St Leonards Farm Caravan & Camping Park Reviews Summary

Location & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Great place to base yourself for exploring Dorset and the New Forest."
• "Situated just on the outskirts of Bournemouth, just off the main roads allowing easy access to all the local towns."
• "The site is only a short walk away from a local corner shop and just down the road from a lidl so its very easy to get provisions."
• "Very pleasant campsite close to local supermarkets and bus service into Bournemouth."
• "Its a very good location for Poole and Bournemouth and plenty of food places and a sainsbury very near."
• "Easy driving access to beaches and the New Forest."
• "Just a five minute walk to the nearest Lidl and McDonald's, the sea front was about a 15 minutes drive and very close to access the forest which is beautiful."

Cons:

• "Main downside was the location of being right next to a dual carriageway, and I couldn't find any other routes out of the site to the countryside."
• "The site is very near a very noisy road."
• "You can hear the dual carriageway."
• "The only negative was the site is located right near a road so it wasn't the idyllic countryside location we were expecting."
• "You can hear the very busy a31 all night and often got woken by cars or motor bikes really trying out how fast they can drive or how much noise they can make."
• "It's literally a stones throw from the very busy A31."
• "Despite this being 'the closest site to Bournemouth' it isn't really due to the roads."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "Very helpful friendly staff."
• "Owners and staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "Very friendly reception and helpful."
• "Staff were very friendly and welcoming which is always a bonus."
• "Great site staff (shaun and Caroline) especially are excellent helpful and genuinely friendly and very knowledgeable about places to go around the area."
• "All staff we encountered were friendly and helpful."
• "The staff were so accommodating."

Cons:

• "Very hostile unfriendly site. Not a relaxed at all. Avoid."
• "Pitches small. Owners argumentative and unhelpful."
• "Receptionist friendly but other staff quite rude and unfriendly."
• "The customer service however is not! smiley or friendly definitely not!"
• "The people in the office were rude and belligerent."
• "The staff have not been particularly friendly."
• "They weren't willing to go above and beyond as you would expect customer service."

Facilities & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Toilet and shower block was nice and clean."
• "The site is immaculately kept, with clean well maintained toilets and showers."
• "The showers were a lovely temperature with lots of hot water."
• "Pitches are a good size, facilities are clean and well maintained."
• "The showers and toilets are absolutely spotless."
• "Very clean toilets & nice hot showers."
• "The site was clean and tidy. The toilet & shower block was kept clean."

Cons:

• "Unheated Cold scruffy showers full of cobwebs."
• "For such a big site the facilities let it down and needs investment to upgrade these to get people to return."
• "The showers are rubbish, you can not adjust the temperature or the shower head."
• "Shower facilities left a lot to be desired."
• "We reported filthy dish washing area! Loos are dirty!"
• "The cleaning isn't done to a standard."
• "The toilets/shower block - generally worn and outdated, unheated, and every shower I tried had only two of the multi jet heads working."

Overall Experience

Pros:

• "Overall couldn't recommend more highly and we will definitely be returning."
• "We cannot recommend this site enough, come see for yourselves."
• "It was a fantastic stay and we would definitely recommend a stay here to anyone."
• "Over all we loved the site and We will be back."
• "Overall the stay was lovely and I would recommend."
• "Just amazing, we will come back for sure."
• "Overall a great place to stay."

Cons:

• "Probably won't return here and will be looking for a quiet site on our next visit."
• "I would never recommend and I won’t be back, I feel £37 pn is ridiculous."
• "Most disappointed and will definitely not be returning."
• "Sadly we won't be returning."
• "Would not stay here again."
• "Would not visit again."
• "But we will not due to points mentioned in this review."