Been to Park Farm - can get busy but has camp fires and they drive around selling wood. Near Bodiam Castle as well, so some good scenery / walks. It's got a showe block so may be too luxurious There's one just outside Tunbride Wells in a wood I;ve been to (Turn off at Eridge on A21) in a wood that also has fires. In my experience, Kent and Sussex are the best places in England for campsites who allow fires.
It'll rain. You'll get cold and wet. Your much anticipated campfire won't light. You'll end up eating cold baked beans straight from the tin. Your boy will start complaining, you'll tell him to stick it out, he'll start to hate you. When you're old he will buy you a tent rather than putting you in a care home.
I can name four very different places, in order of class...
Honeybridge - probably the nicest-kept place I've camped. No campfires, but can get away with a small fire if you have a fire pit, if you're lucky, but generally that's the only drawback. Great for kids. It's in Steyning, just past Horsham. Has electric. http://www.honeybridgepark.co.uk
Stubcroft - just north of West Witterings (amazing beach) and Chichester. The owners can be dicks but it's decent, has the best showers and toilets and allows fires. Probably the best quality/ pro-fire / location place I've been to, although avoid the area near the eco-toilets. Cos it stinks. Has electric near the toilets! http://www.stubcroft.com
Kitts Camping - probably the best all-round place. It's average in every area - showers are ok, it's good for kids, you can build fires and location is ok. My group camps here more than anywhere else. No electric.
Fairoaks Farm - again near Steyning, it's basically just a field and you can build the biggest bonfire the south has ever seen if you like. Just don't expect any facilities beyond a weird horror-movie looking shower in the trees and a couple of portaloos. They've not heard of electricity. http://fairoaksfarm.co.uk
Get him to join The Boys Brigade or Scouts...........they usually have a week away in the summer (well they did when I was a teenager) - its free & you don't have to go with him.
isn't camping for people who can't afford holidays?
bit of a shitty comment really??
Personally I'm lucky enough to be in a position financially where I could afford to take my kids pretty much wherever (we will do the full Disney experience at some point), however having 4 now (age 10, 7, 2 and 5 months) and the costs of flights etc, we decided to buy a folding caravan and have a few years at home (and probably France etc).
I can 100% say my kids prefer camping to any 'all inclusive' holiday in the med they've ever been on and we've been to some very nice ones. They have so much more freedom camping, all they want is their bikes and loads of other kids to make friends with and that's enough for them, they totally forget about their I-pads and everything else they have at home and just get out and play. It's fantastic just sitting there having a beer and watching them do that.
isn't camping for people who can't afford holidays?
bit of a shitty comment really??
Personally I'm lucky enough to be in a position financially where I could afford to take my kids pretty much wherever (we will do the full Disney experience at some point), however having 4 now (age 10, 7, 2 and 5 months) and the costs of flights etc, we decided to buy a folding caravan and have a few years at home (and probably France etc).
I can 100% say my kids prefer camping to any 'all inclusive' holiday in the med they've ever been on and we've been to some very nice ones. They have so much more freedom camping, all they want is their bikes and loads of other kids to make friends with and that's enough for them, they totally forget about their I-pads and everything else they have at home and just get out and play. It's fantastic just sitting there having a beer and watching them do that.
This was my experience when I took my son away with some friends. They were outside and having fun all day long.
One note on 'glamping' - I've paid extra for this at festivals. It's no different from normal camping except that at a festival of you want a shower without a two hour queue and/or toilets that don't have crap on the seats you have to pay a little extra. I can assure you that glamping is like holidaying in a toilet compared to most organised camp sites.
Having said that there is no harm in an all inclusive holiday location in the Med!
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http://badgellswoodcamping.co.uk/
http://www.kingsdowncamping.co.uk/
Ukcampsite.co.uk
will tell you where the best sites are and which ones allow fires (most Don't)
Not far away and a fantastic setting.
There's one just outside Tunbride Wells in a wood I;ve been to (Turn off at Eridge on A21) in a wood that also has fires.
In my experience, Kent and Sussex are the best places in England for campsites who allow fires.
Honeybridge - probably the nicest-kept place I've camped. No campfires, but can get away with a small fire if you have a fire pit, if you're lucky, but generally that's the only drawback. Great for kids. It's in Steyning, just past Horsham. Has electric.
http://www.honeybridgepark.co.uk
Stubcroft - just north of West Witterings (amazing beach) and Chichester. The owners can be dicks but it's decent, has the best showers and toilets and allows fires. Probably the best quality/ pro-fire / location place I've been to, although avoid the area near the eco-toilets. Cos it stinks. Has electric near the toilets!
http://www.stubcroft.com
Kitts Camping - probably the best all-round place. It's average in every area - showers are ok, it's good for kids, you can build fires and location is ok. My group camps here more than anywhere else. No electric.
Fairoaks Farm - again near Steyning, it's basically just a field and you can build the biggest bonfire the south has ever seen if you like. Just don't expect any facilities beyond a weird horror-movie looking shower in the trees and a couple of portaloos. They've not heard of electricity.
http://fairoaksfarm.co.uk
Oldbury Hill it was called, nice and close by and plenty for the kids to do
Quite a unnecessary thing to say no ?
Personally I'm lucky enough to be in a position financially where I could afford to take my kids pretty much wherever (we will do the full Disney experience at some point), however having 4 now (age 10, 7, 2 and 5 months) and the costs of flights etc, we decided to buy a folding caravan and have a few years at home (and probably France etc).
I can 100% say my kids prefer camping to any 'all inclusive' holiday in the med they've ever been on and we've been to some very nice ones. They have so much more freedom camping, all they want is their bikes and loads of other kids to make friends with and that's enough for them, they totally forget about their I-pads and everything else they have at home and just get out and play. It's fantastic just sitting there having a beer and watching them do that.
One note on 'glamping' - I've paid extra for this at festivals. It's no different from normal camping except that at a festival of you want a shower without a two hour queue and/or toilets that don't have crap on the seats you have to pay a little extra. I can assure you that glamping is like holidaying in a toilet compared to most organised camp sites.
Having said that there is no harm in an all inclusive holiday location in the Med!