Black Knowl Club Campsite
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This was our first visit to Black Knowl & from the moment we arrived we knew we’d made the right choice. The Wardens were all very helpful & friendly, the facilities were spotless especially when most pitches were taken. We spent our week cycling, sightseeing & walking. We were blessed with amazing weather for October which was an added bonus. We use the app ‘Cycle Experience’ which gives you some great routes mainly from Brockenhurst, the site being an extra 2 miles away! Cycling to the Coast from Brockenhurst was excellent combined with forest & Country roads. Both Brownsea Island for the Red Squirrels & Studland Point for Old Harry’s Rocks are well worth days out too! The location of the site is perfect & you are in the heart of the forest within moments. So much Wildlife seen whilst we were there & coming back to such a lovely peaceful site in the evenings made it extra special. We visited some lovely pubs in Brockenhurst & on our last night we had Browns Fish & Chips (they visit the site on Wednesday’s) which were very nice.
Such a brilliant site, can’t wait to return next year 🥰
Great location
Great location, surrounded by the New Forest and its many foot/cycle trails. The site was full but it was impressively quiet and the facilities were clean. Our walk back from Brockenhurst in the evening along a gravel track, is most memorable, it took about 45 mins but we did keep stopping to enjoy the stars.
Dog walking heaven
Lovely peaceful site with direct access to a multitude of walks/trails in the New Forest & walking distance to Brockenhurst where there are dog friendly cafes & pubs
There’s a bike/dog wash station which is useful if it’s a bit muddy and an information hut near the entrance
You can hire bikes at the site and local suppliers provide burgers/pizza etc in the evenings which are high quality (signs display who, what & when outside Reception)
Site management are very friendly & welcoming - the toilet/shower block is spotless with lovely hot showers
I regularly use this site and have never had a bad experience - due to its location in the forest, if you get a clear night, you can enjoy star gazing
Highly recommend this site it’s an absolute gem
Thankyou wonderful stay
Thankyou for looking after us last week, very friendly hard working warden's will definitely come back. Paul and Jackie
Fantastic Site - our favourite
We have stayed at Black Knowl many times over the past five years and always return, as it really is our favourite site in the New Forest. Fantastic location for cycling, running and walking. Peaceful site right in the forest. Easy access through small forestry road, no problems at all getting a motorhome or caravan to the site. The wardens are always friendly and keep the site immaculate. Great cyclist cafe at Woods Cyclery in Lyndhurst, they run guided gravel bike rides every Sunday.
Great for Brockenhurst Parkrun every Saturday. Everything you need for a great New Forest break.
Very well run site in a perfect location.
I was a bit concerned about staying on a large site, but all that just melted away as soon as I arrived! The most perfect location in the heart of the New Forest, both for superb walks from the site and a great base to explore further afield. So lovely to see ponies and cattle when taking the dogs out first thing in the morning. Run by a super friendly and helpful team who keep the site and facilities immaculate. Good to have a choice of pitches so you can choose secluded or more sociable depending on your preference. Loved the evening food vans too - a varied choice throughout the week. The site was very peaceful but my stay was outside school holidays. I'd definitely go back again and would certainly recommend it to others.
5* all the way, one of the best!
It was good to be back at Black Knowl after 5 years away.
Excellent location and stunning campsite, right in the middle of the New Forest.
Friendly welcome and quick check in. We only had a choice of 6 pitches but found one we were very happy with.
Large hardstanding close to the facilities.
Facilities block always 5* clean with everything you could need, including washing up room and laundry, etc.
Water and bin points close by and essentials in the small on site shop.
Loads of walking and biking routes directly from the site. We biked into Brockenhurst and then down the Rhinefield Drive and the following day biked into Burley and back. Quiet'ish roads or tracks available if you want to be off-road.
The walk into Brockenhurst took us about half an hour. Pubs, restaurants, tea rooms, Tesco and Co-op, etc., etc., in the village.
Food waggons visit the site most nights (not every night now it's out of season). We tried the Hungry Hog (Thursday night) - very good, even though they ran out of pulled pork and onions very early! Still delicious dirty fries.
We also did the New Forest Tour (open top bus from Brockenhurst railway station - seasonal). £19.50 each and well worth it. We only managed to do 2 of the routes but still very good value. Hop on, hop off, as we did in Lyndhurst and Lymington.
Weather was kind and everything about our stay was top notch......apart from a gripe of ours, lazy campers wandering across your pitch because they can't be bothered to walk around!!
Our second visit this year
This site is at the top of our list to visit each year and this year we’ve visited it twice.
The site has modern and clean facilities.
The wardens never seem to stop working except to have a friendly chat.
From this site you can walk or cycle straight into the forest where the paths seem to go on forever and you will almost certainly see the free roaming ponies.
If you wake up in the night, take a peek out of your window to see the deer that are also drawn to this site.
Each weekday a different food vender arrives around 5pm.
My only niggle was the grass was bit to long this year.
Recommended site
A great stay!!
We stayed for 5 nights in mid August 2023 and cannot commend the warden's highly enough!! Absolutely nothing is too much trouble and they run very well ordered, spotlessly clean, friendly but unregimented site.
A special mention has to go to the warden who helped us skillfully to get into our locked caravan without any damage... we are incredibly grateful to him for his patience!
It was a real pleasure and the location was great for cycling, walking and much more.
We will be returning to this site but for a longer stay next time
Would like to visit again next year
This was our first stay at Black Knowl and indeed the New Forest.
We stayed on pitch 117.
The site is very clean and peaceful.
The facilities were very clean.
We had a lovely walk through the New Forest to Brockenhurst, where there are a couple of pubs, tea rooms and restaurants.
The New Forest show as on whilst we were there which was a great visit.
Would of like to had more time so we could of used the open top bus.
We will definitely visit again.
Sal1M
Reviewed on 15/08/2023 11:32