Camping in Sussex

Dates

Fri-Sun Jun 9th-11th

Organiser

Brian

Cost

£38 for 2 nights camping. Includes supplement to cover all incidental expenses (cooking gas, wood, camping chairs etc.). Option to stay at fully equipped bell tents, to be booked directly with venue.

Activities

Staying for 2 nights at award-winning campsite in beautiful Ashdown Forest. Campsite is on a working organic farm with orchards and farm shop, and provides tables and benches for groups. We will have campfire and barbecue. Next to the site are the National Trust Sheffield Park Gardens with stunning views over the lakes and glades. The Bluebell Railway is also beside the venue with steam trains chuffing past the campsite. Friday afternoon walk through woodlands to village pub for evening meal.

On Saturday we plan to take the Bluebell Railway to do a 10-mile walk through the scenic Sussex countryside. Our route includes the stunning Kingscote Valley with its vineyard and medieval manor plus sandstone rocks (great for climbing skills). Walk will take in William Morris-inspired Standen House with its beautiful hillside gardens. Great picnic location and a tea shop of course. We may explore the landscaped grounds of the estate at Saint Hill (HQ of well-known cult). Our journey will take in the Horsted Keynes Station (restored to 1920s decor and featured in Downton Abbey and Poirot). Barbecue and campfires in the evening.

On Sunday we plan to walk around the Sheffield Park Gardens next to the campsite. Entrance fee for non-National Trust members. Afterwards we can visit the Griffin inn which provides a sumptuous barbecue on their terraced garden featuring lobster and sea bass. Also, option to hire bikes at off road centre at Saint Hill with lots of descents and challenges.

Refreshments

Campsite has pop up food and drink stalls. Self-catering on site. Pubs near site. We have spare camping stoves to use. Pubs and shops on route of walk.

Travel

Option to arrive via steam train via East Grinstead. Arranging lifts is an individual responsibility and is not arranged by event leader.

Accommodation

Wapsbourne Manor Farm, Uckfield, Sussex, TN22 3QT

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