West Bay Holiday Park

From £13 For 1 night, 4 adults 8.4 262 reviews
Touring and Camping (added by manager 13 Mar 2023)
Swimming pool (added by manager 13 mar 2023)
Touring and camping (added by manager 13 mar 2023)
Touring and camping (added by manager 13 mar 2023)

  • In an attractive harbour village two minutes' walk from the beach
  • Two miles from the market town of Bridport
  • Pool, paddling pool, adventure playground, climbing wall, bar and café
Dorset apple cake with clotted cream, spankingly fresh seafood, organic cheeses, sumptuous ice cream, lipsmacking local ales – no wonder so many people flock to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s old stamping ground. The first River Cottage TV shows were filmed at his smallholding near West Bay Holiday Park, where guests are perfectly placed to make the most of the farmers’ markets, restaurants and brewery tours in the pretty neighbouring town of Bridport on Dorset's Jurassic Coast. Don’t forget your bucket and spade: you can walk straight through the gates of the holiday park into West Bay’s scenic harbour and onto the stunning beach which goes on for miles. There’s no shortage of things to do on site either: wallowing about in the indoor pool, which has a separate toddlers’ pool with a slide, as well as a full-sized flume; there's also bike hire, nature trails, eclectic activities for preschoolers to teens in the well-organised kids’ clubs, a great adventure playground with a climbing wall, amusements, and free evening entertainment for the whole family in the Riverside Club. There are good basic amenities on site (including a launderette, shop and off licence, and a cash machine) as well as a bar and café with harbour views if you tire of the washing up.

Site type

Tent pitches 88
Touring caravan pitches 116
Motorhome pitches 116
Caravans for hire 63
Open now

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • 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).
  • Dogs are not allowed if you are staying in the accommodation units.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Single-sex parties of three or more people under 25 are not permitted on site. Swimming pool access is included: please show your Entertainment pass.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Mon, 11 Mar to

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Pitch types & availability

Reviews

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would recommend this site to a friend

80%

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Nice clean campsite and nice walks along coastline…

Overall 8/10
Location 6
Value for money 6
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service No rating
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 6
Wifi No rating
Colin H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Star fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Nice clean campsite and nice walks along coastline

Disliked: Not much to do in the town this does make prices slightly higher than other places. Shower and toilet blocks onsite are looking tired, water was hot but only stays on for a few seconds and then have to repress.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent site, great facilities, clean, good food and staff

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Patricia D. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Excellent facilities, grass pitch was good not too muddy. Maintenance response excellent

Disliked: Electric hook up didn’t work but all sorted. The weather wet and windy.

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Great Location. Book higher tier to get better tv signal

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Gillian B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Star fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: The site is really convenient for touring the area. Friendly people on Reception, and the touring area Wardens were great. Pitches are fairly level. They have an indoor pool, a cafe and a bar with entertainment, which we didn’t use. Bus stop 5 minutes walk away so no need to move the motorhome once pitched up. Bus service was good especially as it’s still early in the season. Short walk to the beach and coast path. Easy access to site and easy to find. Nice walk into Bridport along a bridle path . Very quiet at night which was lovely.

Disliked: Although we had a handstand pitch it was muddy and a bit boggy due to the amount of rain of late. TV signal was terrible as was phone signal. Only I set of toilets/showers so if you were on the top tier of pitches it was quite a walk. Can’t really think of anything else.

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The site was friendly

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 10
Sarah H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Really enjoyed our stay ,

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Lovely quite site - level well serviced pitches…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Star fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Lovely quite site - level well serviced pitches

Disliked: Disabled facilities shut so unable to shower during 3 night stay - unacceptable as obvious problem which should have been dealt with during winter shut down - spoilt our stay

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Friendly staff on arrival

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Amanda H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Star fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Great pitch with lovely views. Close to shower block and 5 min walk to the harbour

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nope never again

Overall 4/10
Location 8
Value for money 4
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 6
J H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Star fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Location and that’s about it unfortunately

Disliked: Where do I begin, the showers are pointless may as well get under a watering can, the toilets were always dirty and mainly falling apart. the pitches are not that great, as soon as you walk into the entrance of the entertainment the smell of damp and mould is horrible. Such a shame as the location is ideal.

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There was loads to do, the location and facilities were lovely.…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Emily B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: There was loads to do, the location and facilities were lovely.

Disliked: The "ghost walk" was cancelled. Also we were trying to book activities in the run up to going and had so many issues with the website. When we got there, a lot of the activities weren't available.

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Great location, and Friendly Staff.…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
phillip G. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Star fully-serviced hardstanding touring pitch

Liked: Great location, and Friendly Staff.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff, easy access to all facilities

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Bar Restaurant Views

Recommend to friends Visit again


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

Spectacular scenery

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

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Sailing nearby

Location

West Bay Holiday Park

West Bay

Bridport

Dorset

England

DT6 4HB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

50.7116°N
-2.7648°W

Nearest transport

Coach
1.5 mi Coach Station
14.3 mi South Station
15.4 mi Marks and Spencer
Rail
9.8 mi Maiden Newton Rail Station
11.2 mi Crewkerne Rail Station
11.5 mi Axminster Rail Station
Ferry
15.6 mi Weymouth Ferry Terminal
29.7 mi Exmouth Ferry Landing
Airport
28.6 mi Exeter 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

Start on the doorstep in West Bay itself: you could go fossil hunting underneath the sandstone cliffs, crabbing in the harbour, take a boat tour of the Jurassic Coast, or head out into the big blue yonder on a sea fishing trip; then there’s golf, paragliding, scuba diving, watersports, and excellent walking along the coastal paths… Take a break from feeding yourself up on all the gorgeous local produce to hand feed the birds at Abbotsbury Swannery, where the 600 nesting mute swans make for an impressive sight (and plenty of hungry beaks); there are also award-winning gardens and a kids' farm to explore. The coastal resort of Lyme Regis has been drawing the crowds since time immemorial and is well worth a visit; other historical gems in West Dorset include the Jacobean manor house of Mapperton, set amongst topiary, terraced gardens and rolling hills; Forde Abbey and gardens; a cluster of castles; and the giant chalk man in the hillside at Cerne Abbas. Alternatively, if there are animal addicts in your party, they'll go ape for the 240-plus inhabitants of Monkey World and potty for the penguins and underwater specimens at Weymouth Sea Life Park.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
West Bay (West) 0.1 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Eypemouth 0.9 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Hive 2.1 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Seatown 2.7 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Charmouth West 6.3 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Good

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Mapperton House & Gardens 6.2 mi

Abbotsbury Swannery 8.1 mi

Radipole Lake Nature Reserve 14.9 mi

Weymouth Sea Life Park and Marine Sanctuary 15.2 mi

Hardy's Birthplace 16.5 mi

National Trust

Shute Barton 13.6 mi

Loughwood Meeting House 13.9 mi

Max Gate 14.9 mi

Hardy's Cottage 16.4 mi

Branscombe: the Old Bakery, Manor Mill and Forge 16.4 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

West Bay 0.8 mi

Lower Seatown - Seatown - Chideock - Eype 0.9 mi

DOWNE HALL 1.7 mi

Seatown - Golden Cap - Ridge Barn - Stanton St Gab 2.7 mi

North Chideock - Symondsbury and More. 3 mi

Local events

  • Dorset County Show (Saturday 7 September 2024 – Saturday 7 September 2024)

    Dorchester, Dorset 14.9 mi

  • Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and Rally (Friday 19 July 2024 – Friday 19 July 2024)

    Dorchester, Dorset 20.7 mi

  • Sidmouth Folk Festival (Friday 2 August 2024 – Friday 2 August 2024)

    Sidmouth, Devon 20.7 mi

  • Tankfest (Friday 28 June 2024 – Friday 28 June 2024)

    Wareham, Dorset 22.8 mi

  • Beautiful Days (Friday 16 August 2024 – Friday 16 August 2024)

    Ottery St Mary, Devon 24 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.

Want to know more about camping in Dorset?

  • Does West Bay Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is West Bay Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near West Bay Holiday Park? Start on the doorstep in West Bay itself: you could go fossil hunting underneath the sandstone cliffs, crabbing in the harbour, take a boat tour of the Jurassic Coast, or head out … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of West Bay Holiday Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  Anytime –  Anytime
    Depart by:  Anytime
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  • How much does it cost to stay at West Bay Holiday Park? From £13 (for 1 night, 4 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.