Bignor Farms Camping at Bignor Roman Villa

Gostou Lovely, peaceful campsite in a lovely setting. Stayed there with my 9 year old son for 3 nights in Early August. First day we went on a good circular walk up to the South Downs Way, to get our bearings. A glorious view from the top, and then back past the owner's farm.

Went to Littlehampton, Petworth House, and paddleboarding on the river Arun. (We started off from Littlehampton, but I would not recommend that. Hard work and not picturesque at all from the river. If you have a paddleboard/kayak etc, would recommend starting at the Black Rabbit pub, heading down-river to Arundel, and then back to the pub. More picturesque and manageable. Maybe check with the pub first, but should be ok.)

The owner is lovely, welcoming and attentive. Toilets are clean, showers are hot and spacious. Occasionally the shut-off switch shuts off the heating (they mention the wind blowing out the pilot light), but just turn the shower off, and back on again and it fires up again no problem. Simple.

We saved the Roman villa for our last day, and it was fascinating. My son loved it. Fabulous mosaics, attentive & knowledgeable staff.

Very likely to return next year. My son certainly wants to!

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Gostou So quiet, such amazing fresh air, lovely showers, clean toilets, brilliant ancient site next door!

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Gostou Fantastic views. Peaceful. Clean toilets and showers. Great location. Roman Villa.

Não gostou Nothing

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Gostou Location very nice close to Arundel and the south coast.

View is lovely

Not overly full - lots of space

Staff helpful when needed

Não gostou Showers are unpredictable, states won’t work when windy but generally didn’t work.

Toilets ran out of water so got quite unpleasant. The site did sort it out the following morning but not great.

They did have further toilets nearby but a bit of a walk away

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Do gerente: Thanks for your review. I wasn’t aware of any issues with the showers. I check them twice daily during cleaning and both units working fine. No other campers reported any issues at the time of your stay. The wind will knock out the pilot light when gusty but generally no issues (see other reviews). Re the portaloos the hire company promised a service Friday evening before a busy bank holiday which obviously didn’t happen. As you say my husband and I sorted it ourselves first thing the following morning by relocating two extra units and refilling the water reserves. Again no issue when I cleaned at teatime first I knew about it was 9.30pm that evening via text. I’m afraid I couldn’t sort the issues at 9.30pm, I had 2 children at home and husband harvesting until late. We are a two person team so we haven’t got others to help with maintenance on site. The Villa toilets were accessible for the duration of your stay as stated in the welcome message and less then a two minute walk from your pitch. The portaloo issues weren’t helped by users continuing to use them when they are obviously blocked/full/out of water rather than using other available toilets. Think your scores are harsh to say the least compared to others but thanks for your feedback.

Gostou Beautiful peaceful spot within a stones throw of the South Downs way, and lots of other great footpaths! The site is easy to get to, small, and minimal fuss. We saw tons of shooting stars and would definitely recommend for a weekend escape :)

Não gostou Nothing to say here, it was all lovely!

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Gostou Friendly communications and site owner, nice location, clean toilets and hot shower

Não gostou Unfortunately a group turned up at 11pm and decided to noisily pitch up next to us, chatting loudly the entire time.

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Gostou Great service from our host. Very laid back and accomodating. Wonderful, peaceful location.

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Gostou We loved being next to the Roman palace and museum and the activity going on there. Staff there were helpful. It was an idyllic stay with beautiful weather and clear skies, but not too hot until we were packing up. The stars in the night sky were impressive.

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Gostou The views are great, nice field to camp in.
Good facilities, hot showers a bonus.

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Gostou Great place to relax and chill.

Não gostou Nothing

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