Capel Battery

Liked: A very basic site as they are excavating the old battery so looks a bit like a building site BUT we had a wonderful time EHU and water supplied. Lovely walks and right next door to the Battle of Britain memorial - a great pub the other side called the valiant sailor and we had a very good meal. So if you are going for a weekend or overnight and want to take in the beautiful views and sea air and are not worried about services - then this is a great stop over - also owners very helpful

Disliked: No waste facilities

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From the manager: We added waste bin to the site.

Liked: Peace & quiet.

Disliked: Nothing.

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Liked: Unique place to pitch. Excellent pre-arrival comms. Very historic place - great to see land owner and enthusiasts gradually restoring the historic structures on the site. Great work! Peaceful.

Disliked: At £35 this is an expensive pitch - it is secure and offers EHU and water, but no bin for rubbish and no CDP. Look upon it as making a contribution to the restoration of the gun battery. It’s a bit rough and ready and a little isolated, but great for WW2 historians and wild campers.

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Liked: Location

Disliked: Our disappointment started at the entrance gate. Due to lack of space you have to park sideways-on to the gates while you battle to unlock and open them (the latch is bent and very, very hard to pull out). You then have to swing back out onto the busy road to get round the corner and through the gates. It would just be so much easier if the gates were set further back from the road (and the bent latch was replaced). Once through the gates we drove down a concrete drive through what looked like a building site (further evidenced by the fleet of builders vans which arrived in the morning), with rubble, bits of scrap metal, an old plane fuselage, plastic buckets, bits of machinery and other detritus. Not what we had expected. If you drive all the way to the end of the concrete there is a pleasant view across the neatly cut lawns of the Battle of Britain Memorial to the sea beyond. However, the brand new EHU points are positioned well back from the viewpoint - if you park near them you have a view of two storage containers, some rubble and plastic cones! We chose to park where the view was and do without hook-up but at £35 for the night it would have been over-priced even with EHU. Great trouble has been taken to create an elevated seating area on top of the gun battery with a nice view, but you have to walk over an ankle-twisting obstacle course to get to it. The gun battery itself is very interesting and it’s obvious a great deal of work has been put into excavating it. However, the site as a whole is one big trip and fall hazard - it would certainly be a dangerous place for children and I’m surprised the campsite isn’t listed as adults only. To be honest we spent some time discussing whether to stay or not but the reasonable view and easy access to the Battle of Britain Memorial and the coastal path convinced us to stay and we had a peaceful night. I’m sure Capel Battery will make a really nice campsite one day but I really don’t think it’s ready just yet.

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