Southland Club Campsite

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Fantastic, Peaceful Stay

Centrally located within the Isle of Wight, the site is within easy reach of everything the island has to offer. It is also just a simple and straightforward drive from the East Cowes car ferry, taking only approx. 25mins. The site has very well spaced apart pitches and is very peaceful. The Pointer Inn, Newchurch, which is just a 10min drive from the site is a must. It offers great food and has a very nice atmosphere. Highly recommended, but needs booking. However, you need to watch your caravan length on some pitches as those over approx. 7.5m may find issues. It's worth making sure when you arrive as to which ones are suitable, as driving around could be a pain. Also, I'm glad that we went while the school kids were back at school. I would imagine that it could be a bit loud otherwise. Would definitely go back an use again.

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Caravanner from Hertfordshire

Reviewed on 11/09/2024 15:31

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Nice site, Watch your van length

This is a large site but is laid out in several copses with hedgeing and no-mow areas. Its nice to look at but many pitches have restrictive lengths and my 7.5 metre long van had to pitch on a "7 metre pitch" with the hitchhead fouling the site road and a cone in front of it. I also had agressive birds and there was noise from the country lane behind the site at night, there are some houses on this lane and the residents don't care how loud they are! The facilities block was clean with plenty of hot water available. The wifi was poor and my mobile reception was also patchy on occasions. although my iphone and ipad would pick up the wifi and sign in, they often wouldn't be usable, however my old andriod phone with bt wifi app worked well and my laptop connected easily and worked well. My holiday was a combined ferry and site booking and the interaction with the ferry company was fine. Finally all the site staff I encountered were pleasant and they run a small shop on site which i and others found very useful. Overall verdict was that I enjoyed my stay and i would return to the site but I might book a hardstanding pitch because for the longer van they are better.

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Stephen O

Caravanner from Staffordshire

Reviewed on 15/08/2024 17:25

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Might be better off-season

Very friendly team running the site and kept spotlessly clean. But (and bear in mind this was August), I found the site noisy even for a family site. We’ve got kids and people need to enjoy their holidays, but music outside of vans well past 11pm, kids racing around on scooters until similar time (constantly round and around for hours every night!) but no management of it whatsoever. I’ve never experienced this level and scale of noise at a Caravan Club site before and I think it would make me look elsewhere next time I’m on the IOW, especially in high season.

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Reviewed on 07/08/2024 19:28

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Great Club Site

We had a lovely 4 night stay here for what was my first trip to the IoW. Staff were friendly and helpful, the site was well maintained and the facilities were clean and well appointed. Wi-Fi not good on hard standing pitches...had to head near reception to get online. Toilet and shower facilities were always clean and never busy...no queuing for loo or shower! We did see some queuing to do washing up but we just avoided the busy time and never had to wait. The only time I saw any part of the site which needed cleaning was the washing up area where other campers hadn't bothered to clean up after themselves, which seems to be the only situation in which people are not considerate of their fellow campers, which is a shame. We will definitely return to the island for another visit and will stay at Southland again for sure. Ferry booked via CAMC from Southampton rather than Portsmouth saving us over £100!!

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Reviewed on 24/07/2024 14:46

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Mixed Feelings

This was our first visit to the Isle of Wight. We knew that like most sites that we wouldn't be able to check in until after 12 noon and had registered for the "fast check in" which is being trialed at this site. We arrived at around 1130hrs and parked up. The site has a massive forecourt which was literally empty. We used the facilities as we'd had a long journey and had quick look at pitch availability. As we made our way back to our van at approximately 1145hrs we were confronted by a female staff member asking whether one of the now two vehicles on the forecourt was ours. We said yes and would she like us to move, expecting her to say no, to which she said yes as they were "expecting 20 arrivals" and couldn't have a queue out onto the road! She also asked the motorhome behind us to move and when told it was too big to turn around she replied that she would open the gates and he could turn around in the site!! Feeling a bit put out we travelled 5 mins down to the road to Goddard's brewery, had a quick look round, came back and then on the dot of 1201hrs we entered the site! The large van was still there so not sure whether he did move and there was one other car. We set up and then walked to the brewery passing reception where there was now NO ONE waiting to check in which remained the case for the 4 days we were there. Although 20 arrivals may have been anticipated (although I'm not sure this was accurate given the site was pretty full) the likelihood of them all arriving on the dot on 1200hrs is very small. We have been to other CAMC sites where we have arrived a few minutes early and have been allowed to wait and not effectively told to "get lost". We understand there are rules but we have never been made to feel so unwelcome at a CAMC site. As a result we didn't interact with any of the staff members for fear of breaching yet another rule (CAMC seem to love a rule) and incurring another telling off. No queue for showers (water was hot) or toilets but we had to queue on a couple of occasions for washing up facilities and the water was lukewarm. Location of the site is good if you want to explore via bus or as we did by bike on the Red Squirrel trail. If you plan to eat at the pub down the road then book in advance as inside tables are limited. We'd like to say we'd go back but given the shoddy "welcome" we probably won't which is a shame.

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Reviewed on 06/07/2024 15:44

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Fijne camping, maar jammer dat de wifi slecht was terwijl we de wifipaal konden zien

Vriendelijke ontvangst, zelf de plek kiezen, wij kozen een zonnige plek op gras en het sanitair was binnendoor bereikbaar via een pad. Grote mooie camping met een apart hardstanding gedeelte, maar op de wifi na, goede faciliteiten(tv niet van toepassing). Want hoewel we vlakbij een wifipaal stonden, was het een drama en dat anno 2024, jammer want je betaalt genoeg(veel).

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Reviewed on 05/07/2024 21:34

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Super Southland Site

This is our third year running staying at Southland. Checkin is brilliant - love the fast track facility and it’s great not having to handle find each time we go in and out. We requested a particular pitch - although we were told it couldn’t be guaranteed - it was lovely to see our request had been granted. Easy level walk to the facilities for someone with mobility issues - thank you so much to the site team. The site is ideally positioned to visit anywhere on the island - nothing is too far away. We particularly loved our coffee at Harvey Browns or Garlic Farm. Lunch was lovely at Quarr Abbey and we didn’t need to sit long in the hide to spot a red squirrel. We also ate at the Fighting Cocks which was around five mins drive away, the lifeboat at east Cowes, crab and lobster at Bembridge. Osborne house and Carrisbrooke Castle are must visits for us. Our two dogs love the beaches at Apply, Yaverland, and St Helens. We will definitely be back for our fourth visit next year.

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caroladams07

Reviewed on 03/07/2024 19:43

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Our first visit and will definitely return!

This was our first visit to the Isle of Wight and we weren’t disappointed - the site was in a good location for exploring the whole island. An immaculately kept site - beautifully maintained with spotless facilities, and a team of very friendly and helpful staff. We decided to extend our stay and the staff very helpfully held a pitch for us over a weekend, until we could change our ferry crossing once the booking office was open on the Monday morning. We will definitely be returning ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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DaveNC

Reviewed on 23/06/2024 16:54

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Well run site with good facilities

After all the rain this year we were concerned to be on a grass pitch but this proved not to be an issue and all credit to the maintenance team who have obviously been working very hard. The site is excellent quality with good facilities. A minor point, but it was good to be able to have a shower without having to keep pressing a start button. Cleaning standards are very high both in the shower block and in the washing up area. The road network on the Isle of Wight did prove to be a challenge for us even with a relatively short 7M motorhome and we did envy the caravanners who were able to go off in their vehicles. We ended up hiring a car to have more flexibility as there lots of places we wanted to visit. In addition to the better known sights we found that lunch at the garlic farm was an interesting experience. So message to self - do more research before visiting somewhere new as I now understand that we could have made better use of public transport even with our dog who was allowed to travel on the buses. The difficulty in getting around is the only reason I didn't say we would certainly visit again. Thank you to the team running the site.

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GillianPW

Reviewed on 31/05/2024 15:57

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Everything you need and fast track entry,, bonus

Location perfect for getting around the isle. Use the customer service contact number and they managed a fast better deal with crossing and stay than I could find on line. The isle is great everything is your active, cycling, walking, water sports. Local attractions available to accommodate all from national trust windmills to designated cycle routes to a zoo. Not forgetting the dinosaur experience at the needles. Will go back again at some stage, still so much to see. Great visit

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Motorhomer from North Humberside

Reviewed on 28/03/2024 13:32

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