Open Fires
Toilets & Showers
Rural Location
A Proper Look At Daily Farm Life
Farmer life on our farm starts early, because the cows and sheep need feeding before much else can happen. We use brewers' grains collected from 3 local breweries—a nutritious, high-protein feedstuff that the animals absolutely love. Throughout the year, we also manage breeding, lambing, shearing, worming, and foot care, because healthy livestock need steady hands and regular routines. Summer brings young, unweaned calves onto the farm. They are fed warm milk twice a day, and our campers have the wonderful chance to bottle-feed them if they wish. You can see how much work sits behind each field, fence, and pen when you spend time with us at Jubilee Camping. It's honest, practical farm life, and that's exactly what makes a stay here feel grounded and memorable.
What Happens Throughout The Farming Year
Mid-September is when we introduce our two Bleu du Maine and two Charolais rams to the fields to serve approximately 150 ewes, with lambing beginning in February after 152 days of gestation. Chase the Sheepdog helps us move the different groups into the holding pen when the annual shearing time comes round, and we also bring them in when they need vaccinating, fly-spraying, or hoof trimming. During the campsite season, we rear our young calves on warm milk before weaning them onto brewers' grains mixed with creep feed between 10 and 14 weeks. We care for them here until they are around 18 months of age, just before they reach full size, and sell them on to specialist cattle farms. Around the campsite, you get a real sense of the rhythm behind farm work rather than just a quick glimpse of it.
More Going On Than Most People Realise
Fence repairs never really stop on an 84-acre farm split across 8 fields, because wooden posts rot and livestock push against the wire. Winter brings hedging work, as we plant native whips along boundaries and tracksides to support long-term growth as part of a Government-supported initiative. We supply straw, hay, and haylage bales to local livery yards, too, which keeps the farm connected to the wider rural community. It really is a family affair here; alongside the cattle, Alison cares for our 4 donkeys and 6 Pygmy goats, whilst our children, Martha (7) and Thomas (5), collect the chicken eggs daily. This authentic, educational environment of Jubilee Camping in Fordingbridge makes us an ideal destination for organised school trips, a unique farm experience that has recently earned us wonderful recognition across the national press.
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Best Campsite in the New Forest! Great family oriented place to camp, stayed for 2 nights and can’t wait to return! Kids even got to help out feeding the animals with the farmer and went on tractor rides!! Also had the outdoor cinema and homemade pool!! Everyone was so welcoming and friendly! Would highly recommend
