Burnbake Campsite Reviews

Sept 2023

Lovely campsite. Clean, tidy and helpful staff. Perfect location for exploring the local area.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, it was lovely to read you found the site tidy and staff helpful! Hope to see you again, Burnbake Team.

Lovely campsite!

Really lovely campsite in close proximity to beautiful beaches and countryside. The woodland camping area was a really beautiful place to pitch our tent and we loved waking up amongst the trees. There were all sorts of people camped alongside us, all of whom were lovely - from families and experienced solo campers to people trying out their vans for the first time. Great atmosphere, super clean facilities- providing washing up liquid was a really nice touch! It would have been nice if the Snack Shack were open when we visited but we managed without and understand why it was closed in October. We'll certainly be back and have made plans to bring friends too!

Quick break to make the most of the late heat wave

Very happy with all basically and it suited our young family of 5 with a tent and campervan. Great location between Swanage and Corfe Castle. The only downside was a persistent hum in the night from what I believe was some distant farm machinery. Great to hear the steam train chuffing in the distance!

Fantastic campsite

Good campsite. Close to the beach by car.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, hope to see you again, Burnbake Team.

Great site with everything you need

Great facilities! Clean showers, drinking water, food facilities, toilets and great location. What more could you want?!

Site's response

Thanks for leaving us a kind review, we look forward to seeing you again soon.

Great site

Very good campsite. The main campsite allows you to pitch anywhere so great for finding a shady area. Unfortunately, a couple arrived on our last night and decided to converse rather loudly at 2am!

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a kind review, we are pleased to hear you enjoy our pick-your-own-pitch option, it's what makes us feel rustic still! I am sorry to hear about your loud neighbours and hope it hasn't put you off visiting us again, Thanks, Burnbake Team

Woodland paradise

I will of course come back to Burnbake! I especially liked the wooded area to pitch the tent, I hate the heat and the trees provided a calm and cooling atmosphere. The facilities were optimal, the café had lovely burgers and the staff were very helpful. Only a 20 minute drive to lovely beaches. What else can you wish for?

Site's response

Thank you so much for your lovely review! We are pleased you enjoyed all that Burnbake has to offer and look forward to seeing you again soon. Burnbake Team.

Great place, we love it!

A perfect mix between laidback and peaceful and good social interaction. Us Dutchies had lovely contact with other campers and staff. We will definitely come back.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased you had a lovely stay and hope to welcome you back soon.

Good quality, great Price

Great location, nice pitches, good facilities - fantastic price!

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased you enjoyed our location- hope to see you again soon, Burnbake Team.

Absolutely lovely

Absolutely lovely, quiet and convenient little campsite, especially if you want to get away and not have your kids on their phones all the time, because the phone signal is proper pants. Fine for calls just not data.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! We do now have free Wi-Fi on the campsite. Hope to see you again soon, Burnbake Team.

Lovely place

We had an amazing time.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! Hope to see you again soon, Burnbake Team.

Stunning location

Loved it. What an incredible location. Would thoroughly recommend camping here then walking to Studland and experiencing the amazing Heath. You'll need your walking boots and sense of adventure, but just a stunning landscape.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! We are lucky to have many beautiful walks from us, hope to see you again soon. Burnabake Team

Beautiful

A great location with beautiful sceneries

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! Hope to see you again soon, Burnbake Team.

Campsite stay

We stayed at Burnbake on our last night in Dorset, the more we wondered around the site we found it a bit untidy. Our biggest disappointment was the cold showers. There was hot water at the basin and the wash up sink but not the shower. Also we felt the choice of pitch wasn't clear.

Site's response

Hello Roy, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Unfortunately our pitches are not marked out and our guests love this less regimented approach to our campsite - we do however give good instruction at reception when you check-in where to go with a site map! I am sorry to hear the showers were cold this is not our normal, sometimes at peak shower times pressure can drop, please can you tell me which showers you were using and at what time? If you want to email me directly I am happy to discuss further, Thank you Burnbake Team

Lovely site

Lovely, and peaceful- sits in a great location.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! Hope to see you again soon, Burnbake Team.

Great location campsite

The campsite was easy to find from Corfe Castle. This was my first camp in 16 years, I decided to go back to basics for the one night. The facilities are more than adequate. My only problem was the cleanliness of the showers and toilets - this was not to my standards. All be it I did use them early in the morning because at 4:15 am was woken by the snoring in the tent next door. The guy who helped with the puncture on the neighbours van was fab and the reception staff were very polite with a quick check in. The dog was also fab (a Cockapoo). Hope to be back again!

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! We are sorry to hear the facilities were not up to your standard, they would have been checked at 10pm and then not again until 7:30am. So that might have been why you found them like you did. I am pleased to hear you found staff helpful and met the manager dog Teddy, who is normally on hand to greet guests

Rustic Purbeck

Cracking rustic camping in an amazing location. Fantastic.

Site's response

Thank you! Burnbake Team.

Great location, near Studland Bay

Big site with loads of space for groups. Overflow field has portaloos, but is fine if you don’t mind a short walk to the loos.

Site's response

Thanks for your review, we hope to see you again soon. Burnbake Team

Brilliant camp site

This campsite had everything we wanted. Not busy, pitches that back onto the forest. BBQ's, camp fires, music. Probably the best showers and toilets I have seen in a camp site that's not overly priced. Shop and café were brilliant. We packed everything away on departure morning but could still have a coffee and a bacon bap. The only reason I scored it down is that all campsites are too pricey now but this one was one of the better ones. The location is really nice and has lovely walks, but just too far away to walk the Jurassic coast without being out from 8am - 8pm. We walked to Knoll beach and really enjoyed it. We will 100% be going back.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! Great to hear you found the toilets and shower clean, we work hard to keep them tidy for our guests! We hope to see you again soon, Burnbake Team.

Wonderful site, great facilities and a relaxed environment

A lovely site tucked away in a quiet location that allows fires, is quiet and has well-maintained facilities. Great bar and snack shack. Facilities all modern, only potential improvement is to clean the shower block a little more often but we did visit after several days of rain.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! We work hard to keep toilets and showers clean, but when it rains it becomes really hard being rural, glad you enjoyed the relaxed nature, Hope to see you again, Burnbake Team

Peace and quiet

Just perfect. Spotless facilities, great staff, peaceful and perfect location for just getting off on foot or bike.

Site's response

Thank you for your lovely review! Hope to see you again soon, Burnbake Team.

Lovely location, good facilities

Lovely weekend camping.

Site's response

Thank you :) hope to see you again soon. Burnbake Team.

Great location, lovely campsite

Great family campsite in a really good location. Facilities were good- well-stocked and reasonably-priced little shop with good opening hours, snack shack with great wood-fired pizza, breakfast baps etc. Clean toilets/shower block with warm water & handy port-a-loos, drinking water points all around the camp. Helpful, friendly staff. Nice little touches like fire pits to borrow, ice packs to rent/swap back for frozen ones. Very clean and tidy, and spacious- great for families. There was lots of wildlife and the woods/forests to explore plus Studland, Poole, Sandbanks and Corfe all within an easy drive. We'll be back next year :-)

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! Great to hear you found the site clean, we work hard to keep them tidy for our guests! We hope to see you again soon, Burnbake Team.

Spacious camping

Lovely open woodland and field site, lots of space and great for walks. Shop, snack bar and reception all well done - friendly, good range on offer. Facilities were clean, though limited - and a long walk from the camping fields as only one toilet/shower block.Take some kind of bug deterrent - we've been bitten a lot!

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! Bugs can be a pain at certain times of year depending on what weather we have had! Thanks, Burnbake team.

Nice site, could use some minor improvements.

Lovely, quiet campsite, we were in one of the fields on the outskirts. The main area by the shops looked very crowded. The wash facilities were ok but the showers themselves were not great at all. You got about 10-15 seconds of spray before it cut out, so had to constantly press the button. The floor was dirty every time I went in due to people having to walk across mud to get to the wash block. My partner said there were constant queues for the ladies so the shower facilities could do with an uplift and a proper path laid to the wash block. Staff at the café were friendly and the fresh cooked pizza was good. I had beef brisket on the Friday though and that was so salty that it made me feel ill. Should probably have taken it back but was close to closing time. The campsite shop was well stocked with useful stuff and reasonably priced. More electric hookups in the fields would be welcome in my opinion, as would some better clean water facilities (basically it was just a tap over a wooden pallet). Overall, a really nice place to camp - would definitely recommend and would probably go back again myself.

Site's response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are pleased to hear you enjoyed your camping trip with us! At peak times we can get queues for our main shower and toilet blocks, we have an outside shower block and new for 2023, additional shower pods at the entrance to the open field to help with this. We would love to have more electric hookups it is something we will look into in the future! Glad to hear you would come back to us. Thanks Burnbake Team