It was good to be back at Black Knowl after 5 years away. Excellent location and stunning campsite, right in the middle of the New Forest. Friendly welcome and quick check in. We only had a choice of 6 pitches but found one we were very happy with. Large hardstanding close to the facilities. Facilities block always 5* clean with everything you could need, including washing up room and laundry, etc. Water and bin points close by and essentials in the small on site shop. Loads of walking and biking routes directly from the site. We biked into Brockenhurst and then down the Rhinefield Drive and the following day biked into Burley and back. Quiet'ish roads or tracks available if you want to be off-road. The walk into Brockenhurst took us about half an hour. Pubs, restaurants, tea rooms, Tesco and Co-op, etc., etc., in the village. Food waggons visit the site most nights (not every night now it's out of season). We tried the Hungry Hog (Thursday night) - very good, even though they ran out of pulled pork and onions very early! Still delicious dirty fries. We also did the New Forest Tour (open top bus from Brockenhurst railway station - seasonal). £19.50 each and well worth it. We only managed to do 2 of the routes but still very good value. Hop on, hop off, as we did in Lyndhurst and Lymington. Weather was kind and everything about our stay was top notch......apart from a gripe of ours, lazy campers wandering across your pitch because they can't be bothered to walk around!!