Whitemead Caravan Park

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

Campground type

Camper sites 50
Tent sites 50
RV sites 10
Open now
Opens March 14

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).
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No bachelor/bachelorette 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, Mar 14 to

Open from Sat, Mar 14 to

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Reviews

9.6

Overall rating from 263 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Peaceful

96% would recommend this campground to a friend

93% would stay here again

What customers say

This spotless site boasts exceptional cleanliness, especially the restrooms. Staff are incredibly friendly and helpful. Its prime location offers easy access to transit, local spots, and attractions. Generally quiet, though some noted occasional train/road noise. Good value.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Excellent site, would recommend to anyone.

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Paul W.

Powered cement/asphalt campsite

Liked The location is convenient with both rail and bus routes a plenty. Greeting was very nice with friendly help and unhitching the caravan and positioning the caravan on the pitch. Great facilities, toilets and shower rooms, games room and shop. Great value.

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From the manager: Thank you for you kind review! We're pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you back again very soon. :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

We really like this site. Friendly, clean and just darn nice.

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Philip B.

Powered cement/asphalt campsite

Liked Friendly, clean and so handy for the railway - Bournemouth North / Weymouth South. Oh….and a pub a stone’s throw away.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much for your lovely review and fabulous private feedback, Philip. It was lovely having you on site and we look forward to welcoming you back again very soon. :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

PS. Love your photos! 😍 Thank you for sharing them with us.

Great campsite and location to explore from

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phil l.

Powered grass campsite (XL)

Liked Friendly helpful campsite, really well located and a great place to explore from.
Quiet and well equipped, very clean and modern shower, toilet and kitchen block, and a handy shop with essential items and more. Great stay, will be coming back

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From the manager: Thank you very much for your kind review and lovely private feedback, Phil. We're glad you enjoyed staying with us and we look forward to welcome you back again very soon! :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

We had a lovely stay. Perfect site to explore Dorset.

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kevin w.

Powered grass campsite

Liked The welcome we received on arrival was lovely being shown to our pitch and helping to set up. The whole site was immaculate. Shower and toilet block were clean and tidy . Very impressed with the whole site. Staff very friendly.

Disliked There was nothing we disliked about the site.

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First time on this site. We…

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Ken S.

Powered cement/asphalt campsite

Liked First time on this site. We chose because of previous reviews and videos from other guests. A big reason was because of transport - trains and buses near to site entrance as we have a Motorhome. It’s important for us. Swanage, Weymouth, Poole, Dorchester, Lulworth Cove and Durdle Dor were easily reachable and we took advantage. Site staff were instantly welcoming and very friendly throughout our stay. The facilities were spotlessly clean and well thought out. This site ticked all the boxes for us, I’m sure others will feel the same.

Disliked Nothing at all.

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From the manager: Thank you very much for your lovely review, Ken. We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and that our location served you well. We loved having you on site and look forward to welcoming you back again very soon. :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

everything. reception on arrival, whole site…

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Stephen W.

Short stay powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked everything. reception on arrival, whole site facilities, location, local transport links.

Disliked nothing really good site.

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From the manager: Thank you very much for your kind review, Stephen. We're pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and look forward to your next visit. :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

Super Campsite

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Paul M.

Powered cement/asphalt campsite

Liked This is a fabulous campsite which is ideally located near the bus and train station. It caters for families well and is nice and quiet and promotes being respectful of others.

We arrived on site where we were greeted and helped to put our caravan in its place. The man then offered some useful information about the best way to navigate the local attractions, which we found invaluable.

The site is split into three fields with a small shop, games room and toilet and shower blocks in the main field. The showers and toilets were always clean and never busy despite plenty of visitors on site. There is a pub across the road which offers discount to anyone staying at the campsite. Nearby is a lovely walk along the river which is ideal for dogs as its not too strong in current.

I would definitely recommend this site and will be visiting again thanks to the friendly staff. The only thing we found a bit of a challenge is the Wifi which wasn't good enough for us to watch TV so we needed to tether off our phones. Otherwise fantastic site!

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From the manager: Thank you very much for your kind review. We're pleased you enjoyed staying with us and look forward to welcoming you back again very soon. :)

We're sorry that our Wifi proved a bit of a struggle for you. Unfortunately, we are limited in the Wifi options we can offer our guests due to limitation in available services to our site. We're glad to hear that you managed in the end though. (If all else fails, we always have plenty of DVDs in our reception area that our guests are welcome to borrow free of charge during their stay.) :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

Fabulous site with excellent facilities and welcoming staff.

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Donna A.

Primitive grass campsite

Liked Speaking as someone who is more of a hotel kinda gal, I would definitely return here. The staff were fantastic, the chap that came to greet us and show us where our pitch was was so helpful and friendly. The site was so clean and well run. The shower and toilet facilities were fantastic, they were warm and the 24/7 radio was a fantastic touch so you aren’t in silence should you need a midnight wee. The showers were in cubicles that had a separate area in where you could change and hang your clothes in the dry, this was brilliant.
The pitches were such a great size, very level, and the local area wasn’t bad with a great pub 2 minutes walk away.

Disliked Nothing that was the fault of the campsite.. some people just dont have it in them to be considerate of others, so it was very noisy after the 10oclock quiet time rule and when they eventually left the site at 10:30, they just went to the pub which was almost next to our pitch.
Again, no fault of the campsite but I’d probably ask for a different pitch next time.

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From the manager: Thank you for your kind review, Donna. We're glad you enjoyed staying with us and hope to welcome you back again very soon.

Even though you're right in saying that some people are just inconsiderate, we are sorry that you had to experience this on our campsite. We try our best to ensure all our guests abide by our 10pm quite time rule and urge everyone to report any disturbances after this time. Please don't ever feel that you have to endure noise disturbances whilst on site.

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

Excellent site would definitely stay again and recommend.

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Paul F.

Short stay powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite

Liked Area- close to public transport, shops, pubs and takeaways.
Site- friendly staff, clean toilets and showers and site well maintained.

Disliked Nothinh

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your kind review. We're glad you enjoyed your stay with us and look forward to welcoming you back again soon. :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

Fantastic stay at Whitemead- would highly recommend.

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Clare A.

Powered grass campervan campsite

Liked I loved my stay at Whitemead Caravan Park. The hosts took my needs into consideration and were super helpful and kind. They even tried to help fix a problem with my camper van. They are all very knowledgeable of the area and gave lots of suggestions on where to go hiking. All facilities are clean and lovely hot showers.

Whitemead is close to the train station that takes you to Dorchester and Weymouth and a short bus ride to Lulworth Cove and Durdle door. There are a few dog walks on the door step too.

Both Monkey world and the tank museum are very close by. I even got woken by the Monkeys one morning. Will definitely go back as soon as much more to visit.

Disliked Nothing to dislike.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you very much for your kind review, Clare. We're so pleased you enjoyed staying with us. It was lovely having you on site and we look forward to welcoming you back again soon. :)

Kind regards
The Whitemead Team

Features

Dogs allowed

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 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 Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Public transportation nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at site Bathrooms: Large spacious shower Bathrooms: Large spacious toilet Bathrooms: Step-free access Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible shower Bathrooms: Wheelchair accessible toilet Bathrooms: Wide doorways (over 32 inches) 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 Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities Motorhome service point Seasonal sites

Location

Whitemead Caravan Park

East Burton Road

Wool

Dorset

England

BH20 6HG

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.68111°N
2.22629°W

Nearest transport

Bus
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

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 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?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.

    When arriving at the main gates please ring the buzzer and wait in your car for a member of staff.

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  • How much does it cost to stay at Whitemead Caravan Park? From $71.77 (for 2 nights, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.