nice campsites - not Nissan Navaras and Sports Direct?
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Not a camper myself, but my brother goes on regular trips. Blackberry wood www.blackberrywood.com is an apparently nice, non-chavvy sort of place. It is in the South Downs NP (Sussex) not too far from the coast.
I think that's part of the camping experience, mingling with people that perhaps you wouldn't in normal day to day life - it's a great leveller. My kids have made some lovely friends whilst camping. Yes there is some bad behaviour, but we use that as a lesson to the kids on how not to act and they get to learn how such actions impact others.
We've done two National Trust campsites (Low Wray and Great Langdale) and on both occasions it's been a middle class love in - lot's of S-Line Audis and Range Rovers Evoques. They are generally more expensive than other campsites and get booked up very early but the locations are great. I suspect they represent what you're after.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/top-places-...
We've done two National Trust campsites (Low Wray and Great Langdale) and on both occasions it's been a middle class love in - lot's of S-Line Audis and Range Rovers Evoques. They are generally more expensive than other campsites and get booked up very early but the locations are great. I suspect they represent what you're after.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/top-places-...
It's why we sold our VW camper van.
There is no such thing as the campsite equivalent of the Northcote Road/Abbeville Village and there are only so many nights a year that you can park up in a parking area in the New Forest and wake up to the ponies at the door of the van.
Then you realise that your schlonky old 40year-old VW is costing you more per night than a suite at the Savoy....
There is no such thing as the campsite equivalent of the Northcote Road/Abbeville Village and there are only so many nights a year that you can park up in a parking area in the New Forest and wake up to the ponies at the door of the van.
Then you realise that your schlonky old 40year-old VW is costing you more per night than a suite at the Savoy....
Yep, Loads of nice sites about. I know a good few, not gonna divulge them on here, you need to have a good google or have a good look through a certain ukcampsite website and filter it properly.
Put it this way I spent the easter weekend on a campsite that had circa 10 tents, and has 5 semi permanent tipi's 3 of which were empty. The field could have probably held 30-35 tents and I had an amazing view over windermere, which was a 10 minute drive away
Put it this way I spent the easter weekend on a campsite that had circa 10 tents, and has 5 semi permanent tipi's 3 of which were empty. The field could have probably held 30-35 tents and I had an amazing view over windermere, which was a 10 minute drive away
Try somewhere like here.
http://www.cakesandale.co.uk
Wonderful place and only 20 minutes from where we live but it seemed miles away. Quiet, lovely little onsite bar. Very clean and tidy and well worth the extra money.
This is not an advert.
http://www.cakesandale.co.uk
Wonderful place and only 20 minutes from where we live but it seemed miles away. Quiet, lovely little onsite bar. Very clean and tidy and well worth the extra money.
This is not an advert.
If you want middle-class enclaves you won't go far wrong with the Cool Camping books. They are online too, but they cast the net quite a lot wider on the web - the books have the highest quality threshold.
We've visited about 20 sites from these books all over England and Wales and have never been disappointed with the location, views or the other campers. Highly recommended.
We've visited about 20 sites from these books all over England and Wales and have never been disappointed with the location, views or the other campers. Highly recommended.
We tend to trust the reviews on ukcampsite, easy enough to relate to "like-minded" reviewers. Smaller sites are generally less risky and we tend to avoid ones geared to caravans (prejudice that serves us well). Certainly avoid anything with a bar and/or pool.
Funnily enough we have had some great mid-summer weekends on sites with a real mixed crowd of people I wouldn't choose to socialise with. Something very British about it. Last one ended up with us getting the bloke next to us arrested for beating his wife with a wine bottle, site owners and police dealt with it very effectively and we screened the kids from the furore. That didn't put us off camping or even that site itself although we tend to try new places each time. I do get a bit pissed off with site owners who get overly anal about their rules, its an outdoors activity and its good to get the kids enjoying the open air for a change.
Funnily enough we have had some great mid-summer weekends on sites with a real mixed crowd of people I wouldn't choose to socialise with. Something very British about it. Last one ended up with us getting the bloke next to us arrested for beating his wife with a wine bottle, site owners and police dealt with it very effectively and we screened the kids from the furore. That didn't put us off camping or even that site itself although we tend to try new places each time. I do get a bit pissed off with site owners who get overly anal about their rules, its an outdoors activity and its good to get the kids enjoying the open air for a change.
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These fat Mike Ashley people all think the same as you. W.Wittering is well known as a nice place - you only have to say "beach, South East" and 90% of people will think of W.Wittering, they won't have considered the "no bar/club" and the "no gazebos", they'll just pick a place near where they want to be (the beach) - you need to think a bit more out of the box, or stay further inland Perhaps venture further north? I regularly go camping in Scotland, and there are some stunning seaside campsites with friendly like-minded people. I find that the more remote the campsite, the less likely you are bound to encounter issues with unruly undesirables, who tend to be more focussed on convenience.
This one in particular is a real favourite, a sprawling campsite overlooking Skye with a cracking café/restaurant on site, plenty of space to pitch up with the only real annoyance are the sodding midges!...
http://www.sandscaravanandcamping.co.uk/
This one in particular is a real favourite, a sprawling campsite overlooking Skye with a cracking café/restaurant on site, plenty of space to pitch up with the only real annoyance are the sodding midges!...
http://www.sandscaravanandcamping.co.uk/
Either go Caravan club, as said they have their rules and standards,which may grate after a while
Or go off grid.
So thats no clubhouse,possibly no electric,no wifi, concrete toilet block,water from a tap an probably no hard standing.
These are generally the best sites. You are after all supposed to be camping.
Or go off grid.
So thats no clubhouse,possibly no electric,no wifi, concrete toilet block,water from a tap an probably no hard standing.
These are generally the best sites. You are after all supposed to be camping.
Either I am very lucky, or the OP is very unlucky. Life experience tells me that it's unlikely to be me that's lucky.
I've camped in Wales, Cornwall, the North East coat and all over Scotland with out experiencing anything like the problems you describe. Well, ok, I didn't know RAF Lossiemouth was near one campsite until the jets woke me up early, and there was one right up in the north of Scotland where a load of youths turned up and pitched next to me in the dark at about midnight - this involved lots of tripping over things and bickering, but it was all sorted out by the time they sat in the tent drinking for a few hours. As I had no need to be up early I wasn't that bothered - they were quite entertaining (well, the bits I could understand - they were very Scottish)
Actually, there was another bad one in Derbyshire, thinking about it. About as far away from the sea as you can get, but it still involved a massive row, one partner trying to take the tent down with the other one in it, and then trying to drive off despite being totally pissed. She got as far as the middle of the field. The car was there in the morning, the tent was half collapsed as they were both snoring away when we went out of the day. They were gone when we got back.
I've camped in Wales, Cornwall, the North East coat and all over Scotland with out experiencing anything like the problems you describe. Well, ok, I didn't know RAF Lossiemouth was near one campsite until the jets woke me up early, and there was one right up in the north of Scotland where a load of youths turned up and pitched next to me in the dark at about midnight - this involved lots of tripping over things and bickering, but it was all sorted out by the time they sat in the tent drinking for a few hours. As I had no need to be up early I wasn't that bothered - they were quite entertaining (well, the bits I could understand - they were very Scottish)
Actually, there was another bad one in Derbyshire, thinking about it. About as far away from the sea as you can get, but it still involved a massive row, one partner trying to take the tent down with the other one in it, and then trying to drive off despite being totally pissed. She got as far as the middle of the field. The car was there in the morning, the tent was half collapsed as they were both snoring away when we went out of the day. They were gone when we got back.
sicourt said:
Not a camper myself, but my brother goes on regular trips. Blackberry wood www.blackberrywood.com is an apparently nice, non-chavvy sort of place. It is in the South Downs NP (Sussex) not too far from the coast.
In a similar vein, this place is very good: http://thistledown.org.uk/. We've been for the last two years and are going again in June with a group of families.Get away from the SE coast and there's lots of decent sites not populated by those types :-)
North Devon for example.
Yes it gets busy in the high season but there's always plenty of big beaches to go on and surfing/body boarding is great fun.
We go in the caravan so can't comment on specific campsites but this looks a great place if a little pretentious.
http://oceanpitch.co.uk
North Devon for example.
Yes it gets busy in the high season but there's always plenty of big beaches to go on and surfing/body boarding is great fun.
We go in the caravan so can't comment on specific campsites but this looks a great place if a little pretentious.
http://oceanpitch.co.uk
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