When can I check in and check out of Quarr Camping?

Camping and touring Arrive: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. Depart by: 10:30 a.m. If no one is around at entrance please look in shed for your ticket to hang in window then go pitch up where you like. Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Quarr Camping?

From £20 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Quarr Camping

From £20 For 1 night, 2 adults Last booked one day ago 9.2 313 reviews

Grass pitches (added by manager 26 Aug 2022)

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Steam train (added by manager 26 aug 2022)

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Pitches on site (added by manager 26 aug 2022)

Peaceful, dog-friendly rural farm site in the Dorset countryside
A five-minute drive to Swanage and half an hour to the Jurassic Coast
Back to basics site with drinking water, toilets, and showers

From castle gambols to digging for treasure in the sand, the Jurassic Coast and the serene Dorset countryside are your stomping grounds when you stay at Quarr Camping. Between the novel-esque Corfe Castle and the traditional seaside town of Swanage, this family-friendly site is well situated for an action-packed holiday of countryside capers or simply a spot of well-deserved seaside relaxation. Toot toot… what’s that sound? The traditional steam railway is nearby, and the heritage railway of Harman’s Cross railway station quite literally around the corner (10 minutes’ walk). Explore the area on foot, wheels or rail, and tick off coastal must-sees such as Durdle Door, Dancing Ledge, and Winspit Quarry, all within a 30-minute drive. Once you’re done, lean back and listen to a countryside soundtrack – crickets, cows, and all sorts of countryside animals – on this peaceful rural farm site, welcoming families, dogs and all countryside enthusiasts. You'll have to prepare to get back to basics at this site, but it's got running drinking water, toilets, showers and a chemical disposal point. Plus, you can complete the true outdoor experience with a campfire or barbecue, picking up supplies from the local shop within a 10-minute stroll. If a pint or pub grub is on your mind, there are also several pubs within five minutes’ drive. You’ll certainly need the fuel after an action-packed day of watersports, coastal hiking or biking, or sightseeing your way around.

Site type

Opens 24 May

Please note

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
A charge of £0.20 applies for the use of the shower.
Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.

Please note, the washing up water is cold only. The showers operate on a 20p coin metre.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Fri, 24 May to Sun, 2 Jun 2024

Pitch types & availability

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

5 people maximum

Ground type: Grass

Pitch size: unlimited

5 people maximum

One Tent or Trailer tent allowed per pitch

Additional units require additional pitches - quick book via 'Make another booking like this' after making your booking.

Pitch size

unlimited

Ground type

Grass

Twin-axle vehicles accepted

Suitable for

Tent, Trailer tent

Features

Bring an awning 1 included, 1 max.

Car 1 included, 2 max.

Car parking by pitch/unit

Chemical disposal point

Firepit

Picnic table

Extras

Boat space (max unlimited)		£10 (£10) per night
Bring a gazebo (1 max)		£5 (£5) per night
Bring a pup tent (1 max)		£15 (£15) per night
Dog (2 max)		£1 (£1) per night
Extra car (1 max)		£6 (£6) per night

You will be able to choose extras on the booking page.

Arrival days

From £20 (£20) 1 night, 2 adults

View prices & book

Reviews

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Lovely site, clean and easy to access.…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
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Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
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Cleanliness	10
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Anonymous Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Lovely site, clean and easy to access.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would Def stay again

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	6
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	6

Anonymous Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Location is great. Loads of wildlife at night and great for star gazing. Had some late night noise issue but owners responded, I felt heard.

Disliked: 20p for showers wasnt so bad as at least they were hot but you really need somewhere to get change. There wasn't really anyone ever around that I saw.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Will be back

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Steve W. Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Everything. Cracking campsite 👍

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site, lovely staff who made us feel very welcome

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Anonymous Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Everything, very spacious and clean facilities

Disliked: Nothing - everything was brilliant

Recommend to friends Visit again

The rail line and watching the old trains come through. The peaceful site…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	2
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Anonymous Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: The rail line and watching the old trains come through. The peaceful site

Recommend to friends Visit again

A great stay at a well maintained & very good value site!

Overall	8/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	4
Child friendliness	4
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Loved the aspect of the site. The field is good and the two halves are divided by a line of trees. Amazing to be so close to the classic railway line and enjoyed seeing and waving at passing trains. Campfires are allowed and for £10 you get the firepit, 2 bags of logs and a few fire starters delivered to your pitch. That’s amazing! It’s quite peaceful except for a bit of road noise and the trains. The price is fair and right for what you get, it really is a great site.

Disliked: Don’t expect a warm, personal welcome here, we didn’t have any contact with anyone except the lad delivering fire pits. On the hot days this weekend, there wasn’t much shade to protect from the strong sun. All the shaded pitches were taken. When it’s busy, there’s a lack of level pitches. It’s also a long walk to the toilet & showers & fresh drinking water so it’s a long way to carry it back to the tents. Could there be a tap closer to the site? 20p showers save long queues, BUT the shower meters are outside the shower cubicles, and water starts running for 2 mins as soon as you put the coin in: Good preparation or teamwork needed - to get stripped off before the shower starts or to ask someone to put the coin in for you. Unfortunately the shower situation and lack of sinks, encourages people to be half dressed and washing themselves and their hair at the washing up basins!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely site, good location to travel to lots of local places.

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	6
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	No rating

Shelby M. Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Location was great, loved the steam train running through the campsite.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Basic but perfect!

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Anonymous Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Location, huge fields, facilities.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Location, facilities…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Anonymous Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Location, facilities

Recommend to friends Visit again

Quietness Cost effective showers Toilets with loo roll Drinking water…

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	8

Anonymous Sept 2023

Non-electric grass tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked: Quietness Cost effective showers Toilets with loo roll Drinking water

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Pop-up campsite

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Wild camping

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Farm

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Pop-up campsite

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Location

Quarr Camping

Quarr Farm

Quarr Farm Road

Swanage

Dorset

England

BH19 3DY

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.62158°N
-2.0118°W

Nearest transport

Coach

2.2 mi East Street

2.4 mi Bus Station

Rail

6.7 mi Wareham Rail Station

6.8 mi Holton Heath Rail Station

6.9 mi Poole Rail Station

Ferry

4.9 mi Shell Bay Ferry Terminal

5.1 mi Sandbanks Ferry Terminal

5.2 mi Brownsea Island Ferry Landing

Airport

13.4 mi Bournemouth International Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

You’ll feel like you’ve stumbled into a scene from a storybook at Harman’s Cross station (10 minutes’ walk). Pick a picnic bench, gaze at the old-school platforms and Portland stone period buildings and watch as the trains roll by. More history hangs heavy in the air at Corfe Castle (five minutes’ drive). The Jurassic Coast is where you’ll find most of the action… head down early to beat the crowds to Durdle Door (30 minutes) and its neighbour Lulworth Cove. It's hard to beat a shoreline that has silky sand, iconic landmarks and paddle-worthy waters all in one. Tick your way along the coast, beginning with a dip in the shallow pool at Dancing Ledge (5 minutes), and then on to Winspit Quarry (15 minutes) and the clifftop Durlston Country Park and National Nature Reserve (15 minutes)… or pick between watersports or a sandcastle face-off on the beaches of Sandbanks (40 minutes) and Studland (10 minutes).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Swanage Central	2.4 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Studland Knoll House	3.3 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Shell Bay North	4.8 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Kimmeridge Bay	5.3 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Poole Sandbanks Peninsular	5.7 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Corfe Castle 2.4 mi

Swanage Railway 2.4 mi

Studland Beach and Nature Reserve 3.3 mi

Brownsea Island 5.2 mi

Lulworth Castle & Park 8.7 mi

National Trust

Corfe Castle 2.3 mi

Studland Beach and Nature Reserve 3.1 mi

Brownsea Island 5.2 mi

Clouds Hill 12.4 mi

White Mill 12.8 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Herston - Worth Matravers - Corfe 1.5 mi

Worth Matravers - Cliffs, Caves and Chapel 2 mi

Worth Matravers - Winspit - Dancing Ledge 2 mi

Corfe - Nine Barrows Down - Swanage 2.3 mi

The Purbecks - Castle and Coastal 2.5 mi

Local events

Camp Bestival Dorset (Thursday 25 July 2024 – Thursday 25 July 2024)
Wareham, Dorset 8.7 mi
Tankfest (Friday 28 June 2024 – Friday 28 June 2024)
Wareham, Dorset 11.3 mi
Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and Rally (Friday 19 July 2024 – Friday 19 July 2024)
Dorchester, Dorset 15.3 mi
Dorset County Show (Saturday 7 September 2024 – Saturday 7 September 2024)
Dorchester, Dorset 19.4 mi
New Forest and Hampshire County Show (Tuesday 30 July 2024 – Tuesday 30 July 2024)
Brockenhurst, Hampshire 24.1 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Policies

Booking terms and conditions

Admission

At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Arrivals and departures

Late arrivals must notify the park as soon as possible. Your booking will be held for 24 hours. After this period the management reserves the right to relet your unit.
No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.

Changes to your holiday

Changes cannot be made once you have booked.

Dogs

Dogs must be kept on leads and supervised at all times.
The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

Extras

A charge of £0.20 applies for the use of the shower.
Motorbike(s) can be brought instead of the car(s) included.

General

Bookings are nominative and non-transferable.
Disposable barbecues are not permitted.
In the event of a complaint, please speak to reception immediately. Complaints which are not brought to the management's attention during your stay cannot be dealt with once you have left the site.
Please note that the toilet/shower facilities are unisex.
Quiet hours must be respected between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m..
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and boots must be closed quietly.
The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behaviour is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.
The site is not liable for any refund in the event of force majeure.

Occupancy

Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

Pitches

You must follow the management directives when pitching your tent/unit and related equipment.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Firearms are not permitted.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
Please do not touch or feed the animals.

Vehicles

Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
No vehicle movement between 12 a.m. and 6:30 a.m..

Visitors

Visitors must leave the premises by 11 p.m..
Visitors must register at reception and pay their fee.

Additional terms

Please note, the washing up water is cold only.

The showers operate on a 20p coin metre.

Payment terms

Does Quarr Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Quarr Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Quarr Camping? You’ll feel like you’ve stumbled into a scene from a storybook at Harman’s Cross station (10 minutes’ walk). Pick a picnic bench, gaze at the old-school platforms and Portland stone period buildings … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Quarr Camping?

Camping and touring

Arrive: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Depart by: 10:30 a.m.

If no one is around at entrance please look in shed for your ticket to hang in window then go pitch up where you like.
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How much does it cost to stay at Quarr Camping? From £20 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.