Charisworth Farm

A lovely peaceful location with lots of space and a beautiful view. Thank you to Richard and his family for making us so welcome. Our grandson loved spending time with the farm animals.

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location, peacefulness, space, cleanliness of portaloos, owner's helpfulness, fire pits,

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Charisworth Farm is a very well laid out camping site. We were very happy with our tent and it was super easy to contact the site owner for help.
We were provided with mattresses rather than airbeds which was a nice surprise.
A few things to note.
- There is hot water (and free tea and coffee) in the farm buildings which is lovely.
- There are limited numbers of barbecues and fire-pits so I would advise you to bring your own cooking equipment and fire-pit if you want to be sure.
- At the weekends they run a bar and food station in the corner of the field. There is also live music. It does not go on late but it is loudish so if you are hoping for a quiet night it might not be the place for you.
- There are four toilets on the site, two brick built with a sink, and two portaloos. They are clean and well stocked with loo roll but if it is a busy day you may have to wait for a wee!
- There are animals... cows, pigs and horses. It is lovely to be so close to them and we had a nice chat with the cows in one of the barns, although it was a bit one sided.
- Its a great site for going to Weymouth for the day, as well as Monkey World and the Tank Museum.

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The set up in the field. Large pitches for privacy. Liked the easy going set up no pressure. Showers were adequate, liked the freezer for ice blocks as well as the fridge.

Tea and coffee set up very welcoming. Liked the trust aspect nice to be in such a relaxed atmosphere for the weekend. If you wanted you could shed the world out for the weekend.

Loved the setting.

The actual toilets where clean, and always had bleach and paper. An occasional brush down of cobwebs would be nice. This is only a minor dislike, it is back to basics camping. The washing up area was a little basic. It was well stocked.

We read the reviews and they are not wrong. We stayed for 3 nights and did not want to go home. The farm is very welcoming for all and is set in a fabulous setting. We all loved visiting the cows and pigs everyday and sitting around the provided camp fire pit. The owners are very nice and very very helpful. At night the stars shine so bright as you are in the middle of nowhere, its beautiful. They have showers, toilets and free tea and coffee area. There is free water supply also. We are coming back.

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We had a brilliant 3 night stay at 'Charisworth Farm'.
This is an idyllic setting for a short rural retreat, the farm is great, packed with animals and exactly what you would expect from staying on a farm with rustic outbuildings and long country walks.
There are lots of amenities close by, shops restaurants etc, but you do need transport.
The tent was large and clean, certainly big enough to cater for 2 adults and 2 teenagers.
We particularly enjoyed having a fire at night (fire pit provided) and the freedom to wonder around at leisure.
Although somewhat basic, the facilities provided were more than adequate, a couple of toilets & showers, an area to wash up and unusually, tea and coffee making facilities with a fridge, freezer and coffee urn.
Everyone was friendly from the moment we arrived, the BBQ & music on Friday night was an unexpected bonus.
We will definitely be visiting again.

There was nothing we disliked, however, it would be an unfair and bias review if some constructive criticism wasn't offered.
A couple of additional nice touches would have been:
1) Hot water to wash up area and maybe an additional sink as 20 tents sharing the 1 sink, considering this also being the only place to wash your hands after using the toilet would be beneficial.
2) The inclusion of microwave in the tea / coffee area would also be beneficial, particularly for people camping with young children.
I believe the above relatively simple cheap additions would make the site more appealing to guests.

Our children (aged 3 and 2) loved feeding the cows and going to see the pigs, sheep and horses multiple times a day! They already want to go back. Social distancing was not an issue as tents well spaced out. Would recommend and the children already want to go back!

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The Farm, beautiful views, portaloo’s

Cleanliness of toilets, doesn’t hurt to clean away cobwebs, dead spiders and flys etc, lack of signs no idea where to book in etc found out through another family I needed to find a grey van!! It is what it is very basic.

The Host Richard, The animals, The beautiful field and countryside views, the space

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Peaceful relaxed nature of farm, tent, all facilities.

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