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Just come back from a bank holiday weekend at Blackland farm, fortunately the weather was glorious, which always helps when camping, especially here where the grass isn't cut. I have to admit that I really enjoyed the stay, the toilet / showers are nothing to write home about, just a group of portacabins, which tended to get really mucky, and the handwash basins only had cold water and no soap (not in the ladies anyway), also there was nothing to dry your hands on, so good idea to take your own soap and towel on each visit. The showers sometimes ran hot but more often than not were cold and because it was really busy were certainly not sufficient. I guess things would improve in a less busy period. Washing up facilities are 3 sinks placed in the open air just outside the toilet blocks, and only cold water is available. The site consists of 2 fields, the second being the largest and I pitied those camping in the furthest corner of this field as they had such a way to go to get to the facilities. There are a number of electric hookup points but they are all very close together so those camping in this area seemed to be on top of one another, those not needing electric could camp where they liked. That's the negative points out of the way, as I have said I enjoyed our stay, the campsite is really geared for families and there were many large groups of people, with ballgames being played in any clear space. I liked that aspect of the site, its great to see people enjoying themselves. Although it did make it rather noisy, an ice-cream van visited 2 or 3 times a day, (must have made a packet). The owner of the site has provided a number of large fibreglass animals, (cows, a shark, a camel and a horse) and the kids had a ball clambering over these, there is no other play equipment for children though. The countryside is lovely and there are a couple of walks using public right of way tracks, inevitably leading to a decent pub. The nearest shop is quite a long way away, so make sure you bring what you need with you. Brighton and Worthing are both within about a 20 minute drive, so the campsite was a good base for our visits to both these seaside towns. The site owner did not put in an appearance during our stay, everybody was left to their own devices, he must certainly be very trusting as payment was made by putting money in an envelope and posting it through the reception office letter box. Normal price is £5 per person, but being a bank holiday this rose to £7 per person which for a family of five made it quite expensive for very poor facilities. Still it was better than staying at home watching the TV. Probably will not go again.
We've just got back from a lovely weekend at this site. The owners are very friendly, helpful and easy going. The facilities are basic but clean and the shower is not bad at all. The play area suited my boys who are 6 and 3 and they played there literally all day even though it consists of an old tractor a swing and some fibre glass animals. We stayed in the lower field which was level and both fields got quite busy but we weren't like battery hens!
You are allowed a fire as long as it is off the ground so we had our fire basket on an old oven tray sitting on bricks and the owner was quite happy with that as he doesn't want the grass to be ruined.
All in all a lovely basic site and we'll definitely be returning.
Last visit was September last year for my husbands 40th birthday with a small group of friends aged from two to sixty with a mix of tents and caravans. Everyone thought the site was fab, the facilities have improved since it first opened and it looks lovely. Lots of people fishing at the pond and also good for walkers. No shops close by so come prepared. Very relaxed, you just need to pop your cash through the office door on arrival. There is a pub in walking distance (about half an hour) but last time we went they were not serving food. There is also a restaurant on the main road about a 10 minute walk away but have never been there. The camping area is split over two fields, both really big so plenty of room to spread out and have your own little spot. Looking forward to going again soon.
Just returned from the wet Easter holiday after our first visit here. The facilities are as previously described, basic, but clean and there does seem to be some effort being put into building new blocks. The price charged reflects the facilities. The owner was friendly when we spoke but, it seems, is happy to let people get on with it without too many rules.
We were in our caravan and used both our 25m leads together to allow units with only one lead to be able to pitch near the elec boxes. The pitching was a little haphazard (i.E. A large tent pitched in a place that didn't help anyone), but the people who booked all got a hook up.
There are good pubs around - the Bull is in walking distance, serves lovely home-made pizzas and is child-friendly. The Fountain in Ashford and the Ginger Fox at Pyecombe have lovely restaurants, as does the Royal Oak.
The edge of the field did get muddy where people continually drove on the grass and did not use common sense or the service road which goes right round the edge of the large flat field. New campers - please try walking a new campsite field before you drive on - it can save you getting stuck and tearing up grass for no good reason (as we learnt years ago). We really enjoyed the peace and quiet, and will return later in the season with friends.
We've just returned from Easter Bank Holiday at this site. It's basically one big field with portacabins containing the loos and showers, then a shelter in the very far corner with a couple of washing up sinks (cold water only) and a small children's play area.
Although the website mentions 3 toilet blocks it's actually: In the field- one ladies portacabin with 3 loos/ sinks (no hot water), one gents portacabin and a shower portacabin (2 huge free hot showers!). In the car park - at the entrance to the site there's another portacabin with another ladies loo (with hot water) and a separate 'family room' with 2 sinks (no hot water at sinks), loo, urinal (a bit odd having a urinal & loo next to each other not in a cubical!) and a big free hot shower. Drinking water points were on each of the portacabins and another point at the entrance to the site. Although very basic and dated they look like they have been recently painted and were kept remarkably clean considering the rain and mud. A lot of effort is made keeping the facilities clean.
It rained most of the weekend and the field was very wet and muddy, particularly where vehicles drove onto the field and the well used patches near the hookup boxes. At least it made it easy to get the pegs in! It's fairly flat so later in the year, once it's had time to dry out, I'm sure it'd be fine.
Although we didn't need it, others in our group did use the electric hookup. I was disappointed that despite having emailed to book pitches and receiving a reply to say spaces had been reserved it appears the site works purely on first come first served basis and were very lucky to get the last two hookup points. There are no marked pitches as it is just a big open field. The hookup does limit where units can pitch and the spots close enough were all extremely muddy, close together and near to the roadways at the entrance. A very long lead would be needed to have a better choice of pitch.
There is no reception, ice block freezing, shop or tourist information which makes for a very quiet atmosphere as everyone is self sufficient. A house across the road sells lovely freshly laid hen and goose eggs if you get stuck for breakfast though! The owner/ manager did drive round in his truck at least once a day, though we only spoke to him as we were packing up he seemed very approachable.
It was a quiet site, everyone seemed to go to bed early not at all noisy - just the dawn chorus from the birds!
About 20minutes walk from the site is a lovely restaurant called Baloos (I think). I did feel a bit scruffy in my mud-caked camping clothes but the staff were extremely friendly and didn't seem to mind at all. However, there are no footpaths or street lights along the road so be careful and take torches! Henfield with various shops, teashops, a couple of pubs and hardware shop (also sells a few camping basics!) is a couple of miles away, a few minutes in the car, though we also to the adventurous route over the fields. Turn right out of the campsite drive then take the footpath on the left after a few hundred metres. Pretty boggy at times but a lovely walk with horses, rabbits and even deer on the way.
We also explored the Downslink cycle route. Easily reached from Henfield it's nice and not too strenuous cycle. We just did the 5 miles to Bramber to the pub for lunch and visit to the castle and on to Steyning for another pint stop before heading back, just popping into the Cat & Canary and detouring to another with a great looking play area and big garden on the way.
Overall impression is a basic, no frills campsite, but at £10 a night for two adults it's reasonable value. A shame it was so wet and muddy, but that's not really the fault of the site!
Just got back from this site, we stayed for the august bank holiday, I can only echo the majority of the previous comments, if your happy with the very basics, then the site is great, but don't expect too much from the facilities, they are clean but it needs more. With over 200 campers this weekend the showers and loo's just coped.
Kids played well and there is room but it would be better if there was a central play area and the camping was a little more ordered.
Went to this site just to try out our new caravan - it was perfect. Quiet and friendly, the owner came round most days to check all was ok. Toilets and showers were basic but adequate, in fact even though there were only 2 showers, they were so big they would have been big enough to hold a party in if you wished.
There was no noise after 11ish and even before that there was so much space between campers noise was never an issue.
My only criticism is that there could be more electric hook ups. There were only 4 boxes each with 6 outlets but they were all round 1 corner of the field - so take a long lead.
All in all a good long weekend and will be visiting again really soon.
First time at this site and what a gem. If you want a site away from it all and with no fruit machines etc then this is the one. Very flexible owners. Site was quiet and you had a lot of space to pitch. Toilets were clean and showers huge, although there were only two, but free to use.
Local village Henfield only 3 mins away with everything you need and local pubs near by for good food if required.
Owner will also let you leave your tent there for £1 a night if you want to go home and come back to camp any time over the holidays, which saves you having to put the tent away and put it up again later.
Although the kids amused themselves, maybe a wooden obstacle course or small climbing frame would be good, as there was only an old static tractor and fiberglass pig house to play with. [Although mine played with these ok]. Also felt maybe for a basic site £5 per adult [+ £5 for each child over 5 years of age] a little expensive compared to more commercial campsites but would still return due to the convenience and quiet setting.
Local swimming baths 15 mins away at Burgess Hill, which was very useful on rainy days. Brighton only 20-30 mins away. Overall a brill place to stay.
Having just returned from a 4 day stay at this site I have to say it was just what the Dr ordered , simple no frills no fuss. Drive on to the site drop your money at reception on route to 2nd field (tents only) and pitch up wherever! The toilets are slightly small but there are larger ones as well 2 shower cubicles but never had to wait and plenty of hot water. Added bonus with small children whole family can fit easily in 1 cubicle! (Not sure daddy appreciated this as much!) A few little niggles : no freezer facility that I could see meant in hot weather food went off quickly. This meant driving to henfield daily for milk,meats etc. However butchers there is reasonable and very nice . Also we were told to stroll up to The Royal Oak for a drink first evening apparently 20 mins walk along country road ! 45 mins later with 2 fed up children we returned to camp an drove there! Also pubs in this area keep country times not open all day so check first . I do have to say the food there is gorgeous! Well worth the effort .
First visit to Blacklands Farm and trial run in borrowed folding camper. Just a weekend visit with friends but we were all impressed with the site. It was a busy weekend as summer had arrived! Although the toilets were dated and not 'pretty' they were always clean with plenty of loo rolls. You do need your own towel & soap though - no hot water. The showers were free and plenty of hot water - and huge. They were also very clean. If you are prepared to take a shower in the middle of the day or early evening you probably wont need to queue. We had no problems at all.
Lovely lake if you want to fish and loads of space for kids to play, which is great.
Overall a lovely relaxed site, basic but clean, friendly, very adequate facilities and although busy it was lovely and quiet. A totally chilling weekend. Bull pub a mile away with awesome pizza - either in the pub or takeaway. What better way to spend a Saturday evening but sitting outside the awnings with pizza, wine and great company in the middle of the countryside. We will all certainly book again.
First time of staying at this site and we did miss the nameboard outside the entrance as we were looking for a campsite sign! Lovely quiet site but agree with a previous review that it could do with more hook ups as we were stuck in the corner with several others, where as the tents were able to space themselves out as there really is loads of space on this site, surrounded by trees and the lakes in the bottom field. It would be great if you had older kids for ball games etc. But they would need to be supervised in various areas because of the open lakes! Toilet cubicles are very small, ladies were clean but apparently the gents left a lot to be desired! No hot water in basins. On the day of our arrival there was a group of young people staying, who were no problem but I went for a shower the first evening and there were approx 15 waiting for the 2 showers! Showers were big, free and plenty of hot water and reasonably clean. The ground, although we hadn't had any rain within the previous few days, was quite wet in places and we did skid a bit trying to move off in the morning and found the grass was left rather long and morning and evening it was wet feet all round! This site is great if you want to sit and read (or sleep!) and don't mind it being rather basic.
We found Steyning was a nice place to shop with a supermarket and also lots of little independent shops and check out the little shed-like shops down a little alley way! Well quirky! Motorhome friendly with room on the roads near library to park or reasonable size car park.
We have just returned from a lovely weekend here with our 3 children and two friends.
Overall very nice site with welcoming host.
Site was quite busy, although that was not a problem, as there are no set pitches, which is good.
The Bull Inn was a really nice pub, good beer, lovely garden with adventure playground which our 3 kids loved. We drove there so not sure about the walk. Also went on a walk to the Royal Oak, which is a nice pub, only 1/2 an hour walk along the road, bit long cross country on the way back, but nice all the same.
Southwater Country park was very nice, with a good playground, which is 20 minutes away. Also went To Brighton on Sunday so plenty to do.
Showers were spacious so good to take the children in, although only the two, and toilets were 'cosy'!
Kids probably enjoyed the straw bales in the camping field and plastic cows to jump on the most!
Pitches are not marked out - you can pitch where you like. Electric hook-ups are quite close together - and these are limited in number. Graham the owner was very pleasant.
2 fields - one for tents and one for caravans - very large fields.
Quiet site - predicted weather wasn't so good - so maybe it would have been busier with a better forecast - but the weather was good!
Good pub- The White Hart - in Henfield.
We use our own toilet & shower - so can't comment on facilities.
Fishing was good - but only limited spots to fish - and you have to fish in front of the tents.
Had a fantastic communal camping weekend with bonfire society friends and new ones made too who joined us for our annual camping weekend. None of us had been to this site before and it was ideal site location for distance for all of us. The site itself was very spacious for all our tents to be located near to the communal kitchen marquee (courtesy of Geoff and Sarah!) The owner was very friendly and visited us several times over the weekend to check all was well. The toilets were a bit small for the larger men to sit comfortably in but they were clean and you never ran out of toilet roll ladies!
The unisex showers we would imagine would be a huge queue at peak season as there were only two but they were nice and spacious so two or more can go in at the same time, if you have young kids to shower its ideal. Kids loved playing on the plastic cows and in the igloo but we would suggest a playground area would be an asset to this site. The lake was lovely for the kids and the anglers.
A lovey walk to The Royal oak which was a nice pub but a shame no 'cheesy chips' on the menu!
The owner allows camp fires that are off the ground he does sell wood but we brought our own.
Just returned from a weekend at Blacklands, site is in a lovely position nice and quiet, lots of room for kids to run, although you need to be wary of the lake with small children.
Not much for the kids to do so a football is a must. The toilets are exceptionally clean although not suited for the larger person, as you will need to back into the toilet and ladies watch your head when you stand up !
All in all a good site for a weekend, but the toilets do need to be looked at, no facilities for disabled and no hot water in the toilets or washing up area, which is not covered, so you get a bit wet when its raining. Mixed showers which can be a bit daunting for a teenage daughter !
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
Rallies Welcome 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Motorbikers Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
Baby Changing Facilities 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Kids Playground 
No TV Room 
Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing On Site 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool <5 miles 
Outdoor Pool <5 miles 
Horse Riding <1 mile 
No Cycle Hire 
Golf <5 miles 
Tennis <5 miles 
Beach <10 miles 
Watersports <10 miles 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
Campfires Allowed 
Open All Year 
Lakeside Pitches 
Public Transport <5 miles
Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access 
Just come back from a bank holiday weekend at Blackland farm, fortunately the weather was glorious, which always helps when camping, especially here where the grass isn't cut.
