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Holmsley Camping In The New Forest
New Forest, Forest Road
Thorney Hill
Bransgore
Christchurch
Dorset (Browse area)
BH23 7EQ
Tel: 01425 674502
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Pitches: 600
Open: 07/04/2024 to 31/10/2024
07/04/2025 to 31/10/2025
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 Tent Pitches |
 Caravan Pitches |
 Motorhome Pitches |
 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
 No Fully Serviced Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar <5 miles |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <5 miles |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 No Fishing |
 No Wild Swimming |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <10 miles |
 No Watersports |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <5 miles |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: July 2021 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Other |
| Reviewer: Damaca |
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 We loved this site. Went with our 5 year old grandson. There is a huge amount of space to play, and a well provided playground as well. Turn left out of the front gate and you are cycling on the lovely traffic free New Forest cycle tracks.
Yes it is on the site of an old airfield, so there is tarmac/concrete on which motorhomes and caravans pitch, but by pitching alongside one of the fields we could step out onto grass while having the benefit of a very level pitch.
The 3 toilet/shower blocks(presumably old RAF buildings) were cleaned at least once a day and had more than adequate space for all the summer weekend campers.
The large shop sells everything you may have forgotten to bring (but not newspapers). No wifi, and very patchy mobile phone coverage (we discovered the sweet spot, near the motorhome service point, as we were leaving unfortunately).
The staff are helpful and friendly. Our one complaint is that they did not enforce their own 'dogs on leads' rule, resulting in several piles of dog poo lurking in the grass.
We had to wait about 15 minutes on arrival, as a group of about 20 New Forest ponies was blocking the road. Great local colour! 
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| Date of Visit: September 2019 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Susanj |
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I was rather worried about staying at this site due to some poor reviews. I needn’t have worried! Unfortunately we can only stay one night, but we will be back.
Friendly and helpful wardens. It’s a lovely but unusual
Setting on an old airfield. It has a lovely feel about it. I much prefer it to the clinical and expensive MH&CC site we’ve just been on (Black Knowl) which was soulless and just rows
Of mainly caravans, and £10 a night more expensive!
This site is open but next to forest and heath and great for wildlife. There are 3
Toilet blocks which were better than I’d imagined. There is a large shop selling camping equipment, food, fresh bread, wine & beer AND it has a takeaway open from 8-5. 15 and 5 stars for food hygiene.
The ground was dry even after 24 hours of solid rain. Loved it! And if you think I’m easily pleased, you need to read my other reviews-I am rather picky!
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Date of Visit: August 2019  |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Family with young children |
| Reviewer: Cassid |
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It was the first time camping for me, my 2 sons (age 3 and 6) and our camper van, we arrived and were directed in by a really helpful guy.
I had my reservations as its the August Bank Holiday, with the rarist of things, excellent weather, so thought it would be overcrowded etc etc. But I was surprised! There was still some good pitches left and in good positions.
We camped next to a tree to give us a bit of shade. We went exploring and bought some new forest ice creams from the well stocked and I have to say, not badly priced shop (compared to others I've witnessed) the people working in the shops are one of my main reasons for writing this review.
Everything they seemed to do was with a helpful smile, and that goes a long way for me.
Then there's the location. Incredible! Even the commute in through the new forest was spectacular and felt like we were somewhere special special.
In the campsite there are a few stiles around the circumference where you can easily hop the fence and BAM you're in the middle of the forest, surrounded by beautiful walks and much to my 3 Yr olds excitement a never ending supply of blackberry bushes.
I'm not one for going to the same place year in, year out, but I dare say youll be seeing us again Holmsley!
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| Date of Visit: July 2019 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: Family with older children |
| Reviewer: Mung |
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This is a spacious site with lots of facilities. Caravans park on the roads and there are green areas for tents. Staff are friendly and there's a well equipped shop.
The facilities are clean but run down.
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| Date of Visit: August 2018 |
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| Reviewer: Woodya10 |
8 reviews from this member |
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Holmsley - What a site! and that's not necessarily a good thing. The welcome we received was faultless, very welcoming and full of lots of info - A great start. We were shown to our pitch (Pitch 77) which appeared to be flat and fairly well maintained. Firstly we noticed that there were no actual pitch markings, basically we could pitch where we wanted as long as we were in the general vicinity of the pitch marker. This was ok but as our 10 days progressed it would appear that the 3m rule does not apply. Tents were all over the place in no order what so ever.
Then it rained! be warned this site floods quickly and we had water running under our tent. What we thought were flat pitches ARE NOT! The hard standing area for mostly caravans resembled a travellers site complete with caravans, kids all over the place and yapping dogs. I'm sure that Holmsley was once a really good site but has now gone down hill rapidly. It's by far the biggest site I've been to and with 600 pitches it's no wonder it gone to rack and ruin. Not sure if C&CC rules about cleanliness, noise and safety actually apply here - but it does appear on their website.
On a plus side the shop was excellent. Our 10 day was good, but we will not be staying at Holmsley again and I cannot recommend it. In closing, Holmsley fall well short of what a C&CC site should by. A shame really because it's location is excellent.
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| Date of Visit: September 2018 |
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| Reviewer: DJMotorhomer |
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Our first visit to a Camping in the Forest site. And our last. Terribly maintained. Hard standing pitches are simply on the road, it looked like a gypsy encampment more than a site.
As we have been site wardens for private sites we asked what time were the shower blocks closed for cleaning, the answer we received was 'whenever we get up'. That did not bode well with us.
Shower block is very dated and left in a disgusting state by other campers. Luckily we only spent 2 nights there and was glad to leave.
No wifi except for small area outside reception.
No phone coverage or 4G on 3 or Asda mobile.
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| Date of Visit: June 2018 |
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| Reviewer: Daveandmitch |
8 reviews from this member |
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Our DofE group used Holmsley because our usual site at Avon Tyrrell was completely booked. So we had 28 teenagers and 5 leaders just staying the one night. Some sites would have said no but Holmsley were very accommodating allowing us a small field to ourselves.
So under the circumstances the site was adequate for our needs. However I think if I was camping for a week with my family I would think the site too big for a quiet getaway.
Showers were clean when cleaned but like a lot of busy sites quickly became wet and dirty. Why does that happen? There was a shop/takeaway on site but we never used it.
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| Date of Visit: April 2018 |
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| Reviewer: Kentpingu |
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Have been visiting this site for many years and have to say the standard has changed considerably. Seasonal pitches now seem to dominate the site with their vans parked on the tarmac so close together around all the grassed edges, so your view from the grass where you pitch your tent is of backs of caravans or straight into people's awnings. Many have made wooden flooring for their awnings and are screwed to the tarmac.
At busy weekends it appears the six metre rule becomes non existent. Staff do not enforce this. The rule is also no open fires but evidence on the grass shows this is happening (again staff do not enforce this)and with so many units crammed in, it is a fire disaster waiting to happen.
The staff are pleasant but the standard of camper is changing. There are mops to rinse the showers when finished but these are rarely used leaving the cubicles uninviting and muddy. Teenagers are hanging out in the showers having toothpaste fights, breaking toilet seats and I have even seen fecaes placed on the toilet lids. The site needs more strict supervision at peak periods. It is like staying on a very bad council estate.
In fairness to the staff it is a very large site to cover but during busy periods they would benefit from some extra wardens walking the site? It is such a shame as this is a beautiful place in the forest and am afraid to say that it is now one I shall remove from my list until the Camping and Caravan Club up their game. The roads are full of deep potholes which cannot be good for touring caravans.
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| Date of Visit: September 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Kateandjames |
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I camp quite a bit in the New Forest and its been several year since I last stayed at this site, it's not one I'll be going back to in a hurry.
Large groups of caravans and white vans parked nose to nose around the toilet blocks gave this site an appearance in places of a travellers site, not a camping in the forest site. What happened to the 6m rule!
Any peace and tranquillity was spoilt by loud club music (still playing at 11. 30) coming from one part of the site; road noise from the ever busy A35 and planes going into Bournemouth Airport.
Toilets however were reasonable given the large number of people camping, and the on-site shop sells food, drink, take-aways etc.
There is plenty of cycling a walking direct from the site.
Wardens were friendly and happy even when trying to unblock the smelly drains.
Enjoy Benidorm, then you'd probably enjoy this site!
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| Date of Visit: July 2017 |
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| Reviewer: JerAzel |
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Just had 3 nights here. Wardens were very friendly. We had hardstanding pitch & sun all day. Showers had loads of hot water & were very clean even on a busy weekend. Late booking so had no electric hook up, but no problem run fridge on Gas.
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