Great Staff, good site, okay facilities
Outfit: Swift Sprite Freedom 6 caravan with Awning. 2 Adults (debatable), a precocious 4 year old boy and grumpy 12 year old Springer Spaniel.
Our visit was a weekend run out to test everything and just get away locally.
The site is a big open tree lined split site with controlled access and a Warden and Assistant Warden on both levels of the site. The reception and shop and the info hut are on the upper site and ablutions and waster on both levels. It is in a great location for access to Winchester with bus links and great roads. It’s set in a lovely area with great walks in trust and open land. Good access to lots of attractions and the science centre is just across the road. Which does have a fair amount of traffic and you will hear the road noise. Could be distracting for some.
Side note: we booked unaware that ‘BoomTown’ Festival was on that weekend. There was some noise spill and a lot of extra traffic, visitors and police presence on the main road. It didn’t detract from our stay and didn’t impact hugely.
The site is intimate on both levels and the pitches are spaced well mostly level and serviced with electric. The staff are exceptionally friendly, approachable and knowledgeable.
The ablutions were clean although basic and dated in appearance. They were cleaned regularly but could do with modernisation as has been mentioned previously. We were expecting poor standards; They weren’t, they are just old block but perfectly functional. It might just depend on what you have experienced before and prepared for.
There is a good dog walking area with bins to let dogs run off the lead. Other facilities are basic with some nice touches for free fruit, herbs and veg at the shop and there is no other children’s facilities, play are etc. Not a deal breaker and good not to concentrate the noise but maybe a little trim trail around the perimeter might be a nice touch.
Overall. A lovely basic little site, lovely peaceful atmosphere with great friendly attentive staff.
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