Revels Fishery

View prices & book 9.4 152 reviews
Aerial view
Aerial view
Generous room on your chosen spot
Ample room to choose your non allocated pitch. no need to be in anyones way
Ample room for vehicles to park next to your chosen pitches and no excuse to be in any ones way.
Stunning north view from site over 30 miles of the ancient blackmore vale
Looking across the site at dorset countryside
Spacious pitches
Onsite fishing waters
1/198
Generous room on your chosen spot
Ample room to choose your non allocated pitch. no need to be in anyones way
Ample room for vehicles to park next to your chosen pitches and no excuse to be in any ones way.

  • Fishery-based site on the edge of the stunningly scenic Dorset Downs
  • Half an hour from the sandy beaches of the Jurassic Coast
  • Large tackle shop and plenty of onsite fishing waters to choose from
Hoping for a quiet and peaceful countryside retreat close to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty? Revels Fishery – a family-friendly site less than five minutes’ drive from the Dorset village of Middlemarsh – will tick all your boxes. Though the site’s also open to guests who aren’t interested in casting a line, it’s simply a dream for angling fans: there are seven fishing waters on site where perch, tench, barbel, carp, catfish, bream and chub are plentiful, and a large tackle shop is just an added lure. The site’s also well-placed for rambling excursions through the Dorset Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the scenic Dorset countryside. There are loads of bridleways and footpaths to follow right from the site, and walking fuel is a cinch round here too: nab some fresh eggs from the resident chickens and ducks in the morning and boil them up for mid-hike energy boosts. Not much of a hiker or biker? Head into Middlemarsh to clamber aboard the village’s bus service to Dorchester, Sherborne or (and?) Yeovil for historical sights, shopping and local eats, or just chill on site instead, soaking up the views of the fishing waters and Blackmore Vale.

Site type

Tent sites 5
Caravan sites 4
Motorhome sites 2
Open now
Opens 18 March
Please note

Extras

  • Facilities/activities including Fishing are subject to extra charges payable on arrival.

Occupancy

  • Group bookings of 3 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.

Safety

  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Wed, 18 Mar to

No availability here for your search criteria

Pitch types & availability

Accommodation

Tent sitesCaravan sitesMotorhome sitesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsCaravans for hireRent a tent
Choose your dates
2 adults
0 children
0 dogs

Reviews

9.4

Overall rating from 152 Pitchup.com customers

  • 75%
    10
  • 3%
    9
  • 15%
    8
  • 2%
    7
  • 2%
    6
  • 0%
    5
  • 0%
    4
  • 0%
    3
  • 0%
    2
  • 0%
    1
Location
 9
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 9
Facilities / Activities
 9
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 9
Cleanliness
 9
Wifi
 8
Peaceful

95% would recommend this site to a friend

95% would stay here again

What customers say

A peaceful, well-kept campsite with friendly, helpful staff. Ideal for fishing, with plenty of lakes & a good tackle shop. Basic but clean facilities. Relaxed, spacious pitches offer great value for a quiet break.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews. Last updated 11/08/2026

Filter by topic

Reviews page 1 of 16
Arrival date (latest first)

Adequate shower facilities and toilets. Hot…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 No rating
Melanie P. 1 review

Unpowered grass and earth site

Liked Adequate shower facilities and toilets. Hot water was brilliant for showering and washing up

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice place to go and relax…

Overall

6 out of 10
Location
 5
Value for money
 5
Facilities / Activities
 No rating
Customer service
 6
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 No rating
Wifi
 No rating
Paul D. 1 review

Power optional grass and earth site

Liked Nice place to go and relax fishing good to

Disliked I wish the fishing swims were all level and the steps as well as the steps you can’t see them for people to see apart from that good shame the WiFi doesn’t work

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: As you stated we have had the best fishing sport here the last 2 months we have had in years. The various ponds are built into the natural valley and so there are many different types of swims and majority (Middle, Dead Tree, Trendels and Canal are all level but a few other waters do have steps to access but that is the geography of how the warers have been built and unavoidable. As for the the WiFi which is the only point that is really directly linked to the booking itself as fishing is a separate entity anyway our card machine in the shop works from the same Wifi and it was working fine during your stay but you do need a password to access the wifi that is readily available from the shop and if asked we would have offered help with this. Otherwise i would say a low rating not based on anything to do with the booking itself.

This was our second stay here…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 7
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 10
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 No rating
Natalie D. 1 review

Power optional grass and earth site

Liked This was our second stay here and it’s perfect. Great views and the campsite is super quiet. Family friendly and facilities whilst basic are clean. Owners are lovely too. It won’t be our last visit for sure.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent holiday, have been staying here for over 30 years

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 No rating
Debbie H. 2 reviews

Power optional grass and earth site

Liked Everything, site is well managed, facilities are always clean, lovely relaxing time with great fishing on site too. have been staying here for over 30 years and always have a great stay, will be back next year

Disliked Nothing to dislike

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful place. Really friendly staff &…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
Anonymous

Power optional grass and earth site

Liked Beautiful place. Really friendly staff & so peaceful

We fished the lakes in the day and had such a lovely time felt no need to leave the site itself

Was lovely and quiet met multiple regulars that said they come back every year so that says enough about the place to me

Will definitely be returning 😊

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great relaxed friendly campsite with clean…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 10
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
 Ali M. 1 review

Power optional grass and earth site

Liked Great relaxed friendly campsite with clean wash facilities and hot shower

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great place for the price, tackle…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 No rating
Value for money
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 No rating
Customer service
 No rating
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 No rating
Wifi
 No rating
Jake L. 3 reviews

Unpowered grass and earth site

Liked Great place for the price, tackle shop is a good touch as well. Staff are nice and friendly. My two yoing lads enjoyed fishing the pond

Recommend to friends Visit again

A lovely smashing site

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 10
Wifi
 10
Anonymous

Power optional grass and earth site

Liked Are second stay at revels and already booked are next stay it’s a lovely site and everyone is friendly and if you have any questions just ask Jason a smashing chap and with the lakes a real bonus and a lovely clean site we would definitely recommend it thanks Jeff and Mel

Disliked None

Recommend to friends Visit again

Our 3rd visit to Revels. Always…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Facilities / Activities
 7
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 No rating
Cleanliness
 7
Wifi
 No rating
Karen W. 2 reviews

Power optional grass and earth site

Liked Our 3rd visit to Revels. Always a lovely, relaxing stay. Husband loves the fishing! Very helpful owners - our car battery died, they sorted it with their jump leads. Highly recommend.

Recommend to friends Visit again

The location was lovely and the…

Overall

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

Unpowered grass and earth site

Liked The location was lovely and the people running it very friendly.

Disliked Sadly some of the other campers did not stick to the 10 o’clock quiet rule. Not the fault of the owners of course. A lot of the pitches were also very exposed which was uncomfortable in the heat.

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Nothing was reported to us while you were here and the first i have heard of any issues is with this feedback. It does say in your welcome leaflet as well as stated verbally to EVERYONE on arrival "Any issue or problem speak to us." Even out of hours contact possibility given and we were not made aware of any noise issue during your stay or any other reports from others otherwise would have been dealt with. As for pitches there is clearly an aerial view and lots of photos on the booking site showing the camping field but afraid to say as we have just hit all time EVER record for June heat and i do not have thermostat controls for the sun and that is totally beyond any ones control. So overall an unfair review thats been rated on points we have not had any opportunity to address or able to address

Features

No dogs 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 site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry Local produce 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

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

Themes

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

Farm Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Location

Revels Fishery

Revels Farm

Cosmore

Dorchester

Dorset

England

DT2 7TW

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.84852°N
2.46047°W

Route directions

One mile from the X11 bus route stop at Middlemarsh Sawmills.

Nearest transport

Coach
12 km Greenhill
12.1 km Coldharbour
13.1 km Queens Head
Rail
8.2 km Chetnole Rail Station
9.5 km Yetminster Rail Station
10.8 km Maiden Newton Rail Station
Ferry
26.7 km Weymouth Ferry Terminal
36.4 km Poole Ferry Terminal
36.8 km Poole Quay Ferry Landing
Airport
45 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

If standing on the shoulders of giants has always appealed, make immediate tracks for Cerne Abbas, a small village 10 minutes’ drive from the site. As well as pubs serving local beers, the village has access to a National Trust trail leading up to the Cerne Abbas (very anatomically correct) giant. When 17th-century hill figures simply won’t satisfy history cravings, head instead for Minterne House and Gardens, five minutes from base. The house itself may be closed to casual visitors, but wandering the Capability Brown-style Himalayan gardens should more than make up for that – and the house itself is certainly pretty enough from the outside to warrant repeated gazes on strolls. Plenty else by way of history is within easy reach – the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Hayes International Motor Museum and the Tank Museum are all within 35 minutes – but taking time to explore nearby towns is a must. Dorchester (15 minutes) is a particular treat, with roman remains, Terracotta warriors, a Tutankhamun exhibition and Thomas Hardy’s birthplace to visit, but the markets, castles and abbey of Sherborne (15 minutes), and the railway centre, toy museum and Montacute House in Yeovil (25 minutes), are also worthy of car trips. Days on the sand might be all anyone needs on hols, though, so luckily it’s only 30 minutes to the famed Jurassic Coast and to seaside towns like Weymouth, where the lengthy Chesil beach, massive sand sculptures and harbour fort all await.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Bowleaze Cove 23.8 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Weymouth Lodmoor 24.8 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Hive 25.1 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Ringstead Bay 25.4 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Weymouth Central 26 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Hardy's Birthplace 14.1 km

Mapperton House & Gardens 18.3 km

Montacute House 21.2 km

Fleet Air Arm Museum 22.4 km

Haynes International Motor Museum 22.5 km

National Trust

Hardy's Cottage 14.1 km

Max Gate 15.8 km

Clouds Hill 20.7 km

Montacute House 21.2 km

Tintinhull Garden 22.5 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

MINTERNE 2 km

Beneath The Feet Of Cerne's Giant 4.5 km

Piddlehinton - Buck Hill - Piddletrenthide - Piddlehinton 8.8 km

CHANTMARLE 9.4 km

MELBURY PARK 9.9 km

Local events

  • Dorset County Show (Saturday, 5 September 2026 – Saturday, 5 September 2026)

    Dorchester, England 14.2 km

  • Glastonbury Festival (Wednesday, 23 June 2027 – Wednesday, 23 June 2027)

    Glastonbury, England 35.7 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.

Want to know more about camping in Dorset?

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Revels Fishery have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Revels Fishery dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Revels Fishery? If standing on the shoulders of giants has always appealed, make immediate tracks for Cerne Abbas, a small village 10 minutes’ drive from the site. As well as pubs serving local beers, … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Revels Fishery?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  Anytime –  9 p.m.
    Depart by:  Anytime
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.

    On arrival, please make your way to the onsite fishing tackle shop to check in.

    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Revels Fishery? From $41.16 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.