Sandford Holiday Park

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Heated outdoor pool
Pool area
Safari tents
Safari tents

  • Family park close to Poole, Studland and Sandbanks
  • Indoor and outdoor pools, amusement arcade, play areas and kids' clubs
  • Bowling, crazy golf, ice cream parlour, restaurant and clubhouse
Sandford Holiday Park is an apt name for this park, which has acres of Britain’s best beaches within easy reach… From its peaceful Holton Heath woodland setting, it's just a short journey to the wide sands of Studland and Sandbanks, as well as lively resorts such as Bournemouth and Poole – all of which are within a half-hour drive. Boredom's not an option here, where the activities include a summer outdoor and indoor pool complex, a dedicated musical play pool for toddlers, courts for tennis and many other sports, bikes and pedal go-karts for hire, and nature trails crisscrossing the site. Still standing after all that energetic stuff? Then go swing’n’rolling at the bowling, or take the kids around the jungle-themed crazy golf and reward the winner with an extra scoop at the site’s ice cream parlour. The park also has three different kids’ clubs, banded by age to make sure top fun is had by all (even the harder-to-please teens should be mildly interested by the film-making and DJ workshops… plus the free wifi on site). Young’uns should also enjoy the indoor soft play zone and two outdoor play areas, with a pirate ship and a climbing wall as well as the usual playground paraphernalia. Recharge your batteries at the fish and chip shop or the Arena restaurant, which serves Costa coffee as well as pizzas and lots of other family-friendly meals. Then top it all off with a trip to the Limelite Club for family entertainment, cabaret and competitions from the sparkly Troupers: you should sleep well after that lot…

Campground type

Camper sites 297
RV sites 297
Open now
Opens March 7

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Single-sex parties of three or more people under 25 are not permitted on site. Swimming pool access is included: please show your Entertainment pass. Entertainment passes are included in the rate. If the site asks you to do so, you must complete an online ID verification process before you arrive. Your booking may be cancelled if you do not complete, or if you fail, the ID verification process.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, Mar 7 to

This campground is a member of Parkdean Resorts group.

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Campsite types & availability

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70% would recommend this campground to a friend

66% would stay here again

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Great place for families with lots to do.

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Cali W.

Meadows powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked All the activities that are on site, having a shop, the entertainment, food options and heated outdoor pool

Disliked More of a safety concern was really young children riding bikes and scooters when it’s getting dark / past 10pm with no adult supervision and no regards to cars using the roads. Serious safety issue!

How friendly all your staff were and helpful. It was extremely hot…

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Anonymous

Meadows powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked How friendly all your staff were and helpful. It was extremely hot this weekend
, 29, and all staff were fantastic.

Disliked The pool timetable. Outside pool - only allowed an hours slot time, open from 10am - 1pm back open again 2pm - 5pm.

A very very over crowded campsite, our toilet and shower block ran out of hot water. There were so many toilets with no flushers working and no signs stating this.
Extremely overpriced food!!!

How fast others drove around your campsite was scary!

I couldn’t speak to your touring reception via your telephone line. The only time I did is when I received a call, promised a call back and nothing!

All in all I’d still return and recommend.

Overall 8/10

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Anonymous

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Staff very friendly and helpful. All ways willing to help with a smile. Closeness of shower and toilet blocks. Amusement arcade, and other facilities. Size of pitches. Pitches were fairly level too.

Disliked Toilet and shower blocks, especially the newer ones were disgusting, always dirty, empty toilet paper. The hot water didn’t work, even after the maintenance staff had tried to fix it. The toilets didn’t flush properly, and the women’s didn’t flush at all at one point.
The electric points for caravans and motorhomes need to be labelled. When we arrived someone had used ours, and had to move there’s to the correct connection. I also met another fellow camper that had the same issue.

Good site for kids not so for couples

Overall 6/10

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Anonymous

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Good sized pitch

Disliked To busy site was very big with hundreds of static vans, shower blocks nice and clean buts hot water was cold every afternoon and evening making it very hard to wash up and shower

Staff all friendly and helpful .site was nice and tidy and clean…

Overall 10/10

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Anonymous

Meadows powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Staff all friendly and helpful .site was nice and tidy and clean couldn’t fault all facilities on park

This is the best played out Holliday park we have ever stayed…

Overall 10/10

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William S.

Meadows powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked This is the best played out Holliday park we have ever stayed at

Disliked Nothing

Awful, awful place. Dirty, run down and no staff to be around after 5.

Overall 1/10

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Jane S.

Meadows powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked What staff we could find were very helpful.

Disliked Quite honestly, we disliked everything.
When we arrived, we were checked in by security guards, because there was no staff on reception. We found our pitch easily but the closest toilets to us were a disgrace. Even our six-year-old son said he didn’t want to use them because they were so dirty and the flush didn’t work.
This was the case for the whole shower /WC block.
Things weren’t much better in the main building. The only staff we found were on the bar or waiting tables in the restaurant or running the prize booth in the amusement arcade.
We left the restaurant pretty quickly because we could hear screaming from the ladies loos. This turned out to be a child having a total meltdown because they needed the loo but could not go because they were so dirty. The poor child was screaming and it went on for so long, we began to feel quite uncomfortable. There were no cleaning staff to be seen anywhere.
The whole site is completely rundown and tired looking. We had a walk around and looked at the crazy golf for something to do, but everything was broken.
Bearing in mind that this was the beginning of the season, the children don’t break up from school for two weeks, I pity those who have booked for this summer as their main holiday. Not a great experience, would not recommend.
We left the next day before breakfast, because we didn’t fancy eating there.

Will never go back.

Overall 1/10

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Anonymous

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Nothing to note here. It was awful.

Disliked Site full of the travelling community. Adults driving like idiots through the site, kids running around terrorising and intimidating everyone, stealing from the campsite shop and no respect for people's pitches.

Dogs not controlled. Off the leads and barking non stop.

One security check over the three days, hence why nothing was done about the noise, behaviour and the dogs.

Indoor pool shut.

Facilities disgusting and cold.

Lovely, well kept site. Staff very friendly, efficient and helpful. Toilet &…

Overall 8/10

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Anonymous

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Lovely, well kept site. Staff very friendly, efficient and helpful. Toilet & shower facilities in the paddock area where we stayed were very modern and clean. Indoor & outdoor pools were good.

Disliked It would have been nice if the pool opened earlier in the morning, as we only stayed for one night and would have enjoyed a swim before we left. Also, the option to have a cheaper touring pitch without electric hook-up would've been good.

Would love to come again but will have to see

Overall 5/10

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Wayne L.

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Lovely area we were on

Disliked The other undesirable 3 vans which turned up the day after, traveler types who had us have to stay in our van to prevent the football from damaging our caravan and property
+ you were quite clear on the voice mail I got to say no commercial or sign written vehicles to which they had one
I can only say footballs are the main problems for us and other campers we spoke to
They should be band from the pitch areas


Features

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

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

Rules

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

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Very large (over 200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal sites

Location

Sandford Holiday Park

Holton Heath

Poole

Dorset

England

BH16 6JZ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.7194°N
2.0864°W

Nearest transport

Bus
2.5 mi Post Office
2.5 mi Red Lion
4.8 mi Seldown Coach Station
Rail
0.7 mi Holton Heath Rail Station
2.2 mi Wareham Rail Station
3 mi Hamworthy Rail Station
Ferry
4.2 mi Poole Ferry Terminal
4.5 mi Poole Quay Ferry Landing
6.1 mi Brownsea Island Ferry Landing
Airport
11.9 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

It’s a short hop in the car to begin discovering the area’s spectacular surrounds, from the wilds of the New Forest to the ancient cliffs, limestone arches and nature reserves of the Jurassic Coast (tick off another World Heritage Site on your 'must-see' list). Dorset is jammed with attractions to suit all interests. History buffs might fancy clambering around Northe Fort or scaling the ramparts at Corfe and Portland castles. The Adventure Wonderland family theme park has thrills for kids of all ages, plus a massive hedge maze to get lost in, and action men (and women) can go paintballing or drive a tank at the Bovington Tank Museum. There’s loads of fun for fauna fans, too: check out the chimps at Monkey World, swan about at Abbotsbury Swannery, visit Weymouth Sea Life Park, explore the largest saltwater lagoon in the country on the glass-bottomed Fleet Observer, or meet some farmyard friends at Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park. Drive a bit further and you can also make a day trip to Longleat Safari Park.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Poole Harbour Rockley Sands 2 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Poole Harbour Lake 2.7 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Shell Bay North 6.7 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Poole Sandbanks Peninsular 6.9 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Poole Shore Road Beach 7.1 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Corfe Castle 5.7 mi

Monkey World - Ape Rescue Centre 5.9 mi

Brownsea Island 6 mi

Studland Beach and Nature Reserve 6.7 mi

Kingston Lacy House and Gardens 6.8 mi

National Trust

Corfe Castle 5.8 mi

White Mill 6 mi

Brownsea Island 6 mi

Kingston Lacy 6.7 mi

Clouds Hill 7.2 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

WAREHAM MEADOWS (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 02/08/2004) 1.4 mi

ARNE (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 31/08/2001) 2.8 mi

STOBOROUGH HEATH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 18/01/2004) 4 mi

CHARBOROUGH PARK 4.5 mi

GRANGE HEATH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 30/03/2005) 5 mi

Local events

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

    Dorchester, England 14.8 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 campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Sandford Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Sandford Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Sandford Holiday Park? It’s a short hop in the car to begin discovering the area’s spectacular surrounds, from the wilds of the New Forest to the ancient cliffs, limestone arches and nature reserves of the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Sandford Holiday Park?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Sandford Holiday Park? From $20.15 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.