Crossways Club Campsite

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Lovely site but a few niggles

We stayed here last week for 4 nights. The site is lovely but is impaired by train horns and noise every hour. One one side is the train tacks and the other side of the site is a quarry. The road outside is very busy with lots of lorries going to and from the quarry. Lots of the pitches are in shade especially at this time of year, this meant that the awning got quite grubby as was always damp. The dog walk is lovely but is lead only, no off lead on site. The train station is a 5 min walk and a return to Weymouth was £7.50 return and free for doggo. This was great! The wardens were helpful and friendly. The facilities.are quite dated and the compost toilets are fine once you get used to a breeze…however be really careful you don’t drop anything as you would never want to see it again. All in all we enjoyed our stay but would only be back if we needed to do something that area. The Walled Garden in Moreton was lovely and free and dogs on lead welcome. There is a Coop within an easy flat walk.

Beekite

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Reviewed on 26/09/2021 15:53

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Great Site!

Our first time at Crossways, but what a fabulous site. The whole site team should be commended for their warmth and friendly welcome. They keep the site and facilities very clean and welcoming, we will be back again. Thank you .

Beaupazjaz

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 24/09/2021 12:57

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Great club site

Just returned from a 9 night stay. Beautiful site, great exploring location, clean and friendly. Only concern we had was other members not always adhering to the 5mph speed limit. Overall a great experience

brettshome

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 23/09/2021 17:37

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A tamed wilderness.

Such a wonderful site. My brother, my friend and I were attending this year's Tank Fest at the Tank Museum, only a few miles way and this site was the perfect location for our base. Access is easy even for larger vans (mine is 7.97 metres) and the reception area has a large open tarmac pad so arriving outfits do not block access for others already on site. Covid measures at reception are excellent and Graham and his partner are the perfect site managers. We were given a very warm welcome and the site services, amenities and pitch locations were explained to us clearly and backed up with clear written copies. The site is a wonderful mix of wild woodland interspersed with quiet bays for groups of outfits. Wildlife abounds and the deer think nothing of wandering close to the outfits but don't feed them! We took pitch 37, a very level and well kept pitch and at no time did we feel hemmed in or overlooked despite the other setups around us. There was a lot of space for my car, caravan and awning. Toilets, showers and water and waste point areas are spotless and odour-free. A Co-op is only 5 minutes walk directly along the road outside the site if the site shop doesn't have what you need. But perhaps the greatest advert for the quality of the people running the site was the assistance I received from Graham and his partner when I had the misfortune to lose my car keys and my car and caravan had to be uplifted from the site by Green Flag. They simply could not do enough for me and made me feel less stressed out in such an awful situation and I am eternally grateful to them for that. This site is 369 miles from me but I will return next year with my children when we come down for Tank Fest 2022 because the site and it's managers are worth every mile of the trip. See you next year.

Graeme Shaw

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Reviewed on 23/09/2021 12:35

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Great Location, a "get away from it all" peaceful site with quick transport links to the best and busiest locations in south Dorset.

The site write up is spot on. Additionally the site management are very welcoming and helpful. They are ever present around the site, very hard working and willing to talk and advise adding to the feeling of a secure environment (open woodland) as can be. There is lots of wildlife on site. This was a first outing, a two night stay to test our new equipment, we picked the perfect location. Peaceful, easy access with transport links to the busy locations of south Dorset.

IanH2

Reviewed on 28/08/2021 09:19

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Very quiet, peaceful and full of deer!

We had a great 3 night stay here to dust off the holiday cobwebs. Easy to access and the site is well laid out and although large it does not seem so as there are at least 5 different pitch areas within little pockets on the park. We had a nice open pitch within easy access of the necessary SP's etc. We walked off site to the railway and had an easy trip into Weymouth and Dorchester for the day. The site is riddled with Deer which are not hard to find and watch. Overall we had a great stay and have no complaints at all. Thank you

Mike and Cheryl

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Reviewed on 19/08/2021 20:28

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A superb site

We have just spent two weeks on this lovely site. We cycled all around the area and beyond. Close enough to the coast for some days by the sea and the fabulous Jurassic headlands. The site itself is clean and well managed and the wardens welcoming and helpful but to be honest they did so well we barely noticed them. I mean that in the nicest possible way! Great introduction to Dorset and we will be back.

pjbo

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Reviewed on 04/07/2021 16:38

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Woodland paradise

As new members, our first stay on a Club site. Crossways has set the bar high for other sites! How lovely to have small pockets for pitches amongst woodland, rather than regimented rows. A real back to nature experience with sightings of deer, squirrels and other wildlife, birdsong daytime and owls hooting at night. Very environmentally friendly site using dry compost toilets, surprisingly looked just like normal toilets, with no need to flush. Just a few minutes walk to the station for our trip to nearby Dorchester, an interesting town with lots of lovely architecture, river walk, pleasant park (excellent playground for children, though none with us this time!), museums, individual shops and good choice of coffee shops and restaurants /pubs. Local CoOp provided all our supplies at reasonable prices and was a 15 minute walk along the road. Even though we had torrential rain the first 24 hours, the 'grass' site was not waterlogged. Our stay wasn't long enough to take advantage of local walks, bike rides, eating in the nearby Frampton Arms (heard good reports from others about it), or take the train to Weymouth. Great place where you can go sightseeing using public transport, another environmentally friendly tick for the site!

ChrisChristine

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Reviewed on 24/06/2021 08:30

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Wonderful woodland site

We had a fabulous stay here in May. Big 'Thank you' to wardens Chris and Tom who sorted out our last minute booking and gave us a friendly welcome after a rather problematic journey. This is a lovely site and we would definitely make a return visit.

JMcK

Reviewed on 20/06/2021 16:21

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Gladed retreat

Stayed for seven nights at the beginning of June and had a lovely relaxing time amongst the beautifully landscaped and gladed areas on the site. The trains do have a proclivity to sound their horns but it's historically a safety feature as the crossing near the site is single barrier only, and yes, some people are that stupid to try and cross when the barriers are down, but it's not that onerous that it detracts from the fantastic setting you are in. Facilities were kept spick and span, staff were friendly and helpful and I did see a deer on site but sadly for me in one of the other locations as I was actually leaving the site to move on. Having said that, there are plenty of cheeky chappies to keep you amused in the shape of squirrels who finished my entire bag of peanuts for wild birds, and the crows who appear to happily give you a symphony of ca-caws upon tasting the buttered croissants from the bird table (what do you mean you don't buy croissants for the birds?!) as well as the usual array of robins, finches, blackbirds and sparrows to serenade your days if you stay on site. As one reviewer has already said the train station is ideally placed for trips to Weymouth and Dorchester (both worth a day out) and all in all the stay was very pleasant. Have already booked another three nights stay for later in the month as I criss-cross the southern coastline.

Terry323

Reviewed on 15/06/2021 21:24

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