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A brilliant stay start to finish
Large Tent - Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches Aug 2025 We really enjoyed our stay here, it was friendly, clean and peaceful. The staff were so helpful, hot showers and a hygienic kitchen made our stay. Child and dog friendly too, we will be back next year. Highly recommend
Our stay
Large Tent - Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches Aug 2025 Haven't been camping in years but thought I'd take my son for the 1st time.
We struggled to put our tent up, luckily some kind neighbours that had pitched up near us offered us a helping hand and it was successfully put up, so we were very happy! Adrian, the guy who checked us in, was very welcoming! Very chilled out!
The campsite was basic but had everything you would need at a basic campsite, it was in a great location. The only negative I have is the sound of the planes, it's very loud when you're trying to sleep but being opposite an airport, you have to expect this 🤷♀️
Apart from that, the location was great, clean and tidy, I will definitely be returning again!
Amazing
Bell Tent - Furnished Bell Tents Aug 2025 Lovely site, good size tents. Myself and my two friends had plenty of room in the tent, would also be perfect for a family of 4. I really appreciated the bug nets on the tents and the barbeque/fire pit at a small extra fee. Toilets and showers were great, not your typical camping porta potty, proper toilets, which was lovely.
The campsite is located right next to Bournemouth airport, I found the noises very calming and great views of the planes arriving at the airport.
The guy who runs it is lovely too, very helpful and easy to contact. We had a great time, I just wish we had booked a longer stay!
Convenient camping Small Tent - Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches Aug 2024 Staff were super helpful and lovely. Close distant to Bournemouth centre. Great fire pits to hire at a great price.
Toilets blocked most days. Unless you don't care about noise from closer residents and the airport, then it would suit you. 6:30am and gone 10pm flights ✈️
Could be so much better with a little more effort Medium Tent - Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches Aug 2024 Simply a field adjoining the golf course. Flat and pitch where you like.
Cars not allowed on field so have to carry tent and belongings from adjacent car park - quite a distance if at the other side of the field. However, there are a couple of trolleys that you can use, they're free - just don't arrive at the same time as someone else!
Facilities are very basic and very dated - 3 showers, gents, ladies and a kitchen/room with two sinks. Toilets were not terrible but not the most sparkling either, ditto the basins. On site 4 days and didn't see them clean or cleaned once.
There are quite a few nice "glamping" style bell tents on one side of the field, which seems to be at complete odds with the rest of the facilities. No electric socket anywhere on site - kitchen has 3 double sockets but they've been unhelpfully blanked off. So, nowhere to blow up your air bed or charge your phone. Take a battery or foot powered pump and battery packs for your phone. I had pump that plugged into car cigarette lighter, so that meant carrying them blown up across the field - quite a challenge given it was a windy day.
Site is literally next door to Bournemouth airport. Flights start at 6:30 and end around 11'ish. I quite enjoyed seeing them take off but they are loud, so don't expect a lie in if you're not a heavy sleeper. Golf club had a decent bar that serves reasonably priced food. Basic menu - burgers, sarnies, jacket spuds. All this is a shame because the setting is quite nice, it just seems like it could be a lot nicer with a bit more effort and not a lot of expense. Good example would be to fit toilet roll holders to replace the broken ones and fit some shelves near the sinks so that there's somewhere to put your wash bag and hang you're towel. And, definitely, clean more often and much better.
Great place
Large Tent - Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches Aug 2024 Very friendly, great location, great host and onsite club house is great golf and fishing would come again.
Lovely campsite
Medium Tent - Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches Aug 2024 Lovely campsite, everything we needed was supplied and the service provided by Kira was second to none. Anything we needed was accommodated for.
Okay for a budget site
Medium Tent - Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches Aug 2024 For what you pay to camp here, I have no complaints about he facilities. They're basic, like it says on their information, but serviceable. There's showers, toilets, and a small washing up area. As long as you're not afraid of spiders and bugs, these serve their purpose well. There are various shops to stock up on supplies within a short drive as well.
My only complaint about the site is that it places itself as family friendly and quiet after 10pm, but my experience is that this is not the case at all. After an influx of new arrivals on Saturday night, there was very loud shouting, laughing and music being played right across the campsite until well after midnight.
Families with young children in site had absolutely no choice but to endure it, and there was seemingly not a single staff member on the site to deal with it or to enforce their policies. They shouldn't advertise themselves as a quiet campsite and family friendly until they can actually honour this, and with no staff on site, I don't know how they can.
It's okay Bell Tent - Furnished Bell Tents Jul 2024 We got 2 tent pitches and a bell tent. The camp was not busy and the people running it where both helpful and also pretty chill. The campers where all behaving. The campsite grass is pretty good and tight, and there is no mud at all. There are taps sprinkled here and there so you don't need to cross the whole camping to get water.
On the negative side there is the occasional strong smell from the water treatment plant which is pretty close. As per the listing, the airplanes are pretty loud but not that common (1 per hour maybe). The bell tent contained a bed with an air mattress and not an actual mattress. The toilets could definitely use some love and more cleaning, but they are all functional and there is warm water. The kitchen consists of a single sink but for the traffic, that was enough. I'm not sure if its the location (right on the river) but it was very very humid at night, you can't even see across the whole camping from the fog, which made everyone very, very cold. There is also nothing to do at the camping other than golfing maybe.
Overall this is a good no-frills camping at a poor location. The bell tents are only worth it if you have enough people, for 2 people they are overpriced.
Site manager is a star
Medium Tent - Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches Sep 2023 Excellent stay, the site manager was a star, helped me out a lot because of timings with work.
Overall, it was a great spot for the Bournemouth Air Festival as we got a sneak peak at some of the aircraft.
The only thing not giving this 5/5 is that I was awoken by some other rude camper who decided to have an argument at 5am. So maybe having a member of staff or security during these peak periods may be ideal, as this woke me and my 4 year old son up.
Other than that, the actual stay was very enjoyable, easy to find, has everything you need and shops near by. I really look forward to staying again next year!
Really lovely campsite
Medium Tent - Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches Aug 2023 Really lovely site. Only booked 2 nights but extended for another. Well kept grounds and clean facilities. Site staff really friendly and helpful.
Great little campsite!
Small Tent - Non Electric Grass Tent Pitches Aug 2023 We found Parley to be a great little campsite.
We're a family of adults (so didn't have any young kids) but there were young families camping. We pitched our own tents. The site was very clean and tidy, well maintained, facilities are pretty good for a basic site.
Showers and toilets are decent, plus a room for washing up. Fire-pit hire was useful, they also have log burners and cookers available. There's a little camping shop where you can get your, gas, burners, logs, kindling, etc. There is also a bar where you can order food and stay dry!
Obviously the site is right next to an airport so you do have to accept the inevitable aircraft noise but it's quite exciting to see the 737s take off (if you like that sort of thing). Only a handful of flights throughout the day so it's not too bad tbh. Earliest flight was around 6:30am, latest around 11:pm.
Location is great, a number of restaurants, shops, etc just a few minutes away by car.
A trip to the beach is only a little further and then of course you've got the New Forest to play in. No activities on-site to speak of (unless of course you like golf!) so you need to provide your own fun!
