Southland Club Campsite

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An excellent well maintained site

This is an excellent site that resembles well kept parkland.  Pitches are generally level and there is plenty of room around them.  All facilities are clean and in good working order.  Only grumble is that the water flow in the showers is a bit miserly. We were very surprised by the number of unoccupied pitches during Spring Bank Holiday week.  In fact there were vast areas of grass pitches unoccupied.  I think that this is due to the cost of a ferry to the Island.  Always ring the club for a Ferry and Site deal as booking direct with a Ferry company is much more expensive. The site location is quiet and peaceful but perhaps a bit isolated although there is a popular pub within walking distance. There is a bus stop outside the site but the bus service is pretty useless and there are a lot of very narrow roads on the Isle of Wight; not ideal for Motorhomes!

AdrianP

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 05/06/2016 18:14

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Great all round site!

Our first & definitely not our last visit. A truly lovely site with perfectly groomed high hedging for most pitches. A dog walk that has been thoughtfully made. Great washroom facilities & a really good Childrens play area. The site is immaculately kept by the wardens, who must spend more than their working hours to keep it in this fantastic condition. I dealt with Janet, one of the wardens, who was the most helpful & knowledgeable warden I have ever come across. I have absolutely, no bad criticism of this wonderfully managed & kept site. I am so glad that we have been here & look forward to our next visit! Thank you Janet!

1NfIdEl

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 01/06/2016 21:26

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Best Site we have visited

We took advantage of the club booking our ferry and site which was an amazing price for a 10 day holiday. We travelled Red Funnel Southampton to Cowes with our 2 year old golden retriever who loved the experience of the ferry and good to have a lovely doggy lounge to sit in if the weather was against you sitting outside.  We arrived a little early at the site but it wasn't a problem to them.  Our pitch No. 72 was amazing but so were most of the other pitches.  Facilities were spotless, lovely hot showers, and the site was a credit to the wardens. It was our first time on I.O.W but will not be our last and we will definitely book Southlands when we return. Thank you all 

enidjones

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Reviewed on 29/05/2016 15:10

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We will be back!!

Our second visit to Southlands and it will not be our last.  Very friendly and helpful wardens, toilets, showers and wash up to the usual excellent Caravan Club standard.  We took advantage of the Caravan Clubs discounted rate for ferry Whitelink from Lymington to Yarmouth.  As motorhomers and previously visited the site we decided this time to hire a car from Enterprise via the Caravan Club website.  They collected us from the site at the time arranged took us to Newport to complete the admin side of the hire and when we delivered the car back they paid for a taxi to bring us back to the site.  Excellent service and one we would recommend to motorhomers as some of the roads on the Island are very narrow.  Alternatively you can use the excellent island bus service which is about 20 mins walk away outside Amazon World.  A visit to the Garlic Farm which is about 45 mins steady walk from Southlands is a must for garlic lovers.  You can sample all their produce before you buy.  Recommend the Toasted Garlic Mayonnaise!!  Excellent food also available in the restaurant - all garlic inspired of course!!  We did not visit but many people on the site recommended The Pointer Inn in the village - again within walking distance, but they get very busy so booking is recommended.  We will definitely be back to Southlands!!!

ECS

Reviewed on 27/05/2016 19:18

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Amaing site

Stayed on this site for the second time in may ....and love it ...lovely welcome , The cleanest site ever ..breath taking views , great for families and safe for children , lovely play area and also dog walk,the showers blocks are the best ,no its not on top of everything but we cant have it all ...please give this peaceful ,magic ,site a try , The guys there put in so much work its an absolute pleasure .... I never want to leave , and we will be returning again ....

MedwayCamper123

Reviewed on 14/05/2016 17:56

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Excellent site

Stayed here in May 2016 for four days in our motorhome, just the two of us. We took advantage of the combined offer with the Lymington-Yarmouth ferry. Spacious, well-kept site, very helpful staff. All facilities well maintained. Very tranquil. Noticeably good offering of local information which can be lacking from some sites: bus timetables, maps of where you can park motorhomes on the island (very often a challenge if you use your motorhome to tour locally). Not that we used ours - we hired a car from Enterprise on the island (discounted via Caravan Club, and free pick-up and return to the site), which was a wise decision. The roads are narrow.   Just one criticism - didn't know you had to twist the electric socket after connecting the lead in order to access the mains supply. Tested all the relays on the motorhome before a helpful passer-by told me what to do! Excellent site, recommend it.

Moosburger

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 12/05/2016 22:02

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Very spacious site

Stayed here with friends for four nights in April, site easy to find and a friendly welcome. Chose hard standings as it had been very wet and we had had problems at a previous site, pitches were large and well spaced, facilities excellent as you would expect. The site is very large and the grass pitches are surrounded by very tall conifer hedges which offer wind protection and shade depending on where you pitch The local pub is very good and very friendly though the walk to and from is a bit fraught as the road appears to be rat run for the locals. Enjoyed our stay here, did not think much of Sandown but Cowes including Osborne House was very interesting and the Needles once you got past the commercial bit was beautiful and well worth the walk from the Car park, which by the way is free if you can show a National Trust card. We used the Yarmouth Lymington ferry, not cheap but very quick and you avoid Southampton etc.

willtrundle

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Reviewed on 08/05/2016 14:55

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A quiet peaceful site

This site is immaculate. Very peaceful at this time of year. We used the club to book our ferry from Lymington and the total came to £134 for our motor home for 4 nights, even cheaper than advertised. We managed to get around by bus ok, although there would be a lot more choice of buses during the high season. 

Jane and Paul

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Reviewed on 29/04/2016 13:03

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Review from solo motorhomer with dogs

As a single woman driving a motorhome, my concerns are usually a) Security and b) bus routes/ accessibility and c) Dog Walks As regards Security, the location is quiet as stated in all the previous reviews. It is very very very meticulously cared for. I have never seen so many staff cutting grass, cutting hedges, driving the plant and mowers, tinkering with tools, and generally walking around, even to getting down on knees and picking up pieces of gravel off the grass and onto the hardstanding. Above and beyond the call of duty! As an owner of a motorhome I have to rely on buses or other public transport systems in the area to get around. There is a bus stop directly outside the site, but this bus only runs 4 days a week, and only 2 buses a day go into Shanklin and only 2 buses come back. The other bus which is a bit more useful the No 8, runs hourly and goes up to Ryde and Newport, can only be caught after a perilous walk down a bendy country road without any side walks. I had to be acutely aware of listening for oncoming traffic and making sure nothing was coming in the other direction around the bend. Having said this, I did safely negotiate this twice a day every day I was there. The Island really only caters for families and children (in my opinion) if I was a 10 year old I would be in my element. Unfortunately I am a middle aged woman! The site was too far away for me to get to Osbourne House and back in one day. The Island buses take an hour and a half to go to Ryde, only about 8 miles away, as they go around the numerous housing estates. So to get to Newport, change buses and get up to Osbourne House with time to go around the house and do it justice was not practicable. If I had wanted Dino World or Amazon World or Crazy golf, or Treasure Island amusements, I would have been very happy. Having said the bus journeys were long it did provide lovely views of the Island, without having to drive. As regards Dog Walks, there was a very well maintained (obviously) walk between the hedges and fields of neighbouring stables. It took about 5 minutes. There is however a much better walk via the small gate at the north end of the site, it takes you down a bridle path, over a river and onto a brilliant cycle path. A wonderful walk full of adventure and different views. So my review is very specific and relevant to my needs. If you are a family, with a caravan absolutely brilliant...a lovely play ground for youngsters and lovely nature walk for them as well, on a Island packed with adventures.

theskylark

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 27/04/2016 10:58

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Cannot fault it

Once again cannot fault this site, it is beautifully maintained, spotlessly clean with the best wardens that I have ever met on any site either in or outside of the network. The dog walking is superb with walks in lots of different directions and the area is so peaceful and tranquil. We live on the Isle of Wight but just staying for a short weekend completely recharges our batteries. Take advantage of any ferry offers and come and stay it will be worth it.

Loopym

Reviewed on 25/04/2016 13:46

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