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Bell tent

From £80 1 night, 2 adults

5 people maximum No dogs allowed

Includes a welcome pack of tea, coffee, hot chocolate, marshmallows on sticks, 5L of bottled water and an alpaca meet-and-greet.

Bring all camping equipment minus the tent (linen, sleeping bags, pillows, cooking equipment, etc.)

Dimensions

16.4ft width × 16.4ft length

1 room

Open space 1 x Double airbed, 3 x Single airbed

No toilets in the unit: shared facilities available.

No showers in the unit: shared facilities available.

Features

Car 2 included, 2 max.
Barbecue
Car parking by pitch/unit
Firepit
Firewood provided
Kettle
Lanterns/fairy lights
Outdoor furniture
Picnic table

Other restrictions

No dogs allowed

Bed linen not provided

Availability

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Based on 1 night, 5 people

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Happyard

View prices & book 9.1 25 reviews
Visitor image of the beautiful views
Cute neighbours
Alpacas
Tent pitches

Reviews

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96% would recommend this site to a friend

88% would stay here again

Reviews page 1 of 3
Arrival date (latest first)

All good…

Overall 7/10

Location
8
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
7
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
Alina Florina P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked All good

Disliked Windy on the top field

Recommend to friends Visit again

Well worth a visit, for a fun, relaxing camping trip, thank you! :)

Overall 10/10

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Lovely family feel campsite, hosts were so friendly and welcoming! It’s basic, but has everything you need and more for a really enjoyable off grid camping experience. All the animals (especially the alpacas) are a great bonus! It was our second visit, and we’ll definitely be back!

Disliked Nothing!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi lizzie,
thankyou so much for your kind review it really means so much .
We love being able to share a our little farm.
Be great to see you all again and hopefully have some new fluffy cria to show you in the summer !

Excellent site and friendly staff

Overall 10/10

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Lovely setting. We went during some bad weather and so we were moved to the front field. Accommodated well and made to feel welcome. We got to see the animals and interact with them.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Loved the location. Strikes me that it I’ll always be a breezy…

Overall 8/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
8
Facilities / Activities
4
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
8
Cleanliness
8
Wifi
No rating
Zoë L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Loved the location. Strikes me that it I’ll always be a breezy location and we had a bell tent and it easily withstood the 30mph gusts but you definitely need to be prepared for the fact you are on a hill.

Only staff we saw were teens but the one we dealt with was super helpful and let us know all the necessary info. Basic facilities but clean and seemed well maintained.

Disliked Pretty much whole camping field is on a slope so can’t pinch level, but this is my only downside and it’s easily managed.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Wonderful campsite. Lovely chance to be close to nature and animals. Nice…

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
Mya-rose H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Wonderful campsite. Lovely chance to be close to nature and animals. Nice and quiet in the evenings

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, lovely host and stunning animals.

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
8
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
8
Wifi
2
Gidon Daniel S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Bell tent (basic)

Liked Location (proximity to beautiful walks and beaches).
Great host.
All the amenities

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site and lovely staff

Overall 10/10

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Everything

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good location price and clean facitities

Overall 8/10

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Nice view. Lovely animals

Disliked Ground was not flat. Very bumpy

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hi,
Anna thankyou for your review. We did have a very wet winter and unfortunately didn't manage to roll the ground before the hay was set in so the ground is not as good as it usually is annoyingly but for next season we will look at ways to improve this .
Will also have super showers and extra toilets next year so I hope you'll come back and see us again??
Enjoy the rest of your holidays
Tina and the happyard crew

Great big field with friendly staff and lots of animals for the kids

Overall 8/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
6
Customer service
8
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
8
Wifi
8
Rob J. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Most of it as it's just plain and simple. Field at bottom has toilets, Guinea pigs,cats and a massive rabbit, middle field going up bank has loads of Alpacas and top field is for camping..... Massive field,great to play in for kids and horses at bottom.

Disliked Not complaining about anything but you can hear cars at night on road, you are no where near road but it travels, you get used to it and obviously the trek down to toilets, especially at night.... But take a good torch and you'll be fine.... Just suck it up and do it..... For the price, no probs

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice and quiet place.

Overall 10/10

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

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Quiet and not busy place. Clean portable toilets with toilet paper and sanitizers. Nice views. Lovely place.

Disliked Shower would be advantage. I wouldn't stay there longer that one night as I would need shower after all day walk or paddleboarding.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thankyou very much for your review,we are considering showers although this would then have a bearing on the price and like to keep costs down to stay in the wild camping/ budget break but we certainly are looking at the options

Wishing you a super time for the rest of the holidays and hopefully see you in the future 🤠


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Covered terrace area 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 pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Picnic table Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Tents for hire Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. 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

Budget/backpacker Peaceful Remote location Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available No drinkable water point Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Pop-up campsite Small (11-25 pitches)

Accessibility

Accessible parking at pitch

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Fishing nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Happyard

Bride Valley Alpaca Farm

Higher Kingston Russell

Dorchester

Dorset

England

DT2 9ED

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.72098°N
2.59332°W

Route directions

Please do not turn off the A35 until you see the sign for Kingston Russell; a satnav may tell you to turn off too early. The site is a few hundred yards down the lane on the right, just after the old farmhouse. The site's What3words is loopholes.trials.dressings.

Nearest transport

Coach
6.9 mi South Station
7.5 mi Coach Station
9.8 mi Marks and Spencer
Rail
4.2 mi Maiden Newton Rail Station
6.7 mi Dorchester West Rail Station
6.9 mi Dorchester South Rail Station
Ferry
10.1 mi Weymouth Ferry Terminal
26.3 mi Poole Ferry Terminal
26.7 mi Poole Quay Ferry Landing

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

Day trips to the countryside, coast, farms or fossil-hunting havens are easily done from Happyard. Keen hikers can set off on the hiking paths and bike trails around the Dorset National Landscape – Kingston Russell House (55 minutes' walk), the Dorset Downs (50 minutes), Long Bredy village (40 minutes) and the Valley of Stones National Nature Reserve (an hour and a half) are all within walking or pedalling distance. If alpacas have whetted the kids’ appetite for seeing creatures of all sorts, drive south to Abbotsbury Swannery (20 minutes' drive), the world’s only managed colony of mute swans. Around 600 swans are here to see and help feed, on a sizeable site also home to a petting farm, play areas, pedal go-karts, a nature reserve and a maze. (The Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens are five minutes’ drive from here if you crave a calmer time afterwards.) Other excellent options include West Bay (15 minutes), the scenic setting for the TV drama Broadchurch; Cerne Abbas Giant (20 minutes), the 55-metre chalk figure etched into the Dorset hillside; and following the Thomas Hardy trail around Dorchester (15 minutes) to Higher Bockhampton.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Hive 5.9 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
West Bay (West) 7.6 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Eypemouth 8.4 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Weymouth Lodmoor 9.3 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Bowleaze Cove 9.5 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Abbotsbury Swannery 4.3 mi

Mapperton House & Gardens 7.1 mi

Hardy's Birthplace 8.9 mi

Weymouth Sea Life Park and Marine Sanctuary 9.2 mi

Radipole Lake Nature Reserve 9.4 mi

National Trust

Max Gate 7.5 mi

Hardy's Cottage 8.9 mi

Clouds Hill 14.9 mi

Montacute House 16.8 mi

Tintinhull Garden 18.3 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

South from Little Bredy 1.6 mi

BRIDEHEAD 1.7 mi

Eggardon Hill and Powerstock 3 mi

Hardy Monument Circular 3 mi

ABBOTSBURY GARDENS 4.2 mi

Local events

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

    Dorchester, Dorset 7.3 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.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Happyard have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Happyard dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Happyard? Day trips to the countryside, coast, farms or fossil-hunting havens are easily done from Happyard. Keen hikers can set off on the hiking paths and bike trails around the Dorset National Landscape … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Happyard?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  10 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  10:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Happyard? From £18 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.