Giants Head Caravan and Camping Park

Liked Owner was very friendly...
Ice cream van that visited.

Disliked Un-level pitch
un- clean and wet floored showers
wires all over the field.
Having to change £1 coins into old £1 coins from the office, get a key to use the laundry room, then having to return it once the wash was finished.

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From the manager: We are very surprised to see your comments. You gave the impression that you were happy on site, you only had to speak to us if you were not.

We did give you a choice of pitches but you seemed to be happy with your pitch close to trees where you could put up your radio mast, if it wasn't suitable you only had to say.

Our showers are cleaned regularly during the day, but you cannot expect us to stand outside and dry the floor every time the shower is used. We have had several other comments this week saying how lovely our showers are.

I am sorry you had to come and change £1 coins for our £1 tokens, I think you will find most sites charge for their laundry. The reason we issue a key so you can put your washing in and no one else will remove it, we have the odd complaint that washing has been taken out in the machine by someone else.

Liked Small site surrounded by beautiful countryside and walks along the Wessex Ridgeway. Great location close enough to beaches. Owners are friendly. Good showers and clean toilets. Ice cream van came a few times in the week. Kelly's soft whip (what's not to like?).

Disliked Ground is full of flint so bring strong pegs and don't forget to pack a hammer.

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Liked Staff were super friendly and helpful
Generous pitch size
Large shower cubicles with constant running water which was lovely and warm.

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From the manager: Thank you so much for your lovely review. we do try and make everyone's stay with us as enjoyable as we can.

We do not have set pitch sizes here so we can cater for the larger units as well, there is always plenty of space.

We love our showers, they are better than we have in our house !!

Look forward to seeing you again soon. :)

Liked Lovely owner, gave lots of information.
Site was well kept and clean.

Disliked Showers were cold.

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From the manager: Thank you for your review, we are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us.

I apologise for the showers being cold, we do keep them at 43 degrees but it was a very busy Bank Holiday weekend so they could have cooled down a little. I have checked this morning and they are all hot. Thank you for letting me know.

Liked Staff were very welcoming and could not do enough. Lots of information supplied. Toilets were clean and so were the showers. Bins emptied every couple of hours. Lovely views and a great place as a Base.

Disliked For us it was just to cramped and other people very close. We have used camping sites for many years and have never had limitations on what electricity we can use, although we told about this on arrival it would have benefited us to know before hand as this time of year we would have liked to use our heater.

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From the manager: We are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us.

We are sorry you found your neighbours a little close to you, they were the regulated distance away but I am aware they were a little noisy.

Most touring caravan sites either have 6, 10 or 16 amp available, we have
10 amp on the majority of our pitches, you will find that most sites do not permit high power items to be used, such as domestic kettles, electric fan heaters. We do occassionally have problems on site with these items.

Liked The perfect campsite for a quiet stay due to smaller size, and it’s in an amazing area with places like Weymouth and Durdle door only 30 mins down the road!!!
Would/will come again
Really good for first time camping too

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From the manager: We are really pleased you had an enjoyable stay with us, we are a small site compared to some so we can offer a more personal service and make sure everyone has a great time.
We are in a good position, in the middle of Dorset and only an hour at most to anywhere in the county.
We look forward to seeing you agin soon.

Liked Convenient to beaches and good views.

Disliked Toilets in need of modernisation and very small.

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From the manager: We are really sorry you did not enjoy your stay with us. Fortunately you are in the monority.

As I stated when you arrived, our toilets are a little dated and are going to be fully refurbished when we close the site this month.

Liked Great site

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From the manager: Thank you for your review, we are reaaly please dyou enjoiyed your stay with us.
We hope to see you again soon.

Liked A lovely little site. If you're the sort of family that likes lots of amenities it's probably not for you, that's not a negative for the site, it suits us but there is nothing on the site for entertainment. If, like us, you simply require a site as a base and spend your days visiting local attractions, it's a great little site to visit. That said if your kids are able to play the old fashioned way, there's lots of open space.

Admittedly the facilities (toilet blocks etc) are a little dated, the owner openly admits this but they're kept spotlessly clean all day and are very functional. The showers have a button you press which gives you five minutes (which you can press again if this isn't enough) far better than those push tap type you keep having to constantly press the tap head every 45 seconds (which often are worn and don't last even that long), it's a lovely and an appreciated touch. There is a laundry with a washer, dryer and an iron (again older equipment but perfectly functional). It's not open, you have to go to the office for the key but this does helps prevent people abusing equipement.

The staff are friendly and very helpful and on site so no having to phone whenever there's a problem and wait for some to come from god knows how far. Some have mentioned the slopes, some are quite a slope and you'd have to pitch your tent accordingly, however, these do tend to be more sheltered from the winds. If like when we where there, there is a storm the top field can get very blustery (snapped poles blustery!).

At least for our stay (August) there's an ice cream van visits the site most evenings and bloody good value it is too and the site owner comes around once a week with a leaflet with times the van is coming for the following week. It's a lovely, quite site and all there where friendly and respectful of other people which was a great experience for us, no loud music blaring out all hours and even without a silly curfew time (which meant we could enjoy the fireworks in Weymouth without worry of being locked out) people arrived back quietly and respectfully.

It's a basic site but very functional, spotlessly clean with very helpful and friendly staff and you wake up to some beautiful views from the top of the field, what more do you want? Personally I have no problems recommending the site and if all goes to plan, we'll be regular visitors to the site on our annual pilgrimage to the wife's motherland on a yearly basis.

Disliked Based on our stay this year we have nothing to whine about in any way, very happy customers.

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From the manager: Thank you so much for your kind words, we are so pleased you all enjoyed your holiday with us.

We are planning on refurbishing our toilet block when we close the site at the end of this season. We are also going to do some ground work to make the sloping area a little flatter.

Hope you managed to dry your tent out ok ready for your break next weekend.

Look forward to welcoming you back next year.

Liked Showers and toilets were really clean.
Caroline was friendly and helpful and nothing was too much trouble.

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From the manager: We are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us, we just want everyone to have a great time and we are happy to help in anyway we can. Thank you

Look forward to seeing you again soon.