Windmill Campersite

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  • Small exclusive site near Newport
  • Five minutes' walk from Carisbrooke Castle
  • Communal barbecue/pizza oven for guests' use
Well now, this is a neat little Newport campsite. Windmill Campersite is a small and exclusive place on the Isle of Wight, set up for peaceful peeps looking for a quieter spot than the bigger busier island sites, and in historic surrounds five minutes' walk from Carisbrooke Castle (the site gets its name from the old windmill that's thought to have been the main source of water for the castle). Newport is 20 minutes' walk away, and the site is within 20 minutes' drive of each and every beach on the island, but you might want to wander around on site first...The Newport owners have clearly made it a mission to make things a bit different here, such as at the on-site showershack: modern loo and shower facilities with music, hot air heating and supplied by solar-powered electricity and water. (A more standard shower room with hand basins, mirrors and loos is on site too.) There's also Big Bertha, a big barbecue/pizza oven for guests to use, and Spudomatic, the Windmill Campersite jacket potato oven. (Over 25s only for both, please, and use safely and with sense.) And the horse grazing in the historic Windmill field, chickens clucking around, and the small antiques centre to browse for bargains…. Walk through the site along streams to reach the moat of Carisbrooke Castle, as well as the local village with its shops and pubs.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 12
Tent pitches 3
Motorhome pitches 5

Languages spoken

English

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Features

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

Luxury

Peaceful

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

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

Small (11-25 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Location

Windmill Campersite

Froglands Farm

Froglands Lane

Newport

Isle Of Wight

England

PO30 3DU

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

50.68281°N
-1.3172°W

Route directions

Coming from Newport, please use the Whitcombe road. Pass The Priory on your left and after approximately 50m take the turning on your right-hand side (Froglands Lane); follow it all the way to the bottom. The campsite will be on your left.

Nearest transport

Coach
11.4 mi Priestlands Place
11.4 mi Stanford Hill
11.9 mi Clarence Pier
Rail
6.9 mi Shanklin Rail Station
7 mi Sandown Rail Station
7.1 mi Lake (Isle of Wight) Rail Station
Ferry
5.3 mi East Cowes Floating Bridge
5.3 mi West Cowes Floating Bridge
5.4 mi East Cowes Ferry Terminal
Airport
18.6 mi Southampton Airport
23.5 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

Whirl around Newport and the Isle of Wight for an interesting mix of things to see and do – and all the island beaches within about 20 minutes' drive from Windmill Campersite. Directly from the site are several walks through the Clatterford Streams, with open access to the fields around the moat of Carisbrooke Castle five minutes away and the local village with shops and pubs. The Isle of Wight's main town Newport is 20 minutes' walk away and has pubs, shops, a cinema and the main bus terminal on the island for getting elsewhere.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Gurnard 5.4 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Cowes 5.9 mi Sea N/A Good Good Excellent
Compton Bay 6.9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Lepe 7.2 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Shanklin 7.4 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Carisbrooke Castle 0.3 mi

Isle of Wight Steam Railway 4.8 mi

Osborne House 5.2 mi

Isle of Wight Pearl 5.5 mi

Blackgang Chine 6.5 mi

National Trust

Newtown Old Town Hall 4.4 mi

Brighstone Shop and Museum 4.4 mi

Mottistone Manor Garden 5 mi

Bembridge Windmill 9.7 mi

The Needles Old Battery and New Battery 11.5 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Carisbrooke –Tennyson – Shepherds Circular Ridge Walk 0.3 mi

Carisbrooke Castle and the Tennyson Trail 0.3 mi

Newport Town 1.5 mi

Newport - River Medina - Cowes - Newport 1.7 mi

SWAINSTON 2.6 mi

Local events

  • Isle of Wight Walking Festival (Saturday 11 May 2024 – Saturday 11 May 2024)

    Newport, Isle Of Wight 1.7 mi

  • Isle of Wight Festival (Thursday 20 June 2024 – Thursday 20 June 2024)

    Newport, Isle Of Wight 1.9 mi

  • New Forest and Hampshire County Show (Tuesday 30 July 2024 – Tuesday 30 July 2024)

    Brockenhurst, Hampshire 15.8 mi

  • Wickham Festival (Thursday 1 August 2024 – Thursday 1 August 2024)

    Fareham, Hampshire 16.2 mi

  • Goodwood Festival of Speed (Thursday 11 July 2024 – Thursday 11 July 2024)

    Chichester, West Sussex 28.4 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.

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  • Does Windmill Campersite have a swimming pool? No View all features
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  • What attractions are near Windmill Campersite? Whirl around Newport and the Isle of Wight for an interesting mix of things to see and do – and all the island beaches within about 20 minutes' drive from Windmill Campersite. … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Windmill Campersite?

    Reception is unmanned after 8pm. For late arrivals, please contact the campsite using the details provided in the booking confirmation email.

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