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Lower Liston Farm CL is on a working farm nestled in one of North Dorset's most beautiful valleys. A peaceful place in the country with natural organic meadows surrounding the campsite. There is an abundance of wild flowers, and mature trees throughout the farm, which attracts many types of wild life. It is an idyllic place to relax and unwind. Yet only 1.5 miles from the historic hill top town of Shaftesbury with the famous Gold Hill and the ancient Abbey ruins, resting place of Saxon King Canute. The surrounding area has a lot to offer visitors, with Longleat House and Safari Park, Wardour Castle, Monkey World, Tank Museum, Sparkford Car Museum, Yeovilton Air Museum, and Stonehenge all within a thirty minute drive. Annually our local town hosts the agricultural show and carnival and nearby the Great Dorset Steam Fair.
The farm is situated down a private drive visible from the A350. Beyond the farm you will pass through a small commercial site (Five Oaks Caravan Park) to access my Lower Liston Farm CL, which has large individual pitches with electric points, grey water disposal and water. There is an allocated toilet and shower on the commercial site, along with washing-up and laundry that members staying on the CL can use. WiFi is available and free on site. Dogs are welcome as long as they are not allowed to roam freely on the site and exercised in the designated walking area.
From the CL there is a footpath for those who like a stroll, this leads to a network of paths for the more serious walker. There are villages from these paths, here they have a local shop and local country pubs where you can stop for food and beverages.
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Latest arrival time: 8:00 PM
1 acres
Electric amperage: 16
Commercial site adjacent
Lawned site
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Sites key:
- Postcode:
- SP7 9AG
- GPS:
- Lat 51.038911 / Lon -2.185314
- OS field ref:
- ST871266
- OS map ref:
- 118
Transport links
- Nearest port: Poole (35 miles)
- Nearest train station: Gillingham
- Train station within 5 miles
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Lower Liston Farm
This is a super well maintained campsite in a lovely peaceful position close to Shaftesbury in North Dorset with friendly and attentive owners. The pitches are all of a good size and are flat and level. They all have metered 16A ECUs (very easy to use and monitor consumption - so no nasty surprises), fresh water taps and drainage. The toilet and shower facilities are modern, spacious and of a very high standard. They are all well maintained and are kept very clean.
The surrounding area offers plenty of country walking opportunities, and easy access to many places of interest, e.g. Shaftesbury, Stourhead (NT) and Salisbury. There is a very pleasant walk through Kingsettle Woods between the campsite and Shaftesbury, which takes about an hour and a half from Shaftesbury, but probably a bit more going the other way because it is uphill. We have stayed here several times now (both on the C&MC CL and on the main campsite), and will keep coming back. It really is a lovely site.
G & g (Motorhomers from Stockport)
Excellent CL - recommend wholeheartedly
Lower Liston FarmThe owners are lovely - very welcoming and easy going, with help given to us before we even got there. They are caravanners themselves. The CL is at the bottom of the site, with I think seven additional hardstanding pitches close by. There was a maximum of six vans when we were there. The owners recommended the best available pitch to us and reassured us if we needed any additional help in accessing all of the serviced facilities on the pitch to just call them. They were very responsive. Electricity is metered - you pay for a card and then any unused electric is refunded - this was done very promptly. We used £3 for three nights, which makes the pitch very good value overall. The shower rooms are spotless, large showers, hot and great pressure. There is a nearby train line but for local trains and they did not disturb us - we slept really well during our three night stay. The views and peace were exactly what we were looking for - owls at night and distant church bells on sunday made it just perfect. Shaftesbury is just a few minutes away and we also enjoyed Sherborne and NT Stourhead when we there - all close by. Easy access onto the site from the A350 made this spot on. We will return as we are lucky enough to be just an hour away.
'Far from the Madding Crowd'
Lower Liston Farm
We had 4 nights in early June and it was wonderful. We have no complaints whatsoever. The site is perfectly located and sufficiently separated from the farm to feel fully immersed in the most beautiful Dorset countryside. We were always drawn to the glorious ‘Thomas Hardy’ views of oak trees and meadows toward a large hill mounted by the ancient Kingsettle Wood. The site is very well looked after and we were impressed with all the facilities on hand, especially the individual bathroom/toilet/shower rooms that were very clean, spacious and well designed.
The host, Graham, was extremely friendly, helpful and unhurried, always taking the time to chat and answer our questions. We enjoyed several chats and laughs together!
Would highly recommend.
Brilliant Caravan Site.
Lower Liston Farm
We have stayed here a number of times and although the CAMC states it has a temporary closure this was for 2023 and not 2024. The CL side of the CAMC seem to be falling apart with their website pages outdated. So take no notice of the CAMC website this site has been revamped with lovely showers and up and running.
So come on CAMC we pay enough for our membership (SO GET YOUR WEBSITE SORTED)
Lovely, peaceful stay
Lower Liston Farm
Stayed 4 nights at Lower Liston Farm CL and thoroughly enjoyed our time there. It is not the biggest CL in terms of space between vehicles if all pitches are taken, but it wasn't full when we were there so we did indeed have open views of the surrounding fields. Very clean and well-kept CL and the pitch was pretty level. We favour Adults only CLs because we like a peaceful site and although you cannot miss the noise of the passing trains they are not very frequent and we quickly came to ignore them. Free reliable wi-fi is a big plus! Thanks Mr Colwill, I'm sure we will return.
PJ PA
Reviewed on 16/07/2022 21:54
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