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 grass pitches
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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 sites 85
Travel trailer sites 85
RV sites 85
Open all year
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Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (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 bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • 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.

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Reviews

9.7

Overall rating from 1,424 Pitchup.com customers

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Peaceful

98% would recommend this site to a friend

96% would stay here again

What customers say

Sparkling clean, level pitches & spotless modern facilities, including great showers. Automated entry & friendly staff ensure a safe, welcoming feel. Handy for local shops, pubs & the Jurassic Coast, with good bus access. 24/7 vending is a bonus. Highly recommended for a peaceful stay; many plan to return!

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Lush campsite would recommend

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Melanie A.

FHU cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite (medium)

Liked Location, size of pitch, facilities, general peace of the place
Was nothing not to like! We would definitely return to this campsite

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great, very pleasant stay

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Alexandra L.

FHU cement/asphalt tent or RV campsite (super, small)

Liked Vending machines were brilliant, if a little overpriced. Location was good. Cleanliness was impressive all around, seemed like they must have had someone cleaning facilities every few hours. Everything just worked too, which you don't always get nowadays. I think the WiFi was faster than I get at home!

Disliked We were in a lovely quiet corner but there was a group by the toilets being extremely noisy late into the night which would have annoyed us had our pitch been near them. I know the site has rules on this, but good to enforce them.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site. Good sized pitches, friendly staff and clean facilities.

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Alan S.

FHU cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite (large, super)

Liked Clean site, clean facilities, great location and quiet . Dog friendly with a large exercise field , and plenty of walks and things to do nearby. A bus stop 200 yards from the site . Free wifi, but can dip out at busy times.
Added bonus farm shop and cafe across the road , 350 yards in the village a great pub that served food and dog friendly. Would definitely recommend and come again.

Disliked Facilities limited and can get very busy.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Fantastic campsite in a brilliant location, and at a good price.

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Simon I.

Powered grass campsite (medium)

Liked Easy booking, fantastic communication. On arrival it’s easy with the ANPR security.
Good facilities, very clean, ample sized, flat pitches.
Very good proximity to a nice farm shop/ cafe and local pub (both do very good food). Easy drive distance to Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorchester and Durdledoor.

Disliked Nothing much

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Really pleased you thought it was a fantastic campsite. Thank you for the kind comments and recommendation. We hope you visit again soon.

Second visit to this lovely campsite…

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Graeme C.

Powered cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite (medium, semi-serviced)

Liked Second visit to this lovely campsite and it still doesn’t disappoint. Vending machines for the essentials, black cherry milkshake to die for. 2 minute stroll to a lovely pub. Farm shop just over the road. Clean hot showers and everything spotlessly clean. One of our favourites.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Many thanks for your very kind review and we are so pleased that we are one of your favourite campsites. We look forward to your 3rd visit.

Excellent site with clean facilities, friendly staff.

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Anonymous

Powered grass campsite (medium)

Liked Great location, in a small village with a good pub. The site is very clean, spacious and accommodating. Toilets and other amenities are kept upto high standards throughout the day. And the vending machine shop is a fantastic idea with a massive selection at good prices.

Disliked Nothing to dislike at this site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: We are pleased you thought it was an excellent campsite with great location. Thank you for your high recommendation and we hope you stay with us again in the future.

very clean toilets and showers, proximity…

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Anonymous

Powered grass campsite (medium)

Liked very clean toilets and showers, proximity to village and pub/farm shop. Lovely flat site in a lovely location. Can’t fault the site itself 10/10.

Disliked Some groups were noisy with very noisy reactive dogs.. Some groups played music and were insensitive to others.
A very big site so we possibly wouldn’t stay again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your kind review and 10/10 for the site itself. If reported to reception about the noise and dogs, we would have sorted the issue out right away, so that you would have had a better nights stay. We hope that you will change your mind and visit the site again with your preferred area of the campsite and/or pitch.

Lovely clean site. Great facilities. Good…

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Emma D.

Powered grass campsite (medium)

Liked Lovely clean site. Great facilities. Good location. Secure and quiet. Great size pitches and level. Later check out compared to other places. Accommodating staff, friendly and helpful. WiFi.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for the very kind review comments and photos. We hope you visit again in the future.

This is our 3rd visit here, certainly won't be our last!

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Liz S.

FHU cement/asphalt tent or RV campsite (super, small)

Liked Well organised pitches.
Clean and spacious site.
Bathroom/shower and wash up areas clean and tidy with plenty of hot water.
Vending machines wirh good variety.
Friendly and helpful staff.
Peaceful location.
Good central location for Abbotsbury, Weymouth/Portland etc.

Disliked Noisy group arriving on our last night were not keeping to site rules re no noise after 10pm which isn't the campsites fault!

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your return visits and high recommendation, we are really happy you enjoy your stay's with us and hope you visit again soon. If you encounter any noise problems in the future while staying onsite, please report them to reception or the out of hours phone number and they will be addressed.

Lovely and clean site - very…

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Michelle W.

FHU cement/asphalt travel trailer campsite (medium)

Liked Lovely and clean site - very quiet will definitely book again

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: We look forward to your next stay and thank you for your kind review.

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Baby-changing facilities Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Local produce Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Picnic table Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Themes

Peaceful

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transportation nearby

Type

Farm Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Caravan storage facilities Gray water hook-up for RVs/trailers Motorhome service point Seasonal sites Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

Portesham Dairy Farm Campsite

7 Bramdon Lane

Portesham

Weymouth

Dorset

England

DT3 4HG

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.66786°N
2.56326°W

Nearest transport

Coach
10 km South Station
10.1 km Marks and Spencer
15.9 km Coach Station
Rail
7.2 km Upwey Rail Station
9.7 km Weymouth Rail Station
9.8 km Dorchester West Rail Station
Ferry
10.5 km Weymouth Ferry Terminal
40.5 km Poole Ferry Terminal
41.1 km 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 9.7 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Weymouth Central 9.8 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Bowleaze Cove 10.5 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Portland Harbour Sandsfoot Castle 10.8 km Sea N/AGoodExcellentGood
Portland Harbour Castle Cove 10.8 km Sea N/AExcellentN/AN/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Abbotsbury Swannery 2.8 km

Radipole Lake Nature Reserve 9.3 km

Weymouth Sea Life Park and Marine Sanctuary 9.5 km

Hardy's Birthplace 14 km

Mapperton House & Gardens 17.3 km

National Trust

Max Gate 10.9 km

Hardy's Cottage 13.9 km

Clouds Hill 22.6 km

Montacute House 33.2 km

Tintinhull Garden 35.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Hardy Monument Circular 2.3 km

Abbotsbury - Hardy Monument - Portesham - Abbotsbury 2.7 km

Abbotsbury - Elsworth - Portesham - Chapel Hill 2.7 km

Abbotsbury - West Bexington - Chesil Beach - Abbotsbury 2.7 km

BRIDEHEAD 3.6 km

Local events

  • Dorset County Show (Saturday, September 6, 2025 – Saturday, September 6, 2025)

    Dorchester, England 11.4 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.

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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?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    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 $41.13 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.