Buckhurst Campsite

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  • Peaceful farm close to Hastings, three miles from Battle Abbey
  • Five beaches and two castles within five miles
  • Modern amenities including a refurbished toilet and shower block
Battle Abbey may be only three miles away, but a peaceful time is pretty much guaranteed down on this East Sussex farm a quick drive from Hastings. Whatever you insist on doing while on hol, disagreements should be discouraged by the sheer amount of attractions and activities within a few minutes of Buckhurst Campsite: smuggling adventures, two castles, the 1066 Story and five Sussex beaches are all within 10 miles; the site is among the walks, wildlife and Sussex scenery of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and – most happily – a vineyard is within walking distance. Absolutely nothing to wine about here, then… Amenities at Buckhurst Campsite are plentiful and include a refurbished toilet and shower block with hot water, a washing-up area, a shared fridge, hand basins and drinking water.

Site type

Tent pitches 100
Touring caravan pitches 80
Motorhome pitches 80
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 2
Open now
Opens 1 April
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • Dogs are not allowed if you are staying in the accommodation units.
  • Twin axle vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Reception is unmanned after 6 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • Minimum spacing of 3 metres between pitches.
  • Fires, barbecues and/or firepits will not be permitted in dry, windy and/or hot weather conditions.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Tue, 1 Apr to

Pitch types & availability

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86% would recommend this site to a friend

86% would stay here again

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Arrival date (latest first)

Best campsite I have been too ! Very friendly and welcoming staff…

Overall 10/10

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass and earth tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Best campsite I have been too ! Very friendly and welcoming staff with great facilities! Toilets open all night long and even a communal fridge ! Not to mention the shop , showers (very clean !) AND the washing up basins ! Can pitch up your tent wherever you like and great vibes all weekend ! And only 10 mins from Hastings beach ! Great campsite .

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Good basic site

Overall 9/10

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8
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9
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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Large field, relaxed pitching. Good facilities . Friendly staff

Recommend to friends Visit again

The view, it was clean, friendly and super easy going - thanks…

Overall 10/10

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Carly F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass and earth tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked The view, it was clean, friendly and super easy going - thanks so much can’t wait to visit again :)

Disliked It was spot on :)

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Happy times.

Overall 8/10

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass and earth tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Really nice site, really clean toilet and shower block. Only small issue would be loud other campers but I asked to be quiet and they did. Was a nice stay. Would stay again.

Disliked Had to ask other group to be quiet.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly, calm site

Overall 10/10

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8
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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Quiet site, clean showers and toilets, Short walk to good pub, mostly flat

Recommend to friends Visit again

Good facilities, not best pitch allocations

Overall 6/10

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7
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7
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Daryl P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass and earth tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Good toilets and shower facilities

Disliked Allowed far too many people into site
Was extremely noisy with a group 20 plus large partying all night
Top of campsite had a strange sewage smell

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely place, clean facilities and handy shop. Allowed fires and BBQS. Dog…

Overall 6/10

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3
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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass and earth tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Lovely place, clean facilities and handy shop. Allowed fires and BBQS. Dog friendly. Great play area for kids. Really close to Battle Abbey.

Disliked Allows large groups - night one we were kept awake until 3am and second night until midnight. People driving around the campsite field with kids steering while other children playing. Also people speeding up and down the field driving to the shower block!! Great to have a site which is quite free and easy, but actually felt quite nervous about safety at this site due to the above. There could so easily have been an awful accident. There didn’t seem to be any rules or staff on site other than shop opening times. Unfortunately I wouldn’t book here again with my little one for this reason.

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Great basic campsite but lack of respect from others let it down

Overall 7/10

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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass and earth tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Location, shower and toilet facilities
Friendly atmosphere

Disliked There seemed to be no enforcement of noise curfew so both nights I was kept awake (or woken at 2am) by large groups

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great campsite offering basic facilities

Overall 9/10

Location
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7
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Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass and earth tent or trailer tent pitch

Liked Clean and comfortable facilities (toilets/showers in a small outhouse)
Lots of space between campers
Convenient location for seaside and town
Bought wood/kindling set at reasonable price

Disliked Near a road so could hear cars driving fast along it
No nice footpaths directly from the site
shame they don’t offer fire pits

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely camp site. We will return.

Overall 8/10

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Value for money
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Wendy T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Non-electric grass touring pitch

Liked Peaceful, clean facilities, reasonably priced.
Beautiful countryside views from site.
Allow campfires. Pick your own pitch up spot.

Disliked Sad to see scorch marks in field. Not the sites fault but maybe include a rule that all fires must be off the ground.
A noisy group of teenagers may have disturbed some campers. We were far away not to be bothered.

Recommend to friends Visit again


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Baby-changing facilities Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Picnic table Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Luxury Peaceful Walkers' paradise

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Communal fridge Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Farm Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Restaurant nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Buckhurst Campsite

Bluemans Lane

Sedlescombe

East Sussex

England

TN33 0SE

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.91204°N
0.54848°W

Route directions

The site entrance is next to Woodman's Rest.

Nearest transport

Coach
2.6 km Sainsbury's
2.6 km Sainsbury's
4.4 km Abbey
Rail
3.8 km Battle Rail Station
4.2 km Crowhurst Rail Station
4.4 km Doleham Rail Station
Ferry
37.3 km Newhaven Harbour Ferry Terminal
45 km Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal
Airport
27.5 km Lydd London Ashford Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Battlefield boffins have the history and highlights of 1066 and all that a couple of minutes’ drive away at Battle Abbey and Battlefield, site of the famous showdown between King Harold and William the Conqueror (there’s a clue there as to who won). The heady fare here – including visitor centre with CGI re-enactment, events and the abbey itself – should entice all ages; if this fires up the kids’ historical imaginations, another 1066 experience is at nearby Hastings Castle (both recommended). Reach Hastings Castle via one of the two cliff railways, West Hill and East Hill Lifts, and do remember to look down; East Hill Lifts is the steepest funicular railway in the country and has smashing views over Hastings Country Park where it ends up. Kids castled out? Hastings has heaps of other family things to do: start off at the seafront’s Hastings Miniature Railway, which runs to old fishing village Rock-a-Nore where you can pick up some local seafood, dive into the exhibits of the Fishermen’s Village or take a boat out to land your own scaly specimens. The famous Hastings Fishmarket, where most of the Hastings’s daily catch is sold after being landed at The Stade, is on Rock-a-nore Road, the town’s shingle beach which has been a maritime centre for over a millennia and which now has the biggest beachside fishing fleet in Europe. Check out the area’s tales at the Shipwreck Museum and at the Lifeboat Station and Visitors’ Centre, or take a boat trip out to find your own deep sea wreck. If your history interests – or more likely, the kids’ – tend towards the more nefarious, a big local treasure is St Clements Caves back on West Hill, which tells the tales of the area’s smuggling exploits via Hairy Jack and the team. At White Rock Gardens in the town, Clambers Play Centre has huge indoor and outdoor play areas for all ages and picnic tables, café and free parking; while retail therapy can be had at the Priory Meadow Shopping Centre near Hastings’s seafront. Walks through 1066 Country and the High Wealds AONB are also easily accessible, as are Sussex beaches; a golf course at Battle and a golf school in Rother and stacks of other Sussex highlights such as sweet English vineyards, theme parks, watersports and cycling the Sussex Downs.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
St Leonards 6.9 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Hastings Pelham Beach 7 km Sea N/AN/AN/AGood
Bexhill 10 km Sea N/AN/AN/AGood
Winchelsea 11.9 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
Norman`S Bay 15.1 km Sea N/AGoodGoodExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

1066 Battle Abbey and Battlefield 4.3 km

Hastings Castle and 1066 Story 6.7 km

A Smugglers Adventure at St Clements Caves 6.7 km

Bodiam Castle 8.9 km

Great Dixter House and Gardens 10.1 km

National Trust

Bodiam Castle 10 km

Lamb House 13.5 km

Bateman's 14.6 km

Smallhythe Place 17.5 km

Sissinghurst Castle Garden 21.9 km

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

1066 Walk: Battle to Bexhill 4.3 km

Battle of Hastings, 1066 4.4 km

BATTLE ABBEY 4.5 km

FORE WOOD (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 22/07/1976) 4.8 km

ALEXANDRA PARK 5.3 km

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Offers

Conditions apply - see pitch type section for details

Nearest sites

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Buckhurst Campsite have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Buckhurst Campsite dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Buckhurst Campsite? Battlefield boffins have the history and highlights of 1066 and all that a couple of minutes’ drive away at Battle Abbey and Battlefield, site of the famous showdown between King Harold and … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Buckhurst Campsite?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  noon –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  2 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.

    If you have booked a pitch, please pitch around the edge of the field, ensuring you stay at least 3 metres from your neighbours.

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  • How much does it cost to stay at Buckhurst Campsite? From €25.75 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.