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We visited the Rosewall site on the spur of the moment and on the basis of the reviews here.
I can only say the reviews did not leave us disappointed with what we found. The site is excellent in all respects; facilities, shop, staff were all brilliant.
The Smugglers Inn is a short walk away and the beach, though rocky and gravel, is great for the kids rockpooling.
Our first camping holiday as a family with 3 children aged 8,6 and 2.
We were allowed to choose where to pitch.The site is on a hill but there are reasonably flat areas to pitch and hedging to act as wind breaks.The views are stunning out to sea.We had some heavy rain whilst there but obviously good drainage as only became muddy on well trodden areas.The Shower blocks are well maintained and clean with plenty of hot water and only had to queue once just for few minutes.
The shop on site small but well stocked with essentials open 8-6 (7 on saturday)Small laundry room with 2 washers and dryers normally 2 laundry rooms but someone had vandalised lower laundry room few weeks earlier. Club house had good range of basic well cooked meals at reasonable prices. Outdoor pool was warm and manned by 2 lifeguards.
Smugglers Inn short walk down lane-very nice food.Riding school seems very popular unable to book lesson for my eldest daughter when tried midweek. Ringstead beach 1 mile up coast worth visit -small shop and cafe selling snacks here. Lulworth castle and tank museum good family days out short drive away .Beware of traffic jams trying to get into weymouth!
Great holiday even stayed an extra night real lovely friendly feel to place.Would recommend and hope to stay there soon again
This was our first visit to this campsite, chosen on the basis of the UK camping website reviews. We booked in advance for a 7 night stay, the campsite itself is in a fantastic location, a Greenfield site with great views of the sea and very good access to the coastal path network.
When we arrived the campsite was only about a third full (surprising as it was the first week of the school holidays!). Staff at the Campsite shop were very helpful, and they now accept payment by cards. There are no reserved or marked pitches so you can find your own space in one of the three main fields. The lower part of the site tended to be more noisy, possibly because it is slightly flatter and therefore attracts more campers. There are two large toilet shower blocks serving the campsite, the showers were hot (and free). Towards the end of our week long stay the campsite was filled to capacity which did result in the occasional short queue for showers at peak times.
The kids loved the site there is a small playground and plenty of space to run around, also campers get access to the club house (we didn’t experience this) and heated outdoor swimming pool in the caravan park on the other side of the campsite. There is also a well equipped camp shop you can use.
The Smugglar’s Inn is a 5 minute walk from the site and serves good food and drink, it does get very busy when the sun comes out. Overall we had a great stay at Rosewall and will certainly be back to this site in the future.
A large and well appointed site located conveniently for Weymouth and the Jurassic coast. Facilities are clean and well maintained. Although 225 pitches are stated here, due to the uneven nature of the ground, possibly only a handful are completely level. Those that are will certainly be occupied. The other pitches range from 'slightly undulating' to completely unsuitable for a tent.
The caravan site opposite has a decent club open to Rosewall campers and has a good range of beers and food at reasonable prices. During high season the club offers live music and karoake. There is also an outdoor swimming pool which, although we did not use, looked clean and was well covered by lifeguards.
Best of all is the proximity of one of Dorset's best pubs, The Smuggler's Inn. A short walk down the lane from the campsite, the pub provides excellent local beers and home cooked food. Prices are towards the slightly high mark but the portions are large and the food of an excellent standard. Take a torch for return journeys after dark as the lane is unlit.
Walking behind the pub, there is a path down to the beach where at low tide there are some fantastic rock pools to entertain children and adults alike. Be aware that the path is difficult for pushchairs and impossible for wheelchairs.
The camp shop is well stocked with all the usual items although for newspapers you'll need to walk to the bottom of the site to the shop near the club. To correct previous reviews, the camp shop now accepts debit and credit cards.
All in all probably one of the best sites we've stayed at in this part of Dorset. It must've been good as we went for a week and stayed for ten days, returning only because the weather turned nasty.
This is our third visit to this site and we were in a family group of five tents. We keep coming back because we like it here.
The staff at Rosewall are friendly and very helpful.
Facilities (including; two toilet/shower blocks with washing up sinks, many rubbish & water points and even a porta' loo waste) are excellent. This year (2009) is the last year that the swimming pool and club house are available as the camping site is no longer connected with the holiday camp at the bottom of the site. We did not use these facilities while on our weekend visit this year though have used them in the past.
The site is on a slope although there are plenty of level pitches with the best at either the top or bottom of the site. The many large grass areas have hedges offering shelter from the weather and there is a single track road going down the middle to the bottom of the site. There are two toilet blocks both excellent and one shop at the top of the site. The water was always hot whenever we used the blocks which are cleaned regularly.
My last two visits here both featured gales for one of the nights. On both occasions, some other tent owners didn’t make it through the night packing up or even abandoning their tent. Rosewall is close to the coast and quite high up so you may want to upgrade the tent pegs and make sure the supports for your tent are up to the task of dealing with potentially strong winds. (Our first visit three years ago wasn’t a problem as the weather was gorgeous).
Outside of the site a stony/rocky beach is accessed by an invigorating 10-20 minute walk. There are no shops at the beach but you do pass a shop and a pub just outside of the site. There is another pub at the bottom of the lane with a large car park and some fantastic views of the sea. There is a coastal path offering stunning views for those interested in walking with Weymouth around five miles and the other way Ringstead around a mile. The path goes on to Lulworth though I didn’t make it that far. As you enter the site there are horse riding facilities.
With the pool not available next year I am not sure how the younger campers will be occupied as there is little else available for them. I understand there is a playground at the top of the site but I didn't see this so cannot comment. The site is well placed for a drive into Dorchester or Weymouth and you have the other attractions such as Lulworth Cove or Monkey World which may make for a day trip.
When we arrived at Rosewall I though that this would be the last time campers would be welcome. I am pleased to learn that this is incorrect so I look forward to our visit next year. Hopefully the weather will be better.
Haven't been here since I was a child. Still a great site, although if it's busy you'll be pitching on a slope. Clean showers and toilets and although it was quiet when we went, there were only a few showers in each block so I could imagine queues if it's much busier. The pool was very clean and only a 5 minute walk from the far end of the site. The clubhouse was cheap and quiet. The Smugglers pub is about a 10 minute walk away and does food. Will definitely return soon.
We came here end of May 09 and found it a great site! The site is on quite a hill at the top of which is the shop, which was fairly well stocked. We had access to the club bar and pool which was heated and was great for cooling down when the weather got too hot! The Smugglers Inn is a great pub, less than 5 mins walk away, the staff and food was lovely. We're definitely coming back!
This is an excellent site, with plenty of space and great views. The shower blocks are spacious and regularly cleaned. There is a good pub handily nearby (but not too near ).
The site is on a long slope but it's not hard to find a flat area to pitch your tent. There are hedges to provide protection from the wind.
There are opportunities for lovely walks direct from the site, either to and/or along the coast, or inland to the White Horse and beyond.
Stayed at this campsite for an impromptu weekend away. It wasn't a particularly dry weekend and it was the first time we had used our Cherokee tent.
The campsite was absolutely perfect - although it was the summer holidays and there were plenty of tents there - we had plenty of space and were not 'penned' in by bigger models. The facilities were good and there was no queue for the toilets/showers.
It was a bonus to be able to use the nearby holiday camp bar but I believe that is not the case now.
Saying that, the Smugglers Inn pub just down the road was a good place to sit and while away the day with a good drink and good food.
We arrived on the Thursday before the bank holiday weekend at the end of May, having previously visited the site in June 2007. On arrival, we were greeted with masses of space and pitches to choose from, an amazing view of the sea, clean facilities and absolute peace and quiet. Our pitch was very even (though we noted some were not) and in a lovely sheltered corner.
We woke up on our first morning having slept wonderfully and enjoyed a breakfast at the clubhouse (about a 4 min walk from our pitch) and then went out for the day.
When we came back to the site that evening from a lovely day out in Poole it was a very different site than that which we'd left in the morning! I should point out that in this review I am not criticising the site itself, or the way it is run - all I am saying is the site is amazing when it is quiet and is not so great when it's busy and therefore I won't be visiting it at a bank holiday weekend again.
The site was absolutely packed by Saturday morning and, despite the fact the site claims to disallow large groups, it seemed almost every pitch there was a large group over the weekend. This meant the site was very noisy (even between 11pm and 8am, the site's designated 'quiet time') what with drunken adults, screaming children, barking dogs and music. It also meant it was almost impossible to get a shower in the morning and so I just resorted to using the showers in the evening (there were 4 showers available in the ladies block). My fiancé found it was easier to get a shower in the men's however. The facilities were generally kept fairly clean considering how busy they were.
Despite this, we had a great weekend. There is so much to do in the area - we managed to cover Weymouth, Pooole, Swanage, Corfe Castle, Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door, Wareham and Sandbanks all of which were beautiful (albeit we were very lucky with the weather!). We spent a couple of evenings at the clubhouse which was OK - cheap and cheerful (wouldn't recommend it for an evening meal unless you're happy with burger and chips) and also popped to the Smugglers Inn (another place which would have been idyllic had it been quieter but unfortunately we waited 1 hour 45 mins for our fish and chips there which put us off a little).
All in all this site is a wonderful place to be if you can catch it when it's a bit quieter. The noise and the fact that we felt our privacy was a little invaded by our neighbours spoiled our experience somewhat but it won't put me off visiting again as the views, the space and the surrounding area are all fantastic.
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Date of Visit: May 2009
Unit: Other
Reviewer: Webmaster
Please note, this is site was previously known as Osmington Mills Holidays.
The park has now been split, and this entry refers only to the tent camping site, now known as Rosewall.
For details of the holiday lodge site for rentals only, please see the separate entry under the name of Osmington Holiday Park.
Our first visit to Osmington Mills with our new tent. This site is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty and the views from the campsite down to the sea at Ringstead bay are fantastic. We had mainly dry weather whilst we were there. Check-in is at the small on-site shop which was open from 8am -7pm. The lady there was lovely. Note that payment here is cash only, they do not take cards. Someone else has mentioned that the ownership of the site has changed but we were led to believe that it is only the statics/chalets that have been sold and that the tenting business remains the same. The site itself is thirteen beautiful acres of gentle sloping fields with trees and hedges acting as windbreaks and giving additional privacy. We were here over the first May Bank holiday, and although there were plenty of people it was a long way from busy. The site has two shower blocks and the one we used was excellent. Good spacious showers, plenty of hot water and eight sinks outside it for washing up at. All the inside sinks had shaver and power points. On the camping fields there were plenty of water point and rubbish bins. My kids loved being able to wander over to the small play area. In the evenings we went down to the Smugglers Inn on the coast, which was about a 10 minute walk down a quiet lane.
Will definitely return here, although I suspect it gets quite busy over the summer.
Just spent 3 nights over the Easter Holidays at this site, the price was very reasonsable it cost £108 overall for 5 adults, 2 children, 1 dog, 2 cars and one very large 8 berth tent, so quickly doing the maths, it worked out at £5 per person per night. There are no marked out pitches so you can choose the position which best suits you, the site is set on rolling countryside so not all pitches will be flat, we were lucky and had a superb place. The toilets / shower block was kept clean, although the floor was usually wet, also the shower water was not always hot, it seemed to depend when you took your shower, if it was busy then you could expect luke warm water, however there were sufficient showers / loos so we never had to queue once, so overall the facilities were good. The site has a club house which we did not get to use because of the dog. They served food and provided entertainment. Instead we took a stroll down the lane to The Smugglers Inn, which has lovely gardens, the pub is a really 'olde world' country pub which was really worth a visit. Behind the pub is a path leading down to the beach, I understand that fossils can be found there, we didn't find any but had fun looking. 2 well stocked shops serve the camp site and were open till 7 at night. In the summer there is also an open air pool, although it was not open we did get to have a look at it and can imagine that it will be well used, it has plenty of lawned area for sunbathing, and picnic tables are provided. This site is in an excellent position for visiting Weymouth to the west and Lulworth Cove and Castle, Durdle Door, and the popular attractions of Monkey world and the tank museum to the east. Overall I would definitely recommend this site, and will be visiting again. Lastly but definitely not least, the views and countryside around this site are stunning.
We first visited this site in 2004 and loved it! The pitches are superb with plenty of space to choose from and the washing facilities are very clean with free hot water.
The children had plenty of space to play games with no problems. Down some steps and across a lane you can find the well stocked and reasonably priced shop as well as a clubhouse and fantastic swimming pools. The pools were a great attraction and very welcome in hot weather. There is a toddler pool which is very handy with little ones.
The Smugglers Inn is just a short walk away as is the route down to the beach where the kids loved looking in the rock pools.
You can also take a walk up the hill behind the campsite which has some fab views.
All in all this is a wonderful site, we have visited as a family, a group and as a couple and couldn't fault it. It is worth checking on pitch prices if you have a large tent as they sometimes do make an extra charge. Highly recommended site.
Just come back from spending the weekend her, and can't find a single fault with the site. Wonderful views around the Purbeck countryside and ideal for walkers The shop was very well stocked and most things were at resonable price. Toilet blocks were kept very clean and plenty of hot water. The nearest pub (Smugglers Inn) was a short stroll down the lane, food very good and good value. There is also a clubhouse, which offers live entertainment, bar staff very friendly and always had a smile on their faces.
All in all, a very nice, well kept friendly site, one which I would have no hessitation in visting again
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Tent Pitches 
No Caravans 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics 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 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing On Site 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
No Outdoor Pool 
Horse Riding On Site 
Cycle Hire <5 miles 
Golf <5 miles 
Tennis <5 miles 
Beach <1 mile 
Watersports <1 mile 
Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles 
Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
We visited the Rosewall site on the spur of the moment and on the basis of the reviews here.
