Campsite near Rye

[lavendersun]

Can anyone recommend a small quiet site near Rye, basic facilities are fine, fires a bonus.

I have found the Hare and Hounds and Dogwood Cottage so far that I like the look of - anyone stayed there?

Thanks.

That's a shame lavender, make sure you let us all know when you set up yr own site!
Fingers crossed for bodiam, we're pretty local so are treating it a a test for our new tent before France in the summer hols. Some friends have been before and enjoyed it, we'll be with friends and between us 6 kids between 2 and 8, so a pub, bodiam castle and canoeing have tempted all ages- something for everyone!

That place looks great!

And let me know when you open your own campsite!

I will - two years before we will have time we reckon, I have lots of ideas , not sure it will make any money for a long time after the splurge of my initial investment.

I spend quite a bit of time planning my fantasy campsite, but I don't think the business plan will fund my retirement.

The closest model will be Nethergong Nurseries. Lots of space, but not one big open field - it will have a variety of habitats, pitches shielded by clumps of bushes and mini rough half crescents of hedge (rustic, not privet), some light trees like birches to camp beneath, and some woodland pitches. A pond or small lake.

Good but basic facilities: a wooden shed with showers, (with space and hooks out of reach of the water), family toilet block, toilets, a couple of sinks. A freezer for ice packs, possibly a washing machine, and in my wildest dreams a PAYG dishwasher

Fires allowed - possibly like the ones on Canadian sites where you get an iron firebox and an attached brick BBQ / grill.

No EHU, no amplified music, no big party groups.

Possibly rental of big items like cookers, coolbox, etc to make it more possible for people to come on the train or bus, but without 'glamping'.

Mine includes 'rent freshly laundered towels for your stay' , can you imagine it, I will be spending any profit on replacement towels.

DH really likes the idea but is slightly worried that it will cramp our style. We have plenty of room at home but still like to camp as often as we can because if we are not here we are not looking after the garden, horses, fencing, hedging etc., etc., and I think that when DD grows up she will look back and remember camping more than us hedge trimming.

We think that we want to move house so wouldn't do anything until we had decided on a long term place.

Could be great, or could mean that we travel a lot less unless we had some reliable help.

You could pay my DH to do your dish washing Blu .... I never touch the dishes when camping.

Dreadful, we went to the pub there (it is the White Hart you're thinking of isn't it?) a couple of Sundays ago. Very family friendly, but I'd book. It was rammed.

Thanks for the tip cordelia!