Donkey Down Campsite

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Views of Weymouth Bay (added by manager 11 Jan 2022)
A donkey down bell tent (added by manager 10 jan 2022)
A row of bell tents (added by manager 11 jan 2022)
View south (added by manager 11 jan 2022)

There’s plenty of space for you to pick your own pitch at Donkey Down Campsite, a peaceful 10-acre park on an organic livestock farm in Sutton Poyntz. Just make sure to avoid the neolithic tumulus… That’s one of the many ancient burial mounds covering this part of the South Dorset Ridgeway landscape, so you’re in for a historical holiday as well as a scenic one during a stay here. And to be perfectly honest, ‘scenic’ is an understatement when describing this site – it’s got spectacular views across Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour, as well as the surrounding Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Alongside the park are seven acres of open access land – fab for flying a kite or exercising your dogs (which are welcome at Donkey Down) – and you can also link up with the South West Coast Path, which opens up 630 miles’ worth of walks. Peckish post-amble? Campfires and barbecues are permitted on site, so grab supplies in Preston, five minutes’ drive away, then bound back to base for some grilled fare. If you don’t fancy doing the cooking, the town has a couple of takeaways and a pub is closer by in Sutton Poyntz, a 10-minute walk away.

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  • Børn under 18 år skal være i følge med deres forældre eller værge.
  • Hunden skal være tatoveret eller have mikrochip.
  • På denne campingplads er der adgang forbudt for alle hunde på listen over farlige hunde og/eller Staffordshire-terriere, pitbull-terriere, amerikanske Staffordshire-terriere, rottweilere, samt alle mastiff- eller tosa-hunde.
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Lovely site lovely location Very friendly staff Good amenities - basic but…

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
Anonym Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal til telt græs og jord uden elektricitet

Syntes om: Lovely site lovely location Very friendly staff Good amenities - basic but everything we needed

Syntes ikke om: Nothing

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Family friendly, decent facilities, friendly staff

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 8
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
Elisabeth G. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal til telt græs og jord uden elektricitet

Syntes om: Great views. Live music. Warm showers. Clean composting toilets. If you like walks you can get into a number of trails from the site. It didn't feel busy (we went during the half term).

Syntes ikke om: Can't be helped by the site, but for the hilltop views, you get the hilltop wind!

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Great views.value for money,friendly staff and great atmosphere…

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi 10
Sharon B. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal til telt græs og jord uden elektricitet

Syntes om: Great views.value for money,friendly staff and great atmosphere

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beautiful place, clean toilets, I recommend this place and I will definitely…

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi 10
JOANNA N. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal til telt græs og jord uden elektricitet

Syntes om: beautiful place, clean toilets, I recommend this place and I will definitely come back

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Clean, well catered budget campsite

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 8
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 8
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
Joe E. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal til telt græs og jord uden elektricitet

Syntes om: Really nice South African brai truck, live music every Saturday and the band was actually pretty good, friendly staff, good vibes all round. Fantastic view of Portland and Weymouth when you wake up. Showers were very clean, urinals a plus so no queues for the toilets. 30 minute drive to go climbing in Portland. Also a nice bustling pub with pretty good food just a 15 minute walk away.

Syntes ikke om: The non-quiet areas are on a hill which is quite steep in some places. I was fine, but my colleague with an inferior tent got a bit damp during a torrential downpour between 10pm and 3am.

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Fantastic!

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
christopher s. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal til telt græs og jord uden elektricitet

Syntes om: The campsite was laid out very nicely with reception towards the entrance. A lot of space and so large gaps between tents. No trees means no birds singing at 0500!!! It was windy as you might expect but nothing to worry about. The toilets were composting and took a little time getting use to but presented no problem; very clean. We had live music both Saturday and Sunday which was nice to see. At night time it was very, very quiet with everyone behaving themselves very well. It took us about 10 minutes to drive down to Weymouth beach. I've been to many campsites and this was the best so far, especially in and around Weymouth. We plan to use this as our future base for visits to the area.

Syntes ikke om: Nothing really. The ground was hard as described in the literature but this was useful as it was a little windy. My wife didn't like the toilets but there again she doesn't really like any toilets! Disliked having my teenage daughter with us.

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Great views, excellent facilities and entertainment in site!

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
Victoria S. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal til telt græs og jord uden elektricitet

Syntes om: Views from the site were amazing! There’s live music on the weekend (though wraps up at a reasonable hour), a bar and hot food available to buy on site and the facilities are excellent including hot showers. The site is about a 15 min drive from Dorchester South and Weymouth train stations and local taxi firms serve it well. We walked down into Sutton Poyntz about 20-30 mins to catch the Jurassic Coaster buses to Durdle Door/Lulworth Cove which were super fast and in summer are even open top. We didn’t make it to the local beach but that’s also pretty close.

Syntes ikke om: It would be good to have some bins down the far end of the campsite

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Great location with amazing views, facilities were decent and cleaned regularly. People…

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi 10
Charlie M. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal til telt græs og jord uden elektricitet

Syntes om: Great location with amazing views, facilities were decent and cleaned regularly. People running the site were also helpful and friendly

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Absolutely great little campsite. Fantastic view, fires BBQ’s and dogs allowed, live…

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
Andy B. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal til telt græs og jord uden elektricitet

Syntes om: Absolutely great little campsite. Fantastic view, fires BBQ’s and dogs allowed, live bands, food and bar. What’s not too like? It’s on top of a hill so if you don’t like wind this might not be the best for you unless the weather is perfect. Nice and simple to check in, friendly staff and decent little compost toilets. Will definitely be back.

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perfect stay!

Samlet 10/10
Beliggenhed 10
Værdi for pengene 10
Indkvartering 10
Faciliteter/Aktiviteter 10
Kundeservice 10
Børnevenligt 10
Renlighed 10
Wi-fi Ingen bedømmelse
Rebbecca P. Anmelderen reserverede via Pitchup.com

Areal til telt græs og jord uden elektricitet

Syntes om: easy to find, lovely set up and beautiful view of weymouth bay. Nice reception booth with a bar and there was food put on so grabbed a burger from the BBQ which was nice & easy! Toilets were cleaned often, nice vibe! walked to weymouth from the campsite in 1.5 hours nice walk down to the start of the beach and along to the town.

Syntes ikke om: Only thing we found a very small issue was getting the pegs in the ground so make sure to take something to help you get them in!

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Fritidsaktiviteter på stedet

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Bar eller klubhus

Børneklub

Cykelleje

Fiskeri

Fitnesscenter

Fjernsynsrum

Indendørs swimmingpool

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Restaurant/Bar på pladsen

Spillerum

Takeaway

Tennis

Udendørs swimmingpool

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Bad til rådighed

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Fryser med køleelement

Gratis wi-fi

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Hundepark

Internet-adgang

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Købmandsbutik

Møntvaskeri

Offentlig telefon

Offentlige toiletter

Opvaskeområde

Portabelt toilet

Toiletblok

Tørrerum

Wi-fi

Grupper er velkomne

Familievenlig

Grupper af samme køn velkomne

Grupper af studerende velkomne

Motorcyklister velkomne

Regler

Bål tilladt

Erhvervskøretøjer tilladt

Grill kan lånes

Grill tilladt

Hunde tilladte

Hunde tilladte hele året rundt

Temaer

Fredfyldt

Paradis for vandringsfolk

Spektakulært landskab

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Genbrug tilgængeligt

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Offentlig transport i nærheden

Type

Bondegård

Meget stor (mere end 200 arealenheder)

Fritidsaktiviteter i nærheden

Cykling i nærheden

Fiskeri i nærheden

Golf i nærheden

Kano/kajak i nærheden

Klatring i nærheden

Restaurant i nærheden

Ridning i nærheden

Sejlads i nærheden

Vandsport i nærheden

Beliggenhed

Donkey Down Campsite

Plaisters Lane

Sutton Poyntz

Preston

Dorset

England

DT3 6LQ

Rutevejledning

Tidszone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50,65799°N
-2,42952°V

Nærmeste transport

Bus
5,5 km Marks and Spencer
5,7 km South Station
22,8 km Red Lion
Jernbane
2,8 km Upwey Rail Station
5,1 km Weymouth Rail Station
5,7 km Dorchester South Rail Station
Færge
5,7 km Weymouth Ferry Terminal
31,3 km Poole Ferry Terminal
31,9 km Poole Quay Ferry Landing
Lufthavn
44,2 km Bournemouth International Airport

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Lokale seværdigheder

Strolls along the South Dorset Ridgeway and the South West Coast Path are to be had straight from this site, so make sure to pack the walking boots. Look out for the Osmington White Horse, a hillside figure carved into limestone, while you wander. For beach days, the dog-friendly Overcombe (a five-minute drive) and Ringstead bay (15 minutes) are some of your closest stretches of seaside, while Weymouth is also close by (10 minutes) for visits to the SEA LIFE Centre, Nothe Fort and boat trips from the harbour. Thrill-seeking sorts can also jetski here, plus there’s kayaking for a gentler time on the water. Dawdle to Dorchester (10 minutes) for historical sightseeing in an old market town that’s home to the Maiden Castle hillfort and Roman Town House remains, or amble to Abbotsbury (20 minutes) for access to an abbey, castle and some fab fossil foraging at Chesil beach. Other Jurassic Coast destinations in the area include the horseshoe-shaped Lulworth Cove and the arched rock formation of Durdle Door (both 25 minutes). If animal antics are what you’re after, you can peer at the protected primates in the Monkey World – Ape Rescue Centre (20 minutes).

Vandkvalitet for nærliggende badevand

Navn Afstand Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Bowleaze Cove 2,5 km Hav Ikke Relevant Fremragende Fremragende Fremragende
Weymouth Lodmoor 3,7 km Hav Ikke Relevant Fremragende Fremragende Fremragende
Weymouth Central 5,1 km Hav Ikke Relevant Fremragende Fremragende Fremragende
Ringstead Bay 6,3 km Hav Ikke Relevant Fremragende Fremragende Fremragende
Portland Harbour Castle Cove 7,2 km Hav Ikke Relevant Fremragende Ikke Relevant Ikke Relevant

Datakilde: Det Europæiske Miljøagentur

Bør opleves

Weymouth Sea Life Park and Marine Sanctuary 3,8 km

Radipole Lake Nature Reserve 5,2 km

Hardy's Birthplace 8,5 km

Abbotsbury Swannery 12,1 km

Lulworth Heritage Centre 13,3 km

National Trust

Max Gate 5,7 km

Hardy's Cottage 8,4 km

Clouds Hill 14,1 km

Corfe Castle 26,3 km

White Mill 30,7 km

Cykelruter

Find lokale ruter på det nationale cykelnet - over 19,000 kilometer cykelruter.

Andet

LODMOOR (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 25/11/2004) 3 km

Lodmoor Nature Reserve - Littlemoor - Preston 3,5 km

Nottington - Lorton - Radipole 3,8 km

Nottington - Southill - Chickerell 3,9 km

Nottington - Upwey - Broadwey 4 km

Lokale begivenheder

  • Dorset County Show (lørdag den 7. september 2024 – lørdag den 7. september 2024)

    Dorchester, England 7,2 km

  • Tankfest (fredag den 28. juni 2024 – fredag den 28. juni 2024)

    Wareham, England 13,7 km

  • Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and Rally (fredag den 19. juli 2024 – fredag den 19. juli 2024)

    Dorchester, England 13,9 km

  • Camp Bestival Dorset (torsdag den 25. juli 2024 – torsdag den 25. juli 2024)

    Wareham, England 15,8 km

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