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Southdown Way Caravan And Camping Park
Southdown Farm
Lodge Lane
Keymer
Hassocks
West Sussex (Browse area)
BN6 8LX
Tel: 01273 841877
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Pitches: 80
Open: 01/01/2026 to 31/12/2026
01/01/2027 to 31/12/2027
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 Small Campervans |
 No Glamping Units |
 No Statics for Hire |
 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 Hardstanding Pitches |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 No Wifi Access |
 Shop On Site |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <10 miles |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 Outdoor Pool <5 miles |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <1 mile |
 Golf <1 mile |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <10 miles |
 Watersports <10 miles |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <10 miles |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
 Open All Year |
 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: April 2012 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Dcnice |
6 reviews from this member |
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 Just arrived back from spending the long Easter weekend at this site. We had electric hook-up so managed to stay warm. They have a number of fully serviced hard-standing pitches and a number of Grass pitches with electric hook-up (12 or 16 - can't remember). The field was flat and ideal for us. We were one of only 10 units that weekend. The site had just re-opened. The toilet and shower blocks were brand new and cleaned on a daily basis. In the men's there were 6 showers, 2 urinals and 4 toilets and 4 sinks. The ladies had 6 toilets and 6 showers. Shaver points were also provided, however there was no soap by the sinks so we had to get our own. The campsite owners were friendly and accommodating and lived on site.
There was no play area for children, but as we don't have any this was probably a bonus, however there are plenty of fields for them to play in.
The village of Hassocks is just a few minutes walk away and you will find everything you need there. We had some of our meals in the Greyhound Inn and found this a nice friendly local pub which welcomed dogs. We thoroughly enjoyed the food in there and the atmosphere.
We will definitely be returning to this site in the near future. 
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| Date of Visit: April 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: ESoarer |
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Stayed on this freshly re-opened site in our caravan for 4 days in early April on an excellent, fully serviced, hard-standing pitch.
We are convinced that this site will become a firm favourite in the area, once the word gets around.
Everyone on site was helpful and friendly and the brand new shower / toilet block was excellent.
The location for exploring the South Downs is great and it's close enough to Brighton for a day trip (If you can afford the exorbitant parking fees in Brighton that is!)
We don't often go back to the same site in any one year, but we are just about to re-book for 5 days in early July - enough said !
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| Date of Visit: January 2012 |
Unit: Other |
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| Reviewer: Webmaster |
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We are delighted to advise that this site, formerly known as Keymer Caravan and Camping Park, is reopening for the 2012 season, from 28th March.
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| Date of Visit: June 2010 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Chris.Scott7 |
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We had a booking for August this year for Brighton Pride. Yesterday we had an email from the site to say that the site is closed. No other information was given. We have enjoyed this site for several years. Hope someone else takes it on.
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| Date of Visit: April 2010 |
Unit: Other |
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| Reviewer: Webmaster |
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We have had some reports of people not being able to contact this site during the first few months of 2010. We haven't been able to contact them either unfortunately.
We have contacted the local Tourist Board office to see if they have any further information. They replied to say they have contacted Hassocks Parish Council and spoken to the Town Clerk to find out the situation of the campsite, and they have been advised that it may no longer be operating as a camp site, but they do not know for certain.
They have also tried many times to contact them but unfortunately, with no success.
So, as it stands we are not sure on the status of this site, and await further updates - if you happen to know anything we'd be very grateful for any information.
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| Date of Visit: August 2009 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Sharon.foster-king@ |
1 review from this member |
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We were at this site over Pride weekend when everywhere within 10 miles of Brighton is packed. The site was clean, decent facilities and the toilets and showers were good. The lack of an on site shop might both some but there is an excellent Marks and Spencer garage at the Hassocks exit from the A23 and the Greyhound pub (half a mile away) does a fabulous vegetarian Sunday roast dinner! There is also a pretty decent chinese takeaway and beautiful walks looking over the downs at the Jack and Jill windmills.
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| Date of Visit: October 2009 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Reviewer: Calcamper |
15 reviews from this member |
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We arrived in glorious sunshine for 1 night before going to a VW event in Brighton. We received a warm welcome, there was only a handful of tents and a few motorhomes there.
The field was spacious with great views. The busy road didn't bother us as was quiet at night.
Shower facilities clean and tidy with plenty of hot water. At night they are on a key code to stop unwanted passers by using them( this seemed strange as its in the middle of nowhere!)
The local village has great amenities and was a 10 minute stroll, takeaways, supermarkets and pubs.
We will definitely return-excellent value at £12.
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| Date of Visit: September 2009 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Chris180cc |
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Stayed here and had a great time. Facilities were good, food in the local pub was excellent. A bonus was it's proximity to Brighton. The people in the next tent on our first night were going to a show in Brighton and with transport costs added it was still cheaper for them to stay there than in a hotel in Brighton.
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| Date of Visit: July 2009 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: TinyB |
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We stayed for our first ever camping trip with our two children of 1 and three last weekend. There are no facilities for children but the great open field led to no end of possibilities for them, although the cricket being played right next to our pitch with a real cricket ball made an interesting morning!
The facilities were extremely good with 6 toilets and six showers piping hot water evening and am, with good pressure!, the washing up area was clean as all parties at the site seemed to respect others.
The thing that I cannot believe nobody has previously mentioned is the noise at Keymer, the road that runs parallel to the site is a two mile country road that is obviously used as some kind of race track, it has no let up in noise all night.
The views from the site are breathtaking and the Greyhound pub up the road was fantastic food and beer really good value, will be visiting the pub again from another campsite!
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| Date of Visit: August 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Aaron666 |
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This was a very good site and well priced.
We phoned on the day before going and was given the impression it was very difficult to fit us in as fully booked, but on arrival found only a few tents pitched and only a couple more arrivals durring our stay.
Facilities were very good in the showers. Toilets and wash area. The shop/office was realy just for booking in but they had a very good area to get info on the area and it's attractions.
The camping field offered very generous pitches some with decent views of the surrounding hills, but our pitch was facing the old farm next door that is currently fenced off and being demolished so very dissapointing.
The village of Hassocks and Keymer are excelent with a good selection of shops and places to eat out we can especialy recommend the Greyhound which is a short walk where you will recieve a superb welcome from Hassan and his staff, Hassan cooks all his own food and is very fussy about the quality he offers, the locals are very welcomming too especialy John who we had a great time drinking with.
The site is perfectly sittuated for exploring and Brighton is 10 mins away by train from Hassocks
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| Date of Visit: May 2009 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Dimapps |
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A great site - plenty of space on the camping field for the children to play (but no playground), fantastic views of the downs, clearly marked, large pitches.
Office/ shop was very small, only absolute essentials for sale but a very pleasant walk (part of the way without pavement) or cycle into village of Keymer/Hassock (there seems to confusion as to where one village ends and the other starts!) which has a wide variety of shops (takeaways, general store, etc) as well as a Budgens which is open til 9pm for general food supplies.
The train to Brighton runs 3 times an hour and it only takes 10 minutes, don't try and park at the station though, we walked (about a mile).Early in our stay the staff were very helpful when we asked about cycle routes (drive to Jack and Jill windmills and you're on the South Downs way)
Unfortunately we seem to have had a bad experience with the toilet block (I've read other reviews and everyone else has raved about them). Every time I went in, which was only twice a day usually, they were filthy! Yes, there was lots of loo roll but most of it was on the floor, there was no mop available to clean the showers out after you had used them so the floors were very muddy and soapy. Somehow the soap seemed to escape the drains and flow all over the floor!
The whole block was only cleaned once a day (shut between 11.30 and 12.30)which may have been enough if mops had been provided. The sinks and hand driers were clean, with liquid soap provided.
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| Date of Visit: April 2009 |
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| Reviewer: AlandSuzy |
7 reviews from this member |
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We stayed here for one night whilst walking the South Downs Way.
This is a lovely site with fantastic views looking up onto the downs. The location is almost perfect although we were told by the owners that as the tent end of the site is on clay they can have some minor drainage problems after very heavy rain.
The facilities are excellent with a great shower block (the showers are free and there are plenty of them).
It is close to the villages of Hassocks & Keymer which contain a number of pubs, restaurants and shops. We ate and drank in The Greyhound (less than 10 minutes walk from the site) which we thoroughly enjoyed.
The only minor drawback was not with the site itself, but with contacting the owners. It took several e-mails and unanswered phone calls before we managed to confirm the booking. It took several more e-mails before we managed to agree a payment method after leaving as the site was unmanned for our entire stay.
However I would highly recommend this site.
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| Date of Visit: May 2009 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: R.gregory |
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Probably the most picturesque site I have visited. English countryside at its best. Facilities excellent & only a 20 min amble to Hassocks then only a 15 min train ride into Brighton. Good pubs in Hassocks & Keymer. Don't miss a trip up to Jack & Jill windmills, the view from the car park is stunning. One small niggle. Went for a shower on Saturday morning & there was no hot water but hope this was a blip as I will definitely return.
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| Date of Visit: April 2009 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: FLY2ME |
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Just arrived home from 2 nights at this site. Booked late for Easter weekend and not a problem to camp owners. I found the site easily from directions. Nice sweep-in entrance to a hard standing camp site with two large camping field further on. Nicely staked out with pitch numbers so you know where you are supposed to be even if you arrive like I did after site staff had left. Did not use site shop/office as staff were not on site for Easter weekend and was pleasantly surprised when I booked to be told that I could pay by card or just pop a cheque in the letter box.
Well what can I say about the toilet block? wow best one I,ve seen in a long time. Very clean, water very hot, loo roll aplenty, great showers and the hand dryers not so much as dry your hands as blow the water off with uber force. Nicely sized pitches were on hand with power hook ups to some. Not many children about which was a plus for me but there was enough room to let little monsters roam and play ball games and the like in the middle of the fields without annoying anyone else (just bring plenty of toys with you) Barbecues are allowed but need to be off the floor, no breeze blocks provided for this so I had to improvise and balance one on my car jack as I didn't want to be the only rogue to burn the grass. The fields are a little rutted so when the air bed developed a terminal puncture, the game was to find a groove to place your butt in! (will be looking for camp bed purchase in the summer)great views over the south downs and Jack and Jill windmills. I had 2 teenage sons with me so Brighton itself was a big pull for them and was just down the road in the car. Would go back.
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| Date of Visit: September 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Davidandjunemuir |
27 reviews from this member |
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Agree with much of what has been written on this site. Facilities good, but take a bag into the showers as your clothes etc. rasily get wet in there!
In early September when we were there, there were only a few others on site, so plenty of room. Some road noise, but not too bad. No facility for freezing ice blocks, which was a disadvantage.
When we were there, there were very few staff about, and the office was not even open the hours it said it would be.
Easy access from the site onto the South Downs, as you can walk directly up onto the South Downs Way without moving the car off site. It is worth walking into Hassocks for provisions etc. As there is a good selection of shops there, including a good delicatessen; about 10 minutes walk. Can also go into Brighton by train from there.
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