In Nature Camping

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Lovely early morning sun at in nature campsite
View of the camping field
Shady spots and sunny spots for you sun lovers

  • Dog-friendly pop-up site in a spacious four-acre field
  • A 10-minute drive from beaches and 15 minutes from Milford on Sea
  • A 10-minute walk from a microbrewery, spa, vegan café and restaurant
Whether you’re paddleboarding on local beaches, pursuing outdoor activities in the New Forest or mooching around the nearby towns, there’s a great balance between civilisation and peaceful countryside at In Nature Camping in Dorset. Under a mile from the edge of the New Forest National Park and 10 minutes’ drive away from beaches, there’s lots on the agenda here: days at the beach, visits to nearby historic towns and properties, shopping or even chilling with a spa treatment at the venue a short walk away. Also within 10 minutes' walk of the site is a vegan café and a restaurant. There’s a microbrewery 10 minutes' walk away, which serves drinks like small-cask beer, handcrafted ales and ‘unfined’ beer. A five-minute drive away, there’s another café with pick-your-own farm produce activities - how lovely. The closest beaches for strolls, snoozes, swimming and the likes are Avon beach (10 minutes), Highcliffe beach (10 minutes) Barton-on-sea beach (10 minutes). As for interesting local towns with shops and cafés, make your way to Highcliffe (five minutes), Christchurch (10 minutes), New Milton (five minutes) and Milford on Sea (15 minutes). The main road from Lyndhurst to the coast runs just a short distance from the field, making it nice and easy to access local attractions. What about the place you’ll be calling home for your Dorset holiday? Off-grid, it’s very much a wildlife haven. Try your hand at self-sufficiency (barbecues and firepits are allowed, weather conditions permitting) or grab your meals locally. There are four hot showers, six toilets and two washing-up sinks for those of you who decide to dust off the old camp stove and try cooking under the stars.

Site type

Tent pitches 40
Rent a tent 10
Motorhome pitches 3
Open now
Opens 24 July
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Thu, 24 Jul to

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96% would recommend this site to a friend

96% would stay here again

What customers say

This peaceful, spacious campsite offers a friendly atmosphere and is praised for its cleanliness and well-maintained facilities, including hot showers. Guests appreciate the convenient location close to beaches and the New Forest, as well as the helpful and attentive hosts. Fire pits are available to hire, adding to the enjoyable experience. While generally excellent, some visitors noted that facilities could be stretched during busy periods.

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Great Location Utility’s cleaned regularly and well maintained. Very basic. Perfect…

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Matt W.

Non-electric grass and earth tent pitch

Liked Great Location
Utility’s cleaned regularly and well maintained.
Very basic.
Perfect

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From the manager: Thanks we try I best here at in nature camping to keep things Clara’s

Basic no frills represented in the price. Good value. Recommended

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass and earth tent pitch

Liked Large level grassy field. Choose your own spot. No apparent restriction on available set up space. Portable showers and toilets basic but ok. Hot water to showers. 2 sinks for washing up and a drinking water tap.
All good.

Disliked Toilets were a little smelly, but understandable for portable loos.

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From the manager: Hi we do provide pegs for the loos

I’d definitely stay here again. Thanks for the hospitality!

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Anonymous

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Liked Clean (mainly) quiet and very spacious field. Clean toilets and warm showers, really enjoyed our stay. Friendly owner who’s always around to help.

Cycling from the site was ok, you have to go on a fairly busy road for a little way until you get into the new forest, on our second day we drive for 10 mins and had a fantastic cycle.

Disliked There was one set of campers who had come here for a noisy party so we had to move to a quieter pitch, I guess that’s just camping!!

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From the manager: Hi guys I chucked out the noisy campers at 3am. We don’t tolerate noise after 11pm quiet chit chat is fine.
I’m glad you enjoyed the campsite otherwise

Great value!

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Andrew S.

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Liked The ready tent was a great idea, and super value !
Spacious sight.
Plenty of water stations.
The showers were surprisingly good, warm with great pressure.
Large tent and was spotlessly clean.
We were judging at a dog show and Trevor ( warden) opened the showers earlier for us.
Trevor was very helpful.
Will return.

Disliked Although the portaloo’s were very clean the smell of urine was quite strong.
Noisy neighbours in the next field, behind the bushes were quite loud until 1.30am, not a major issue as it was the summer and folk are enjoying themselves.

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From the manager: Hi sorry about the toliets we do keep them clean but they are portable toliets
The noisy people where chucked out at 3am sorry if they bothered you it won’t happen again

Loved the outdoor showers with a view!…

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Maddi B.

Non-electric grass and earth tent pitch

Liked Loved the outdoor showers with a view!

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From the manager: Hay the showers are great. One camper said they are better than some hotels

Great location

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Anonymous

Ready tent

Liked Showers
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Staff knowledge and helpfulness
Reasonably quiet

Disliked Portaloos
We're not allowed fires/charcoal BBQs
Really gutted we couldn't have a fire , despite there being pits available. And not everyone has gas BBQs and we brought charcoal bbq and couldn't use it ??
So that was very disappointing
The portaloos were great when cleaned in the morning by the evening did smell quite a lot which wasn't pleasant

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From the manager: Well we all have to be sensible in this hot weather the grass is brown at the moment if your stupid thinking we will allow fires in this weather. This is why there is a fire ban because of poeple like you that set light to our countryside really stupid complaining about safety. Fire pits are on site but not currently available funny that

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Marcus E.

Non-electric grass and earth tent pitch

Liked Great host, always around the campsite, always on hand to answer any questions, this was our second visit, we will be going back again. Our new favourite camping venue.

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From the manager: Such kind words glad you love the campsite as much as we do

great location, lots of space. clean site with good facilities

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Nic S.

Non-electric grass and earth tent pitch

Liked relaxed atmosphere
loads of space
friendly staff

Disliked n/a

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From the manager: Thank you for your positive comments

Excellent place for families to camp in.…

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AYMEN S.

Non-electric grass and earth tent pitch

Liked Excellent place for families to camp in.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Glad you enjoyed our campsite

A really great site, our second time visiting and we will be back!

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Sam P.

Ready tent

Liked Prepitched tent was excellent. Saved so much time!
Lots of space for kids to play.
Helpful campsite manager.

Disliked Toilets were a bit smelly by the end of the weekend!
The showers are really great but now that the campsite has expanded another block would be useful.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thanks glad you enjoyed your stay


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches) Pop-up campsite

Location

In Nature Camping

Land in front of Ames Cottage

Beckley

New Milton

Hampshire

England

BH23 7ED

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.76878°N
1.68864°W

Route directions

With the house on your right, follow the dirt road. Stop next to the bamboo gate 200 metres ahead.

Nearest transport

Coach
1.8 mi Sea Corner
1.9 mi Sea Corner
1.9 mi Post Office
Rail
1.6 mi Hinton Admiral Rail Station
1.6 mi New Milton Rail Station
3.6 mi Sway Rail Station
Ferry
3.9 mi Mudeford Quay Ferry Landing
4.1 mi Hengistbury Head Ferry Landing
4.9 mi Christchurch Quay Ferry Landing
Airport
6.3 mi Bournemouth International Airport
19.1 mi Southampton Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Work your way outwards, starting with the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum (five minutes’ drive) and the Romantic-style Highcliffe Castle (five minutes). The beach has access to the beach and a nature reserve, but for more cool habitats and wild animals, Hengistbury Head (20 minutes) should also be on your radar. Milford on Sea (15 minutes) is also just over the way. There, you’ll certainly get your watersports fix. There are ferries to Hurst Castle, an artillery fort at sea with links to the formidable Henry VIII. Further along the coast is the sailing hub of Lymington (20 minutes). To the north, your New Forest adventures might include the Go Ape course and cycling trails in the Moors Valley Country Park & Forest (half an hour). To the south, perhaps a big day out in Bournemouth (25 minutes), where surfing, kayaking and cycles on the prom might keep you occupied?

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Highcliffe 2.2 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Christchurch Highcliffe Castle 2.5 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Christchurch Bay 2.6 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Christchurch Friar`S Cliff 3.1 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Christchurch Avon Beach 3.4 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentGood

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Highcliffe Castle 2.4 mi

Adventure Wonderland 6.9 mi

Fort Victoria Country Park 8.5 mi

Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway 8.7 mi

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum 8.7 mi

National Trust

The Needles Old Battery and New Battery 8.9 mi

Newtown Old Town Hall 13 mi

Brownsea Island 13 mi

Mottistone Manor Garden 14.3 mi

Studland Beach and Nature Reserve 14.4 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

AVON TYRRELL 3 mi

The Naked Man - New Forest 3.1 mi

Burbush Hill - Dur Hill - Whitten Pond - (New Forest) 3.4 mi

Hengistbury Head 4.8 mi

RHINEFIELD HOUSE 5.2 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does In Nature Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is In Nature Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near In Nature Camping? Work your way outwards, starting with the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum (five minutes’ drive) and the Romantic-style Highcliffe Castle (five minutes). The beach has access to the beach and a nature reserve, … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of In Nature Camping?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  8:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at In Nature Camping? From £25 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.