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Camping
in the New Forest
Forestry Commission have several
campsites in the New Forest but the ones shown here; Ashurst,
Hollands Wood, Holmsley & Roundhill are campsites
with showers and toilets (Ocknell
just has toilets). Privately run New Forest campsites vary
considerably in the facilities they offer, see the comments
below. |
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| Acres
Down Farm Campsite |
Tel:
023 80 813693 | Map | Website | Email
Acres Down Farm, near Minstead,
Lyndhurst, SO43 7GE |
• Open
all year
• 2
toilets, washbasin and 2 showers
• No
campfires permitted
• Breakfast available
in farmhouse
• Dogs welcome if kept
on a lead  |
| Lovely
woodland countryside and very quiet country lanes. The
campsite is in a field next to the farmhouse (the toilet
block was of a basic standard when last checked). Minstead
village is 1 mile away. |
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| Ashurst
Caravan & Camping Site |
Tel:
0845 130 8224 | Map | Website
Ashurst Caravan Park and Camping Site, Lyndhurst Road,
Ashurst, SO40 7AR |
• Open
April to September
• Forestry Commission
site
• 280
pitches - tents/caravans
• Toilets
and showers 
• Launderette
• Dog-free
site
• Bike
hire
• Ranger
activities |
| Lovely
woodland countryside, very quiet country lanes and a
very large roomy campsite with good facilities. Short
walk to Ashurst Railway Station (Weymouth to Waterloo
line) and the shops. |
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| Green
Pastures Farm |
Tel:
023 8081 4444 | Map | Website | Email
Green Pastures Farm, Ower, Romsey, SO51 6AJ |
• Open
March to October
• Modern
toilets and showers facilities
• Dishwashing
area
• Washing
machine/dryer
• Small
shop/camping
gaz available
• Plenty
of space for children to play
• Dogs welcome
if kept on a lead
• Daytime
kennels are also available |
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| Heathfield
Farm Campsite |
Tel:
01983 407822 | Map | Website | Email
Heathfield Farm Camping, Heathfield
Road, Freshwater, Isle of Wight PO40 9SH |
• Open
May to September
• 60 spacious pitches -
tents/caravans
• Modern
toilets and showers facilities
• Dishwashing
area
• Washing
machine/tumble dryer
• Freezer
packs/camping gaz available
• Playing
field ideal for ball games
• David
Bellamy Conservation Award - Gold
• Dogs welcome |
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site is pleasantly situated and is dedicated to camping
(as opposed to caravans). The staff member was helpful
and friendly, the site looks well run, the toilet block
was immaculately clean and the utilites block was light
and airy. Yarmouth 2 miles. |
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| Grange
Farm Campsite |
Tel:01983
740296 | Map | Website | Email
Grange Farm, Grange Chine, Brighstone
Bay, IOW, PO30 4DA |
• Open
May to November
• Shower block with wash
basins and toilets
• Washing
machine and tumble driers
• Ironing
facilities
• Dishwashing
and laundry sinks
• Play
ground
• A
wide variety of unusual animals on site
• Dogs welcome if kept
under control |
A
small, family run working farm, with many unusual animals
including: llamas, kune-kune pigs, goats, pony, horse,
water buffalos, donkey and poultry. The campsite overlooks
the sea and there is easy access to their own sandy beach
just below. The site has good facilities and looks well
run, they also have 4 cottages and 12 static caravans.
The coastline along here is beautiful and unspoilt with
some of the best coastal walks in the country; a wide range
of fossils has
been found along this coastline. Above the campsite are
some more magnificent walks along the Downs. One of the
best sandy beaches on the Isle of Wight; Compton
Bay is close by. Freshwater
7 miles. |
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| Hollands
Wood Campsite |
Tel:
01590 622967 | Map | Website
Bookings: 0845 130 8224
Hollands Wood Caravan Park and Campsite, Lyndhurst Road,
Brockenhurst, SO42 7QH |
• Open
April to September
• Forestry Commission
site
• 600
pitches - tents/caravans
• Toilets, showers & razor sockets
• Baby
changing facilities
• Launderette
• Dishwashing facilities
• Dog
shower
• Bike
hire
• Ranger
activities
• David
Bellamy Conservation Award - Gold
• Dogs welcome |
| The
campsite looks well run and popular, set in a woodland
glade and next to Open Forest, although fairly close
to the main A337. It is within walking distance to Brockenhurst
and across the road to New Park were the New Forest show
is held. |
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| Holmsley Campsite |
Tel:
01425 674502 | Map | Website
Bookings: 0845 130 8224
Holmsley Caravan Park and Campsite, Forest Road, Thorney
Hill, Bransgore, Christchurch, BH23 7EQ |
• Open
April - October
• Forestry Commission
site
• 600
pitches to tents/caravans
• Fully
equipped pre-pitched tents available
• Toilets, showers & razor sockets
• Baby
changing facilities
• Launderette
• Battery charging facility
• Gas cylinders
• Shop
• Children’s
play area
• Bike
hire
• Ranger
activities
• David
Bellamy Conservation Award - Gold
• Dogs
welcome |
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large site with many facilities but I had a sense of
being overcrowded, if you're looking for peace and quiet
this site may not be for you. The site fairly close to
several sandy beaches; Highcliffe
beach being the nearest (4
miles), Avon
Beach (5 miles) and Southbourne
beach 7 miles, which has
a blue flag award. Three Toilet Blocks when I visited
were spotlessly clean. |
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| Long
Meadow Campsite |
Tel:
01590 622489 | Map | Website | Email
Long Meadow Campsite, New Park,
Brockenhurst, SO42 7QH |
• Open
April to October
• 100
pitches
• Toilets
and showers
• Set
in 18 acres of grassland
• 15
electrical hook ups
• Dogs
welcome |
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campsite is run by the same people that run the New Forest
Show and sited in a large grassy field, next to the Open
Forest. This is an excellent location, quiet, ideal for
families, plenty of room for children to play and the
river and Open Forest at the end of the field. Brockenhurst
village is about a 20 minute walk. If you can, take bikes,
there are plenty of trails leading from the field. The
Toilet Blocks were spotlessly clean when visited. |
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CAMPING
THINGS
Airbed & pump
Blanket
Chairs (fold up)
Ground sheet
Pillows
Sleeping bag
Tent, spare tent pegs, peg puller & mallet
Torches, lamp & spare batteries
Washing line & pegs
Bags - bin bags, carrier bags
Binoculars
Books
Boxes
Camera
Chewing gum
Compass
Duct tape (for the odd repair)
Earplugs
Elastic bands
Flag
Games (in a bag)
Glasses (reading)
Haversack
Maps
Mobile phone & charger
Money and cash card
Padlocks
Pen, pencil & paper
Pocket-knife
Radio
String
Sunglasses
Umbrellas
Whistle
MEDICAL
Bandages
E45
Lip balm
Medication tablets/creams/drops
Plasters
Vaseline
Sun cream
Safety pins
Anything left of the list?
Please sent us an email |
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| New
Forest Water Park Campsite |
Tel:
01425 656868 | Map | Website | Email
New Forest Water Park, Ringwood
Road, Fordingbridge, SP6 2EY |
• Open
April to September
• Toilets and showers
• Camping
by the lake
• Set
in 50 acres of countryside
• Dog-free
site
• Inflatable
banana and tyre rides
• Strictly
no noise policy after 11pm |
| Set
in the grounds of the Water
Park. The shower and toilet
facilities are in the clubhouse which is open from 9am
until around 9pm. Outside this time there is an overnight
portaloo. |
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| Lytton Lawn Campsite |
Tel:
01590 643339 | Map | Website
Lytton Lawn Touring Park, Lymore
Lane, Milford on Sea, SO41 0TX |
• Open
November to February
• Modern toilets and
showers
• Marked
serviced pitches
• Dishwashing
area
• Launderette
• Shop
and off licence
• Children’s
play area
• Games
room
• More
leisure facilities nearby
• Eurostyle
Tents available to hire with electricity
• Large
field set aside for ball games
• Dogs
welcome |
Beautifully
laid out campsite and well kept, an excellent shop and
two people at the information counter who were very helpful.
The Toilet Block was in excellent condition, equipment
looked new and there were two people cleaning whilst
I was there.
The site is within walking distance of the pleasant village
of Milford-on-Sea and about 1 mile from the beach |
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| Ocknell Campsite |
Tel:
02380 812740 | Map | Website
Bookings: 0845 130 8224
Ocknell and Longbeech Caravan Park and Camping Sites,
Fritham, SO43 7HH |
• Open
April to September
• Forestry Commission
site
• 480
pitches - tents/caravans
• Toilets
and washbasins (no showers)
• Electric razor sockets
• David Bellamy Conservation
Award - Silver
• Dogs welcome |
| The
campsite is on heathland, spacious with wide roadways
which seem popular with young children on their cycles.
The Toilet Block looks modern and well looked after.
Lyndhurst 4 miles. |
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| Pondhead
Farm Campsite |
Tel:02380 282003 | Map | Website
Pondhead Farm, Beaulieu Rd, Lyndhurst,
SO43 7FZ |
• Open
July & August, weekends only
• Farm shop
• Toilets - with washing facilities |
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small family run working farm with pigs and cattle. The
campsite is small, tranquil and set in beautiful countryside. There is a portable toilet block with 2 toilets and 2 sinks with hot and cold water. Lyndhurst 1 mile. Only open on weekends (Friday and Saturday nights) |
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| Roundhill Camping
Site |
Tel:
01590 624344 | Map | Website
Bookings: 0845 130 8224
Roundhill Caravan Park and Campsite, Beaulieu Road, Brockenhurst,
SO42 7QL |
• Open
April to September
• Forestry Commission
site
• 500
pitches - tents/caravans
• Toilets, showers & razor sockets
• Dishwashing facilities
• Fully
equipped pre-pitched tents
available
• Bike
hire
• Ranger
activities
• Fishing
• David
Bellamy Conservation Award - Gold
• Dogs welcome |
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must be one of the best family campsites in the New Forest,
a great sense of being in the New Forest, lots of room
for children to wander around, heathland and woodland.
Three large Toilet Blocks and dishwashing blocks all
clean and in good order. Brockenhurst 2 miles |
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| Red
Shoot Camping Park |
Tel:
01425 473789 | Map | Website | Email
Redshoot Camping Park, Linwood,
Near Ringwood, BH24 3QT |
• Open
March to October
• Toilets and showers
• Baby
bathing facilities
• Newly-built
shop
• Washing
machines and spin and tumble driers
• Dishwashing
area
• Play
area
• Dogs
must be kept on leads |
| Looks
like a well run and well looked after campsite with good
facilities. The tents seemed to be quite closely sited.
Ringwood 3 miles. |
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| Hurst
View Camping Site |
Tel:
01590 671648 | Map | Website | Email
Hurst View Caravan Park, Lower
Pennington Lane, Pennington, Lymington, SO41 8AL |
• Open
all year
• Toilets
and showers
• Launderette
• Electric
hook-up available
• Small
campfires allowed (We sell fire wood)
• Dogs
welcome if kept under control |
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campsite is within the Lymington to Keyhaven Nature Reserve
with brilliant coastal walks and views of the Isle of
Wight and the Needles. The site looks well run with good
facilities. Plenty of room on the site with good play
areas for children. Lymington 1.5 miles. |
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COOKING
Aluminum foil
Bottle opener
Bowls
Chopping board
Cool box
Cups - plastic
Cutlery – plastic/metal
Detergent
Dishcloths
Disposable BBQs
Drinking water
Dustpan
Food (can be cooked easily and won't go off)
J-Cloths
Kettle
Kitchen rolls
Matches, lighter
Mugs
Plates
Salt & peppershakers
Sandwich bags
Saucepans & pan scrubber
Scissors
Scouring pad
Spatula
Sponge
Storage containers & plastic bags
Stove & gas refills
Straws
Sugar
Tea bags
Tea cloths
Tin Opener
Tray
Washing up bowl & liquid
Water bottles
CLOTHES
Belt
Hat
Jacket (waterproof)
Jumpers
PJs
Scarf
Shirts, T-shirts
Shoes, walking shoes & welly boots
Shorts
Socks small/long
Trousers
Underwear
TOILETRIES
Brush
Comb
Conditioner
Deodorant
Dental tape
Ear buds
Flannel
Hair bands & pins
Hair spray
Mirror
Nail clippers
Razor
Shampoo
Shaving cream
Shower gel
Soap in a case
Toilet rolls & bags to put toilet rolls in
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Toiletry Bag
Towels
Wash bag
Wet wipes
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