaculate and we never had to wait for the showers.
It is an ideal base for visiting Dorset.
This is a very nice site which I would highly recommend and will definitely use again, the only thing I will say is take a torch as its very dark at night and you will need rock pegs on the hardstanding. 10/10
We visited this site in the summer holidays having read numerous reviews. I am newish to camping and although we had a thoroughly enjoyable time, it wasn't quite as I'd expected from the reviews. I have stayed on a few other sites in the past and this was probably good rather than great, in my opinion.
There was a well stocked shop selling freshly warmed croissants and pain au chocolate for breakfast every morning, which was fab.
There was a lovely swimming pool, which although we had mixed weather we did manage to use a few times and the kids loved it. It was warm, clean and also had a little splash pool for the tots. There was no life guard.
In trying to get two family tents next to each other, we had to pitch about as far from the toilet block as you could get. With several little ones this was an absolute pain. I think maybe the site could have been designed a bit better, with at least one of the two blocks a bit more centrally located.
They are both towards the entrance. Having said that it was in a nice open area and you were free to pitch where you liked, although there is a strict rule about having tents 6 metres apart, which we got into trouble about.
It was nice and peaceful in the evenings, with all the older children generally disappearing from the open area in front of our tents by the time darkness fell at about 9:30pm. People were generally quiet after that.
The toilet blocks were reasonably clean but were a bit grubby by the evening. However, it was quite a damp few days and this doesn't help the situation. There was a mop and bucket on hand to wipe down the shower cubicles and I did see someone giving the whole place a spruce up late one night. We generally used the main block, which is getting a bit tired now. The smaller block is newer looking and fresher feeling.
There's a nice short trot along a woodland trail, which even the 2 year old managed. This was a slow amble over the course of an hour. It wouldn't satisfy an intrepid explorer though! The Sika Trail is close by, but we didn't manage to use this.
One of the main disappointments was the children's play area. It is quite basic (a climbing frame, 1 baby swing and 1 grown up swing). It is not at all fenced in which would have been safer feeling for the little ones. It is a long way from the main pitching areas. The main problem however is that they have used what appeared to be building sand, with grit in, to lay under the whole place! Knees, clothes, feet and hands were getting into a terrible mess every time we used it! Not at all child friendly. It didn't seem to be well used any time we visited.
Good local places to visit: Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, Tower Park in Poole for rainy days, Tyneham Village (very interesting but only open on certain days).
Overall, we had a lovely time but I would probably try somewhere else next time.
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
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 
No Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <5 miles 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
Outdoor Pool On Site 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
Golf <5 miles 
Tennis <5 miles 
Beach <5 miles 
Watersports <5 miles 
Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <5 miles
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Just returned from a 3 night stay here - a lovely site which I would be happy to return to. As mentioned before, the washing facilities were very good, best I've seen so far. Also, the staff were all very friendly and welcoming - helped give the site a nice atmosphere. 
