Winchester Bridge
Overnight Campervan Parking
18 Rankers Reviews
1 Face-to-Face
13 Geraldine
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This is a Timaru District Council designated self-contained freedom camping spot - you can stay here for up to 14 days. Please respect the freedom camping etiquette and leave things how you find them, or better! Have a goody.
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Jen
Ranking: 8/10
Excellent place for freedom campers, lovely trees and park on stream bank. Didn’t checkout the toilets which is why I gave 8/10. Otherwise would be 10/10
Zeta Griffiths
Ranking: 10/10
Exactly what it advertised, plenty of space for large motor home arrived after dark, some road noise but quiet enough. Pretty stream behind and freeranging chickens an unexpected delight. Good place for a first stop from Christchurch to anywhere. 😁
Kate
Ranking: 9/10
Picked up our van with the intentions to stay a bit closer to Chch decided to head further with our travels on our way to lake Tekapo, was perfect just for the night. Toilets were better than expected and loads of space on flat ground right near the river.
Inna
Ranking: 10/10
We stayed here the first night with our campervan. It was very secluded, even though it was just a couple km away from the main road. The long drop toilets were clean. We just needed somewhere to spend the night, and this place was perfect for one night. Plus it’s free so that’s a bonus!
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Matt
Ranking: 9/10
Small campsite for tents and vehicles to pitch up on grass. New clean drop toilets. No noise disturbance. 2 water taps close to the access road you turn on to from main road
Lilith Prins
Ranking: 8/10
A perfect little one night stopover spot. Two large grassed shady areas, close to the river, 2 clean drop toilets, close to road, but not too noisy.
I don’t know why people complain so much about these free sites! Of course drop toilets smell! When it’s a free site, and you’ve got a clean loo to use, then its perfect!
Judy Aspinall
Ranking: 5/10
2 smelly drop toilets, very muddy area, highway traffic noise, 2 trains in the middle of the night, rooster crowing at 4 am, my least favourite camp site of our 2 weeks of camping, but happy with the price.
Thomas Weiss
Ranking: 8/10
We got here at around 9.30pm for one night, heading for Lake Tekapo the next morning. The site is shaded by large trees and there is plenty of space, so even when it is heavily used you would get some privacy. There are two pit toilets which are reasonable clean but apparently used often.
Unfortunately the river is polluted by Cyanobacteria. We didn't let our son play at it.
All in all this is a nice camping spot for a night or two.
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Aidan Byrne
Ranking: 5/10
Drop toilets that were disgusting. Big open space Beside a road for camping. Small bit of road noise. Campsite is fine but really put off by the toilets.
Sarah Hammond
Ranking: 9/10
Great price! Hot showers! Lovely owner! Easy stop. Coordinates on here not accurate. Check website for address.
Marina
Ranking: 7/10
Good base on Mount Cook Road, nice green space with own toilet and water tap roadside but calm. A path leads to the river but do not go there without a 4x4 because too many pebbles.
Neil
Ranking: 9/10
Beautiful open and shaded area with new toilets, taps and even tenting allowed so essentially a truly free campsite! Space for at least 50 campers so there will always be room available. They have even created a raised 'berm' through the middle which allows the huge area by the stream to avoid almost all road noise. Beautiful nights sleep. Only negative is the lack of a motorhome dump site, but not a biggie :)
Matt Newby
Ranking: 8/10
Obviously a new toilet since last reviewer visited. clean and shiny. Water available from a couple of taps (no signage) along the road frontage. Good spot for an over night stop. We came inland to get out of cold southerly wind and found this very sheltered at the time.
