A big ‘THANK YOU’ to everyone who voted us into the Top 100 Sites Guide 2021! It’s just been published by Practical Caravan magazine.
This year, we’ve not only made it into the Top 100, we’ve won several several major titles ! And it’s all thanks to public votes and, of course, our incredible team.
We’ve been named Regional Winner for Dorset (for the second year running) and we’re also very excited to have been named:
Best Adults Only Site
Best Site for Camping
Best Green Site (for the second year in a row)
The Top 100 means a lot to us because the results are based on guests’ votes after they’ve stayed with us. We’re really grateful to everyone who took the trouble to vote for us and we’re so glad that so many people have enjoyed their time at our park.
Here’s a picture of our award-winning team celebrating early this morning:
This is our current understanding of how the 4-step roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions announced by the Prime Minister on 23 February will affect us:
We expect to open on 12 April (Step 2) but the shower blocks will stay closed.
This means you won’t be able to come to our park of you’re camping in a tent or campervan without facilities until the shower blocks are open.
Our shower blocks should open on 17 May (Step 3).
We will only be able to accommodate some glamping guests until our facilities can open.
Please bear in mind that the dates given above are all dependent on favourable Government data.
Our park may be closed for the winter, but we’re incredibly busy! This year we’re working through all weathers to build more hardstanding pitches for the 2021 season and some of them are going to be fully serviced – a first here at Back of Beyond!
Every year we invest in the park and this year we’re creating around many more hardstanding pitches so there will be nearly 70 in total! These are ideal for caravans, motorhomes, campervans and trailer tents. They’re more suitable than grass pitches for off-peak and winter stays, and having more hardstanding pitches has helped us earn our new 5 Pennant Gold rating from the AA.
Twenty-one of the new hardstanding pitches are going to be fully serviced. That means each pitch has its own fresh water and electricity supply along with a grey water drain. If you’ve ever stayed on a fully serviced pitch, you’ll know how convenient it is to have your own water and electricity supply and drainage.
To make the hardstandings we’re going through these stages listed (pictures below). We’re also laying drains, pipes and cables to the fully serviced pitches and putting in new bollards.
First we’ve dug out areas for the hardstanding, removing soil and rubble.
Then we’ve we’ve put wooden shuttering 4 inches deep around the edges of these dug out areas to retain the sides.
Weed membrane is the first covering to go in the hole to stop weeds and grass growing in the hardstanding area. It’s permeable to rainwater so that it doesn’t get waterlogged.
The membrane is then covered by 4 inches of Mendip stone, which needs to be levelled and flattened with a roller.
To finish, the hardstanding area is dressed with shingle.
Fully serviced pitches information
The Superior Hardstanding Fully Serviced Pitches measure around 23 x 12 metres on average, with the smallest 14 x 12 metres. Some are over 25 metres long! These pitches will also have picnic tables provided.
The standard size Hardstanding Fully Serviced pitches are around 12 x 10 metres with a 10 x6 metre hardstanding area.
Costs per night for a fully serviced pitch range from £27 to £46 depending on pitch size and time of year.
Tips for staying on a fully serviced pitch
Our pitches are very large, so please make sure you bring a long grey waste hose. You may also need a Y Piece to connect the waste hose to your caravan waste pipes. For the fresh water tap you’ll need a good length of food grade hose to reach your tank or butt from the tap.
Find out more
See where the new pitches are located on the Park Map.
Go to Touring and Camping for information about all our different types of pitches.
