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Best campervan sites Dorset: complete camping guide
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In England’s scenic South West, Dorset is one of the UK’s most visited counties. And with good reason – it’s home to the spectacular world heritage site of the Jurassic Coast, as well as world-famous Durdle Door, Blue Flag beaches, adventure sports and loads of family-friendly attractions. In short, Dorset is a fantastic region for a campervan holiday – and you can make your break even better by knowing all the best places to camp!
Below, we share our top campervan sites in Dorset for 2022 and include info like price and amenities so you can choose the right one for your trip! This list covers as much of the county as possible, countryside and coast included. Stay at our recommended sites in any order, or start at the first to sink into a leisurely tour of beautiful Dorset.
10 best campervan sites in Dorset
1. Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door – Durdle Door Holiday Park
Main Rd, West Lulworth, Wareham BH20 5PU Price per night: £25
Set on the beautiful Lulworth Estate, this holiday park overlooks Durdle Door, the famous Dorset stone arch jutting out over the sea. Book a sea view campervan pitch at the back of the park, just by the car park for Durdle Door, for the best spot. Pitches are unallocated, so park up where you like! The site also has adventure play areas for kids.
Campsite features:
Sea view grass pitches with electric hook-up
Showers, toilets, accessible wetroom, water points and chemical disposal all included in pitch price
Launderette, baby changing facilities and dishwashing area with fridge and freezer
On-site shop, bar and restaurant
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2. Weymouth/Chesil Beach – Higher Moor Farm Campsite
Nottington, Weymouth DT3 4BW Price per night: from £20
One of the most beloved campervan sites in Dorset, Higher Moor Farm Campsite has actually won Best UK Campsite 2021 among many other awards. Family run for over 40 years, the owners pride themselves on its top-notch facilities and amenities.
The farm’s a few miles from Weymouth’s lovely sandy beach and six miles from famous Chesil Beach, plus just under 20 minutes’ drive from watersports at Portland Harbour. All sizes of campervans are welcome and there’s loads to do for all ages on site and off.
Campsite features:
Family orientated and family run
Summer marquee bar plus pop-up restaurant serving award-winning pizza
Wooden play park, ball games area and indoor games barn
Award-winning toilet block with heating and free hot showers
3. Isle of Portland – Sweet Hill Farm
Sweet Hill Road, Southwell, Portland DT5 2DS Price per night: £10 per person
Fancy a Dorset island stay? Make for the four-mile long Isle of Portland in the English Channel. This is Dorset’s most southerly point, joined to the mainland by Chesil Beach, and home of Portland Harbour, one of the biggest man made harbours in the world. Sweet Hill Farm offers “almost wild” camping, in a beautiful and peaceful setting on private land. It’s a wildlife haven with zero light pollution, where you can spot kestrels and owls by day and lie back to stargaze at night. A riding school is on site.
Campsite features:
Back to basics Isle of Portland camping with sea views
Riding school on site: see the island on horseback
Handcrafted compost toilets and cold water on tap in each camping field
Access the Portland stretch of the South West Coast Path half a mile away
4. Bridport/West Bay – Golden Cap Holiday Park
Mill Ln, Seatown, Bridport DT6 6JX Price per night: from £26
Another award winner and one of the most scenic campervan sites in Dorset, five-star Golden Cap Holiday Park is in a prime Dorset location right next to Seatown Beach, privately owned by the park. It’s surrounded by 2,000 acres of National Trust land and is a hiking and wildlife haven in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Three village pubs are within a short walk.
Campsite features:
With its own beach and on-site fishing lake
Beautiful walks right from the car park, including to a clifftop pub and to Golden Cap,
the highest point on the south coast
Play area
Park shop with bakery, local gifts and hot food takeaway
5. Bridport – Bredy Farm
Bredy Ln, Burton Bradstock, Bridport DT6 4ND Price per night: £15 (one person); £30 (two)
If you want to stay near Bridport but don’t fancy a family holiday park, give Bredy Farm a try – this adults-only farm site runs its own grownup events including regular music nights and festivals. Tuck into fresh Italian-influenced meals in The Parlour restaurant and home-produced cider in The Shed; you can book the farm for weddings, hen and stag dos too!
Campsite features:
Rustic adults-only stays in the heart of the Bride Valley alongside the River Bride
A mile and a half from Hive Beach and 3.5 miles from West Bay
Home to Talbot Harris Cider Co, available on site
Live music on summer weekends; summer camping and music festivals
6. St Leonards – Back of Beyond Touring Park
St Leonards, Ringwood, Dorset, BH24 2SB Price per night: from £31
Also near the New Forest is Back of Beyond Touring Park, an adults-only site with over 100 pitches set over 30 acres of peaceful countryside. Like many of our Dorset favourites, Back of Beyond has a selection of awards and accolades, including a 5 Pennant Gold rating from the AA, a David Bellamy Gold conservation award and Best Adults Only Site plus Regional Winner for Dorset in Practical Caravan's Top 100 Sites in 2021. It’s dog friendly with loads of room to roam.
Campsite features:
Multi award-winning countryside park with a six-acre caravan park and 18 acres of woodland
Wildlife haven made up of woodland, heathland, a river and two private fishing lakes
Spacious pitches (10m2 minimum) including all-weather and with electric hook-up
Shower blocks, dog washing area, laundry room, bar and licensed shop
7. Shaftesbury – Shaftesbury Country Touring Park
1-14 Causeway, Shaftesbury SP7 9PX Price per night: £30
Head to the heart of the Dorset countryside for a stay at Shaftesbury Country Touring Park, another of our adults-only picks. It has its own fishing lake with campervan and motorhome pitches alongside, all set for relaxing holidays. There are plenty of walks nearby, such as around the Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty from the local town of Shaftesbury.
Campsite features:
Countryside park between Shaftesbury and Sherborne
On the edge of the Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
19-acre field with pitches and fishing lake
Showers, toilets, disabled-accessible amenities and launderette
8. Wimborne – Dapplewood Caravan Site
Horse Copse Lodge Road, Holt BH21 7DW Price per night: from £24
On the eastern side of the Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is Dapplewood Caravan Site – aptly named as there’s easy access to the New Forest from here too! One of the most peaceful campervan sites in Dorset, this adults-only park of ancient ash and oak woodland is four miles from Wimborne and within walking distance of Holt village and its traditional pub. It is also well placed for Poole and Bournemouth, each within a half-hour drive. Plus, Dapplewood is dog friendly!
Campsite features:
Adults-only site set in two acres of ancient woodland
Dog friendly with dog wash on site and dog sitting available
Generously spaced level hardstanding pitches, each with large grassy area
Shop on site
9. Wareham/Swanage – Smedmore Caravan Site
Smedmore, Kimmeridge, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5PG Price per night: pitch from £9; £7 per adult
Our next site is in southeast Devon, five miles from the famous Dorset attraction Corfe Castle. Smedmore Caravan Site is in the grounds of a private country estate which covers 1,800 acres in the Dorset AONB running down to the Jurassic Coast. It’s a wildlife haven with spacious pitches around the edge of a well-maintained camping field, bordered by trees on three sides.
Campsite features:
On the historic Smedmore Estate
Grass pitches with electric hook-up
Watering points and chemical disposal on site
6.5 miles from the Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, via Holt Heath National Nature Reserve
10. Lyme Regis – Charmouth Camping And Caravanning Club Site
Monkton Wyld Farm, Scotts Lane, Charmouth, DT6 6DB Price per night: from £21.50
Charmouth and Lyme Regis are among the best-known attractions of the Jurassic Coast, visited since Victorian times by fossil hunters and history lovers. Both destinations are within 3.5 miles of Charmouth Camping And Caravanning Club Site, a popular family park with the plentiful facilities. It’s a fab site for foodies too, as Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s River Cottage is a short drive (2.5 miles) away.
Campsite features:
Family-friendly park within 10 minutes’ drive of Charmouth, Lyme Regis and the Dinosaurland Fossil Museum
Green setting with spacious pitches in small clusters bordered by trees and bushes
Family shower room, play and ball games areas, and a designated dog walk
Site shop selling local, fresh and organic products including local meat, bread and wine
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