Caalm Camp

Goods Farm
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Welcome to Caalm Camp

We’d like to welcome you to Caalm Camp, our family-run rural retreat in the heart of the Dorset countryside. We have taken the very best things about camping in the South West of England (fresh air, lovely views and eating al fresco) and added comfy beds with fresh white linen sheets in our pretty hand-painted Yurts from Mongolia.
Mark and Caryl Ralph

Our handcrafted yurts

We have six traditional Mongolian yurts available to rent, situated in a peaceful field on our former Dairy Farm. Each yurt is gaily painted in the Mongolian style. Inside they are beautifully equipped and furnished and sleep up to six. (Travel cots are available on request). We also have a holiday cottage that sleeps four people – call us to check availability.

Luxury Glamping holiday!

Each yurt has its own luxury private shower room and toilet situated in the Old Hay Barn, and use of a brand new fully equipped kitchen complete with an individual fridge for each yurt – perfect for preparing a picnic or cooking a hearty farmhouse breakfast!

Whether you are booking a romantic break, a friends’ reunion, a family camping holiday in the UK or a corporate function, Caalm Camp in Dorset is just the place! (And The Old Haybarn offers an excellent venue for conferences, training courses or team-building weekends)

Luxury Yurts at Caalm Camp, Dorset

The ultimate camping experience

Lie back and look up at the stars while you toast your toes in front of your woodburning stove, or gather with friends or family to enjoy a barbecue in your own outdoor seating area.

Children can scramble about on our wooden play equipment, get closer to the wildlife (we have regular deer, rabbits and pheasants as visitors!) and you can relax knowing the area is securely fenced in and safe for children to play.

Whether you want a relaxing holiday lazing about or to use us as a base for exploring Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, you’ll find Caalm Camp offers the perfect way to unwind at the end of each day – watching the sun go down as you toast marshmallows round the fire pit before retiring to your yurt for a cosy and comfortable night’s sleep.

We’re open all year round for long weekends, mid-week breaks or full week-long glamping holidays – have a look round our website and don’t hesitate to call us if you have any queries.

Because we are a farm and have livestock, we are sorry but we do not allow dogs at Caalm Camp.

There is no smoking in the Yurts or The Old Haybarn.

Our Yurts

...combine simplicity with luxury, fresh air with comfy beds, warm and cosy evenings with cool summer shade

What is a Yurt?

A Yurt is a traditional portable house made out of a lattice of bent wood, and they are used by nomads in central Asia and Mongolia. They are also fantastic for glamping holidays in Dorset!

We have six of them, all named after wild flowers, hand-crafted in Mongolia and brightly painted in the traditional style. The Yurt is considered to be the herder’s most important possession. From the outside they may look small, but do not be deceived – they can easily accommodate up to six people!

Luxury double bed in our Yurts at Caalm Camp, Dorset

What happens in a Yurt?

Relaxing! This is a big part of yurt-life and our yurts are exceptionally good for this, being warm and comfortable, furnished with a double bed and two day beds, cushions and a cheerful wood-burning stove. So you can lounge about and chat, read, play games and warm your toes. (In Asia the stoves are fuelled with animal dung but luckily we have plenty of wood!)

Night life! Listen to the fox bark and the owls hoot while you look up at the night sky through the clear perspex roof dome. (The sky here is fantastic for star-gazing; we have no large cities nearby so the sky is very dark and the stars are very bright and very beautiful).

Little luxuries...

We know some of you can’t bear to leave your gadgets at home, so we have thoughtfully provided electric sockets! Which means you also get electric lighting, and a single ring hob so you can brew up a cuppa or boil an egg or two.

The Old Haybarn communal area at Caalm Yurt Camp

We also provide:

Crisp white linen sheets and fluffy towels.
Free wood for your wood burning stove and the fire pit for the duration of your stay.
There is a seating area outside each yurt and barbecues are available at no extra charge.
The key to your own private shower room in the Old Haybarn, exclusively yours for the whole of your stay. Beautifully tiled, spacious and complete with underfloor heating, it has a spacious shower area, toilet, vanity units with cupboards and hand dryers.
Your own individual fridge in The Old Haybarn.
Use of a spacious modern kitchen with ovens, hobs and microwaves, fully equipped with pots, pans and utensils – perfect for preparing anything from tea & toast to a hearty breakfast.
Communal lounge and dining area in the The Old Haybarn with toys, games and TV.
Travel cots and highchairs can be provided on request for a small additional charge, but you will need to bring all your own cot linen.

What’s not provided:

Tea towels, washing up liquid, dish cloths, cot linen, toilet rolls and anything else you would normally have to bring on a UK camping holiday.

Our Farm Holidays

Situated just south of Shaftesbury in Dorset, our former dairy farm enjoys stunning views across the Blackmore Vale, to Duncliffe Woods, Bulbarrow and Hambledon Hill

The Yurt Campsite

Our yurt campsite is positioned in a tranquil field behind the farm, overlooking our paddocks and with views stretching for miles. We also have chickens on the farm and there’s plenty of wildlife to spot (rabbits, deer, pheasants and other birds). The yurts are positioned so that each offers a degree of privacy and each has its own outdoor seating and barbecue area.

Caalm Camp - Yurt farm holidays

We also have:

A wooden children’s play area within the securely fenced yurt camp
A fire pit, the place to gather in the evenings with our other guests as the sun goes down and toast marshmallows, enjoy a glass of wine or sing some songs – all jolly good glamping holiday activities!

The Old Haybarn

As the name suggests, this is our barn conversion, designed with our guests’ comfort and privacy in mind. In the spirit of luxury camping, we created six individual lockable shower rooms (one for each yurt), a beautifully equipped modern kitchen area with two ovens, sinks and hobs and six individual fridges so that guests won’t get their Dorset Blue Vinny mixed up with their Dorset Knobs.

Our spacious lounge and dining area has toys, games, a television and books to browse. It also has stunning views of the surrounding countryside.

Kit list!

Here’s a list of basic essentials to make your yurt farm holiday in Dorset even more enjoyable: Torch, matches, firelighters, cool box, wellies, soft shoes for inside the yurts, tea towels, dish cloths, washing up liquid, toilet rolls (we will start you off with a couple of firelighters and a toilet roll).

The wider area

The Blackmore Vale is not just a great base for exploring Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, we also have some lovely attractions of our own!

Walking, fishing, golfing and riding

Duncliffe Wood, an ancient woodland managed by the Woodland Trust, is just over a mile away. Open to the public and with plenty of different walks through the woods, it is known for its spectacular display of bluebells in April and May.

Other lovely spots to walk include Hambledon Hill, a prehistoric hill fort, and Bulbarrow, one of the highest hills in Dorset, offering views across Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Devon. The North Dorset Trailway, and the Wessex Ridgeway are other, more level walks which can also be cycled or ridden.

Todber Manor Fishing Lakes are in the next village (www.todbermanor.co.uk) and there are several golf courses within half an hour’s drive.

We have two equestrian centres nearby, Pippin’s Equestrian and Pevlings, where you can book lessons or a hack through rolling countryside.

The local towns

Shaftesbury in Dorset, is one of the oldest, and highest, towns in England, with many charming houses and cottages set upon its hilly streets. The famous Hovis bread advert was filmed here, at Gold Hill. The steep cobbled street is the very one up which the delivery boy trundles his ancient bicycle. There is a leisure pool here and a market on Thursdays. It has nice tea rooms and a couple of good restaurants and pubs. Its food festival is in May.

Sherborne in Dorset, is famous for the Abbey and Castle and very good local shops, and Wincanton in Somerset for its racecourse – fixtures vary so check www.wincantonracecourse.co.uk for dates.

Salisbury in Wiltshire, is a magnificient medieval city with historic streets, half-timbered buildings, award-winning museums and the UK’s finest medieval Cathedral. The town has lovely shops and an outdoor market every Tuesday and Saturday. Stonehenge is also close by.

Food

The West Country of England is renowned for good quality local food, from cheeses to sausages, ciders to cordials. The area has scores of good markets, farm shops, delis and restaurants serving up the best the West has to offer. We can recommend lots of places to try – just ask us when you get here.

The Jurassic Coast – England's first natural World Heritage Site

We could write a whole guide book about this very beautiful stretch of coastline and really, you need to choose your own reasons to visit the seaside (about an hour away).

Here’s a taster: Beautiful sandy beaches at Studland, fish and chips and mackerel fishing trips at Weymouth, cliff-top walks at Durdle Door, counting pebbles at Chesil Beach, visiting Thomas Hardy’s Cottage, discovering ammonites at Kimmeridge, touring the Portland Bill lighthouse, watching millionaires at Sandbanks, spotting rare red squirrels on Brownsea Island.

Directions

By car:

From London or Exeter, turn off the A303 at Chicklade and follow the A350 to Shaftesbury. At Shaftesbury, take the A30 direction Yeovil and after approx 3 miles, turn left at the Kings Arms. Go to the end of this road and at the T junction turn right. Continue for a third of a mile through a narrow cutting and as it opens up and you will see Goods Farm on the left, opposite a Royal Mail brick post box.

By Train:

South West Trains run an hourly service to Gillingham (Dorset) from London Waterloo and Exeter. Please let us know in advance if you are planning to come by train and and we will arrange to collect you.

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