Sandford Holiday Park

View prices & book 7.5 452 reviews
Heated outdoor pool
Heated outdoor pool
Pool area
Safari tents
Safari tents
Swimming pool
Pool
Swimming pool
Swimming pool
1/155
Pool area
Safari tents
Safari tents

  • Family park close to Poole, Studland and Sandbanks
  • Indoor and outdoor pools, amusement arcade, play areas and kids' clubs
  • Bowling, crazy golf, ice cream parlour, restaurant and clubhouse
Sandford Holiday Park is an apt name for this park, which has acres of Britain’s best beaches within easy reach… From its peaceful Holton Heath woodland setting, it's just a short journey to the wide sands of Studland and Sandbanks, as well as lively resorts such as Bournemouth and Poole – all of which are within a half-hour drive. Boredom's not an option here, where the activities include a summer outdoor and indoor pool complex, a dedicated musical play pool for toddlers, courts for tennis and many other sports, bikes and pedal go-karts for hire, and nature trails crisscrossing the site. Still standing after all that energetic stuff? Then go swing’n’rolling at the bowling, or take the kids around the jungle-themed crazy golf and reward the winner with an extra scoop at the site’s ice cream parlour. The park also has three different kids’ clubs, banded by age to make sure top fun is had by all (even the harder-to-please teens should be mildly interested by the film-making and DJ workshops… plus the free wifi on site). Young’uns should also enjoy the indoor soft play zone and two outdoor play areas, with a pirate ship and a climbing wall as well as the usual playground paraphernalia. Recharge your batteries at the fish and chip shop or the Arena restaurant, which serves Costa coffee as well as pizzas and lots of other family-friendly meals. Then top it all off with a trip to the Limelite Club for family entertainment, cabaret and competitions from the sparkly Troupers: you should sleep well after that lot…

Campground type

Camper sites 297
RV sites 297
Open now
Opens March 7

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • 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).
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Single-sex parties of three or more people under 25 are not permitted on site. Swimming pool access is included: please show your Entertainment pass. Entertainment passes are included in the rate. If the site asks you to do so, you must complete an online ID verification process before you arrive. Your booking may be cancelled if you do not complete, or if you fail, the ID verification process.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, Mar 7 to

This campground is a member of Parkdean Resorts group.

View all Parkdean Resorts parks.

Campsite types & availability

Accommodation

Tent sitesCamper sitesRV sitesLodges, cabins, pods or hutsMobile homes for rentRent a tent
Choose your dates
2 adults
0 children
Other options

Reviews

7.5

Overall rating from 452 Pitchup.com customers

  • 39%
    10
  • 1%
    9
  • 24%
    8
  • 1%
    7
  • 13%
    6
  • 1%
    5
  • 7%
    4
  • 0%
    3
  • 7%
    2
  • 1%
    1
Location
 9
Value for money
 8
Accommodation
 8
Facilities / Activities
 8
Customer service
 8
Child friendliness
 9
Cleanliness
 7
Wifi
 6
Forest

70% would recommend this campground to a friend

66% would stay here again

What customers say

Great site, friendly staff, lots for families. Spacious pitches, but facilities get mixed reviews (cleanliness, water pressure issues). Can be busy/noisy. Some felt it was pricey with activity fees. Many would still recommend and return.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

Reviews page 1 of 46
Arrival date (latest first)

Traveled with 2 teenagers, two 10 year olds and a 6 year…

Overall

10 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 10
Accommodation
 10
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 10
Cleanliness
 8
Wifi
 5
Anonymous

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Traveled with 2 teenagers, two 10 year olds and a 6 year old. Had a lovely stay. Nice sized pitches. Toilets and showers do need some attention but they were cleaning them just people using them not maintaining them.
Loved both the indoor and outdoor pool, did not need to book could just turn up.
Would return again if we were heading that way. Level pitch.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Toilets & showers were reasonable for a large site…

Overall

3 out of 10
Location
 7
Value for money
 4
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 6
Customer service
 3
Child friendliness
 6
Cleanliness
 6
Wifi
 No rating
Nigel D.

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Toilets & showers were reasonable for a large site

Disliked Allocated pitch was taken. Reception gave us another pitch but was partly taken by another user. Reception was then shut and had to get security to allocate a pitch. 3 x trips to reception (long walk) and 90 minutes wasted. No real apology and when we asked for an hour late check out, we were told we don’t do them.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great place and would recommend for Families. Will go again.

Overall

7 out of 10
Location
 9
Value for money
 4
Accommodation
 8
Facilities / Activities
 10
Customer service
 1
Child friendliness
 8
Cleanliness
 7
Wifi
 1
Anonymous

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked The amount of activities.
Huge place with a lot of people but was still always able to get a table in the club no matter what time we went in.
Thunderbird chicken was great. We went there every night after clubhouse. This is by far better than any KFC you have ever tried

Disliked We had a woman on our next pitch with 6 teenage kids. She was in caravan and kids were in a tent. Screaming swearing and general messing around till early hours Every night. I phoned up to see if we could move pitch or even upgrade. I was told all the pitches were fully booked. I tried to upgrade to the star pitches (fully serviced). And again was told the same. Yet For the rest of our stay there was 3 star pitches empty and quite a few pitches available in the ehu paddocks where we were. I guess they just didn't want to do the paperwork.

Electric bikes and e scooters are everywhere whizzing passed you.

Recommend to friends Visit again

.

Overall

1 out of 10
Location
 1
Value for money
 1
Accommodation
 1
Facilities / Activities
 1
Customer service
 1
Child friendliness
 1
Cleanliness
 1
Wifi
 1
Anonymous

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Nil

Disliked .

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely place, really nice friendly staff, good entertainment lots to do, site…

Overall

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

Meadows powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Lovely place, really nice friendly staff, good entertainment lots to do, site nice and clean.

Disliked Showers not the best, nothing in cubicle to put toiletries, towels or clothes on and showers not powerful. No bins for dog waste. There was also campers who had a nasty cannabis habit the smell was awful.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very disappointed

Overall

2 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 2
Accommodation
 1
Facilities / Activities
 3
Customer service
 3
Child friendliness
 9
Cleanliness
 1
Wifi
 1
Michael B.

Meadows powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked The blue coat lady entertainer was an amazing singer

Disliked The pitch cost £60 to use between 2pm and 10 am.. not even 24 hours. If you wanted to arrive at 11am it would cost a further £15. .. that would make it £75 for still not even a day. The pitch was littered with fag buts and a rotten watermelon. This would indicate that no people had gone in there to clean from the previous campers and it's just a way of getting more money from you.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Dissapointed

Overall

2 out of 10
Location
 4
Value for money
 2
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 5
Customer service
 2
Child friendliness
 5
Cleanliness
 2
Wifi
 3
Liz D.

Meadows powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Lots of activities but disliked having to pay for everything! . Food was reasonable suprisingly, and you can take dogs in certain areas which is helpful. People friendly.

Disliked Lack of signage re speed No mops in showers. Water everwhere. Lots of kids unsupervised on bikes but having fun. Showers cold. Push button to save water but no plugs to wash up so lots of water wasted! Charge of £5 for a plug? Health and safety aspects. Road had big cracks and holes. Surprised no kids were injured. Staff were friendly except for booking in was appalling talked over. Twice. Told could not sleep in awning after paying extra which was disputed then given a pitch no 1 right by barrier which isnt a proper pitch so my husband said we needed to be moved. Don't like not able to get onto a pitch until 2pm half the day gone which you have paid for! Off by 10 am???. Expensive for what it is.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall, good value for money with plenty to do for all ages

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 8
Value for money
 9
Accommodation
 No rating
Facilities / Activities
 8
Customer service
 9
Child friendliness
 8
Cleanliness
 7
Wifi
 7
Anonymous

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Entertainment, shop, space on pitch, staff helpfulness

Disliked Toilet block out of order at our end of the site. Blocks generally needed regular inspection and cleaning …

Recommend to friends Visit again

Location…

Overall

8 out of 10
Location
 10
Value for money
 7
Accommodation
 6
Facilities / Activities
 6
Customer service
 10
Child friendliness
 10
Cleanliness
 4
Wifi
 4
Anonymous

Paddock powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Location

Disliked Shower and toilets in need of refurbishment as tired

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great value for your money Great entertainment and activities for the kids…

Overall

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

Meadows powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Great value for your money Great entertainment and activities for the kids

Recommend to friends Visit again

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

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

Groups welcome

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

Rules

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

Utilities

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

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Very large (over 200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal sites

Location

Sandford Holiday Park

Holton Heath

Poole

Dorset

England

BH16 6JZ

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.7194°N
2.0864°W

Nearest transport

Bus
2.5 mi Post Office
2.5 mi Red Lion
4.8 mi Seldown Coach Station
Rail
0.7 mi Holton Heath Rail Station
2.2 mi Wareham Rail Station
3 mi Hamworthy Rail Station
Ferry
4.2 mi Poole Ferry Terminal
4.5 mi Poole Quay Ferry Landing
6.1 mi Brownsea Island Ferry Landing
Airport
11.9 mi 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

It’s a short hop in the car to begin discovering the area’s spectacular surrounds, from the wilds of the New Forest to the ancient cliffs, limestone arches and nature reserves of the Jurassic Coast (tick off another World Heritage Site on your 'must-see' list). Dorset is jammed with attractions to suit all interests. History buffs might fancy clambering around Northe Fort or scaling the ramparts at Corfe and Portland castles. The Adventure Wonderland family theme park has thrills for kids of all ages, plus a massive hedge maze to get lost in, and action men (and women) can go paintballing or drive a tank at the Bovington Tank Museum. There’s loads of fun for fauna fans, too: check out the chimps at Monkey World, swan about at Abbotsbury Swannery, visit Weymouth Sea Life Park, explore the largest saltwater lagoon in the country on the glass-bottomed Fleet Observer, or meet some farmyard friends at Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park. Drive a bit further and you can also make a day trip to Longleat Safari Park.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Poole Harbour Rockley Sands 2 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Poole Harbour Lake 2.7 mi Estuary N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Shell Bay North 6.7 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Poole Sandbanks Peninsular 6.9 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Poole Shore Road Beach 7.1 mi Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Corfe Castle 5.7 mi

Monkey World - Ape Rescue Centre 5.9 mi

Brownsea Island 6 mi

Studland Beach and Nature Reserve 6.7 mi

Kingston Lacy House and Gardens 6.8 mi

National Trust

Corfe Castle 5.8 mi

White Mill 6 mi

Brownsea Island 6 mi

Kingston Lacy 6.7 mi

Clouds Hill 7.2 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

WAREHAM MEADOWS (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 02/08/2004) 1.4 mi

ARNE (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 31/08/2001) 2.8 mi

STOBOROUGH HEATH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 18/01/2004) 4 mi

CHARBOROUGH PARK 4.5 mi

GRANGE HEATH (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 30/03/2005) 5 mi

Local events

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

    Dorchester, England 14.8 mi

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.

Want to know more about camping in Dorset?

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Sandford Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Sandford Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Sandford Holiday Park? It’s a short hop in the car to begin discovering the area’s spectacular surrounds, from the wilds of the New Forest to the ancient cliffs, limestone arches and nature reserves of the … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Sandford Holiday Park?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-park accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Sandford Holiday Park? From $19.92 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.