Camp Bestival has won awards for Best Family Festival five times and has dedicated areas for all ages. Combines a family festival experience with an action-packed camping holiday.
In this 'you may also like' section we attempt to answer what else can I do? Here you have a list by order of being the closest to the event, some more beaches, things to see and do, places to eat and upcoming events.
The Blue Pool changes colour from shades of green to turquoise. The deep clay bowls is located within 25 acres of woodland, heath and gorse with marked walks throughout and children play areas and tea house and museum. The red route is suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) the Blue Pool is a former Read more…
Beach: Overcome (Furzy Cliff) beach View: Sit outside when sunny on the patio and enjoy views over the bay and across to Weymouth and Portland. What’s on the menu?: A fashionable café bar serving breakfast, light snacks and hot and cold drinks during the day and fresh Mediterranean style food during the evening. Read more…
Beach: Greenhill beach, Weymouth View: Situated at the far end of Greenhill Gardens with spectacular views across Weymouth Bay. What’s on the menu? Light snacks, fresh pastries, hot and cold drinks Read more…
he Quay is a Wetherspoon pub in Poole, Dorset. Our pub offers a range of real ales, craft beers and freshly ground Lavazza coffee. Breakfast is served until noon, with our full food menu available until 11 pm. Read more…
Worbarrow Bay beach is mainly pebbles with a little sand. The beach has a steep shelf and so swimmers will be in deep water very fast. Popular anchorage for boats due to the steep shelf, meaning boats can come right into the bay and anchor a few metres from the beach. No facilities and no parking, with the best parking Read more…
Lulworth Cove is within the Natural World Heritage Coastline. It has a horse shoe beach which is a mix of sand and pebbles. The cove is surrounded by high cliffs (135m, 440ft) and this area of the coast has some of the most fascinating geology in Europe. The Cove is also probably one of England’s most remarkable natural sites and Read more…
Durdle Door beach is named after the natural arch that reaches out into the sea. The arch is one of Dorset’s most cherished beauty spots a 30 (ish) minute walk from Lulworth Cove or 15 (ish) minute walk from the holiday park. This location on the South West Coast Path is very popular. Although a popular beach this fine pebble Read more…
Kimmeridge Bay is part of the Jurassic Coast. This is not a sandy beach but a mixture of sand, pebbles, boulders and shale. Although not sandy it does offer swimming and excellent rock pools. Rocky limestone reefs make the area a key habitat and the bay is a designated Marine Nature Reserve and exhibitions of local marine wildlife at the Read more…
Lulworth castle, built in the early 17th Century as a hunting lodge, became a country house with a large estate. Part of this estate being the spectacular Lulworth Cove. Thomas Howard, 3rd Lord Bindon, built the Castle in order to entertain hunting parties for the King and Court. The Howards owned it until 1641 when it was purchased by Humphrey Read more…
Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, privately owned by the Welds, a family who own 12,000 acres (50 km2) of the Lulworth Estate. The name Durdle is derived from an Old English word ‘thirl’ meaning bore or drill. The arch has formed on a concordant coastline where bands of rock run Read more…
The Blue Pool changes colour from shades of green to turquoise. The deep clay bowls is located within 25 acres of woodland, heath and gorse with marked walks throughout and children play areas and tea house and museum. The red route is suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) the Blue Pool is a former Read more…
Clouds Hill, the former home of T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) and is now run as a museum by the National Trust. The cottage remains largely as Lawrence left it at his death. It features an exhibition detailing Lawrence’s extraordinary life, and most of his original furniture and possessions. The cottage reflects his complex personality and close links to Read more…
