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My family (2 adults, 2 children) is thinking of camping in a tent at the parkdean site West Bay in August 2011.  We have and 8 man tent (Idaho XL) and was wondering if anybody had been recently as there are not any recent reviews on here for someone thats stayed in a tent there.  I have read that the pitches are on the small side has anyone camped here before.  Thanks

Never stayed on the park but have known & visited West Bay all my life - from the 1950's onward.

Don't know if you know West Bay. To me it is a charming fishing harbour recently upgraded that we would visit for a few hours in the evening. As Parkdean says it is towards the end of the magnificent Chesil beach but is all pebble, steeply shelved and dangerous for swimming.

We love the area. Charmouth, Lyme Regis are close by. Weymouth is not too far and a much larger resort.

Went there about 4 years ago.

Long walk to camping area through all statics, but self contained. And away from the entertainment, which for us was a bonus! Lovely family bathroom - was able to bath kids while I showered - all at same time! Other showers were ok.

Pitches were quite big - we had 6 man tunnel tent, approx 6m x 4m. Pitched facing towards track, supposed to park besid tent, but we camped with friends, so used most of side area for dining area, and parked sideways across the front of that bit, which was handy as it gave a boundary for the toddlers!!

The site was tiered, we were in the middle thankfully, as the bottom row was very wet, and the top completely windswept! We were there when we had some awful storms, but our tent was fine, mind you it wasn't a patch on aonther storm we've since weathered in Cornwall!!!

We didn't use any of the facilities other than the pool. We did enjoy it there, but it also confirmed for us that we prefer the smaller sites!!

Hope that helps and have fun!

Angela