Folly Farm Caravan and Camping Park

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Lots of space
Electric caravan pitch
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  • Dog-friendly site surrounded by countryside five miles from Winchester
  • A 15-minute drive to Mottisfont and 35 minutes from Stonehenge
  • Playground, games field and dog exercise area; firepit hire, logs sold
This is a peaceful campsite that welcomes families and dogs to its level and well-kept pitches, which are sheltered by mature trees and hedgerows. With facilities including hot showers and flushing toilets – plus a playground, games field, dog exercise field and footpath to a local country park – Folly Farm Caravan and Camping Park is a tiptop place to stay in the gorgeous Hampshire countryside. How to unwind here? Well, there are plenty of spots around the site to let your hair down (thanks to its peaceful and level grassy pitches, play areas, wifi, free showers and walks in the surrounding woodlands) but you’ll have your choice of many a day out from here too. Perhaps a venture into the South Downs National Park (10 minutes’ drive)? Into the vibrant city of Winchester (15 minutes) for its historic sites, such as the medieval cathedral, the ruins of Wolvesey Castle, the working 18th-century corn mill, Jane Austen’s house or the castle’s medieval round table, once sat at by King Arthur? From Winchester, there’s a short stroll along the water meadows of the river Itchen down to England’s oldest medieval almshouse and The Hospital of St Cross or the 25-minute ascent to St Catherine’s Hill for views of the city, a dramatic chalk hill and an Iron Age hillfort. As for ventures from the site, you might want to set your next target as one of three local pubs serving home-cooked food in the villages of Sparsholt, Littleton or Crawley (this one’s 25 minutes’ walk away).

Campground type

Caravan sites 48
Tent sites 48
RV & Motorhome sites 48
Open now
Opens 1 April
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dog Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • Bookings must not be for more than 21 consecutive nights.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Continental touring caravans (caravans built with the passenger door on the right-hand side) are not permitted.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the campground/park are unlit.
  • The charging of electric vehicles is not permitted on site.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Tue, 1 Apr to

Site types & availability

Reviews

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Location
9
Value for money
9
Accommodation
9
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
9
Child friendliness
9
Cleanliness
9
Wifi
7

91% would recommend this campground to a friend

87% would stay here again

What customers say

This well-run, tidy, and friendly site has spacious, level pitches. Visitors loved the great facilities, including modern showers/toilets, kids' play area & dog field. Great location for country walks and exploring Winchester. Relaxed vibe, with staff always helpful and accommodating. Some minor feedback mentioned dated facilities & occasional noise.

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Exceptional site

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9 out of 10
Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
9
Abi S.

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked Absolutely fabulous site, beautiful setting and super friendly site. Facilities spotlessly clean and new! Children’s playground was fantastic and city of Winchester is stunning!
Local pub about a mile walk away, in Crawley, and is fantastic.
Can’t wait to come back -already planning a return trip!

Disliked Only small suggestion would be some small shelves over sinks and in the showers, to put products.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your fantastic review and your kind words, describing our campsite as exceptional and fabulous, that means a great deal to us! We're really pleased you found the new facilitates spotless and enjoyed the children's playground, the stunning city of Winchester and the mile walk to our fantastic local pub. It's wonderful to hear you're already planning your next stay with us!

Thank you for your suggestion about shelves in the showers and over the basins. Unfortunately this is quite challenging in a commercial environment as anything protruding can also cause a hazard. For example when bending over the basin to clean your teeth guests could bump their head on a shelf. If you have any ideas or photos of commercial solutions please send us an email as we're open to ideas and keen to make everything as comfortable as possible.

We look forward to welcoming back soon for your return visit.

We enjoyed our stay and we will definitely come back.

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10 out of 10
Location
8
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
7
Jasmine N.

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked We enjoyed our stay in the electric pitch tent for a week at Folly Farm. Kids loved the campsite and the park there. Even though the toilet facilities are a bit of a walk, in general, all are good. Toilets are clean, showers are nice, drinking water filling, a fridge freezer with good space.

Disliked Nothing disliked

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review. We're delighted you enjoyed your stay and your kids loved the campsite and playground. We're pleased the facilities worked well for you and we look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Lovely, well kept and organised site

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10 out of 10
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10
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10
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10
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10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
Chris Y.

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked Cleanliness & organization of the campsite. It was easy to find our pitch, facilities were clean and each pitch is thoughtfully allocated an appropriate spot. Site team checked in with us a few times and were really nice and helpful. We loved our time here and are looking to come back in September.

Disliked It would be good to have a shelf in the showers for shampoo/shower gel.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review. We're pleased you found everything clean and well organised and the team friendly and helpful. Thank you for appreciating the time and effort that goes into carefully allocating pitches to ensure guests have the best experience possible.

Although it's a great idea, we haven't found a way of adding a shelf in the showers suitable for commercial purposes. If you have any ideas or photos of commercial solutions please send us an email.

It’s great to hear you’re already planning a return visit in September, we look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Friendly staff efficient email prior to arrival informative. Pitches well…

Overall

5 out of 10
Location
7
Value for money
7
Accommodation
4
Facilities / Activities
7
Customer service
8
Child friendliness
8
Cleanliness
7
Wifi
2
Glyn R.

Powered grass motorhome site

Liked Friendly staff efficient email prior to arrival informative. Pitches well marked

Disliked Lack of grab handles in any of the showers, I thought that it was a requirement to provide access and facilities for handicapped or at least for people with some physical disabilities

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your feedback. We're please you enjoyed your overnight stay, found the staff friendly, the pitches well marked, and the arrival email efficient and informative. There are stools available for use in the showers and we are planning improvements to increase accessibility for guests with additional needs. We're sorry the facilities didn't meet your expectations on this occasion.

Fantastic camp site with well kept amenities & friendly atmosphere.

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9 out of 10
Location
9
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
Tom C.

Unpowered grass tent, campervan or trailer tent site

Liked The campsite layout & facilities!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your positive feedback, it's great to hear you enjoyed the campsite layout, well kept facilities and friendly atmosphere. We look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Great site, clean and friendly. Lovely showers and toilets.

Overall

9 out of 10
Location
8
Value for money
9
Accommodation
9
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
6
Rebecca B.

Unpowered grass tent, campervan or trailer tent site

Liked Very clean facilities and friendly management. I think they put us in an ‘adults only’ area as there were no children in our area. (Which we appreciated as it was quieter). Really well thought out site with dedicated children’s play area. Pub a mile away, easy walk with dog.

Disliked Would have liked a small shop on site but just our preference.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review and kind words. We're pleased you liked the new facilities and cleanliness, and felt welcomed by the friendly team. A lot of thought goes into pitch allocation and the layout of the site, so we're delighted this worked well for you, and that you enjoyed the short walk to the pub with your dog. We haven't got the resources to add a shop just yet but there are a choice of supermarkets within a 5 mile drive (details included in the welcome email). Thank you for staying with us, we look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Nice big pitches, relaxed and clean facilities

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10 out of 10
Location
6
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
5
Charlotte B.

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked Relaxed vibe, clean showers and toilets

Disliked Nothing to add here

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review. We're pleased you enjoyed the spacious pitches, clean facilities, and relaxed vibe. We look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Good enough campsite with clean facilities.

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8 out of 10
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10
Value for money
8
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8
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9
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Anonymous

Powered grass campervan site

Liked Friendly hosts, spacious pitches, good toilet and shower facilities, nice location.

Disliked While we were there everyone seemed to either fire up a BBQ or start a fire which caused lots of smoke to drift across the field. We moved inside the campervan because the smell was very powerful.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your feedback. We're pleased you found the team friendly, and enjoyed the spacious pitches, location and facilities during your overnight stay.

We're sorry to hear you were bothered by smoke from other campers BBQ's and fire pits, it sounds as though you may have been upwind of these. Enjoying a BBQ and campfire is part of what makes camping so special, particularity for children during their school holidays, but we understand it's not for everyone, and would recommend staying Monday to Thursday when there are usually less fire pits.

We look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Great stay with beautiful countryside

Overall

9 out of 10
Location
8
Value for money
9
Accommodation
9
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
8
David B.

Powered grass campervan site

Liked Easy to enter, as the electronic system had our registration plate in the system. Lots of room to spread out and excellent shower and toilet facilities.

Disliked A little remote with no pub in walking distance.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your lovely review and photos. We're pleased you found our secure entry system easy to access and enjoyed the spacious pitches and new facility blocks.

The Fox pub in Crawley village serves excellent food and is only a 20 minute walk from the campsite, details are included in your welcome email. We would be happy to point you in the right direction during your next stay and look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Perfectly acceptable campsite

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
6
Value for money
8
Accommodation
5
Facilities / Activities
2
Customer service
7
Child friendliness
5
Cleanliness
7
Wifi
No rating
Anonymous

Powered grass tent or trailer tent site

Liked Fire pits allowed, friendly staff, playground on site, price, distance to Winchester. Bathrooms clean and never ran out of oiler roll. Showers good. Good access (by car) to forest walks

Disliked Lack of space, pitches too small and felt penned in like animals, no space for children to run around in the middle of the field. It was just a strip of grass . Logs and fire pit expensive compared to standard market for such things and the logs were covered in sap that was almost impossible to wash off your hands and had to be picked off. Too far to placed of interest for children to walk from campsite. Had to take the car

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your photos and positive feedback about our friendly staff, value for money, location for visiting Winchester and accessing National Trust and forest walks. We're pleased you enjoyed the brand new shower block and the fire pit option and on-site playground were appreciated.

The first weekend of the school holidays is one of the busiest weekends of the season, our pitches are a standard size to ensure comfort an safety, but on a busy weekend when the campsite is full we understand it might feel a little more compact, although this also creates a very friendly atmosphere.

As well as the campsite playground we provide a large play field with football and badminton nets and enough room for a game of rounders to ensure there is plenty of space for children to run around. There is also a walk directly from the campsite to West Wood and Farley Mount Country Park which is practically all off road and very suitable for families.

The fire pits are very popular at £15 per stay, and we think you'd be hard pushed to get a large bag of logs with seasoned hard wood, natural firelighters, and a small amount of soft wood / kindling to get the fire going for less than we charge, but we're sorry to hear your soft wood contained some sap.

We hope to welcome you again in the future, and would recommend midweek when the campsite is quieter and more spacious, offering a different experience.


Features

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

Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Bush Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities Seasonal sites

Location

Folly Farm Caravan and Camping Park

Crawley

Winchester

Hampshire

England

SO21 2PH

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.1026°N
1.40791°W

Nearest transport

Coach
8.3 km Broadway Guildhall
12.9 km Bus Station
18.5 km Southampton Uni Interchange
Rail
7.3 km Winchester Rail Station
10.6 km Shawford Rail Station
12.4 km Mottisfont & Dunbridge Rail Station
Ferry
23 km Southampton Vehicle Ferry Terminal
23.2 km Southampton Passenger Ferry Terminal
25.8 km Hythe (Hants) Ferry Terminal
Airport
17.3 km Southampton Airport
46.8 km Bournemouth International Airport

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

Get keyed up on the local history… with hillforts, National Trust properties and historic steam railways around, there are many jaunts to take you way back. Closest to the site, there's Danebury Iron Age Hillfort (10 minutes’ drive), Mottisfont’s (15 minutes) historical priory, garden and country estate (15 minutes) or Winchester’s (15 minutes) cathedral, castle, markets and fairs. Perhaps the most iconic of the lot, Stonehenge (35 minutes) is a short trip away. Mid Hants Railway 'Watercress Line' (25 minutes) will take you on a ride along a 19th-century heritage steam train line, while the National Motor Museum (45 minutes) and the maritime museum at Buckler's Hard (55 minutes) are full to the brim with old artefacts. Once you’re done with country house tours – perhaps at Broadlands House (35 minutes) or the National Trust’s Georgian Hinton Ampner (25 minutes) – a festival might bring you firmly to the present again. The Boomtown Fair venue (20 minutes) and Carfest South venue (25 minutes) are both close by. But, how to finish off your stay? Maybe the 72-hectare arboretum at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (20 minutes), the birds of prey experiences at the Hawk Conservancy Trust (25 minutes), Marwell Zoo (half an hour), Salisbury Cathedral (half an hour) or the kid-friendly Paultons Park, Home of Peppa Pig World (half an hour)?

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Calshot 33.2 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Hillhead 34.6 km Sea N/AGoodGoodGood
Lepe 35.6 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Lee-On-Solent 36.4 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Cowes 37.9 km Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Winchester Cathedral 8 km

INTECH Science Centre & Planetarium 11.1 km

Mottisfont Abbey Garden, House and Estate 11.5 km

Mid-Hants Railway 'Watercress Line' 17.2 km

Paultons Family Theme Park 19.8 km

National Trust

Winchester City Mill 8.4 km

Mottisfont 11.5 km

Hinton Ampner 19.1 km

Sandham Memorial Chapel 27.2 km

Mompesson House 27.6 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

LAINSTON HOUSE 3.7 km

Farley Mount - Ashley - The Clarendon Way 4.6 km

MARSH COURT 5.7 km

Chilbolton Cow Common – The Test Way – West Down - Chilbolton 6.7 km

HOUGHTON LODGE 7.1 km

Local events

  • CarFest (Friday 22 August 2025 – Friday 22 August 2025)

    Basingstoke, England 16.6 km

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 campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Folly Farm Caravan and Camping Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Folly Farm Caravan and Camping Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Folly Farm Caravan and Camping Park? Get keyed up on the local history… with hillforts, National Trust properties and historic steam railways around, there are many jaunts to take you way back. Closest to the site, there's Danebury … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Folly Farm Caravan and Camping Park?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Folly Farm Caravan and Camping Park? From $37.15 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.