Easter Stay
Stayed for 8 nights at Easter 2016, one of the best Caravan Club sites we have stayed on. Storm Katie arrived on our last night with winds of over 100mph recorded on the island good job the awning was down.
Southland Club Campsite
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Best of the Best
I know the ferry cost can put people of visiting the Isle of Wight, however if you are careful and time it right, you can get a crossing for under £100 or take advantage of the offers the club provide. This site is worth the extra expense it is brilliant. The facilities are spotless, the wardens are brilliant and the site itself is beautifully run, well organised and is the best site we have ever stayed on. It is less than 10 minutes to the local cycle network - 20 minutes on foot and then its traffic free cycling or walking. We will be back.....
Loopym
Reviewed on 01/04/2016 11:53
Above and beyond
Living on the island we regularly stay at Southlands and it never disappoints. As the weather looked promising we booked to stay for the last weekend of the season with our friends. As always the site was spotless and the wardens as friendly as ever, even though they were working non stop preparing the site for the winter. On the Saturday we set off for a cycle ride with our friends along the Bembridge Trail which was a mistake as it was extremely muddy! So we quickly detoured back to the cycle track and onto Sandown. When we returned to Southlands Campsite the wardens were busy cleaning by the garage. They offered to hose down the bikes with the pressure washer and proceeded to clean all four bikes with such a sense of humour. It made our day! A perfect end to a great season in the motorhome. Thank you to the brilliant wardens at Southlands!
Maddisonsquare
Reviewed on 02/11/2015 11:01
October offer
This was our first time on the IoW. We found the site very well cared for and peaceful at this time of year. The location was good and wardens very pleasant and helpful. Plenty of places to visit (loved Osborn House) and things to do.
First Time
Our first visit to the I.O.W. and we really enjoyed it. The ferry /4 nt package was good value and the site was really pleasant, well kept and quiet 2nd wk in Oct. using hardstanding only.The site is surprisingly large but hedged not sure how busy it gets in school hols.
Really easy to see a lot in this time . Shanklin,Sandown, The Garlic Farm, Osborne House (one of the best English Heritage sites we have visited),a great food pub The Pointer in Newchurch..need to book to eat! The visitor centre at The Needles is a bit tacky but area itself worth a visit. All in all very enjoyable.
Hearica
Reviewed on 23/10/2015 11:41
October stay
Lovely site very tranquil at this time of year good location and wardens very helpful loved the Isle of Wight so will return thanks for a great 4 days.
best site so far
we had 9 days on the site.it is clean tidy we could not fault the site plenty of info on site so car hire was easy best site so far..10/10
Short break on the Island
We arrived to bright sunshine after a perfect crossing with Wightlink Lymington to Yarmouth. The driving time was only around 1/2 hour so we arrived around 11:25 and waited for reception to open at 12:00 . The hard standing pitches were reserved for motor homes as the grass ones had been rather wet from the preceding days rain . A lot of the grass pitches were partitioned off due to erosion they had been re seeded which the local pidgeons loved. The staff were on the whole friendly and helpful and the toilet and shower block spotless . The dog walk was handy for morning and evening walks for our dog. The site is on the eastern end of the Island which tends to be more built up than the western end. Close by are the Garlic farm god but rather pricey and the house of Chilli which has some interesting products for any chili lover . There are few farm shops reasonably close to site selling local produce. Places we visited in our 4 days including the Garlic farm and house of chilli were the old windmill at Bembridge (NT) ,the steam railway , Ventnor town, Godshill , Needles old battery (NT) Sandown Ryde, Carisbrooke castle and the beech along the Military road which allows dogs . Also the car park above Blackgang is good to walk over to the cliffs and enjoy the views. Didn't try the pubs so cannot comment . Southlands is a great site in a good location. We pitched in the grass area away from the hedge and there was some traffic noise from the side road at night but not to excessive . We realy enjoyed our stay on the Island and intend to return soon to Southlands.
Reserving Pitches
I agree with TheDerbyshireArtist The site is lovely and well looked after. However when we arrived we were told there were not any hard standings available however we managed to find one that backed on to the service point.The pitch was ok but we didn't like it because our door was facing the door of adjacent caravan. There were two or three pitches that had pitch in use on them we were told these were for large camper vans that were arriving on a late ferry.This was not the case at 8.30 a small caravan arrived and was allocated one of the pitches.The others remained empty until next morning a caravan moved from a service pitch. This didn't seem fair as we would have been happier on one of these pitches
dossett
Reviewed on 27/09/2015 20:09