We have just returned from five nights at Black Knowl. We love the New Forest and were looking forward to trying this site for the first time, one of the attractions was the proximity to Brockenhurst and the all new facilities. So far so good, we understand that the approach road was very bad, the immediate approach from Ober corner has been tarmacked and is as smooth as silk. The rest of the road is still pretty bad, one pothole in particular is a monster and difficult to avoid. If you are a motorhomer who goes out every day in your van then this would become a bit of a trial I would imagine. The new facilities are, as might be expected, very clean, modern and in a very attractive building. Nevertheless, there seems to be a mismatch in the proportion of showers to washbasin cubicles, and I did have to queue one morning, one shower cubicle was out of order the whole week, although I understand this is due to be sorted out in the next few days. The water from the taps on hand basins is a mere dribble, not good. As another reviewer commented the toilet seats are of poor quality and poorly fitted. On a positive note there is a code for the toilet block which is a great idea and might discourage children causing problems in the toilets. Our main complaint was the sheer number of dogs on the site. I know that any mention of dogs immediately becomes a sensitive topic, I don't have a dog but have nothing against them per se. However, the sheer number made us feel that this was a site exclusively for dog owners, within four units of us there were a total of 10 dogs, including yapping puppies. Whilst I am sure all the owners would claim they are responsible owners, it was clear to see that some of them certainly were not. There was a bag of poo on the ground just by the pedestrian gate just a few steps from a dog bin! Why?!!! Owners are requested to exercise their dogs off site, this gives rise to the early morning sneaky poopers, I watched a man at 6.30a.m. letting his dogs do their business in the roadway and quickly scooping it up hoping nobody had spotted him. The service pitches are generous and ours was pretty level. I don't understand why the wardens insist that motorhomes park to the peg as for a caravan since there is no car to accommodate. All in all it is a very pleasant site in a very convenient location, with all the new facilities to be paid for it is definitely not cheap, but with no commercial sites to provide any competition there is very limited choice if you want to be in the heart of the forest with all the amenities. Would we go there again, probably not, but if you are a dog owner then you couldn't ask for anything more - it's doggie heaven!