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After negotiating the double parked cars we arrived to find the owners away and no one expecting us!
We were shown through, in the end to a rough field, and told pick your site!
Horses coming and going morning and evening some with wandering dogs.
Then the 'Friends' arrived in the adjacent field in an old bus. A camp fire was started.
The facilities were very basic, a weight lifting course required to empty waste or toilet, which was situated in the stable yard, next to the drinking water. The pipe of which was trailing on the ground.
There were piles of builders rubbish at the entrance to the site.
Then to be asked for £20 per night was the last straw! We only paid £21. 50 per night for the previous 4 nights on a fully serviced professional site with magnificent views and facilities.
The closest site to town and Portland in an amazing location next to the Fleet Lagoon, right on the Jurassic Coast. Very friendly, relaxed site with great facilities and very reasonable rates. A dream campsite in a delightful part of the country. Hookups are available, plenty of washing facilities, showers and toilets. Close to everything but you'll still feel like you're in the middle of nowhere.
Martleaves is a superb site for quiet camping in a stunning location. I found it by chance when wanting a convenient overnight stop in Weymouth for the folk festival.
The facilities are minimal but perfectly adequate and very clean and the camping field is huge for the number of tents with a wonderful view across the Fleet to Portland. I didn't have time to take the footpath down to the Fleet as sitting by my tent with a cup of tea, enjoying the view took so long!
The site has no shop or bar but with the bus stop into Weymouth just 5 minutes walk and the last bus back from town well after 11pm there is no need for night life on site. There is a minimarket near the bus stop.
I didn't have Children with me but watched others playing happily in the field. I didn't see an official play area but it wouldn't be needed with such a big space for ball games and general charging about
I will be using Martleaves again, without a doubt, and will be recommending it to my friends.
This is a very basic, no frills site, with a fantastic view over Chesil beach, and portland to one side. The toilet / shower facilities were very satisfactory, with water and chemical waste disposal within easy access (although the gravel drive is difficult to pull waste water / toilet cartidge along).
However, access to the site is not easy. Should anyone be tempted to follow the sign to Swallows Rest from the A435 (portland road) down Parkmead Road, don't! This is a road with double parked vehicles, and you will get stuck. Continue to the lights, and take Langton Avenue. South Road and Rymead lane can also get a bit tight, but we did get through OK. At the end of Rymead Lane you will go through two gates to get to the caravan part.
To be fair on this bit, we went when there were 70mph winds and heavy rain, but access through the gates was very muddy indeed. There is no protection for wind coming in from the sea (so think twice before putting up your awning), but then the lack of screening does provide for the stunning views, so you can't have everything. There are also some very nice walks from the site.
For a treat, we can seriously recommend the CrabHouse Cafe - very good food at a sensible price. In Weymouth town, there are several chippies where one can get a very nice Mackerel and Chips.
Overall, a site that has great potential, but access can be interesting
This was a lovely placed site - bit tricky to navigate the very wet entrance - but entrance available via the B & B (didn't know about that prior to arrival) Helen was very friendly and informative. George the pot belly pig was lovely.
It was a small site with lovely views over Chissel Beach and Portland.
The loos were new but not finished - I think they should have been finished before we could use them. The showers were not working for 2 of the nights while were there (were allowed to use the B & B inside main house though) - apparently the 'horsey people' turned off the mains water out of revenge!
There were un-supervised kids in the block one evening and made a muddy mess and left the taps running and door open. A mirror and plastic chair in the showers would have been beneficial. As would some kind of cleaning products after you use the showers and loos.
Lovely walk into Weymouth but wished we had taken the bikes as the walk-way was the old railway line - typical!
The walk through the side of the fields to the pathway adjacent to the Lagoon was 'DOG POOH' laden - not nice at all. So didn't use again after the first time. Used main road.
On good bus route which ran every 20 mins or so to Weymouth and Portland.
Would use the site again when it is fully functional.
Lovely site if you have tickets for the Olympics taking part around there.
Set in 15 acres of breathtaking countryside,right next door to the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, this site offers stunning views of the Chesil Bank, Fleet Lagoon, and Lyme Bay. Welcoming tents, motorhomes and caravans, this family friendly site offers spacious grass pitches with or without electric. For kids there's an outdoor heated swimming pool, 3 acre playing area including slides, swings and more.
Facilities include toilets, showers, washing up, launderette, and WifI. There is an onsite shop and off-licence. The Bar in the Barn at the site serves a delicious food and offers a variety of entertainment, including live music. As well as the attractions of Weymouth's beach and harbour, this is a great base to explore family attractions throughout South and West Dorset. Find out more here
This site is in a beautiful location overlooking Chesil Beach and Portland. Hook-ups are tidy and clear and there is plenty of flat grass for the 5 units. The field is tucked away very near the coastal path and is within easy reach of shops and amenities. However, we were disappointed by a number of basic things which need to be put right as this new campsite develops.
When we arrived – using the directions on the website – we followed signs to go into the campsite through a horse schooling ring, but stopped short when it looked as though we would disrupt a horse and rider. When we asked at the farm we were told that access had been changed to a different road so turned round. We were very glad not to be towing a caravan as turning would have been difficult. However it was fine to move our VW through the gated fields. This might be a problem when it gets muddy.
When we booked we had not been told that the shower and toilet block was still under construction and in itself we were not concerned that the two new toilets didn’t have doors as there was another that we could use. An indoor washing up and clothes washing area was under construction. Wifi will be available. The showers worked well although changing space and lack of strong hooks made it a challenge to separate dry clothes from wet floor. There isn’t any sink big enough to shave in (the new hand basins weren’t even big enough to get two hands into at once) and we hope that when finished, there would be a surface to put things onto with a mirror to look into e. G. For contact lens insertion. My fiancé shaved outside in the washing up sink (after twice clearing builders’ stuff from the sink and ground underneath) which was fine as the weather was good…
We were happy to have access to the old loo and hot water heater rather than the new block still under development, but when it clearly hadn’t been cleaned for days, had a leak onto the revolting concrete floor, had a filthy hand towel and no mirror, nowhere to put a towel (the loo lid was dirty on top too) the experience was far from pleasant although at least there was plenty of loo roll. The final frustration was the complete lack of rubbish or recycling facilities: on the last day I asked where I could put our rubbish bag and after a few seconds’ thought, the farm owner said I could add it to the building skip in the yard which the seagulls were picking over. I was not happy with this and totally unimpressed that even this basic provision had not been made.
Currently the site is shared with horse owners who use the stables and fields although access will be changed, we were told. Both the farm owners and some horse owners had dogs that were allowed to roam the campsite. We own a dog and are used to clearing up after him: these dogs were not watched so no clearing up took place on the site, and one dog peed on the tent awning. Particularly unpleasant was avoiding dog mess on the gravel drive en route to the showers: it’s hard to scrutinise each stone walked on and avoid dog mess that hasn’t been cleared up.
Although there was only one other person on the site while we were there, the peace was ruined by a digger on the adjacent field in the farm going from 8 a. M. To 6 p. M. , Sunday through to Tuesday. Again, we wouldn’t have minded if we had either been warned or had been given perhaps an apology or gesture of goodwill but it was very noisy and disruptive.
We like simple sites if they are kept clean. However, we felt there had been a lack of consideration of these basic issues or even recognition that the site was not ready for visitors: we would happily have discussed the site’s shortcomings had the owners come and asked our views. Since the owners did not seek our feedback on anything, if they are reading this I hope that they can see that many of these issues can be sorted as it has the potential to be a site with lots to offer.
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Adults Only 
Not Members Only 
Rallies Welcome 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Motorbikers Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <1 mile 
Wild Swimming On Site 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding <5 miles 
No Cycle Hire 
Golf <5 miles 
Tennis <1 mile 
Beach On Site 
Watersports <5 miles 
Boat Launch / Mooring <1 mile 
Sea Views 
Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
Coastside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Electric Car Charging Point
After negotiating the double parked cars we arrived to find the owners away and no one expecting us!
