Whitemead Caravan Park

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Touring pitches
Taken from railway bridge
View of field
Hardstanding touring pitch

  • Family-run park in the village of Wool, five miles from the coast
  • Under two miles from Monkey World and the Tank Museum
  • Five minutes' walk from train station, bus stops, pubs and shops
If you’re picking holiday reads to bring to Whitemead Caravan Park in Wool, Dorset, there’s one blindingly obvious contender: step forward local lad Mr Thomas Hardy. Reread your old copy of Tess of the D’Urbervilles down here and you may just spot a few similarities between a couple of local buildings and certain locations in the novel. Even if literary references aren’t your thing, there are many reasons to plant yourselves at this family-run park in the Dorset village of Wool. Chief among these may well be its easy access to a plethora of transport options: make life easy by leaving your car or caravan on site and toddling a few minutes to the train station or bus stops for your days out. Alternatively, get legs going on the network of local walking and bike paths – heaps of fab attractions are within easy reach on foot or two wheels. Upon your return to the village, reward your efforts with a feed of fish and chips or a restorative pint of local ale at one of the two pubs within staggering distance. Also within a few minutes’ walk are a butcher and a baker (sadly no candlestick maker) where you can pick up fresh food for the evening barbie. Less poetic but no less convenient are the village’s two supermarkets, and the park’s own mini market, full of handy essentials. If you didn’t quite manage to tire your kids out during the day, send them over to the playground, or wander over to the games room for a few rounds of pool, darts or table football. Wifi is available if they need a little bit of quiet time alone to play with gadgetry. The park stretches over five acres so you can always find a shaded spot to settle down with a glass of wine and a Hardy novel (other authors’ works are also permitted..).

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 50
Tent pitches 50
Motorhome pitches 10
Open now
Opens 14 March

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • 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).
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Continental touring caravans (caravans built with the passenger door on the right-hand side) are not permitted.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Only DVLA-specification conversions or manufactured campervans are allowed.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 14 Mar to

AA 5 pennants

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

95%

would recommend this site to a friend

91%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Friendly and clean facilities, dog friendly and a great base 👍

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Jayne T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Peaceful and great meet and greet to show us to the pitch. Very helpful and friendly.
Excellent facilities which were very clean and well kept.cleaned regularly.
Well maintained pitches.
Great situ. Dog walks from our pitch to the river. Train station and bus routes on the doorstep.
Pub next to site and shops etc 5 min walk

Recommend to friends Visit again

Spotlessly clean and efficient.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Josephine A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: We tent pitched at Whitemean caravan park for 2nts earlier this week. Lone parent, two children and two dogs. We also had two other family members book and come along to join us, in their own tent pitch.
The staff/family were really helpful and pitched us close together for our ease and convenience. The check in, site navigation, and rules were all straightforward and efficient. The site itself is immaculate. Facilites immaculate. Alot of pride has gone into the site and the day to day running of it.
Decent, peaceful and respectful campers & holiday makers will do well here and appreciate here. Highly recommended.
Ideal base location for exploring the Jurassic coast which was our main aim as a family.

Thank you for having us Whitemead caravan park.

Disliked: Nothing.

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From the manager: Thank you very much for your lovely review, Josephine! We loved having you and your family on site and hope to see you again very soon. :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

Fantastic campsite

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
NILAY C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: The cleanest campsite we have ever stayed. So peaceful and the staff was.very friendly. The location was unbeatable. We have had a very pleasant stay and look.forward to going back. My daughter also enjoyed it very much. Especially the playground where we could see from our tent.

Disliked: Nothing at all

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A gem of a site that has everything you need for a relaxing break.

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Paul W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: The site layout. Very good for transport links and great owners with a lovely welcome. The site was spotless. Good facilities. Definitely be going again.

Disliked: Nothing.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review, Paul. We look forward to welcoming you back to our site again soon. :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

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Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 8
Paul N. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: .

Disliked: .

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for giving us a 10/10! We hope you will be visiting us again soon! :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

We stayed here for two nights at the weekend and couldn't fault…

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Bethany E. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: We stayed here for two nights at the weekend and couldn't fault our stay at all. All long-term campers, as well as the staff that greeted us on arrival, were lovely. The gentleman who showed us to our pitch gave us information on everything we needed to know and the ladies in the office were bubbly and friendly.

We particularly liked the radio in the shower/toilet block. Such a small touch but brightens everybody's mood and gives you something to jig along to if you require a midnight wee!

Pitches were clean and flat, the place was well maintained, plenty of bins, and a lovely walk down the track to the river no more than 5 minutes. Of course, the fantastic weather was a lovely addition to our stay but sunshine or not, this place would've ticked all of our boxes.

Disliked: ((Absolutely not a dislike)) For those that tend not to take food with them, bear in mind there isn't a massive amount of food places to take food away from. There are lovely pubs nearby and a Chinese but, particularly with our dog, we were looking for places we could return to camp to eat! We were happy to have the lovely chippy down the road for two nights in a row but there is little to no deliveroo/ubereats. Something to bear in mind!

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From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review. We're delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us. It was lovely to have you on site and hope you will be visiting us again soon.

For next time, please do visit us in reception to pick up some leaflets of local eateries and take away places in the area that do their own deliveries to our campsite (not through JustEat, Deliveroo and UberEats) such as The 29029 Restaurant, a lovely Indian restaurant, and Street Pizza for Italian pizzas, pasta and the like, to name a just a couple. Our staff have tried them all and can recommend each one personally. ;)

We look forward to seeing you again soon. :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

Wow what a place to stay

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Lee A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: On arrival we were greeted by Shane who took us under his wings. We drove on the park, shame unhitched the caravan, popped it onto his little tractors and put it onto our pitch. All we had to do was level up, connect the electrics and fill the water. Service was just brilliant.
Shane kept popping back toake sure everything was ok and we were comfortable. Then we met the owners, Roy and Jill who were so nice and jolly. Overall a brilliant site to stay in. The toilets and shower blocks were that clean you could easily eat your dinner off the floors. Please don't hesitate to stay here, you will be pleased you did.

Disliked: There was nothing to dislike.

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From the manager: Thank you very much for your fabulous review, Lee! It was a pleasure having you on site and we are so happy that you enjoyed staying with us. We hope to see you again very soon. :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

Super clean toilet block and hot showers…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Roy H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass pitch

Liked: Super clean toilet block and hot showers

Disliked: Constant road noise throughout the night , Trains not too bad , intrusive CCTV system pointed at pitches.

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From the manager: Thank you for your feedback. We are pleased that our showers and toilets met your with your approval. We take a lot of pride in the cleanliness of our facilities and the overall appearance of our campsite and appreciation of our hard work never goes amiss.

Even though it isn't an issue raised by many of our guests, we are sorry to hear that you found the sound of a few passing cars and the occasional train, disturbing, especially since our guests usually comment on how quiet and tranquil our site is.

Also, with regards to our CCTV system, we would like to point out that the camera you are referring to is actually aimed at the entrance gates to our middle and bottom fields and it just so happen that the pitch you were on, could be seen in the distance. Our CCTV cameras are a crucial part of our security system - an aspect most of our guests appreciate and find very reassuring. Could it be that you felt it intrusive because our warden found you overnighting in your car rather than your tent, regardless of it being made quite clear on your arrival that it is not allowed on our site? Since your actions were in breach of our Terms and Conditions, we could have asked you to leave, but we are not in the business of ruining anybodys' holidays so, instead, we allowed you to remain on site, providing that you refrain from sleeping in your vehicle for the rest of your stay. Another site might not have been so accommodating.

We would like to thank you again for staying with us.

Excellent with lovely, helpful owners.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Craig B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding pitch

Liked: We loved Whitemead. It is a quiet spot, very accessible, with lovely owners and brilliant facilities in terms of bathrooms and a washing-up area. It is also ideally located for visiting the many places on the Dorset coast.

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From the manager: Thank you very much for your kind review. We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay with us. Please do visit us again soon! :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

Really enjoyed

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric hardstanding pitch

Liked: The owners were very friendly and so helpful, park was very well maintained, showers and toilets were really clean. Hopefully we will stay there again. Thanks nothing

Disliked: Nothing really enjoyed

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much for your kind review! We are so pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and that you'll recommend us to your friends. We hope to welcome you back to our site again in the future :)
Kind regards
The Whitemead Team


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

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Bathrooms: Wide doorways (over 30 inches/75cm) Smooth, hard roads e.g. tarmac Step-free or level access

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

Whitemead Caravan Park

East Burton Road

Wool

Dorset

England

BH20 6HG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.68111°N
-2.22629°W

Nearest transport

Coach
5.1 mi Post Office
5.1 mi Red Lion
8.1 mi East Street
Rail
0.2 mi Wool Rail Station
4.1 mi Moreton (Dorset) Rail Station
4.9 mi Wareham Rail Station
Ferry
10.4 mi Poole Ferry Terminal
10.8 mi Poole Quay Ferry Landing
11 mi Weymouth Ferry Terminal
Airport
18.5 mi Bournemouth International 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

On the edge of the Isle of Purbeck and halfway between Bournemouth and Dorchester, Wool is handily placed for reaching some excellent attractions. Closest to the park are Monkey World and the Tank Museum in Bovington, both within a five-minute drive, 10-minute cycle or half-hour walk. If you’d like to play at being a knight, 15 minutes’ drive brings you to Corfe Castle, a medieval ruin with nooks and crannies for hiding out. Five miles south are the sea and the Jurassic Coast’s most famed attractions – Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. Other options for days out include cycling around Wareham Forest followed by boating on the River Frome from Wareham (10 minutes’ drive), or a trip on the Swanage Railway half an hour away, or – well, it’s safe to say you won’t get bored...

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Lulworth Cove 4.4 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Durdle Door East 4.6 mi Sea N/AExcellentN/AExcellent
Durdle Door West 4.7 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Kimmeridge Bay 6.4 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Ringstead Bay 6.5 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Monkey World - Ape Rescue Centre 1.2 mi

The Tank Museum 1.2 mi

Lulworth Castle & Park 3 mi

Lulworth Heritage Centre 4.4 mi

Corfe Castle 7.9 mi

National Trust

Clouds Hill 2.7 mi

Hardy's Cottage 7.9 mi

Corfe Castle 8 mi

Max Gate 8.8 mi

White Mill 11.2 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Clouds Hill - Moreton 2.4 mi

LULWORTH CASTLE 2.9 mi

West Lulworth Circular 3.9 mi

Whiteway Viewpoint - Flower's Barrow - Worbarrow Beach - Tyneham - Whiteway VP 4.6 mi

GRANGE HEATH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 30/03/2005) 4.8 mi

Local events

  • Dorset County Show (Saturday 6 September 2025 – Saturday 6 September 2025)

    Dorchester, Dorset 9.2 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Whitemead Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Whitemead Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Whitemead Caravan Park? On the edge of the Isle of Purbeck and halfway between Bournemouth and Dorchester, Wool is handily placed for reaching some excellent attractions. Closest to the park are Monkey World and the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Whitemead Caravan Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.

    When arriving at the main gates remain in your car until a member of staff comes to greet you and show you to your pitch.

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  • How much does it cost to stay at Whitemead Caravan Park? From £53 (for 2 nights, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.