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Smedmore House Caravan Site

3.9 (105 reviews)

Welcome to the historic rural Estate of Smedmore in the heart of Dorset. Covering 1800 acres in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty the Estate runs down to a stunning and unspoilt stretch of the Jurassic Coastline. Enjoy a stay in this enchanting part of the delightful Isle of Purbeck. Take a break and walk along the undulating coastal path or visit the wide range of local attractions and the aw

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Welcome to the historic rural Estate of Smedmore in the heart of Dorset. Covering 1800 acres in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty the Estate runs down to a stunning and unspoilt stretch of the Jurassic Coastline. Enjoy a stay in this enchanting part of the delightful Isle of Purbeck. Take a break and walk along the undulating coastal path or visit the wide range of local attractions and the award-winning Clavell’s Cafe in Kimmeridge village.

The Site is a Caravan Club affiliated site conforming to their rules and regulations. It is in a neatly-mown field off a private drive and is a partially sloping site bordered on three sides by trees. There are 40 spacious pitches mostly arranged around the edge of the field. Facilities include electrical hook-ups, Wifi, an information hut, two watering points and one chemical disposal point. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR TOILETS.

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Main Field - Sloping

  • Max 2 pets
  • Caravans
  • Motorhomes
  • Campervans
  • Tents
  • Folding caravans
  • Trailer tents
  • RVs
  • Fifth wheels

Our main field grass caravan pitches have stunning views of hills, fields and cliffs.

The Site is a Caravan Club affiliated site conforming to their rules and regulations. It is in a neatly-mown field off a private drive and is a partially sloping site bordered on three sides by trees. There are 40 spacious pitches mostly arranged around the edge of the field. Facilities include electrical hook-ups, Wifi, an information hut, two watering points and one chemical disposal point. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR TOILETS. Please be aware that occasionally there are events or weddings at Smedmore house, these do not usually cause a disruption to the site but there may be some music noise from these events. If you wish to know if there will be an event during your stay please contact the site direct before booking.

Our main field sloping pitches 1 – 13 are grass Caravan pitches with stunning views of hills, fields; cliffs and weather permitting pitches 1 -5 give some of the best sea views on our site looking across the bay to Portland. Watch the sun setting over the sea from your pitch. You do need to chock up but we keep a good supply of woodenchocks onsite.

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Main Field - Flat

  • Max 2 pets
  • Caravans
  • Motorhomes
  • Campervans
  • Tents
  • Folding caravans
  • Trailer tents
  • RVs
  • Fifth wheels

Grass pitches are a row of caravan, camper or motorhome pitches along the bottom of our main field.

The Site is a Caravan Club affiliated site conforming to their rules and regulations. It is in a neatly-mown field off a private drive and is a partially sloping site bordered on three sides by trees. There are 40 spacious pitches mostly arranged around the edge of the field. Facilities include electrical hook-ups, Wifi, an information hut, two watering points and one chemical disposal point. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR TOILETS. Please be aware that occasionally there are events or weddings at Smedmore house, these do not usually cause a disruption to the site but there may be some music noise from these events. If you wish to know if there will be an event during your stay please contact the site direct before booking.

Grass pitches 14–17 are a row of caravan, camper or motorhome pitches along the bottom of our main field with a small wood beyond and views over the site of trees, fields, hills and cliffs. Watch the wildlife from your pitch.

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Main Field - Ring of Trees

  • Max 2 pets
  • Caravans
  • Motorhomes
  • Campervans
  • Tents
  • Folding caravans
  • Trailer tents
  • RVs
  • Fifth wheels

The Ring of trees is a well maintained copse of pine trees in the middle of our main field overlooking fields, hills and cliffs.

The Site is a Caravan Club affiliated site conforming to their rules and regulations. It is in a neatly-mown field off a private drive and is a partially sloping site bordered on three sides by trees. There are 40 spacious pitches mostly arranged around the edge of the field. Facilities include electrical hook-ups, Wifi, an information hut, two watering points and one chemical disposal point. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR TOILETS. Please be aware that occasionally there are events or weddings at Smedmore house, these do not usually cause a disruption to the site but there may be some music noise from these events. If you wish to know if there will be an event during your stay please contact the site direct before booking.

The Ring of trees is a well maintained copse of pine trees in the middle of our main field overlooking fields, hills and cliffs with the spacious pitches 18 – 22 positioned around the ring. Depending on how you pitch you may need to chock up slightly on some of these pitches to level. Watch the sun setting over the cliffs from your pitch.

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Main Field - Lower Flat

  • Max 2 pets
  • Caravans
  • Motorhomes
  • Campervans
  • Tents
  • Folding caravans
  • Trailer tents
  • RVs
  • Fifth wheels

Grass caravan pitches are in a quiet area next to a small wood at the very bottom of our site overlooking beautiful views of fields, hills and cliffs.

The Site is a Caravan Club affiliated site conforming to their rules and regulations. It is in a neatly-mown field off a private drive and is a partially sloping site bordered on three sides by trees. There are 40 spacious pitches mostly arranged around the edge of the field. Facilities include electrical hook-ups, Wifi, an information hut, two watering points and one chemical disposal point. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR TOILETS. Please be aware that occasionally there are events or weddings at Smedmore house, these do not usually cause a disruption to the site but there may be some music noise from these events. If you wish to know if there will be an event during your stay please contact the site direct before booking.

Grass caravan pitches 23–27 are in a quiet area next to a small wood at the very bottom of our site overlooking beautiful views of fields, hills and cliffs. Watch the wildlife and the sun setting over the cliffs from your pitch.

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Main Field - Track Side - Flattish

  • Max 2 pets
  • Caravans
  • Motorhomes
  • Campervans
  • Tents
  • Folding caravans
  • Trailer tents
  • RVs
  • Fifth wheels

Grass pitches next to the track running down our main field adjacent to the field next to our site.

The Site is a Caravan Club affiliated site conforming to their rules and regulations. It is in a neatly-mown field off a private drive and is a partially sloping site bordered on three sides by trees. There are 40 spacious pitches mostly arranged around the edge of the field. Facilities include electrical hook-ups, Wifi, an information hut, two watering points and one chemical disposal point. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR TOILETS. Please be aware that occasionally there are events or weddings at Smedmore house, these do not usually cause a disruption to the site but there may be some music noise from these events. If you wish to know if there will be an event during your stay please contact the site direct before booking.

Pitches 28–30 and pitch 34 are grass pitches next to the track running down our main field adjacent to the field next to our site. Pitches 28 and 29 are campervan only pitches and pitches 30 and 34 overlook beautiful views of fields, hills and cliffs with pitch 34 giving some distant sea views over the bay. You may need to chock up slightly on pitch 34 to level. Watch the wildlife from your pitch.

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Main Field - Track Side - Sloping

  • Max 2 pets
  • Caravans
  • Motorhomes
  • Campervans
  • Tents
  • Folding caravans
  • Trailer tents
  • RVs
  • Fifth wheels

Next to the track running down our main field adjacent to the field next to our site and overlooking beautiful views of fields, hills and cliffs.

The Site is a Caravan Club affiliated site conforming to their rules and regulations. It is in a neatly-mown field off a private drive and is a partially sloping site bordered on three sides by trees. There are 40 spacious pitches mostly arranged around the edge of the field. Facilities include electrical hook-ups, Wifi, an information hut, two watering points and one chemical disposal point. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR TOILETS. Please be aware that occasionally there are events or weddings at Smedmore house, these do not usually cause a disruption to the site but there may be some music noise from these events. If you wish to know if there will be an event during your stay please contact the site direct before booking.

Pitches 31 –33 are next to the track running down our main field adjacent to the field next to our site and overlooking beautiful views of fields, hills and cliffs. These are less sloping than our main field slope but you do need to chock up a little. We keep a good supply of wooden chocks onsite for you to use. Watch the wildlife and the sun setting over the cliffs from your pitch.

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The Paddock - Grass Pitch

  • Max 2 pets
  • Caravans
  • Motorhomes
  • Campervans
  • Tents
  • Folding caravans
  • Trailer tents
  • RVs
  • Fifth wheels

Grass pitches in our popular paddock area accessible from the track running around the paddock

The Site is a Caravan Club affiliated site conforming to their rules and regulations. It is in a neatly-mown field off a private drive and is a partially sloping site bordered on three sides by trees. There are 40 spacious pitches mostly arranged around the edge of the field. Facilities include electrical hook-ups, Wifi, an information hut, two watering points and one chemical disposal point. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR TOILETS. Please be aware that occasionally there are events or weddings at Smedmore house, these do not usually cause a disruption to the site but there may be some music noise from these events. If you wish to know if there will be an event during your stay please contact the site direct before booking.

Pitches 42–48 are grass pitches in our popular paddock area accessible from the track running around the paddock. As with all our paddock area pitches they have beautiful views of fields, hills and cliffs with distant sea views over the bay (weather permitting) watch the sun setting over the sea and cliffs from your pitch.

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The Paddock - Stone Hard Standing

  • Max 2 pets
  • Caravans
  • Motorhomes
  • Campervans
  • Tents
  • Folding caravans
  • Trailer tents
  • RVs
  • Fifth wheels

The pitches have a stone hard standing area for your car and van/motorhome to pitch on with a grassed area adjacent for awnings and relaxing.

The Site is a Caravan Club affiliated site conforming to their rules and regulations. It is in a neatly-mown field off a private drive and is a partially sloping site bordered on three sides by trees. There are 40 spacious pitches mostly arranged around the edge of the field. Facilities include electrical hook-ups, Wifi, an information hut, two watering points and one chemical disposal point. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR TOILETS. Please be aware that occasionally there are events or weddings at Smedmore house, these do not usually cause a disruption to the site but there may be some music noise from these events. If you wish to know if there will be an event during your stay please contact the site direct before booking.

Pitches 37–41 have a stone hard standing area for your car and van/motorhome to pitch on with a grassed area adjacent for awnings and relaxing. Guests booking these pitches must pitch on the hard standing not the grass.

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The Paddock - Grass Hardstanding

  • Max 2 pets
  • Caravans
  • Motorhomes
  • Campervans
  • Tents
  • Folding caravans
  • Trailer tents
  • RVs
  • Fifth wheels

Flattish grass hard standings pitches with a layer of turf on a stone hardcore base providing a firm area for motorhomes to pitch.

The Site is a Caravan Club affiliated site conforming to their rules and regulations. It is in a neatly-mown field off a private drive and is a partially sloping site bordered on three sides by trees. There are 40 spacious pitches mostly arranged around the edge of the field. Facilities include electrical hook-ups, Wifi, an information hut, two watering points and one chemical disposal point. THERE ARE NO SHOWERS OR TOILETS. Please be aware that occasionally there are events or weddings at Smedmore house, these do not usually cause a disruption to the site but there may be some music noise from these events. If you wish to know if there will be an event during your stay please contact the site direct before booking.

Pitches 35 and 36 are flattish grass hard standings with a layer of turf on a stone hardcore base providing a firm area for motor homes to pitch on whilst still giving the benefits of pitching on grass. Our paddock area pitches have beautiful views of fields, hills and cliffs with distant sea views over the bay (weather permitting) watch the sun setting over the sea and cliffs from your pitch

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105 Reviews

All reviews featured on Campstead.com have been submitted by genuine customers who have stayed at the park.


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Restful week

Hands, Paul - 23/05/2023

5

Spent a very restful week at Smedmore House caravan site, enjoying the birdsong, wandering pheasants and hares and peaceful nature of the site at this time of the year. The warden was very helpful and friendly. Would definitely return in low/mid season.

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Beautiful spot for walking

Morris, David - 23/05/2023

4

Well managed site. Friendly site manager. Lack of toilet facilities became a problem when our water pump stopped working but adding these facilities would probably change the nature of the site. Beautiful coastal walks available. Tough cycling terrain.

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4th stay

Hook, Richard - 20/05/2023

5

4 stay @ smedmore, I'm just going to keep coming back until I can't tow anymore. I love this site. Quiet, secluded, just a wonderful site.

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New Warden

Dance, Graham - 16/05/2023

4

It Is now as we remember it with the new warden

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We love it here

Mackenzie, Gordon - 11/05/2023

5

The first day started disastrously with the unit getting stuck on a very boggy rise up to the pitch. As we were early there was no indication the ground was this soft. Ably towed out by the site manager we were able to level at get set for the week.The serenity of the site, and the views, are what draws up to return time after time. We really do believe we have found our perfect place. There is no shop, no toilet block, no shower facilities, and some of the pitches need a lot of levelling so not for everyone, but there is space and great walks around.The site is clean and nicely maintained, Glyn, the site manager if affable and helpful. So, whether a one night stop, or longer, if peace and quiet is what you are after (apart from some events at the house) then Smedmore is worth a look. Some of the roads leading tot he site are steep and narrow, and do not follow the sat nav to the site. Always follow instructions supplied :-)

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First visit

Woodham, Keith - 09/05/2023

4

Signage needs to be improved,as driving along lanes is stressful. No instantly recognisable camc signs until at gate. Some local walk routes would be invaluable too

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Lovely stay

Walsh, Jenny - 09/05/2023

5

Wonderful stay in a beautiful setting with superb views .Amazing walks from the site .Will definitely be back .

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Beautiful position in glorious countryside

Kitson, Diane - 09/05/2023

5

Quiet peaceful site with plenty of fabulous walks and interesting areas to explore

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very peaceful

Grant, Stephen - 06/05/2023

5

very peaceful

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Unfortunately there was no sign of the Warden, access to the information hut or any contact with any staff member during our stay. The views were lovely though.

Fenning, Frank - 04/11/2022

3

No staff available to be able to comment upon!

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Summary

3.9

92.4% would recommend this site

90.5% would stay here again

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