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
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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
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • 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).
  • Group bookings of 10 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
  • Single-sex bookings of 3 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.
  • Continental touring caravans (caravans built with the passenger door on the right-hand side) are not permitted.
  • Units longer than 10 metres are not allowed.
  • Units heavier than 4000 kg are not allowed.

Languages spoken

English

AA 4 pennants

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

Tent pitchesTouring caravan pitchesMotorhome pitchesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsCaravans for hireRent a tent
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2 adults
0 children

Reviews

9.7

Overall rating from 1,381 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Peaceful

98% would recommend this site to a friend

96% would stay here again

What customers say

This exceptionally clean and well-maintained site offers spacious, level pitches and modern, spotless facilities including excellent showers. The automated entry system and friendly, helpful staff contribute to a secure and welcoming atmosphere. Its convenient location provides easy access to local amenities, pubs, and the Jurassic Coast, with good bus links. The addition of 24-hour vending machines for essentials is highly appreciated. It’s a highly recommended site for a peaceful and enjoyable stay, with many visitors planning return visits.

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Lovely surroundings, well maintained site with clean facilities and some of the…

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Niki H.

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (medium, semi-serviced)

Liked Lovely surroundings, well maintained site with clean facilities and some of the best campsite showers that we have known. The entrance barriers give a good level of security and whilst we never needed to call on them there was always a staff member visble during the day and around the site. They even polished the electricity ponts!
There is a huge open space for ball games or to let dogs run, although this isn't enclosed as such.
Lots of great walks from the site. On a bus route that is well serviced. Nice local pub that served really nice Sunday Roast. Easy reach of the coast.
We saw a hare in the field behind the site and a pair of Green Woodpeckers were often around too.

Disliked The washing up point is a bit of a squeeze.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for taking the time to write a lovely review and so pleased that you saw lots of wildlife. We hope to see you both and dog again soon for another stay at the campsite.

Very quiet and immaculately kept site, great size pitches and clean toilet…

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Andrew J.

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (medium, semi-serviced)

Liked Very quiet and immaculately kept site, great size pitches and clean toilet and shower block. Friendly staff, will be back again !

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks for your kind review comments and recommendation. Very pleased that you will come back again.

Toilet/shower block, shop, nice position, all very clean and kept in very…

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (small)

Liked Toilet/shower block, shop, nice position, all very clean and kept in very good condition.

Disliked Noise late at night/early am from loud youngsters screaming and shouting with a car in your car park area.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your kind review and so pleased that you will visit again. We are sorry about the noise at night (this rarely happens) and we will keep monitoring the situation.

Fabulous site

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samantha l.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (medium)

Liked What’s not to like! We love it here, peaceful, spotlessly clean, large pitches, very friendly and helpful staff! The showers and toilets are second to none just fabulous! And my son loves the vending machines especially the milkshake and ice cream ones! There’s a bus stop 150m from the campsite entrance takes you directly into Weymouth or Bridport in the other direction. It’s just brilliant we will be returning for our 4th trip next year!

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful location, large hard standing pitches and very clean.

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Simon D.

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (medium, semi-serviced)

Liked Large pitches. Spotless facilities. Lovely location. Lovely dairy milk for sale!

Disliked Maybe more detail on local walks / routes. WiFi was a bit hit and miss!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your very kind review and recommendation. We are so glad that you thought it was a beautiful location. Reception is currently open 12 hours/day, if you needed any local walk details or use Dorset Explorer (a free app), for all the local walking routes (this is for your next visit). See you again soon.

The showers were excellent, easy to control water temperature, lots of hot…

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced grass pitch (super)

Liked The showers were excellent, easy to control water temperature, lots of hot water, effective shower curtain and the cubicles were spacious and well laid out with hooks, stool and mirror.
The pitches were level and the site felt secure with automatic bollards controlling entry and exit.

Disliked The wash rooms were very cramped, lacked any privacy and poorly designed. The campsite has 2 facilities and we were nearest the portacabin, with 3 closely positioned sinks. Standing at the third sink resulted in blocking the hand drier, which was awkward. There were no hooks to hang a wash bag or towel and the surfaces were generally wet as the sinks are set far back. There is no partitioning and the door was normally left open so people passing could see in. There was no hair dryer. The other block did have one hair dryer in the ladies. The sinks in that block were peculiarly high, difficult for me as a short woman and not very child friendly.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks for letting us know what you liked and disliked about the campsite and your stay. We have taken on board your disliked comments and will put them on our list for future improvements. We hope that you will change your mind and visit us again in the future.

Lovely spacious grass pitch. Very clean toilet and shower facilities also great…

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Anonymous

Non-electric grass pitch (medium)

Liked Lovely spacious grass pitch. Very clean toilet and shower facilities also great dishwashing areas. Very secure. Handy vending machine on site. Only 5 minute walk to village pub and bus stop.

Disliked Nothing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your kind review and so happy that you will be visiting us again.

Great site very clean facilities and friendly staff.

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John F.

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (medium)

Liked Excellent site with great local amenities.

Disliked Nothing

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From the manager: Many thanks for your very kind review. We are so glad that you thought it was an excellent site and will be visiting us again. See you all and dogs again soon.

Excellent

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Michelle L.

Electric hardstanding touring pitch (medium, semi-serviced)

Liked This site is lovely the staff are very friendly the shower/ toilet cubicles are spotless cleaned every couple of hours which makes your stay even better the vending machines are an added bonus the site itself is spacious and very kept on top of thanks for a lovely stay

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks for your very kind review comments and we are so pleased that you had a lovely stay. We hope to see you back again for another visit.

Clean facilities, friendly staff and very helpful and pitches good.

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Justina F.

Non-electric grass tent, campervan or trailer tent pitch (small)

Liked Everything was lovely and especially the staff. Vending machines were good to have too, plus option of cafe across the road and a pub too. Lovely walks and the field for the dogs is nice too.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: So pleased you liked everything - thank you for the 10/10 overall score and recommendation. We hope you visit again soon.

Excellent site would recommend to anyone wanting quiet well run site

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Anonymous

Fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch (medium)

Liked Everything - especially the shower and toilet facilities. Thank you to the staff that kept the facilities to such a high standard
Pub close by
Bus stop close by
Vending machines especially the fresh milk

Disliked Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your recommendation and very kind review. We are so happy that you liked everything about the campsite and your stay. We hope to see you back again for another visit.

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 Car parking by pitch/unit 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.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Weymouth Lodmoor 6 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Weymouth Central 6.1 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Bowleaze Cove 6.6 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle 6.7 mi Sea N/AGoodExcellentGood
Portland Harbour Castle Cove 6.7 mi Sea N/AExcellentN/AN/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

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 6 September 2025 – Saturday 6 September 2025)

    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.

Nearest sites

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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.