Downshay Caravan and Camping
Swanage
📍 Haycrafts Lane, Swanage, BH19 3EB
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.4 mi
Photo: mark green (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Working farm setting with views of Corfe Castle and Purbeck Hills
- Ideally placed for exploring the World Heritage Site coastline
- A few minutes' walk from Harmans Cross Station
- Farmed by the same family since 1956
How far to…
- Swanage
- just over 4 miles
- Studland Bay
- just over 4 miles
- Harmans Cross Station
- a few minutes' walk
Practical details
- Open
- Caravan site open through September and October
Accommodation on site
- Touring pitches (caravans, camper vans, trailer te
- Camping
Details taken from the operator's own website on 27 Sep 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Guided Tours
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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Everything within reach of Downshay Caravan and Camping — days out, famous places and the local food worth walking to.
Things to do
Days out and attractions, nearest first
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 1.2 mi
Museum, Fossils & Local Finds
This small museum at the Square and Compass pub showcases over 60 years of fossil and archaeological...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 1.2 mi
Langton Matravers Museum of the Stone Industry
Museum in Langton Matravers, Dorset, England, UK
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 2 mi
Corfe Castle Town Trust Museum
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Dorset Adventure Park
Dorset Adventure Park is an outdoor activity park set across 18 acres of woodland near Corfe Castle,...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 2.5 mi
Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum
The Purbeck Mining Museum tells the story of Purbeck Ball Clay mining and its narrow gauge railways,...
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Santa-Fe Fun Park
Santa-Fe Fun Park is a family-run amusement park set on the marina in Swanage, Dorset, offering ride...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 3.3 mi
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Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre tells the story of Swanage and the wider Purbeck area, from the Vic...
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Places to visit
The famous spots within a day trip
National Trust · 2.2 mi
Corfe Castle
Stately Home & Palace · 2.3 mi
Encombe House
National Trust · 3.4 mi
Agglestone Rock
National Trust · 6 mi
The Engine House
Eat & drink local
The local legends within walking-ish distance
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