Herston Caravan and Camping

The gentleman was lovely on our arrival and said we could park in a spot that was nearer the showers and toilet , the spot was nice and secluded given privacy . Unfortunately our chihuahua was awake most of the night being nosey as to what the noise of the cows were , however for our second night we were offered to go further back in the fields to remedy that but we were called back home so had to get back for an emergency.
We will return another time , place is friendly and spacious, didn’t have time to use showers but all seemed fine .

Couldn’t get hot water in toilets to wash hands .

Location

Toilets and showers are in need of serious overhaul and deep clean !
the site has permanent statics and plenty of permanent caravans, motorhome etc a lot of the areas around these are unkept and the whole site has a feel of a travellers site.

Excellent site with clean facilities, friendly staff and level pitches

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Very easy going vibe. Great views.

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Super sized pitch. Good amount of Space between pitches. Services to pitch included shared water connection ( the other pitch remained connected so had to disconnect them to get water. Beautiful views. Fairly quiet but the site was only partially full. Good toilet and shower facilities with large shower area and inclusive toilet. Up to date facilities but the water temperature in the shower varied from hot to cold during a shower. During our stay we found the showers and toilets clean but the floor was difficult to keep clean because the mud comes in on the shoes and the floor mop doesn’t clean it very well. The drain in the corner of the floor didn’t do its job as well as it could.
The shop on site has all the things you need, milk bread etc.
Thereb was a band playing in the bar both on Friday and Saturday night as part of the Blues Festival and this was really great.
We used the footpath from the site near our pitch to walk down to the beach and town. This is a lovely walk and takes about 20 minutes at a good walking speed. We did use our phone torches when we took the same route back at night.
We were at Herston for the Swanage Blues Festival - had amazing weather - great bands playing throughout the town.
We will be back.

Some site users were just too loud either shouting and playing loud music. All they need to do is turn it down and respect the other site users.

Quiet and nice walk to town

No food apart from burger bar even though it mentions restaurant in description.
Shower rooms dirty. Each shower is within its own room with toilet and basin. Luckily used our own facilities.
If you are going any day apart from Friday and Saturday there is no entertainment.

Really beautiful, well-managed site with very attentive and helpful staff onsite and in the bar/shop etc. Very clean toilet facilities.

The burger van didn't open for very long and the food served wasn't fantastic quality.

On-site shop for consumables.
Walk into Swanage is a healthy and pleasant 25 minutes, partly over fields.

Not enough toilet and washing facilities for the number of pitches. Combined WC/shower cubicles result in lack of availability and waiting, even early at the start of the morning. For this size of site, the same number again of each of male and of female WCs would be better.
Given the rather basic facilities, the higher than typical pitch fees are not justified.

The pitches are mostly flat with good services. A short walk into the town, which has plenty of places to eat and drink and some small independent shops.
There is an onsite bar, but it only opens on weekends this time of year

You have to drive through the permanent residence to get to the camping field, it was a little off putting, but worth it once you got to the field

Check in was friendly .

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