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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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| 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 |
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 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: June 2018 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Timetravellers |
8 reviews from this member |
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 Impossible to add much to the last review, great detail! However, just have to say that this is a great site. It is well kept, due to the hard working team. It is well situated with plenty to do in the local area.
We like the fact that it is an open site ( no little hedges etc) and the views are lovely. Perfect for that evening glass of wine in the sun!
The shop has just about everything you could ask for and the Dorset apple cake is a “must” ! We have just booked for another visit soon. 
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| Date of Visit: May 2018 |
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| Reviewer: Floppy-poppy |
10 reviews from this member |
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We love this campsite. This is our 3rd year and each year we cannot fault it.
This year we arrived on one of the hottest days of the year (so far) to discover that OH had somehow got dates mixed up and we had arrived a day early. The young man was very obliging and said not to worry but we couldn't get on our desired pitch but instead gave us a choice of 2 others to look at.
We finally chose our pitch and started setting up. We were just at the most heaviest part (all poles and canvas stacked to begin pulling out and pegging in) and the same guy came by and offered to help. He was a god send as it was so hot and we'd had a 6. 5 hour journey beforehand.
So I'll start with staff. Very helpful and pleasant plus they all seem to take pride in the site and all work hard - this includes shop staff, cleaners and gardeners/farmers. Well done staff!
It's a working farm and there are all sorts from pigs, sheep, cows, donkeys, ducks, geese, turkeys etc and a lot of peacocks and peahens who roam freely. Each year (in May) there are babies whether they are calves, lambs or piglets in pens. The children love them. The piglets this year were adorable. One year we saw deer running through.
The area has lots of varied things to do and you'll find it hard to discover it all in a week or even two. The farm is nearly at the foot of Corfe Castle and Corfe itself - there's a walk from the site which take about 20-30 mins. So the location is great as it's more or less central to most things and nowhere is too far to drive to.
Down to camping. The pitches are flat and the ground is great to peg into. Depending where you are, but generally pitch sizes are generous. There are 3 fields which have EHU and a large field which is non EHU.
Two toilet blocks, with male and female shower facilities and a section in the middle for either and separate toilets. I visited both and toilets have always been spotless and the showers always have hot water and, again, spotless.
Dishwashing in a separate room - always hot water and information to read while you're drying up.
There are several dog walks with poopa scoopa bins. Also walks up into the hills. And if your dog rolls in something nasty, there is a dog shower room.
There's a small pond for fishing.
The shop is well stocked and sells a wide variety of food, small camping gear, dog food, treats, gear and toys, cold beers/ciders, wine etc. , plus other things and is well priced (in fact sometimes cheaper than in Corfe). It also has a wide variety of plants on offer.
All in all a great campsite.
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| Date of Visit: September 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Ljamfam |
33 reviews from this member |
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Fabulous site!
Bit trickey turning right off the main road so we just continued on another 100 yards or so, went round the roundabout, then made a left turn. Much easier than waiting for a gap in the traffic.
The site is a working farm, there are all kinds of animals around with peacocks, ducks, geese and baby pigs just roaming free. Lovely warm welcome from the staff. They were all so helpful and happy to give information on walks, bus times, places to go (or not to go). Very well equipped shop, good selection of groceries, camping spares and cakes to die for. All at very reasonable prices.
Two of the fields have marked out pitches and two others are more informal so you can pitch up where you want. A selection of electric and non electric pitches. Two amenities blocks, showers lovely and hot, always clean. Could do with a bit better lighting but that's just a small point.
Bus stop right outside the site. Easy to walk into Corfe Castle. Loads of walking direct from the site. Can't wait to return.
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| Date of Visit: August 2017 |
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| Reviewer: AdenG1 |
14 reviews from this member |
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Generally I stay on club sites but I have driven past Norden Farm for a number of years and have always wanted to try it. So, this year I bit the bullet and booked a 23 night stay on a pitch with mains hookup. The site is made up of three fields and I was in the main field which has mains hookup. All of the pitches are grass and the ones I saw were good and flat. This was a bit of a concern when the week before I was due to go down to Dorset it rained and rained and rained.
I got a phone call from the owner to advise that the they weren't sure of the state of the pitch because of all the rain. The concern was they couldn't assess the state of my allocated pitch until the current occupants left which wouldn't be until 11am on the day I was due to arrive. We agreed that of the pitch was too wet I would put the caravan on another pitch without the awning for a few days and then when the pitch dried out I would move onto it. Anyway, when I arrived on site it turned out that the pitched had drained well and was okay to use. The ground was very firm, supported the caravan well and held the pegs securing my caravan.
The site is a walking farm and it was great to see the cows and goats in the barns and the geese, ducks and peacocks wandering around the site. A few times I had to stop the car on the way back to my pitch to shoo away the ducks or the geese. I think this added to the charm of the site. At night its pitch black as there are no street lights around and this lets you see so many more stars in the sky. On top of that I heard the hooting of owls every night.
The site shop was really good with all the basics at good prices and also bread and products from local farms - I had some delicious burgers and sausages from the shop.
The site is a short walk from the Norden station on the Swanage Railway which offers a steam train link to Swanage and also a seasonal diesel service to Wareham. The Swanage Railway offers 3 and 5 day passes which come in handy if you get addicted to travelling on the steam trains!
Juat a bit further down the road is Corfe Castle which has the castle ruins, some great pubs and tea shops, model village and a new water park.
In the opposite direction (going towards Wareham) its just a short drive to the Halfway Inn pub which does a mean Sunday lunch (there other food is great too!)
A major plus for the site is its location - driving through Corfe Castle can be a nightmare during busy periods. Because the site is on the Wareham side of Corfe its less of a problem (except on a hot Bank Holiday Sunday where I think the queue probably stretched all the way back to London!)
I am already planning on going back to Norden Farm for the same period next year.
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| Date of Visit: August 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Petra8315 |
26 reviews from this member |
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We arrived on site a day early, don't know how we got mixed up but the check in staff were helpful in booking us in from that day, we were pitched in the main field right at the side of the road which serves the rest of the campsite and tent field, thus there was continual traffic up and down all day including farm machinery, so goodbye to a quiet break, (could probably make things better by planting bushes or conifers to deaden the noise). There were 2 shower/toilets, and the block next to the reception was brilliant with very clean amenities, but the other block was not so good with showers that you had to keep your finger on the button to keep the shower on other than that was very clean, we were a bit disappointed with the noise aspect and left three days early, but did like the farm yard and animals and the closeness to corfe castle with a great safe walk into Corfe. Will not be going again.
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| Date of Visit: July 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Natsbequiglibum |
8 reviews from this member |
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Stayed for a couple of nights in my Romahome. A grass site with no hookup, a pleasant place to be without going off the site, the atmosphere was relaxing even with the arrival of a large school part of campers. A short walk into Corfe village is pleasant in dry weather but would be slippy in the wet.
Good facilities, well stocked shop.
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| Date of Visit: July 2017 |
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| Reviewer: FlatBattery |
5 reviews from this member |
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I have to say that after the initial surprise at the site, I thoroughly enjoyed our time here. The initial surprise came from the number of people on the site when we arrived, but it was a sunny Sunday in July. The site has a number of fields dedicated to camping, some with hook-ups and some without. There are two toilet blocks, which are kept scrupulously clean. There is a butty wagon which does bacon butties for breakfast (as well as sausage/egg - I had bacon butties) and chips and something in the evening. A hog roast arrived on Saturday evening as well. In addition there is the farm shop, so we were well served for excellent food.
There is a kids playground for small children, although that didn't stop some of the older kids using it. There is also some farm animals in the barns between the campsite and the shop, great attraction for the kids. It is a working farm, after all.
Corfe Castle is a short walk away, either through the woods along the Purbeck Way or the easier and shorter route out of the front gate.
Everyone we spoke to was very friendly, so would we go back again? If I'm ever going back to the area, Norden Farm will be my first choice!
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| Date of Visit: July 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Jsmile |
2 reviews from this member |
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Have just returned after four relaxing nights. Recommended site, for friendliness. Clean facilities, showers, toilets washing up area, laundry and a pooch warm shower (which our old Lab made the use of) Farm shop. All correct.
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| Date of Visit: July 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Lms0110 |
57 reviews from this member |
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So first impressions were good, easy accessible site from the main road into Corfe Castle, working farm, so chickens and peacocks were milling around. The reception is through the small garden centre area inside the farm shop. We were given a pitch in the main field, you could pitch anywhere between the 2 yellow markers so pitched side on like a lot of other units, some looked seasonal, to make the most of the sun. We arrived on a Friday lunchtime and it looked to be filling up pretty quickly with a mixture of tents and vans. You can safely walk from the site along the marked off road route to Corfe Castle. Lovely little village with some niche shops and a couple of pubs, the beer garden in The Greyhound overlooks the Castle, or rather the castle overlooks the pub. When we got back the site was packed, and we noticed a lot of groups pitched together with no regard for the 6m safety gap, needless to say a very noisy evening ensued with children still riding bikes and screeching gone past 11pm, and the booming base of someones music. The showers block in the camping fields were awful, push button and ranging staying on from between 5-9 secs, The main amenities block just pass the farmyard were much better. Small dog area along the perimeter of the site, bit loose underfoot, a lot of dogs loose in all camping fields, including the roaming farmdog. A walk along the main road verge brings you to the signpost for Norden station to pick up the steam train to Swanage. Swanage busy as a pirate festival was going on and dogs not allowed anywhere on the beach so walked out along the coast path to Peverill Point then up over to Durlston castle. The Saturday evening was a bit quieter, I assume some people had complained, then Sunday the great packing up of the weekenders, Sunday evening and Monday morning when we left it was like a different campsite. It takes all sorts of campers, I would come here midweek but would avoid the weekend
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| Date of Visit: July 2017 |
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| Reviewer: Drdeath |
5 reviews from this member |
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We booked an electric pitch for 7 nights in our motorhome. We arrived at 6. 10pm to find the reception closed. We had to telephone the warden who told us where to pitch. The pitch was under trees with the electric point stuck out in the middle of the field (not back by the hedge or fence like most sites).
Our 15m hook up lead wouldn't reach and the branches of the trees were hitting our motorhome when the wind blew. I immediately spoke to a warden telling him of the problems and asking if we could move to another pitch. He said you will have to ask reception in the morning, but from the way he said this it sounded doubtful. We went to reception at 8. 30 am to explain the problems. The manager wasn't interested in the fact that the pitch wasn't suitable and point blank refused to allow us to move. He said he had no other pitches he could move us to, which was untrue. We counted over 50 available electric pitches across the 3 fields so couldn't see why this was a problem. You cannot reserve a specific pitch so why were they being held? We had booked 7 nights so it was not as if we would be moving again soon. The manager (Ben Barton) suggested we hire a longer lead for £50 deposit but this would not resolve the fact of trees hitting our motorhome and our 15m lead reached on all other sites and would have reached on another pitch. Whilst waiting, hoping to be moved we had 2 motorhomes drive across our pitch to fill up with water from the tap. They were just inches from our vehicle and parked on our pitch. I was not prepared to risk our childs safety or damage to my vehicle from this or the trees so told the manager again the pitch was not suitable. He still refused us to move and as the conversation got a bit heated he offered a refund less our deposit. I demanded a full refund as the pitch was not suitable and we now had to look for another site. I will be claiming this back on our return. We never had the chance to use any of the facilities but they looked ok. It's the site and managers attitude which would be why we obviously wouldn't return.
Luckily we found another local site where you could pitch were you liked with welcoming staff and was much better managed. This site may be ok if your pitch is suitable but God help you if you encounter any problems during your stay.
P. S. I was advised to take photos of the pitch and signage etc to help with claiming a refund on our return and while doing this was approached by the manager saying he was going to call the police
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