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Sandy Balls Holiday Village
Godshill
New Forest
Fordingbridge
Hampshire (Browse area)
SP6 2JZ
Tel: 01442 508850 or 01425 651200
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Pitches:
Open: 02/08/2024 to 31/08/2024
02/08/2025 to 31/08/2025
Rating: 
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 Tent Pitches |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 Holiday Homes for Hire |
 Holiday Homes for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 No Electric Hookups |
 No Hardstandings |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 No Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 No Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 Fishing <10 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool On Site |
 Outdoor Pool On Site |
 Horse Riding <1 mile |
 Cycle Hire On Site |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <10 miles |
 Watersports <10 miles |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: July 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Kitty45 |
1 review from this member |
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 Have been going to Sandy Balls for nearly 10 years. And every year it has been brilliant! You have to book early though. We booked in March for July and only just got a good spot! So book early! Word of advice. Don't go in august unless your prepared to put up with it being very busy. Restaurant, shop, bar, parks all brilliant. Shop easy to get to and fair prices. Showers and wash facilities all good and parks perfect for little kids. Only criticism would be that the roads can be a bit dangerous for children, some cars can go a bit too fast. Definitely recommend to anyone. And will be going form many years to come. 
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Angie68 |
17 reviews from this member |
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Just back from a weekend at Sandy Balls, excellent site that exceeded expectations. Had requested a site with view of the play park at that is exactly what we got - and what a park - 30K just been been spent to keep the kids happy and boy did it!
Good clean facilities, showers hot etc. What I really liked about this site was that all the tents, caravans and motorhomes are mixed in together so it has a lovely feel about it.
Did not get to use the bar or restaurant as bad weather meant it got packed so no tables available. Did not dampen spirits though as still plenty to do. Shop was well stocked and well priced. Will certainly be re-visiting. Bit of building work going on at the moment but looks not far off completion.
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| Date of Visit: April 2007 |
Unit: Other |
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| Reviewer: Bumblebee |
2 reviews from this member |
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Just wanted to add my little bit to the many reviews already posted and general debate about Sandy Balls. I absolutely love this holiday park and have stayed here many many times in the pine lodges. The pool and children's facilities are great and its a really good base for days out.
BUT . I would hate to camp here. Its not that there's anything wrong with the touring area of the park - the showers etc look superb. Its just that neat rows and rows of tents and caravans really don't appeal to me. To me camping is all about open fields or woodland areas, letting the children run around and not worrying about them getting dirty! Its all down to personal choice - if you like the whole holiday park atmosphere, Sandy Balls is fantastic but if you prefer back to nature this isn't the place to come.
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Loopylou007 |
15 reviews from this member |
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What a fantastic site!
I have been trying for a long time to get booked at this site, when we wanted to go was in the school holidays but always fully booked, even when phoning well in advance.Now I can understand why.
When you arrive there is no need to get out of your car, they come over to you and welcome you and give you details of the site and what is going on throughout your stay.
Everything was kept immaculate, there is an indoor & outdoor swimming pool, even though we had fantastic weather the outside pool did feel cold but the indoor pool was lovely. Changing rooms were very clean and warm.
Shower blocks were immaculate, there is also a bath which is very handy if you have little ones that don't like showers.
They have spent over £30000 on the childrens park/play area, my kids loved it.
Shop has all the essentials although certain items we felt were rather expensive but handy if you don't want to drive to the nearest Tescos.
The restaurants did lovely food, we would recommend you try the Sunday roast, best one we have ever had!
Plenty for the kids to do, there was a big indoor play area and they have all different kinds of activities during the day (some at an extra charge) a few were free. There is also an amusement arcade.
If you get the time take a walk to the river. It was a lovely walk and there were lots of swans and found it so peaceful.
Not much else I can add apart from we wanted to book again to go for 4 nights in August but were told they are fully booked.
Can't wait to go back again.
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| Date of Visit: July 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Jamsie423 |
6 reviews from this member |
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We travelled down to this site from Dundee after it was highly recommended from a friend, he suggested we go just prior to the main bulk of the school holidays as it would be a bit quieter. We arrived at mid-day on the Saturday and within 10 minutes of registration we were on our pitch and a further half hour we were all set up.
The site was undergoing a lot of re-development but it did not spoil any part of our stay, a really fantastic site but more than big enough to cope with the constant influx of people arriving. The site facilities were excellent with ample toilet/shower areas scattered around the site. A well provisioned shop had almost everything you would require and you could actually spend your entire stay within the site itself.
It would be silly of me not to mention the local inn called "The Fighting Cocks", what a great pub, with an fantastic menu and selection of beers.
Well worth travelling the distance to get down but worth it once you arrive.
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| Date of Visit: May 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Ginge45 |
4 reviews from this member |
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We have just returned from a long weekend away over the May Day. This site was lovely ! Not too busy .as we thought it may be. We stayed in Northfield-no dog field-our pitch was very spacious with the children having plenty of room to play outside. The woodlands walk was beautiful-you can walk all the way to the bottom to see the lovely River. Look out for Bambi we spotted her in the woods. You can walk it with a pram-but it must be a 3wheeler type not suitable for a normal buggy. The toilet block for North field was lovely and clean and even had a separate bathroom with bath where I could bath the baby (1year old).Play area great both for little ones (4year year old) and the older kids. kids entertainment was excellent- in one day we had a magic man/clown/play dough & colouring all organised by Sandy Balls. Need to be careful of the bikes everywhere but this was not a problem.
Despite some of the right ups regarding the new building work being carried out, it was not a bother to us at all, did not affect us /pitch/walks. May have a little wait for the pool as they have a coloured band system and only let so many in at a time if really busy.Possible 30 min wait in peak times.We didn't have to wait we went at 11.00am on the Sunday.
Will definitely be visiting again.
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| Date of Visit: April 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Treelo |
2 reviews from this member |
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We arrived at Sandy Balls on Friday evening and were met by a lovely man on reception who assisted in by giving us directions to the pitch. We set up our tent and as it was late we made our way to get some food.5 different members of kitchen staff ignored us for 10 minutes and then we waited 45 minutes for a take-away pizza. There were cars driving far too fast around the site and there is no-where for children to play outside the pitches (there is a play area but I wouldn't be happy with the kids being there alone as some of the climbing equipment is very high and there were older kids hanging around on it) so they ended up playing in the road.
One of the things that irked us was the silly charges that were totally unnecessary! 10p non-refundable for the locker. So when we had to re-open the locker to get the goggles out that we had left in there we then had to search through our dry clothes for another 10p how annoying. £2 per person for the sauna, £1 to get the bubbles working in the jacuzzi, I'd rather pay an extra couple quid on the pitch price than have to faff around with these silly extras. It just annoyed us!The staff were not helpful. It just struck me as a campsite with the potential to be something really good were the owners not so mercenary! The leisure centre sold arm bands for £4.50 - the shop £1.49. In terms of cleanliness there was an empty drinks carton sitting in the ladies changing rooms all weekend which smacks of a lack of cleaning to me! Never mind - won't be back!
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| Date of Visit: April 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Happy hippy |
12 reviews from this member |
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I apologise now for the length of this review but there really is so much to talk about regarding this site.
It was a bit weird pitching our tent on gravel, but with rock pegs and an extra ground sheet (which can both be hired from the site) it was no problem. As well as having EHU and our own water tap every pitch has a ariel connection for free view,(and caravan waste disposal) we had our own cable but again these can be hired on site. The picture was good during the day(when we didn't want to watch it) but in the evening when lots of people were using it, it was unwatchable.
We were in the North field which is closest to the adventure play park which our kids really enjoyed and has to be the best play park we have seen on any site. They also have a pool, which due to them underestimating the demand they only had 1 life guard on and were only letting 40 people in at a time so we had to wait in a que with no idea how long we our wait would be, which turned out to be 40 mins then we only got 40 mins in the pool. They did apologise.
The showers and toilets were modern and lots of them with plentiful hot water but only one hairdryer was working and the 1 hand dryer was tempramental. The toilets were shut for an hour and a half every day for cleaning. There are other toilet blocks but the cleaner told us they are all shut at the same time so she let me in anyway.
There is a Spar shop which is well stocked for essentials, the family play room is good with pool and table tennis. And an indoor play centre for the under 5's was nice too. There is also bike hire but we did not use it this time. There is a pub that does food and take out, which is nicely priced and of a good standard.
There is a lot of building work going on at the moment to padestrianise the main area and from what we saw it will be lovely when it is finished.
We had the need to call the warden when we had a problem with our EHU he arrived very quickly and was very friendly and efficient.
The walk through the woods to the river is great and we saw loads of birds and wild life.
Over all I highly recommend this site, especially for families. What issues we had were minor and did not ruin our enjoyment of the site at all. Prices at this site are very competitive especially compared with the 'other' new forest sites.
Go to Sandy balls you'll love it!
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| Date of Visit: April 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: R and S |
21 reviews from this member |
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WOW! What a fantastic site, every single member of staff was helpful - from Barman to Groundsman. As we drew up at the welcome area someone came out the office (so we didn't have to leave our car) and explained what was what and gave us our pitch and pack of information.
The facilities are brilliant, nice pool and changing rooms, bar with outside area with a clown in the evening. TV point (and rent a cable for £2 - a small price to pay for Dr Who), great children's playground, great field for ball games etc. Etc.
The surrounding area is quite beautiful and having got a Cycle Map for the easiest 8 mile circuit the six of us cycled it with no trouble. Even the 6 year old on her tiny 16" wheel bike. A great route with lots to see. There were loads of kids cycling sensibly around the site which meant that our kids had a great example, they felt safe.
The site is flat and really easy to pitch on with complete water, grey waste, electric, TV hook up points. There are quite a lot of pitches but split so it doesn't seem at all crowded. A really good shop completes the best site we've been to so far.
We will return! The only downer is its pretty expensive, BUT if you fill in the customer survey you get a £20 voucher off your next visit. A great way to reward loyalty
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| Date of Visit: April 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Tin snail |
4 reviews from this member |
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We have returned today from Sandy Balls after our weekend was almost a disaster, Friday night travelling along the M27 we suffered a blow out on our caravan, which was pretty disturbing to say the least. We finally arrived gone midnight and called the number left on the new check in centre for the Warden. He was there in minutes and was exemplory to say the least - his help was very welcome following our experience on the motorway. I would like to add to anybody looking to visit a touring site Sandy Balls and its staff are excellent. The site although now under going a major rebuild is set in beautiful surroundings and the facilities are superb. We use this site as a bench mark when visiting other sites and have not found another to compete.
Walk down to the River and experience the tranquility there is nothing quite like it. We are going back in the coming weekends as there prices are so good at the moment.
Hope to meet you there soon, we have visited with UK Campsite and look forward to again.
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