The Inside Park

Positiv Great, friendly site.
Very beautiful.
Very clean.
Really handy for Blandford Forum.

Negativ Nothing.

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Positiv We really enjoyed many aspects of our stay and there are lots of things that make this campsite a great place to visit.

The pitches are large and spacious, giving you plenty of room and making the site feel relaxed rather than cramped. We particularly appreciated being shown to our pitch by the man on reception when we arrived, which was a lovely personal touch and made settling in really easy. The staff were friendly, helpful and welcoming throughout our stay.

There are plenty of walking routes accessible from the campsite, with maps available from reception, which is great for exploring the surrounding area. The site also has clear signage, plenty of accessible water points around the campsite and well-lit walkways to the toilet facilities, which is especially useful once it gets dark.

The facilities are spacious, with large shared toilet and shower areas and multiple sinks for washing up. There are also washing machines and tumble dryers available, although unfortunately the tumble dryers were not working during our stay.

Families are well catered for, with a large play area and lots of open green space nearby where children can run around and play football. There is also WiFi available in the games area, which is a useful addition.

The on-site shop is well stocked and convenient for picking up essentials, and we really enjoyed having food options available on the weekend, with a pizza van on Saturday evening and fish and chips on Sunday.

Overall, there are lots of positives to this campsite. The spacious pitches, friendly staff, good facilities, walking routes and family-friendly areas make it a lovely place to stay. With a few small improvements, such as getting the tumble dryers working, it would be an even better experience.

Negativ Despite many positives, We were really disappointed with parts of our stay, particularly as this was the only holiday we will have this year.

The facilities could also be improved. A separate disabled/baby-changing room would be really useful and would help reduce waiting times. The disabled toilet was also not locked, meaning it was being used by anyone. As a result, we sometimes had no choice but to use the main facilities with our two autistic children, which was difficult and stressful.

Unfortunately, the biggest issue during our stay was the arrival of a large group of around four families. Their behaviour had a significant impact on our holiday. There was constant shouting and calling of younger children’s names, dogs were off lead and barking constantly, and torches were being shone into our tent after 11pm. There was also loud talking late into the night and very early in the morning, with seemingly no consideration for other people who were trying to sleep.

There were also fights between teenagers, which added to the feeling that the campsite had become very unsettled and uncomfortable. The group appeared to take over one part of the campsite and, unfortunately, seemed to have very little consideration for the people who were already staying there. This completely changed the atmosphere of the site. When we arrived a few days earlier, the campsite had a very different and much more respectful vibe.

We spoke to reception on the day we left. They were apologetic and explained that they had already spoken to the group, but unfortunately this had had no effect. It was disappointing to feel that there was nothing further that could be done.

Ultimately, we felt we had no choice but to leave a day early. Staying for another evening like the previous one would have ruined our holiday even further.

It is extremely disappointing that our only holiday this year was cut short because of the behaviour and complete lack of respect shown by other campers. We appreciate that the campsite cannot control every guest, but we do feel that stronger action should be taken when repeated complaints about excessive noise, dogs, fighting and antisocial behaviour are made.

We hope the site can address these issues in future, as otherwise it is difficult to relax and enjoy what should be a peaceful camping experience.

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Positiv Good shop, trails and clean amenities.

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Positiv Amazing park, we come every summer and never had any issues. Kids and adults alike have the best time.

Negativ The rain when it rained 😂

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Positiv Great atmosphere, pitches provide lots of space. Toilets and shower blocks are cleaned frequently, they always looked like they'd just been cleaned and never ran out of toilet paper!

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Positiv Beautiful park with fab, clean facilities for families. Games room was great and also nice to have somewhere to charge phones. Well stocked shop especially the delicious ice creams were a hit! Lovely staff.

Negativ Freezer for refreezing ice blocks despite leaving them in for the whole day did not freeze them at all (you can buy frozen blocks in the shop though!).
Water pressure in showers was low even when only 1 shower in use.

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Positiv very clean,quiet, staff really nice and well stocked shop for basics.

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Positiv I have always loved it at the inside park. And I will always be coming back. Never had a bad experience in the years I’ve been going 😁

Negativ Nothing

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Positiv I liked the fact that where we were we had the park in sight so handy when the kids just wanted to play on their own.
The sky at night was so clear whilst we stayed it was breathtaking.
It had lovely scenery and good walks I. The woods for the dogs.

Negativ The distance to the toilet/showers. It was a bit of a mission especially during the night. Although there was cleaners in regularly, there was always toilets block from others and left in a bit of a state.
We also pitched on a ants nest and had thousands of them over the course of four days. It was absolutely heartbreaking breaking. There were also benches around the field but people had taken three or four to pitch around their camp so left others without.
The freezer was only for ice blocks which we didn't know so some food was wasted due to the heat.
Where the site had a lot of regulars year after year it felt very clicky, especially with the children who all knew each other.

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Positiv What an excellent campsite! The facilities were kept very clean and the pitches are huge. Absolutely will return!

Negativ Nothing

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