Oathill Farm Holiday Park

Oathill Farm Holiday Park is a small, quiet touring park and lodge site set across ten landscaped acres on the Somerset and Dorset border, built around 20 hardstanding pitches and three lodges with hot tubs. The park sits at Clapton, 4 miles from Crewkerne, its nearest town, and 12 miles from Lyme Bay and the Dorset coast, so a fossil hunt at Lyme Regis or Charmouth is an easy morning out. Every touring pitch is hardstanding with an electric hook-up, which suits caravans and motorhomes and makes a wet arrival much less of a slog. Campers who want a big park with entertainment, a pool and a clubhouse should look at other Dorset sites: the appeal here is ten acres of calm and not much else going on. Three two-bedroom wooden lodges, each with its own hot tub, sit alongside the touring area for anyone who wants a roof and a soak at the end of the day. Facilities are plain but properly done: a heated shower block with a washing machine and a dryer, plus a dog wash bath, which tells you what the owners make of muddy spaniels. Reviewers keep returning to the same three points: welcoming owners, a spotless shower block and generous pitch sizes. Prices for touring pitches at Oathill Farm Holiday Park are quoted through the park's own booking system.