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Reviews of Norden Farm Touring Caravan & Camping Site
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Norden Farm Touring Caravan & Camping Site
Corfe Castle
Wareham
Dorset (Browse area)
BH20 5DS
Tel: 01929 480098
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Pitches: 150 electric + 100 non-electric
Open: 01/04/2024 to 31/10/2024
01/04/2025 to 31/10/2025
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 No Hardstandings |
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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 |
 Chemical Disposal |
 Battery Charging |
 Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 Fishing <5 miles |
 Wild Swimming <5 miles |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <1 mile |
 Golf <1 mile |
 Tennis <1 mile |
 Beach <5 miles |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <5 miles |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
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 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport On Site |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: August 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Scouter 40th |
2 reviews from this member |
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 Stayed at Norden Farm in August, using a tent with electric hook-up we were given a pitch next to the top field. The facilities on this part of the site were very dated (bit like a scout camp), they quickly became dirty and smelly the washing up area again was dirty and seemed to run out of hot water very quickly, would only use these if needed to go to loo in the night. The main facilities down by the farm are fantastic but a few minutes walk, but on the downside only ever saw them cleaned once a day, the toilets were best used after cleaning otherwise don't look at the toilet bowl! The site is in a very good position about 20 minutes walk into Corfe and close by car to Swanage, Wareham and Studland, use Wareham for supermarkets (Co-Op and Somerfield). Can recommend the on-site restaurant good food try Monday night 2 main courses for £12.00, also try the Halfway Inn Pub (turn left out of site, 1 mile on left on way to Wareham) great food and reasonably priced. Days out must do Bovington Tank Museum (Lads & Dads), Monkey World, Brownsea Island and Lulworth Cove. Will go again if they duplicate main facilities in top field and keep them clean. 
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| Date of Visit: May 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: DEE07 |
2 reviews from this member |
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Three kids and three adults - stayed at this campsite May bank holiday. Despite the extreme cold we had a really great time. The site is managed really well, relaxed and welcoming. Thank you to the team. We stayed very close to the pond and despite the awful weather did not get flooded out. However the other fields nearby did! Fishing was good too!
I agree with other reviews that the toilet facility in the bottom fields is very basic but did the job. The showers in the new block were clean, and always had hot water. It was nice to see a family room too. I would expect patience is required at the peak season time but we will certainly be coming back. Due to the weather we never really got to see the farm.
Please, please, please, replace the bottom field toilets.
Definitely a place to consider for a family holiday. See you soon!
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| Date of Visit: August 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: ApolloSwallow |
6 reviews from this member |
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Just back from a few days at this site with my partner and 7 friends. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed our week-end as this part of the country is beautiful and the campsite is conveniently located for day trips.
Tents without hook-up are only allowed in Top Field which has only 1 rather tatty but functional toilet block and wash-up area. Bit of a walk to the shower block which is modern and quite clean - subject to usual dirt and muck brought in with campers. There was a problem with drainage in some of the showers but I am sure this is a possibility with any shower block when in full, constant use for around 2 hours every morning and evening.
The setting is fabulous in Top Field as the surrounding scenery of woods and hills is lovely. My main issue with top field is that whilst some people like the freedom of unmarked pitches it's a pain if you are a group of campers who want to camp next to each other but won't be arriving together. Yes, I am sorry but I was the one who pitched 2 tents a big distant apart and then parked their car in the middle- at about 4:30pm on Friday ; - ) in an attempt to reserve space for my friends who were arriving later.
The site is a working farm and hence on arrival looks a little tatty and smells of animals but all the pitches seem to be far enough away to not be subjected to the smell all the time - certainly didn't smell it in Top Field.
Excellent value for money if you are realistic as to what camping is about.
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| Date of Visit: August 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Middle class ma |
2 reviews from this member |
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This is a stroll up and pitch type site, handy for the larger tent or groups wishing to spend the evening around a bar-b-que. We pitched in the top field which is the last of three fields given over solely to tents. Plenty of room for the kids to run around, play footie, fly kites etc and a good view down a natural valley.
The shop was well stocked with local produce, info. Etc and the main toilet block was the best we have encountered with a cracking little family room with a small bath, shower and toilet saving all the faff we normally have showering three young children in cramped showers. There were plenty of showers except at peak times when the women seemed to queue out the doors and down the site. There was never a real queue for the blokes showers.
The area, spot on for children activities for sunny and rainy days.
The downside- This site has a drainage problem, which the owners recognise and to their credit warn about on their website. Unfortunately there is a stagnant pool of water in the top field and on a hot day can stink, incorporate that with the "country smells" drifting up from the cow barn and it can be a heady mixture. Also the field itself is rutted in areas where cars have created trenches in the wet weather. These can fill with water on a rainy day.
Would we revisit? With a run of hot, dry weather - Yes, if it is predicted to rain - No.
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| Date of Visit: July 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Skinnysticks |
9 reviews from this member |
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Stayed with 2 children - 7 and 4. We were in the bottom ‘top field’. Height of floods - ground very squishy. No marked pitches so lovely and relaxed. Fantastic setting – peaceful. Loo block OK (no showers in this field). Typically muddy and out of date but did the job. Bottom field showers very clean/modern. Only one family room and a long queue for all showers at peak times. Launderette good. Washing up block excellent and kept very clean. Children’s park small and only OK for small children but often busy with big children who are not supervised. Farmer checks each night on quad bike and ensures site is orderly. Groups kept in separate field and caravans tend to be in the main field – which has a more structured feel to it. Site shop superb. Sells everything from food to camping equipment and nothing overpriced. Yes, it smells of the country here but this is a working farm! Farms aren’t always pretty! Restaurant food (didn’t eat there) looked simple, adequately priced. Very close to Corfe (good bakery and corner shop) and Swanage for shopping/seaside. Loved this site, hated the weather! And please get better loos and a shower for top field. We will come back.
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: JosephineR |
1 review from this member |
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We came upon this site by pure accident. I am a new-ish camper, this being my 3rd time in the past 4 years. I can only say if all camp sites were like this then I think more people would camp. It is superb! Yes, on first sight it does look a little worn down but I think in retrospect this all adds to it's charm. The setting is quiet and serene with hills and woods on all sides. There are long rambling walks through the woods with little chance of bumping into another soul for hours. The facilities on site were new and modern and sparkly clean which is a must. There is a small children's play area in full view of the washing up room so they don't get bored while the adults do the chores. I had a play on the swings. You're never too old! For me, being surrounded by the sounds of the working farm was just brilliant. The staff and other campers were all very friendly. The site is situated close to most of the nearby tourist attractions and the local beaches. All only a short car ride away. We squeezed into the on-site restaurant by pure luck rather than judgment and the food was lovely and very reasonably priced. I recommend the lemon meringue.It was to die for. We'll definitely be back when we have kids. There's enough to keep them entertained when they are still small but not sure if it's ideal for stroppy computer addicted teenagers :-)
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| Date of Visit: June 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Miles_institute |
4 reviews from this member |
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This site is in a lovely location. The shower/toilet facilities are good, although they are a little walk if you are in the top field.
Corfe Castle is a short walk away, with the castle and some nice pubs available. We went to the Greyhound, which had good food, a nice garden and a lively social set up, including live music.
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| Date of Visit: May 2007 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: HailMax |
7 reviews from this member |
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Is site had very good reviews, so expectations were high. We stayed for 4 nights over the May bank holiday. The site blurb denotes 92 pitches, I would say there is probably at least 350. The site consists of four Fields: Top, Main, Donkey and Pond. The last three have a capacity of approx. 50/60 pitches in each. I don’t know what the full capacity of the Top Field is, but I do know that when we were in it, we counted over 160 other tents. So, all in all, this campsite has at least 350 ‘pitches’. Just imagine there were, say, 3 persons to each pitch – you do the sums and you’ll get the picture, it was like being part of some kind of mass rally/rave. Due to these numbers, it was obviously not a “quiet, away from it all site”. You could pitch anywhere in the Top Field and this must’ve been a bonus for all the various groups that were there on the BH weekend. The single track around the site and the volume of cars provided a constant build-up of traffic throughout as various vehicles had to reverse to allow other vehicles to enter/exit. This was most in evidence on the track from the Main Field to the Top Field. The track in itself has split the field into two halfs. We wondered if those sited in the Main Field felt they were part of the audience to an M25 show! Needless to say, the constant flow of vehicles arriving/departing, reversing etc negated a quiet and peaceful ambience to the site. In addition, the site is just off the A351 which was audible, so provided plenty of ‘humming’ at nights/early morning. Facilities in the Top Field consisted of 6 toilets and 4 washing up sinks and 1 water tap in the middle of the Field with no drainage other than a pallet! These facilities required maintenance as there were broken toilet seats, taps that didn’t turn off properly and no hot water for washing up. Now to the main shower/toilet block, yes it is new and fully functional with hot water. There were 6 showers for men and the same for women. 1 hairdryer, no bins. However, there was plenty of queuing. And no, they weren’t clean. There was also laundry provision. There was a good, well stocked shop open 8am – 8pm with fresh eggs, bread. There was a small playground next to showers which consisted of boot slide and 2 swings. The pet’s corner was run down with poorly-looking animals:1 pig, 2 goats, 4 rabbits and several poultry. Overall, the site is really not good enough – rutted, lumpy ground, with plenty of sheep muck with areas that get carved up in bad weather. Hit & miss facilities which were too few and far away from the Top Field. We wanted a small, quiet and rural site – this, it was not, so a huge disappointment.
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| Date of Visit: May 2006 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Cluedocat |
3 reviews from this member |
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We live 1/2 an hour away but have been going to Norden Farm for over 10 years. My first experience camping was in a two man tent with my husband and it had taken a lot of persuasion to get me there! He only managed by assuring me that as it was only up the road, if I didn't like it I could go home! Needless to say we go every year for a long weekend around May.
I love it! You're smack bang in the middle of the countryside and a working farm surrounded by friendly people and lots to see. The showers/toilets are all clean with plenty of hot water.
There is shop on site that is amply stocked and even a small garden centre.
We are not big walkers but we even manage to walk into Corfe and back again for an evening.
Don't expect entertainment at the site as it is a beautifully simple and very much back to nature.
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| Date of Visit: August 2006 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Mguk |
1 review from this member |
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We have a Diablo 900 and do struggle to find campsites which don't want to charge us for two pitches in the school holidays!
We came across Norden Farm by chance and what a find it was. We ended up going back 3 times last season and this year will be doing the same. It's a working dairy farm so my children got to see the cow's being milked (which kept them occupied every afternoon) and our trip coincided with calving season so they witnessed a birth from the comfort of the hay bails in the barn. The new toilets and showers keep make for an even more pleasant experience.
Pet's corner is a nice daily stroll. All in all this is fantastic for us but some people may miss the lack of facilities eg swimming pool, bar etc - all depends what you're after in a holiday but thoroughly recommended by my whole family.
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