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Unpowered grass tent site (two person)

From GBP 30 (GBP 30) 2 nights, 2 adults

2 people maximum 9.6/10 25 reviews
One Tent allowed per site

Additional units require additional sites - quick book via 'Make another booking like this' after making your booking.

Site size

Max 8m width × 8m depth (64m²)

Ground type

Grass

0 rooms

Suitable for

Tent, (Camper trailer not allowed)

Features

Bring a gazebo 1 included, 1 max.
Bring an awning 1 included, 1 max.
Bring a pup tent 1 included, 1 max.
Car 1 included, 1 max.
Dog(s) allowed 2 included, 2 max.
Car parking by site/unit

Other restrictions

Extras

Travelling solo? (1 max) -GBP 5 (-GBP 5) per night

You will be able to choose extras on the booking page.

Availability
Arrive or depart on this date
Your booking From GBP 30 (GBP 30)
Based on 2 nights, 2 adults
2 adults

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Shaftesbury Country Touring Park

View prices & book 9.2 142 reviews
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Reviews

9.2

Overall rating from 142 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
 9
Cleanliness
 9
Wifi
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Peaceful

92% would recommend this campground to a friend

90% would stay here again

What customers say

Friendly staff, great pitches, spotless facilities with hot showers. Lovely peaceful spot with a beautiful lake. Minor gripes: a bit dated in places, some road noise. Still, brilliant value and folks keen to come back.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Wouldn’t hesitate to return!

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Laura W.

Unpowered grass tent site (two person)

Liked Owner extremely welcoming, plenty of space to choose where to pitch up. Relaxed atmosphere, small lake to fish on and clean toilet and shower block. Lovely site!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Warm welcome by the owner. Clean…

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Frans P.

Powered grass caravan site

Liked Warm welcome by the owner. Clean shower and toillet facilities. Big field, grass but solid ground.

Disliked Poor dish washing facility; bin in that small, low shed completely filled up, obviously not emptied for days, full of maggots.

Price too high for what was offered.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice site for campers & caravans, good to explore local area

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7 out of 10
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Elisabeth T.

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site (six person)

Liked Location - in east reach of lots of interesting sites (NT Stourhead, Shaftesbury, Salisbury etc) for exploring Dorsey & Somerset.
Clean showers & loos - good water pressure & temperature
Spacious site with nice pond to walk to
Hosts friendly & accommodating - good communication, welcomed & led to pitch on arrival.
Shop & petrol station at site entrance was useful.
Dark sky area!

Disliked Road noise - probably fine if in a camper or caravan but constant background noise when staying in a tent
Pot-wash area - very low ceiling, not v clean and practical to use.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic site. The owner was brilliant…

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Sarah J.

Unpowered grass tent site (four person)

Liked Fantastic site. The owner was brilliant from the moment we met him and very helpful. The site was ‘fully booked’ however there was so much space around us-they are not greedy and overbook which we loved. The facilities were really clean. Beautiful location for seeing stars as there’s no light pollution. Would highly recommend this site!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Perfect location for Longleat

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Mel H.

Unpowered grass tent site (two person)

Liked Big spacious pitches, which were actually level! Couple of picnic benches which were great for mealtimes and the little lake is a lovely little addition. Very friendly welcome and only 30 mins from Longleat which was perfect for us

Recommend to friends Visit again

Quiet site and perfectly located

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Mel H.

Unpowered grass tent site (two person)

Liked Beautifully peaceful site - not a single issue with noise of an evening which was lovely. Very friendly owner who gave us a tour of the site as well as local tips. Would absolutely stay again.

Disliked Nothing - it was perfect

Recommend to friends Visit again

Due to ill health we had to cancel. Staff very understanding. Thanks❤️

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David G.

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site (six person)

Liked The staff

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fun family weekend away camping

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Anonymous

Powered grass caravan site

Liked Big spacious pitch, Warm welcome, Clean facilities, Shop on site, Not too busy, Reasonably priced, Not far from the town.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi

Thank you very much for your review, we really appreciate them.
We look forward to seeing you again


Carl, Steph, Graham & Elaine

Lovely friendly welcome and gave all…

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Katie S.

Unpowered grass tent site (four person)

Liked Lovely friendly welcome and gave all the information we needed!
Large pitch and very peaceful campsite.
Loved the fishing lake!
Good location and handy little shop at the entrance.
Thank you for a lovely stay!

Disliked A lot of spiders in washing up area :(

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi Katie

Thank you for your comments we really do appreciate people taking the time out to write them.

So pleased you enjoyed your stay.

We will have a look at the spider situation.

Carl,Steph, Graham & Elaine

Good site, would visit again.

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Nicola C.

Powered grass caravan site

Liked Great pitch size, would be good if you were motorhoming with others who had a tent as you could be in the same field. Peaceful location, it was very quiet with few guests when we visited. Very helpful staff who greeted me on arrival and explained everything clearly which made life easy. Clean facilities, very tidy well managed site. Good location if you just want to chill at the site or are happy to drive to places to visit, we went into Shaftesbury and also took a 40 min trip to the south coast.

Disliked Limited facilities, 2 toilets and 2 showers in the block near our field which was fine as there were not that many guests, but might be an issue if the field was busy.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi Nicola

Thank you for your informative review, it gives future prospective campers an insight into our facilities and surrounding areas.
Carl does like a chat when introducing you to the site for the first time.
We take on your comment reference the limited facilities, We do have another shower block and an extra toilet we can make available for when it gets busy.
We look forward to seeing you again

Carl, Steph, Graham & Elaine

Features

Dogs allowed

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 site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry 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 Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites)

Accessibility

Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Location

Shaftesbury Country Touring Park

1-14 Sherborne Causeway

Shaftesbury

Dorset

England

SP7 9PX

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.00944°N
2.23856°W

Nearest transport

Coach
2.9 km The Town Hall
2.9 km The Town Hall
11.7 km Virginia Ash
Rail
3.6 km Gillingham (Dorset) Rail Station
12.6 km Tisbury Rail Station
12.6 km Templecombe Rail Station
Ferry
37.6 km Poole Quay Ferry Landing
37.6 km Poole Ferry Terminal
40.8 km Brownsea Island Ferry Landing
Airport
38.5 km 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

Take a detour into the animal world for a little while… there are several animal-orientated activities within reach of the site, including the family-friendly Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park (45 minutes’ drive) for hands-on farm activities and the Bush Farm Bison Centre (15 minutes), home to bison and elk and woodland walks. On a bigger scale, Longleat (half an hour) has a drive-through safari packed with wild animals. However, it has more than just animals – there’s also an adventure park and over at Longleat House (35 minutes), you can ogle over an Elizabethan house through tours, exhibitions and walks around the formal and pleasure gardens. There are more trips into history at hand too, whether it’s inside Old Wardour Castle (20 minutes), Stourhead’s mansion and landscaped gardens (20 minutes) or Stonehenge (45 minutes). If you want energy-packed afternoons instead, the New Forest National Park (50 minutes) and its hiking and cycling trails may be worth the little longer drive. There are opportunities for watersports in Bournemouth (an hour) or a scenic coastal walk at Durdle Door (an hour) on the Jurassic Coast.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Poole Harbour Rockley Sands 35.1 km Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Poole Harbour Lake 36.1 km Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Poole Branksome Chine 40.9 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Poole Canford Cliffs Chine 41 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Bournemouth Alum Chine 41 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Stourhead House and Garden 12.2 km

Longleat 19.9 km

Haynes International Motor Museum 22.7 km

Kingston Lacy House and Gardens 26.1 km

Wilton House 27.8 km

National Trust

Stourhead 12.1 km

Philipps House and Dinton Park 19.4 km

Little Clarendon 19.7 km

White Mill 25.9 km

Kingston Lacy 26.4 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Duncliffe Wood 2 km

Shaftesbury – Kingsettle Wood – Motcombe - Shaftesbury 3.1 km

Todber - Fifehead - Stour Provost - Todber 4.9 km

The Donheads - Wincombe - Gutch Common - Barkers Hill 8.4 km

Donhead St Andrew and the Wardour Castles 8.5 km

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.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Shaftesbury Country Touring Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Shaftesbury Country Touring Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Shaftesbury Country Touring Park? Take a detour into the animal world for a little while… there are several animal-orientated activities within reach of the site, including the family-friendly Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park (45 minutes’ drive) for … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Shaftesbury Country Touring Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  12:30 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Shaftesbury Country Touring Park? From $61.32 (for 2 nights, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.