Newlands Holiday Park

From £28 For 1 night, 6 adults 9 489 reviews
View from the hardstanding pitches (added by manager 14 Jul 2022)
Pool (added by manager 11 jan 2023)
View from pitches (added by manager 14 jul 2022)
Picnic tables (added by manager 11 jan 2023)

  • Family-friendly park just outside Charmouth on the Jurassic Coast
  • Pools, play areas and indoor play
  • Modern amenities including hot showers and a launderette
There’s nothing fossilised about a stay at Newlands Holiday Park, a stone’s throw away from the Jurassic Coast on the Devon/Dorset border, where the staff and facilities should cater to your every holiday need. For example, this lush place has two separate play areas for the mini guests. There's also an indoor heated pool – and an outdoor one with loungers so you can bask in the sun and wonder where the kids get all that energy… More? There's an indoor soft play area. Also use family-run Newlands as a base for a Lyme Regis fossil-hunting holiday or just lounge about on site; either way, epic times are on the cards. The 23-acre landscaped park has all the facilities you’d expect from a thoroughly modern site: internet access and clean up-to-date amenities including hot showers and a launderette. Half a mile from Newlands, the World Heritage village of Charmouth has shops, restaurants and pubs… and is also known for its hardy souls taking to the sea in fancy dress on Christmas Day.

Site type

Motorhome pitches 74
Caravans for hire 50
Tent pitches 76
Touring caravan pitches 74
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 14
Open now

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Single-sex bookings of 5 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • All: access to the swimming pool is not included in the rate and is charged £3.50 per person per session.
  • The outdoor swimming pool is open between 30/05 and 01/09 (subject to weather conditions).
  • The restaurant is open between 07/03 and 29/10.
  • Entertainment and activities are available between 14/07 and 29/08.
  • The grocery shop is open between 07/03 and 29/10.
  • The indoor swimming pool is open between 07/03 and 31/10.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Mon, 4 Mar to

AA 5 pennants

Pitch types & availability

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

We had a lovely stay, thank you

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: The Tow Bar restaurant was great, loved my burger. The staff were friendly too & a great selection of beers too. The site was great with decent facilities.

Disliked: The lack of sun 😉

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From the manager: Hello, Many thanks for your lovely review. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope that you can visit us again soon when the sun comes back out! Best wishes, Newlands Holidays

Clean facilities and no problems during our stay. We were taken to…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Clean facilities and no problems during our stay. We were taken to our pitch and then left to it - how we like it! No problem with the WiFi, we could stream a series without dropping or lag.

Disliked: Could hear the main road from our pitch. The shop closing at 5. After being off site all day, it would have been handy to be able to pop in later in the day.

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From the manager: Hi, Many thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We are so pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us. I'm sorry that you didn't think that the shop was open long enough. In busy times, the shop does stay open until 8pm. Best wishes, Newlands Holidays

Excellent site with clean facilities, friendly staff!

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Friendly staff, the staff in the shop was incredibly welcoming! Loved how we were escorted to our pitch and also offered help with putting the caravan on the pitch. Swimming pool was small but ideal, good sauna! Outdoor pool was lovely also! Facilities were spotless considering we had awful weather they work extremely hard! Very clean site, great value for money!

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hello, Huge thanks for your review! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us! It's so lovely of you to point out the conditions of the facilities in a positive way. Our housekeeping team work super hard to keep them up to the best standards that they can. We do hope to welcome you back to Newlands soon. Best wishes, Newlands Holidays

Needs some investment

Overall 4/10
Location 10
Value for money 2
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Matthew R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Great location, good having a restaurant and bar onsite

Disliked: Expensive for what it is. Tired facilities. Restaurant overpriced and not great food

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From the manager: Hi Matthew, Thank you for your review. Best wishes, Newlands Holidays

Nice level site but noisy main road

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Clean

Disliked: Poor allotment process on arrival Staff off hand when pre booked lunch cancelled due to illness

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From the manager: Hello, Many thanks for taking the time to leave us a review, I'm sorry to hear of your issues. Best wishes Newlands Holidays

This is a lovely site, well kept and friendly staff. Unfortunately with…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 4
Alison W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: This is a lovely site, well kept and friendly staff. Unfortunately with all the rain, we couldn’t go on the pitch we had booked but they provided somewhere else to park our camper. The bar area was nice, as was the food, they do a lovely Sunday carvery. Dogs are allowed in the conservatory, so you can eat and drink there with them. There is a short easy walk into Charmouth, there is a bus stop outside the site, so no need to drive if you don’t want to, we took a bus into Lyme Regis and walked the coast path back.

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From the manager: Hi Alison, Thank you so much for your lovely review. We are so pleased that you had such a lovely time and hope to welcome you back soon. Best wishes Newlands Holidays

Everything was lovely

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

Electric grass touring pitch

Liked: Really happy and staff was so helpful showing us our pitch and made sure we was OK lovely place to stay and clean lots to do definitely going back

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From the manager: Hi Kelly, Thanks so much for your lovely review. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you back soon! Best wishes, Newlands Holidays

Great facilities, pool was easy to book, showers and toilets were constantly…

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Great facilities, pool was easy to book, showers and toilets were constantly clean, very friendly staff, great Sunday carvery and accommodated our request to be next to our friends.

Disliked: Not a dislike as such, but found the food and drinks at the restaurant a little pricey.

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From the manager: Hi, Many thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us and that you were able to be with your friends. We do try to price competitively with other eateries around the area but will take your comments on board. Best wishes Newlands Holidays

Good facilities, clean and tidy

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Nice and clean facilities ,

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hello, Many thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to welcome you back soon. Best wishes, Newlands Holidays

Lovely place for families

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

Electric hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Very friendly helpful staff. Site and facilities were very clean and well maintained. Play area was lovely.

Disliked: Food not served in the restaurant during the day. Would have liked to have bought toasted sandwiches/soup/jackets when weather was bad

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From the manager: Hi Karey, Many thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us! Best wishes, Newlands Holidays


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Hot tub

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site cafe

On-site restaurant

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

Sauna

Soft play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Toddler's pool

Watersports

Amenities on site

Baby-changing facilities

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Local produce

Off licence

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Picnic table

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful

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

Nearby farmers' market

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Motorhome service point

Seasonal pitches

Tourer storage facilities

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Newlands Holiday Park

Nr Stonebarrow Lane

Charmouth

Dorset

England

DT6 6RB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.73852°N
-2.88999°W

Route directions

The road to Newlands does not have a name, causing problems for satnav systems. The nearest listed roads are Stonebarrow Lane and The Street. The site postcode is DT6 6RB.

Nearest transport

Coach
5.6 mi Coach Station
18.2 mi Yeovil Bus Station
19.9 mi South Station
Rail
5.8 mi Axminster Rail Station
10.5 mi Crewkerne Rail Station
13.6 mi Honiton Rail Station
Ferry
21.4 mi Weymouth Ferry Terminal
24.9 mi Exmouth Ferry Landing
25.6 mi Topsham (Turf Lock Ferry) Ferry Landing
Airport
23.1 mi Exeter 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

Charmouth is the gateway to the Jurassic Coast and has some of the best fossils to be found in Dorset: the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre has fossil collections and guided fossil walks and is where you can proudly bring in your very own fossil find to be identified. The beach is a 15-minute walk from Newlands: stroll from here to Lyme Regis keeping your head down for more fossily finds, then wander around Lyme to take a look at Cobb Harbour (made famous in Jane Austen’s Persuasion); buy freshly ground flour at the 14th-century watermill; amble along to at the ammonites, exhibitions and events at the museum, or tee off on the cliff at Lyme Regis Golf Club. Mini fossil-hunters will likely be monster fans of the award-winning Dinosaur Museum at Dorchester, and taking a detour while in town to the Teddy Bear Museum. If they’re watery types, they’ll have a whale of a time at the Splashdown Water Park in Poole and the walk-through underwater tunnel at the Bournemouth Oceanarium. Closer to Newlands and Dino Dan, families can see zebras and meerkats at the Axe Valley Wildlife Park, trundle along on the Seaton Tramway for a scenic trip through the estuary of the River Axe, or feed a shoal of fish at Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Charmouth West 0.7 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Good
Lyme Regis Front Beach 2.4 mi Sea N/A Good Good N/A
Seatown 3.1 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Eypemouth 4.9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
West Bay (West) 5.7 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Mapperton House & Gardens 8.9 mi

Abbotsbury Swannery 13.8 mi

Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site 15.9 mi

Montacute House 16.6 mi

Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 19.2 mi

National Trust

Shute Barton 7.9 mi

Loughwood Meeting House 8.1 mi

Branscombe: the Old Bakery, Manor Mill and Forge 11.3 mi

Barrington Court 15.4 mi

Montacute House 16.6 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Champernhayes - Monkton Wyld - Wootton Fitzpaine 2.3 mi

Langdon Hill - Golden Cap - Langdon Hill 2.5 mi

Fishpond Bottom - Wootton Fitzpaine and River Char 2.6 mi

North Chideock - Symondsbury and More. 3 mi

Seatown - Golden Cap - Ridge Barn - Stanton St Gab 3.1 mi

Local events

  • Sidmouth Folk Festival (Friday 2 August 2024 – Friday 2 August 2024)

    Sidmouth, Devon 15.7 mi

  • Beautiful Days (Friday 16 August 2024 – Friday 16 August 2024)

    Ottery St Mary, Devon 18.2 mi

  • Dorset County Show (Saturday 7 September 2024 – Saturday 7 September 2024)

    Dorchester, Dorset 20.3 mi

  • Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and Rally (Friday 19 July 2024 – Friday 19 July 2024)

    Dorchester, Dorset 26 mi

  • Tankfest (Friday 28 June 2024 – Friday 28 June 2024)

    Wareham, Dorset 28.4 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.

Want to know more about camping in Dorset?

  • Does Newlands Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Newlands Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Newlands Holiday Park? Charmouth is the gateway to the Jurassic Coast and has some of the best fossils to be found in Dorset: the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre has fossil collections and guided fossil walks … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Newlands Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  11 a.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  10:30 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Newlands Holiday Park? From £28 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.