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i'm looking at visiting ulwell cottage caravan and camping park near swanage in dorset, for next year, possibly early july maybe in a tent "montana 6."

could anyone tell me which pitches are reasonably level for a tent , as i dont want to be on a slope, as stated in some of the reviews,

also is the bus service frequent from the site to swanage and studland beaches.

and if there are any decent pubs within reasonable walking distance, as we usually like to leave the vehicle on site and use public transport if poss,

ive put a link to the parks site plan "here" ( if it works)

thanks all

stu.

Hi Stu

We use Ulwell a lot and like the site. Pitches from 15 to 28 are probably your best bet. They are grass and are the ones that get used first by folk in tents. Numbers 1 to 14 are the ones that slope a bit. Pitches 41 to 66 are at different levels with slopes or walls between.

The bus stop is outside the site on the main road and the service is hourly at least, sometimes more in high season. It is the Wilts & Dorset 150 service http://www.wdbus.co.uk/htm/ttSouthern/index-s.asp

Not sure about pubs but there is a bar on site

Derek

thanks for that peeps,

as we have only very minimum toilet facillities, and my wife has a disability, we would prefer to be nearer the amenety block,

does anyone know if pitches 41 to 43 are flat

or 44 to 51 flat

please refer to site plan at top of post

thanks all

stu

Ulwell Cottage was the very first site I ever camped at, about 4 years ago. I hadn't booked and just turned up there and they gave me a pitch just behind the reception which was under some trees in front of the play area. I have a feeling it might have been pitch 12?

It was fairly flat there and of course a short distance to the entrance and the pub. The pub, incidentally, is also the local pub and not just for campers. I found the food excellent although a little expensive but better than going into Swanage and paying the extortionate parking fees...you need a credit card to park there!!

The downside was that the whole camp is quite hilly and the nearest toilet was a good couple of minutes uphill walk away. Not too bad for me but not good for anyone with walking difficulties. It's a nice, well kept site but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with walking difficulties. The pitches themselves are fairly flat as I recall but the site itself isn't the easiest to negotiate.

There is another campsite in the town itself called Cauldron Barn Farm, only 10 minutes slow walk to the seafront, but again, although the pitches themselves are flat the area is generally hilly (see the UKCS reviews)...not exceptionally so but quite tiring on the old legs.

Perhaps the flattest site I have been to along that stretch of coast is West Fleet Farm near Weymouth (no caravans). The entire campsite is pretty well a big flat field seperated into sections by low walls, trees and shrubs and very well maintained. It has it's own bar/restaurant with entertainment in the evenings but isn't a large commercial site. The downside is that it's in the middle of nowhere about 4 miles from Weymouth...parking at Weymouth is a heck of a lot more reasonably priced and more plentiful than Swanage though.