The Spyway Inn

The Spyway Inn is a 300 year old country pub with a holiday apartment at Askerswell, near Bridport in west Dorset, and it is not a campsite: the operator's own website offers no tent or touring pitches at all. What The Spyway Inn does run is free campervan stopovers. Self contained campervans are welcome by advance booking, with no charge to stay, on the understanding that you dine in the restaurant. That is the whole arrangement, so anyone after a shower block, electric hook up, a tent pitch or a week on a pitch needs to look elsewhere in Dorset. The pub sits at the base of Eggardon Hill, a couple of minutes from the A35, with Bridport, West Bay and the Jurassic Coast a short cross country drive away. The gardens hold six covered pods for private dining and a summer house seating 24, with views over rolling hills, live music on Saturday evenings through summer, and cooking over fire in the garden kitchen when the weather allows. Well behaved dogs are welcome throughout. If you want a bed rather than a van, the apartment above the restaurant has a king bed, lounge and kitchenette from £150 a night on two to four night Wednesday to Sunday stays. The kitchen serves Wednesday to Sunday, so book a table before you point the van at Askerswell.