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Pet Friendly
10amp
BBQ Allowed
camping
Motorhomes
Shamba Holidays
Eastmoors Lane
Off Ringwood Road
St Leonards
Ringwood
Hampshire
BH24 2SB
+44 (0)1202 873302
Site is accessed down a narrow single track unmade road (Eastmoors Lane) fortunately with passing places, so please arrive after 12MD or you could end up in a sticky place, the wooded area you pass through is boggy and the road is lined with HUGE concrete blocks.
The site is well laid out and neat.
Pitching is very precise (2 feet from the left line and jockey wheel as far forward as possible or you WILL be asked to move your outfit.
There are 150 pitches for tents motor homes and caravans so sizes vary from 60m2 to 100m2 .They make you aware of fire regs and where the alarms etc are. Prices are £24 a night for tents and £26 for a caravan + 2 people, or 6 Camping Cheques for 7 nights.
The Pitches are lawned and flat with 10amp electric although newer equipment is being
installed that is 16amp. There is water nearby to most pitches, BUT waste water
must be taken to one central waste area near the central toilet/shower utility block
which is WAIST high -
Chemical waste goes to the same building.
The site boasts a small shop in reception, there is a bar, but this is not open all the time at low season even though the site is over half full.
The swimming pool is heated and is in a large glass roofed enclosure which is opened on hot days.
Disabled facilities are good, everywhere in the central area are ramped, and have good wheelchair access and the disabled shower/toilet is RADAR keyed too. The Male and female shower/toilets are keypad protected, there is a family BATHroom which is locked but key hire is £5 deposit refunded on key return.
What is not advertised is that the pool is closed twice a week for local swimming lessons.
The Camping Cheques book declares a large dog walking field, but the site has notices to exercise dogs OFF the site, there is an 11 ½ acre field for the dogs to run and play in but it’s not over signed as to where it is.
The site facilities LOOK clean, but I did have to ask for the disabled toilet/shower to be cleaned, I was told it was checked daily but I had to counter this by pointing out the rubbish bins had not been emptied and the floor had not been cleaned. (I had noted equipment still in exactly the same place for days, just where I had left them).
Locally there is nothing within walking distance. The nearest pub is 800 yards away BUT thanks to the road system it’s over 1 ½ miles to get to it. The nearest Supermarket is Sainsbury’s but there is a Tesco a half mile further on and the fuel prices are lower at Tesco’s but it is even lower in Poole.
Otherwise it’s a drive to either Bournemouth, Poole, Swanage. Or further a field. The Chain ferry at Sandbanks is £3.50 single for a car (double with trailer) £1 for foot passengers or bikes. The Isle of Wight is easy to get to but a day return is £42 at present in 2011. The island is a money magnet unfortunately, for tourists.
Fishing
Poole Quay is easy access for us wheelchair users to fish BUT be aware that it is regularly closed for “Events.” There are plenty of other marks in Bournemouth on the pier, at Sandbanks from the Beach by the chain ferry for Sea Bass.
