Battle Hill Farm Forest Park
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Battle Hill Farm Forest Park
Battle Hill is a popular location with limited space, so make sure you book ahead. Fires can be lit on concrete fire pads outside fire bans, a very popular way to spent the evening. Enjoy!
Credit card and debit card payments can be made on site.
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North Island ▷ Wellington Region ▷ Porirua |
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Reviews
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4.0/5
Battle Hill is a wonderfully maintained campground that we've to tent camping a few times over the last three seasons.
It has clean bathroom facilities (though only one block close to camp area, so limited when busy!) a swimming area, and the kids (and adults) can feed the eels. There are great walks straight out of the camp ground, over a variety of terrain. The camp ground has plenty of space and lots of separated areas, so you can be close or far away from people as you prefer.
The most significant negative of the site is road noise. The camp ground is both very close to the Paekakariki Hill Rd, which people treat like a race track, and the sound of Transmission Gully traffic carries down the valley in still conditions. The ducks are very pushy. Much of the ground is hard on tent pegs due to stones under the grass surface. Bring spares!
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5.0/5
Large grassy camping area with plenty of families and children while I was there.
Several walking tracks and other attractions (see the eels!) nearby. No showers (or any other camp buildings) besides 2 chemically freshened running water toilets and soap to wash hands. Price seems to have remained the same over the past several years despite all the fun 🎈🎈 pushing up the cost of everything else. $8 per adult is noticeably below average now.
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4.0/5
Really like this place, and u can have a fire.
Average toilets, that are clean. I’d suggest parking close to the Bush line, hill as the other side is close to the road. It’s not that busy but still quieter. 8 bucks is nothing
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3.5/5
Took our caravan here - its pretty bumpy and lots of wee hilly bits, still managed to settle a nice spot.
As the weather was cold and rainy lighting a fire was a huge bonus. Bit boggy in the cooler months. Did not enjoy the night time toilet experience- bit dark and scary- no light ! Great big walk - kids did not love it- walk through farm land , cow pats everywhere. Take gumboots. River w eels was a huge hit. All round, good little campsite for a short stay.
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3.0/5
Pretty standard campground.
The site was a bit dirty with rugs, wood shavings, and beer cans on the concrete fire pads. Good toilets. Price was a bit much I thought.
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3.5/5
8 NZD pp, No shower, think that’s a bit much.
But the campsite was fine. A large area with fire places and a small river to cross. Nice little walk up battle hill.
Public toilets weren’t clean.
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3.5/5
Good location on the river!
The toilets were clean. There was drinking water filling station but no sink for washing dishes. There was no trash bins.
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4.0/5
It was a really steep climb, but through lovely peaceful scenery.
Informative displays full of history. The view at the top was very nice, but it was so windy! Sheep poo everywhere!
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3.5/5
The forest in the beginning of the walk was nice and gave the feeling that you were really deep in the forest although it got ruined from the noise of the highway.
A very nice view at the top and always nice to walk among the sheep but watch out for their poo that is everywhere!!
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4.0/5
Lovely site!
Bit of a difficult drive up but beautiful views on the way. No showers, but clean toilets with drinking water as well. It's fun seeing all the farm animals but as we came in early September most of the walking tracks were closed for lambing.
Overall very pretty and spacious.
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5.0/5
What a wonderful location!
Camping under the stars surrounded by happy, if slightly bemused-looking, sheep. You can make a campfire if you have the skills (bring firelighters, as the wood was damp when we arrived). Access from the north is via a windy and narrow hilly route off the SH1, which seems to never end, but has great views. Access from the south is much simpler. 45 minutes' drive to the Wellington ferry. Facilities clean. We paid $6 per person unpowered. Make sure to do the Battle Hill loop walk to the top of the hill. Stunning views and a bit of history on the way. Love this place.
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4.5/5
One of the most beautiful cheap camp-sites $6 per person.
Large area, picnic tables, fireplaces, beautiful countryside, sheep and horses around and all this just 30 minutes from Wellington.
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4.0/5
Battle Hill is a wonderfully maintained campground that we've to tent camping a few times over the last three seasons.
It has clean bathroom facilities (though only one block close to camp area, so limited when busy!) a swimming area, and the kids (and adults) can feed the eels. There are great walks straight out of the camp ground, over a variety of terrain. The camp ground has plenty of space and lots of separated areas, so you can be close or far away from people as you prefer.
The most significant negative of the site is road noise. The camp ground is both very close to the Paekakariki Hill Rd, which people treat like a race track, and the sound of Transmission Gully traffic carries down the valley in still conditions. The ducks are very pushy. Much of the ground is hard on tent pegs due to stones under the grass surface. Bring spares!
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5.0/5
Large grassy camping area with plenty of families and children while I was there.
Several walking tracks and other attractions (see the eels!) nearby. No showers (or any other camp buildings) besides 2 chemically freshened running water toilets and soap to wash hands. Price seems to have remained the same over the past several years despite all the fun 🎈🎈 pushing up the cost of everything else. $8 per adult is noticeably below average now.
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3.5/5
Took our caravan here - its pretty bumpy and lots of wee hilly bits, still managed to settle a nice spot.
As the weather was cold and rainy lighting a fire was a huge bonus. Bit boggy in the cooler months. Did not enjoy the night time toilet experience- bit dark and scary- no light ! Great big walk - kids did not love it- walk through farm land , cow pats everywhere. Take gumboots. River w eels was a huge hit. All round, good little campsite for a short stay.
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4.0/5
Really like this place, and u can have a fire.
Average toilets, that are clean. I’d suggest parking close to the Bush line, hill as the other side is close to the road. It’s not that busy but still quieter. 8 bucks is nothing
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3.0/5
Pretty standard campground.
The site was a bit dirty with rugs, wood shavings, and beer cans on the concrete fire pads. Good toilets. Price was a bit much I thought.
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3.5/5
8 NZD pp, No shower, think that’s a bit much.
But the campsite was fine. A large area with fire places and a small river to cross. Nice little walk up battle hill.
Public toilets weren’t clean.
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3.5/5
Good location on the river!
The toilets were clean. There was drinking water filling station but no sink for washing dishes. There was no trash bins.
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4.0/5
It was a really steep climb, but through lovely peaceful scenery.
Informative displays full of history. The view at the top was very nice, but it was so windy! Sheep poo everywhere!
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3.5/5
The forest in the beginning of the walk was nice and gave the feeling that you were really deep in the forest although it got ruined from the noise of the highway.
A very nice view at the top and always nice to walk among the sheep but watch out for their poo that is everywhere!!
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4.0/5
Lovely site!
Bit of a difficult drive up but beautiful views on the way. No showers, but clean toilets with drinking water as well. It's fun seeing all the farm animals but as we came in early September most of the walking tracks were closed for lambing.
Overall very pretty and spacious.
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5.0/5
What a wonderful location!
Camping under the stars surrounded by happy, if slightly bemused-looking, sheep. You can make a campfire if you have the skills (bring firelighters, as the wood was damp when we arrived). Access from the north is via a windy and narrow hilly route off the SH1, which seems to never end, but has great views. Access from the south is much simpler. 45 minutes' drive to the Wellington ferry. Facilities clean. We paid $6 per person unpowered. Make sure to do the Battle Hill loop walk to the top of the hill. Stunning views and a bit of history on the way. Love this place.
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4.5/5
One of the most beautiful cheap camp-sites $6 per person.
Large area, picnic tables, fireplaces, beautiful countryside, sheep and horses around and all this just 30 minutes from Wellington.
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4.0/5
Nice quiet and spacious camp site in the farm forest park.
Great gateway to Wellington and there are a couple of walks in the park. Just $6 per person per night.
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5.0/5
what a great place!
fantastic walks and wildlife, the kids loved feeding the eels. and the rangers helped to pull me out of the mud when i got myself stuck!now that;s service!
go check it out
