The Slips

7.6 40 reviews
Slips campsite bank holiday weekend (added by manager 12 Apr 2023)
Slips campsite bank holiday weekend
Slips campsite bank holiday weekend
Views from the south downs
Entrance
Slips campsite bank holiday weekend
The fields
The nearby river
Entrance gate
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  • Peaceful, dog-friendly pop-up site three miles from the South Downs
  • A 10-minute walk to South Downs Link; 40 minutes’ drive to Brighton
  • Barbecues and firepits permitted; short walk to shops, pubs and cafés
If there ever was a peaceful place in the South Sussex countryside, The Slips is certainly it. As a matter of fact, this site is also in a historical location on the outskirts of Henfield, which was first occupied way back in the Stone Age. With the South Downs National Park three miles to the south, it’s no wonder this site is dog-friendly with the number of gorgeous walks around too… One of the longest of them all is the South Downs Link, which begins half a mile away (or in other words, just 10 minutes’ walk down the road). Tracing the old railway line, this track will take you past Bramber Castle, Southwater Country Park and old railway stations, depending on how you let your feet take you. First, you might want to stop off at the pub at the beginning of the trail to grab some fuel for the journey. There’s a great selection of restaurants, shops, bars and cafés further into Henfield if you’re looking to browse all your different options first. As a pop-up site, The Slips has simple facilities, including portable toilet and wifi access. You’re welcome to roll up with your own barbecue or firewood too; it's easy to stock your grill with bits from the food shop in the village.

Campground type

Tent sites 30
Camper sites 3
Opens

Languages spoken

English

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Features

Portable toilet

Pop-up campground

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

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

Themes

Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Spectacular scenery

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transportation nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 sites) Pop-up campground

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Restaurant nearby

Location

The Slips

West End Lane

Henfield

West Sussex

England

BN5 9RG

Directions

Timezone

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

GPS

50.9317°N
-0.29653°W

Nearest transport

Bus
5.1 mi The Castle
5.1 mi Little Chef
6.9 mi High Street
Rail
6.6 mi Hassocks Rail Station
6.8 mi Shoreham-by-Sea (Sussex) Rail Station
7.3 mi Lancing Rail Station
Ferry
18.2 mi Newhaven Harbour Ferry Terminal
26.2 mi Bosham Hoe Ferry Landing
26.4 mi West Itchenor Ferry Landing
Airport
6.8 mi Shoreham Brighton City Airport
16.6 mi London Gatwick Airport South Terminal
16.6 mi London Gatwick 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

Keen on visiting the South Downs National Park? No wonder, when there are historical sites such as the Jack And Jill Windmills (15 minutes’ drive) and the National Trust's Cissbury Ring (half an hour), as well as the National Trust’s Devil's Dyke (15 minutes) for gorgeous valley hikes with historical farms and tearooms. Brighton (40 minutes) might also take your fancy. The seafront is particularly splendid, especially with all the activities that happen down at Brighton beach and the Palace Pier. You might want to go sightseeing, starting with the Royal Pavilion, or pedal out of the city on the Undercliff Path past Brighton Marina and chalk cliffs. If you don’t get too distracted by Brighton’s aquarium or walking down The Lanes, there are more peaceful walks to be had at the Sussex Prairie Garden (five minutes) or the Woods Mill Nature Reserve - Sussex Wildlife Trust (five minutes). As for a quick look at the local history, the Henfield Museum (25 minutes’ walk) has a costume collection, old art and other historic artefacts.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Shoreham Beach 7.3 mi Sea N/A Excellent Good Excellent
Southwick 7.6 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Lancing, Beach Green 7.8 mi Sea N/A Good Good Good
Hove 9.4 mi Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Worthing 9.4 mi Sea N/A N/A N/A N/A

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Parham House & Gardens 8.6 mi

Hove Museum & Art Gallery 8.7 mi

Preston Manor 8.9 mi

Nymans 9.3 mi

Brighton Fishing Museum 10.2 mi

National Trust

Nymans 9.2 mi

Wakehurst Place 13.1 mi

Sheffield Park Garden 14.1 mi

Petworth House and Park 14.2 mi

Monk's House 15.1 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Beeding Hill - Monarch's Way - South Downs Way Circuit 4 mi

KNEPP CASTLE 4.3 mi

Devil's Dyke - Poynings - Fulking - Devil's Dyke 4.9 mi

Shipley - Knepp Castle - River Adur Circular 4.9 mi

Washington - Sullington - Kithurst Hill 5.3 mi

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.

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Perfect little get away

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Jill B. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Idilic field in Sussex offering a basic get away. As described, this site is a field with electric hock up and water supply to each site. Only a port-a-loo and no showers. The local town is a short walk away approx 10mins. There you will find a supermarket local, pub and cafe.

Disliked: Nothing

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Extremely clean, super dog friendly camp site

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Shelley M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional grass tent campsite

Liked: We absolutely love this little village and the camp site is close to a lovely little pub - the camp site is clean and super dog friendly - this is our second time camping here and we will definitely be back x

Disliked: We didn’t really dislike anything, showers would be a bonus but we don’t really stay here for more than a night so not a problem for us

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Level pitched

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi No rating
Sharon C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: A lovely simple field. Take your pick of pitches. Plenty of room, no hassle. A local pub 5 minutes walk away.

Disliked: Only one portaloo, but no problem as it was relatively quiet when we were there.

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Nothing…

Overall 2/10
Location 6
Value for money 2
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 2
Patrick W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: This was the most awful place we visit. Paid 30 pounds for a grass field without nothing. Only electric. The toilet was portable and disgusting and full of sh*t. This is no camping place . I asked for a refund because we left after one day but didn’t got any reaction.

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Loved the location and would return if there were facilities

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 2
Clare N. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional grass tent campsite

Liked: Great location, peaceful and quiet. Flexible about arrival and departure times.

Disliked: Portaloo needed emptying. Grass could have been cut. Odd set up with a caravan that seemed to be permanently sited there but occupants had a noisy motorbike and lots of vehicles coming and going.

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Peaceful and spacious, water and electric on pitch at no extra cost…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Graham H. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Peaceful and spacious, water and electric on pitch at no extra cost

Disliked: Toilet facilities need improving

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Very good

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Adam C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Power optional grass tent campsite

Liked: The campsite was flat and simple. Everything you need for a camping trip to make it as wild as possible.

Disliked: Did not have any sort of contact with the campsite owners but this was not a real issue.

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Peaceful two small green fields with beautiful oak trees! Site owner…

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 10
Janet R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Peaceful two small green fields with beautiful oak trees! Site owner helpful with directions. Lovely local town within walking distance for barbecue foods for a family social in the sun! ☀️ Surpassed expectations following reading reviews that made me a little concerned. Female staying overnight on own & I feel safe.

Disliked: Bins full so if site busy, would benefit from more or regular emptying. 2nd field had a small area with burnt rubbish in that’s unsightly & needs tidying up - doesn’t affect campers but spoils the ambience.

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Peaceful break.

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Patrick L. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Quiet, rural, clean, independent water and electric supply

Disliked: Difficult to find, lack of signage and instructions, remote check-in, no reception on site

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A sorry half assed excuse for a camp site, but in a nice location

Overall 4/10
Location 8
Value for money 4
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 2
Child friendliness 4
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Powered grass travel trailer campsite

Liked: Location was pleasant

Disliked: The facilities were barely tolerable, while there were taps and hookups at the pitches, that was it, no other facilities apart from one foul portaloo for the entire field, which ran out of water for hand washing on Friday night and had still not been topped up by the time we left on Sunday. They just about got away with it during our stay when there were probably no more than a dozen people on site in 4 caravans/campers, but that was only about a quarter of the site's capacity, for a full site it would have been a complete disaster. There are no showers, nowhere to wash up, nothing else.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Slips have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Slips dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Slips? Keen on visiting the South Downs National Park? No wonder, when there are historical sites such as the Jack And Jill Windmills (15 minutes’ drive) and the National Trust's Cissbury Ring (half … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Slips?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  2:30 p.m. –  8:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
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