Rated 4 of 5

Rated 4 of 5

Peace and tranquility

Rated 5 of 5

Access to local places of interest

Rated 4 of 5

Beauty of surroundings and scenery

Rated 5 of 5

Ease of arrival/welcome

Fantastic first CL experience!

This was our first ever CL experience, and what a way to start! Easy to get to, although we made the mistake of following the sat-nav which took us down a 6'6" width-restricted road - luckily we got through OK without meeting anything coming the other way - best to go in via Fordingbridge. The turn in to the site off of the road is a bit tight too. On arrival we were met by the warden who was expecting us and showed us to our pitch. All services were there - EHU, water, grey waste - we needed a hose extension for the water which was freely offered. The site is level, very well-maintained and although it is co-located with some cottage and hut options, you wouldn't know it as they are all scattered around the grounds. The facilities are fantastic - a centrally-heated building with a decent shower/toilet wet room and another toilet each for male and female. Laundry and a small information point also here, along with outdoors washup, chemical toilet and waste disposal. The pitches are very well-spaced and surrounded by laurel hedging, virtually level (I had to make a small divot in the gravel to level side-to-side) and very easy to manoeuvre into. Well-located for the New Forest and with local services easily reached. There is a Co-op with in-store bakery about 3/4 mile away, although the walk is along a slightly busy, narrow road with no pavement - however I cycled it every day with no issue. A fish and chip van goes here on a Wednesday and Friday night too. The dog-friendly pub is a few hundred metres further on. The road noise is evident sometimes but we easily filtered it out. There is a sports field next door which generated some noise from kids playing, but again nothing too late nor too bothering. The Dorset Heavy Horse Centre is a 10-minute drive away too - they even let us turn up with the caravan in tow as we went on the day we departed. Happy to recommend - they set a high bar for any other CLs we may use!
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