The Blue Ship

Gostou Very basic but does the job!
- No showers good for one night if needed. - Theres a pub next door with beer garden and play area for children...
- Pitches not allocated
- Toilet block unisex but male/female on toilet doors

Não gostou Nothing in particular

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Do gerente: Thank you for visiting us. It seems we did not meet your expectations given you rated us as a four (which you will see from other reviews is most unusual) and yet we are very transparent with our listing and offer exactly as listed.

For anyone reading this - We offer exactly as we state, no more, no less. We are a basic rural campsite.
We don't have showers.
We have a newly built toilet block with six toilets, three male, three female, they are proper toilets, not compost or your typical campsite toilets and are kept very clean.
Our pub is next door, highly regarded for food and ranked in top 10 in Sussex.
We don't allocate pitches.

Gostou We have been going to the blue ship for a few yrs now and it's a liverly quiet site , owners ver nice and charming little pub . It's the ideal place to just relax .

Não gostou the toilets were very smelly this Yr

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Gostou Clean toilets. Lovely, spacious field.

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Sophie.

Gostou Clean and tidy. Nice pub and owners

Não gostou To improve could be wider on the entry for caravan. Shower and chemical waste point are needed

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The gate is wide for anyone reading this as would not like anyone to think there are access issues. I have personally had an eight wheel 20T Tipper Lorry through the gate as well as a 36T Digger so a caravan is not an issue. We also had a large RV access last year who had booked to camp with us, so in the 13 years we have been at the pub I have never had a vehicle that could not access.
We don't offer showers or chemical disposal points, our EA Discharge licence does not permit this and as the maximum stay with us is 3 nights (4 on a bank holiday weekend) then we don't foresee this as an issue. We offer as we advertise, no more no less. If anyone looking to book wants more facilities than we can offer then please don't book to stay at our campsite as we genuinely hate to have dissatisfied guests when we do our upmost to be totally transparent with our offerings ahead of anyone booking a stay with us.

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Sophie.

Gostou Quiet basic field with lovely pub next to it.

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Gostou Peaceful site. Lots of space. As described on website with decent toilet block and tap.

Não gostou Nothing

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Sophie.

Gostou There were only 4 other campers when I took an impromptu trip out after work on a Friday so lovely and quiet. Regardless, a spacious field. The loos are clean. The Blue Ship pub is a lovely old building, no music so good for a conversation with locals. Food was top notch and the staff warm and friendly. Lovely landlady. Seabrooks crisps!

Não gostou You have to go through a metal field gate on arrival which swings back into place. As it opens towards your vehicle on arrival it was impossible to keep it open and drive in on your own. I had to take a heavy box out of my vehicle to prop the gate open, so a lot of faffing after a tiring drive. When I was leaving there was a road cone there but not on arrival.
Best to park on the left of the field as there's a road directly behind the hedge on the right.
If you're a screen hog be warned...there's practically zero internet reception.
Otherwise perfect :)

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A side note re the dislikes mentioned.... Sorry to hear you had trouble operating the gate, it appears from your description you have opened the gate the wrong way! Hence why it would not stay open! The cone is always there and is to the left of the gate as this is in fact there to prop open the pedestrian gate when needed for wider vehicles.
And re the road, it is a very quiet small country lane that is mainly used by either people visiting the pub / campsite, locals who live here, horse riders or farm vehicles as we are in a rural location surrounded by farm land and not on a route people pass through as the road goes no where! So other than a few cars, the sound of horses hooves, or perhaps a tractor you would certainly not be disturbed by passing traffic if camping on our site. I would hate anyone thinking of booking to read this and somehow interpret these comments as if we are on a busy A road or something as it could not be further from that. It would also be very tricky to reach the pub if there was no road here :-)

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Sophie.

Gostou Lovely spot, friendly site, great pub with the best macaroni cheese I’ve ever had.
Made very welcome.
Beautiful countryside.

Não gostou Would ha appreciated rubbish bin as half our party came by bike so difficult for them to take away

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It is very clearly stated in our listing prior to booking that we offer no rubbish disposal and this is also reflected in our pitch rates. The cost of commercial rubbish disposal is huge now so we would have to significantly increase our pitch rates to enable us to offer this which we opt not to do.

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Sophie.

Gostou Easy access and choice of pitch. Well signed with rules etc.
Very good toilet block. And access to water for washing up outside.

Não gostou The weather! But nothing can be done about that!😁
No EHU, but that was stated in the description. Just my personal thing..

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Sophie.

Gostou Really liked the ease of just heading through to the pitch. The grass area was very spacious and neatly cut. Plenty of space without being too close to other campers. Lovely walk starting opposite the pub. We arrived back at the pub late but Sophie went out of her way to pop in and get us a drink, very much appreciated. Toilet block clean and plenty of loo rolls and soap. Electric handryer too.

Não gostou Loved it all!

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Sophie.