We stayed heer for three days mid/late September.
It is easy to find and the entrance is very well thought out, allowing you to safely clear the road before entering via the coded locked gate. when we arrived Richard was working in the field and we were extremely warmly welcomed.
A great deal of investment and hard work has gone into creating this very pleasant new CL which offers a flat recently laid pitching area, electricity and even a plug in TV point ( although we found the reception within our van good enough with the standard antenna).
There are six pitches which allow for pitch rotation to presumably help reduce wear and tear.
A small shed is erected in the bottom of the field which houses toursit information, waste bins (recyclable, general and glass) and also offers fresh farm eggs at a very reasonable price. There are two water points (very good water pressure) and excellent waste water and Elson point.
When we stayed there was only one other unit on site but even when full there should be sufficient room to stop it feeling crowded.
The only very minor downside is the cattle grid at the end of the road, which can be heard in the mornings particularly when traffic is at it's busiest ( and that's not very busy and not really a great problem- it is the entrance to the New Forest after all).
Great walking area around the adjacent lakes , or for the more adventurous the Forest itself.
We walked across the forest to Linwood and also parked at Lydford and walked across to Burley, all off road.
Very dog friendly area with a fantastic pub about two miles away called Alice Lisle which allowed us to take our two Japanese Spitz'z into the pub to eat on a Friday night. excellent service, prices and the food was very good.
Fordingbriidge is the nearest Chip shop (Philpotts) which is OK but nothing special and tends to run out of fish early evening from our experience. there is a petrol station 1.6M towards Ringwood on the A338 which is the cheapest for fuel in the area and also has a Budgens supermarket for essentials.
We also visited The Shoot Inn (less than 3 miles across the forest ( a good walk but boggy on wet days, just turn left out the site and keep walking until you hit the fell and leave the track behind), which again is dog friendly, offers traditional pub food at reasonable prices with many meals being available in two sizes, ideal for children or those with a smaller appetite. It is a Fowlers pub, who brew a very acceptable IPA and the pub also has it's own micro brewery (nothing left unfortunately when we were there).
To summarise, very friendly CL, excellent walking and cycling areas very close to the less busy north Forest but only a couple of miles from Fordingbridge to the North and a little further to Ringwood to the south.
We will definitely be returning.
