Rockley Park Holiday Homes

Stays hereabouts should certainly include many trips to the beach. With several sandy stretches in easy reach – including Sandbanks (25 minutes’ drive), Studland Bay (40 minutes) and Lulworth Cove (40 minutes) – watersports, swims and strolls are a cinch to get to. Beyond the seaside days, the play areas, animal experiences, go-karts and maze of Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park are 15 minutes from base, it’s 20 minutes to zooming down slides at Splashdown waterpark, about half an hour to monkey-see-monkey-do at Monkey World and Go Ape, and 35 minutes to the rides and play areas of Adventure Wonderland. Paulton’s Park, 55 minutes away, is a must-visit for rollercoasters, rides, animal shows and, of course, Peppa Pig World. When explores of the past are preferable, there’s much more round here than just dinosaurs. Within 15 minutes of the site, guests can wander the grounds of Upton Country Park and, after about half an hour’s drive, land up at the National Trust’s stately old pile Kingston Lacy. Also half an hour away are the heritage Swanage Railway – which can be boarded at Norden station – and the famed Tank Museum. For more urban-centric days, it’s a quick 10-minute drive over the lifting bridge into Poole for gardens, greyhound races and museums (including the RNLI Lifeboat Museum). The larger resort town of Bournemouth is half an hour away, and is a prime spot for beaches, art galleries, casinos and aquarium visits.