Golden Cap West Dorset

“Golden Cap” is one of four sites run by West Dorset Leisure Holidays. The site has around 50 all weather fully serviced pitches plus about 45 grass pitches some with electric hook-ups for tourers or camping.
The rest of the site contains over 200 Holiday Homes.
There are two toilet blocks, one contains the usual showers, toilets, laundry room, dish washing area and chemical disposal point plus facilities for the disabled and they have the biggest showers we have come across.
The other block has only toilets and a Chemical Disposal point, both blocks are kept clean and with constant piped music and in our opinion they are the best we have found to date on our travels. At the site entrance is the Reception building, containing the reception, an information room, two telephone kiosks, a small mini-market with a section with a good range of camping equipment.
To the back of the site is a small fishing lake for about 6 anglers, permits may be obtained from the reception or there’s sea fishing off the beach but we never saw anybody catch anything.

The site nestles in the picturesque hamlet of Seatown only 150 metres from the shingle beach, some pitches have beautiful views overlooking the sea.
Next to the beach is the “Anchor Inn” an old smugglers haunt that serves good food and better still has a range of local ales. The cottages above the inn were once the original coastguard station.
This part of the coast is a World Heritage site and is known as the Jurassic coastline due to the amount of fossils that are found here, a mecca for fossil hunters. For walkers there are numerous coastal paths owned by the National Trust.
Heading East from the site one of the paths takes you to Eype Bay (1½ hours) and further on to Chesil Beach and Weymouth if your are fit.
Heading West the coastal path takes you over Golden Cap, about 191 metres high, the highest point along the South coast, and on to Charmouth (1¾ hours) and then Lyme Regis (2½ Hours). 
Lyme Regis is a sleepy old Victorian resort with connections to the Duke of Monmouth who landed here on his quest to win the crown off James II.
At the far end of the town is the Cobb Harbour which is linked to John Fowles novel,
“The French Lieutenant’s Woman” and Jane Austen’s ”Persuasion”.
There are still a few small fishing boats operating out of the harbour and if you are lucky you may see them coming and going.
In the opposite direction from Lyme Regis is Bridport a small busy market town where you will find Palmer’s 200 year old thatched brewery which has daily tours, details can be obtained from Palmer’s wine store next to the brewery.
Or if you like you can do as we did on the Saturday and walk into Chideock via the lane at the back of the site about a 10-minute walk and catch a bus into Lyme Regis.
This is a regular service running from Weymouth to Exeter every hour.

We think we have found another gem of a site here and can highly recommend it for its views, attractions and sheer relaxation factor.

Site details

“Golden Cap” is located on the South Dorset coast mid-way between Lyme Regis and Weymouth. To get there, leave the M5 at junction 29 and take the A30 East towards Honiton going past Exeter Airport on your left. At Honiton join the A35 to Axminster and follow the signs for Bridport/Dorcester, just after Lyme Regis you will enter the village of Chideock.
Turn right opposite the church, sign-posted Seatown and the camping sign. Follow the lane down to the coast where you will find the site on your left just before the beach. But be very careful, as the lane can be narrow with passing places.
 

Name           Golden Cap Holiday Park.

Address       Seatown, Chideock, Bridport, Dorset DT6 6JX.

Telephone   01308 422139.

Fax             01308 425672.

E-Mail           holidays@wdih.co.uk
 
Web Site      www.wdih.co.uk
 
Opening Times All Year.
 
Angela & Barry Mills.