When can I check in and check out of Dorset Nectar Orchard Campsite?

Camping and touring Arrive: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Depart by: 11:30 a.m. Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Dorset Nectar Orchard Campsite?

From €40.38 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Dorset Nectar Orchard Campsite

View prices & book 9.4 178 reviews

The cider garden/sculpture garden with the tasting room, tap room and farm shop behind (added by manager 16 Sep 2022)

The cider garden/sculpture garden with the tasting room, tap room and farm shop behind

Your private pitch – leave your car or vehicle at the edge of the pitch

Taken early in the season before the leaves filled out on the trees

Book ahead for one of the popular tour and tasting sessions

Adults-only site in an orchard on a cider farm with 3,000 apple trees
A 15-minute drive from West Bay beach on the Jurassic Coast
Taproom serving champion craft ales and ciders; cider tours and trails

Three cheers for something deliciously different. Dorset Nectar Orchard Campsite is an adults-only campsite where you can pitch up among 3,000 organic apple trees. And you get easy access to the Jurassic Coast’s West Bay beach (15 minutes’ drive) into the bargain. The grass pitches are widely spaced – guests have 12 metres between each one – meaning there’s ample room for dozing off in the shade… You could also settle down on the numerous benches in the cider garden or bound over to the barbecue area in the run-up to outdoor dinners. Alternatively, raised firepits are available, and there’s wood to purchase for small, safe cooking by your tent. And the best bit? A tasting room selling 13 kinds of award-winning cider, as well as apple juice, craft beers and apple cider vinegar. The site also runs tours of the farm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. On other days of the week there are footpaths through neighbouring fields or by the river Brit to take advantage of, or you could stroll to the pub half a mile down the road to fill up on excellent food within easy walking distance. For other eats, there’s a farm shop just outside Bridport (10 minutes), where you can also pick up goodies at twice-weekly markets. In terms of other facilities, the site has four toilets and two showers that are cleaned regularly. There's also the on-site cider shop, which sells biscuits, chutneys, jams, sausages, craft ales and local wines in addition to apple-related products.

Site type

Opens 28 March 2025

Please note

Group bookings of 10 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).
Twin axle vehicles are not permitted on site.
Guests under the age of 20 are not allowed on site.
The bar is open between 01/04 and 15/09.
Minimum spacing of 12 metres between pitches.
If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.

On 22 June 2024, the site will be running the World Nettle Eating competition; guests staying over that weekend will enjoy this uniquely Dorset event.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 28 Mar to Mon, 15 Sept 2025

Pitch types & availability

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

6 people maximum No dogs allowed

Ground type: Grass

Pitch size: Max 4.9m width x 27.4m depth (16.0ft width x 90.0ft depth) Calculated area: 133.8m² (1440.0ft²)

6 people maximum No dogs allowed

Multiple Tent or Trailer tent allowed per pitch

Pitch size

Max 4.9m width x 27.4m depth (16.0ft width x 90.0ft depth) Calculated area: 133.8m² (1440.0ft²)

Ground type

Grass

0 rooms

Suitable for

Tent, Trailer tent

Features

Bring a gazebo 1 included, 1 max.
Bring an awning 1 included, 1 max.
Bring a pup tent 1 included, 1 max.
Car 1 included, 1 max.

Car parking by pitch/unit
Firepit

Other restrictions

No dogs allowed

Arrival days

From £34 (£34) 1 night, 2 adults

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Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Dumping ground next to showers and facilities that need to be cleaned up.

Extensive pitch, very peaceful, on a cider farm!

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	2
Cleanliness	6
Wifi	10

Shane C. Sept 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great adult-only spot. Extensive pitch, very peaceful, on a cider farm! Excellent rates and good facilities. Easy check-in, check-out. Not a cashless business.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Camping weekend

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	8

Anonymous Sept 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great little campsite in the orchard trees! Cider tasting / tour was good and the tap house in the evening is fun! Would recommend.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful place to camp, great facilitates and cider bar.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Lydia S. Sept 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Beautiful scenery camping within the orchard. Bar serving delicious cider and beer. Live music on the Saturday. Very clean toilets and shower. Fire pits and grills available for free, just need to buy wood from the front desk.

Disliked: Cue for the shower in the morning could get quite long.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great place, very quiet, cider excellent…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	6

Anonymous Sept 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Great place, very quiet, cider excellent

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very friendly hosts and delightful site amongst the orchard apple trees. Plenty…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	8

Anonymous Aug 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Very friendly hosts and delightful site amongst the orchard apple trees. Plenty of space. Washing and shower facilities are good but more needed for number of campers. I believe a new block is planned for next year. It would be useful if the 11pm curfew was heeded to and upheld by owners as it was 2:30 am before rowdy campers settled down for the night! However, we will return!

Disliked: Noisy campers up till 2:30 am!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Over-crowded & not enough showers / toilets

Overall	6/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	4
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	6
Wifi	6

Kate M. Aug 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The setting for camping is so pretty between the trees with a whole row to yourself. The cider and bar on site are a real plus and the location is great with pub in walking distance. There was live music on the Saturday and the band were really good.

Disliked: This is our second time visiting and sadly the facilities have not been addressed from 2 years ago. Two showers and two toilets for the amount of pitches is not enough. Added to the fact the bank holiday they allowed nearly half the site to be group bookings it was just too many people for so few (there are 2 additional portaloos but with no water / sanitary bins these aren't really a great alternative unless desperate). We stayed 4 nights and on none of the nights was the 11pm quiet respected. Its a great site in many ways but the over booking and lack of facilities means we most likely will not visit again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Hello there I`m really glad you enjoyed the large orchard pitches, close walking distance to the Wonderful Hare and Hounds pub and the very special location in which we are here in Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of West Dorset. We work really hard to make it a very unique and special place for everyone to stay at when they visit. Each of the Pitches are extra large and 16 feet wide 250 feet long to really allow people to spread out if they wish and not be near anyone else if they so wish. We have had great responses for our live music "Cider Saturdays" where we have a local live band play and serve a changing menu from "Olivers Kitchen" I`d correct you there, you say we had only 2 bathrooms, in actual fact we have 5 at present with an additional 5 being built this winter. Thanks for asking us about the bathrooms, we were in the midst of getting planning permission over a year ago when our planning consultant sadly had a Stroke at which point we had to start from scratch with a new consultant for a new additional bathroom block. We received permission for these additional 2x mens bathrooms, 2x mens showers, 2x womens, 2x womens showers and 1x Disabled bathroom closer to the orchard pitches this Spring in April, since they we have not had a chance to build them but have bought the 2 dozen pallets of bricks and lumber already to build it this winter. The last two weeks we have had a booking error where certain booking systems had not synched with ours so more bookings were made than usual, this combined with the busiest weekend of the entire season, THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY meant there were a number of campers enjoying their time here more than normal, we did our best to accommodate and cleaned the facilities over twice the normal amount that we usually do per day. We tell each and every person we book in that we have strict 11pm onwards quiet time, as in turn your music off etc. I`m sorry you experienced some noise past that time, we were not told about this at the time, if we had we would have spoken to the people and asked them to stop. There is a number of you can call us on, on the Leaflet with a map etc given out on arrival and checking in. I`m glad you have stayed with us twice now and enjoyed your stay beside the points I addressed above. I`m sure you`ll see how we are addressing that to make sure our site remains a special place for many people to enjoy. Thanks Best Ryan and the Cider Farm Orchard Camping team

The farm is beautiful, the cider is incredibly good, the band on…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	4
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Anonymous Aug 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The farm is beautiful, the cider is incredibly good, the band on Saturday night was amazing, the owners are super nice and useful. We loved it so much, we highly recommend it and we want to come back!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely facilities very friendly and helpful..beautiful surroundings.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	8

Julie N. Aug 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Was a perfect peaceful night away . Escape from the real busy world in an amazing location..

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff, lots of space per pitch, great Cider. Adult only so…

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Aug 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Friendly staff, lots of space per pitch, great Cider. Adult only so peaceful stay. Great walking area.

Disliked: Narrow road to travel on. Lack of toilets and the showers left a bit to be desired.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely peaceful site

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Caroline B. Aug 2024

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Spacing of the plots. Bar on site. Helpful staff.

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

No dogs allowed

Adults only

Campfires 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

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport 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

Adults only Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed No dogs allowed

Themes

Forest Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Nearby farmers' market Shop nearby

Type

Farm Pub campsite Small (11-25 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Location

Dorset Nectar Orchard Campsite

Strong Orchard

Pineapple Lane

Bridport

Dorset

England

DT6 5FT

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.77204°N
-2.7548°W

Route directions

The site recommends arriving from the Bridport direction rather than from Salways Ash as the former route is quieter.

Nearest transport

Coach

4.3 km Coach Station

20.9 km Yeovil Bus Station

23.4 km South Station

Rail

11.4 km Crewkerne Rail Station

13.1 km Maiden Newton Rail Station

16.6 km Chetnole Rail Station

Ferry

28.3 km Weymouth Ferry Terminal

44.5 km Bridgwater Ferry Terminal

Airport

46.9 km Exeter 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

Sipping cider is a treat all of its own, but you might also like to sample others summery drinks at the nearby Furleigh Estate (five minutes’ drive), a local vineyard that does a nice line in still and sparkling wines. Once equipped with a suitable supply of your favourite beverage, pack it in a hamper and head to a local beauty spot for picnics: Colmer's Hill viewpoint (15 minutes), Gerrard's Hill (15 minutes), Colmers Hill (15 minutes), Mangerton Mill (15 minutes) and West Bay beach (15 minutes) would all make excellent backdrops. If it's cider that has your heart, though, learn a little more about its heritage at the cider museum in Owermoigne (40 minutes). There's also an antique clock museum in town if you need a little break from the drinks. As well as rural and coastal vistas, this part of Dorset has a lot of attractive gardens, including the well-groomed grounds at Mapperton House (15 minutes) and Bennetts Water Gardens (40 minutes), which is geared towards water lilies. A trip to Abbotsbury (30 minutes), meanwhile, can combine a wander around the subtropical gardens, the swannery and the maze. For fossil-hunting, Lyme Regis (30 minutes) is your best bet. Afterwards, you can compare your finds with the giant Jurassic specimens on display at the town's two museums.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Eypemouth	6.6 km	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
West Bay (West)	6.8 km	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Seatown	7.4 km	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Hive	8.7 km	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Charmouth West	11.4 km	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Mapperton House & Gardens 4.2 km

Abbotsbury Swannery 16.6 km

Montacute House 20.2 km

Hardy's Birthplace 26.1 km

Radipole Lake Nature Reserve 27.1 km

National Trust

Montacute House 20.1 km

Loughwood Meeting House 21.5 km

Shute Barton 21.6 km

Barrington Court 22.3 km

Tintinhull Garden 22.7 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

PARNHAM 3.2 km

DOWNE HALL 4 km

MAPPERTON HOUSE 4.2 km

BEAMINSTER MANOR 4.8 km

North Chideock - Symondsbury and More. 6.2 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 Dorset Nectar Orchard Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Dorset Nectar Orchard Campsite dog friendly? No View all features
What attractions are near Dorset Nectar Orchard Campsite? Sipping cider is a treat all of its own, but you might also like to sample others summery drinks at the nearby Furleigh Estate (five minutes’ drive), a local vineyard that does … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Dorset Nectar Orchard Campsite?

Camping and touring

Arrive: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Depart by: 11:30 a.m.

Read more
How much does it cost to stay at Dorset Nectar Orchard Campsite? From €40.38 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.