Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity Centre and Campsite

Liked Staff were friendly. Toilets and showers were clean

Disliked Everything seemed very dated. Our pitch had a tap on it which was handy apart from everyone else wanted to use it even though there were 2 other taps a few feet away. We kept telling everyone our dog didn’t like strangers and she was tied up at all times, but these stupid people kept walking through our pitch to get to this tap or take a short cut to the road!!!
Shame you can’t see much of the lake and walk all the way round to spectate. Most is covered by bushes. The other smaller lake is just full of plants and needs clearing.
Expensive site

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Liked Easy check in
Lovely sized pitch

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Liked Had a great 4 day stay.
There's oodles to do from archery, paddle boarding, kayaking, arial rope walks, zip lining and many more, plus you can hire bikes.
It's a large site with electric and non electric hook ups, lodges and places for camper vans and caravans. Nice sized pitches.
We camped with an electric hook up and were situated near the lake which had its own toilets, showers and wash up block. The toilets and showers were lovely and we never had to queue for them.
The site itself isn't far from plenty of places to visit like Christchurch, Ringwood, Highcliffe castle, Beaches, etc. The on site shop has a few tent spares, toys, info leaflets on places to visit and the staff are lovely. There is also an on site cafe which looked quite popular.
We went early August and although it was busy it never felt crowded.

Disliked The ground is very hard so make sure you pack plenty of heavy duty pegs!!! There was also a slight hill where we pitched which made for some interesting sleeping 😁.
The toilets while lovely could have done with some TLC during the day as they were somewhat messy with toilet paper and water on the floor, a minor thing overall.
The signage for reception wasn't really clear from the drive and caused a little confusion on arrival.
You are on a flight path so it can be noisy at times but we found it exciting to see the planes go over.

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Liked Lovely place to relax with family :)

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Liked The pitches in the pine trees. Use of a fire pit. Several activities (although we were only there one night, so couldn't take advantage of them).
Friendly team in reception.

Disliked Uncertainty on cafe opening hours. Advertised as 08:00 on the day we went, but still hadn't opened when we were leaving the campsite around 09:30. We kept being told different times by members of staff!!
Felt like the toilet block was always very busy and had to wait to use a shower.

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Liked The instructors were very kind, supportive and encouraging. The campsite was mostly clean and tidy. The receptionist in the shop kindly swapped our booking as we had missed it.

Disliked The loo seats should have lids. It's disgusting to think that we brush our teeth surrounded by other people's wee and poo particles floating in the air.
Could there be separate sinks outside for teeth, make up etc?

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Liked Relaxed atmosphere
Plenty of space for ball games
On site activities

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Liked Fantastic site, beautiful scenery, great adventure activities, good prices

Disliked Toilets and showers were always clean but there just weren't enough of them, we were in lakeside camping, and more staff needed in the cafe too

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Liked Campsites, wall climbing and activities

Disliked The timing on the push showers , on off, could be a bit longer but not a big dislike

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Liked -plaats, op een mooi grasveld.
-nabij meer en kampvuurplaats.
-activiteiten die gedaan konden worden op camping.
-vriendelijkheid en behulpzaamheid personeel.
-het feit dat het na 22.00 uur vrijwel stil is.
-ligt mooi in het New forest en er het is een goede uitvalsbasis voor uitstapjes in de buurt. Er is genoeg te doen.

Disliked -het sanitair, vaak niet fris.
-douchehokje, had handger geweest als het net iets groter was en er bijvoorbeeld een bankje in zou zitten. We zagen dat dit wel het geval was bij de huisjes. Dit verschil vonden wij nogal groot.
-het feit dat alle activiteiten 17,50 pond kosten.
-het feit dat je bijna alle activiteiten van tevoren moet reserveren. Je moet dus thuis al bedenken op welke dag je wat wilt doen en kunt niet kijken naar bijvoorbeeld het weer. Achteraf gezien bleek er ook nog wel een mogelijkheid tot boeken op de camping zelf.
-de tentplaatsen (met elektra) waren vrij klein.
-jammer dat er in het meer niet gezwommen kan worden. Er is verder ook geen zwemmogelijkheid.

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