Portesham Dairy Farm Campsite

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Level, well spaced pitches. Electric hook up and water on pitch.
Level, well spaced pitches. electric hook up and water on pitch.
Electric hardstanding touring pitch
Aerial view
View across site up towards the second facilities blocks
Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch
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Electric hardstanding touring pitch
Aerial view
View across site up towards the second facilities blocks

  • Jurassic Coast farm site 15 minutes' drive from Weymouth
  • Farm shop serving food and pub with garden within 1-2 minutes' stroll
  • Well-spaced pitches and spotless facilities
What a spectacularly well set site this is… do try your best to settle in for quite some time… Portesham Dairy Farm Camp Site is in peaceful Dorset countryside on the Jurassic Coast (week one of your hol) and easily accessible to Weymouth, Dorchester and the Dorset beaches: that should cover weeks two and three… Your eats and drinks are excellently sorted from here too, as a farm shop with café is a minute's amble from the site, and the owners' local, the King's Arms, is within a couple of minutes' stroll. The site is on the edge of the village of Portesham, in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and 15 minutes' drive from Weymouth. It's family run with a dedicated team that takes pride in its modern clean amenities: the purpose-built facilities block comes with toilets, showers, basins, hairdryers and hand dryers, baby changing area and an enclosed washing-up space with hot and cold water. There's also a laundry room (with drinks machine and tourist info), as well as three chemical disposal points across the site. A small play area is to hand for kids. The site welcomes quiet and friendly dogs; a footpath leads from the farm across fields and countryside.

Site type

Tent pitches 85
Touring caravan pitches 85
Motorhome pitches 85
Open all year
Opens
Please note

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Dogs

  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

Occupancy

  • Group bookings of 10 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.

Vehicles

  • Continental touring caravans (caravans built with the passenger door on the right-hand side) are not permitted.
  • Units heavier than 4000 kg are not allowed.
  • Units longer than 10 metres are not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

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Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

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2 adults
0 children
0 dogs

Reviews

9.6

Overall rating from 1,315 Pitchup.com customers

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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

98% would recommend this site to a friend

96% would stay here again

What customers say

This well-maintained campsite boasts immaculate facilities, particularly the showers and toilets, and offers spacious, level pitches. Guests consistently praise the friendly and helpful staff, convenient vending machines, and excellent location, ideal for exploring the Jurassic Coast. Easy access via ANPR security and proximity to local amenities like pubs and farm shops are also highlighted. The site is highly recommended by repeat visitors, with many planning to return.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews. Last updated 25/08/2026

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Arrival date (latest first)

A highly quality site in good location

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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 Derek G. 12 reviews

Electric grass pitch (medium)

Liked Friendly reception, high quality and clean facilities & dog exercise field

Also the location with walks and a bus direct from the site

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

2nd trip here and loved every…

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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 Pamela H. 4 reviews

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (semi-serviced, small)

Liked 2nd trip here and loved every minute.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: We are so pleased that you loved your 2nd stay at the campsite - thank you. We look forward to seeing you for your 3rd trip.

Good facilities Good WiFi Very clean…

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8 out of 10
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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 Donna M. 1 review

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (large, super)

Liked Good facilities
Good WiFi
Very clean

Disliked Perimeter pitches were definitely best as central pitches felt a bit claustrophobic

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks for your kind review and we look forward to seeing you again.

Would come back again, great place to pitch up and catch the bus

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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 Ivor S. 1 review

Electric grass pitch (medium)

Liked Facilities were brilliant, staff at the gate very helpful full of information

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the lovely review and recommendation. We are pleased you would come back for another stay and look forward to your next visit.

Lovely site. Great milkshakes! Ideal to cycle…

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10 out of 10
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 Lyndsay U. 1 review

Electric grass pitch (medium)

Liked Lovely site.
Great milkshakes!
Ideal to cycle out to Abbotsbury.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks for your kind review and recommendation. We hope you visit again soon.

Everything about the site was great…

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9 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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 Trevor L. 1 review

Electric grass pitch (medium)

Liked Everything about the site was great

Disliked Not a lot

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: We are so pleased you liked everything about the site and would visit again. Thank you for the review and recommendation.

Loved everything

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (medium, semi-serviced)

Liked The excellent standard of the showers and toilets,my husband loved the pizza vending machine ,my favourite was the ice cream vending machine. Great loaction fabulous dog walks from site . Local pub and cafe

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: We are so pleased that you loved everything about the campsite and your stay. Thank you for your very kind review and 10/10 overall score. We would love to see the both of you and your dogs back again for another stay.

We have stayed here several times…

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10 out of 10
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Anonymous

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (medium, semi-serviced)

Liked We have stayed here several times times because we’ve never been disappointed. Very clean and excellent facilities. We like the fact you can catch a bus from outside and travel along the coast or walks to chsil beach

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks for all of your very kind review comments and continuing to come back to stay at the campsite. We hope to see you all back again soon.

Location very good with a nice…

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10 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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 Richard B. 2 reviews

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (semi-serviced, small)

Liked Location very good with a nice pub and bus stop very close. Facilities were new and immaculate, a well organised campsite

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your very kind review comments and recommendation to friends. We hope to see you back again for another visit.

Nice site, good sized pitch decent…

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8 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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 geoffrey n. 4 reviews

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (medium)

Liked Nice site, good sized pitch decent facilities

Disliked When the wind is in the wrong direction. The smell is something else 😀. But it is the country! Free Wi-Fi was no good

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your review and recommendation. Sorry you did not have a good internet connection, if reported at our reception desk we could have looked into this for you. We are pleased you would visit again and look forward to your next stay.

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house 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

Baby-changing facilities Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Local produce 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 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

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Restaurant 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

Portesham Dairy Farm Campsite

7 Bramdon Lane

Portesham

Weymouth

Dorset

England

DT3 4HG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.66786°N
2.56326°W

Nearest transport

Coach
6.2 mi South Station
6.2 mi Marks and Spencer
9.9 mi Coach Station
Rail
4.5 mi Upwey Rail Station
6 mi Weymouth Rail Station
6.1 mi Dorchester West Rail Station
Ferry
6.5 mi Weymouth Ferry Terminal
25.2 mi Poole Ferry Terminal
25.5 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

However long you stay here (at least a couple of weeks, preferably), there's enough to see and do around Dorset to entertain all ages and tastes. Ditch the car if you prefer: the local bus stop is 150 yards from the farm entrance, to pick up the Jurassic Coast route bus (X53) running from Exeter to Poole. The Portesham Dairy Farm team recommends a climb up to the Hardy Monument on Black Down (five minutes' drive) as a nifty way to see Dorset and its splendid coastline (the monument isn't to the writer Thomas Hardy as you might expect in these parts, but to Vice Admiral Thomas Hardy, a commander at the Battle of Trafalgar; do be sure to tell that to the kids). You should be able to see the Devon coast, the Mendip Hills and the Isle of Wight from here on a clear day; just clamber the 120 steps up to the viewpoint. Also much recommended is Abbotsbury, home of the famed swannery as well as subtropical gardens and a kids' farm (also five minutes' drive), and the golden sands, sand sculptures and fair rides of Weymouth, 15 minutes from the farm. Portland (25 minutes) is also a must: visit the lighthouse, forage for fossils and come down the hill from the top of town for stunning views of the coast and Chesil Beach.

Food and drink

  • Kings Arms Pub 0.1 mi
  • Swan Inn Pub 1.5 mi
  • Ilchester Arms Pub 1.6 mi
  • The Elm Tree Inn Pub 2 mi
  • Colonial Restaurant 2.5 mi
  • Coach House Inn Pub 3.2 mi
  • Brewers Arms Pub 3.4 mi
  • The Lugger Inn Pub 3.8 mi
  • The Turk's Head Pub 4 mi
  • Old Ship Inn Pub 4.2 mi

Groceries

  • Aldi 4.7 mi
  • Morrisons 4.9 mi
  • Co-op Food 5 mi
  • Sainsbury's 5.1 mi
  • Aldi 5.1 mi
  • Lidl 5.3 mi
  • Tesco 5.8 mi
  • The Food Warehouse 5.8 mi
  • Central 5.9 mi
  • Asda 6.1 mi

Parks and play

  • Abbotsbury Swannery Playground 1.7 mi
  • Arboretum & Apiary park 2.4 mi
  • West Lawn park 2.5 mi
  • Litton Cheney Playing Field Playground 4.4 mi
  • Chickerell Downs park 4.5 mi
  • Radipole Park 5.3 mi
  • Dorchester Road Playground 5.4 mi
  • Ludlow Road Playground 5.5 mi
  • Fortress Green park 5.6 mi
  • The Great Field park 5.6 mi

Family days out

  • Abbotsbury Children's Farm 1.6 mi
  • Abbotsbury Swannery 1.9 mi
  • Abbotsbury Swan Maze 1.9 mi
  • Kingston Russell Stone Circle 2.1 mi
  • Sino Himalayan Glade 2.4 mi
  • Chilean Border & 'Lookout' 2.4 mi
  • Southern Hemisphere Garden 2.4 mi
  • Jungle Glade 2.4 mi
  • Bothy & Fern Glade 2.4 mi
  • Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens 2.4 mi

Public transport

  • Kings Arms 0.09 mi
  • Village Hall 0.2 mi
  • Swan Inn 1.5 mi
  • Ilchester Arms 1.6 mi
  • West Street 2.1 mi
  • Knights in the Bottom 3.1 mi
  • Steepleton Manor 3.1 mi
  • Hamlands 3.2 mi
  • Coach and Horses 3.2 mi
  • Winterbourne Valley School 3.3 mi

Beaches

  • Chesil Beach 4.1 mi

What’s nearby

  • Wessex Golf Centre Golf course 4.7 mi
  • Weymouth Golf Club Golf course 5.1 mi
  • Came Down Golf Club Golf course 5.2 mi
  • Lodmoor Pitch and Putt Golf course 5.8 mi
  • Weymouth Marina 6.1 mi

Local services

  • Portesham Surgery Doctors 0.2 mi
  • Esso Fuel station 3.3 mi
  • Day Lewis Pharmacy 4 mi
  • BP Fuel station 4.6 mi
  • Well Pharmacy 4.8 mi
  • Littlemoor Surgery Doctors 4.9 mi
  • Rowlands Pharmacy 5 mi
  • Morrisons Fuel station 5 mi
  • Sainsbury's Fuel station 5 mi
  • Esso Fuel station 5.1 mi

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Must see

Abbotsbury Swannery 1.7 mi

Radipole Lake Nature Reserve 5.8 mi

Weymouth Sea Life Park and Marine Sanctuary 5.9 mi

Hardy's Birthplace 8.7 mi

Mapperton House & Gardens 10.7 mi

National Trust

Max Gate 6.7 mi

Hardy's Cottage 8.7 mi

Clouds Hill 14 mi

Montacute House 20.7 mi

Tintinhull Garden 22.2 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Hardy Monument Circular 1.4 mi

Abbotsbury - Hardy Monument - Portesham - Abbotsbury 1.7 mi

Abbotsbury - Elsworth - Portesham - Chapel Hill 1.7 mi

Abbotsbury - West Bexington - Chesil Beach - Abbotsbury 1.7 mi

BRIDEHEAD 2.2 mi

Local events

  • Dorset County Show (Saturday, 5 September 2026 – Saturday, 5 September 2026)

    Dorchester, Dorset 7.1 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 Portesham Dairy Farm Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Portesham Dairy Farm Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Portesham Dairy Farm Campsite? However long you stay here (at least a couple of weeks, preferably), there's enough to see and do around Dorset to entertain all ages and tastes. Ditch the car if you prefer: … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Portesham Dairy Farm Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.

    The site must be notified of late arrivals as soon as possible. There is no need to check in at reception; you will receive a pre-arrival email, so you can just drive to your allocated pitch straight away.

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  • How much does it cost to stay at Portesham Dairy Farm Campsite? From £22 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.