Beautiful location
Set in 36 acres. Extremely peaceful. Wild dear roaming. Sun shining what more can you want
Crossways Club Campsite
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welcome new wardens
welcome to the new wardens to crossways hope you enjoy the woodland site you have made a good job of the site in the short time you have been there well done youve allready had a meeting with dolly and the other deers they won't leave you alone all the best for the season
Moonlighting 1
Reviewed on 24/03/2019 19:02
Great holiday
Just returned from a 1 week break at Crossways. Lovely site with pitches amongst the trees. Great dog walk on site. Site is very dark at night, so a torch is essential. Only problem we had was that we weren't fans of the composting toilets and that the toilets and showers were in separate blocks. The individual shower cubicles were also very small. Nice pub within walking distance and Co-Op nearby. Lots to do in the local area, great walking with the dogs with many beaches dog friendly. Durdle door and Lulworth Cove worth a visit as is Maiden Castle.
A gem of a site
I stayed here for one night having booked a last minute escape. I was very warmly greeted by Elaine who not only suggested a pitch for me but gave me lots of information on places to visit during my brief stay. She is a credit to the Club and I cant wait to revisit and discover more that the local area offers. During my stay I was thrilled to be up close and personal with three deer who visited my pitch - this Crossways site is quite magical.
Very Good Site
Been here twice this year, Very quiet and pleasant and tidy site with a good layout, wardens very polite and helpful, nothing to much trouble. no play area for children so obviously not what you would class as a family site for young children, although when I was that age I would have loved it here with copses and tall trees for walking and wildlife, on site and local.The layout of the site is good with some small groups of pitches in copses and some along the side, most are grass pitches but there is a hard standing gravel/stone area with, I think, six pitches, you can choose your own pitch from anywhere on site. Bring a TV aerial cable with you as there is a aerial hook up with each pitch and you may need a 25 metre mains hook-up cable. Mobile phone reception is nonexistent in most of the site (ee) though I guess it could depend on your supplier. The site is very close to a railway station and a pub with good food, you can take you canine family members into the public bar. Bus service in village half a mile down the road. showers and toilets are very good and of course cleaned daily.
All in all, a friendly peaceful grown up site that we will be visiting again.
Ideal for nature lovers
Well located site in the area between Dorchester, Weymouth and Wareham (all accessible via the convenient railway station, plus the line also goes to Bournemouth, Poole, Southampton, Winchester and London Waterloo) Luckily we were not pitched too close to the railway, which could have been annoying with regular toots from the train as it approached/left the adjacent station.
There is a pub next door which was so busy that we could not dine there, but the food looked nice (discount weekdays for Club members) A small shop was about 10/15 minutes walk along the main road.
We are a retired couple so cannot comment on the suitability for family groups, although attention would need to be paid to children using the composting toilets. There was not much lighting after dark so a torch is needed if you are not right next to a sanitary block.
This is the first Club site we have visited with resident deer! They were very tame.
Many thanks to the wardens, who helped us restore electricity after our fuse blew.
We will be coming back to this site again.
Alimac9
Reviewed on 18/09/2018 08:07
Enjoyable stay
I stayed for two nights on this site, on my way to Cornwall. An excellent choice. Friendly wardens and the site was very clean, tidy and well kept. I liked the fact that the wardens obviously care for the local wildlife as the deer are fed, particularly in the winter - and I saw wardens doing the rounds with bird food for various feeders. I have two dogs and found the dog walk excellent and quite a good walk - often the dog walk area is an after-thought. I particularly liked the compostible toilets - very eco-friendly, clean and no smell! A lovely site within a woodland setting - and very central to visit various places of interest. I would visit again.
DTB030958
Reviewed on 08/09/2018 07:18
Superb location, but not likely to come back.
The pitches vary in ambience; some are tucked away under trees and some are in open sunny glades. Some areas have several pitches in a group and some are more isolated and offer greater privacy. Most pitches seem to be adequate in size and there is no feeling of crowding as the different areas are screened from each other by woodland. Some pitches are a lot closer to the road and railway, but where we were the noise from the level crossing barriers was barely audible. It was great not having an allocated place and we followed the suggestion of the friendly & helpful site staff to drive round the whole area before deciding on a pitch. We found a lovely spot with woodland views from nearly every window, which was delightful. There are plenty of service points for grey and black waste, recycling and fresh water.
The reasons we will not be returning is that the toilet and shower blocks (which are in different locations) are separated for quite a distance; from the downloadable map they looked a lot closer. Although we were quite close to the toilets, there was no footpath so had to walk 4 times the distance along the road to reach them. The signage for pedestrians walking opposite to the one-way system is non-existent and walking under the trees on a cloudy moonless night it is very dark. As much of the site is not lit it's easy to miss a turn and get lost, even with a torch. More pedestrian signs and maybe some sort of reflective strip at junctions would help. Also there are no signs indicating the way to the nearest alternative facilities when the blocks are closed for cleaning.
Although the compostable toilets are a great idea and I am all for endorsing this environmentally positive step, I was immediately struck at how potentially dangerous they could be if a child fell in, as the hole is very deep and looked next to impossible to climb out again without help. I would not recommend this site for families with children.
underwhelmed after reading excellent reviews
I booked this site as the reviews seemed great. Despite the staff being lovely and the site clean & well kept, I just didn’t like it here, though reading the reviews I must be in the minority!
I have no particular complaints but the fact that it’s wooded was not a plus for me, it felt like being in a cave on our pitch, we had lights on all day.
It’s a similar site to Coniston Park Coppice or Borrowdale in the Lakes, being in the woods. However it’s slightly different at Crossways because many of the trees are on mounds so unless your in one of the small glades it does feel very dark as it’s not just the height of the trees, you’ve got several more metres of earth or rock.
My kids aged 4 & 8 were very bored, and because it’s such a large site with lots of lanes they couldn’t have the freedom they normally have. There’s no playground.
Dry composting toilets were ok, it’s a normal toilet apart from the several foot tunnel for everything to go down.
Only specific complaint is the train station down the road-from 6am I could hear the beeps from the rail crossing barriers coming down and it was quite frequent.
Good location for days out though and shops and pub.
Did see deers and that was cool for the children to see.
LOVELY WOODLAND SITE, RECOMMENDED
This is a lovely site beautifully laid out with grass and hardstandings. Excellent dog walk on site. Mhome service point has only one drain on the nearside, Offside unloaders have to turn around. Also it is near the exit on a one-way system so you have to go out and back in to the site. Who thought that was a god idea, HQ? Daft.
This is not a good site for walkers because there are very few footpaths anywhere near the site. OK if you don't mind driving to a walk but walking off the site is not so good. Wherever you go you have to walk out on to a busy road. Even going to the pub means crossing the busy road twice!
Walk to Moreton to the tea-shop and the church, mainly along country roads is worth the walk,.
Mobile phone reception is poor to non-existent. Only a wifi Hotspot near reception.
However knowing the limitations we will be back.
(Only gave family review one start because we have no family so cannot really comment).
